VRUS Verus International Inc (CE)

RISK FACTORS

An investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. This prospectus contains the risks applicable to an investment in our securities. Prior to making a decision about investing in our securities, you should carefully consider the specific factors discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” in this prospectus. The risks and uncertainties we have described are not the only ones we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also affect our operations. The occurrence of any of these known or unknown risks might cause you to lose all or part of your investment in the offered securities.

Risks Related to Our Business

We have no history of profitability.

We commenced operations in 1994 and to date have not generated any profit. We do not have a significant operating history which would provide you with meaningful information about our past or future operations. The Company has not yet achieved positive cash flow on a monthly basis during any fiscal year including the current fiscal year ended October 31, 2018 and there is significant risk to the survival of the Company.

There is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

We had net losses of $2,842,292 and $1,278,209 for the years ended October 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. We had net income of $2,164,614 and $1,826,134 for the three and six months ended April 30, 2019, respectively. Furthermore, we had a working capital deficit of $1,573,851 and $ 242,534 for the year ended October 31, 2018 and for the quarter ended April 30 , 2019, respectively. Since the financial statements were prepared assuming that we would continue as a going concern, these conditions coupled with our current liquidity position raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Furthermore, since we are pursuing new products and services, this diminishes our ability to accurately forecast our revenues and expenses. We expect that our ability to continue as a going concern depends, in large part, on our ability to generate sufficient revenues, limit our expenses and/or obtain necessary financing. If we are unable to generate sufficient revenues, limit our expenses and/or obtain necessary financing, we may be forced to curtail or cease operations.

We will require additional financing in the future to fund our operations.

We will need additional capital in the future to continue to execute our business plan. Therefore, we will be dependent upon additional capital in the form of either debt or equity to continue our operations. At the present time, we do not have arrangements to raise all of the needed additional capital, and we will need to identify potential investors and negotiate appropriate arrangements with them. Our ability to obtain additional financing will be subject to a number of factors, including market conditions, our operating performance and investor sentiment. If we are unable to raise additional capital when required or on acceptable terms, we may have to significantly delay, scale back or discontinue our operations.

Our indebtedness and liquidity needs could restrict our operations and make us more vulnerable to adverse economic conditions.

Our existing indebtedness may adversely affect our operations and limit our growth, and we may have difficulty repaying our debt when due. If market or other economic conditions deteriorate, our ability to comply with covenants contained in our debt instruments may be impaired. If we violate any of the restrictions or covenants set forth in our debt instruments, all or a significant portion of our indebtedness may become immediately due and payable. Our inability to make payments on our indebtedness when due may have a material adverse effect on our operations and financial condition.

We depend on a small number of customers and the loss of one or more major customers could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

For the year ended October 31, 2018, approximately 84% of accounts receivable were concentrated with six customers and approximately 64% of revenues were concentrated with five customers, all of which customers are located outside United States. We expect that our top six and five customers will begin to account for a less significant portion of our accounts receivable and revenues, respectively, for the foreseeable future due to product expansion with different customers. For the year ended October 31, 2017, approximately 64% of accounts receivable were concentrated with four customers and approximately 60% of revenues were concentrated with four customers. The loss of one or more of our top four customers, or a substantial decrease in demand by any of those customers for our products, could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Our reliance on distributors and retailers could affect our ability to efficiently and profitably distribute and market our products, maintain our existing markets and expand our business into other geographic markets.

Our ability to maintain and expand our existing markets for our products, and to establish markets in new geographic distribution areas, is dependent on our ability to establish and maintain successful relationships with reliable distributors and retailers. Most of our distributors and retailers sell and distribute competing products and our products may represent a small portion of their businesses. The success of our distribution network will depend on the performance of the distributors and retailers. There is a risk that the retailers and distributors that we engage may not adequately perform their functions by, among other things, failing to distribute our products or positioning our products in localities that may not be receptive to our products. Our ability to incentivize, motivate and retain distributors to manage and sell our products is affected by competition from other food companies that have greater resources than we do. To the extent that our distributors and retailers are distracted from selling our products or do not employ sufficient efforts in managing and selling our products, our sales and results of operations could be adversely affected. Furthermore, such third-parties’ financial position or market share may deteriorate, which could adversely affect the distribution, marketing and sales activities related to our products.

