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If any of the following risks are realized, our business, financial
−Removed: condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.
−Removed: In that event, the trading price of our common stock could
−Removed: decline, and you could lose all or part of your investment in our common stock.
−Removed: Additional risks of which we are not presently aware or
−Removed: that we currently believe are immaterial may also harm our business and results of operations.
−Removed: Some statements in this Annual Report,
−Removed: including such statements in the following risk factors, constitute forward-looking statements.
−Removed: See the section entitled “Cautionary
−Removed: Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”
+Added: condition, results of operations and cash flows could be materially and adversely affected.
+Added: In that event, the trading price of our common
+Added: stock could decline, and you could lose all or part of your investment in our common stock.
+Added: Additional risks of which we are not presently
+Added: aware or that we currently believe are immaterial may also harm our business, results of operations and cash flows.
+Added: Some statements in
+Added: this Annual Report, including such statements in the following risk factors, constitute forward-looking statements.
+Added: section entitled “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”
Risks Related to Our Business, Strategy and
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and our failure to compete effectively could materially and adversely affect our sales and growth prospects.
−Removed: nutritional supplements
−Removed: retail industry is a large and highly fragmented industry with few barriers to entry.
−Removed: We compete against other domestic and international
−Removed: manufacturers, specialty retailers, mass merchants, multi-level marketing organizations, mail-order and direct-to-consumer companies,
+Added: supplements retail industry is a large and highly fragmented industry with few barriers to entry.
+Added: We compete against other domestic and
+Added: international manufacturers, specialty retailers, mass merchants, multi-level marketing organizations, mail-order and direct-to-consumer companies,
and e-commerce companies.
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Increased competition from companies that distribute through retail, e-commerce or wholesale channels could have
−Removed: a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
−Removed: Certain of our competitors may have significantly greater
−Removed: financial, technical and marketing resources than we do, and may be able to adapt to changes in consumer preferences more quickly, devote
−Removed: greater resources to the marketing and sale of their products, or generate greater brand recognition.
−Removed: In addition, our competitors may
−Removed: be more effective and efficient in introducing new products.
−Removed: Furthermore, if we fail to maximize the efficiency of our ship direct to
−Removed: customers strategies, or fail to provide our customers with an attractive omni-channel experience, our business and results of operations
−Removed: could be materially and adversely affected.
−Removed: We may not be able to compete effectively, and any of the factors listed above may cause price
−Removed: reductions, reduced margins and losses of our market share.
+Added: a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
+Added: Certain of our competitors may have significantly
+Added: greater financial, technical and marketing resources than we do, and may be able to adapt to changes in consumer preferences more quickly,
+Added: devote greater resources to the marketing and sale of their products, or generate greater brand recognition.
+Added: In addition, our competitors
+Added: may be more effective and efficient in introducing new products.
+Added: Furthermore, if we fail to maximize the efficiency of our ship direct
+Added: to customers strategies, or fail to provide our customers with an attractive omni-channel experience, our business, results of operations
+Added: and cash flows could be materially and adversely affected.
+Added: We may not be able to compete effectively, and any of the factors listed above
+Added: may cause price reductions, reduced margins and losses of our market share.
Our failure to appropriately respond to
changing consumer preferences and demand for new products or product enhancements could significantly harm our relationship with customers
−Removed: and our product sales, as well as our financial condition and operating results.
+Added: and our product sales, as well as our financial condition, operating results and cash flows.
Our business is subject to
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accurately anticipate consumer needs;
−Removed: ● innovate and develop new products or product enhancements
−Removed: that meet these needs;
−Removed: ● successfully commercialize new products or product enhancements
−Removed: in a timely manner;
+Added: innovate and develop new products or product enhancements that meet these needs;
+Added: successfully commercialize new products or product enhancements in a timely manner;
price our products competitively;
−Removed: ● manufacture and deliver our products in sufficient volumes
−Removed: and in a timely manner;
+Added: manufacture and deliver our products in sufficient volumes and in a timely manner;
differentiate our product offerings from those of our competitors.
−Removed: If we do not introduce new
−Removed: products or make enhancements to meet the changing needs of our customers in a timely manner, some of our products could be rendered obsolete,
−Removed: which could negatively impact our revenues, financial condition, and operating results.
−Removed: We depend on a small number of large retailers
−Removed: for a significant portion of our sales.
−Removed: Our sales growth is dependent upon maintaining our relationships with existing customers, and
−Removed: the loss of any one such customer could materially adversely affect our business and financial performance.
−Removed: Certain retailers make up a
−Removed: significant percentage of our products’ retail volume.
+Added: If we do not introduce new products or make enhancements to meet the
+Added: changing needs of our customers in a timely manner, some of our products could be rendered obsolete, which could negatively impact our
+Added: revenues, financial condition, operating results and cash flows.
+Added: We depend on a small
+Added: number of large retailers for a significant portion of our sales.
+Added: Our sales growth is dependent upon maintaining our relationships with
+Added: existing customers, and the loss of any one such customer could materially adversely affect our business and financial performance.
+Added: Certain retailers make up
+Added: a significant percentage of our products’ retail volume.
For the year ended December 31, 2025, our top two customers accounted for
−Removed: 73% of our net revenue.
−Removed: For the year ended December 31, 2023, our top three customers accounted for 78% of our net revenue.
−Removed: We sell products to our customers under their standard vendor agreements.
−Removed: These vendor agreements do not include a term or duration as
−Removed: sales under each vendor agreement are generally made on a purchase order basis, and do not include any termination provisions.
−Removed: of sales of any of our products in a major retailer, or the reduction of purchasing levels or the cancellation of any business from a
−Removed: major retailer, could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial performance.
