SYSX Sysorex Inc (CE)

ITEM 1A: RISK FACTORS

Although smaller reporting companies like the Company are not required to respond to this item, we have elected to do so in the interest of full disclosure.

Certain factors may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations. You should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described below, in addition to other information contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, including our consolidated financial statements and related notes. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones we face. Additional risks and uncertainties that we are unaware of or believe are not material may also become important factors that adversely affect our business. If any of the following risks occur, our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects could be materially and adversely affected. In that event, the trading price of our Common Stock could decline, and you could lose part or all your investment. 

Risks Related to our Business

We are currently in default under our convertible debentures. All our assets are encumbered to secure the payment of secured convertible debentures that will require payments if not previously converted to Common Stock.

We encumbered all our assets to secure the payment of indebtedness and accrued interest due on secured convertible debentures required to be repaid by approximately July 2022, subject to certain extensions, if not previously converted.

The Company’s outstanding obligations which encumber the Company’s assets to secure payment of certain secured convertible debt are as follows:

Because we are in default in repayment, our secured creditor could exercise its remedies, including the execution on all our assets, which would result in the termination of our activities. Unless we generate enough cash, we may not have sufficient funds to pay our debentures and other indebtedness when due. In such an event, we might be required to sell our assets and properties to meet our obligations, or to seek an extension to our debentures, or alternative debt or equity financing. This would also cause our stock price to decline and could make an investment in us worthless and would have a material adverse effect on our investors and the Company.

Even if we are able to cure our default on the debentures, the existence of these secured obligations and the terms of the securities purchase agreement may impair our ability to obtain capital from external sources in certain manners.

Our existing and future debt obligations could impair our liquidity and financial condition. We are currently in default under our convertible debentures. If we are unable to meet our debt obligations, the lenders could foreclose on our assets.

All of our assets are encumbered to secure the payment of secured convertible debentures that will require payments if not previously converted to common stock. We are currently in default on these debt obligations. Our debt and financial obligations:

We are in default under the secured convertible debentures. Since we have pledged substantially all of our assets to secure our obligations under the secured convertible debentures, the debt default could enable the lenders to foreclose on the assets securing such debt and could significantly diminish the market value and marketability of our common stock and could result in the acceleration of other payment obligations or default under other contracts.

We do not currently have enough authorized shares of common stock under our Articles of Incorporation, as amended, to meet all of our potential obligations to third parties.

Our Articles of Incorporation, as amended, provide for 3,000,000,000 authorized shares of our common stock. As of June 12, 2023, we have 2,484,426,501 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. As of December 31, 2022, holders of our convertible debentures have delivered notices of conversion covering an aggregate of 1,159,494,989 shares of common stock. If we issued the shares that are subject to the notices of conversion that have been delivered, it would result in us issuing more shares than we have authorized. Accordingly, in order to meet all of these obligations, we will need to amend our Articles of Incorporation, as amended, to increase the authorized shares of our common stock. We can give no assurance that we will obtain the requisite affirmative vote of our shareholders to so amend our Articles of Incorporation, as amended, which could materially adversely affect our financial condition and the market for our shares. 

We have a history of operating losses and our auditors have indicated that there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

As of December 31, 2022, the Company had an approximate cash balance of $0.03 million, working capital deficit of approximately $18.1 million, and an accumulated deficit of approximately $61.4 million. In an effort to raise capital, on October 18, 2022, the Company completed a $.5 million private placement, and subsequent to December 31, 2022, the Company sold investments in certain preferred shares held for approximately $0.18 million to a related party. Despite these efforts to raise capital, the aforementioned factors continue to raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for the next twelve months from the date of issuance of these consolidated financial statements. The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of asset amounts or the classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern within one year after the date the consolidated financial statements are issued.

The Company does not believe that its capital resources as of December 31, 2022, its ability to settle a portion of existing convertible debt obligations through issuance of the Company’s shares, availability on the SouthStar facility to finance cash advances to suppliers, purchase orders and invoices, reauthorization of key vendors and credit limitation improvements will be sufficient to fund planned operations during the next twelve months. Additionally, the Company is in default on the aforementioned convertible debt, which was due to be repaid in July 2022, and is accruing related interest, late fees and other penalties. As a result of the above factors, the Company will need additional funds to fulfil its obligations. On September 22, 2022, the shareholders of the Company approved the authorization of 3 billion shares of common stock, however, all of the Company’s authorized shares have been issued or reserved since October 21, 2022, resulting in unfilled conversion notices and an inability to fill potential future conversion notices from convertible debt holders. In order for the Company to fulfil any further conversion obligations, the Company would need to receive approval from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) for a reverse stock-split and obtain shareholder approval for an increase in authorized shares. Existing unfilled conversion notices received in excess of available and authorized shares as of June 12, 2023, total 1,159,494,989. In order to satisfy all possible conversion obligations from existing debtholders as of December 31, 2022, the Company estimates a share deficit of approximately 43.4 billion shares based on the 3 billion currently authorized. Given these circumstances, it is improbable that the Company will be able to satisfactorily fulfil such obligations, even if the above steps are successfully taken.

