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There have been no material changes with respect to the risk factors disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, except as set forth below:
Delaware law, our governing documents and our stockholder rights plan contain certain provisions, including anti-takeover provisions that limit the ability of stockholders to take certain actions and could delay or discourage takeover attempts that stockholders may consider favorable.
Our certificate of incorporation, bylaws and Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”) contain provisions that could have the effect of rendering more difficult, delaying, or preventing an acquisition deemed undesirable by our board of directors and therefore depress the trading price of our Class A common stock. These provisions could also make it difficult for stockholders to take certain actions, including electing directors who are not nominated by the current members of our board of directors or taking other corporate actions, including effecting changes in management. Among other things, our certificate of incorporation and bylaws include provisions regarding:
•the ability of our board of directors to issue shares of preferred stock, including “blank check” preferred stock and to determine the price and other terms of those shares, including preferences and voting rights, without stockholder approval, which could be used to significantly dilute the ownership of a hostile acquirer;
•the right of our board of directors to elect a director to fill a vacancy created by the expansion of our board of directors or the resignation, death or removal of a director, which prevents stockholders from being able to fill vacancies on our board of directors;
•a prohibition on stockholder action by written consent (except in limited circumstances), which forces stockholder action to be taken at an annual or special meeting of stockholders and could delay the ability of stockholders to force consideration of a stockholder proposal or to take action, including the removal of directors;
•the requirement that a special meeting of stockholders may be called only by our board of directors, the chairman of our board of directors or our chief executive officer, which could delay the ability of stockholders to force consideration of a proposal or to take action, including the removal of directors;
•controlling the procedures for the conduct and scheduling of our board of directors and stockholder meetings;
•the ability of our board of directors to amend our bylaws, which may allow our board of directors to take additional actions to prevent an unsolicited takeover and inhibit the ability of an acquirer to amend our bylaws to facilitate an unsolicited takeover attempt; and
•advance notice procedures with which stockholders must comply to nominate candidates to our board of directors or to propose matters to be acted upon at a stockholders’ meeting, which could preclude stockholders from bringing matters before annual or special meetings of stockholders and delay changes in our board of directors and also may discourage or deter a potential acquirer from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect the acquirer’s own slate of directors or otherwise attempting to obtain control of us.
As a Delaware corporation, we are generally subject to provisions of Delaware law, including the DGCL. Although we have elected not to be governed by Section 203 of the DGCL, certain provisions of our certificate of incorporation, in a manner substantially similar to Section 203 of the DGCL, prohibit certain of our stockholders (other
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than those stockholders who are party to a stockholders’ agreement with us) who hold 15% or more of our outstanding capital stock from engaging in certain business combination transactions with us for a specified period of time unless certain conditions are met.
In addition, in certain circumstances, the stockholder rights plan adopted by our board of directors in April 2026 would impose significant dilution upon any person or group that is or becomes the beneficial owner of 12.5% or more of our outstanding Class A common stock and thereby make it more difficult for such person or group to acquire the Company.
The Company’s business has been and could be negatively affected because of actions of activist stockholders. Stockholder activism could cause us to incur significant expense, disrupt our business, result in a proxy contest or litigation and impact our stock price.
We have been, and may continue to be, subject to actions from activist stockholders and others that may not align with the Company’s business strategies or may not be in the best interests of all stockholders. Responding to actions by activist stockholders has been, and may continue to be, costly and time-consuming and divert management’s and our board of directors’ attention and resources from our business. Such stockholder activism could give rise to perceived uncertainties as to our future, adversely affect our relationships with our employees, customers, or suppliers and make it more difficult to attract and retain qualified personnel. We may continue to be required to incur significant fees and other expenses related to activist stockholder matters, including costs for third party advisors. We may be subjected to a proxy contest or to litigation by activist investors. Our stock price has been and could be subject to significant fluctuation or otherwise be affected by the events, risks and uncertainties of any stockholder activism. Actions of activist stockholders may cause fluctuations in our stock price based on temporary or speculative market perceptions or other factors that do not necessarily reflect the underlying fundamentals and prospects of our business.
Our acquisition of KUBRA involves a number of risks, the occurrence of which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and operating results.
In March 2026, we entered into a stock purchase agreement to acquire KUBRA, and we closed the KUBRA Acquisition on June 1, 2026. The acquisition involves certain risks, the occurrence of which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and operating results, including:
•the incurrence of indebtedness in connection with the acquisition, which increased our leverage and debt service obligations and may reduce our financial flexibility;
•diversion of management's attention to integrate KUBRA’s operations following the closing of the acquisition;
•difficulties in integrating KUBRA’s business and operations, including the risk that the combined company does not operate as effectively or efficiently as expected;
•significant transactions costs and expenses associated with the acquisition; and
•potential loss of key KUBRA employees, partners or customers, or other adverse effects on existing business relationships with partners or customers, including as a result of uncertainty following the acquisition.
Our acquisitions, including the KUBRA Acquisition, subject us to a variety of risks relating to the integration and operation of those acquisitions or otherwise that could harm our business and the anticipated benefits from our acquisitions may not be realized on the expected timeline or at all.
We may experience various challenges associated with the integration and operation of our acquired businesses, including the KUBRA Acquisition, such as:
•we may need to allocate substantial operational, financial and management resources in integrating new businesses, technologies and products, and management may encounter difficulties in integrating the operations, personnel or systems of the acquired business;
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•the acquisition may have a material adverse effect on our business relationships with existing or future clients or software integration partners;
•we may assume substantial actual or contingent liabilities, known and unknown;
•the acquisition may not meet our expectations of future financial performance on our expected timeline or at all;
•we may experience delays or reductions in realizing expected synergies or benefits;
•we may incur substantial unanticipated costs or encounter other problems associated with the acquired business, including challenges associated with transfer of various data processing functions and connections to our systems and those of our third-party service providers;
•we may be required to take write-downs or write-offs, restructuring and impairment or other charges;
•we may be unable to achieve our intended objectives for the transaction, including growth prospects, synergies and other financial results; and
•we may not be able to retain the key personnel, clients and suppliers of the acquired business.
These challenges and costs and expenses may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.