−Removed: In addition, if we were to lose one or
−Removed: more of these retailers as a distribution channel for our products, we can make no assurances that we will be able to find a comparable
−Removed: retailer to replace such relationship or that we will be able to find a replacement at all, which could negatively impact our revenues,
−Removed: financial condition, and operating results.
+Added: 79% of our revenue.
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2024, our top two customers accounted for 73% of our revenue.
+Added: We sell products
+Added: to our customers under their standard vendor agreements.
+Added: These vendor agreements do not include a term or duration as sales under each
+Added: vendor agreement are generally made on a purchase order basis, and do not include any termination provisions.
+Added: The loss of sales of any
+Added: of our products in a major retailer, or the reduction of purchasing levels or the cancellation of any business from a major retailer,
+Added: could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial performance.
+Added: In addition, if we were to lose one or more of these retailers
+Added: as a distribution channel for our products, we can make no assurances that we will be able to find a comparable retailer to replace such
+Added: relationship or that we will be able to find a replacement at all, which could negatively impact our revenues, financial condition, and
+Added: operating results.
If our outside suppliers and manufacturers
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substituting such ingredients could adversely affect our business.
−Removed: A downturn in the economy, could affect
−Removed: consumer purchases of discretionary items such as the health and wellness products that we offer, which could have an adverse effect on
−Removed: our business, financial condition, profitability, and cash flows.
+Added: While our exposure to international markets
+Added: and foreign sourcing is limited, we may still be indirectly affected by global trade developments.
+Added: We primarily operate within the United States, and in 2025 and 2024,
+Added: international sales accounted for 10.1% and 11.5%, respectively, of our total revenue.
+Added: We purchase only finished goods from third-party
+Added: manufacturers and do not engage in the direct sourcing of raw materials.
+Added: This structure limits our direct exposure to international markets,
+Added: tariffs, and global supply chain disruptions.
+Added: However, because our manufacturers
+Added: may source raw materials from abroad, changes in international trade policies, tariffs, or geopolitical tensions could still affect our
+Added: supply chain and cost of goods.
+Added: Any disruptions or cost increases experienced by our manufacturers may impact the availability or pricing
+Added: of the products we purchase.
+Added: While our current structure mitigates many of the risks associated with global sourcing, we cannot eliminate
+Added: the possibility that future global events or trade policies may have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of
+Added: operations or cash flows.
+Added: A downturn in the economy
+Added: could affect consumer purchases of discretionary items such as the health and wellness products that we offer, which could have an adverse
+Added: effect on our business, financial condition, profitability, and cash flows.
We offer a broad selection
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our business to suffer.
−Removed: Our business depends, in part,
−Removed: on the public’s perception of our integrity and the safety and quality of our products.
−Removed: Any adverse publicity could negatively affect
−Removed: the public’s perception about our industry, our products, or our reputation and could result in a significant decline in our operations.
+Added: Our business depends, in
+Added: part, on the public’s perception of our integrity and the safety and quality of our products.
+Added: Any adverse publicity could negatively
+Added: affect the public’s perception about our industry, our products, or our reputation and could result in a significant decline in
+Added: our operations.
Specifically, we are susceptible to adverse or negative publicity regarding:
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skeptical consumers;
−Removed: ● competitors;
the safety and quality of our products and/or our ingredients;
−Removed: ● any recalls or adverse health consequences of our competitors’
−Removed: ● regulatory investigations of our products or our competitors’
−Removed: ● scandals or regulatory investigations regarding the business
−Removed: practices or products of our competitors.
+Added: any recalls or adverse health consequences of our competitors’ products;
+Added: regulatory investigations of our products or our competitors’ products;
+Added: scandals or regulatory investigations regarding the business practices or products of our competitors.
We continue to explore new strategic initiatives,
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and our pursuit of new strategic initiatives may pose significant costs and risks.
−Removed: Our strategic initiatives are
−Removed: focused on, among other things, new product acquisition, new customer acquisition, improving the customer experience through the roll-out of
+Added: Our strategic initiatives
+Added: are focused on, among other things, new product acquisition, new customer acquisition, improving the customer experience through the roll-out of
initiatives including increasing customer engagement and personalization, improving the omni-channel experience (including in stores
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There can also be no guarantee that we will be able to obtain debt on favorable terms, or at all.
−Removed: As has been the case with our
−Removed: historical acquisition transactions, future business combinations could involve the acquisition of significant tangible and intangible
+Added: As has been the case with
+Added: our historical acquisition transactions, future business combinations could involve the acquisition of significant tangible and intangible
assets, which could require us to record ongoing amortization expense with respect to identified intangible assets acquired.
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significant resources, may be unsuccessful, and could expose us to unforeseen liabilities.
−Removed: As part of our growth strategy,
−Removed: we have a history of pursuing acquisitions of companies with products that are similar or complementary to those that we provide in our
−Removed: businesses to better leverage our existing, scalable infrastructure, and may continue to pursue this strategy in the future.
−Removed: These acquisitions
−Removed: may involve significant cash expenditures, debt incurrence, additional operating losses and expenses, and compliance risks that could
−Removed: have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: As part of our growth strategy, we have a history of pursuing acquisitions
+Added: of companies with products that are similar or complementary to those that we provide in our businesses to better leverage our existing,
+Added: scalable infrastructure, and may continue to pursue this strategy in the future.
+Added: These acquisitions may involve significant cash expenditures,
+Added: debt incurrence, additional operating losses and expenses, and compliance risks that could have a material adverse effect on our financial
+Added: condition, results of operations and cash flows.
We may not be able to successfully
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that the expected synergies associated with acquisitions will not be achieved, and that business judgments concerning the value, strengths,
−Removed: and weaknesses of businesses acquired will prove incorrect, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and
−Removed: results of operations.
+Added: and weaknesses of businesses acquired will prove incorrect, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results
+Added: of operations and cash flows.
