NOTE 10-K & 10-Q changes, risk factors and insider trading
FiscalNote Holdings, Inc. (also NOTEW) · OTC · Services-Business Services, Nec · CIK 1823466 · All filings on SEC.gov
At a glance
What changed in the latest 10-K
Risk Factors
New heading “The delisting of our Class A Common Stock from NYSE could trigger an event of default with respect to our indebtedness and could result in acceleration of our indebtedness, foreclosure on collateral, and could force us to seek bankruptcy protection.”
New heading “Prior protracted U.S. government shutdowns have had a negative impact on our revenues, profitability and cash flows, and we expect that such effects will worsen to the extent that the shutdown continues.”
New heading “The Company has completed, and may continue to engage in, strategic transactions, including restructuring, divesting or selling our businesses, products or technologies, that introduce significant risks and uncertainties.”
New heading “We may expand our services to prediction markets as previously disclosed, which presents certain risks and uncertainties.”
Removed heading “We may not realize expected business or financial benefits from acquisitions or integrate acquired businesses in an efficient and effective manner, or such acquisitions could divert management’s attention, increase capital requirements or dilute stockholder value and materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.”
Removed heading “We are a “controlled company” under NYSE rules, and as a result, our stockholders may not have certain corporate protections that are available to stockholders of companies that are not controlled companies.”
Largest changes
“A delisting of our Class A Common Stock from the NYSE would constitute an event of default pursuant to the current terms of our subordinated convertible indebtedness and a cross-default under our senior secured term loan. A default under our outstanding debt could create a rapid and severe liquidity crisis. …”see in full comparison
“The delisting of our Class A Common Stock from NYSE could trigger an event of default with respect to our indebtedness and could result in acceleration of our indebtedness, foreclosure on collateral, and could force us to seek bankruptcy protection.”see in full comparison
Under our 2025 Senior Term Loan, the Purchase Agreement (as defined below) with YA, and the 2025 GPO Note, we and certain of our subsidiaries are subject to financial maintenance covenants and restrictive covenants limiting our business and operations, including limitations on incurring additional indebtedness and liens, limitations on certain consolidations, mergers, and sales of assets, and restrictions on the payment of dividends or distributions. We may be unable to comply with any financial maintenance covenants and/or restrictive covenants which may result in a default under and acceleration of the 2025 Senior Termsee in full comparisonLoanLoan, the Purchase Agreement (as defined below) with YA, or 2025 GPO Note, including if our Class A Common Stock is delisted from the NYSE (See Note 9, Debt to the consolidated financial statements included elsewherehereinin this Form 10-K).InFortheexample,future,weanyweredebtrequiredfinancingtoobtainedseekbyfinancialuscovenantcould involve additional restrictive covenantsrelief relating to ourcapital-raisinginabilityactivitiesto comply with the requirement to have ARR of at least $81 million as of January 31, 2026 (See Note 19, Subsequent Events to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere herein in this Form 10-K). If our financial condition does not improve, we may need further covenant relief in the future. In the event covenant relief is required in the future, we may be required to pay additional fees to our creditors and/or agree to additional covenants that limit our ability to engage in specified types of transactions, andothertherefinancialcanandbeoperationalnomatters,assurancewhich may make it more difficult for us to obtainthat additionalcapitalcovenanttoreliefpursuewillbusinessbeopportunities,availableincludinginpotentialtheacquisitionsfuture.orIndivestitures.addition,Anyany default under ourdebtSeniorarrangementsTerm Loan couldrequirefurtherthatresultweinrepayaorcross-defaultrefinanceundersuchandindebtednessaccelerationimmediately. In such event, we may be unable to repayof ourindebtednessunsecuredorindebtedness,refinanceincludingsuchtheindebtednessConvertibleon reasonable terms, if at all, which would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operationsDebentures andprospects.the 2025 GPO Note (each as defined below).
As of December 31,see in full comparison2024,2025, our goodwill was approximately$159.1$122.9 million, which represented48.8%48.2% of our total assets. We test goodwill for impairment on an annual basis, or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of goodwill may not be recoverable.EstimatesWe recorded a non-cash impairment of goodwill of $12.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2025. In the event there are future adverse changes in our projected cash flows, and/or changes in key assumptions, such as an increase in our discount rate, lower revenue growth, and/orexpensesacombinedlowerwithterminalassumptionsgrowthasrate, we may be required totherecordbusinessadditionalclimate,non-cashindustry,impairmentandchargeseconomic conditions can influenceto ourevaluations.goodwill in future periods. These assumptions are subjective and different estimates could have a significant impact on the results of our analyses.WeManagementbelieve thatbelieves theassumptionsselected discount rate andestimatesterminal growth rate are reasonable and consistent with market participant assumptions based onourobservablecurrentmarketforecastsdata, including prevailing interest rates, comparable company risk profiles, andoutlooks,the Company’s capital structure. These assumptions reflect management’s best estimate of the risks inherent in the projected cash flows at the measurement date; however, we can make no assurances that future actual operating results will be realized as planned and that there will not be material impairment charges as a result.(ForBecauseadditionalweinformationoperateonas a single reporting unit, any adverse changes affecting ourgoodwillbusinessimpairmentmaytesting,impactseesubstantiallyNoteall8,ofGoodwill,ourin the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K .goodwill. Because of the significance of our goodwill and other long-lived assets, any future impairment of these assets could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations. For additional information on our goodwill impairment testing, see Note 8, Goodwill, in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this Form 10-K.
“The use of our data for purposes of transacting in political prediction markets could subject us to a number of risks, including regulatory, reputational, operational, and litigation risks, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations. Prediction markets operate in a complex and evolving regulatory environment at the federal, state, and international levels. …”see in full comparison
“As an NYSE listed company, we are required to maintain compliance with NYSE continued listing standards, including the requirements that (i) the Company’s shares of Class A common stock maintain an average closing price of at least $1.00 per share over 30 consecutive trading days pursuant to Rule 802.01C (the “Minimum Bid Price Requirement”) and (ii) the Company maintain an average market capitalization of at least $15 million over 30 consecutive trading days (the “Market Cap Requirement”). …”see in full comparison
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We have incurred significant net losses in each year since our inception, including net losses of $81.8 million (excluding the effect of the gains on sale of businesses throughout 2025 totaling $16.6 million) and $62.5 million (excluding the effect of the gains on sale of businesses throughout 2024 totaling $72.0 million) and $115.5 million for the years ended December 31, 20242025 and 2023,2024, respectively, and we may not achieve or maintain profitability in the future. Because the market for our products and services is rapidly evolving, it is difficult for us to predict our future results of operations or the limits of our market opportunity. InCommencing in 2023, the Company implemented a cost reduction plan to align its operations and reduce our operating expenses in the future.future, and these efforts remaining ongoing. In Q1 2026, we announced plans to significantly further reduce costs in our core operations, including through headcount reductions, offshoring and other streamlining initiatives. We also intend to continue to build and enhance our products and services and develop and expand our platforms through both internal research and development that can contribute to the capabilities of our platforms. If our revenue does not increase to offset operating expenses and if our efforts to control operating expenses are unsuccessful or inadequate, we will not be profitable in future periods. In future periods, our revenue growth could slow or our revenue could decline for a number of reasons, including any failure to increase the number of organizations using our products or grow the size of our engagements with existing customers, a decrease in the growth of our overall market, our failure, for any reason, to continue to capitalize on growth opportunities, slowing demand for our products, additional regulatory burdens, or increasing competition. As a result, our past financial performance may not be indicative of our future performance. Any failure by us to achieve or sustain profitability on a consistent basis could cause the value of our stock to decline.
We generate a significant percentage of our revenues from recurring subscription-based arrangements, and if we are unable to maintain aindustry highnormative renewal rate,rates, our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects would be materially and adversely affected.
Approximately 90%93% of our revenues are subscription-based. In order to maintain existing revenues and to generate higher revenues, we are dependent on a significant number of our customers renewing their arrangements with us. Although many of these arrangements have automatic renewal provisions, with appropriate notice these arrangements generally are cancellable and our customers generally have no obligation to renew their subscriptions after the expiration of their initial subscription period. As a result, our past annual revenue renewal rates may not be indicative of our future annual revenue renewal rates, and our annual revenue renewal rates may further decline or fluctuate in the future as a result of a number of factors, including customer satisfaction with our products and services, our prices and the prices offered by competitors, reductions in customer spending levels, and general economic conditions. Our revenues could also decline if a significant number of our customers continued their arrangements with us but reduced the amount of their spending.
The introduction of competitors’ offerings with lower prices for consumers, low customer satisfaction with our products, fluctuations in prices customers are willing to pay for our products, changes in customers’ government affairs, policy and political strategies, including an increase in the use of competitors’ products or offerings, including AI platforms such as Claude and ChatGPT, and other factors could result in declines in our subscriptions. Because we derive a substantial majority of our revenue from customers who purchase these subscription plans, any material decline in demand for these offerings could have a material adverse impact on our future revenue and results of operations. In addition, if we are unable to successfully introduce new products, features, and enhancements, our revenue growth may decline, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
As an NYSE listed company, we are required to maintain compliance with NYSE continued listing standards, including the requirements that (i) the Company’s shares of Class A common stock maintain an average closing price of at least $1.00 per share over 30 consecutive trading days pursuant to Rule 802.01C (the “Minimum Bid Price Requirement”) and (ii) the Company maintain an average market capitalization of at least $15 million over 30 consecutive trading days (the “Market Cap Requirement”). Because the Company implemented a reverse stock split on September 2, 2025, we could be subject to immediate suspension and delisting in the event that we fail to comply with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement at any time prior to September 2, 2026, or in certain circumstances prior to September 2, 2027. In addition, a failure to comply with the Market Cap Requirement would result in immediate suspension and delisting. There can be no assurance that we will maintain compliance with these or any other continued listing standards. If our Class A common stock were delisted from NYSE, it would: (i) reduce the liquidity and market price of our Class A common stock; (ii) reduce the amount of news and analyst coverage for our company; (iii) reduce the number of investors willing to hold or acquire our Class A common stock, which could negatively impact our ability to raise equity financing and the ability of our stockholders to sell our Class A common stock; (iv) limit our ability to use a registration statement to offer and sell freely tradable securities, thereby preventing us from accessing the public capital markets; (v) impair our ability to provide equity incentives to our employees; and (vi) have negative reputational impact for us with our customers, suppliers, employees and other persons with whom we have business relationships. Furthermore, we could face further negative consequences under our outstanding debt instruments as a result of delisting as set forth in the risk factor below.
