Item 1A . Risk Factors Our business is subject to risks, uncertainties, and events that, if they occur, could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations and the trading price of our securities. Except as set forth below, there have been no material changes from the risk factors previously described in Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors of the Annual Report. Risks Related to Our Financial Condition and Capital Requirements There is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. We have incurred recurring operating losses and negative cash flows from operating activities since inception and expect to continue incurring operating losses and negative cash flows in the future. In connection with the preparation of our Quarterly Report, our management concluded that there is substantial doubt as to whether we can continue as a going concern for the twelve months following the issuance of the Quarterly Report. Our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon raising capital to maintain current operations and continue research and development efforts. We plan to raise additional capital to fund our operations through public or private equity offerings, debt financings, and/or potential collaborations and license arrangements or other sources. There is no assurance, however, that any additional financing or any revenue-generating collaboration will be available when needed or that we will be able to obtain financing or enter into a collaboration on terms acceptable to us. These factors raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern may materially and adversely affect the price per share of our Common Stock, and it may be more difficult for us to obtain financing. If existing or potential collaborators decline to do business with us or potential investors decline to participate in any future financings due to such concerns, our ability to increase our cash position may be limited. The perception that we may not be able to continue as a going concern may cause others to choose not to deal with us due to concerns about our ability to meet our contractual obligations. We have prepared our condensed consolidated financial statements on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business. Our financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary if we are unable to continue as a going concern. During the three six months ended March 31, June 30, 2026, we have implemented measures to reduce operating expenses including delaying certain research and development project spend while prioritizing near term pipeline projects, limiting finance, legal and administrative costs, and pursuing options to limit decreasing spend on office space. If we are unable to continue as a going concern, we will be forced to further delay, reduce, or discontinue our research and development programs or consider other various strategic alternatives and you could lose all or part of your investment in us. Risks Related to Development, Regulatory Approval and Commercialization We may encounter substantial delays in completing, or ultimately be unable to complete, the development and commercialization of our product candidates. Before obtaining marketing approval from the FDA, the EMA, or other comparable foreign regulatory authorities for the sale of our product candidates, we must complete preclinical development and extensive clinical trials to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of our product candidates. Clinical testing is expensive, difficult to design and implement, can take many years to complete and its ultimate outcome is uncertain. A failure of one or more clinical trials can occur at any stage of the process. The outcome of preclinical studies and early-stage clinical trials may not be predictive of the success of later clinical trials. We do not know whether our future clinical trials will begin on time, whether our ongoing trials and/or future trials will enroll patients on time, or whether our ongoing and/or future clinical trials will be completed on schedule or at all. We may experience delays in completing our clinical trials or preclinical studies and initiating or completing additional clinical trials or preclinical studies, including as a result of regulators not allowing or delay in allowing clinical trials to proceed under an IND or similar foreign authorization, or not approving or delaying approval for any clinical trial grant or similar approval we need to initiate a clinical trial. Clinical trials can be delayed for a variety of reasons, including delays related to: the FDA, the EMA or other comparable foreign regulatory authorities disagreeing as to the design or implementation of our clinical trials; obtaining regulatory authorizations to commence a trial or reaching a consensus with regulatory authorities on trial design; challenges or delays in recruiting principal investigators or study sites to lead our clinical trials; any failure or delay in reaching an agreement with CROs and clinical trial sites, the terms of which can be subject to extensive negotiation and may vary significantly among different CROs and trial sites; obtaining approval from one or more independent IRBs; IRBs refusing to approve, suspending or terminating the trial at an investigational site, precluding enrollment of additional subjects, or withdrawing their approval of the trial; 27 delays in enrollment due to travel or quarantine policies, or other factors related to pandemics or other events outside our control; changes to clinical trial protocol; clinical sites deviating from trial protocol or dropping out of a trial; manufacturing sufficient quantities of a product candidate or obtaining sufficient quantities of combination therapies for use in clinical trials; subjects failing to enroll or remain in our trial at the rate we expect, or failing to return for post-treatment follow-up; subjects choosing an alternative treatment for the indication for which we are developing our product candidates, or