The nutritional supplement industry increasingly
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in substantial costs and diversion of management and other resources and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial
−Removed: condition and operating results.
−Removed: Our inability to acquire, protect or maintain our intellectual property could harm our ability to compete
+Added: condition, operating results and cash flows.
+Added: Our inability to acquire, protect or maintain our intellectual property could harm our ability
+Added: to compete or grow.
Recently it has become more
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Litigation with respect to such matters could result in substantial costs and diversion of management and other resources
−Removed: and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
−Removed: We have one U.S.
−Removed: (which expires in April 2025) and numerous U.S.
−Removed: and foreign trademarks and service marks.
−Removed: There can be no assurance that the protection
−Removed: afforded by the patent and these trademarks and service marks will provide us with a competitive advantage or that we will be able to
−Removed: assert our intellectual property rights in infringement actions.
−Removed: We may be required to defend our intellectual property against such infringement,
−Removed: which could result in substantial costs and diversion of management and other resources.
−Removed: In addition, results of such litigation are difficult
−Removed: to predict and if we are not successful in defending our intellectual property rights, this could have a material adverse effect on our
−Removed: business, financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
+Added: We have numerous U.S.
+Added: foreign trademarks and service marks.
+Added: There can be no assurance that the protection afforded by these trademarks and service marks will
+Added: provide us with a competitive advantage or that we will be able to assert our intellectual property rights in infringement actions.
+Added: may be required to defend our intellectual property against such infringement, which could result in substantial costs and diversion of
+Added: management and other resources.
+Added: In addition, results of such litigation are difficult to predict and if we are not successful in defending
+Added: our intellectual property rights, this could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations
+Added: and cash flows.
If we are not able to adequately prevent
disclosure of proprietary knowledge, the value of our products could be materially diminished.
−Removed: Trade secrets are difficult
−Removed: We rely on trade secrets to protect our proprietary knowledge, especially where we do not believe patent protection is appropriate
−Removed: or obtainable, or where such patents would be difficult to enforce.
−Removed: We rely in part on confidentiality agreements to protect our trade
−Removed: secrets and other proprietary knowledge.
−Removed: We cannot guarantee that we have entered into such agreements with each party that may have had
−Removed: access to our proprietary knowledge, or that such agreements, even if in place, will not be circumvented.
−Removed: These agreements may not effectively
−Removed: prevent disclosure of proprietary knowledge and may not provide an adequate remedy in the event of unauthorized disclosure of such information.
−Removed: In addition, others may independently discover our trade secrets and proprietary knowledge, in which case we may have no right to prevent
−Removed: them from using such trade secrets or proprietary knowledge to compete with us.
−Removed: Costly and time-consuming litigation could be necessary
−Removed: to enforce and determine the scope of our proprietary rights, and failure to obtain or maintain trade secret protection could materially
−Removed: adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: Trade secrets are difficult to protect.
+Added: We rely on trade secrets to
+Added: protect our proprietary knowledge, especially where we do not believe patent protection is appropriate or obtainable, or where such patents
+Added: would be difficult to enforce.
+Added: We rely in part on confidentiality agreements to protect our trade secrets and other proprietary knowledge.
+Added: We cannot guarantee that we have entered into such agreements with each party that may have had access to our proprietary knowledge, or
+Added: that such agreements, even if in place, will not be circumvented.
+Added: These agreements may not effectively prevent disclosure of proprietary
+Added: knowledge and may not provide an adequate remedy in the event of unauthorized disclosure of such information.
+Added: In addition, others may
+Added: independently discover our trade secrets and proprietary knowledge, in which case we may have no right to prevent them from using such
+Added: trade secrets or proprietary knowledge to compete with us.
+Added: Costly and time-consuming litigation could be necessary to enforce and
+Added: determine the scope of our proprietary rights, and failure to obtain or maintain trade secret protection could materially adversely affect
+Added: our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
International expansion will subject our
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to the risks inherent in conducting business internationally, including:
−Removed: ● foreign currency fluctuations, which could result in reduced
−Removed: revenues and increased operating expenses;
+Added: foreign currency fluctuations, which could result in reduced revenues and increased operating expenses;
longer or less predictable payment and sales cycles;
difficulty in collecting accounts receivable;
−Removed: ● applicable foreign tax structures, including tax rates that
−Removed: may be higher than tax rates in the United States or taxes that may be duplicative of those imposed in the United States;
+Added: applicable foreign tax structures, including tax rates that may be higher than tax rates in the United States or taxes that may be duplicative of those imposed in the United States;
tariffs and trade barriers;
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inadequate intellectual property protection in foreign countries;
−Removed: ● uncertainty regarding liability for information retrieved
−Removed: and replicated in foreign countries;
−Removed: ● the difficulties and increased expenses of complying with
−Removed: a variety of foreign laws, regulations and trade standards;
+Added: uncertainty regarding liability for information retrieved and replicated in foreign countries;
+Added: the difficulties and increased expenses of complying with a variety of foreign laws, regulations and trade standards;
unexpected changes in regulatory requirements.
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We may experience product recalls, withdrawals
−Removed: or seizures, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
−Removed: We may be subject to product
−Removed: recalls, withdrawals or seizures if any of the products we sell are believed to cause injury or illness or if we are alleged to have violated
−Removed: governmental regulations in the manufacturing, labeling, promotion, sale or distribution of those products.
−Removed: A significant recall, withdrawal
−Removed: or seizure of any of the products we manufacture or sell may require significant management attention, would likely result in substantial
−Removed: and unexpected costs and may materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
−Removed: a recall, withdrawal or seizure of any of our products may adversely affect consumer confidence in our brands and thus decrease consumer
−Removed: demand for our products.
−Removed: As is common in the nutritional supplements industry, we rely on our contract manufacturers and suppliers to
−Removed: ensure that the products they manufacture and sell to us comply with all applicable regulatory and legislative requirements.
