PART II — OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
Information regarding certain legal proceedings is provided in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q in “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements, Note 7. Commitments and Contingencies.”
Item 1A. Risk Factors
Our business, financial condition and operating results are affected by a number of factors, whether currently known or unknown, including risks specific to us or our industry, as well as risks that affect businesses in general. In addition to the information and risk factors set forth in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, you should carefully consider the factors discussed in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2024, filed with the SEC on December 16, 2024. The risks disclosed in such Annual Report and in this Quarterly Report could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, cash flows, or results of operations and thus our share price. Other than the risk factor set forth below, we believe there have been no material changes in our risk factors from those disclosed in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2024. However, additional risks and uncertainties not currently known or which we currently deem to be immaterial may also materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, or results of operations.
These risk factors may be important to understanding other statements in this Quarterly Report and should be read in conjunction with the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes in Part I, Item 1, “Financial Statements” and Part I, Item 2, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Because of such risk factors, as well as other factors affecting the Company’s financial condition and operating results, past financial performance should not be considered to be a reliable indicator of future performance, and investors should not use historical trends to anticipate results or trends in future periods.
We are subject to risks associated with proxy contests and other actions of activist shareholders.
Publicly traded companies have increasingly become subject to campaigns by activist investors advocating corporate actions such as governance changes, financial restructurings, increased borrowings, special dividends, share repurchases or even sales of assets or entire companies to third parties or the activists themselves. On January 25, 2025, we received a letter pursuant to Rule 14a-19(b) under the Exchange Act (“Rule 14a-19(b)”) from Philotimo Fund, LP, an entity affiliated with Kanen Wealth Management, LLC and David L. Kanen (the “Purported Nominating Shareholder”) purporting to provide notice (the “14a-19(b) Notice”) of such Purported Nominating Shareholder’s intent to solicit proxies in support of four director candidates to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) in opposition to the Company’s four director candidates to the Board at our at our 2025 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled to be held on March 17, 2025 and any special meeting that may be called on or before December 31, 2025 (including any adjournments, reschedulings, continuations or postponements thereof, collectively, the “Meeting).
On February 1, 2025, we entered into a Non-Disclosure and Standstill Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Forager Fund, L.P. (“Forager Fund”) and Forager Capital Management, LLC (“Forager Capital”, and together with Forager Fund, “Forager”). The Agreement provides for customary terms related to the non-solicitation of our officers and employees and the non-disclosure and use of confidential information of the Company (“Confidentiality”). The Agreement also provides that Forager, and other representatives of Forager will, for a period of six months after the date of the Agreement, not directly or indirectly acquire (or propose or agree to acquire), by purchase or otherwise, any equity securities or assets of the Company, or rights or options to acquire interests in any of the Company’s equity securities or assets (the “Standstill”) without the prior advance approval in writing by the Board.
In addition to the Confidentiality and Standstill provisions, at the Meeting, Forager has agreed to (i) be represented in person or by proxy or otherwise cause all common shares (the “Common Shares”) that are beneficially owned by Forager and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively, the “Investor Group”), or in which the Investor Group exercises control or direction over, to be counted as present for purposes of establishing a quorum at the Meeting, (ii) vote, or cause to be voted, all Common Shares that the Investor Group beneficially owns or exercises control or direction over on the