The delisting of our Class A Common Stock from NYSE could trigger an event of default with respect to our indebtedness and could result in acceleration of our indebtedness, foreclosure on collateral, and could force us to seek bankruptcy protection.
A delisting of our Class A Common Stock from the NYSE would constitute an event of default pursuant to the current terms of our subordinated convertible indebtedness and a cross-default under our senior secured term loan. A default under our outstanding debt could create a rapid and severe liquidity crisis. We do not have sufficient cash on hand to satisfy accelerated obligations, and we may not be able to raise additional capital, refinance our indebtedness, or obtain waivers, amendments or forbearances from our senior lenders or holders on acceptable terms (or at all), particularly during periods of market volatility or if there is a delisting. If a delisting were to occur and we were unable to cure, obtain waivers, amendments or forebearances for, or otherwise resolve a default (including any cross-defaults or cross-accelerations), we could be forced to reduce or cease operations, sell assets at unfavorable prices, or seek protection under bankruptcy or other insolvency laws. Any bankruptcy or similar proceeding would likely result in holders of our common stock losing all or nearly all of their investments. Even if we were able to avoid bankruptcy, a delisting and any related defaults could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, and ability to continue as a going concern.
changes in available funding due to budget constraints, mandated spending cuts across the government or particular agencies, changes in spending priorities, efficiency initiatives (although we believe that our products and services support efficient governmental operations),initiatives, or similar actions;
Prior protracted U.S. government shutdowns have had a negative impact on our revenues, profitability and cash flows, and we expect that such effects will worsen to the extent that the shutdown continues.
In years when the U.S. government fails to complete its budget process or to provide for a continuing resolution, a federal government shutdown may result, as has occurred during prior and current fiscal years. A protracted government shutdown can result in the non-renewal, delay or cancellation of public sector subscription contracts, which negatively affects our revenues, annual recurring revenues and cash flows, as well as our future results. In addition, we may be unable to generate revenue to the extent anticipated from our CQ-Roll Call advertising and events business during a federal government shutdown. We expect the negative impacts of a government shutdown on our results of operations to worsen to the extent a shutdown becomes increasingly protracted, and the Company may be required to reduce costs or take other near-term operational measures that may adversely affect our results in future periods.
If we are unable to attract new customers, retain existing customers, expand our products and services offerings with existing customers, expand into areas of higher growth, including in the political prediction markets, our revenue growth and profitability will be harmed.
Our success depends on our ability to acquire new customers, retain existing customers, expand our engagements with existing customers through cross-selling and upselling efforts, and expand into areas of higher growth, including in the political prediction markets, and to do so in a cost-effective manner. We have made significant investments related to customer acquisition and retention, expect to continue to spend significant amounts on these efforts in future periods, and cannot guarantee that the revenue from new or existing customers will ultimately exceed the costs of these investments. In addition, actions we take to leverage AI tooling to automate aspects of our business development workflows may be unsuccessful, either in delivering satisfactory levels of customer acquisition and retention or in reducing associated costs.
Our efforts to expand our current service offerings may not succeed and, as a result, we may not achieve the revenue growth rate we expect. In addition, because the markets for certain of our offerings remain relatively new, it is uncertain whether our investments in those offerings, will result in significant revenue for us. As we have previously disclosed, we intend to expand our services to political prediction markets, which is a relatively new online market in which the regulatory and legal landscape is uncertain and evolving. We seek to continuously enhance our technology platforms, including AI and machine learning capabilities and algorithms, to maintain and improve the quality of our products and services in order to remain competitive with alternatives, and those efforts ultimately may not be adequate or successful. Further, the introduction of significant platform changes and upgrades, may not succeed and early-stage interest and adoption of such new services may not result in long term success or significant revenue for us. Additionally, if we fail to anticipate or identify significant technology trends and developments early enough, or if we do not devote appropriate resources to adapting to such trends and developments, our business could be harmed.
The Company has completed, and may continue to engage in, strategic transactions, including restructuring, divesting or selling our businesses, products or technologies, that introduce significant risks and uncertainties.
The Company has completed, and may continue to engage in, strategic transactions, and we may in the future decide to restructure, divest or sell businesses, products or technologies that we have acquired or developed. For example, during fiscal year 2025, we sold Dragonfly Eye Limited, The Oxford Analytica International Group, LLC and TimeBase Pty. Ltd. Divestitures require the Company to expend costs and management and operational resources, and the Company may not be able to find buyers on favorable terms or complete any particular transaction. Divestitures involve other significant risks and uncertainties that could adversely affect the Company’s business, results of operations and financial condition, including sale of profitable business lines and products, disruption to operations, loss of key employees, renegotiation or termination of key business relationships and difficulties in separating the operations of the divested business. The Company may have continued financial exposure to divested businesses through continuing equity ownership, retention of certain liabilities related to the divested business, indemnities, guarantees or other post-closing obligations, transition services and deferred payments. The occurrence of any of the above could have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and future prospects and could adversely affect the market price of our Class A Common Stock.
We may not realize expected business or financial benefits from acquisitions or integrate acquired businesses in an efficient and effective manner, or such acquisitions could divert management’s attention, increase capital requirements or dilute stockholder value and materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
Our ability to achieve the anticipated potential benefits of a strategic acquisition will be subject to a number of risks or uncertainties. Acquired assets, data, or businesses may not be successfully integrated into our operations, costs in connection with acquisitions and integrations may be higher than expected and we may also incur unanticipated acquisition-related costs. These costs could adversely affect our financial condition, results of operations, or prospects. Any acquisition we complete could be viewed negatively by customers, users, developers, partners, or investors, and could have adverse effects on our existing business relationships.
Acquisitions and other transactions, arrangements, and investments involve numerous risks and could create unforeseen operating difficulties and expenditures, any of which could harm our business, including:
difficulties in, and the cost of, integrating operations, administrative infrastructures, sales and marketing teams and strategies, personnel, technologies, data sets, services, and platforms;
potential write-offs of acquired assets or investments, impairments of goodwill or intangible assets, or potential financial and credit risks associated with acquired customers;
difficulties in successfully selling any acquired services or products;
differences between our values and those of our acquired companies;
failures to identify material liabilities or risk in pre-acquisition due diligence;
difficulties in retaining and re-training key employees of acquired companies and integrating them into our organizational structure and corporate culture;
difficulties in, and financial costs of, addressing acquired compensation structures inconsistent with our compensation structure;
inability to maintain, or changes in, relationships with key customers and partners of the acquired business;
challenges converting and forecasting the acquired company’s revenue recognition policies including subscription-based revenue and revenue based on the transfer of control as well as appropriate allocation of the customer consideration to the individual deliverables;
difficulty with, and costs related to, transitioning the acquired technology onto our existing platforms and customer acceptance of multiple platforms on a temporary or permanent basis;
augmenting the acquired technologies and platforms to the levels that are consistent with our brands and reputation;
potential for acquired products to impact the profitability of existing products;
increasing or maintaining the security standards for acquired technology consistent with our other services;
challenges relating to the structure of an investment, such as governance, accountability, and decision-making conflicts that may arise in the context of a joint venture or other majority ownership investments;
negative impact to our results of operations because of the depreciation and amortization of amounts related to acquired intangible assets, fixed assets, and deferred compensation;
to the extent we use cash to pay for acquisitions, the commensurate limitation of other potential uses for our cash;
to the extent we incur debt to fund any acquisitions, the impact of such debt on our overall capital structure, any material restrictions thereunder on our ability to conduct our business, financial maintenance covenants and dilution to shareholders to the extent such debt instruments are convertible;
to the extent we issue equity securities in connection with future acquisitions, existing stockholders may be diluted and earnings per share may decrease;
additional dilution and expense associated with stock-based compensation;
the loss of acquired unearned revenue and unbilled revenue;
delays in customer purchases due to uncertainty related to any acquisition;
ineffective or inadequate controls, procedures, and policies at the acquired company;
in the case of foreign acquisitions, challenges caused by integrating operations over distance, and across different languages, cultures, and political environments;
currency and regulatory risks associated with foreign countries and potential additional cybersecurity and compliance risks resulting from entry into new markets;
tax effects and costs of any such acquisitions, including the related integration into our tax structure and assessment of the impact on our ability to realize our future tax assets or liabilities; and potential challenges by governmental authorities, including the U.S. Department of Justice (the “DOJ”), for anti-competitive or other reasons.
We may also decide to restructure, divest or sell businesses, products or technologies that we have acquired or invested in. The occurrence of any of the above could have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and future prospects and could adversely affect the market price of our Class A Common Stock.
From time to time, we engage in restructuring plans that have resulted and may continue to result in workforce reduction and consolidation of our real estate facilities and our operating footprint. In addition, management will continue to evaluate our global footprint and cost structure, and additional restructuring plans may be required. As a result of our restructurings, we have experienced and may in the future experience a loss of continuity, loss of accumulated knowledge, disruptions to our operations and inefficiency during transitional periods. Any cost-cutting measures could impact employee morale and retention. In addition, we cannot be sure that any future cost reductions or global footprint consolidations will deliver the results we expect, be successful in reducing our overall expenses as we expect or that additional costs will not offset any such reductions or global footprint consolidation. If our operating costs are higher than we expect or if we do not maintain adequate control of our costs and expenses, our results of operations may be adversely affected.
We have international operations and assets, including in the U.K., Belgium,U.K. and Australia,Belgium, and we sell our products and services to clients globally. These international operations subject us to additional risks that may adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.