−Removed: we seek representations and warranties, indemnification and/or insurance from our contract manufacturers and suppliers.
−Removed: However, even
−Removed: with adequate insurance and indemnification, any claims of non-compliance could significantly damage our reputation and consumer
−Removed: confidence in our products.
−Removed: In addition, the failure of those products to comply with applicable regulatory and legislative requirements
−Removed: could prevent us from marketing the products or require us to recall or remove such products from the market, which in certain cases could
−Removed: materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: or seizures, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
+Added: We may be subject to product recalls, withdrawals or seizures if any
+Added: of the products we sell are believed to cause injury or illness or if we are alleged to have violated governmental regulations in the
+Added: manufacturing, labeling, promotion, sale or distribution of those products.
+Added: A significant recall, withdrawal or seizure of any of the
+Added: products we manufacture or sell may require significant management attention, would likely result in substantial and unexpected costs
+Added: and may materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
+Added: Furthermore, a recall, withdrawal
+Added: or seizure of any of our products may adversely affect consumer confidence in our brands and thus decrease consumer demand for our products.
+Added: As is common in the nutritional supplements industry, we rely on our contract manufacturers and suppliers to ensure that the products
+Added: they manufacture and sell to us comply with all applicable regulatory and legislative requirements.
+Added: In general, we seek representations
+Added: and warranties, indemnification and/or insurance from our contract manufacturers and suppliers.
+Added: However, even with adequate insurance
+Added: and indemnification, any claims of non-compliance could significantly damage our reputation and consumer confidence in our products.
+Added: In addition, the failure of those products to comply with applicable regulatory and legislative requirements could prevent us from marketing
+Added: the products or require us to recall or remove such products from the market, which in certain cases could materially and adversely affect
+Added: our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
Increases in the price or shortages of supply
−Removed: of key raw materials could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
−Removed: Our products are composed of
−Removed: certain key raw materials.
+Added: of key raw materials could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
+Added: Our products are composed
+Added: of certain key raw materials.
If the prices of these raw materials were to increase significantly, it could result in a significant increase
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A significant increase in the price of raw materials that cannot be passed on to customers could
−Removed: have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
We are subject to credit risk.
−Removed: We are exposed to credit risk
−Removed: primarily on our accounts receivable.
−Removed: We provide credit to our customers in the ordinary course of our business and perform ongoing credit
−Removed: While we believe that our exposure to concentrations of credit risk with respect to accounts receivable is mitigated by our
−Removed: large retail partner base, and we make allowances for doubtful accounts, we nevertheless run the risk of our customers not being able
−Removed: to meet their payment obligations, particularly in a future economic downturn.
−Removed: If a material number of our customers were not able to
−Removed: meet their payment obligations, our results of operations could be harmed.
+Added: We are exposed to credit
+Added: risk primarily on our accounts receivable.
+Added: We provide credit to our customers in the ordinary course of our business and perform ongoing
+Added: credit evaluations.
+Added: While we believe that our exposure to concentrations of credit risk with respect to accounts receivable is mitigated
+Added: by our large retail partner base, and we make allowances for doubtful accounts, we nevertheless run the risk of our customers not being
+Added: able to meet their payment obligations, particularly in a future economic downturn.
+Added: If a material number of our customers were not able
+Added: to meet their payment obligations, our results of operations and cash flows could be harmed.
Natural disasters and unusually adverse
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inventory or cause customer traffic to decline, all of which could result in lost sales and otherwise materially and adversely affect
−Removed: our results of operations.
−Removed: The occurrence of one or more
−Removed: natural disasters, such as hurricanes, fires, floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, high winds and other severe weather, could materially and
−Removed: adversely affect our operations and results of operations.
−Removed: To the extent these events result in the suspension of shipping by our distributors,
−Removed: closure of our corporate headquarters, or a significant number of the stores in which our products are sold, or to the extent they adversely
−Removed: affect one or more of our key suppliers, our operations and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected through an
−Removed: inability to make deliveries to stores and through lost sales.
−Removed: In addition, these events could result in increases in fuel (or other energy)
−Removed: prices or a fuel shortage, the temporary lack of an adequate work force in a market, the temporary or long-term disruption in the
−Removed: supply of products from suppliers, delay in the delivery of goods to our distribution centers or stores, the temporary reduction in the
−Removed: availability of products in our stores and disruption to our information systems, as noted above.
−Removed: These events also could have indirect
−Removed: consequences, such as increases in the cost of insurance, if they were to result in significant loss of property or other insurable damage.
+Added: our results of operations and cash flows.
+Added: The occurrence of one or
+Added: more natural disasters, such as hurricanes, fires, floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, high winds and other severe weather, could materially
+Added: and adversely affect our operations, results of operations and cash flows.
+Added: To the extent these events result in the suspension of shipping
+Added: by our distributors, closure of our corporate headquarters, or a significant number of the stores in which our products are sold, or to
+Added: the extent they adversely affect one or more of our key suppliers, our operations and results of operations could be materially and adversely
+Added: affected through an inability to make deliveries to stores and through lost sales.
+Added: In addition, these events could result in increases
+Added: in fuel (or other energy) prices or a fuel shortage, the temporary lack of an adequate work force in a market, the temporary or long-term disruption
+Added: in the supply of products from suppliers, delay in the delivery of goods to our distribution centers or stores, the temporary reduction
+Added: in the availability of products in our stores and disruption to our information systems, as noted above.
+Added: These events also could have
+Added: indirect consequences, such as increases in the cost of insurance, if they were to result in significant loss of property or other insurable
Loss of key vendor relationships
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while we generally monitor vendor risk, including the security and stability of our critical vendors, we may fail to properly assess and
−Removed: understand the risks and costs involved in the third-party relationships, and our financial condition and results of operations could
−Removed: be materially and adversely affected.