The Company continues to explore a number of other possible solutions to its financing needs, including efforts to raise additional capital as needed, through the issuance of equity, equity-linked or debt securities, as well as possible transactions with other companies, strategic partnerships, and other mechanisms for addressing our financial condition. The Company will utilize its current contracts that are not limited to a single branch of government or a specific agency as these contracts can provide the Company with an opportunity to attain new solutions and service type orders. The Company will also utilize SGS’s small business status to partner with prime contractors on larger orders. The Company currently utilizes SouthStar to finance purchase orders and it also can factor its receivables if needed to fund operations. After considering the plans to alleviate substantial doubt, management has concluded that there is substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the financial statements are issued.

If the Company is unable to raise additional capital on terms acceptable to the Company and on a timely basis, or is unable to attain new vendors, the Company will be required to downsize or wind down its operations through liquidation, bankruptcy, or sale of its assets. In addition, up until September 15, 2022, the Company had been reliant on its ability to liquidate Ethereum to continue to fund operations when needed, however the Company is no longer mining Ethereum and as such, the Company will not be able to fund operations through the liquidation of Ethereum for the next twelve months.

Our capital resources and operating results, as of and through December 31, 2022, consist of the (i) an overall working capital deficit of $18.1 million, (ii) cash and cash equivalents of $0.03 million, of (iii) net cash used in operating activities of $7.5 million, (iv) net cash provided by investing activities of $6.5 million, and (v) net cash provided by financing activities of $0.4 million.

We have material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting.

Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires annual management assessments of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. Our management assessed the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2022 and concluded that we had material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting and therefore, our disclosure controls and procedures may not be effective in providing material information required to be included in any future periodic SEC filings on a timely basis and to ensure that information required to be disclosed in any future periodic SEC filings is accumulated and communicated to our management to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure about our internal control over financial reporting. See “Item 9A: Controls and Procedures.” More specifically, our internal control over financial reporting was not effective due to the following material weaknesses:

Although management has started to implement, and will continue to implement, actions to remediate the underlying causes of the control deficiencies that gave rise the material weaknesses, we cannot provide any assurance that the remediation efforts will be successful or that our internal control over financial reporting will be effective as a result of these efforts.

On May 17, 2022, subsequent to the evaluation as of December 31, 2021, management, in agreement with the audit committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, determined that the previously issued financial statements for the Affected Periods (as hereinafter defined) should no longer be relied upon and required restatement. Accordingly, the Company filed an amendment on Form 10-K (the “10-K Amendment”) to restate the Company’s previously issued consolidated financial statements and financial information as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, as well as to provide restated interim financial information as of September 30, 2021 and for the three and nine months then ended (collectively, the “Affected Periods”), contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 14, 2022 (the “Original Form 10-K”) and in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2021 (the “Form 10-Q”). As discussed in Note 1A, “Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements,” of the notes to the accompanying consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2022 included from previously reported information for the year ended December 31, 2021, the correction of certain errors, as discussed in the 10-K Amendment, from previously reported information for the year ended December 31, 2021, has resulted in an increase in net loss of $8.4 million, primarily as a result of a $6.3 million in expense related to the revaluation on the derivative conversion liability, an increase in interest expense of $0.9 million, and an increase in the loss contingency on debt default of $1.2 million. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Restatement of Our Consolidated Financial Statements.”

If we fail to comply with the rules under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act related to disclosure controls and procedures in the future, or, if we continue to have material weaknesses or other deficiencies in our internal control and accounting procedures and disclosure controls and procedures, our stock price could decline significantly and raising capital could be more difficult. If additional material weaknesses or significant deficiencies are discovered or if we otherwise fail to address the adequacy of our internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures, our business may be harmed. Moreover, effective internal controls are necessary for us to produce reliable financial reports and are important to prevent financial fraud. If we cannot provide reliable financial reports or prevent fraud, our business and operating results could be harmed, investors could lose confidence in our reported financial information, and the trading price of our securities could drop significantly.

We are a holding company whose subsidiaries are given a certain degree of independence, and our failure to integrate our subsidiaries may adversely affect our financial condition.

We have given our subsidiary companies and their executives a certain degree of independence in decision-making. On the one hand, this independence may increase the sense of ownership at all levels; on the other hand, it has also increased the difficulty of the integration of operation and management, which has resulted in increased difficulty of management integration. In the event we are not able to successfully manage our subsidiaries, this will result in operating difficulties and have a negative impact on our business.

We are a relatively small company with limited staff and a limited accounting department. Our limited staff and resources may affect our internal controls over financial reporting. Our failure to implement measures that will ensure adequate controls over our financial and other reporting processes could cause us to fail to meet our financial and other reporting obligations.

While we continue to evaluate and improve our internal controls following the Merger, we are a relatively small company with limited staff, particularly with a limited accounting department. The Company currently relies on the part-time services of third-party consultants to help us with our financial accounting, our reporting obligations, and our controls over financial processes and reporting.

Internal control over financial reporting cannot provide absolute assurance of achieving financial reporting objectives because of its inherent limitations. Internal control over financial reporting is a process that involves human diligence and compliance and is subject to lapses in judgment and breakdowns resulting from human failures. Internal control over financial reporting also can be circumvented by collusion or improper management override. Because of such limitations, there is a risk that material misstatements may not be prevented or detected on a timely basis by internal control over financial reporting. However, these inherent limitations are known features of the financial reporting process.

