DIRTT ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS LTD
For the period ended Sep 30, 2024. Filed Nov 6, 2024.
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Sep 30, 2024 · Filed Nov 6, 2024
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Item 1A. Risk Factors
In addition to the risk factors set forth below and other information set forth in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, you should carefully consider the risk factors and other cautionary statements described under the heading “Risk Factors” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, which could materially affect our businesses, financial condition, or results of operations. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our two largest shareholders, 22NW and WWT, are able to exercise voting influence over matters which may require shareholder approval due to their ownership of our common shares, and their interests may conflict with or differ from the interests of our other shareholders. In addition, the Amended and Restated SRP and the Support Agreement limit the concentration of ownership of our common shares by shareholders other than 22NW and WWT, which may make it more difficult for a shareholder to acquire the Company.
As of November 5, 2024, 22NW and Aron English (collectively, the “22NW Group”) and WWT and Shaun Noll (collectively, the “WWT Group”) owned 29.7% and 27.6% of our outstanding common shares, respectively, together beneficially owning approximately 57.3% of our outstanding common shares. So long as the 22NW Group and WWT Group and their respective affiliates continue to directly or indirectly own a significant amount of our common shares, they will, in certain circumstances, have voting influence over matters requiring shareholder approval, including amendments to our amended and restated articles of amalgamation, and approval of significant corporate transactions (barring any requirement for such shareholder to recuse itself from any such vote pursuant to applicable securities law, corporate law or the rules and regulations of any applicable stock exchanges). Further, Aron English and Shaun Noll, who serve as the investment manager and Managing Member of the 22NW Group and WWT Group, respectively, also serve as directors on the Company’s Board of Directors. This could have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control of the Company, and would make the approval of certain transactions difficult or impossible without the support of these shareholders.
In addition, the Amended and Restated SRP, which was ratified by shareholders at the SRP Meeting held on September 20, 2024, was adopted by the Board in order to help ensure that all shareholders of the Company are treated fairly and equally in connection with any unsolicited take-over bid or other acquisition of control of the Company. The Amended and Restated SRP may discourage, delay, or prevent a change of control or acquisition of the Company, even if such action may be considered beneficial by some shareholders, and could limit the price that investors would be willing to pay in the future for the Company’s common shares.
The repurchase and cancellation of our Debentures in 2024, the Debenture Repurchase and the NCIB could adversely affect the price or liquidity of the Debentures.
On March 22, 2024, the Company completed the Issuer Bid in which the Company repurchased for cancellation C$4.7 million of the principal balance of the January Debentures and C$5.8 million of the principal balance of the December Debentures.
On August 2, 2024, the Company and 22NW closed the Debenture Repurchase in which the Company purchased for cancellation an aggregate of C$18,915,000 principal amount of the January Debentures and C$13,638,000 principal amount of the December Debentures. Following the Issuer Bid and Debenture Repurchase, C$16,642,000 principal amount of the January Debentures and C$15,587,000 principal amount of the December Debentures remain outstanding and 22NW no longer holds any debentures.
On August 26, 2024, the company announced a NCIB of the January and December debentures. For the quarter ended September 30, 2024, C$0.1 million and $nil principal amounts of the December Debentures and January Debentures, respectively, were acquired and cancelled.
The Issuer Bid, the Debenture Repurchase, and the NCIB have decreased, and the NCIB may further decrease the number of outstanding Debentures, and therefore could decrease their liquidity in the market of the Debentures and increase the volatility of the prices at which they trade. The Debenture Repurchase may also cause the prices of the Debentures to differ from what they would be in the absence of the Debenture Repurchase. There can be no assurance the Debenture Repurchase will ultimately enhance shareholder value.
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