Our ability to maintain and expand our distribution network and attract additional distributors and retailers will depend on a number of factors, some of which are outside our control. Some of these factors include:

We may not be able to successfully manage all or any of these factors in any of our current or prospective geographic areas of distribution which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operation and financial condition.

If we do not adequately manage our inventory levels, our operating results could be adversely affected.

We need to maintain adequate inventory levels to be able to deliver products on a timely basis. Our inventory supply depends on our ability to correctly estimate demand for our products. Our ability to estimate demand for our products is imprecise, particularly for new products, for seasonal promotions and in new markets. If we materially underestimate demand for our products or are unable to maintain sufficient inventory, we may not be able to satisfy demand on a short-term basis. Alternatively, if we overestimate demand for our products, we may have too much inventory on hand, which may result in higher storage costs and the risk of inventory spoilage. If we fail to manage our inventory to meet demand, we could damage our brand and our relationship with our customers which would adversely affect our operating results and financial condition.

If we do not continually enhance our brand recognition, increase distribution of our products, attract new customers and introduce new products, either on a timely basis or at all, our business may suffer.

The food industry is subject to rapid and frequent changes in consumer demands. Because consumers in this industry are constantly seeking new products, our success relies heavily on our ability to continue to market new products. We may not be successful in introducing or marketing new products on a timely basis, if at all. If we are unable to commercialize new products, our revenue may not grow as expected, which would adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Any damage to our brand or reputation could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We must protect and grow the value of our brand to continue to be successful in the future. Any incident that erodes consumer affinity for our brand could significantly reduce our value and damage our business. For example, negative third-party reports regarding our products, whether accurate or not, may adversely impact consumer perceptions. In addition, if we are forced, or voluntarily elect, to recall certain products, the public perception of the quality of our food may be diminished. We may also be adversely affected by news reports or other negative publicity, regardless of their accuracy, regarding other aspects of our business, such as public health concerns, illness and safety. This negative publicity could adversely affect our brand and reputation which would have a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition.

We have no long-term contracts with our customers which require our customers to purchase a minimum amount of our products. The absence of long-term contracts could result in periods during which we must continue to pay costs and service indebtedness without revenues.

We do not have long-term contacts with our customers which require our customers to purchase a minimum amount of our products. Accordingly, we could have periods during which we have no or limited orders for our products, which will make it difficult for us to operate as we will have to continue paying our expenses and servicing our debt. We cannot provide assurance that we will be able to timely locate new customers, if at all. The periods in which we have no or limited purchase orders for our products could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition.

Severe weather conditions and natural disasters may affect manufacturing facilities and distribution activities which may negatively impact the operating results of our business.

Severe weather conditions and natural disasters, such as fires, floods, droughts, frosts, hurricanes, earthquakes and tornadoes may curtail or prevent the manufacturing or distribution of our products which may have a material adverse effect on our results of operation or financial condition.

Our international operations expose us to regulatory, economic, political and social risks in the countries in which we operate.

The international nature of our operations involves a number of risks, including changes in U.S. and foreign regulations, tariffs, taxes and exchange controls, economic downturns, inflation and political and social instability including retaliation, war, and civil unrest in the countries in which we operate. Moreover, consumers in different countries may have varying tastes, preferences and nutritional opinions. We cannot be certain that we will be able to enter and successfully compete in additional foreign markets or that we will be able to continue to compete in the foreign markets in which we currently operate.

Doing business outside the United States requires us to comply with the laws and regulations of the U.S. government and various foreign jurisdictions, which place restrictions on our operations, trade practices, partners and investment decisions. In particular, our operations are subject to U.S. and foreign anti-corruption and trade control laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) and the Export Sales Reporting Program. The FCPA prohibits us from providing anything of value to foreign officials for the purposes of obtaining or retaining business or securing any improper business advantage. Our continued expansion outside the United States and our development of new partnerships and joint venture relationships worldwide could increase the risk of FCPA violations in the future. We have operations and deal with governmental clients in countries known to experience corruption, including certain emerging countries in the Middle East. Our activities in these countries create the risk of unauthorized payments or offers of payments by one of our employees or third parties that we engage that could be in violation of various laws including the FCPA and other anti-corruption laws, even though these parties are not always subject to our control. As a result of doing business in foreign countries and with foreign partners, we are exposed to a heightened risk of violating anti-corruption laws. In addition, we are subject to the Export Sales Reporting Program which monitors U.S. agricultural export sales on a daily and weekly basis, and we must comply with The Office of Foreign Assets Control trade sanctions. Violations of anti-corruption, export and other regulations we may be subject to may be punishable by civil penalties, including fines, denial of export privileges, injunctions and asset seizures as well as criminal fines and imprisonment.