Due to our current staffing limitations, we cannot be certain that the measures we implement in the future will ensure that we design, undertake, and maintain adequate controls over our financial processes and reporting. Any failure by us to hire and retain experienced accounting and financial reporting personnel, implement required new or improved controls, or any difficulties we encounter in their implementation, could cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations.

Adverse judgments or settlements in legal proceedings could materially harm our business, financial condition, operating results and cash flows.

We are subject to pending claims for non-payment by certain vendors in an aggregate amount of approximately $1.1 million including interest as of December 31, 2022, which is approximately 8% of our total assets. We may also be a party to other claims that arise from time to time in the ordinary course of our business, which may include those related to, for example, contracts, sub-contracts, protection of confidential information or trade secrets, adversary proceedings arising from customer bankruptcies, employment of our workforce and immigration requirements or compliance with any of a wide array of state and federal statutes, rules and regulations that pertain to different aspects of our business. We may also be required to initiate expensive litigation or other proceedings to protect our business interests. There is a risk that we will not be successful or otherwise be able to satisfactorily resolve any pending or future litigation. In addition, litigation and other legal claims are subject to inherent uncertainties and management’s view of currently pending legal matters may change in the future. Those uncertainties include, but are not limited to, litigation costs and attorneys’ fees, unpredictable judicial or jury decisions and the differing laws and judicial proclivities regarding damage awards among the states in which we operate. Unexpected outcomes in such legal proceedings, or changes in management’s evaluation or predictions of the likely outcomes of such proceedings (possibly resulting in changes in established reserves), could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. Due to recurring losses and net capital deficiency, our current financial status may increase our default and litigation risks and may make us more financially vulnerable in the face of pending or threatened litigation. See “—Risks Related to our Business—We are currently in default under our convertible debentures. All our assets are encumbered to secure the payment of secured convertible debentures that will require payments if not previously converted to Common Stock.”

Future issuances of our common stock pursuant to various existing instruments including, but not limited to the existing convertible debentures and right to shares letter agreements could result in additional significant dilution of the percentage ownership of our shareholders and could cause the price of our common stock to decline.

In the future, the Company will have an obligation to issue its common stock pursuant to various securities instruments entitling their holders to receive shares of the Company’s common stock, including but not limited to rights to shares letter agreements and convertible debentures. Although such instruments typically provide for the limitation of the percentage of the common stock of the respective beneficial owners, the holders of such instruments are expected to obtain shares of common stock from time-to-time or, in some instances, to direct the Company to issue the shares of common stock to designated third parties. As a result, our shareholders may be materially diluted, and the price of our common stock may decline.

Risks Related to Out Former Cryptocurrency Mining Business 

The recent transition of Ethereum to proof-of-stake validation caused us to cease mining Ethereum and all other crypto currencies.

Proof-of-stake is an alternative method in validating cryptocurrency transactions. Now that Ethereum has transitioned to proof-of-stake, our data mining assets can no longer mine Ethereum as of September 15, 2022, and as such, all revenues from mining operations have ceased. The Company is no longer mining Ethereum or any other cryptocurrency. TTM Digital no longer holds any Ethereum or other crypto tokens or crypto assets currently and does not conduct any mining activities and does not have any plans to mine crypto tokens in the future.

It may be illegal now, or in the future, to acquire, own, hold, sell or use digital assets in one or more countries.

The United States has current regulations in place applicable to digital assets, including with respect to when digital assets may be a security for purposes of the U.S. federal securities laws. Additionally, the recent bankruptcy filings of FTX, the third largest digital asset exchange by volume at the time of its filing, and its affiliated hedge fund Alameda Research LLC, in addition to other bankruptcy filings of crypto companies throughout calendar year 2022, the industry has faced increased regulatory scrutiny from  U.S. regulatory agencies such as the SEC and CFTC. On June 5, 2023, the SEC filed lawsuits against cryptocurrency exchanges Coinbase and Binance. Additionally, the United States, one or more countries such as China, India, and Russia may take further regulatory actions in the future that severely restricts the right to acquire, own, hold, sell, or use digital assets or to exchange digital assets for fiat currency. Such an action may also result in the restriction of ownership, holding, or trading in our securities. Such restrictions may adversely affect an investment in us. For example, the Bank of England, in June of 2021, issued a paper for comments in which it explains that stablecoins should have the same regulations as fiat currencies.

The SEC has been active in asserting its jurisdiction over Initial Coin Offerings (“ICO”) and digital assets and in bringing enforcement cases. The SEC has directed enforcement activity toward digital assets, and more specifically, ICOs. The SEC has issued guidance and made numerous statements regarding the application of securities laws to digital assets. For example, on July 25, 2017, the SEC issued a Report of Investigation (the “Report”) which concluded that “DAO Tokens” offered and sold by the Decentralized Autonomous Organization (“DAO”), a digital decentralized autonomous organization and investor-directed venture capital fund for digital assets, were issued for the purpose of raising funds. The Report concluded that these tokens were “investment contracts” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(1) of the Securities Act and Section 3(a)(10) of the Exchange Act, and therefore securities subject to the federal securities laws. In December 2017, the SEC issued a cease-and-desist letter ordering a company to stop its initial coin offering of tokens on the grounds that it failed to file a registration statement or qualify for an exemption from registration. Similar to the tokens issued by the DAO, the SEC found that these tokens satisfied the definition of an “investment contract,” and were therefore subject to the federal securities laws.

