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SMITH MICRO SOFTWARE, INC.

For the period ended Dec 31, 2025. Filed Mar 5, 2026.

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FY2025 · Filed Mar 5, 2026

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Previous report: 10-K

Period ended 2024-12-31; filed 2025-03-12.

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Item 1A. RISK FACTORS

Current report: 10-K

Period ended 2025-12-31; filed 2026-03-05.

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Item 1A. RISK FACTORS

The baseline is this issuer’s latest earlier reporting period of the same form that was filed before the current report. A previous 10-Q is a different quarter, not a year-over-year comparison. Amendments are excluded.

Compared 131 previous paragraphs and 100 current paragraphs.

73 unchanged; 13 reworded; 13 added; 44 removed; 1 previous and 1 current paragraphs rearranged.

Tables are not compared: 0 previous and 44 current tables excluded. Dates, whitespace, punctuation and numbering changes are ignored; changes to financial figures remain significant.

A changed paragraph is not evidence that risk increased or decreased. An unchanged paragraph does not establish that risk stayed the same.

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Current report

In the event that our AWS contract is terminated, or there is a lapse of service, elimination of AWS services or features that we utilize, or damage to such facilities, we could experience interruptions in access to our platform as well as significant delays and additional expense in arranging for or creating new facilities or re-architecting our platform for deployment on a different cloud infrastructure service provider, which would adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Current report

Risks Related to Our Convertible Notes

Current report

The terms of our Convertible Notes, and our debt repayment obligations thereunder, may restrict our ability to obtain additional financing, and adversely affect our financial condition and cash flows from operations in the future.

Current report

We are obligated to issue senior secured notes convertible into our common stock pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of March 4, 2026 (the “Convertible Notes”). Our indebtedness under the Convertible Notes, and certain restrictions included within the terms of the Convertible Notes, may restrict, and otherwise impair our ability to obtain additional financing in the future for general corporate purposes, including working capital, capital expenditures, potential acquisitions and strategic transactions. Further, a portion of our cash flows from operations may have to be dedicated to repaying the principal and interest of the Convertible Notes while the Convertible Notes are outstanding. Our ability to meet our debt obligations will depend on our future performance, which will be affected by financial, business, economic, regulatory and other factors, many of which are outside of our control. Our future operations may not generate sufficient cash to enable us to repay our debt, including the Convertible Notes. If we fail to make a payment on our debt, we could be in default on such debt.

Current report

The conversion of some or all of the Convertible Notes or exercise of some or all of the warrants issued along with the Convertible Notes will dilute the ownership interests of existing stockholders. Any sales in the public market of our common stock issuable upon such conversion of the Convertible Notes or exercise of the warrants could adversely affect prevailing market prices of our common stock. In addition, the existence of the Convertible Notes may encourage short selling by market participants because the conversion of the Convertible Notes or exercise of the warrants could be used to satisfy short positions, or anticipated conversion of the Convertible Notes into, or exercise of warrants for, shares of our common stock could depress the price of our common stock.

Current report

Our obligations to the holders of our Convertible Notes are secured by a security interest certain of our assets, including our accounts receivable, and if we default on those obligations, the note holders could foreclose on those assets.

Current report

Our obligations under the Convertible Notes and the transaction documents relating to those notes are secured by a security interest in certain of our assets. As a result, if we default under our obligations under the Convertible Notes or the transaction documents, the holders of the Convertible Notes, acting through their appointed agent, could foreclose on their security interests and liquidate some or all of these assets, which would harm our business, financial condition and results of operations and could require us to curtail or cease operations.

Current report

The holders of our Convertible Notes have certain additional rights upon an event of default under the Convertible Notes which could harm our business, financial condition and results of operations and could require us to curtail or cease our operations.

Current report

Under our Convertible Notes, the holders have various rights upon an event of default. Such rights include (i) an increase in the interest rate; and (ii) the holders having the right to demand redemption of all or a portion of the Convertible Notes. At any time after certain notice requirements for an event of default are triggered, a holder of the Convertible Notes may require us to redeem all or any portion by delivering written notice. Each portion of the Convertible Notes subject to redemption would be redeemed by us in cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds at a price equal to the outstanding principal and interest under the Convertible Note. We may not have sufficient funds to settle the redemption price and, as described above, this could trigger rights under the security interest granted to the holders and result in the foreclosure of their security interests and liquidation of some of our assets.