We have international operations, including in the U.K., Belgium,U.K. and Australia.Belgium. Our ability to operate in these countries may be adversely affected by changes in those jurisdictions’ laws and regulations, including those relating to taxation, lobbying, cybersecurity, privacy and other matters. In addition, our operating results and financial performance are subject to the local economic and political situations. We believe that our operations are in compliance with all applicable legal and regulatory requirements. However, the central or local governments of these jurisdictions may impose new, stricter regulations or interpretations of existing regulations that require additional expenditures and efforts on our part to ensure our compliance therewith, as well as increased taxation, restrictions on imports, import duties or currency revaluations. There can be no certainty as to the application of the laws and regulations of these jurisdictions in particular instances. Enforcement of existing laws or agreements may be sporadic and implementation and interpretation of laws inconsistent. Moreover, there is a high degree of fragmentation among regulatory authorities, resulting in uncertainties as to which authorities have jurisdiction over particular parties or transactions.
To remain competitive, we must continue to develop or acquire and implement new features, integrations, and capabilities to our products and services. This is particularly true as we further expand and diversify our capabilities to address additional applications and markets.markets, including any expansion of our services to prediction. Maintaining adequate research and development resources, such as the appropriate personnel and development technology, to meet the demands of the market is essential. If we are unable to develop features, integrations, and capabilities internally due to certain constraints, such as employee turnover, lack of management ability, or a lack of other research and development resources, our business may be harmed.
In recent years, more public sources of free or relatively inexpensive information have become available, particularly through the Internet,Internet and AI, and this trend is expected to continue. For example, the US Congress, state legislatures, the European Union and other federal, state, local and foreign government and regulatory agencies have increased the amount of information they make publicly available at no cost. In addition, AI technology is an increasingly available means of sourcing and digesting information for no cost, and could compete with our products and services. Public sources of free or relatively inexpensive information may reduce demand for our products and services if such information sources become more easily searchable, digestible and actionable without structuring by technology such as ours. Our results of operations would be adversely affected if our customers choose to use these public sources as a substitute for our products or services.
We havederive a significant portion of our revenue tofrom U.S. and foreign government agencies and other highly regulated organizations, which are subject to a number of challenges and risks.
AI enables or is integrated into some of our platforms and is a significant and potentially growing element of our business. As with many developing technologies, AI presents risks and challenges that could affect its further development, adoption, and use, and therefore our business. Further, AI algorithms may be flawed and datasets may be insufficient, of poor quality, or contain biased information. In addition, inappropriate or controversial data practices by data scientists, engineers, and end-users of our systems could impair the acceptance of AI solutions. If the recommendations, forecasts, or analyses that AI applications assist in producing are deficient or inaccurate, we could be subjected to competitive harm, potential legal liability, and brand or reputational harm. The use of AI in our platforms could also subject us to risks related to intellectual property infringement or misappropriation, data privacy and cybersecurity. Further, some AI scenarios may present ethical issues. Though our technologies and business practices are designed to mitigate many of these risks, ifIf we enable or offer AI solutions that are controversial because of their purported or real impact on human rights, privacy, employment, or other social issues, we may experience brand or reputational harm.
We may expand our services to prediction markets as previously disclosed, which presents certain risks and uncertainties.
The use of our data for purposes of transacting in political prediction markets could subject us to a number of risks, including regulatory, reputational, operational, and litigation risks, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations. Prediction markets operate in a complex and evolving regulatory environment at the federal, state, and international levels. Regulators or policymakers may determine that providers of data used to structure or resolve futures contracts are participants in, facilitators of, or otherwise integral to such activities. As a result, we could become subject to gaming, commodities, securities, consumer protection, anti-money laundering, or other regulatory regimes if we were to expand to our services to prediction markets. Any determination that our activities require licensure, registration, or compliance with additional regulatory requirements could result in significant compliance costs, operational changes, fines, penalties, or restrictions on our ability to provide services in certain jurisdictions. In addition, prediction market operators may rely on our data as a critical input in setting contract terms, determining event outcomes, or resolving disputes. Any disruption in our systems, cyber incident, data inaccuracy, or service outage could interfere with their operations and expose us to contractual penalties, indemnification obligations, or loss of business. If any of these risks materialize, individually or in the aggregate, they could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects.
Our ability to increase our customer base, expand our engagements with existing customers, and achieve broader market acceptance of our products and services will significantly depend on our ability to optimize our marketing and sales operations. We plan to dedicate significant resources to sales, marketing and demand-generation teams and programs, including various online marketing activities as well as targeted account-based advertising. We also intend to focus on cross-selling and upselling efforts to grow our engagements at existing clients. The effectiveness of these efforts has varied over time and may vary in the future. All of these efforts will require us to invest significant financial and other resources and if they fail to attract additional customers, our business will be harmed. In addition, we intend to leverage AI tools to drive automation and efficiencies in our sales organization, but may be unsuccessful in achieving the anticipated benefits of these initiatives. If our lead generation methods do not result in broader market acceptance of our products and services, we will not realize the intended benefits of this strategy and our business will be harmed.
Increased customer demand for support and professional services, without corresponding revenue, could increase costs and negatively affect our operating results. In addition, as we continue to grow our operations and support our global customer base, we need to be able to continue to provide efficient support and effective maintenance that meets our customers’ needs globally at scale. Our ability to attract new customers is highly dependent on our business reputation and on positive recommendations from our existing customers. Any failure to maintain high-quality support services, or a market perception that we do not maintain high-quality support services for our customers, would harm our business.
As of December 31, 2024,2025, we had $168.2$136.2 million in aggregate principal amount of indebtedness of which (i) $88.6$74.1 million was outstanding under our senior2025 term loan facility (the "Senior Term Loan") and secured by substantially all of our assets, and (ii) $79.6$62.1 million was unsecured. In connection with the completion of the sale of Oxford Analytica and Dragonfly on March 31, 2025, the lenders consented to release the liens on Oxford Analytica and Dragonfly's assets and permitted the consummation of the sale in exchange for the permanent retirement of $27.1 million (the “Pay-Down Amount”) of term loans under the Senior Term Loan and payment of $1.8 million of related prepayment and exit fees.
The 2025 Senior Term Loan requires monthly cash interest payments.payments Beginningand August 15, 2026, we will also be required to make monthlyquarterly principal payments to fully repay the outstanding principal by the stated maturity date, JulyAugust 15,12, 2027.2029. Accordingly, aA portion of our future cash flows from operations will be required to pay interest and principal on our indebtedness. Such payments will reduce the funds available to us for working capital, capital expenditures, and other corporate purposes and limit our ability to obtain additional financing for working capital, capital expenditures, expansion plans, and other investments, which may in turn limit our ability to implement our business strategy, heighten our vulnerability to downturns in our business, the industry, or in the general economy, limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and the industry, and prevent us from taking advantage of business opportunities as they arise. We cannot guarantee that our business will generate sufficient cash flow from operations or that future financing will be available to us in amounts sufficient to enable us to make required and timely payments on our indebtedness, or to fund our operations.
Under our 2025 Senior Term Loan, the Purchase Agreement (as defined below) with YA, and the 2025 GPO Note, we and certain of our subsidiaries are subject to financial maintenance covenants and restrictive covenants limiting our business and operations, including limitations on incurring additional indebtedness and liens, limitations on certain consolidations, mergers, and sales of assets, and restrictions on the payment of dividends or distributions. We may be unable to comply with any financial maintenance covenants and/or restrictive covenants which may result in a default under and acceleration of the 2025 Senior Term LoanLoan, the Purchase Agreement (as defined below) with YA, or 2025 GPO Note, including if our Class A Common Stock is delisted from the NYSE (See Note 9, Debt to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere hereinin this Form 10-K). InFor theexample, future,we anywere debtrequired financingto obtainedseek byfinancial uscovenant could involve additional restrictive covenantsrelief relating to our capital-raisinginability activitiesto comply with the requirement to have ARR of at least $81 million as of January 31, 2026 (See Note 19, Subsequent Events to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere herein in this Form 10-K). If our financial condition does not improve, we may need further covenant relief in the future. In the event covenant relief is required in the future, we may be required to pay additional fees to our creditors and/or agree to additional covenants that limit our ability to engage in specified types of transactions, and otherthere financialcan andbe operationalno matters,assurance which may make it more difficult for us to obtainthat additional capitalcovenant torelief pursuewill businessbe opportunities,available includingin potentialthe acquisitionsfuture. orIn divestitures.addition, Anyany default under our debtSenior arrangementsTerm Loan could requirefurther thatresult wein repaya orcross-default refinanceunder suchand indebtednessacceleration immediately. In such event, we may be unable to repayof our indebtednessunsecured orindebtedness, refinanceincluding suchthe indebtednessConvertible on reasonable terms, if at all, which would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operationsDebentures and prospects.the 2025 GPO Note (each as defined below).