In September 2017, the SEC created a new division known as the “Cyber Unit” to address, among other things, violations involving distributed ledger technology and ICOs, and filed a civil complaint in the Eastern District of New York charging a businessman and two companies with defrauding investors in a pair of so-called ICOs purportedly backed by investments in real estate and diamonds. Subsequently, the SEC has filed several orders instituting cease-and-desist proceedings against certain entities in connection with their unregistered offerings of tokens for failing to register a hedge fund formed for the purpose of investing in digital assets as an investment company for failing to register as a broker-dealer, even though it did not meet the definition of an exchange for failing either to register as a national securities exchange or to operate pursuant to an exemption from registration as an exchange after creating a platform that clearly fell within the definition of an exchange.

On March 9, 2022, President Biden signed an executive order on cryptocurrencies. While the executive order did not mandate any specific regulations, it instructs various federal agencies to consider potential regulatory measures, including the evaluation of the creation of a U.S. Central Bank digital currency. We cannot be certain as to how future regulatory developments will impact the treatment of digital assets under the law, including, but not limited to, whether digital assets will be classified as a security, commodity, currency and/or new or other existing classification. Such additional regulations may result in extraordinary, non-recurring expenses, thereby materially and adversely affecting an investment in us. If we determine not to comply with such additional regulatory and registration requirements, we may seek to cease certain or all of our operations. Any such action could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Further, we may be subject to investigation, administrative or court proceedings, and civil or criminal monetary fines and penalties as a result of any regulatory enforcement actions, all of which could harm our reputation and affect the value of our common stock. On April 4, 2022, shortly after President Biden’s executive order, SEC Chairman Gary Gensler announced that he has instructed the SEC staff to work (i) to register and regulate digital asset platforms like securities exchanges; (ii) with the CFTC on how to jointly address digital asset platforms that trade both securities and non-securities; (iii) on segregating out digital asset platforms’ custody of customer assets, if appropriate; and (iv) on segregating out the market making functions of digital asset platforms, if appropriate. These efforts have a high likelihood or result in new interpretations or regulations that would have material effects on our business that are impossible to predict.

Although we previously engaged in the mining of cryptocurrency, and previously held cryptocurrency assets, the Company no longer holds any Ethereum or other crypto tokens or crypto assets at this time and the company does not conduct any mining activities and does not have any plans to mine crypto tokens in the future.

Recent bankruptcies and financial distress among crypto asset market participants have caused widespread disruption in the crypto asset markets which may cause reputational harm to the Company.

The recent bankruptcies and financial distress among crypto asset market participants have caused widespread disruption in the crypto asset markets. Additionally, although we are not directly connected to the recent cryptocurrency market events, we may still suffer reputational harm due to our association with the cryptocurrency industry in light of the recent disruption in the crypto asset markets. Although we previously engaged in the mining of cryptocurrency, and previously held cryptocurrency assets, the Company no longer holds any Ethereum or other crypto tokens or crypto assets at this time and the company does not conduct any mining activities and does not have any plans to mine crypto tokens in the future. The recent disruptions in the crypto asset markets have caused regulators, such as the SEC, to more closely focus on companies with any level of involvement in crypto assets, whether past or present, such as the Company. With the recent developments in the market, our assets (GPUs and datacenter) may be impacted from a valuation perspective due to the uncertainty in the market. GPUs, which are typically used to mine cryptocurrencies, have returned to pricing that is closer to retail value rather than overvalued (i.e., marked up above retail due to supply constraints and demand). Additionally, there has been general reputational harm to the market due to the volatility of crypto exchanges, which has affected crypto token pricing negatively as well as pricing of mining equipment. The Company has minimized its impact, since it stopped mining crypto tokens on September 15, 2022, and the Company liquidated its crypto token holdings before the mass disruption in the market due to bankruptcies and increased risks in the market. Additionally, the Company’s crypto assets were not based on client holdings and crypto tokens were mined for the benefit of the Company and its shareholders’ value. However, the volatility in the market has caused the Company’s assets (GPUs and datacenter) to decline in value. The Company no longer holds any Ethereum or other crypto tokens or crypto assets at this time and the company does not conduct any mining activities and does not have any plans to mine crypto tokens in the future.

Our business, financial condition, share price and results of operations may still be adversely affected by recent cryptocurrency industry-wide developments beyond our control.

Even though neither TTM Digital nor the Company holds any cryptocurrency assets at this time, our business, financial condition, share price and results of operations may still be adversely affected by recent cryptocurrency industry-wide developments beyond our control, including the continued industry-wide fallout from the recent Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings of cryptocurrency exchanges FTX Trading Ltd., et al. (“FTX”) (including its affiliated hedge fund Alameda Research LLC), crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (“Three Arrows”) and crypto lenders Celsius Network LLC, et al. (“Celsius”), Voyager Digital Ltd., et al. (“Voyager”) and BlockFi Inc., et al. (“BlockFi”). Although our former cryptocurrency mining business has no exposure to any of the cryptocurrency market participants that recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy; we have no assets, material or otherwise, that may not be recovered due to these bankruptcies; and we have no exposure to any other counterparties, customers, custodians or other crypto asset market participants known to have (i) experienced excessive redemptions or suspended redemptions or withdrawal of crypto assets, (ii) their crypto assets of their customers unaccounted for, or (iii) experienced material corporate compliance failures; and our other business activities are unaffected by the recent crypto market events; our business, financial condition, share price and results of operations may not be immune to unfavorable investor sentiment resulting from these recent developments in the broader cryptocurrency industry.