+Added: understand the risks and costs involved in the third-party relationships, and our financial condition, results of operations and
+Added: cash flows could be materially and adversely affected.
We anticipate that we will
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systems do not function as designed, we may experience a loss of customer confidence, lost sales, or data security breaches, any of which
−Removed: could materially and adversely affect our business and results of operations.
+Added: could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and cash flows.
Our officers and directors have the ability
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on all matters requiring approval of our stockholders, including the election of directors and approval of significant corporate transactions.
−Removed: We are a “controlled company”
−Removed: within the meaning of the Nasdaq rules and, as a result, qualify for, and may rely on, exemptions and relief from certain corporate governance
−Removed: requirements.
−Removed: If we rely on these exemptions, our stockholders will not have the same protections afforded to stockholders of companies
−Removed: that are subject to such requirements.
−Removed: Our Chief Executive Officer
−Removed: and Chairman, Jack Ross, beneficially owns approximately 55% of the voting power of our common stock as of December 31, 2024.
−Removed: we are a “controlled company” within the meaning of the Nasdaq corporate governance standards.
−Removed: Under these corporate governance
−Removed: standards, a company of which more than 50% of the voting power in the election of directors is held by an individual, group or another
−Removed: company is a “controlled company” and may elect not to comply with certain corporate governance requirements.
−Removed: controlled companies are not required to have:
−Removed: ● a board that is composed of a majority of “independent
−Removed: directors,” as defined under the Nasdaq rules;
−Removed: ● a compensation committee that is composed entirely of independent
−Removed: ● director nominations be made, or recommended to the full
−Removed: board of directors, by its independent directors, or by a nominations/governance committee that is composed entirely of independent directors.
−Removed: While we do not intend to rely
−Removed: on the exemptions relating to being a “controlled company” within the meaning of the Nasdaq rules, we may utilize these exemptions
−Removed: for as long as we continue to qualify as a “controlled company.” Accordingly, our stockholders may not have the same protections
−Removed: afforded to stockholders of companies that are subject to all of the corporate governance requirements of Nasdaq.
−Removed: Investors may find our
−Removed: common stock less attractive as a result of our reliance on these exemptions.
−Removed: If some investors find our common stock less attractive
−Removed: as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock and our stock price may be more volatile.
We are highly dependent on our management
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our relationships with customers and adversely affect our business, results of operations and growth prospects.
−Removed: Our success depends, in a large
−Removed: degree, on the skills of our management team and our ability to retain, recruit and motivate key officers and employees.
−Removed: Our active senior
−Removed: executive leadership team, including Jack Ross, Jaime Fickett and Alfred Baumeler, have significant experience, and their knowledge and
−Removed: relationships would be difficult to replace.
−Removed: Leadership changes will occur from time to time, and we cannot predict whether significant
−Removed: resignations will occur or whether we will be able to recruit additional qualified personnel.
−Removed: Competition for senior executives and skilled
−Removed: personnel in our industry is intense, which means the cost of hiring, paying incentives and retaining skilled personnel may continue to
+Added: Our success depends, in a
+Added: large degree, on the skills of our management team and our ability to retain, recruit and motivate key officers and employees.
+Added: senior executive leadership team, including Jack Ross and Jaime Fickett, have significant experience, and their knowledge and relationships
+Added: would be difficult to replace.
+Added: Leadership changes will occur from time to time, and we cannot predict whether significant resignations
+Added: will occur or whether we will be able to recruit additional qualified personnel.
+Added: Competition for senior executives and skilled personnel
+Added: in our industry is intense, which means the cost of hiring, paying incentives and retaining skilled personnel may continue to increase.
We need to continue to attract
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of any senior executive or other key personnel, or the inability to recruit and retain qualified personnel in the future, could have a
−Removed: material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
−Removed: In addition, to attract and retain personnel with
−Removed: appropriate skills and knowledge to support our business, we may offer a variety of benefits, which could reduce our earnings or have
−Removed: a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
+Added: material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
+Added: In addition, to attract and retain
+Added: personnel with appropriate skills and knowledge to support our business, we may offer a variety of benefits, which could reduce our earnings
+Added: or have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
Cyber incidents or attacks directed at us
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to continue operating as a going concern.
+Added: In connection with the preparation of our
+Added: consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2025, management identified material weaknesses in our internal
+Added: control over financial reporting, and we may identify additional material weaknesses in the future or otherwise fail to maintain an effective
+Added: system of internal controls over financial reporting, which may cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations, result in material
+Added: misstatements of our consolidated financial statements and could have a material adverse effect on our business and the market price of
+Added: our common stock.
+Added: As a public company, we are
+Added: required to maintain internal control over financial reporting, to report any material weaknesses in such internal control, and provide
+Added: management’s attestation on internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: A “material weakness” is a deficiency, or a combination
+Added: of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement
+Added: of an entity’s financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
+Added: If we are unable to establish or maintain
+Added: appropriate internal control over financial reporting or implement these requirements in a timely manner or with adequate compliance,
+Added: it could result in material misstatements in our consolidated financial statements, failure to meet our reporting obligations on a timely
+Added: basis, increases in compliance costs, and subject us to adverse regulatory consequences, all of which may adversely affect investor confidence
+Added: and the value of our common stock.
+Added: As discussed below in Part
+Added: II, Item 9A, “Controls and Procedures,” our management identified material weaknesses in implementation of segregation of
+Added: duties and establishment of clearly defined roles within our finance and accounting functions.
+Added: Moreover, management concluded that its
+Added: internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of December 31, 2025, due to the material weaknesses.