participating in competing clinical trials; lack of adequate funding to continue the clinical trial; subjects experiencing severe or unexpected product-related adverse effects; occurrence of serious adverse events in trials of the same class of agents conducted by other companies; selection of clinical endpoints that require prolonged periods of clinical observation or analysis of the resulting data; a facility manufacturing our product candidates or any of their components being ordered by the FDA, the EMA, or comparable foreign regulatory authorities to temporarily or permanently shut down due to violations of cGMP regulations or other applicable requirements, or infections or cross-contaminations of product candidates in the manufacturing process; any changes to our manufacturing process that may be necessary or desired; third-party clinical investigators losing the licenses or permits necessary to perform our clinical trials, not performing our clinical trials on our anticipated schedule or consistent with the clinical trial protocol, GCP or other regulatory requirements; third-party contractors not performing data collection or analysis in a timely or accurate manner; third-party contractors becoming debarred or suspended or otherwise penalized by the FDA, the EMA or other government or regulatory authorities for violations of regulatory requirements, in which case we may need to find a substitute contractor, and we may not be able to use some or all of the data produced by such contractors in support of our marketing applications; or approval policies or regulations of the FDA, EMA or other comparable regulatory authorities significantly changing in a manner rendering our clinical data insufficient for approval. Several of the above factors are arising as we progress our CYWC628 twelve-week Phase1/2 clinical trial in Australia for the treatment of DFUs. For example, recruitment and enrollment of patients is slower than anticipated, partly as a result of protocol eligibility requirements and higher than anticipated pre-screen failures. Additionally, some clinical study sites are experiencing limited patient pools, investigator departures, and limited resources. As a result, we are working to onboard additional sites in order to support recruitment objectives and maintain applicable timelines for the trial. If we are unable to remedy these issues, we may experience delays in completing our CYWC628 clinical trial. Conducting clinical trials in foreign countries, as we are doing for CYWC628 and may do for our other product candidates, presents additional risks that may delay completion of our clinical trials. These risks include the failure of enrolled patients in foreign countries to adhere to clinical protocol as a result of differences in healthcare services or cultural customs, managing additional administrative burdens associated with foreign regulatory schemes, as well as political and economic risks relevant to such foreign countries. Additionally, if the results of our clinical trials are inconclusive or if there are safety concerns or serious adverse events associated with our product candidates, we may: be delayed in obtaining marketing approval, if at all; obtain approval for indications or patient populations that are not as broad as intended or desired; obtain approval with labeling that includes significant use or distribution restrictions or safety warnings; be required to perform additional clinical trials to support approval or be subject to additional post-marketing testing requirements; be subject to the addition of labeling statements, such as warnings or contraindications; be sued; or experience damage to our reputation. 28 Our development costs will also increase if we experience delays in testing or obtaining marketing approvals. We do not know whether any of our preclinical studies or clinical trials will begin as planned, need to be restructured or be completed on schedule, if at all. Any delay in, or termination of, our clinical trials will delay the submission of a BLA to the FDA or similar applications with comparable foreign regulatory authorities and, ultimately, our ability to commercialize our product candidates, if approved, and generate product revenue. Even if our clinical trials are completed as planned, we cannot be certain that their results will support our claims for differentiation or the effectiveness or safety of our product candidate. The FDA and comparable foreign regulatory authorities have substantial discretion in the review and approval process and may disagree that our data support the claims we propose. Negative or inconclusive results from our clinical trials or preclinical studies could mandate repeated or additional clinical trials and, to the extent we choose to conduct clinical trials in other indications, could result in changes to or delays in clinical trials of our product candidates in such other indications. Our failure to successfully initiate and complete clinical trials and to demonstrate the efficacy and safety necessary to obtain regulatory approval to market our product candidates would significantly harm our business. Moreover, principal investigators for our clinical trials may serve as scientific advisors or consultants to us from time to time and receive compensation in connection with such services. Under certain circumstances, we may be required to report some of these relationships to the FDA, the EMA, or other comparable foreign regulatory authorities. The FDA, the EMA or other comparable foreign regulatory authorities may conclude that a financial relationship between us and a principal investigator has created a conflict of interest or otherwise affected interpretation of the study. The FDA, the EMA or other comparable foreign regulatory authorities may therefore question the integrity of the data generated at the applicable clinical trial site and the utility of the clinical trial itself may be jeopardized. This could result in a delay in approval, or rejection, of our marketing