Although we previously engaged in the mining of cryptocurrency, and previously held cryptocurrency assets, the Company no longer holds any Ethereum or other crypto tokens or crypto assets at this time and the company does not conduct any mining activities and does not have any plans to mine crypto tokens in the future. With the aforementioned developments in the market, our assets (GPUs and datacenter) may be impacted from a valuation perspective due to the uncertainty in the market. GPUs, which are typically used to mine cryptocurrencies, have returned to pricing that is closer to retail value rather than overvalued (i.e., marked up above retail due to supply constraints and demand). Additionally, there has been general reputational harm to the market due to the volatility of crypto exchanges, which has affected crypto token pricing negatively as well as pricing of mining equipment. The Company has minimized its impact, since it stopped mining crypto tokens on September 15, 2022, and the Company liquidated its crypto token holdings before the mass disruption in the market due to bankruptcies and increased risks in the market. Additionally, the Company’s crypto assets were not based on client holdings and crypto tokens were mined for the benefit of the Company and its shareholders’ value. However, the volatility in the market has caused the Company’s assets (GPUs and datacenter) to decline in value. The Company no longer holds any Ethereum or other crypto tokens or crypto assets at this time and the company does not conduct any mining activities and does not have any plans to mine crypto tokens in the future.

The Company may be at a higher risk of litigation and other legal proceedings due to heightened regulatory scrutiny of the cryptocurrency industry, which could ultimately be resolved against the Company requiring future cash payments or charges, which could impair the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.

Although we previously engaged in the mining of cryptocurrency, and previously held cryptocurrency assets, the Company no longer holds any Ethereum or other crypto tokens or crypto assets at this time and the Company does not conduct any mining activities and does not have any plans to mine crypto tokens in the future. The cryptocurrency aspect of the Company’s former business could make it susceptible to various claims, both in litigation and binding arbitration proceedings, legal proceedings, and government investigations, due to the heightened regulatory scrutiny following the recent disruptions in the crypto asset markets. The Company believes that since cryptocurrency mining, and the digital asset industry generally, is a relatively new business sector, it is more likely subject to government investigation and regulatory determination, particularly following the recent cryptocurrency market participant bankruptcies described elsewhere herein. Any claims, regulatory proceedings or litigation that could arise in the course of the Company’s business could have a material adverse effect on the Company and its business or operations.

Risks Related to Restatement of Our Consolidated Financial Statements

We had to restate our previously issued consolidated financial statements, as previously disclosed, and as disclosed in the Amendments to our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021. We have identified material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting for the year ended December 31, 2022. If we are unable to develop and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results in a timely manner, which may adversely affect investor confidence in us and may adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

On May 17, 2022, subsequent to the evaluation as of December 31, 2021, management, in agreement with the audit committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, determined that the previously issued financial statements for the Affected Periods (as hereinafter defined) should no longer be relied upon and required restatement. We then filed Amendment No. 1 to our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 (the “Amendment No. 1”) on May 23, 2022 to restate the Company’s previously issued consolidated financial statements and financial information as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, as well as to provide restated interim financial information as of September 30, 2021 and for the three and nine months then ended (collectively, the “Affected Periods”), contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 14, 2022 (the “Original Form 10-K”) and in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2021 (the “Form 10-Q”). On June 1, 2022, we filed Amendment No. 2 to our Form 10-K because Amendment No. 1 contained a typographical error on the date of the audit report of Friedman LLP (“Friedman”). Although Friedman’s audit report was dated April 14, 2022, except for the effects of the restatement discussed in Note 1A, Note 12, Note 13, and Note 19 to the consolidated financial statements, as to which the date is May 23, 2022, the copy of Friedman’s audit report that was included in Amendment No. 1 incorrectly included a date of April 13, 2022 (instead of April 14, 2022). Amendment No. 2 on Form 10-K (“Amendment No. 2”) was filed to correct the typographical error regarding the date on Friedman’s audit report, such that the date of Friedman’s audit report is April 14, 2022, except for the effects of the restatement discussed in Note 1A, Note 12, Note 13, and Note 19 to the consolidated financial statements, as to which the date is May 23, 2022.

As discussed in Note 1A, “Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements,” of the notes to the accompanying consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2021 included in Amendment No. 1 and Amendment No. 2, the correction of certain errors, as discussed in Amendment No. 1 and Amendment No. 2, from previously reported information for the year ended December 31, 2021, has resulted in an increase in net loss of $8.4 million, primarily as a result of a $6.3 million in expense related to the revaluation on the derivative conversion liability, an increase in interest expense of $0.9 million, and an increase in the loss contingency on debt default of $1.2 million. 

As previously disclosed in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 17, 2022 with the SEC, on May 17, 2022, the Company’s management determined that its prior conclusion that the “conversion feature” of the Company’s 12.5% senior secured convertible debentures (the “Debentures”) qualified for equity classification and, therefore, qualified for the application of the guidance in the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (the “FASB”) Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2020-06 was incorrect. Management has determined that the conversion feature was a liability classified derivative under the FASB’s Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging – Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity from the inception requiring recognition at fair value for each reporting period.