+Added: The material weaknesses
+Added: did not result in any material misstatements to our consolidated financial statements or any changes to previously filed financial statements,
+Added: and management has concluded that our financial statements and other financial information included in this Annual Report, and other periodic
+Added: filings, fairly present our financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows for the periods in accordance with accounting principles
+Added: generally accepted in the United States (“U.S.
+Added: We are committed to remediating
+Added: the material weaknesses described above and continuing remediation efforts during 2026.
+Added: We intend to initiate and implement several remediation
+Added: measures including, but not limited to clearly define roles and responsibilities.
+Added: As part of its remediation measures, to date, we have
+Added: investigated additional procedures we can implement for segregation.
+Added: While our efforts are ongoing, we plan to continue to take additional
+Added: steps to remediate the material weaknesses, improve our financial reporting systems, and implement new policies, procedures, and controls;
+Added: however, we cannot guarantee those measures will prevent or detect material weaknesses in the future.
+Added: If we fail to remediate the material
+Added: weaknesses or any future deficiencies, or fail to otherwise maintain the adequacy of our internal controls, that could result in a restatement
+Added: of our financial statements for prior periods, a decline in the market price of our common stock, one or more investigations or enforcement
+Added: actions by state or federal regulatory agencies, stockholder lawsuits, or other adverse actions requiring us to incur defense costs or
+Added: pay fines, settlements, or judgments.
Legal and Regulatory Risks
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impose new ones, or could take aggressive measures, causing or contributing to a variety of negative consequences, including:
−Removed: ● requirements for the reformulation of certain or all products
−Removed: to meet new standards;
+Added: requirements for the reformulation of certain or all products to meet new standards;
the recall or discontinuance of certain or all products;
additional record keeping;
−Removed: ● expanded documentation of the properties of certain or all
+Added: expanded documentation of the properties of certain or all products;
expanded or different labeling;
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Congress and/or regulatory agencies may
−Removed: impose additional laws or regulations or change current laws or regulations, and state attorneys general may increase enforcement of existing
−Removed: or new laws, and compliance with new or changed governmental regulations, or any state attorney proceeding, could increase our costs significantly
−Removed: and materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: impose additional laws or regulations or change current laws or regulations, and state attorneys general may increase enforcement of
+Added: existing or new laws, and compliance with new or changed governmental regulations, or any state attorney proceeding, could increase our
+Added: costs significantly and materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
From time to time, Congress,
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developments of this nature could increase our costs significantly and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial
−Removed: condition and results of operations.
+Added: condition, results of operations and cash flows.
Our failure to comply with regulations could
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Failure by us to comply with applicable regulations could result in substantial
−Removed: monetary penalties, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations.
−Removed: Even when unmerited, class
−Removed: claims, action by the FTC or state attorneys general enforcement actions can be expensive to defend and adversely affect our reputation
−Removed: with existing and potential customers and consumers and our corporate and brand image, which could have a material and adverse effect
−Removed: on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
−Removed: The number of private consumer class actions relating to false or deceptive
−Removed: advertising against nutritional supplement companies has increased in recent years.
−Removed: In addition, the FDA has aggressively enforced
−Removed: its regulations with respect to different types of product claims that may or may not be made for food products.
−Removed: These events could interrupt
−Removed: the marketing and sales of our products, severely damage our brand reputation and public image, increase our legal expenses, result in
−Removed: product recalls or litigation, and impede our ability to deliver our products in sufficient quantities or quality, which could result
−Removed: in a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
+Added: monetary penalties, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
+Added: Even when unmerited, class claims, action by the FTC or state attorneys
+Added: general enforcement actions can be expensive to defend and adversely affect our reputation with existing and potential customers and consumers
+Added: and our corporate and brand image, which could have a material and adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations
+Added: or cash flows.
+Added: The number of private consumer class actions relating to false or deceptive advertising against nutritional supplement
+Added: companies has increased in recent years.
+Added: In addition, the FDA has aggressively enforced its regulations with respect to different
+Added: types of product claims that may or may not be made for food products.
+Added: These events could interrupt the marketing and sales of our products,
+Added: severely damage our brand reputation and public image, increase our legal expenses, result in product recalls or litigation, and impede
+Added: our ability to deliver our products in sufficient quantities or quality, which could result in a material adverse effect on our business,
+Added: financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
We may experience product liability claims
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diversion of management’s attention;
−Removed: ● a change in the design, manufacturing process or the indications
−Removed: for which our marketed products may be used;
+Added: a change in the design, manufacturing process or the indications for which our marketed products may be used;
loss of revenue;
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security of customer-related and other confidential information, we could be exposed to litigation, increased costs and reputational
−Removed: damage, and our business, results of operations and financial condition could be materially and adversely affected.
+Added: damage, and our business, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition could be materially and adversely affected.
The use of individually identifiable
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In addition, the increasing costs
−Removed: of compliance with those laws and regulations and related technology investments could materially and adversely affect our business and
−Removed: results of operations.
+Added: of compliance with those laws and regulations and related technology investments could materially and adversely affect our business, results
+Added: of operations and cash flows.
Additionally, the success of our e-commerce operations depends upon the secure transmission of confidential
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If our data security
−Removed: is compromised, it could have a material adverse effect on our reputation, results of operations and financial condition, materially increase
−Removed: the costs we incur to protect against those events in the future and subject us to additional legal risk and a competitive disadvantage
−Removed: and damage to our brand reputation.
−Removed: In addition, our customers could lose confidence in our ability to protect their personal information,
−Removed: which could cause them to stop using our websites or apps.
−Removed: We are reliant on third-party electronic payment systems and platforms,
−Removed: such as PayPal, Stripe, Amazon Pay, Afterpay and Shopify Payments, not only to protect the security of the information stored, but also
−Removed: to appropriately track and record data.
