Company: QTIWW
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001844505-25-000038
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Company: QT IMAGING HOLDINGS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
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•reduce stockholder transaction costs because investors would pay lower commissions to trade a fixed dollar amount of our common stock if our stock price were higher than they would if our stock price were lower.

Trading on the OTCQB Venture Market tier is volatile and sporadic, which could depress the market price of our common stock and make it difficult for our stockholders to resell their shares of our common stock. 

Our common stock is now quoted on the OTC Markets OTCQB Venture Market tier. Trading in securities quoted on the OTC Markets is often thin and characterized by wide fluctuations in trading prices, due to many factors, some of which may have little to do with our operations or business prospects. This volatility could depress the market price of our common stock for reasons unrelated to operating performance. Moreover, the OTC Markets is not a stock exchange, and trading of securities on the OTC Markets is often more sporadic than the trading of securities listed on a quotation system like The Nasdaq Global Market, where our common stock has been listed since the Business Combination. These factors may result in investors having difficulty reselling any shares of our common stock.

Our common stock is quoted on the OTCQB Venture Market tier, which may have an unfavorable impact on our stock price and liquidity.

Our common stock is quoted on the OTCQB Venture Market tier. The OTCQB Venture Market tier is a significantly more limited market than Nasdaq. The quotation of our shares on the OTCQB Venture Market tier may result in a less liquid market available for existing and potential stockholders to trade shares of our common stock, could depress the trading price of our common stock and could have a long-term adverse impact on our ability to raise capital in the future. We plan to relist our common stock as soon as practicable on a national stock exchange. However, we cannot assure you 

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that we will be able to meet the initial listing standards of any stock exchange, or that we will be able to maintain any such  listing.

Other General Risks Applicable to the Company 

Under applicable employment laws, we may not be able to enforce covenants not to compete and therefore may be unable to prevent our competitors from benefiting from the expertise of some of our former employees. 

Our employment agreements generally include covenants not to compete. These agreements prohibit our employees, if they cease working for us, from competing directly with us or working for our competitors for a limited period. We may be unable to enforce these agreements under the laws of