The Company’s management, in agreement with the audit committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, have determined that the previously issued financial statements for the Affected Periods should no longer be relied upon due to this error and require restatement. Amendment No. 1 and Amendment No. 2 (i) reflect the changes discussed above for the Affected Periods, (ii) restates the Company’s consolidated financial statements as and for the year ended December 31, 2021, and (iii) provides restated unaudited financial information as of September 30, 2021, and for the three and nine months then ended. The error does not impact the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the quarters ended March 31, 2021, or June 30, 2021.

As a result of the factors described above, the Company has included in Amendment No. 1 and Amendment No. 2 the restated consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2021:

A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Effective internal control over financial reporting is necessary for us to provide reliable financial reporting and prevent fraud. We continue to evaluate steps to remediate the material weaknesses. These remediation measures may be time consuming and costly and there is no assurance that these initiatives will ultimately have the intended effects.

Any failure to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting could adversely impact on our ability to report our financial position and results from operations on a timely and accurate basis. If our financial statements are not accurate, investors may not have a complete understanding of our operations. Likewise, if our financial statements are not filed on a timely basis, we could be subject to sanctions or investigations by the SEC or other regulatory authorities. In either case, there could be a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations. Ineffective internal control over financial reporting could also cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, which could have a negative effect on the trading price of our stock.

We can give no assurance that the measures we are taking and plan to take in the future will remediate the material weaknesses identified or that any additional material weaknesses or restatements of financial results will not arise in the future due to a failure to implement and maintain adequate internal control over financial reporting or circumvention of these controls. In addition, even if we are successful in strengthening our controls and procedures, in the future those controls, and procedures may not be adequate to prevent or identify irregularities or errors or to facilitate the fair presentation of our consolidated financial statements.

We may face litigation and other risks as a result of the Restatement and material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting.

As a result of the Restatement and the identified material weaknesses, and other matters that may in the future be raised by the SEC, we face the potential for litigation or other disputes which may include, among others, claims invoking the federal and state securities laws, contractual claims or other claims arising from the Restatement and/or the material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting and the preparation of our financial statements. As of the date of this Registration Statement, we have no knowledge of any such litigation or dispute. However, we can provide no assurance that such litigation or dispute will not arise in the future. Any such litigation or dispute, whether successful or not, could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Risk Factors Relating to Our Common Stock

Trading on the OTC Markets is volatile and sporadic, which could depress the market price of our common stock and make it difficult for you to resell your common stock.

Our common stock is quoted on the Pink Tier of the OTC Markets Group, Inc. (“OTC Markets”). Trading in securities quoted on the OTC Markets is often thin and characterized by wide fluctuations in trading prices, due to many factors, some of which may have little to do with our operations or business prospects. This volatility could depress the market price of our common stock for reasons unrelated to operating performance. Moreover, the OTC Markets is not a stock exchange, and trading of securities on the OTC Markets is often more sporadic than the trading of securities listed on a quotation system like Nasdaq Capital Market or a stock exchange like the NYSE American. These factors may result in your having difficulty reselling any shares in our common stock.

The market price of our common stock is likely to be highly volatile because of several factors, including a limited public float.

The market price of our common stock has been volatile in the past and the market price of our common stock is likely to be highly volatile in the future. You may not be able to resell shares of our common stock following periods of volatility because of the market’s adverse reaction to volatility.

Other factors that could cause such volatility may include, among other things:

Any of these factors could have a significant and adverse impact on the market price of our common stock. In addition, the stock market in general has at times experienced extreme volatility and rapid decline that has often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of particular companies. These broad market fluctuations may adversely affect the trading price of our common stock, regardless of our actual operating performance.

Our common stock is currently a “penny stock” under SEC rules. It may be more difficult to resell securities classified as “penny stock.”

Our common stock is currently a “penny stock” under applicable SEC rules (generally defined as non-exchange traded stock with a per-share price below $5.00). If our common stock becomes listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market, it will not be considered “penny stock,” however, if we are unable to maintain that listing and our common stock is no longer listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market, unless we maintain a per-share price above $5.00, our common stock will become “penny stock.” These rules impose additional sales practice requirements on broker-dealers that recommend the purchase or sale of penny stocks to persons other than those who qualify as “established customers” or “accredited investors.” For example, broker-dealers must determine the appropriateness for non-qualifying persons of investments in penny stocks. Broker-dealers must also provide, prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from the rules, a standardized risk disclosure document that provides information about penny stocks and the risks in the penny stock market. The broker-dealer also must provide the customer with current bid and offer quotations for the penny stock, disclose the compensation of the broker-dealer and its salesperson in the transaction, furnish monthly account statements showing the market value of each penny stock held in the customer’s account, provide a special written determination that the penny stock is a suitable investment for the purchaser, and receive the purchaser’s written agreement to the transaction.

Legal remedies available to an investor in “penny stocks” may include the following:

These requirements may have the effect of reducing the level of trading activity, if any, in the secondary market for a security that becomes subject to the penny stock rules. The additional burdens imposed upon broker-dealers by such requirements may discourage broker-dealers from effecting transactions in our securities, which could severely limit the market price and liquidity of our securities. These requirements may restrict the ability of broker-dealers to sell our common stock and may affect your ability to resell our common stock.