Disruptions in the worldwide economy may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Adverse and uncertain economic conditions may impact distributor, retailer and consumer demand for our products. In addition, our ability to manage normal commercial relationships with our suppliers, distributors, retailers and consumers may suffer. Consumers may shift to purchasing lower-priced products during economic downturns, making it more difficult for us to sell our premium products. During economic downturns, it may be more difficult to persuade existing consumers to continue to use our brand or persuade new consumers to select our brand without price promotions. Furthermore, during economic downturns, distributors and retailers may reduce their inventories of our products. Our results of operations depend upon, among other things, our ability to maintain and increase sales volume with our existing distributors and retailers, to attract new consumers and to provide products that appeal to consumers at prices they are willing and able to pay. Prolonged unfavorable economic conditions may have an adverse effect on our results of operation and financial condition.

We purchase substantially all of our food products from a limited number of regions and from a limited number of suppliers. Price increases and shortages in food products could adversely affect our operating results.

We purchase substantially all of our food products from a limited number of regions around the world or from a limited number of suppliers. Increases in the prices of the food products which we purchase could adversely affect our operating results if we were unable to fully offset the effect of these increased costs through price increases, and we can provide no assurance that we will be able to pass along such increased costs to our customers. Furthermore, if we cannot obtain sufficient food products or our suppliers cease to be available to us, we could experience shortages in our food products or be unable to meet our commitments to customers. Alternative sources of food products, if available, may be more expensive. A ny such failure to supply or delay caused by our supplies may have a material adverse effect on our operating results.

Price increases may not be sufficient to cover increased costs, or may result in declines in sales volume due to price elasticity in the marketplace.

We may be able to pass some or all input costs to our customers by increasing the selling price of our products or decreasing the size of our products; however, higher product prices or decreased product sizes may also result in a reduction in sales volume and/or consumption. If we are not able to increase our selling prices or reduce product sizes sufficiently, or in a timely manner, to offset increased input costs, including packaging, freight, direct labor, overhead and employee benefits, or if our sales volume decreases significantly, there could be a negative impact on our financial condition and results of operations.

We operate in a highly competitive industry .

The food industry is intensely competitive and consolidation in this industry continues. We face competition in the areas of brand recognition, taste, quality, price, advertising/promotion, convenience and service. A number of our competitors are larger than us and have substantial financial, marketing and other resources as well as substantial international operations. In addition, reduced barriers to entry and easier access to funding are creating new competition. Furthermore, in order to protect our existing market share or capture increased market share in this highly competitive environment, we may be required to increase expenditures for promotions and advertising, and must continue to introduce and establish new products. Due to inherent risks in the marketplace associated with advertising and new product introductions, including uncertainties about trade and consumer acceptance, increased expenditures may not prove successful in maintaining or enhancing our market share and could impact our operating results. In addition, we may incur increased credit and other business risks because we operate in a highly competitive environment.

Our business operations could be disrupted if our information technology systems fail to perform adequately.

The efficient operation of our business depends on our information technology systems. We rely on our information technology systems to effectively manage our business data, communications, supply chain, order entry and fulfillment, and other business processes. The failure of our information technology systems to perform as we anticipate could disrupt our business and could result in transaction errors, processing inefficiencies, and the loss of sales and customers, causing our business and results of operations to suffer. In particular, as we grow, we need to make sure that our information technology systems are upgraded and integrated throughout our business and able to generate reports sufficient for management to run our business. In addition, our information technology systems may be vulnerable to damage, interruption or security breaches from circumstances beyond our control, including fire, natural disasters, system failures, cyber-attacks, corporate espionage, and viruses. Any such damage, interruption or security breach could have a material adverse effect on our business.

We may be subject to significant liability and may have to recall our products if the consumption of any food product manufactured or marketed by us causes injury, illness or death. Regardless of whether such claims against us are valid, they may be expensive to defend and may generate negative publicity, both of which could materially adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition.

