LiveOne Inc. Common Stock

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

We have set forth in Item 1A. Risk Factors in our 2024 Form 10-K, operate in a rapidly changing environment that involves a number of risk factors relating tos, which could materially affect our business and industry, our acquisi, financial condition strategy, our company, our subsidiaries,or future results, some of which are beyond our technology and intellectual property, and our commcontrol. In addition to the other information stock. Readers ofet forth in this Quarterly Report aron Form 10-Q, the referred to such Item 1A. Risk Factors in our 2024 Form 10-K foisks and uncertainties that we believe are most important for you to consider a more complete discussed in Part I-Item 1A understan the heading of rRisks concerning us. Except as set forth below,  Factors in our Annual Report. During the three months ended September 30, 2024, there have beenwere no material changes in ourto the risk factors since those publishthat were disclosed in our 2024Annual Report on Form 10-K. for the year ended March 31, 2024 except as noted below

Risks Related to Our Business and Industry

We rely on one keyur largest OEM customer for a substantial percentage of our revenue. The loss of our largest OEM customer or the significant reduction of business or growth of business from our largestsuch customer could significantly adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our business is dependent, and we believe that it will continue to depend, on our customer relationship with Tesla, which accounted for 5355% of our consolidated revenue for the threesix months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2024, and 4851% of our consolidated revenue for the threesix months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2023. Our existing agreement with Tesla governs our music services to icertain of its car user base in North America, including our audio music streaming services.  As of October 2024, Tesla has extended the term of our license agreement (the license agreement) until at least May 2026, and the license agreement is expected to continue to be renewed thereafter on its terms. Tesla has agreed to pay us for any grandfathered users for the term of the license agreement, however Tesla will no longer pay us for any other users beginning in December 2024. If we fail to maintain certain minimum service level requirements related to our service with Tesla or other obligations related to our technology or services, Tesla may terminate ourthe license agreement to provide them with such service. Tesla may also terminate our license agreement for convenience at any time with prior notice to us. If Tesla terminates our license agreement, refurther modifies the services that we provide to Tesla under such agreement, requires us to renegotiate the terms of our existing such agreement or we are unable to renew such agreement on mutually agreeable terms, no longer  pays for and/or makes our music services available to Teslas  paid grandfathered car user base, no longer makes an option for its car users to sign up for LiveOne, becomes a native music service provider, replaces our music services with one or more of our competitors and/or we experience a significant refurther reduction of business from Tesla, our business, financial condition and results of operations would be materially adversely affected.

In addition, a significant amount of the mem membership revenue we generate from Tesla from grandfathered car users is indirectly subsidized by Tesla to its customers, which Tesla is not committedplans to carry indefinitely but is not obligated to do so, including the ability to make available, terminate and/or change our music services for convenience at any time with prior notice to us. Should our membership revenue services no longer be subsidized by and/or made available by Tesla to its grandfathered customers or if Tesla reclassifies or renegotiates with us the definition of a paid grandfathered member or demands credit for past members that no longer meet such requirement, there can be no assurance that we will continue to maintain the same number of paid grandfathered members or receive the same levels of membership service revenue and membership revenue may substantially fluctuate accordinglyfrom such members. There is no assurance that we would be able to replace Tesla or lost business with Tesla with one or more customers that generate comparable revenue. Furthermore, there could be no assurance that our revenue from Tesla will continues to grow at the same rate or at all. Any revenue growth will depend on our success in growing such customers revenues on our plat indefinitely to pay us form  grand expanding our customer base to include additional customfathered car users.

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Tesla has also integrated Spotify Premium to the cars in-dash touchscreen for its Model S, Model X and Model 3 vehicles. Tesla owners now have access to our music streaming services, Spotify and TuneIn natively. There is no assurance that our music streaming services will be available in every current and/or future Tesla model. Furthermore, our current and future competitors like Spotify, Apple Music, Tesla (if it becomes a native music service provider) and others may have more well-established brand recognition, more established relationships with, and superior access to content providers and other industry stakeholders, greater financial, technical and other resources, more sophisticated technologies or more experience in the markets in which we compete. If we are unable to compete successfully for users against our competitors by maintaining and increasing our presence and visibility, the number of users of our network may fail to increase as expected or decline and our advertising sales, membership fees and other revenue streams will suffer.

In addiWe rely on our relation, we have derived, and we bship with our largest OEM customer for a substantial percentage of our potential subscribers who are now elieve that we willgible to convert to become direct customers of LiveOne. Our inability to continue to derive, a substantial porvert a significant number of these subscribers could cause a significant reduction of our revenues from a limited numbbusiness and could significantly adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our business is dependent, and we believe that it will continue to depend, on our customer of other relationship with Tesla, our largest OEM customers. Any revenue growth will depend on our su. Commencing in October 2024, we began working with Tesla to convert Teslas connectivity package users to become direct subscribers (members) of our Premium or Plus service. The direct subscription to LiveOne allows such users for the first time to access in growtheir LiveOne music and LiveOnes other service offerings directly across all of their devices. LiveOnes music streaming our customers revenues on our platform and expandbutton/icon, which allows users to directly connect their subscription to LiveOne, is expected to remain in Tesla s music streaming services dashboard in perpetuity. As a result, we believe we now have a unique opportunity to convert as many of Teslas drivers as possible to a higher priced LiveOne subscription service creating a meaning our customer base toful upside opportunity for our Company, and we are working include additional customers. If we were to lose one or more good faith with Tesla to convert as many of these drivers as possible.