Current report

As initially disclosed on our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC, on June 23, 2025, Smith Micro Software, Inc. (the “Company”) received a letter from the Listing Qualifications Staff of The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) advising that the Company was not in compliance with the $1.00 minimum bid price requirement for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) (the “Minimum Bid Price Requirement”) as a result of the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock (“Common Stock”) having been below $1.00 for thirty consecutive business days. In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company was granted a period of 180 calendar days from the notification date, or until December 22, 2025, to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement.

Current report

On December 23, 2025, the Company received a written notice from Nasdaq (the “December Notice”) granting an additional 180 days, or until June 22, 2026, to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement. If at any time before June 22, 2026, the closing bid price of the Company’s Common Stock is at least $1.00 per share for a minimum of ten consecutive business days, unless Nasdaq exercises its discretion to extend this ten-day period, Nasdaq will provide written confirmation stating that the Company has achieved compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement.

Current report

The December Notice has no immediate effect on the continued listing status of the Company’s Common Stock on The Nasdaq Capital Market, and the Company’s listing remains fully effective.

Current report

The Company intends to continue monitoring the closing bid price of its common stock and assess its available options in order to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement. If among such options the Company elects to pursue a reverse stock split to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price requirement, there can be no assurance that it would accomplish this objective for any meaningful period of time, or at all, or that it would result in any permanent or sustained increase in the market price of our Common Stock; and if such an event would be viewed unfavorably by the market, it could have the effect of reducing our market capitalization. Furthermore, pursuant to a recent modification to Nasdaq’s listing standards, if a company effects a reverse stock split and within one year thereafter becomes non-compliant with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement, it would immediately receive a notification letter from the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Department commencing delisting proceedings, with no opportunity for a compliance period.
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Previous report

Item 1A. RISK FACTORS

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•cause our customers to lose confidence in our solutions;

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•cause our mobile device manufacturer partners to cease doing business with us;

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•harm our reputation;

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•increase our expense from potential remediation costs.

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•Implement additional restructuring and cost reductions,

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•Secure a revolving line of credit,

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•Dispose of one or more product lines, and/or

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•Sell or license intellectual property.

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•the launch and market acceptance of our products;

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•the levels of promotion and advertising that will be required to launch our products and achieve and maintain a competitive position in the marketplace;

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•our business, product, capital expenditure, and research and development plans and product and technology roadmaps;

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•the levels of working capital that we maintain;

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•any acquisitions that we would choose to undertake;

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•capital improvements to new and existing facilities;

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•technological advances;

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•our competitors’ response to our products; and

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•our relationships with suppliers and customers.

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•general political, social and economic instability;

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•trade restrictions;

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•the imposition of governmental controls;

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•exposure to different legal standards, particularly with respect to intellectual property;

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•burdens of complying with a variety of foreign laws, including without limitation data privacy laws, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) in Europe;

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•import and export license requirements and restrictions of the United States and any other country in which we operate;

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•unexpected changes in regulatory requirements;

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•foreign technical standards;

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•changes in tariffs;

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•difficulties in staffing and managing international operations;

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•difficulties in securing and servicing international customers;

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•difficulties in collecting receivables from foreign entities;

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•fluctuations in currency exchange rates and any imposition of currency exchange controls; and

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•potentially adverse tax consequences.

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•the gain or loss of a key customer;

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•the timing of product and services deployments to our major customers and the timing of our customers’ launch of their branded versions of such products and services to their end users;

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•the timing and extent of our customers’ efforts to market and promote such products and services to their users;

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•the timing of user acceptance of our customers’ branded versions of our products and services and the growth or decline in the subscriber base for such products and services;

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•our ability to maintain or increase gross margins;

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•variations in our sales channels or the mix of our product sales;

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•our ability to anticipate market needs and to identify, develop, complete, introduce, market and produce new products and technologies in a timely manner to address those needs;

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•the availability and pricing of competing products and technologies and the resulting effect on sales and pricing of our products;

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Previous wording

We sell our wireless products and solutions primarily to large wireless carriers, so there are a limited number of actual and potential customers for our products, resulting in significant customer concentration. For the year ended December 31, 2024, sales to our three largest customers comprised 58%, 20%, and 14% of our revenues. No other customer was greater than 10% of our revenues individually.

Current wording

We sell our wireless products and solutions primarily to large wireless carriers, so there are a limited number of actual and potential customers for our products, resulting in significant customer concentration. For the year ended December 31, 2025, sales to our three largest customers comprised 60%, 21%, and 18% of our revenues. No other customer was greater than 10% of our revenues individually.