The sale of food products for human consumption involves the risk of injury to consumers. Such injuries may result from tampering by unauthorized third parties or product contamination or spoilage, including the presence of bacterial contamination, foreign objects, substances, chemicals, other agents or residues introduced during production processes. Our food products may also be subject to product tampering, contamination or spoilage or be mislabeled or otherwise damaged which may result in a product recall.

We are dependent on our third-party manufacturers for compliance with rules and regulations with respect to production of many of our products. Although we believe that we and our manufacturers are in material compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, if the consumption of our products causes or is alleged to have caused an illness in the future, we may become subject to claims or lawsuits relating to such matters. Even if a product liability claim is unsuccessful or is not fully pursued, the negative publicity surrounding an illness, injury or death could material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

The food industry has been subject to a growing number of claims, including class action lawsuits based on the nutritional content of food products as well as disclosure and advertising practices. In the future we may face these types of claims and proceedings and, even if we are successful in defending these claims, publicity about these matters may harm our reputation and adversely affect our results. Regardless of whether any claims against us are valid, or whether we are ultimately held liable, claims may be expensive to defend and may divert time and money away from our operations, which could have a material adverse effect on our performance. Furthermore, a significant judgment could materially and adversely affect our financial condition or results of operations.

Outbreaks of disease among livestock and poultry flocks could harm our revenues and operating margins.

As a supplier of meat products, we are subject to risks associated with the outbreak of disease in beef livestock and poultry flocks, including, but not limited to, avian influenza and bovine spongiform encephalopathy. The outbreak of disease could adversely affect our supply of raw materials, increase the cost of production and reduce operating margins. Additionally, the outbreak of disease may hinder our ability to market and sell products which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

We are dependent upon key personnel whose loss may adversely impact our business.

Our success materially depends upon the expertise, experience and continued service of our management and other key personnel, including, but not limited to, our current Chief Executive Officer, Anshu Bhatnagar. If we lose the services of Anshu Bhatnagar or any of other member of management, our business would be materially and adversely affected.

Our future success also depends upon our ability to attract and retain highly qualified management personnel and other employees. Any difficulties in obtaining, retaining and training qualified employees could have a material adverse effect on our results of operation or financial condition. The process of identifying such personnel with the combination of skills and attributes required to carry out our business plan is often lengthy. Any difficulties in obtaining and retaining qualified managers and employees could have a material adverse effect on our results of operation or financial condition.

We may fail to realize all of the anticipated benefits of the acquisition of Big League, such benefits may take longer to realize than expected or we may encounter significant difficulties integrating Big League’s business into our operations. If the acquisition does not achieve its intended benefits, our business, financial condition, and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

We believe that the acquisition of Big League will result in certain benefits, including certain cost synergies and operational efficiencies; however, to realize these anticipated benefits, the business of Big League must be successfully combined with our business. The combination of two independent businesses is a complex, costly, and time-consuming process that will require significant management attention and resources. The integration process may disrupt the businesses and, if implemented ineffectively, would limit the expected benefits of this acquisition to us. The failure to meet the challenges involved in integrating the two businesses and to realize the anticipated benefits could cause an interruption of, or a loss of momentum in, our activities and could adversely affect our results of operations.

The overall integration of the businesses may result in material unanticipated problems, expenses, liabilities, competitive responses, loss of customer and other business relationships, and diversion of management’s attention. The difficulties of combining the operations of the companies include, among others:

Many of these factors are outside of our control and any one of these factors could result in increased costs, decreases in the amount of expected revenues, and additional diversion of management’s time and energy, which could materially adversely impact our business, financial condition, and results of operations. In addition, even if the operations are integrated successfully, the full benefits, including the synergies, cost savings, revenue growth, or other benefits that are expected, may not be achieved within the anticipated time frame, or at all. Further, additional unanticipated costs may be incurred in the integration of our businesses. All of these factors could decrease or delay the expected accretive effect of the acquisition, and negatively impact our business, operating results, and financial condition. As a result, we cannot provide any assurance that the acquisition of Big League will result in the realization of the full benefits that we anticipate.

We have identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting that could, if not remediated, result in material misstatements in our financial statements.