applications by the FDA, the EMA, or other comparable foreign regulatory authorities, as the case may be, and may ultimately lead to the denial of marketing approval of one or more of our product candidates. If we experience delays in the completion of, or termination of, any clinical trial of our product candidates, the commercial prospects of our product candidates will be harmed, and our ability to generate product revenues from any of these product candidates will be delayed. Moreover, any delays in completing our clinical trials will increase our costs, slow down our product candidate development and approval process and jeopardize our ability to commence product sales and generate revenues. In addition, many of the factors that cause, or lead to, termination or suspension of, or a delay in the commencement or completion of, clinical trials may also ultimately lead to the denial of regulatory approval of a product candidate. Any delays to our clinical trials that occur as a result could shorten any period during which we may have the exclusive right to commercialize our product candidates and our competitors may be able to bring products to market before we do, and the commercial viability of our product candidates could be significantly reduced. Any of these occurrences may harm our business, financial condition, and prospects significantly. Risks Related to Manufacturing Manufacturing cell therapy products is complex and subject to both human and systemic risks. Our third-party manufacturers and suppliers or we may encounter difficulties in production and sourcing and may be subject to variations and supply constraints of critical components. If we or any of our third-party manufacturers and suppliers encounter such difficulties, our ability to supply our product candidates for clinical trials or our products for patients, if approved, could be delayed or prevented. The manufacture of biologic cell therapy product candidates, and products, if approved, is complex and requires significant expertise and capital investment, including developing advanced manufacturing techniques and process controls. Manufacturers of biologic products often encounter difficulties in production and sourcing, particularly in scaling up or out, validating the production process, and assuring high reliability of the manufacturing processes (including the absence of contamination), in light of variations and supply constraints of critical components. These problems include logistics and shipping, difficulties with production costs and yields, quality control, including consistency, stability, purity, and efficacy of the product, product testing, operator error, mechanical malfunctions, equipment failures, and availability of qualified personnel, as well as compliance with strictly enforced federal, state, and foreign regulations. For example, (i) timelines for our planned twelve-week Phase 1/2 clinical trial utilizing CYWC628 for treatment of diabetic foot ulcers in Australia were extended as we worked with our CDMO to resolve process issues with the manufacturing training runs and increase the number of aseptic process simulation runs needed to confirm sterility of the manufacturing process before we began the manufacture of CYWC628 for the clinical trial, and (ii) low lower than expected yields from the manufacture of the first two three batches of the CYWC628 drug product will have required, and may require us to spend significant financial resources to manufacture additional batches of the CYWC628 drug product, as needed, in order to complete the DFU trial. Furthermore, if contaminants are discovered in our supply of our product candidates or in the manufacturing facilities, such manufacturing facilities may need to be closed for an extended period of time to investigate and remedy the contamination. We cannot assure you that any stability, purity, and efficacy failures, deficiencies, or other issues relating to manufacturing our product candidates will not occur in the future. Additionally, our product candidates are derived from cells collected from humans. Such cells may vary in type and quality as the donors may vary in age, medical history, and many other factors. We have strict specifications for donor cell material and our product candidates. The donor cell material variability may exceed our manufacturing process capability or deviate from the specified ranges and result in failure in the production of the cell therapy product, lower quality batches, or even require adjustments to the specifications approved by authorities. The donor cell material may also be variable in factors that we currently may not be able to detect with the analytical methods used or may not know how to measure. We may also discover failures with the material after production. As a result, we may not be able to deliver the quality and consistency of our cell therapy products that we 25 need or may need to re-collect cell material which can increase costs and/or cause delay, result in recalls, adversely impact patient outcomes and otherwise harm our clinical trials, reputation, business, and prospects. We may fail to manage the logistics of collecting and shipping patient material to the manufacturing site, shipping the product candidate back to the relevant parties, and experiencing delays or shortages of certain clinical or commercial-grade supplies and components. Logistical and shipment delays and problems caused by us, our vendors, or other factors not in our control, including business interruptions, global supply chain issues, and weather, could prevent or delay the delivery of product candidates to patients. Additionally, we have to maintain a complex chain of identity and chain of custody 29 with respect to donor material as it moves to the manufacturing facility, through the manufacturing processes, and ultimately to a patient. Failure to maintain a chain of identity and chain of custody could result in patient death, loss of product, or regulatory action. Our failure, or the