In the future, any debt financing obtained by us could involve additional restrictive covenants relating to our capital-raising activities and other financial and operational matters, which may make it more difficult for us to obtain additional capital to pursue business opportunities, including potential acquisitions or divestitures. Any default under our debt arrangements could require that we repay or refinance such indebtedness immediately. In such event, we may be unable to repay our indebtedness or refinance such indebtedness on reasonable terms, if at all, which would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
As of December 31, 2024,2025, our goodwill was approximately $159.1$122.9 million, which represented 48.8%48.2% of our total assets. We test goodwill for impairment on an annual basis, or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of goodwill may not be recoverable. EstimatesWe recorded a non-cash impairment of goodwill of $12.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2025. In the event there are future adverse changes in our projected cash flows, and/or changes in key assumptions, such as an increase in our discount rate, lower revenue growth, and/or expensesa combinedlower withterminal assumptionsgrowth asrate, we may be required to therecord businessadditional climate,non-cash industry,impairment andcharges economic conditions can influenceto our evaluations.goodwill in future periods. These assumptions are subjective and different estimates could have a significant impact on the results of our analyses. WeManagement believe thatbelieves the assumptionsselected discount rate and estimatesterminal growth rate are reasonable and consistent with market participant assumptions based on ourobservable currentmarket forecastsdata, including prevailing interest rates, comparable company risk profiles, and outlooks,the Company’s capital structure. These assumptions reflect management’s best estimate of the risks inherent in the projected cash flows at the measurement date; however, we can make no assurances that future actual operating results will be realized as planned and that there will not be material impairment charges as a result. (ForBecause additionalwe informationoperate onas a single reporting unit, any adverse changes affecting our goodwillbusiness impairmentmay testing,impact seesubstantially Noteall 8,of Goodwill,our in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K .goodwill. Because of the significance of our goodwill and other long-lived assets, any future impairment of these assets could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations. For additional information on our goodwill impairment testing, see Note 8, Goodwill, in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this Form 10-K.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
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Largest changes
“On August 3, 2023, the Company entered into Amendment No. 3 ("Amendment No. 3") to the Senior Term Loan dated July 29, 2022. Among other things, Amendment No. 3 provides for: (a) the extension of the July 2023 Deferred Fee from July 29, 2023 to July 29, 2024, (b) the increase of the July 2023 Deferred Fee from $1,734 to $2,034, and (c) increase of the Restatement Date Final Agreement from $7,410 and $8,970 and (d) the revision to the minimum annual recurring revenue and adjusted EBITDA covenants (as both are defined in the Credit Agreement).”see in full comparison
“Reflects the non-cash impact of the following: (i) charge of $40 in the first quarter of 2025, charge of $30 in the second quarter of 2025, a charge of $9 in the third quarter of 2025, and a benefit of $30 in the fourth quarter of 2025 related to the unrealized loss on investments; (ii) charge of $315 for fees satisfied with Common Stock of the Company during the first quarter of 2025; (iii) charge of $1,784 during the first quarter of 2025 and a charge of $6,174 in the third quarter of 2025 from the loss on debt extinguishment; …”see in full comparison
“As a result of a sustained decrease in our Company share price following our annual impairment test on October 1, 2025, and changes to our internal financial projections, we concluded that a triggering event had occurred and conducted an impairment test of our goodwill and other long-lived assets as of December 31, 2025. As a result of this review, each of our asset groups identified for the purpose of testing the recoverability of our definite-lived intangibles and other long-lived assets passed the recoverability test by a reasonable margin. …”see in full comparison
“Reflects the non-cash impact of the following for fiscal year 2024: (i) unrealized loss of $49 in the first quarter, $31 in the second quarter, $17 in the third quarter, and $78 in the fourth quarter from our investments; (ii) gain of $4 in the first quarter of 2024 and $113 in the fourth quarter of 2024 from the change in fair value related to the contingent consideration and contingent compensation related to the 2021, 2022, and 2023 Acquisition, (iii) gain of $530 from the release of the COSM grant, and (iv) charge of $572 for fees satisfied with Common Stock of the Company. …”see in full comparison
“Goodwill is not amortized, but tested at least annually for impairment. Our ongoing annual impairment testing for goodwill occurs on October 1st. Assumptions used in our impairment evaluations, such as forecasted growth rates and cost of capital, are consistent with internal projections and operating plans. We believe these estimates and assumptions are reasonable and comparable to those that would be used by other marketplace participants. Unanticipated market or macroeconomic events and circumstances may occur, which could affect the accuracy or validity of the estimates and assumptions. …”see in full comparison
“As of December 31, 2025, our balance of goodwill was $122.9 million. Goodwill represents the excess of the total purchase consideration over the fair value of the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination. Goodwill is not amortized but is tested for impairment at the reporting unit level annually on October 1 or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that it is more likely than not to be impaired. …”see in full comparison
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Certain monetary amounts, percentages and other figures included below have been subject to rounding adjustments as amounts are presented in thousands or millions, as the context describes. Monetary amounts are presented in thousands, unless otherwise presented. Percentage amounts included below have not in all cases been calculated on the basis of such rounded figures, but on the basis of such amounts prior to rounding. For this reason, percentage amounts may vary from those obtained by performing the same calculations using the figures in our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere herein. Certain other amounts that appear below may not sum due to rounding.
FiscalNote delivers deep expertise in legislative tracking, regulatory analysis, and stakeholder engagement through PolicyNote, our flagship platform. Built to ensure a complete, real-time view of the policy landscape, PolicyNote delivers extensive policy data integrated with AI-powered monitoring and expert analysis, fueled by the trusted reporting of CQ and Roll Call, and coupled with the grassroots mobilization power of VoterVoice. Our PolicyNote suite rapidly provides users with the clarity on the policy landscape needed to make an impact. In our core products, we ingest unstructured data on legislative and regulatory developments, and overlay that data with our sophisticated in-house AI and data science expertise to deliver structured, relevant and actionable information that facilitates and informs our customers’ key operational and strategic decisions. In addition, as the way organizations consume policy data and analysis changes, we are leveraging our policy domain expertise to expand into political prediction markets and enhancing our agentic API offerings to enable organizations to incorporate our policy intelligence directly into their internally-developed systems.
FiscalNote is a leading technology provider of global policy and regulatory intelligence. It delivers critical, actionable legal and policy insights in a rapidly evolving political, regulatory and macroeconomic environment. By combining artificial intelligence (AI) technology, other technologies with analytics and workflow tools, FiscalNote provides data and information that enables customers to manage policy change, address regulatory developments, and mitigate policy risk. In its core products, FiscalNote ingests unstructured data on legislative and regulatory developments, and overlays that data with sophisticated in-house AI and data science experts to deliver structured, relevant and actionable information in order to facilitate key operational and strategic decisions by global enterprises, midsized and smaller businesses, government institutions, trade groups and nonprofits. FiscalNote delivers that intelligence through its suite of public policy and issues management products, coupled with expert research and analysis of markets and geopolitical events, as well as powerful tools to manage workflows, advocacy campaigns and constituent relationships.
On July 29, 2022, the Company consummated the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 7, 2021, and as amended on May 9, 2022, (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among FiscalNote Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Old FiscalNote”), Duddell Street Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“DSAC”), and Grassroots Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware Corporation and a wholly owned direct subsidiary of DSAC (“Merger Sub” and, together with DSAC, the “DSAC Parties”). Pursuant to these transactions, Merger Sub merged with and into Old FiscalNote, with Old FiscalNote becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of DSAC (the “Business Combination” and, collectively with the other transactions described in the Business Combination Agreement, the “Transactions”). In connection with the closing of the Transactions, DSAC domesticated and continued as a Delaware corporation under the name of “FiscalNote Holdings, Inc.” (“New FiscalNote”). Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this Annual Report on Form 10-K to the “Company,” “FiscalNote,” “we,” “us,” or “our” refer to the business of Old FiscalNote, which became the business of New FiscalNote and its subsidiaries following the closing on July 29, 2022. Subsequent to the closing of the Business Combination, the Company's Class A common stock and public warrants began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the symbols “NOTE” and “NOTE.WS,” respectively. The Company accounted for the Business Combination as a reverse recapitalization whereby Old FiscalNote was determined as the accounting acquirer and DSAC as the accounting acquiree. Accordingly, the Business Combination was treated as the equivalent of Old FiscalNote issuing stock for the net assets of DSAC, accompanied by a recapitalization. The net assets of DSAC are stated at historical cost, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded.
Significant Events
Debt Refinance
As described in Note 9, Debt to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Form 10-K, on August 12, 2025, the Company closed a series of transactions whereby the Company (a) retired all of its then outstanding obligations under the senior term loan consummated pursuant to the Credit Agreement with Runway Growth Finance Corp., ORIX Growth Capital, LLC, Clover Orochi LLC, and ACM ASOF VIII SaaS FinCo LLC entered into concurrent with the Business Combination (the "Prior Senior Term Loan") totaling approximately $62.7 million (including accrued and unpaid interest and deferred finance costs) and replaced it with a $75.0 million new 2025 senior term loan maturing in August 2029; (b) issued YA $21.0 million of Convertible Debentures for $18.9 million cash; (c) paid the holder of the Prior GPO Convertible Note $27.0 million to redeem $30.0 million of aggregate principal under the Prior GPO Convertible Note and exchanged the Prior GPO Convertible Note for a new convertible note with a principal balance of $20.4 million maturing in November 2029 (the "2025 GPO Convertible Note"), and (d) retired all of its then outstanding obligations under the Amended Legacy Notes (as defined and discussed in Note 9, Debt, to consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Form 10-K) by paying the holders $3.6 million in cash. On September 11, 2025, the Company issued another $12.3 million of Convertible Debentures to YA whereby the net proceeds of approximately $11.1 million was used to repay the outstanding obligations under the Third Era Convertible Note (as defined and discussed in Note 9, Debt, to consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Form 10-K) totaling $8.2 million.
On the Closing Date, we consummated the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, by and among Old FiscalNote, DSAC, and Merger Sub. Pursuant to these transactions, Merger Sub merged with and into Old FiscalNote, with Old FiscalNote becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of DSAC. On the Closing Date, and in connection with the Closing, DSAC domesticated and continued as a Delaware corporation under the name of “FiscalNote Holdings, Inc."
We accounted for the Business Combination as a reverse recapitalization whereby Old FiscalNote was determined as the accounting acquirer and DSAC as the accounting acquiree. While DSAC was the legal acquirer in the Business Combination, because Old FiscalNote was determined as the accounting acquirer, the historical financial statements of Old FiscalNote became the historical financial statements of the combined company, upon the consummation of the Business Combination. Accordingly, New FiscalNote, as the parent company of the combined business, is the successor SEC registrant, meaning that our financial statements for previous periods will be disclosed in the registrant’s future periodic reports filed with the SEC.
The Business Combination had a significant impact on our reported financial position and results as a result of the reverse recapitalization. The most significant change in our reported financial position and results was an increase in net cash of $65.6 million from gross cash proceeds of $325.0 million, including $114.0 million from the backstop agreement with the sponsor of DSAC, $61.0 million from DSAC’s trust account from its initial public offering, and $150.0 million from the Senior Term Loan (as defined below). Such gross proceeds were offset by $45.2 million transaction costs, which principally consisted of advisory, legal and other professional fees, and were recorded in Additional Paid-in Capital, net of proceeds from the DSAC trust and $3.5 million of debt issuance costs paid out of the proceeds of the Senior Term Loan on the Closing Date, of which $2.8 million was capitalized and $0.7 million included in the loss on debt extinguishment. Cumulative debt repayments, inclusive of accrued but unpaid interest, of $210.7 million were paid in conjunction with the close, which consisted of a $75.3 million repayment of the First Out Term Loan, $61.7 million repayment of the Last Out Term Loan, a $50.0 million payment used to retire the non-converting portion of the Senior Secured Subordinated Promissory Note, a $16.3 million repayment of the 8090 FV Subordinated Promissory Note, and $7.4 million repayment of the 2021 Seller Notes.
