Company: DMRC
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001437749-25-005471
Chunk: 67

Company: Digimarc CORP
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
Chunk 67
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 or one-half of the votes entitled to be cast in the election of directors (a “control share acquisition”). Shares acquired in a control share acquisition have no voting rights except as authorized by a vote of the shareholders. Although we believe these provisions protect our shareholders from coercive or otherwise unfair takeover tactics and thereby provide for an opportunity to receive a higher bid by requiring potential acquirers to negotiate with our Board of Directors, these provisions apply even if the offer may be considered beneficial by some shareholders.

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(24) Our common stock price may be volatile, and you could lose all or part of your investment in shares of our common stock.

The price of shares of our common stock may fluctuate as a result of changes in our operating performance or prospects and other factors. Some specific factors that may have a significant effect on the price of shares of our common stock include:

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      the public’s reaction to our public disclosures; 

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      actual or anticipated changes in our operating results or future prospects; 

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      strategic actions by us or our competitors, such as acquisitions or restructurings; 

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      impact of acquisitions on our liquidity and financial performance; 

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      new laws or regulations or new interpretations of existing laws or regulations applicable to our business; 

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      changes in accounting standards, policies, guidance, interpretations or principles applicable to us; 

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      conditions of the industry as a result of changes in financial markets or general economic or political conditions; 

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      the failure of securities analysts to cover our common stock in the future, or changes in financial estimates by analysts; 

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      changes in analyst recommendations or revenue and earnings estimates regarding us, other comparable companies or the industry generally, and our ability to meet those estimates; 

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      changes in the amount of dividends paid, if any; 

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      changes in our financing strategy or capital structure; 

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      future issuances of our common stock or the perception that future sales could occur; and 

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      volatility in the equity securities market. 

GENERAL RISK FACTORS

(25) If we are unable to respond to regulatory or industry standards effectively, or if we are unable to develop and integrate new technologies effectively, our growth and the development of our products and services could be delayed or limited.

Our future success will depend in part on our ability to enhance and improve the responsiveness, functionality, and features of our products and