failure of our third-party manufacturers, manufacturers or suppliers, to comply with applicable regulations could result in sanctions being imposed on us, including clinical holds, fines, injunctions, civil penalties, delays, suspension or withdrawal of approvals, seizures or voluntary recalls of product candidates, operating restrictions, and criminal prosecutions, any of which could significantly affect supplies of our product candidates. The facilities used by our contract manufacturers to manufacture our product candidates must be evaluated by the FDA. We do not control the manufacturing process of, and are completely dependent on, our contract manufacturing partners for compliance with cGMPs. If our contract manufacturers cannot successfully manufacture material that conforms to our specifications and the strict regulatory requirements of the FDA, the EMA, or other comparable regulatory authorities, we may not be able to secure and/or maintain regulatory approval for our product candidates manufactured at these facilities. In addition, we have no control over the ability of our contract manufacturers to maintain adequate quality control, quality assurance and qualified personnel. If the FDA finds deficiencies or a comparable foreign regulatory authority does not approve these facilities for the manufacture of our product candidates or if it withdraws any such approval in the future, we may need to find alternative manufacturing facilities, which would significantly impact our ability to develop, obtain regulatory approval for or market our product candidates, if approved. Contract manufacturers may face manufacturing or quality control problems causing drug substance production and shipment delays or a situation where the contractor may not be able to maintain compliance with the applicable cGMP requirements. Any failure to comply with cGMP requirements or other FDA, EMA and comparable foreign regulatory requirements could adversely affect our clinical research activities and our ability to develop our product candidates and market our products, if approved. The production of our cell banks and product candidates by a contract development manufacturing organization may fail and result in delays, additional costs, or technical failure. We have contracted with CDMOs for the production of our master cell banks and working cell banks for our fibroblast cell-based product candidates to enable clinical trials. If the CDMO is unable to produce our master cell banks, working cell banks and our fibroblast cell-based product candidates to enable clinical trials, we may encounter delays, additional costs, or technical failure of one or more of our product candidates. For example, (i) timelines for our planned twelve-week Phase 1/2 clinical trial utilizing CYWC628 for treatment of diabetic foot ulcers in Australia were extended as we worked with our CDMO to resolve process issues with the manufacturing training run and increase the number of aseptic process simulation runs needed to confirm sterility of the manufacturing process before we began the manufacture of CYWC628 for the clinical trial and (ii) low lower than expected yields from the manufacture of the first two three batches of the CYWC628 drug product will have required, and may require us to spend significant financial resources to manufacture additional batches of the CYWC628 drug product, as needed, in order to complete the DFU trial. Our reliance on third parties reduces our control over our product candidate development activities but does not relieve us of our responsibility to ensure compliance with all required legal, regulatory and industry standards. For example, the FDA and other regulatory authorities require that our product candidates and any products that we may eventually commercialize be manufactured according to cGMP requirements. Any failure by our third-party manufacturers to comply with cGMP or maintain a compliance status acceptable to the FDA or other regulatory authorities or failure to scale up manufacturing processes, including any failure to deliver sufficient quantities of product candidates in a timely manner, could lead to a delay in, or failure to obtain, regulatory approval of any of our product candidates. If we were to need an alternate CDMO, we would incur added costs and delays in identifying and qualifying any such replacement. In addition, we expect to order drug product and services on a statement of work or purchase order basis and do not plan to enter into long-term dedicated capacity or minimum supply arrangements with any commercial manufacturer. We may not be able to timely secure needed supply arrangements on satisfactory terms, or at all. Our failure to secure these arrangements as needed could have a material adverse effect on our ability to complete the development of our product candidates or to commercialize them, if approved. We may be unable to conclude agreements for commercial supply with third-party manufacturers or may be unable to do so on acceptable terms. There may be difficulties in scaling up to commercial quantities and formulation of our product candidates, and the costs of manufacturing could be prohibitive. Changes in the methods of product candidate manufacturing or formulation may result in additional costs or delay. As product candidates proceed through preclinical studies to late-stage clinical trials towards potential marketing approval and commercialization, it is common that various aspects of the development program, such as manufacturing methods, formulation, materials, and processes, are altered along the way in an effort to optimize processes and product characteristics. Such alterations can also occur due to changes in manufacturers. Such changes carry the risk that they will not achieve their intended objectives. Any such changes could cause our product candidates to perform differently and affect the results of planned clinical trials or other future clinical trials conducted with product candidates produced using the modified