In connection with the Business Combination, we recognized a $34.9 million warrant liability on our consolidated balance sheets for the fair value of the public warrants and private placement warrants that were previously issued by DSAC and assumed by New FiscalNote in the Business Combination, along with the additional private placement warrants that were issued upon the closing of the Business Combination. We adjust the liability-classified warrants to fair value at each reporting period. The warrant liabilities are subject to re-measurement at each balance sheet date until exercised, and any change in fair value is recognized in our consolidated statement of operations. As a result of the recurring fair value measurement, our future financial statements and results of operations may fluctuate quarterly, based on factors that are outside of our control. Due to the recurring fair value measurement, we expect that we will recognize non-cash gains or losses on the warrants each reporting period and that the amount of such gains or losses could be material.
In connection with the Business Combination, we recognized (a) $28.9 million of incremental stock-based compensation charges that consisted of $5.0 million related to certain awards that vested as a result of the Business Combination, $6.2 million related to awards issued to our CEO, COO, and CFO pursuant to their respective employment agreements, and $17.7 million related to the Earnout Awards that may be issued to shareholders and equity award holders that for accounting purposes are treated as compensation awards (See Note 15, Earnings (Loss) Per Share, in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K), (b) $45.3 million of loss on debt extinguishment as a result of repayment of certain of our outstanding debt, as well as the conversion of our convertible debt as part of the Business Combination, and (c) $32.1 million interest charge related to the derecognition of the beneficial conversion feature associated with our converted debt.
As a consequence of the Business Combination, we became an SEC-registered and NYSE-listed company, which required us to hire additional personnel and implement procedures and processes to address public company regulatory requirements and customary practices. Upon Closing, we began to incur additional public company expenses for, among other things, directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, director fees and additional internal and external accounting, legal and administrative resources.
Dispositions
On July 1, 2025, we completed the sale of TimeBase for $7.4 million comprised of a cash payment to the Company of $6.7 million and a buyer holdback of $0.7 million. The Company recorded a gain of $1.3 million from the sale of TimeBase during the year ended December 31, 2025.
On March 31, 2025, we completed the sale of Dragonfly and Oxford Analytica for $40.3 million in cash. The Company recorded a gain of $15.3 million from the sale of Dragonfly and Oxford Analytica during the year ended December 31, 2025.
Acquisitions and Disposals
Acquisitions and disposals affect the comparability of our financial statements from period to period.
On March 11, 2024, we completed the sale of Board.org for a total value of up to $98.9 million, consisting of $90.9 million in cash at closing and a potential earnout opportunity of up to $8.0 million.closing. The Company recorded a gain on sale of business of $71.5 million fromduring the saleyear ofended Board.orgDecember in the first quarter of31, 2024.
These businesses contributed the following:
Direct and indirect costs incurred related to the sale of Board.org and Aicel totaled $1.4 million during the year ended December 31, 2024.
On January 27, 2023, we completed the acquisition of Dragonfly for up to $25.2 million (the "2023 Acquisition"), which included a combination of cash, stock, convertible notes and contingent payments. Direct and indirect costs incurred related to our acquisition of Dragonfly totaled $1.4 million during the year ended December 31, 2023.
As a result of our acquisitions since 2021, we have, and will continue to incur, significant non-cash amortization expense related to the amortization of purchased intangibles, which have reduced our operating income by approximately $4.3 million and $11.8 million during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
On February 21, 2025, we signed an agreement related to the sale of Dragonfly Eye Limited and the Oxford Analytica International Group, LLC, which we closed on March 31, 2025 (see Note 19, Subsequent Events in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for more details). These businesses contributions to FiscalNote were as follows:
Subscription revenue of approximately $13.8$4.0 million and $12.1$19.5 million duringfor the years ended December 31, 20242025 and 2023;2024, respectively.
Non-subscription revenue of approximately $3.2$0.7 million and $3.4$3.2 million duringfor the yearyears ended December 31, 20242025 and 2023;2024, and ARR of approximately $14.2 million and $12.5 million at December 31, 2024 and 2023.respectively.
ARR of approximately $15.5 million at December 31, 2024, respectively.
At the end of 2024 the Company had approximately 573 employees with approximately 555 full-time. As a result of the Company's business dispositions, product rationalization, business simplification, and cost takeout actions, the Company's full-time equivalent headcount reduced by approximately 148 from the beginning of the year through December 31, 2025. As a result, the Company has seen a reduction in overall cash costs across all operating expenses. Management will continue evaluating for additional rationalization opportunities to further reduce the complexity of the business and reduce ongoing operating expenses.
Product rationalization
From time to time, management reviews the Company’s existing products and services based on their financial profile and other strategic factors. In connection with such reviews, management decided to cease actively selling and therefore sunset certain non-core products, representing, in aggregate:
Subscription revenue of approximately $0.5 million and $1.0 million during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023; and Non-subscription advisory revenue of approximately $3.0 million during the year ended December 31, 2023 (no corresponding revenue during the year ended December 31, 2024).
We continue to invest for future growth. We are focused on several key growth levers, including cross-selling and upselling opportunities at existing clients, expanding our client base with a focus on enterprise and government customers, expansion into adjacent marketsmarkets, such as the political prediction markets, and deepening our offerings for regulated industries or sectors,enhancing and continuingproductizing topolicy executedata onagentic our acquisition strategy.APIs. Several of these growth drivers require investment in and refinement of our go-to-market approach and, as a result, we may continue to incur additional costs upfront to obtain new customers and expand our relationships with existing customers, including additional sales and marketing expenses specific to subscription revenue.
We plan to invest a portion of theour available capital resources in building innovative products, attracting new customers and expanding our leadership role in the legal and regulatory information market which will allow us to drive growth organically. We may also evaluate acquisitionsinvestment and investmentcommercial partnership opportunities in complementary businesses to supplement our existing platform,offerings, enableenabling us to enter new markets and ensurepotentially thatcreate wenew aresources wellof positionedrevenue. We may also continue to providedivest criticalnon-core insightsbusiness tolines theor regulatedproducts sectorsconsistent ofwith theour future.strategic Pastpolicy acquisitions have enabled us to deliver innovative solutions in new categoriesfocus and enhancestreamlining the functionality of our existing products. Strategic acquisitions may be a component of our growth strategy in the future.initiatives.
Our ARR at December 31, 20242025 and December 31, 20232024 was $107.5$84.1 million and $126.1$107.5 million, respectively. ARR at December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023,2024, excluding products we discontinued in 2023, and the impact of the sale of Board.org, Aicel, Oxford Analytica, Dragonfly, and Dragonfly,TimeBase was $93.3$91.9 million and $96.5 million, respectively.million.
Our NRR, which we use to measure our success in retaining and growing recurring revenue from our existing customers, compares our recognized recurring revenue from a set of customers across comparable periods. We calculate our NRR for a given period as ARR at the end of the period minus ARR contracted from new clients for which there is no historical revenue booked during the period, divided by the beginning ARR for the period. We calculate NRR at our parent account level. Customers from acquisitions are not included in NRR until they have been part of our condensed consolidated results for 12 months. Accordingly, the 2023 Acquisition was not included in our NRR for the year ended December 31, 2023. Our calculation of NRR for any fiscal period includes the positive recurring revenue impacts of selling additional licenses and services to existing customers and the negative recognized recurring revenue impacts of contraction and attrition among this set of customers. Our NRR may fluctuate as a result of a number of factors, including the growing level of our revenue base, the level of penetration within our customer base, expansion of products and features, the timing of renewals, and our ability to retain our customers. Our calculation of NRR may differ from similarly titled metrics presented by other companies. Our quarterly NRR for the last eight quarters follows:
We use Adjusted Gross Profit and Adjusted Gross Profit Margin to understand and evaluate our core operating performance and trends. We believe these metrics are useful measures to us and to our investors to assist in evaluating our core operating performance because they provide consistency and direct comparability with our past financial performance and between fiscal periods, as the metrics eliminate the non-cash effects of amortization of intangible assets and deferred revenue,assets, which areis a non-cash impactsimpact that may fluctuate for reasons unrelated to overall operating performance.
EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin are non-GAAP financial measures. EBITDA represents earnings before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA reflects further adjustments to EBITDA to exclude certain non-cash items and other items that management believes are not indicative of ongoing operations. We define Adjusted EBITDA Margin as Adjusted EBITDA divided by Total Revenue.revenues.
We disclose EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin in this Annual Report on Form 10-K because these non-GAAP measures are certain key measures used in conjunction with GAAP measures used by the Chief Operating Decision Maker in making decisionsmanagement to assist management in evaluatingevaluate our business, measuringmeasure our operating performance and makingmake strategic decisions. We believe that EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin are useful for investors and others in understanding and evaluating our operating results in the same manner as management. EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin are not financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered as substitutes for net loss,income (loss), net income (loss) before income taxes, or any other operating performance measure calculated in accordance with GAAP. Using these non-GAAP financial measures to analyze our business would have material limitations because the calculations are based on the subjective determination of management regarding the nature and classification of events and circumstances that investors may otherwise find significant. In addition, although other companies in our industry may report measures titled EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin or similar measures, such non-GAAP financial measures may be calculated differently from how we calculate non-GAAP financial measures, which reduces their comparability. Because of these limitations, you should consider EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted EBITDA Margin alongside other financial performance measures, including net income and our other financial results presented in accordance with GAAP.
We derive our revenues from subscription revenue arrangements and advisory, advertising and other revenues. Subscription revenues account for approximately 92%93% and 90%92% of our total revenues for the years ended December 31, 20242025 and 2023.2024, respectively.
Cost of revenues
Cost of revenues primarily consists of expenses related to hosting our service, the costs of data center capacity, amortization of developed technology and capitalized software development costs, certain fees paid to various third parties for the use of their technology, services, or data, costs of compensation, including bonuses, stock compensation, benefits and other expenses for employees associated with providing professional services and other direct costs of production. Also included in cost of revenues are our costs related to the preparation of contracted advisory deliverables, as well as costs to develop, publish, print and deliver our publications underlying our books revenue.deliverables.