In connection with the audit of our consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended October 31, 2018, we have concluded that there is a material weakness relating to our internal control over financial reporting. 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 the company’s annual or interim consolidated financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

Specifically, we identified a material weakness relating to the lack of segregation of duties due to the small size of our accounting staff. Although we need to take measures to fully mitigate such material weakness, the measures we have taken, and expect to take, to improve our internal controls may not be sufficient to address the issues identified, to ensure that our internal controls are effective or to ensure that the identified material weakness will not result in a material misstatement of our annual or interim consolidated financial statements. If we are unable to correct material weaknesses or deficiencies in internal controls in a timely manner, our ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information accurately and within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC, will be adversely affected. This failure could negatively affect the market price and trading liquidity of our Common Stock, cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, subject us to civil and criminal investigations and penalties, and materially and adversely impact our business and financial condition.

Certain provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”), our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (“Certificate of Incorporation”), and our Amended and Restated Bylaws (“Bylaws”) may have anti-takeover effects that could discourage, delay or prevent a change in control, which may cause our stock price to decline.

Our Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws and Delaware law could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us, even if closing such a transaction would be beneficial to our stockholders. Our Certificate of Incorporation authorizes us to issue up to 125,000,000 shares of preferred stock. This preferred stock may be issued in one or more series, the terms of which may be determined at the time of issuance by our board of directors without further action by stockholders. The terms of any series of preferred stock may include voting rights (including the right to vote as a series on particular matters), preferences as to dividend, liquidation, conversion and redemption rights and sinking fund provisions. The issuance of any preferred stock could materially adversely affect the rights of the holders of our Common Stock , and therefore, reduce the value of our Common Stock . In particular, specific rights granted to future holders of preferred stock could be used to restrict our ability to merge with, or sell our assets to, a third party and thereby preserve control by the present management.

Provisions of our Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws and Delaware law also could have the effect of discouraging potential acquisition proposals or making a tender offer or delaying or preventing a change in control, including changes a stockholder might consider favorable. Such provisions may also prevent or frustrate attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our management. In particular, the Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws and Delaware law, as applicable, among other things:

Our management controls a large block of our voting capital stock that will allow them to control us.

As of July 24 , 2019, members of our management team beneficially own approximately 59.62% of our outstanding voting capital. As a result, management may have the ability to control substantially all matters submitted to our stockholders for approval including:

In addition, management’s stock ownership may discourage a potential acquirer from making a tender offer or otherwise attempting to obtain control of us, which in turn could reduce our stock price or prevent our stockholders from realizing a premium over our stock price. Any additional investors will own a minority percentage of our voting capital stock and will have minority voting rights.

Risks Relating to Our Securities

Our Certificate of Incorporation grants our board of directors, without any action or approval by our stockholders, the power to designate and issue preferred stock with rights, preferences and privileges that may be adverse to the rights of the holders of our Common Stock.

The total number of shares of all classes of stock that the Company has the authority to issue is 7,625,000,000 shares consisting of: (i) 7,500,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.000001, of which 2,290,449,898 shares are issued and outstanding as of July 24 , 2019 and (ii) 125,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.000001 per share, of which (A) 120,000,000 shares have been designated as Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, of which 44,570,101 are outstanding as of July 24 , 2019 (B) 1,000,000 shares have been designated as Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, none of which are outstanding as of July 24 , 2019 and (C) 1,000,000 have been designated as Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, of which 430,801 shares are outstanding as of July 24 , 2019. Each share of Common Stock is entitled to cast one vote per share on all matters submitted to holders of Common Stock, each share of Series A Preferred Stock is entitled to cast 0.05 vote per share on matters submitted to the holders of Common Stock, and each share of Series C Preferred Stock is entitled to cast 10,000 votes per share on matters submitted to the holders of Common Stock.

Pursuant to authority granted by our Certificate of Incorporation and applicable state law, our board of directors, without any action or approval by our stockholders, may issue preferred stock in one or more series, the terms of which may be determined at the time of issuance by our board of directors without further action by stockholders. The terms of any series of preferred stock may include voting rights (including the right to vote as a series on particular matters), preferences as to dividend, liquidation, conversion and redemption rights and sinking fund provisions. The rights of holders of other classes or series of capital stock, including preferred stock that may be issued could be superior to the rights of the holders of shares of our Common Stock. The designation and issuance of shares of capital stock having preferential rights could materially adversely affect the rights of the holders of our Common Stock . In addition, any issuances of additional capital stock (common or preferred) will dilute the percentage of ownership interest of our stockholders.