manufacturing methods, materials, and processes. Such changes may also require additional testing, FDA notification or FDA approval. This could delay the completion of clinical trials, require the conduct of bridging clinical trials or the repetition of one or more clinical trials beyond those we currently anticipate, increase clinical trial costs, delay approval of our product candidates and jeopardize our ability to commercialize our product candidates if approved. In addition, we may be required to make significant changes to our upstream and downstream processes across our pipeline, which could delay the development of future product candidates. For example, (i) we encountered process issues with the manufacturing training run of CYWC628 and needed to increase the number of aseptic process simulation runs needed to confirm sterility of the manufacturing process before we began the manufacture of CYWC628 for the clinical trial, and (ii) low lower than expected yields from the manufacture of the first two three batches of the CYWC628 drug product will have required, and may require us to spend significant 26 financial resources to manufacture additional batches of the CYWC628 drug product, as needed, in order to complete the DFU trial. These issues have caused us to extend the timelines for the initiation and completion of our planned twelve-week Phase 1/2 clinical trial utilizing CYWC628 for treatment of diabetic foot ulcers in Australia. If changes are needed to the manufacturing methods for CYWC628 as a result of these issues, the timing for the completion of our clinical trial in Australia may be further delayed. We rely on third parties for our manufacturing process and may, in the future, depend on third-party manufacturers for our product candidates, and this increases the risk related to the timely and sufficient production of our product candidates. 30 We do not have complete control over all aspects of the manufacturing process of, and are dependent on, our contract manufacturing partners for compliance with cGMP regulations for manufacturing our cell therapy product candidates. Third-party manufacturers may be unable to comply with cGMP regulations or similar regulatory requirements outside the United States. If our contract manufacturers cannot successfully manufacture material that conforms to our specifications and the strict regulatory requirements of the FDA, the EMA, or other regulatory authorities, we will not be able to produce our product candidates. In addition, we do not have control over the ability of our contract manufacturers to maintain adequate quality control, quality assurance and qualified personnel. For example, (i) we worked with our CDMO to resolve process issues with the manufacturing training runs of CYWC628 and increase the number of aseptic process simulation runs needed to confirm sterility of the manufacturing process before we began the manufacture of CYWC628 for our planned twelve-week Phase 1/2 clinical trial utilizing CYWC628 for treatment of diabetic foot ulcers in Australia, and (ii) low lower than expected yields from the manufacture of the first two three batches of the CYWC628 drug product will have required, and may require us to spend significant financial resources to manufacture additional batches of the CYWC628 drug product, as needed, in order to complete the DFU trial. If these issues are not resolved, we will be unable to manufacture the required batches of CYWC628 to complete our clinical trial in a timely manner. If the FDA, the EMA, or a comparable foreign regulatory authority does not approve these facilities for the manufacture of our product candidates or if it withdraws any such approval in the future, we may need to find alternative manufacturing facilities, which would significantly impact our ability to develop, obtain marketing approval for or market our product candidates, if approved. Our failure, or the failure of our third-party manufacturers, to comply with applicable regulations could result in sanctions being imposed on us, including fines, injunctions, civil penalties, delays, suspension or withdrawal of approvals, license revocation, seizures or recalls of product candidates, operating restrictions and criminal prosecutions, any of which could significantly and adversely affect supplies of our product candidates and harm our business and results of operations. Furthermore, the raw materials for our product candidates may be sourced, in some cases, from a single-source supplier. If we were to experience an unexpected loss of supply of any of our product candidates or any of our future product candidates for any reason, whether as a result of manufacturing, supply, or storage issues or otherwise, we could experience delays, disruptions, suspensions, or terminations of, or be required to restart or repeat, any pending or ongoing clinical trials. We currently rely on third-party manufacturers and suppliers to produce our product candidates. In the event that we or any of our third-party manufacturers or suppliers fail to comply with such requirements or to perform with certain requirements in relation to quality, timing, or otherwise, or if our supply of components or other materials becomes limited or interrupted for other reasons, we may be forced to enter into an agreement with another third party, which we may not be able to do on commercially reasonable terms, if at all. In particular, any replacement of our third-party manufacturers could require significant effort and expertise because there may be a limited number of qualified replacements. In some cases, the technical skills or technology required to manufacture our product candidates may be unique or proprietary to us or the third-party manufacturer. We may have difficulty transferring such skills or technology to another third party, and a feasible alternative may not exist. In addition, certain of our product candidates and our own proprietary methods have never been produced or implemented outside of our company. Therefore, we