Amortization expense relates to our finite-lived intangible assets, including developed technology, customer relationship, databases and tradenames. These assets are amortized over periods of between three and twenty years. Finite-lived intangible assets are tested for impairment when indicators are present, and, if impaired, are written down to fair value. During the yearyears ended December 31, 20242025 and 2024, no impairment of intangible assets has been identified in our accompanying audited consolidated financial statements. During the year ended December 31, 2023 an impairment of intangible assets of $6,223 has been identified and recorded.
Transaction costs, net
Transaction costs consist of acquisition related costs (including due diligence, accounting, legal, and other professional fees, incurred from acquisition activity), fair value adjustments to contingent consideration due to sellers, and non-capitalizable costs.
The period-to-period comparisons of our results of operations have been prepared using the historical periods included in our condensed consolidated financial statements. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with those consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Discussion of Significant Items Affecting the Consolidated Results for the Years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023
Year Ended December 31, 2024
During the year ended December 31, 2024 the Company recorded a gain on sale of businesses totaling $72.0 million from the sale of Board.org and Aicel. The majority of the proceeds from those sales were used to repay principal balances from the Company's Senior Term Loan and prepayment and exit fees.
Year Ended December 31, 2023
During the year ended December 31, 2023 the Company recognized several non-cash items including, a non-cash charge of $32.1 million from the impairment of goodwill and other long-lived assets, $16.0 million gain related to the mark-to-market of the public and private warrants liability and debt liabilities that the Company is required to fair value at each reporting date, and an additional non-cash loss on settlement with GPO of $3.5 million.
Subscription revenue of $89.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2025 decreased $22.1 million, or 20%, from $111.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The comparability of our revenues between periods was impacted by the sales of the businesses of Dragonfly, Oxford Analytica, TimeBase, Board.org, and Aicel, described under “Factors Impacting the Comparability of Our Results of Operations” above. The table below presents the primary items that impacted the comparability of our subscription revenues between periods.
The decrease in subscription revenue during the year ended December 31, 2025 is largely due to the impact from the sale of businesses of Dragonfly and Oxford Analytica on March 31, 2025 and TimeBase on July 1, 2025. The decrease in organic subscription revenue is primarily the result of customer retention challenges combined with the impact of Federal government cuts.
Subscription revenue of $111.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 decreased $8.0 million, or 7%, from $119.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. The following table presents the drivers for the change in Subscription revenue:
Advisory, advertising, and other revenue was $6.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, as compared to $9.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, as compared to $13.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2023.2024. The decrease of $4.4$2.8 million, or 32%,30%, was primarily duethe largelyresult toof the discontinuation of unprofitable offerings that contributed approximately $2.2 millionreduction of revenue during the year ended December 31, 2023 combined with the decrease of $0.6 million from the sale of businesses.Oxford Analytica and Dragonfly in 2025.
Cost of revenues, including amortization
Cost of revenues was $21.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, as compared to $25.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The decrease of $4.4 million, or 17%, was primarily attributable to the impact from the business dispositions totaling approximately $3.7 million partially offset by other decreases in third party costs.
Cost of revenues was $25.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, as compared to $40.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. The decrease of $14.6 million, or 36%, was primarily attributable to $5.9 million to the sale of Board.org and Aicel combined with the discontinuation of unprofitable offerings that were recognized during the year ended December 31, 2023, a decrease in amortization expense of $6.7 million, of which $3.9 million was recognized in 2023 related to a revision in the useful lives of certain of its developed technology assets, a decrease from workforce planning actions made primarily throughout the second half of 2023, and combined with decreases in data center costs of $0.7 million.
Research and development expense was $9.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2025 as compared to $12.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 as compared to $18.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2023.2024. The decrease of $5.4$3.2 million, or 29%,25%, was primarily attributable to a decrease of $5.0 million of workplace planning actions made through the second half of 2023 combined with a decreaseimpact from the salebusiness dispositions totaling approximately $0.9 million and a result of Board.orgworkforce andplanning Aicel.actions.
Sales and marketing expense was $26.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2025 as compared to $35.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 as compared to $45.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2023.2024. The decrease of $10.7$8.5 million, or 23%,24%, was primarily attributable to athe decreaseimpact from business dispositions of the$5.0 million and a result of workforce planning actions made throughout the second half of 2023 combined with a decrease attributable from the sale of Board.org and Aicel.actions.
Editorial expense was relatively$14.9 flatmillion atfor the year ended December 31, 2025 as compared to $18.5 million for the year ended December 31, 20242024. asThe compareddecrease of $3.6 million, or 19% was primarily attributable to $17.9 million for the yearimpact endedfrom Decemberbusiness 31, 2023.dispositions.
What changed in the latest 10-Q
Risk Factors
As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, there have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 24, 2026.
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On April 13, 2026, the Company’s Class A common stock was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”). The NYSE delisting caused events of default under the YA Convertible Notes and the 2025 GPO Convertible Note (together, the “Subordinated Notes”). On April 21, 2026, the Company entered into forbearance agreements with each of GPO FN Noteholder, LLC (“GPO”) and YA II PN, Ltd (together with GPO, the “Subordinated Creditors”), which were extended on each of May 18, 2026, June 24, 2026 and July 22, 2026, pursuant to which the Subordinated Creditors have agreed to waive defaults under the terms of subordinated convertible debt instruments issued to the Subordinated Creditors arising from the NYSE delisting, and to forbear from exercising any rights relating to such defaults, untilsee in full comparisonMayAugust 21, 2026. If no action is taken, and the forbearance agreements with the Subordinated Creditors are not extended, onMayAugust 22, 2026 the Company will also be in default of its 2025 Senior Term Loan due to the cross-default provision within the 2025 Senior TermLoan,Loan.atAdditionally, the Company did not meet its 2025 Senior Term Loan minimum Adjusted EBITDA covenant requirement for the twelve months ended June 30, 2026, whichpointhas not been waived, and as of the date of this filing the 2025 Senior Term Loan lendersmayhaveexercisenot exercised their default rights, which could include the immediate repayment of the amount outstanding under the 2025 Senior Term Loan.
On April 13, 2026, the Company’s Class A common stock was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”). The NYSE delisting caused events of default under the YA Convertible Notes and the 2025 GPO Convertible Note (together, the “Subordinated Notes”). On April 21, 2026, the Company entered into forbearance agreements with each of GPO FN Noteholder, LLC (“GPO”) and YA II PN, Ltd (together with GPO, the “Subordinated Creditors”), pursuant to which the Subordinated Creditors have agreed to waive defaults under the terms of subordinated convertible debt instruments issued to the Subordinated Creditors arising from the NYSE delisting, and to forbear from exercising any rights relating to such defaults, untilsee in full comparisonMayAugust 21, 2026. If no action is taken, and theforebearanceforbearance agreements with the Subordinated Creditors are not extended, onMayAugust 22, 2026 the Company will also be in default of its 2025 Senior Term Loan due to the cross-default provision within the 2025 Senior TermLoan,Loan.atAdditionally, the Company did not meet its 2025 Senior Term Loan minimum Adjusted EBITDA covenant requirement for the twelve months ended June 30, 2026, whichpointhas not been waived, and as of the date of this filing the 2025 Senior Term Loan lendersmayhaveexercisenot exercised their default rights, which could include the immediate repayment of the amount outstanding under the 2025 Senior Term Loan.
Reflects the non-cash impact of the following: (i) gain of $177 in the first quarter of 2026 and a charge of $21 in the second quarter of 2026 related to foreign currencysee in full comparisonexchange,exchange principally arising from converting a GBP denominated convertible note into USD, (ii) goodwill impairmentof goodwillcharge of $35,600 in the first quarter of 2026 and $19,100 in the second quarter of 2026, (iii) charge of $40 in the first quarter of 2025 and $30 in the second quarter of 2025 related to the unrealized loss on investments; (iv) charge of $315in the first quarter of 2025for fees satisfied with Common Stock of the Company during the first quarter of 2025;and(v) charge of $1,784 from the loss on debtextinguishment.extinguishment during the first quarter of 2025; and (vi) charge of $632 in the second quarter of 2025 related to foreign currency translation losses, principally arising from converting a GBP denominated convertible note into USD.
“General and administrative expense was $9.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2026 as compared to $11.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025. The decrease of $2.1 million, or 19%, was due to a reduction in stock based compensation of approximately $2.5 million as legacy awards were fully recognized in the first quarter of 2026, a reduction in transaction costs related to the sale of businesses in 2025 of approximately $0.9 million, partially offset by an increase of severance of $1.8 million from the resignation of our prior CEO on June 26, 2026. …”see in full comparison
“General and administrative expense was $18.7 million for the six months June 30, 2026 as compared to $27.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025. The decrease of $8.9 million, or 32%, was due to a reduction in stock based compensation of approximately $2.9 million as legacy awards were fully recognized in the first quarter of 2026, a reduction in transaction costs related to the sale of businesses in 2025 of approximately $5.6 million, partially offset by an increase of severance of $1.8 million from the resignation of our prior CEO on June 26, 2026. …”see in full comparison
“Cost of revenues, including amortization was $8.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026, as compared to $11.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025. The decrease of $3.8 million, or 32%, was primarily attributable to a $2 million reduction in capitalized software amortization as previously capitalized software development costs were fully amortized in the first quarter of 2025, $1.2 million to cost reduction measures, and $0.6 million resulting from the impact of business dispositions.”see in full comparison
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On April 13, 2026, the Company’s Class A common stock was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”). The NYSE delisting caused events of default under the YA Convertible Notes and the 2025 GPO Convertible Note (together, the “Subordinated Notes”). On April 21, 2026, the Company entered into forbearance agreements with each of GPO FN Noteholder, LLC (“GPO”) and YA II PN, Ltd (together with GPO, the “Subordinated Creditors”), pursuant to which the Subordinated Creditors have agreed to waive defaults under the terms of subordinated convertible debt instruments issued to the Subordinated Creditors arising from the NYSE delisting, and to forbear from exercising any rights relating to such defaults, until MayAugust 21, 2026. If no action is taken, and the forebearanceforbearance agreements with the Subordinated Creditors are not extended, on MayAugust 22, 2026 the Company will also be in default of its 2025 Senior Term Loan due to the cross-default provision within the 2025 Senior Term Loan,Loan. atAdditionally, the Company did not meet its 2025 Senior Term Loan minimum Adjusted EBITDA covenant requirement for the twelve months ended June 30, 2026, which pointhas not been waived, and as of the date of this filing the 2025 Senior Term Loan lenders mayhave exercisenot exercised their default rights, which could include the immediate repayment of the amount outstanding under the 2025 Senior Term Loan.
