TEN Holdings, Inc. 10-Q

Item 1A. Risk Factors As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, there have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 18, 2026, except that we have identified the additional risk factors set forth below. 29 We are subject to government investigations and regulatory inquiries which could result in substantial costs, penalties and reputational harm. We have received subpoenas and other requests for information from the U.S. Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) and the SEC relating to the Company’s initial public offering (the “IPO”) and four contracts the Company executed after its IPO. Government investigations and regulatory proceedings are inherently uncertain, can be time-consuming, disruptive, and expensive, and can divert the attention of management and other personnel from our business operations. The outcome of these matters cannot be predicted with certainty, and we may be required to incur substantial legal, accounting and other professional fees in responding to these investigations. If these investigations result in adverse findings, settlements, enforcement actions, civil litigation, criminal proceedings, injunctions, monetary penalties, disgorgement, changes to our business practices, limitations on our operations, or other remedial measures, our business, financial condition, results of operations, cashflows, and reputation could be materially adversely affected. In addition, publicity regarding these matters, regardless of the ultimate outcome, could harm our reputation, impair our ability to maintain or grow relationships with customers, investors, business partners, and employees and negatively impact the trading price of our securities. Any adverse resolution of these matters could also impair our ability to access the capital markets, complete financing transactions, suspension of trading of our securities, maintain exchange listing standards, or satisfy contractual obligations, which could materially adversely affect our business and prospects. Failure to comply with The Nasdaq Capital Market continued listing requirements may result in our common stock being delisted from The Nasdaq Capital Market. There can be no assurance that we will be able to maintain the listing standards of the Nasdaq Capital Market, the exchange on which our common stock is traded, which includes requirements that we maintain our stockholders’ equity, total value of shares of common stock held by unaffiliated stockholders, minimum bid price, and market capitalization above certain specified levels. For example, on June 30, 2025, we received a deficiency letter from the Listing Qualifications Department (the “Staff”) of Nasdaq notifying us that the Company had not been in compliance with Nasdaq’s minimum bid price requirement. In order to cure the deficiency, we effected a 1-for-15 reverse stock split on December 1, 2025 to regain compliance with Nasdaq’s minimum bid price requirement. Because we effected such reverse stock split to cure our minimum bid price deficiency in December 2025, should our stock price fail to meet Nasdaq’s minimum bid price requirement at any time prior to December 1, 2026, we will not be eligible for any compliance period and our stock will be immediately delisted. In addition, on May 26, 2026, we received a deficiency letter from the Staff notifying us that we were not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1), which requires us to maintain a minimum of $2,500,000 in stockholders’ equity. On June 30, 2026, we issued a press release announcing that we had closed a registered direct offering of 7,500,000 shares of common stock for net proceeds of approximately $6.6 million. As a result, we believe we have regained compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1). If we fail to conform to the Nasdaq listing requirements on an ongoing basis, our common stock might cease to trade on Nasdaq, and may move to the OTCQB or OTC Pink Markets operated by OTC Markets Group, Inc. These quotation services are generally considered to be markets that are less efficient and that provide less liquidity in the shares of common stock than Nasdaq. A delisting could substantially decrease trading in our common stock, adversely affect the market liquidity of our common stock as a result of the loss of market efficiencies associated with Nasdaq and the loss of federal preemption of state securities laws, adversely affect our ability to obtain financing on acceptable terms, if at all, and may result in the potential loss of confidence by investors, suppliers, customers and employees and fewer business development opportunities.