may experience delays in our development programs if we attempt to establish new third-party manufacturing arrangements for these product candidates or methods. These factors would increase our reliance on such manufacturers or require us to obtain a license from such manufacturers in order to have another third party manufacture our product candidates. If we are required to or voluntarily stop manufacturing our product candidates for any reason, we will be required to verify that the new manufacturer maintains facilities and procedures that comply with quality standards and with all applicable regulations and guidelines and that the product produced is equivalent to that produced in our facility. The delays associated with the verification of a new manufacturer and equivalent product could negatively affect our ability to develop product candidates in a timely manner or within budget. Our or a third partys failure to execute our manufacturing requirements, do so on commercially reasonable terms and timelines, and comply with cGMP requirements could adversely affect our business in a number of ways, including: inability to meet our product specifications and quality requirements consistently; inability to initiate or continue clinical trials of our product candidates under development; delays in submitting regulatory applications or receiving marketing approvals for our product candidates, if at all; inability to commercialize any product candidates that receive marketing approval on a timely basis; loss of the cooperation of future collaborators; subjecting third-party manufacturing facilities or our manufacturing facilities to additional inspections by regulatory authorities; requirements to cease development or to recall batches of our product candidates; and in the event of approval to market and commercialize our product candidates, an inability to meet commercial demands for our product candidates or any future product candidates. Risks Related to Ownership of Our Common Stock 27 Failure to maintain compliance with the applicable Nasdaq continued listing requirements could result in our common stock being delisted, which could limit stockholders ability to trade our common stock. As a listed company on Nasdaq, we are required to meet certain financial, public float, bid price and liquidity standards on an ongoing basis to continue the listing of our common stock. If we fail to meet these continued listing requirements, our common stock may be subject to delisting, which could materially impact the liquidity of our common stock making it more challenging to buy and sell shares of our common stock. On April 1, 2025, the listing of our common stock was moved from the Nasdaq Global Market to the Nasdaq Capital Market. We requested this move to allow us to satisfy 31 less stringent financial, liquidity, and market capitalization requirements to continue the listing of our common stock. For example, the market value requirement of the Nasdaq Capital Market is $35 million versus $50 million for the Nasdaq Global Market and the stockholders equity requirement for the Nasdaq Capital Market is $2.5 million versus $10 million for the Nasdaq Global Market. Following the transfer, we We remain subject to the $1 minimum bid price requirement and continued listing requirements for the Nasdaq Capital Market, including the new market value of listed securities of $5 million requirement approved by the SEC on July 22, 2026 (which is not afforded a cure period to regain compliance), and no assurance can be given that we will be able to satisfy these requirements. If we fail to meet any of these requirements after the transfer, requirements, our securities may be delisted from Nasdaq. On July 1, 2025, we received a notification letter from the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Staff, or the Staff, notifying us that the closing bid price of our shares of common stock was below the minimum closing bid price of $1.00 per share during the previous 30 consecutive trading days as required for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2), or the Bid-Price Rule. Additionally, on August 4, 2025, we received a notification letter from the Staff notifying us that we do not meet the requirement in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(2) to maintain a minimum market value of listed securities, or MVLS, of $35.0 million that is required for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market, or the MVLS Rule. On December 30, 2025, we received a notification indicating that the Staff planned to delist our securities due to our continued non-compliance with the Bid-Price Rule as of December 29, 2025, unless we timely requested a hearing before the Nasdaq Hearings Panel, or the Panel. We timely requested a hearing before the Panel. On February 3, 2026, we received formal notice from the Staff that, based on our continued non-compliance with the MVLS Rule, the deficiency served as an additional basis for the delisting of our common stock. The notice indicated that, in addition to the deficiency under the Bid Price Rule, the Panel would consider our plan to regain compliance with the MVLS Rule in their decision regarding our request for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market. At our hearing before the Panel, we presented our plan to regain compliance with both the Bid-Price Rule and the MVLS Rule. On February 12, 2026, we received a determination from the Panel granting our request for the continued listing of our common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market, subject to our satisfying (i) the equity standard of $2.5 million required under Rule 5550(b)(1), or the Equity Rule, as an alternative to the MVLS Rule on or before February 27, 2026, (ii) the Bid Price Rule on or before April 13, 2026, and (iii) all other applicable criteria for continued listing on Nasdaq on or before April 13, 2026. On March 9, 2026, we received notice from Nasdaq that we had demonstrated compliance with the Equity