Many brokerage firms will discourage or refrain from recommending investments in penny stocks. Most institutional investors will not invest in penny stocks. In addition, many individual investors will not invest in penny stocks due, among other reasons, to the increased financial risk generally associated with these investments.

For these reasons, penny stocks may have a limited market and, consequently, limited liquidity. We can give no assurance at what time, if ever, our common stock will not be classified as a “penny stock” in the future.

If the benefits of any proposed acquisition do not meet the expectations of investors, stockholders or financial analysts, the market price of our common stock may decline.

If the benefits of any proposed acquisition do not meet the expectations of investors or securities analysts, the market price of our common stock prior to the closing of the proposed acquisition may decline. The market values of our common stock at the time of the proposed acquisition may vary significantly from their prices on the date the acquisition target was identified.

In addition, broad market and industry factors may materially harm the market price of our common stock irrespective of our operating performance. The stock market in general has experienced price and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of the particular companies affected. The trading prices and valuations of these stocks, and of our securities, may not be predictable. A loss of investor confidence in the market for retail stocks or the stocks of other companies which investors perceive to be similar to us could depress our stock price regardless of our business, prospects, financial conditions or results of operations. A decline in the market price of our securities also could adversely affect our ability to issue additional securities and our ability to obtain additional financing in the future.

Changes in accounting principles and guidance, or their interpretation, could result in unfavorable accounting charges or effects, including changes to our previously filed financial statements, which could cause our stock price to decline.

We prepare our consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). These principles are subject to interpretation by the SEC and various bodies formed to interpret and create appropriate accounting principles and guidance. A change in these principles or guidance, or in their interpretations, may have a significant effect on our reported results and retroactively affect previously reported results.

Being a public company results in additional expenses, diverts management’s attention, and could also adversely affect our ability to attract and retain qualified directors.

As a public reporting company, we are subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act. These requirements generate significant accounting, legal and financial compliance costs and make some activities more difficult, time-consuming, or costly and may place significant strain on our personnel and resources. The Exchange Act requires, among other things, that we maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting. In order to establish the requisite disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting, significant resources and management oversight are required.

As a result, management’s attention may be diverted from other business concerns, which could have an adverse and even material effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations. These rules and regulations may also make it more difficult and expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance. If we are unable to obtain appropriate director and officer insurance, our ability to recruit and retain qualified officers and directors, especially those directors who may be deemed independent, could be adversely impacted.

We are an “emerging growth company” and our election to delay adoption of new or revised accounting standards applicable to public companies may result in our financial statements not being comparable to those of some other public companies. As a result of this and other reduced disclosure requirements applicable to emerging growth companies, our securities may be less attractive to investors.

As a public reporting company with less than $1,235,000,000 in revenue during our last fiscal year, we qualify as an “emerging growth company” under the JOBS Act. An emerging growth company may take advantage of certain reduced reporting requirements and is relieved of certain other significant requirements that are otherwise generally applicable to public companies. In particular, as an emerging growth company we:

We intend to take advantage of all these reduced reporting requirements and exemptions, including the longer phase-in periods for the adoption of new or revised financial accounting standards under §107 of the JOBS Act. Our election to use the phase-in periods may make it difficult to compare our financial statements to those of non-emerging growth companies and other emerging growth companies that have opted out of the phase-in periods under §107 of the JOBS Act.

Certain of these reduced reporting requirements and exemptions were already available to us due to the fact that we also qualify as a “smaller reporting company” under SEC rules. For instance, smaller reporting companies are not required to obtain an auditor attestation and report regarding management’s assessment of internal control over financial reporting; are not required to provide a compensation discussion and analysis; are not required to provide a pay-for-performance graph or Chief Executive Officer pay ratio disclosure; and may present only two years of audited financial statements and related MD&A disclosure.

Under the JOBS Act, we may take advantage of the above-described reduced reporting requirements and exemptions for up to five years after our initial sale of common equity pursuant to a registration statement declared effective under the Securities Act or such earlier time that we no longer meet the definition of an emerging growth company. In this regard, the JOBS Act provides that we would cease to be an “emerging growth company” if we have more than $1,235,000,000 in annual revenues, have more than $700 million in market value of our Common Stock held by non-affiliates, or issue more than $1.0 billion in principal amount of non-convertible debt over a three-year period. Further, under current SEC rules we will continue to qualify as a “smaller reporting company” for so long as we have a public float (i.e., the market value of common equity held by non-affiliates) of less than $250 million as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter.

We cannot predict if investors will find our securities less attractive due to our reliance on these exemptions.

If we fail to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting, the price of our securities may be adversely affected.

Our internal control over financial reporting has weaknesses and conditions that require correction or remediation. For the year ended December 31, 2022, we identified a material weakness in our assessment of the effectiveness of disclosure controls and procedures. Our internal control over financial reporting was not effective due to the following material weaknesses:

Although management has implemented, and continues to implement, actions to remediate the underlying causes of the control deficiencies that gave rise the material weaknesses, we cannot provide any assurance that the remediation efforts will be successful or that our internal control over financial reporting will be effective as a result of these efforts. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Restatement of Our Consolidated Financial Statements.”