Previous wording

Interruptions or delays in service from data center hosting facilities could impair the delivery of our service and harm our business.

Current wording

Interruptions or delays in service from data center hosting facilities or virtual cloud infrastructures could impair the delivery of our service and harm our business.

Previous wording

We currently serve our customers from data center hosting facilities. Any damage to, or failure of, such facilities generally could result in interruptions in our service. Interruptions in our service may reduce our revenue, cause us to issue credits or pay penalties, cause customers to terminate their on-demand services, and adversely affect our renewal rates and our ability to attract new customers.

Current wording

We currently serve our customers from data center hosting facilities or virtual cloud infrastructures. Any damage to, or failure of, or degradation of performance from such facilities or virtual cloud infrastructures generally could result in interruptions in our service. Our platform depends, in part, on the virtual cloud infrastructure hosted by AWS. Although we have disaster recovery plans that utilize multiple AWS locations, any incident affecting their infrastructure that may be caused by fire, flood, severe storm, earthquake or other natural disasters, power loss, telecommunications failures, cyber-attacks, terrorist or other attacks, and other similar events beyond our control, could adversely affect our cloud-native platform. Additionally, AWS may experience threats or attacks from computer malware, ransomware, viruses, social engineering (including phishing attacks), denial of service or other attacks, employee theft or misuse and general hacking have become more prevalent, particularly against cloud-native services and vendors of security solutions. Any of these security incidents could result in unauthorized access to, damage to, disablement or encryption of, use or misuse of, disclosure of, modification of, loss or destruction of, or other unauthorized processing of our data or Consumers’ data or disrupt our ability to provide our platform or service. A prolonged AWS service disruption affecting our cloud-native platform for any of the foregoing reasons could interrupt or degrade the performance of our platform and adversely impact our ability to serve Consumers and could damage our reputation with current and potential customers, expose us to liability, result in substantial costs for remediation, may reduce our revenue, cause us to issue credits or pay penalties, cause us to lose customers, or otherwise harm our business, financial condition, or results of operations. We may also incur significant costs for using alternative hosting sources or taking other actions in preparation for, or in reaction to, events that damage the AWS services we use.

Previous wording

The success of our products depends upon effective operation with operating systems, devices, networks, standards, and other third party technology that we do not control and on our continued relationships with mobile operating system providers, device manufacturers, and other third-party technology providers. Changes in our products or to those operating systems, devices, networks, standards, or third-party technology, or interference with those relationships may seriously harm our customers’ ability to retain or attract new users and may harm our revenue and growth.

Current wording

Our products depend upon effective operation with operating systems, devices, networks, standards, and other third party technology that we do not control and on our continued relationships with mobile operating system providers, device manufacturers, and other third-party technology providers. Changes in our products or to those operating systems, devices, networks, standards, or third-party technology, or interference with those relationships may seriously harm our customers’*** ability to retain or attract new users and may harm our revenue and growth.***

Previous wording

It is likely that we may need or choose to obtain additional financing to fund our future activities. We could raise these funds by selling more stock to the public or to selected investors, or by entering into borrowing arrangements. We may not be able to obtain additional funds on favorable terms, or at all. If adequate funds are not available, we may be required to curtail our operations or other business activities significantly or to obtain funds through arrangements with strategic partners or others that may require us to relinquish rights to certain technologies or potential markets. Our inability in the future to obtain additional equity or debt capital on acceptable terms, or at all, could adversely impact also our ability to execute our business strategy, which could adversely affect our growth prospects and future stockholder returns.

Current wording

Additional financing will likely be required to fund our future activities. We could raise these funds by selling more stock to the public or to selected investors, or by entering into borrowing arrangements; provided that the terms of our outstanding warrants and Convertible Notes (as defined below) do not hinder our ability to access the capital markets (See “Risks Related to Our Convertible Notes”). We may not be able to obtain additional funds on favorable terms, or at all. If adequate funds are not available, we may be required to curtail our operations or other business activities significantly or to obtain funds through arrangements with strategic partners or others that may require us to relinquish rights to certain technologies or potential markets. Our inability in the future to obtain additional equity or debt capital on acceptable terms, or at all, could adversely impact also our ability to execute our business strategy, which could adversely affect our growth prospects and future stockholder returns.

