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Note 15 - Commitments and Contingencies
9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Notes to Financial Statements  
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]

15.  COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

Litigation

 

The Company may at times be involved in litigation in the ordinary course of business. The Company will, from time to time, when appropriate in the Company’s estimation, record adequate reserves in the Company’s consolidated financial statements for pending litigation. Currently, there are no pending material legal proceedings to which the Company is a party or to which any of its property is subject.

 

Bonus plan

 

The Company has a bonus plan for employees, in accordance with their terms of employment, whereby they can earn a percentage of their salary based on meeting targeted objectives for orders received, revenue, operating income and operating cash flow. In the nine months ended June 30, 2024, the Company recorded $121 in bonus expense. In the nine months ended June 30, 2023, the Company recorded $762 of bonus expense.

 

Amika Mobile asset purchase

 

In connection with the Amika Mobile asset purchase, the Company recorded a holdback liability related to potential future adjustments to assets and liabilities, misrepresentations and indemnifications against third-party claims. The holdback liability was paid to the seller of the Amika Mobile assets on October 6, 2023. The liability was recorded at fair value as of September 30, 2023.

 

The Company also agreed to issue 191,267 shares of the Company’s common stock to the seller of the Amika Mobile assets on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the closing date. The total number of shares of common stock the Company is obligated to issue is 573,801. The fair value of the Company’s common stock on the closing date was $5.98, resulting in the addition of $3,431 to additional paid-in-capital. During the year ended September 30, 2021, the Company accelerated the issuance of 365,109 of such shares of common stock to the seller of the Amika Mobile assets. During the year ended September 30, 2023, the Company issued 69,564 shares of common stock to the seller of the Amika Mobile assets. There were69,564 remaining shares of the Company’s common stock subject to issuance under this obligation as of September 30, 2023. These shares were issued on October 2, 2023.

 

Evertel Acquisition

 

In connection with the Evertel acquisition, the Company recorded a liability related to future performance criteria. A payment of up to $1,050 is payable based on future performance. The contingent consideration liability was recorded at the fair value as of the acquisition date. The Company engaged independent valuation experts to assist in determining the fair value of this contingent consideration. As of June 30, 2024, $874 of the contingent consideration was issued to the former owners of Evertel. The Company paid $219 in cash and issued 236,343 shares of common stock. During the period since acquisition, the contingent consideration decreased $16 due to remeasurement adjustments. As of June 30, 2024, no contingent consideration liability remained outstanding.

 

Also, in connection with the Evertel acquisition, the Company recorded a holdback liability related to potential misrepresentations and indemnifications against third-party claims. The holdback liability will be released twelve months from the closing date, subject to amounts withheld for actual, pending or potential claims. The holdback liability was recorded at the present value which was the fair value at the acquisition date. Accretion is recorded in each subsequent reporting period based on the discount factor used to arrive at the original fair value. This change in fair value is recorded in the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of operations. The fair value was $245, as of June 30, 2024.

 

The Company also agreed to issue 270,270 shares of the Company’s common stock to the seller of Evertel twelve months from the closing date. The fair value of the Company’s common stock on the closing date was $1.95, resulting in the addition of $527 to additional paid-in-capital.