Company: STGW
Filing Date: 2025-03-11
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000876883-25-000009
Chunk: 84

Company: Stagwell Inc
Filing Date: 2025-03-11
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 84
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 and it can be expected that some or all of the assumptions that inform such guidance will not materialize or will vary significantly from actual results. Accordingly, our guidance is only an estimate of what management believes is realizable as of the date such guidance is provided. Actual results have in the past varied, and may in the future vary from such guidance, and the variations may be material. Investors should also recognize that the reliability of any forecasted financial data diminishes the farther in the future that the data is forecast. In light of the foregoing, investors should not place undue reliance on our financial guidance and should carefully consider any guidance we may publish in context. In addition, in recent periods our operating or financial results have not met our guidance, or we have reduced our guidance. If in the future our operating or financial results for a particular period do not meet any guidance we provide or the expectations of investment analysts, or if we reduce our guidance for future periods, the market price of our Class A Common Stock may decline significantly. In addition, even though we have issued public guidance in the past, we are not obligated to and may determine not to continue to do so in the future.

A significant portion of our Class A Common Stock may be sold into the market in the future, which could negatively affect our stock price.

As of December 31, 2024, Stagwell Media beneficially owned approximately 57% of our outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock on an as-converted basis. Although the shares held by Stagwell Media are subject to securities law restrictions on sales by affiliates, we, Stagwell Media and certain other parties are party to a registration rights agreement pursuant to which, among other things and subject to certain restrictions, we are required to file (and have filed) with the SEC a registration statement registering for resale the shares of our Class A Common Stock that are held by, or are issuable upon exchange of units of OpCo (in combination with corresponding shares of our Class C Common Stock) held by, such parties, and to conduct certain underwritten offerings upon the request of holders of registrable securities, including direct and indirect transferees of such holders. In addition, we are party to a securities purchase agreement pursuant to which we are required to register for resale the shares of Class A Common Stock issued to certain of our stockholders upon the conversion of our previously outstanding Series 8 convertible preferred stock.

As such, sales of a substantial number of shares of Class A Common Stock in the public market could occur at