−Removed: Any failures or inadequacies in these third-party systems, even if unrelated to our business,
−Removed: could result in significant liability, could materially and adversely affect our reputation and business and could cause government agencies
−Removed: to enact additional regulatory requirements or to modify their enforcement or investigation activities.
+Added: is compromised, it could have a material adverse effect on our reputation, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition,
+Added: materially increase the costs we incur to protect against those events in the future and subject us to additional legal risk and a competitive
+Added: disadvantage and damage to our brand reputation.
+Added: In addition, our customers could lose confidence in our ability to protect their personal
+Added: information, which could cause them to stop using our websites or apps.
+Added: We are reliant on third-party electronic payment systems
+Added: and platforms, such as PayPal, Stripe, Amazon Pay, Afterpay, Tik-Tok and Shopify Payments, not only to protect the security of the information
+Added: stored, but also to appropriately track and record data.
+Added: Any failures or inadequacies in these third-party systems, even if unrelated
+Added: to our business, could result in significant liability, could materially and adversely affect our reputation and business and could cause
+Added: government agencies to enact additional regulatory requirements or to modify their enforcement or investigation activities.
Changes in accounting standards and subjective
assumptions, estimates and judgments by management related to complex accounting matters could significantly affect our financial results.
−Removed: generally accepted
−Removed: accounting principles and related pronouncements, implementation guidelines and interpretations with regard to a wide variety of matters
−Removed: that are relevant to our business, such as, but not limited to, revenue recognition, stock-based compensation, trade promotions,
−Removed: and income taxes are highly complex and involve many subjective assumptions, estimates and judgments by our management.
−Removed: Changes to these
−Removed: rules or their interpretation or changes in underlying assumptions, estimates or judgments by our management could significantly change
−Removed: our reported results.
+Added: GAAP and related
+Added: pronouncements, implementation guidelines and interpretations with regard to a wide variety of matters that are relevant to our business,
+Added: such as, but not limited to, revenue recognition, stock-based compensation, trade promotions, and income taxes are highly complex
+Added: and involve many subjective assumptions, estimates and judgments by our management.
+Added: Changes to these rules or their interpretation or
+Added: changes in underlying assumptions, estimates or judgments by our management could significantly change our reported results.
Risks Related to Ownership of Our Common Stock
−Removed: There is a limited trading
−Removed: market for the Company’s common stock;
+Added: There is a limited
+Added: trading market for the Company’s common stock;
it may be difficult to sell shares.
−Removed: The trading volume in our common
−Removed: stock has been relatively limited.
−Removed: Even if a more active market develops, there can be no assurance that a more active and liquid trading
−Removed: market for the common stock will exist in the future.
−Removed: Consequently, shareholders may not be able to sell a substantial number of shares
−Removed: for the same price at which shareholders could sell a smaller number of shares.
−Removed: In addition, we cannot predict the effect, if any, that
−Removed: future sales of its common stock in the market, or the availability of shares of common stock for sale in the market, will have on the
−Removed: market price of our common stock.
−Removed: Sales of substantial amounts of common stock in the market, or the potential for large amounts of sales
−Removed: in the market, could cause the price of our common stock to decline, or reduce our ability to expand our business by using our common
−Removed: stock as consideration in an acquisition.
+Added: The trading volume in our
+Added: common stock has been relatively limited.
+Added: Even if a more active market develops, there can be no assurance that a more active and liquid
+Added: trading market for the common stock will exist in the future.
+Added: Consequently, shareholders may not be able to sell a substantial number
+Added: of shares for the same price at which shareholders could sell a smaller number of shares.
+Added: In addition, we cannot predict the effect, if
+Added: any, that future sales of its common stock in the market, or the availability of shares of common stock for sale in the market, will have
+Added: on the market price of our common stock.
+Added: Sales of substantial amounts of common stock in the market, or the potential for large amounts
+Added: of sales in the market, could cause the price of our common stock to decline, or reduce our ability to expand our business by using our
+Added: common stock as consideration in an acquisition.
The lack of liquidity of the investment in the common shares should be carefully considered
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and you may be unable to resell your shares at or above the price paid.
−Removed: The trading price of our common
−Removed: stock may fluctuate substantially.
−Removed: The market price of our common stock may fluctuate higher or lower, depending on many factors, some
−Removed: of which are beyond our control and may not be related to our operating performance.
−Removed: These fluctuations could cause you to lose all or
−Removed: part of your investment in our common stock.
−Removed: Factors that could cause fluctuations in the trading price of our common stock include the
−Removed: ● actual or anticipated fluctuations in our financial condition
−Removed: and operating results;
−Removed: ● actual or anticipated changes in our growth rate relative
−Removed: to our competitors;
+Added: The trading price of our
+Added: common stock may fluctuate substantially.
+Added: The market price of our common stock may fluctuate higher or lower, depending on many factors,
+Added: some of which are beyond our control and may not be related to our operating performance.
+Added: These fluctuations could cause you to lose all
+Added: or part of your investment in our common stock.
+Added: Factors that could cause fluctuations in the trading price of our common stock include
+Added: the following:
+Added: actual or anticipated fluctuations in our financial condition and operating results;
+Added: actual or anticipated changes in our growth rate relative to our competitors;
commercial success and market acceptance of our products;
−Removed: ● success of our competitors in developing or commercializing
−Removed: ● ability to commercialize or obtain regulatory approvals for
−Removed: our product, or delays in commercializing or obtaining regulatory approvals;
+Added: success of our competitors in developing or commercializing products;
+Added: ability to commercialize or obtain regulatory approvals for our product, or delays in commercializing or obtaining regulatory approvals;
strategic transactions undertaken by us;
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prevailing economic conditions;
−Removed: ● disputes concerning our intellectual property or other proprietary
+Added: disputes concerning our intellectual property or other proprietary rights;
FDA or other U.S.