On March 31, 2025, we completed the sale of Dragonfly and Oxford Analytica for $40.3 million in cash. The Company recorded a gain of $15.7$15.4 million during the threesix months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2025.
Subscription revenue of approximately $3.7$0.3 million for the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2025 and approximately $4.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 Non-subscription revenue of approximately $0.7 million for the threesix months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2025
From time to time, management reviews the Company’s existing products and services based on their financial profile and other strategic factors. In connection with such reviews, management decided to cease actively selling and therefore sunset certain non-core products representing, in aggregate, subscription revenue of approximately $0.1 million during the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026 and 2025, and approximately $0.1 and $0.2 million during the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025.
At December 31, 2025, the Company had approximately 407 employees and at MarchJune 31,30, 2026 we had approximately 370343 employees. The net reduction in headcount is the result of our previously announced plan to streamline operations and drive cash generation in the core business through a combination of rapid AI deployment, insourcing third party spend, headcount reductions and other cost savings initiatives. As a result, the Company will experience a reduction in overall cash costs across all operating expenses. Management will continue evaluating for additional rationalization opportunities to further reduce the complexity of the business and reduce ongoing operating expenses.
Our ARR at MarchJune 31,30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, was $75.7$74.9 million and $84.1 million, respectively.
Our NRR, which we use to measure our success in retaining and growing recurring revenue from our existing customers, compares our recognized recurring revenue from a set of customers across comparable periods. We calculate our NRR for a given period as ARR at the end of the period minus ARR contracted from new clients for which there is no historical revenue booked during the period, divided by the beginning ARR for the period. We calculate NRR at our parent account level. Our calculation of NRR for any fiscal period includes the positive recurring revenue impacts of selling additional licenses and services to existing customers and the negative recognized recurring revenue impacts of contraction and attrition among this set of customers. Our NRR may fluctuate as a result of a number of factors, including the level of our revenue base, the level of penetration within our customer base, expansion of products and features, the timing of renewals, and our ability to retain our customers. Our calculation of NRR may differ from similarly titled metrics presented by other companies. NRR was 89%98% and 93%96% (excluding the impact of Oxford Analytica and Dragonfly) for the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026 and 2025, respectively.
We derive our revenues from subscription revenue arrangements and advisory, advertising and other revenues. Subscription revenues accounted for approximately 95%96% and 92% of our total revenues for the threesix months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026 and 2025, respectively.
Comparison of the Consolidated Results for the Three and Six Months Ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026 and MarchJune 31,30, 2025
Subscription revenue of $19.1$18.8 million for the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026 decreased $6.2$2.6 million, or 24%,12%, from $25.2$21.4 million for the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2025. Subscription revenue of $37.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026 decreased $8.8 million, or 19% from $46.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025.
Non-subscription revenue was $1.0$0.8 million for the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026, as compared to $2.3$1.9 million for the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2025. The decrease of $1.3$1.1 million, or 57%,59%, was dueprimarily attributable to timingthe oflower advisory incomeadvertising and aevents decreaserevenue, inas bookwell revenueas partiallycustomer offsetretention by revenue for advocacy campaigns.challenges.
Non-subscription revenue of $1.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026 decreased $2.4 million, or 58% from $4.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025. $0.7 million of the decrease was from the impact of the business dispositions in 2025, with the remaining decrease primarily attributable to the lower advertising and events revenue, as well as customer retention challenges.
Cost of revenues, including amortization was $4.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, as compared to $7.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The decrease of $2.8 million, or 41%, was primarily attributable to a $1.8 million reduction in capitalized software amortization as previously capitalized software development costs were fully amortized in the first quarter of 2025, with the remaining decrease resulting from the impact of the business dispositions.
Research and development expense was $2.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 as compared to $3.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The decrease of $1.1 million, or 34%, was primarily attributable to a decrease of $0.2 million due to the impact from the business dispositions and a result of workforce planning actions.
SalesCost andof marketingrevenues, expenseincluding amortization was $5.7$4.0 million for the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 20262026, as compared to $7.7$4.9 million for the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2025. The decrease of $2.0$1.0 million, or 26%,20%, was primarily attributable to acost decreasereduction attributable to the impact from the business dispositions and a result of workforce planning actions.measures.
Cost of revenues, including amortization was $8.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026, as compared to $11.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025. The decrease of $3.8 million, or 32%, was primarily attributable to a $2 million reduction in capitalized software amortization as previously capitalized software development costs were fully amortized in the first quarter of 2025, $1.2 million to cost reduction measures, and $0.6 million resulting from the impact of business dispositions.
Research and development expense was $1.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2026 as compared to $2.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025. The decrease of $0.7 million, or 30%, was primarily attributable to the result of workforce planning actions.
Research and development expense was $3.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026 as compared to $5.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025. The decrease of $1.7 million, or 33%, was primarily attributable to the result of workforce planning actions.
Sales and marketing expense was $4.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2026 as compared to $6.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025. The decrease of $2.2 million, or 33%, was primarily attributable to the result of workforce planning actions.
Sales and marketing expense was $10.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026 as compared to $14.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025. The decrease of $4.2 million, or 29%, was primarily attributable to a result of workforce planning actions, with $0.8 million attributable to the impact from the business dispositions.
Editorial expense was $3.6$3.4 million for the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 20262026, as compared to $4.8$3.5 million for the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2025. The decrease of $1.2$0.1 million, or 25%,3% was primarily attributable to the impact from business dispositions.
General and administrativeEditorial expense was $9.5$7.0 million for the threesix months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026 as compared to $16.3$8.3 million for the threesix months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2025. The decrease of $6.8$1.3 million, or 42%,15%, was primarily attributable to a decrease in payroll expenses primarily due to cost reduction measures combined with decreased transaction costs attributable to the sale of businesses and the impact from business dispositions.
General and administrative expense was $9.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2026 as compared to $11.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025. The decrease of $2.1 million, or 19%, was due to a reduction in stock based compensation of approximately $2.5 million as legacy awards were fully recognized in the first quarter of 2026, a reduction in transaction costs related to the sale of businesses in 2025 of approximately $0.9 million, partially offset by an increase of severance of $1.8 million from the resignation of our prior CEO on June 26, 2026. The remaining decrease is from our overall cost reduction efforts.
General and administrative expense was $18.7 million for the six months June 30, 2026 as compared to $27.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025. The decrease of $8.9 million, or 32%, was due to a reduction in stock based compensation of approximately $2.9 million as legacy awards were fully recognized in the first quarter of 2026, a reduction in transaction costs related to the sale of businesses in 2025 of approximately $5.6 million, partially offset by an increase of severance of $1.8 million from the resignation of our prior CEO on June 26, 2026. The remaining decrease is from our overall cost reduction efforts.
Amortization of intangibles was $1.9 million for the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026 asand compared2025, to $2.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The decrease of $0.4 million, or 19% was primarily attributable to the impact of business dispositions.respectively.
InterestAmortization expenseof intangibles was $3.4$3.8 million for the threesix months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026 as compared to $5.1$4.3 million for the threesix months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2025. The decrease in interest expense of $1.8$0.5 millionmillion, or 11% was primarily dueattributable to the overall reductionimpact of ourbusiness indebtedness, as a result of our debt repayments from the proceeds from our sale of Oxford Analytica, Dragonfly and TimeBase, as well as our debt refinance on August 12, 2025.dispositions.
Interest expense was $3.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2026 as compared to $4.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025. The decrease in interest expense of $0.4 million, or 10%, was primarily due to the overall reduction of our indebtedness, as a result of our debt repayments from the proceeds from our sale of TimeBase, as well as our debt refinance on August 12, 2025.
Interest expense was $7.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026 as compared to $9.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025. The decrease in interest expense of $2.2 million, or 23%, was primarily due to the overall reduction of our indebtedness, as a result of our debt repayments from the proceeds from our sale of Oxford Analytica, Dragonfly and TimeBase, as well as our debt refinance on August 12, 2025.
Change in fair value of financial instruments was a $1.9$0.1 million gain for the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026 as compared to a $0.7$1.6 million gainloss for the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2025. The change is the result of thean changeincrease in the fair value of the warrant liabilities of $0.6 million, offset by changes in the Dragonfly Seller Convertible Notes, Convertible Debentures, Prior GPO Convertible Note, the 2025 GPO Convertible Note, and the Third Era Convertible Note, and the changes in warrant liabilities.Note.
Change in fair value of financial instruments was a $2.0 million gain for the six months ended June 30, 2026 as compared to a $0.9 million loss for the six months ended June 30, 2025. The change is the result of an increase in the fair value of the warrant liabilities of $0.6 million, offset by changes in the Dragonfly Seller Convertible Notes, Convertible Debentures, Prior GPO Convertible Note, the 2025 GPO Convertible Note, and the Third Era Convertible Note.
Reflects the non-cash impact of the following: (i) gain of $177 in the first quarter of 2026 and a charge of $21 in the second quarter of 2026 related to foreign currency exchange,exchange principally arising from converting a GBP denominated convertible note into USD, (ii) goodwill impairment of goodwillcharge of $35,600 in the first quarter of 2026 and $19,100 in the second quarter of 2026, (iii) charge of $40 in the first quarter of 2025 and $30 in the second quarter of 2025 related to the unrealized loss on investments; (iv) charge of $315 in the first quarter of 2025 for fees satisfied with Common Stock of the Company during the first quarter of 2025; and (v) charge of $1,784 from the loss on debt extinguishment.extinguishment during the first quarter of 2025; and (vi) charge of $632 in the second quarter of 2025 related to foreign currency translation losses, principally arising from converting a GBP denominated convertible note into USD.