If we fail to comply with the rules under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act related to disclosure controls and procedures in the future, or, if we continue to have material weaknesses or other deficiencies in our internal control and accounting procedures and disclosure controls and procedures, our stock price could decline significantly and raising capital could be more difficult. If additional material weaknesses or significant deficiencies are discovered or if we otherwise fail to address the adequacy of our internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures, our business may be harmed. Moreover, effective internal controls are necessary for us to produce reliable financial reports and are important to prevent financial fraud. If we cannot provide reliable financial reports or prevent fraud, our business and operating results could be harmed, investors could lose confidence in our reported financial information, and the trading price of our securities could drop significantly.

We are required to comply with certain provisions of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and if we fail to continue to comply, our business could be harmed, and the price of our securities could decline.

Rules adopted by the SEC pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act require an annual assessment of internal control over financial reporting, and for certain issuers an attestation of this assessment by the issuer’s independent registered public accounting firm. The standards that must be met for management to assess the internal control over financial reporting as effective are evolving and complex, and require significant documentation, testing, and possible remediation to meet the detailed standards. We expect to incur significant expenses and to devote resources to Section 404 compliance on an ongoing basis. It is difficult for us to predict how long it will take or costly it will be to complete the assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting for each year and to remediate any deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting. As a result, we may not be able to complete the assessment and remediation process on a timely basis. In the event that our Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer determines that our internal control over financial reporting is not effective as defined under Section 404, we cannot predict how regulators will react or how the market prices of our securities will be affected; however, we believe that there is a risk that investor confidence and the market value of our securities may be negatively affected.

Shares eligible for future sale may adversely affect the market.

From time to time, certain of our stockholders may be eligible to sell all or some of their shares of common stock by means of ordinary brokerage transactions in the open market pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, subject to certain limitations. In general, pursuant to Rule 144, non-affiliate stockholders may sell freely after six months, subject only to the current public information requirement. Affiliates may sell after six months, subject to the Rule 144 volume, manner of sale (for equity securities), current public information, and notice requirements. Of the approximately 2,484,426,501 shares of our common stock outstanding as of June 12, 2023, approximately 1,933,270,220 shares are tradable without restriction. Given the limited trading of our common stock, resale of even a small number of shares of our common stock pursuant to Rule 144 or an effective registration statement may adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

We have never paid dividends on our common stock and have no plans to do so in the future.

Holders of shares of our common stock are entitled to receive such dividends as may be declared by our board of directors. To date, we have paid no cash dividends on our shares of common stock, and we do not expect to pay cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. We intend to retain future earnings, if any, to provide funds for the operations of our business. Therefore, any return investors in our common stock may have will be in the form of appreciation, if any, of the market value of their shares of common stock. See “Dividend Policy.”

We will indemnify and hold harmless our officers and directors to the maximum extent permitted by Nevada law.

Our bylaws provide that we will indemnify and hold harmless our officers and directors against claims arising from our activities to the maximum extent permitted by Nevada law. If we were called upon to perform under our indemnification agreement, then the portion of our assets expended for such a purpose would reduce the amount otherwise available for our business.

The planned Reverse Stock Split may decrease the liquidity of the shares of our common stock.

On June 15, 2022, the Company’s Board of Directors approved to affect a reverse stock split of the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, at a ratio of no less than 1-for-500 and no more than 1-for-1,000, with such ratio to be determined at the sole discretion of the Board of Directors. On September 22, 2022, the Company held its 2022 virtual annual meeting of stockholders, at which the Company’s stockholders voted in favor of, among other matters, to effect a reverse stock split of the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, at a ratio of no less than 1-for-500 and no more than 1-for-1,000, with such ratio to be determined at the sole discretion of the Board of Directors. On November 1, 2022, the Company’ Board of Directors approved an Articles of Amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to affect a 1 for 1,000 reverse stock split (“Reverse Stock Split”) of the Company’s common stock. The current status of the Reverse Stock Split is that the Company has notified the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) of the Reverse Stock Split, which will not be effective until FINRA processes it, and at such time we’ll file the Articles of Amendment with the State of Nevada to effectuate the Reverse Stock Split. The liquidity of the shares in our common stock may be affected adversely by the planned Reverse Stock Split given the reduced number of shares outstanding following the Reverse Stock Split. In addition, the planned Reverse Stock Split may have increased the number of shareholders who own odd lots (less than 100 shares) of our common stock, creating the potential for such shareholders to experience an increase in the cost of selling their shares and greater difficulty affecting such sales.

Our common stock is now quoted on OTC Market’s Pink Tier as a result of failing to satisfy the minimum bid price requirement for the OTCQB.

Our common stock is now quoted on OTC Markets Group, Inc. (“OTC Markets”) Pink Tier under the symbol “SYSX,” as a result of failing to satisfy the minimum bid price requirement for the OTCQB. Our common stock was previously quoted on the OTCQB Tier under the symbol “SYSX.” In order to be in compliance with OTCQB Standards, among other things, a company must maintain a minimum closing bid price of $0.01 per share on at least one of the prior 30 consecutive calendar days. Further, pursuant to the OTCQB Standards, in the event that a company’s closing bid price falls below $0.001 at any time for five consecutive trading days, such company will be immediately removed from OTCQB. Effective November 25, 2022, the Company’s common stock was removed by OTC Markets from the OTCQB as a result of failing to satisfy the minimum bid price requirement for the OTCQB, and as of such date began being quoted on the OTC Market’s Pink Tier.