Previous wording

Additionally, the securities purchase agreements we have entered into in the past, and may enter into in the future, may include certain restrictions restricts or otherwise impair our ability to obtain additional financing using certain types of transactions.

Current wording

Additionally, the securities purchase agreements we have entered into in the past, and may enter into in the future, may include certain restrictions or otherwise impair our ability to obtain additional financing using certain types of transactions.

Previous wording

During 2024 and 2023, we have been in a net loss position, partially driven by the loss of one of our U.S. Tier 1 customers in 2023. In February 2023, following receipt of notice of termination of this U.S. Tier 1 customer contract, we announced we would accelerate our efforts designed to reduce operating costs to advance our ongoing commitment to profitable growth. As a result, we have reduced operating expenditures significantly since that date, and we may need to continue such efforts. We may encounter challenges in the execution of these efforts, and these challenges could impact our financial results. Moreover, although we believe that these efforts have reduced operating costs and improved operating margins, we cannot guarantee that we will sustain the targeted benefits, or that the benefits will be adequate to meet our long-term profitability and operational expectations. Concurrently, we are focusing our efforts on growing our customers’ subscribers on the SafePath platform and offering expanded offerings to our existing and prospective customers that we believe are more closely aligned with their core business objectives, which we expect will increase our revenues, however we cannot guarantee that our efforts will be successful or will result in an increase in our revenues in the manner that we expect or at all. If we do not achieve certain revenue targets subsequent to these efforts, we may need to undertake further cost reduction actions, which may include further restructurings.

Current wording

We have been in a net loss position for all periods presented, in part due to the loss of one of our U.S. Tier 1 customers in 2023. Beginning in 2023, we accelerated efforts designed to reduce operating costs to advance our ongoing commitment to profitable growth, resulting in significantly reduced operating expenditures since that date, and we may need to continue such efforts. We may encounter challenges in the execution of these efforts, and these challenges could impact our financial results. Moreover, although we believe that these efforts have reduced operating costs and improved operating margins, we cannot guarantee that we will sustain the targeted benefits, or that the benefits will be adequate to meet our long-term profitability and operational expectations. Concurrently, we are focusing our efforts on growing our customers’ subscribers on the SafePath platform and offering expanded offerings to our existing and prospective customers that we believe are more closely aligned with their core business objectives, which we expect will increase our revenues, however we cannot guarantee that our efforts will be successful or will result in an increase in our revenues in the manner that we expect or at all. If we do not achieve certain revenue targets subsequent to these efforts, we may need to undertake further cost reduction actions, which may include further restructurings.

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The Company's actions to reduce operating costs as a result of the receipt of the notice of termination of one of our U.S. Tier 1 customer contracts caused the Company to incur additional charges related to severance and reorganization activities in 2023 and 2024, which included charges related to employee transition, severance payments, employee benefits, and stock-based compensation. Similar events and/or operating cost reduction efforts in the future could cause the Company to take similar remedial actions, which could cause the Company to incur additional charges in the short-term period following such events or actions. Additional continuing risks associated with the impact of these efforts include employee attrition beyond our intended reduction in force and adverse effects on employee morale, diversion of management attention, adverse effects to our reputation as an employer (which could make it more difficult for us to hire new employees in the future), and potential failure or delays to meet operational and growth targets due to the loss of qualified employees. If we do not realize the expected benefits of our cost reduction efforts on a timely basis or at all, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be adversely affected.

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The Company's actions to reduce operating costs have caused the Company to incur additional charges related to severance and reorganization activities in 2025 and 2024, which included charges related to employee transition, severance payments, employee benefits, and stock-based compensation. Similar events and/or operating cost reduction efforts in the future could cause the Company to take similar remedial actions, which could cause the Company to incur additional charges in the short-term period following such events or actions. Additional continuing risks associated with the impact of these efforts include employee attrition beyond our intended reduction in force and adverse effects on employee morale, diversion of management attention, adverse effects to our reputation as an employer (which could make it more difficult for us to hire new employees in the future), and potential failure or delays to meet operational and growth targets due to the loss of qualified employees. If we do not realize the expected benefits of our cost reduction efforts on a timely basis or at all, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be adversely affected.

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Our results of operations may be adversely affected if we fail to realize the full value of our goodwill and intangible assets.

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Our results of operations may be adversely affected if we fail to realize the full value of our intangible assets.

