Company: ACCS
Filing Date: 2025-03-25
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000843006-25-000012
Chunk: 47

Company: ACCESS Newswire Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-25
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
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During 2023, we released significant upgrades to our investor relations website that included ADA Compliance (Americans with Disabilities Act) and AODA Compliance (Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act) which ensures that people with disabilities have the same access to all areas of a business's premises, specifically, customers’ websites. This add-on requires a recurring annual subscription and is delivered fully integrated into and with our investor relations website offering. 

Incident Hotline. Formally our whistleblower hotline offering, is an add-on product within our subscription platform. This system delivers secure notifications and basic incident workflow management processes that align with a company’s corporate governance policies. As a supported and subsidized bundle product of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) offerings, we are introduced to new IPO customers and other larger cap customers listed on the NYSE. Since 2014, we have been a named NYSE subsidy provider of this incident response and management solution. In 2020, NYSE renewed and extended the initial subsidy term to four years from two years, whereby the first two years are provided under subsidy and the added two years are at our standard subscription rates. We continue to innovate as well as upgrade our incident response and management system which is expected to be deployed this year.

Our Competitive Strengths

We believe that our market leadership position is based on the following key strengths:

Designed to Help Companies Communicate Better. Our platform was architected from the ground up to enable businesses to bring their brand voice and storytelling to life, by using an all-in-one solution that integrates our news distribution, media room, database, pitching, monitoring, and reporting functionalities into and with our investor relations websites and webcasting event technology.

Ease of Use of a Single, Platform that Drives Clear Value. We have designed and built a world-class platform that stands out for its seamless integration, powerful capabilities, and ease of use. We believe customers choose the ACCESS Platform because it offers a unified and intuitive experience, from press release creation to targeting and monitoring, which we believe sets it apart from many traditional point solutions. Additionally, we are continuously enhancing our platform with new products and advanced AI capabilities, empowering customers to work smarter and maximize efficiency

Rebrand and Market Leadership. In November 2024, we launched a rebranding initiative to redefine our company’s identity and ensure continued relevance with our evolving customer base in the communications industry. This rebrand was completed on January 16, 2025, through a phased integration of our brands under