JJill Inc

Factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in this report are described under the heading “Risk Factors” in our 2023 Annual Report. Any of these factors could result in a significant or material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition. As of the date of this Quarterly Report, there have been no material changes to the risk factors previously disclosed in our 2023 Annual Report, except as set forth below. Additional risk factors not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business or results of operations and we may disclose changes to such factors or disclose additional factors from time to time in our future filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

We are no longer a “controlled company” within the meaning of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) rules. However, we may continue to rely on exemptions from certain corporate governance requirements during a one-year transition period.

As of June 14, 2024, the Company, and TowerBrook, as the Selling Stockholder, completed the Equity Offering, which resulted in the dilution of TowerBrook’s ownership and voting power in the Company. As a result, TowerBrook no longer controls a majority of the voting power of the Company’s outstanding voting stock and, therefore, the Company no longer qualifies as a “controlled company” within the meaning of the NYSE corporate governance standards. While we were a “controlled company” under NYSE rules, we availed ourselves of applicable “controlled company” exemptions, which exempted us from certain requirements, including the requirements that the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors (the “Compensation Committee”) and Nominating, Corporate Governance and ESG Committee of our Board of Directors (the “Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee”) be comprised entirely of independent directors.

The NYSE rules require that (i) we have at least at least one independent director on each of the Compensation and Nominating and Governance Committees at the time the company ceases to be a controlled company; (ii) we have at least a majority of independent directors on each of the Compensation and Nominating and Governance Committees within 90 days of the date that we no longer qualify as a “controlled company”; and (iii) that the Compensation and Nominating and Governance Committees be composed entirely of independent directors within one year of the date that we no longer qualify as a “controlled company.” As of the date of this report, we are in compliance with the phase-in requirements described above. Until we are fully subject to these requirements, our stockholders will not have the same protections afforded to stockholders of companies that are subject to all of the corporate governance requirements of the NYSE.”