−Removed: or foreign regulatory actions affecting
−Removed: us or our industry;
−Removed: ● sales of our common stock by our officers, directors or significant
−Removed: stockholders;
−Removed: ● future sales or issuances of equity or debt securities by
−Removed: ● business disruptions caused by earthquakes, fires or other
−Removed: natural disasters;
−Removed: ● issuance of new or changed securities analysts’ reports
−Removed: or recommendations regarding us;
−Removed: ● changes in our capital structure, such as future issuances
−Removed: of debt or equity securities;
−Removed: ● short sales, hedging and other derivative transactions involving
−Removed: our capital stock;
−Removed: ● general economic and geopolitical conditions, including the
−Removed: current or anticipated impact of military conflict and related sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States and other countries
−Removed: due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
+Added: or foreign regulatory actions affecting us or our industry;
+Added: sales of our common stock by our officers, directors or significant stockholders;
+Added: future sales or issuances of equity or debt securities by us;
+Added: business disruptions caused by earthquakes, fires or other natural disasters;
+Added: issuance of new or changed securities analysts’ reports or recommendations regarding us;
+Added: changes in our capital structure, such as future issuances of debt or equity securities;
+Added: short sales, hedging and other derivative transactions involving our capital stock;
+Added: general economic and geopolitical conditions.
In addition, if the market
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This could have
−Removed: a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, and financial condition.
+Added: a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.
You may be diluted by future issuances of
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adverse effect on the market price for the shares of our common stock.
−Removed: A significant number of our total outstanding
−Removed: shares are restricted from immediate resale, but may be sold into the market in the near future.
−Removed: This could cause the market price of
−Removed: our common stock to drop significantly, even if our business is doing well.
−Removed: Subject to certain exceptions,
−Removed: without the prior written consent of Roth Capital Partners, LLC, the underwriter in our initial public offering, we, and our officers
−Removed: and directors and our 5% and greater stockholders, until April 20, 2025, have agreed not to:
−Removed: (1) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge,
−Removed: grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of common stock
−Removed: or any securities convertible into, exchangeable for or that represent the right to receive shares of common stock;
−Removed: registration statement with the SEC relating to the offering of any shares of common stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable
−Removed: or exchangeable for common stock;
−Removed: or (3) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the
−Removed: economic consequences of ownership of common stock, subject to certain exceptions.
−Removed: Roth Capital Partners, LLC, in its sole discretion,
−Removed: may release the common stock and other securities subject to the lock-up agreements described above in whole or in part at any time
−Removed: with or without notice.
−Removed: The market price of our common
−Removed: stock may decline significantly when the restrictions on resale by our existing stockholders lapse.
−Removed: A decline in the market price of our
−Removed: common stock might impede our ability to raise capital through the issuance of additional shares of common stock or other equity securities.
We do not anticipate paying any cash dividends
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Any decision to declare and pay dividends
−Removed: in the future will be made at the discretion of our Board taking into account various factors, including our business, operating results
−Removed: and financial condition, current and anticipated cash needs, plans for expansion, any legal or contractual limitations on our ability
−Removed: to pay dividends under our loan agreements or otherwise.
−Removed: As a result, if our Board does not declare and pay dividends, the capital appreciation
−Removed: in the price of our common stock, if any, will be your only source of gain on an investment in our common stock, and you may have to sell
−Removed: some or all of your common stock to generate cash flow from your investment.
+Added: in the future will be made at the discretion of our Board considering various factors, including our business, operating results and financial
+Added: condition, current and anticipated cash needs, plans for expansion, any legal or contractual limitations on our ability to pay dividends
+Added: under our loan agreements or otherwise.
+Added: As a result, if our Board does not declare and pay dividends, the capital appreciation in the
+Added: price of our common stock, if any, will be your only source of gain on an investment in our common stock, and you may have to sell some
+Added: or all of your common stock to generate cash flow from your investment.
If securities or industry analysts do not
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of Nevada state law hinder a potential takeover of us.
−Removed: Though not now, we may be or
−Removed: in the future we may become subject to Nevada’s control share law.
+Added: Though not now, we may be
+Added: or in the future we may become subject to Nevada’s control share law.
A corporation is subject to Nevada’s control share law
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may be direct or indirect, as well as individual or in association with others.
−Removed: The effect of the control share
−Removed: law is that the acquiring person, and those acting in association with it, obtains only such voting rights in the control shares as are
−Removed: conferred by a resolution of the stockholders of the corporation, approved at a special or annual meeting of stockholders.
−Removed: share law contemplates that voting rights will be considered only once by the other stockholders.
−Removed: Thus, there is no authority to strip
−Removed: voting rights from the control shares of an acquiring person once those rights have been approved.
−Removed: If the stockholders do not grant voting
−Removed: rights to the control shares acquired by an acquiring person, those shares do not become permanent non-voting shares.
−Removed: The acquiring
−Removed: person is free to sell its shares to others.
−Removed: If the buyers of those shares themselves do not acquire a controlling interest, their shares
−Removed: do not become governed by the control share law.
+Added: The effect of the control
+Added: share law is that the acquiring person, and those acting in association with it, obtains only such voting rights in the control shares
+Added: as are conferred by a resolution of the stockholders of the corporation, approved at a special or annual meeting of stockholders.
+Added: control share law contemplates that voting rights will be considered only once by the other stockholders.
+Added: Thus, there is no authority
+Added: to strip voting rights from the control shares of an acquiring person once those rights have been approved.
+Added: If the stockholders do not
+Added: grant voting rights to the control shares acquired by an acquiring person, those shares do not become permanent non-voting shares.
+Added: The acquiring person is free to sell its shares to others.
+Added: If the buyers of those shares themselves do not acquire a controlling interest,
+Added: their shares do not become governed by the control share law.
If control shares are accorded
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