Company: IWSH
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001214659-25-004885
Chunk: 56

Company: Wright Investors Service Holdings, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
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 Related to Our Stock

The Company has agreed to restrictions and adopted policies that
could have possible anti-takeover effects and reduce the value of our stock.

Several provisions of our Certificate of Incorporation
and Bylaws could deter or delay unsolicited changes in control of the Company. These include limiting the stockholders’ powers to
amend the Bylaws or remove directors and prohibiting the stockholders from increasing the size of the Board of Directors or acting by
written consent instead of at a stockholders’ meeting. Our Board of Directors has the authority, without further action by the stockholders
to fix the rights and preferences of and issue preferred stock. These provisions and others that could be adopted in the future could
deter unsolicited takeovers or delay or prevent changes in control or management of the Company including transactions in which stockholders
might otherwise receive a premium for their shares over then current market prices. These provisions may limit the ability of stockholders
to approve transactions that they may deem to be in their best interests.

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Risks Related to Owning Our Common Stock

A significant portion of our common stock is held
by a small group of large shareholders. Future sales of our common stock in the public market by the Company or its large stockholders
could adversely affect the trading price of our common stock.

As of December 31, 2024, Bedford Oak Advisors,
LLC and William H. Miller beneficially owned 26.73% and 17.02% of the Company’s common stock, respectively. Bedford Oak Advisors,
LLC is controlled by Mr. Harvey P. Eisen, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Eisen beneficially owned at such
date an aggregate of 29.55% of the Company’s common stock, which percentage includes the 26.73% beneficially owned by Bedford Oak
Advisors, LLC. Sales by us or our large stockholders of a substantial number of shares of our common stock in the public market or the
perception that these sales might occur, could cause the market price of our common stock to decline.

Our common stock is thinly traded, which can
cause volatility in its price.

Our stock is thinly traded due to our small market
capitalization and the high level of ownership of our common stock by a small group of shareholders.  Thinly traded stock can
be more susceptible to market volatility.  This market volatility could significantly affect the market price of our common