We believe that with the full cooperation from Tesla, we can convert a substantial number of our key custom such users to become direct subscribers of LiveOne. However, there is no assurance that we would be able to replace convert a substantial number of such customers or lousers to become direct subscribers of LiveOne and/or replace Tesla or lost business with newTesla with one or more other B2B customers that generate comparable revenue, which w. If we fail to convert a significant number of these drivers as direct subscribers of LiveOne that could cause a significant reduction of our business and could significantly adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, even such drivers elect to directly pay for their subscription to LiveOne services, there can be no assurance that we will continue to maintain the same number of paid subscribers or receive the same levels of subscription service revenue and subscription revenue may substantially fluctuate accordingly. Accordingly, there could be no assurance that our revenue and/or EBITDA continues to grow at the same rate of growth as in 2024 calendar year or at all.

We have incurred significant operating and net losses since our inception and anticipate that we will continue to incur significant losses for the foreseeable future.

As reflected in our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere herein, we have a history of losses, incurred significant operating and net losses in each year since our inception, including net losses of $1.63.9 million and $13.3 million for the quartersix months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2024 and fiscal year ended March 31, 2024, respectively, and cash provided by operating activities of $1.37.1 million and $6.8 million for the quartersix months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2024 and fiscal year ended March 31, 2024, respectively. As of JuneSeptember 30, 2024, we had an accumulated deficit of $240.98.6 million and a working capital deficit of $22.53 million.

We expect to continue to incur substantial and increased expenses as we continue to execute our business approach, including expanding and developing our content and platform and potentially making other accretive acquisitions, and anticipate incurring additional losses until such time that we can generate significant increases to our revenues, and/or reduce our operating costs and losses. To date, we have financed our operations exclusively through the sale of equity and/or securities (including convertible securities), and after PodcastOnes acquisition by us on July 1, 2020, through our sale of PodcastOnes and our equity and/or debt securities (including convertible securities). The size of our future net losses will depend, in part, on the rate of future expenditures and our ability to significantly grow our business and increase our revenues. We expect to continue to incur substantial and increased expenses as we grow our business. We also expect a continued increase in our expenses associated with our operations as a publicly-traded company. We may incur significant losses in the future for a number of other reasons, including unsuccessful acquisitions, costs of integrating new businesses, expenses, difficulties, complications, delays and other unknown events. As a result of the foregoing, we expect to continue to incur significant losses for the foreseeable future and we may not be able to achieve or sustain profitability.

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The likelihood of our success must be considered in light of the problems, expenses, difficulties, complications and delays frequently encountered by a growing company, the difficulties that may be encountered with integrating acquired companies and the highly competitive environment in which we operate. For example, while several companies have been successful in the digital music streaming industry and the online video streaming industry, companies have had no or limited success in operating a premium Internet network devoted to live music and music-related video content. We cannot assure you that our business will be profitable or that we will ever generate sufficient revenue to fully meet our expenses and support our anticipated activities.

Our ability to meet our total liabilities of $58.261.4 million as of JuneSeptember 30, 2024, and to continue as a going concern, is dependent on our ability to increase revenue, reduce costs, achieve a satisfactory level of profitable operations, obtain additional sources of suitable and adequate financing and further develop and execute on our business plan. We may never achieve profitability, and even if we do, we may not be able to sustain being profitable. As a result of the going concern uncertainty, there is an increased risk that you could lose the entire amount of your investment in our company, which assumes the realization of our assets and the satisfaction of our liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business.

We may be subject to risks associated with artificial intelligence and machine learning technology

Recent technological advances in AI and machine learning technology may pose risks to us. Our use of AI could give rise to legal or regulatory action, create liabilities, or materially harm our business. While we aim to develop and use AI and machine learning technology responsibly and attempt to mitigate ethical and legal issues presented by its use, we may ultimately be unsuccessful in identifying or resolving issues before they arise. Further, as the technology is rapidly evolving, costs and obligations could be imposed on us to comply with new regulations.

We also could be exposed to the risks of machine learning technology if third-party service providers or any counterparties, whether or not known to us, also use machine learning technology in their business activities. We will not be in a position to control the use of such technology in third-party products or services. Use by third-party service providers could give rise to issues pertaining to data privacy, data protection, and intellectual property considerations.

Increased data protection regulation may result in increased complexities and risk in connection with the operation of our business and our products.

