An investment in our Common Stock involves significant risks. You should carefully consider the risk factors contained in this Prospectus, any Prospectus Supplement and in our filings with the SEC, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 filed on April 14, 2020, as amended by the Form 10-K/A filed on November 30, 2020, our Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2020, filed on May 14, 2020, our Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2020, filed on August 13, 2020, our Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2020 filed on November 12, 2020,each of which is incorporated by reference in this prospectus in their entire, as well as other information contained in this Prospectus, any Prospectus Supplement, and the documents incorporated by reference herein or therein, before you decide to invest in our Common Stock. Our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected as a result of any of such risks. The value of our Common Stock could decline as a result of any of these risks. You could lose all or part of your investment in our Common Stock. Some of our statements in sections entitled “Risk Factors” are forward-looking statements. 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 business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations.
The number of shares of Common Stock being registered for sale is significant in relation to the number of our outstanding shares of Common Stock.
We have filed a Registration Statement of which this Prospectus is a part to register the shares that may be offered hereunder for sale. These shares represent a large number of shares of our Common Stock, and if sold publicly in the market all at once or in a short period of time, could depress the market price of our Common Stock during the period the Registration Statement remains effective.
If we are not able to comply with the applicable continued listing requirements or standards of Nasdaq, Nasdaq could delist our Common Stock.
Our Common Stock is currently listed on Nasdaq. In order to maintain such listing, we must satisfy minimum financial and other continued listing requirements and standards, including those regarding director independence and independent committee requirements, minimum stockholders’ equity, minimum share price, and certain corporate governance requirements. There can be no assurances that we will be able to comply with the applicable listing standards. For example, we currently are not in compliance with the Nasdaq requirements for director independence because a majority of our Board of Directors are not independent directors and we have not yet held our Annual Stockholders’ Meeting as required by the Nasdaq Listing Rules.
If we are unable to satisfy these requirements or standards, or cure any deficiencies in accordance with the Nasdaq Listing Rules, we could be subject to delisting, which would have a negative effect on the price of our Common Stock and would impair your ability to sell or purchase our Common Stock when you wish to do so. In the event of a delisting, we would expect to take actions to restore our compliance with the Nasdaq Listing Rules, but we can provide no assurance that any such action taken by us would allow our Common Stock to become listed again, stabilize the market price or improve the liquidity of our Common Stock, prevent our Common Stock from dropping below the minimum bid price requirement, or prevent future non-compliance with the listing requirements.
The effects of the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have negatively affected the global economy, the United States economy and the global financial markets, and may disrupt our operations and our customers’ operations, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
The ongoing COVID-19 global and national health emergency has caused significant disruption in the international and United States economies and financial markets. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. Since then, the spread of COVID-19 has caused illness, quarantines, cancellation of events and travel, business and school shutdowns, reduction in business activity and financial transactions, labor shortages, supply chain interruptions and overall economic and financial market instability. The United States now has the world’s most reported COVID-19 cases, and all 50 states and the District of Columbia have reported cases of infected individuals. Several states, including Vermont, where we are headquartered, have declared states of emergency. Impacts to our business could be widespread, and material impacts may be possible, including the following:
• | employees contracting COVID-19; |