Rule in lieu of the MVLS Rule. The compliance determination also noted that we remained subject to a Mandatory Panel Monitor with respect to the Equity Rule for a period of one year from March 9, 2026. If within that one-year monitoring period we fail to satisfy the Equity Rule, we will not be permitted to provide the Staff with a compliance plan nor would the Staff be permitted to grant additional time to us to regain compliance. Instead, the Staff will issue a delist determination, at which time we may request a new hearing before a Nasdaq Hearings Panel. Such request would stay any delisting action by Nasdaq at least pending the conclusion of the hearing process. On April 17, 2026, we received formal notice from Nasdaq that we have demonstrated compliance with the Bid-Price Rule and all other applicable criteria for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market. Accordingly, the previously disclosed listing matters have been closed. We were also informed that we will remain subject to a Mandatory Panel Monitor for a period of one year from April 17, 2026. If within that one-year monitoring period we fail to maintain compliance with the Bid Price Rule, we will not be afforded a cure period to regain compliance with the Bid Price Rule. Instead, Staff will issue a delist determination, at which time we may request a new hearing before a Nasdaq Hearings Panel. Such request would stay any further delisting action by Nasdaq at least pending the conclusion of the hearing process. On July 22, 2026, we received a Staff Determination letter, or the Staff Determination, from Nasdaq notifying us that the Staff had determined to delist our securities from the Nasdaq Capital Market. The Staff Determination stated that the bid price of our listed securities had closed at less than $1.00 per share over the previous 30 consecutive business days, from June 8, 2026 through July 21, 2026, and that, as a result, we are not in compliance with the Bid Price Rule. The Staff Determination further stated that, although companies are normally afforded a 180-calendar day period to demonstrate compliance with the Bid Price Rule, we are not eligible for any such compliance period pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A)(iv) due to the fact that we effected a reverse stock split over the prior one-year period. Unless we requested an appeal of this determination by July 29, 2026, Nasdaq staff had determined that our securities would be scheduled for delisting from The Nasdaq Capital Market and would be suspended at the opening of business on July 31, 2026. We timely requested a hearing before a Nasdaq Hearings Panel to appeal the Staffs determination. The timely hearing request stays any further delisting actions through the hearing process. At the hearing, we expect to present our plan to regain compliance with Nasdaqs continued listing requirements. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in our appeal, that the Nasdaq Hearings Panel will grant our request for continued listing, or that we will be able to regain or maintain compliance with any applicable Nasdaq listing requirements. We continue to actively monitor our performance with respect to the listing standards and will consider available options to resolve any deficiency and maintain compliance with the Nasdaq rules. There can be no assurance that we will be able to maintain compliance or, if we fall out of compliance, regain compliance with any deficiency, or if we implement an option that regains our compliance, maintain compliance thereafter. If we are deficient under the Nasdaq continued listing standards and fail to regain compliance with such standards, our common stock will be subject to delisting from Nasdaq. Without a Nasdaq market listing, stockholders may have a difficult time getting a quote for the sale or purchase of our common stock, the sale or purchase of our common stock would likely be made more difficult and the trading volume and liquidity of our common stock could decline. Delisting from Nasdaq could also result in negative publicity and could also make it more difficult for us to raise additional capital. The absence of such a listing may adversely affect the acceptance of our common stock as currency or the value accorded by other parties. Further, if we are delisted, we would lose federal pre-emption of state securities laws as it relates to our securities and thus also incur additional costs under state blue sky laws in connection with any sales of our securities. These requirements could severely limit the market liquidity of our common stock and the ability of our stockholders to sell our common stock in the secondary market. If our common stock is delisted by Nasdaq, our common stock may be eligible to trade on an over-the-counter quotation system, such as the OTCQB market, where an investor may find it more difficult to sell our common stock or obtain accurate quotations as to the market value of our common stock. We cannot assure you that our common stock, if delisted from Nasdaq, will be listed on another national securities exchange or quoted on an over-the counter quotation system. If our common stock is delisted, it may come within the definition of penny stock as defined in the Exchange Act and would be covered by Rule 15g-9 of the Exchange Act. Rule 15g-9 imposes additional sales practice requirements on broker-dealers who sell securities to persons other than established customers and accredited investors. For transactions covered by Rule 15g-9, the broker-dealer must make a special suitability determination for the purchaser and receive the purchasers written agreement to the 32 transaction prior to the sale. Consequently, Rule 15g-9, if it were to become applicable, would affect the ability or willingness of broker-dealers to sell our securities, and accordingly would affect the ability of stockholders to sell their securities in the public market. These additional procedures could also limit our ability to raise additional capital in the future. 28