Company: MGLD
Filing Date: 2025-09-19
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001493152-25-014286
Chunk: 185

Company: Marygold Companies, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-09-19
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 185
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 or services, including litigation related to our investment advisory services and ETFs;

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    disputes
or other developments related to our proprietary rights, including patents, litigation matters, and our ability to obtain, maintain,
defend or enforce proprietary rights relating to our products or technologies;

    ●
    sales
    of our shares by us, our insiders, or other stockholders, including sales of our shares from time to time pursuant to our Equity
Distribution Agreement with Maxim;

    ●
    actual
    or anticipated fluctuations in our competitors’ operating results or changes in their growth rates;

    ●
    in
    the event our cash flows are insufficient to fund our operations, our ability to raise additional financing, including in connection
    with the development of our Fintech product or the acquisition of additional businesses;

    ●
    changes
    in general economic or market conditions or trends in our industries or markets; future issuances or sales or purchases of our common
    stock or other securities.

Furthermore,
the U.S. stock markets have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have affected and continue to affect the market prices
of equity securities of many companies. These fluctuations often have been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance
of those companies. These broad market and industry fluctuations, as well as general economic, political, and market conditions such
as recessions, interest rate changes, or international currency fluctuations, may negatively impact the market price of shares of our
common stock. In addition, such fluctuations could subject us to securities class action litigation, which could result in substantial
costs and divert our management’s attention from other business concerns, which could potentially harm our business. Also, because
we are a controlled company, there is a limited market for our common stock, and we cannot assure our stockholders that a trading market
will develop or persist.

Additionally,
selling short is a technique used by a stockholder to take advantage of an anticipated decline in the price of a security. A significant
number of short sales or a large volume of other sales within a relatively short period of time can create downward pressure on the market
price of a security. Holders of our securities could, therefore, experience a decline in the value of their investment as a result of
short sales of our common stock.

If
securities or industry analysts do not publish research or publish inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, our share price
and trading volume could decline. 

The trading market for our shares depends, in