Global Interactive Technologies, Inc.
For the period ended Dec 31, 2024. Filed Apr 30, 2025.
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FY2024 · Filed Apr 30, 2025
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
(Mark One)
☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31,2024
For the transition period from ____________ to____________
Commission file number:001-41763
Global Interactive Technologies, Inc
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 7370 | 88-1368281 |
|---|---|---|
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
160, Yeouiseo-ro,
Yeongdeungpo-Gu, Seoul
Republic of Korea,07231
+82-2-564-8588
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)
N/A
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of Each Class: | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered: |
|---|---|---|
| Class A Common Stock, $0.02 par value per share | GITS | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq Capital Market) |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☐No ☒
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act. Yes ☐No ☒
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See definition of “large accelerated filer,” accelerated filer, “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
| Large accelerated filer | ☐ | Accelerated filer | ☐ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-accelerated filer | ☒ | Smaller reporting company | ☒ |
| Emerging growth company | ☒ | ||
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.☐
If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☐
Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that require a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No☒
The aggregate market value of the registrant’s common stock held by non-affiliates, computed by reference to the closing price of $0.2471 per share as reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market on December 31, 2024, and based on the 52,808,589 shares of common stock outstanding prior to the Company’s 1-for-20 reverse stock split effected on January 27, 2025, was approximately $10,587,362.
As of December 31, 2024, the registrant had 52,808,589 shares of Class A Common Stock issued and outstanding. On January 27, 2025, the Company effected a 1-for-20 reverse stock split of its Common Stock. As a result, the number of shares outstanding was proportionally reduced, and as of the filing date of April 29, 2025, there were 2,640,429 shares of Class A Common Stock issued and outstanding on a post-split basis (par value $0.02 per share).
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
|---|---|---|
| PART I | 1 | |
| Item 1. | Business | 1 |
| Item 1A. | Risk Factors | 14 |
| Item 1B. | Unresolved Staff Comments | 41 |
| Item 1C. | Cybersecurity | 41 |
| Item 2. | Properties | 42 |
| Item 3. | Legal Proceedings | 42 |
| Item 4. | Mine Safety Disclosures | 42 |
| PART II | 43 | |
| Item 5. | Market for Registrant’s Ordinary Shares, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities | 43 |
| Item 6. | [Reserved] | 43 |
| Item 7. | Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | 43 |
| Item 7A. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk | 50 |
| Item 8. | Financial Statements and Supplementary Data | 50 |
| Item 9. | Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure | 50 |
| Item 9A. | Controls and Procedure | 50 |
| Item 9B. | Other Information | 51 |
| Item 9C | Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections | 51 |
| PART III | 52 | |
| Item 10. | Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance | 52 |
| Item 11. | Executive Compensation | 56 |
| Item 12. | Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Shareholder Matters | 61 |
| Item 13. | Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence | 62 |
| Item 14. | Principal Accounting Fees and Services | 64 |
| PART IV | 66 | |
| Item 15. | Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules | 66 |
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As used in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, unless otherwise indicated, Global Interactive Technologies, Inc, together with its consolidated subsidiaries, is hereinafter referred to as “Global interactive technologies” “us,” “we,” “our,” or the “Company.”
SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are based on our management’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to management, and which statements involve substantial risk and uncertainties. All statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K other than statements of historical fact, including statements regarding our future operating results and financial position, our business strategy and plans, market growth and trends, and objectives for future operations are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events or our future financial or operating performance. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements because they contain words such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “could,” “intends,” “target,” “projects,” “contemplates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” or “continue” or the negative of these words or other similar terms or expressions that concern our expectations, strategy, plans or intentions.
Although we believe that we have a reasonable basis for each forward-looking statement contained in this Report, we caution you that these statements are based on a combination of facts and factors currently known by us and our expectations of the future, about which we cannot be certain. Forward-looking statements include statements about:
| ● | overall strength and stability of general economic conditions and of the social media platform and content creation industry in the United States and globally; |
| ● | changes in consumer demand for, and acceptance of, our services, including our platform, as well as social media platforms in general; |
| ● | changes in the competitive environment, including adoption of technologies, services and products that compete with our own; |
| ● | our expectations regarding our future operating and financial performance; |
| ● | our ability to effectively execute our business plan and continue to expand internationally; |
| ● | our ability to recruit, retain, and motivate skilled personnel, including key members of senior management; |
| ● | changes in the price of equipment, network infrastructure, hosting and maintenance; |
| ● | uncertainties around the successful improvement and modification of our existing applications and development of new products and services, which may require significant expenditures and time; |
| ● | changes in laws or regulations governing our business and operations; |
| ● | our ability to maintain adequate liquidity and financing sources and an appropriate level of debt on terms favorable to us; |
| ● | our ability to effectively market our services; |
| ● | costs and risks associated with litigation brought against us; |
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| ● | our ability to obtain and protect our existing intellectual property protections, including trademarks and copyrights; |
| ● | changes in accounting principles, or their application or interpretation, and our ability to make estimates and the assumptions underlying the estimates, which could have an effect on earnings; |
| ● | our ability to list our shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market or any other exchange and maintain such listing; and |
| ● | other risks described from time to time in periodic and current reports that we file with the SEC. |
This list of factors that may affect future performance and the accuracy of forward-looking statements is illustrative, but not exhaustive. New risk factors and uncertainties not described here or elsewhere in this Report, including in the sections entitled “Risk Factors,” may emerge from time to time. Moreover, because we operate in a competitive and rapidly changing environment, it is not possible for our management to predict all risk factors and uncertainties, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements we may make.
The forward-looking statements are also subject to the risks and uncertainties specific to our Company, including but not limited to the fact that we have no operating history as a public company. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the future events and trends discussed in this Report may not occur, and actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements.
You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. We have based the forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K primarily on our current expectations and projections about future events and trends that we believe may affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects. The outcome of the events described in these forward-looking statements is subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors described in the section titled “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements after the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K or to conform such statements to actual results or revised expectations, except as required by law.
Our business is subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including those highlighted in the section titled “Risk Factors.” These risks include, among others, the following:
| ● | Limited Operating History and Rapid Growth Challenges: |
As a development-stage company, Global Interactive Technologies has a limited operating history and has grown rapidly since launching its FANING (FANTOO) platform. However, this growth may not be sustainable, and the company may struggle to manage future expansion, diversify revenue streams, retain users, and adapt to evolving business models and market demands.
| ● | Industry and Technological Risks: |
Operating in the fast-evolving social media and content creation sector, the company faces challenges in keeping up with rapid technological changes and shifting user trends. Developing new products, features, and technologies is costly and uncertain, and there is no assurance of commercial success or market acceptance. Failure to innovate could adversely impact the business.
| ● | Legal and Content Liability Risks: |
As a creator and distributor of digital media, the company is exposed to legal claims related to deceptive advertising, copyright, and trademark infringement, especially concerning third-party or user-generated content. Defending against these claims could be costly and divert management resources1.
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