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Reflects severance costs incurred related to the resignation of our prior CEO on June 26, 2026.
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Reflects non-operating income from the Transition Services Agreement that was entered into with the acquirer of Dragonfly and Oxford Analytica on March 31, 2025.
Historically the Company has partially funded its operations through raising equity and debt. At MarchJune 31,30, 2026, the Company’s cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and short-term investments were $26.5$20.6 million compared to $26.9 million at December 31, 2025.
The Company had a negative working capital balance of $139.0$135.0 million (excluding cash and short-term investments) at MarchJune 31,30, 2026 and had an accumulated deficit of $915.8$943.6 million and $872.1 million as of MarchJune 31,30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively, and incurred net losses (excluding the gain on sale of businesses) of $43.6$71.4 million for the threesix months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026 and $20.0$32.9 million for the threesix months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2025, respectively. Management expects that significant on-going operating and capital expenditures will be necessary to continue to implement the Company’s business plan of entering new markets and investing in infrastructure and product development.
On April 13, 2026, the Company’s Class A common stock was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”). The NYSE delisting caused events of default under the YA Convertible Notes and the 2025 GPO Convertible Note (together, the “Subordinated Notes”). On April 21, 2026, the Company entered into forbearance agreements with each of GPO FN Noteholder, LLC (“GPO”) and YA II PN, Ltd (together with GPO, the “Subordinated Creditors”), which were extended on each of May 18, 2026, June 24, 2026 and July 22, 2026, pursuant to which the Subordinated Creditors have agreed to waive defaults under the terms of subordinated convertible debt instruments issued to the Subordinated Creditors arising from the NYSE delisting, and to forbear from exercising any rights relating to such defaults, until MayAugust 21, 2026. If no action is taken, and the forbearance agreements with the Subordinated Creditors are not extended, on MayAugust 22, 2026 the Company will also be in default of its 2025 Senior Term Loan due to the cross-default provision within the 2025 Senior Term Loan,Loan. atAdditionally, the Company did not meet its 2025 Senior Term Loan minimum Adjusted EBITDA covenant requirement for the twelve months ended June 30, 2026, which pointhas not been waived, and as of the date of this filing the 2025 Senior Term Loan lenders mayhave exercisenot exercised their default rights, which could include the immediate repayment of the amount outstanding under the 2025 Senior Term Loan.
Our historical financing activities included borrowings under senior secured credit facilities, senior secured promissory notes, and convertible debt. Our principal debt outstanding, including paid-in-kind interest as applicable, at MarchJune 31,30, 2026 and December 31, 2025 consisted of the following (excluding any fair value adjustments and debt discounts, as applicable):
As a result of the 2025 Senior Term Loan Amendment, the 2025 Senior Term Loan is repayable in consecutive quarterly installments on the last business day of each March, June, September and December of each fiscal year commencing September 30, 2025, in an amount equal to (i) $0.5 million with respect to each payment that was due on September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2025, (ii) $1.9 million with respect to each payment that will be due on March 31, 2026, June 30, 2026, September 30, 2026, December 31, 2026, and March 31, 2027, and (iii) $0.9 million with respect to each payment due thereafter, with the remaining principal amount due at the maturity of the 2025 Senior Term Loan, or such earlier time as it may become payable. The Company mustis subject to a quarterly administration fee of $.04 million. The Company was also required to pay a quarterly fee commencing on September 30, 2025, in an amount equal to (i) $0.1 million which was duepaid on September 30, 2025 and2025, December 31, 2025, and will be due on March 31, 2026 and (ii) $0.04 million with respect to each quarterly payment due thereafter.2026.
The Company has elected to pay cash interest based on SOFR,SOFR (plus an applicable margin), which was 13.14% at MarchJune 31,30, 2026. For the three and six months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026, the Company recognized $2.2$2.4 million of cash interest on the 2025 Senior Term Loan. Going forward, the Company expects to incur approximately $2.2$2.4 million of quarterly cash interest based on current SOFR rates and expected outstanding principal balances.
At any time prior to the maturity dates, and subject to certain ownership and conversion limitations, YA is entitled to convert any portion of the principal amount of the Debentures and accrued interest thereon into shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock (the “Debenture Conversion Shares”) at a conversion price equal to 94% of the lowest daily volume weighted average trading price (“VWAP”) during the five trading days prior to the conversion date, subject to a floor price of $0.8884 (the “Floor Price”). Because the delisting from NYSE and subsequent trading of our Class A common stock caused our daily VWAP to be less than the Floor Price, the Company was required to make certain amortizing payments to the YA (if and to the extent permitted under the subordination agreements) or reduce the Floor Price to no more than 75% of the closing price on the relevant date pursuant to the Convertible Debentures. However, pursuant to the forbearance agreement, YA has agreed not to cause an event of default based on this obligation until MayAugust 22, 2026.
Capital expenditures primarily consist of purchases of capitalized software costs and property and equipment. Our capital expenditures program includes discretionary spending, which we can adjust in response to economic and other changes in our business environment to grow our business. We typically fund our capital expenditures through cash on hand. In the event that we are unable to obtain the necessary funding for capital expenditures, our long-term growth strategy could be significantly affected. Our total capital expenditures were $1.7$3.3 million and $1.9$3.5 million for the threesix months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026 and 2025, respectively.
Cash provided by operating activities in the threesix months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026 was $3.0$0.9 million, aan decreaseincrease of $0.3$3.8 million compared to the threesix months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2025. The primary factors affecting our net operating cash flows during this period were our net loss of $43.6$71.4 million, which includes non-cash incomenet and expense itemscharges totaling $42.1$67.4 million, including impairment of goodwill of $35.6$54.7 million, non-cash and paid-in-kind interest expense of $0.6$1.3 million, stock-based compensation expense of $3.0$3.9 million, a gain due to the change in fair value of financial instruments of $1.9 million, non-cash lease expense of $0.5$2.0 million, amortization and depreciation of $4.4$8.8 million, other non-cash itemscharges of $0.1$0.7 million, and the effect of changes in operating assets and liabilities that resulted in cash inflows of $4.5$4.9 million.
Cash providedused byin operating activities in the threesix months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2025 was $3.3$2.9 million, an increase of $0.5$1.9 million compared to the threesix months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2024. The primary factors affecting our net operating cash flows during this period werewas our net loss of $4.3$17.5 million, which includes non-cash income and expense items totaling $0.5$13.3 million, including a gain on disposal of business of $15.7$15.4 million, non-cash and paid-in kind interest expense of $3.0 million, stock-based compensation expense of $3.4$5.7 million, loss on debt extinguishment of $1.8 million, stock-based compensation expense of $7.3 million, a gain due to the change in fair value of financial instruments of $0.7$0.9 million, non-cash lease expense of $0.5$1.0 million, amortization and depreciation of $7.0$11.8 million, other non-cash items of $0.2 million,million and the effect of changes in operating assets and liabilities that resulted in cash inflows of $8.11.3 million.
Net cash used by investing activities in the threesix months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026 was $1.7$3.3 million compared to net cash provided by investing activities of $38.3$36.8 million in the threesix months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2025. Net cash used in investing activities in the threesix months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026 consisted of cash paid of $1.7$3.3 million for capital expenditures primarily related to software development costs. Net cash provided by investing activities in the threesix months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2025 primarily consisted of cash proceeds from the sale of a business of $40.3 million partially offset by cash paid of $2.0$3.5 million of capital expenditures primarily related to software development costs.
Net cash used in financing activities in the threesix months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026 was $1.8$3.7 million, compared to $28.8 million for the threesix months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2025. Net cash used in financing activities during the threesix months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026 primarily consisted of payments of long-term debt and deferred financing costs primarily related to 2025 Senior Term Loan payments of $1.9$3.7 million partially offset by the proceeds from the issuance of shares from the ESPP purchases of $0.1 million. Net cash used in financing activities during the threesix months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2025 primarily consisted of payments of long-term debt and deferred financing costs primarily related to Amendmentthe 5Amendments to the Credit Agreement of $27.2$29.0 million and payments of deferred financing costs of $1.8 millionpartially offset by thecash proceeds from $0.1 million from the issuanceproceeds of the exercise of stock options and ESPP purchases of $0.1 million.purchases.
There were no significant and material changes in our critical accounting policies and use of estimates during the threesix months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026, as compared to those disclosed in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations-Critical Accounting Estimates and Accounting Policies" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, filed with the SEC on March 24, 2026.
NOTE insider buying and selling (Form 4)
Since 2026-04-11, insiders reported open-market purchases in 0 Form 4 filings and open-market sales in 0 filings. Totals add up every open-market (code P and S) line in those filings, using the prices reported in the filings. Awards, option exercises, tax withholding and gifts are listed below but not counted.
| Trade date | Insider | Transaction | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-24 | Compton Key |
Grant/award | 1,450,000 | — | — |
| 2026-07-09 | Compton Key |
Other | 89,171 | — | — |
| 2026-07-01 | Aman Todd |
Shares withheld for tax | 1,901 | $0.12 | $228 |
| 2026-06-26 | Resnik Josh |
Shares withheld for tax | 32,148 | $0.11 | $3.5K |
| 2026-06-26 | Resnik Josh |
Shares withheld for tax | 10,245 | $0.11 | $1.1K |
| 2026-06-26 | Resnik Josh |
Shares withheld for tax | 5,295 | $0.11 | $582 |
| 2026-05-15 | Resnik Josh |
Shares withheld for tax | 5,358 | $0.20 | $1.1K |
| 2026-05-15 | Resnik Josh |
Shares withheld for tax | 1,708 | $0.20 | $342 |
| 2026-05-06 | Compton Key |
Other | 431,394 | — | — |
| 2026-05-06 | Compton Key |
Other | 431,394 | — | — |
| 2026-04-17 | Resnik Josh |
Shares withheld for tax | 1,059 | $0.26 | $275 |
| 2026-04-17 | Aman Todd |
Shares withheld for tax | 317 | $0.26 | $82 |
| 2026-04-09 | Aman Todd |
Shares withheld for tax | 2,236 | $0.26 | $581 |
Well-known investors holding NOTE (13F)
None of the 59 investors we track reported a position in their latest 13F.