Our Common Stock is subject to the “penny stock” rules of the SEC and the trading market in the securities is limited, which makes transactions in the stock cumbersome and may reduce the value of an investment in the stock.

Rule 15g-9 under the Exchange Act establishes the definition of a “penny stock,” for the purposes relevant to us, as any equity security that has a market price of less than $5.00 per share or with an exercise price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exceptions. For any transaction involving a penny stock, unless exempt, the rules require: (a) that a broker or dealer approve a person’s account for transactions in penny stocks; and (b) the broker or dealer receive from the investor a written agreement to the transaction, setting forth the identity and quantity of the penny stock to be purchased.

In order to approve a person’s account for transactions in penny stocks, the broker or dealer must: (a) obtain financial information and investment experience objectives of the person and (b) make a reasonable determination that the transactions in penny stocks are suitable for that person and the person has sufficient knowledge and experience in financial matters to be capable of evaluating the risks of transactions in penny stocks.

The broker or dealer must also deliver, prior to any transaction in a penny stock, a disclosure schedule prescribed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) relating to the penny stock market, which, in highlight form: (a) sets forth the basis on which the broker or dealer made the suitability determination; and (b) confirms that the broker or dealer received a signed, written agreement from the investor prior to the transaction. Generally, brokers may be less willing to execute transactions in securities subject to the “penny stock” rules. This may make it more difficult for investors to dispose of our Common Stock and cause a decline in the market value of our Common Stock.

Disclosure also has to be made about the risks of investing in penny stocks in both public offerings and in secondary trading and about the commissions payable to both the broker or dealer and the registered representative, current quotations for the securities and the rights and remedies available to an investor in cases of fraud in penny stock transactions. Finally, monthly statements have to be sent disclosing recent price information for the penny stock held in the account and information on the limited market in penny stocks.

We are an “emerging growth company” and will be able to avail ourselves of reduced disclosure requirements applicable to emerging growth companies, which could make our Common Stock less attractive to investors.

We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the JOBS Act and we intend to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not “emerging growth companies” including not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an “emerging growth company” can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act, for complying with new or revised accounting standards. In other words, an “emerging growth company” can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We cannot predict if investors will find our Common Stock attractive because we may rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our Common Stock less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our Common Stock and our stock price may be more volatile. We may take advantage of these reporting exemptions until we are no longer an “emerging growth company.” We will remain an “emerging growth company” until the earliest of (i) the last day of the fiscal year in which we have total annual gross revenues of $1.07 billion or more; (ii) the last day of our fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the date of the completion of our initial public offering; (iii) the date on which we have issued more than $1 billion in nonconvertible debt during the previous three years; or (iv) the date on which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer under the rules of the SEC.

We have never paid cash dividends and have no plans to pay cash dividends 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 capital stock and we do not expect to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future. We intend to retain future earnings, if any, to provide funds for operations of our business. Therefore, any return investors in our capital stock may have will be in the form of appreciation, if any, in the market value of their shares of Common Stock.

If we fail to remain current in our reporting requirements, we could be removed from the OTCQB which would limit the ability of broker-dealers to sell our securities and the ability of stockholders to sell their securities in the secondary market.

As a company listed on the OTCQB and subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, we must be current with our filings pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act in order to maintain price quotation privileges on the OTCQB . If we fail to remain current in our reporting requirements, we could be removed from the OTCQB . As a result, the market liquidity of our securities could be severely adversely affected by limiting the ability of broker-dealers to trade our securities and the ability of stockholders to sell their securities in the secondary market.

Our Common Stock could be subject to extreme volatility.

The trading price of our Common Stock may be affected by a number of factors, including events described in the risk factors set forth and in our other reports filed with the SEC from time to time, as well as our operating results, financial condition and other events or factors. In addition to the uncertainties relating to future operating performance and the profitability of operations, factors such as variations in interim financial results or various, and unpredictable, factors, many of which are beyond our control, may have a negative effect on the market price of our Common Stock. In recent years, broad stock market indices, in general, and smaller capitalization companies, in particular, have experienced substantial price fluctuations. In a volatile market, we may experience wide fluctuations in the market price of our Common Stock and wide bid-ask spreads. These fluctuations may have a negative effect on the market price of our Common Stock. In addition, the securities market has, from time to time, experienced significant price and volume fluctuations that are not related to the operating performance of particular companies. These market fluctuations may have a material adverse affect the market price of our Common Stock.