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As of December 31, 2024, we had total goodwill and net intangible assets of $34.6 million. We assess goodwill and definite lived assets for impairment annually, and we conduct an interim evaluation of definite lived and indefinite lived assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that these assets may be impaired. Our ability to realize the value of goodwill and net intangible assets will depend on the future cash flows of the businesses to which they relate. If we are not able to realize the value of the goodwill and net intangible assets, this could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition, and also result in an impairment of those assets.

Current wording

As of December 31, 2025, we had net intangible assets of $18.5 million. We assess definite lived assets for impairment annually, and we conduct an interim evaluation of definite lived and indefinite lived assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that these assets may be impaired. Our ability to realize the value of net intangible assets will depend on the future cash flows of the businesses to which they relate. If we are not able to realize the value of net intangible assets, this could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition and also result in an impairment of those assets.

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As of March 10, 2025, there were warrants outstanding to purchase up to 8,382,048 shares of our common stock at exercises prices ranging from $1.04 to $21.20. The exercise of some or all of these warrants will dilute the ownership interests of existing stockholders. Any sales in the public market of shares of our common stock that we issued upon exercise of these warrants could adversely affect prevailing market prices of our common stock. In addition, the existence of these warrants may encourage short selling by market participants because the exercise of the warrants could be used to satisfy short positions.

Current wording

As of February 28, 2026, there were warrants outstanding to purchase up to 18,348,471 shares of our common stock at exercises prices ranging from $0.67 to $21.20. The exercise of some or all of these warrants will dilute the ownership interests of existing stockholders. Any sales in the public market of shares of our common stock that we issued upon exercise of these warrants could adversely affect prevailing market prices of our common stock. In addition, the existence of these warrants may encourage short selling by market participants because the exercise of the warrants could be used to satisfy short positions.

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Our common stock is currently listed for quotation on the Nasdaq Stock Market. We are required to meet specified requirements in order to maintain our listing on Nasdaq. We could lose our listing on Nasdaq if in the future we become non-compliant with any of the Nasdaq continued listing requirements and, if applicable, we would not remedy such failure within the time allotted by Nasdaq, including for example if the closing bid price of our common stock were to fall and remain below $1.00 per share for more than 30 consecutive business days and we were not able to remedy that failure in the allotted time, or if in the future we would fail to comply with any of the other Nasdaq listing requirements. The loss of our Nasdaq listing would in all likelihood make our common stock significantly less liquid and adversely affect its value.

Current wording

Our common stock is currently listed for quotation on the Nasdaq Capital Market. We are required to meet specified financial requirements in order to maintain our listing on Nasdaq. We could lose our listing on Nasdaq if the closing bid price of our common stock does not increase or if in the future, we fail to meet any of the other Nasdaq listing requirements. The loss of our Nasdaq listing would in all likelihood make our common stock significantly less liquid and adversely affect its value.

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In the event of a delisting from the Nasdaq Capital Market, our common stock would likely be traded in the over-the-counter inter-dealer quotation system, more commonly known as the OTC. OTC transactions involve risks in addition to those associated with transactions in securities traded on the securities exchanges, such as the Nasdaq Capital Market, or, together, Exchange-listed stocks. Many OTC stocks trade less frequently and in smaller volumes than Exchange-listed stocks. Accordingly, our stock would be less liquid than it would be otherwise. Also, the prices of OTC stocks are often more volatile than Exchange-listed stocks. Additionally, institutional investors are usually prohibited from investing in OTC stocks, and it might be more challenging to raise capital when needed.

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There can be no assurance that the Company will regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement or will otherwise be in compliance with the other Nasdaq listing requirements. In the event of a delisting from the Nasdaq Capital Market, our common stock would likely be traded in the over-the-counter inter-dealer quotation system, more commonly known as the OTC. OTC transactions involve risks in addition to those associated with transactions in securities traded on the securities exchanges, such as the Nasdaq Capital Market, or, together, Exchange-listed stocks. Many OTC stocks trade less frequently and in smaller volumes than Exchange-listed stocks. Accordingly, our stock would be less liquid than it would be otherwise. Also, the prices of OTC stocks are often more volatile than Exchange-listed stocks. Additionally, institutional investors are usually prohibited from investing in OTC stocks, and it might be more challenging to raise capital when needed.
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Conversion of the Convertible Notes and exercise of the warrants issued in connection with the Convertible Notes will dilute the ownership interest of our existing stockholders or may otherwise depress the price of our common stock.
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•expose us to material liability; and