Our business is highly dependent on information systems and technology. The costs related to cyber or other security threats or disruptions may not be fully insured or indemnified by other means. Cybersecurity has become a priority for regulators in the U.S. and around the world. Recently, the SEC adopted rules requiring public companies to disclose material cybersecurity incidents on Form 8-K and periodic disclosure of a registrants cybersecurity risk management, strategy, and governance in annual reports. The rules became effective beginning with annual reports for fiscal years ending on or after December 15, 2023, and beginning with Form 8-Ks on December 18, 2023. The SEC has also particularly focused on cybersecurity, and we expect increased scrutiny of our policies and systems designed to manage our cybersecurity risks and our related disclosures as a result. We also expect to face increased costs to comply with the new SEC rules, including increased costs for cybersecurity training and management. The SEC has indicated in recent periods that one of its examination priorities for the Division of Examinations is to continue to examine cybersecurity procedures and controls, including testing the implementation of these procedures and controls.

There may be substantial financial penalties or fines for breach of privacy laws (which may include insufficient security for our personal or other sensitive information). Non-compliance with any applicable privacy or data security laws represents a serious risk to our business. Some jurisdictions have also enacted laws requiring companies to notify individuals of data security breaches involving certain types of personal information. Breaches in security could potentially jeopardize our or our stockholders or counterparties confidential or other information processed and stored in, or transmitted through, our computer systems and networks (or those of our third-party vendors), or otherwise cause interruptions or malfunctions in our or our stockholders or our counterparties or third parties operations, which could result in significant losses, increased costs, disruption of our business, liability to our stockholders and other counterparties, fines or penalties, litigation, regulatory intervention or reputational damage, which could also lead to loss of stockholders.

Finally, there has been significant evolution and developments in the use of AI technologies. We cannot fully determine the impact or cybersecurity risk of such evolving technology to our business at this time.

If we do not respond to technological innovations or changes or upgrade our technology systems, our growth prospects and results of operations could be adversely affected.

To remain competitive, we must continue to enhance and improve the functionality, features and security of our technology infrastructure. Infrastructure upgrades may require significant capital investment outside of the normal course of business. In the future, we will likely need to improve and upgrade our technology, database systems and network infrastructure to allow our business to grow in both size and scope. Without such improvements, our operations might suffer from unanticipated system disruptions, slow performance or unreliable service levels, any of which could negatively affect our ability to provide rapid customer service. We may face significant delays in introducing new services or developing new technologies. Moreover, if we do not keep pace with the rapid innovations and changes taking place in information technology in our industry, we could be at a competitive disadvantage. Further, the rapid dissemination and increasing transparency of information, particularly for public companies, increases the risks to our business that could result from negative media or announcements about ethics lapses, improper behavior or other operational problems, which could lead clients to terminate or reduce their relationships with us. If competitors introduce new products and services using new technologies, our proprietary technology and systems may become less competitive, and our business may be harmed. In addition, the expansion and improvement of our systems and infrastructure may require us to commit substantial financial, operational and technical resources, with no assurance that our business will improve.

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Risks Related to Our Company

We may not have the ability to repay the amounts then due under our senior ABL Credit Facility at maturity.

At maturity, the entire outstanding principal amount of our ABL Credit Facility and the Capchase Loan, will become due and payable by us. As of JuneSeptember 30, 2024, $0.52 million is due in fiscal 2025, $0.6 million due in fiscal 2026, $0.1 million of our total indebtedness is due in fiscal 2027 and $0.1 million thereafter.

Our failure to repay any outstanding amount under our ABL Credit Facility would constitute a default under such facility. A default would increase the interest rate to the default rate under the ABL Credit Facility or the maximum rate permitted by applicable law until such amount is paid in full. A default under the ABL Credit Facility could also lead to a default under agreements governing our future indebtedness, including the Capchase Loan. If the repayment of the related indebtedness were to be accelerated after any applicable notice or grace periods, we may not have sufficient funds to repay our ABL Credit Facility or make cash payments thereon. Furthermore, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any event of default, the senior lender shall have the right to, among other things, take possession of our and our subsidiaries assets and property constituting the collateral thereunder and the right to assign, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the collateral.

If we do not comply with the provisions of the ABL Credit Facility and/or, the Capchase Loan, our lender and/or the SX Settlement, such parties may terminate their obligations to us, accelerate theiour debt and/or require us to repay all outstanding amounts owed thereunder.

The ABL Credit Facility and the Capchase Loan contain provisions that limit our operating activities, including covenant relating to the requirement to maintain a certain amount cash (as provided in the senior credit facility loan agreement). If an event of default occurs and is continuing, the applicable lender may among other things, terminate its obligations thereunder, accelerate its debt and require us to repay all amounts thereunder. For example, on October 13, 2022, a judgement was ordered in favor of SoundExchange, Inc. (SX) against us and Slacker in the United States District Court Central District of California in the amount of approximately $9.8 million. On October 13, 2022, the court entered a judgment against the defendants for the amount of $9,765,396.70. In February 2023, we settled the dispute to re(the SX Settlement Agreement) to pay the outstanding amount in theequal monthly payments subject to increase in the event we complete certain future financings. As of JuneSeptember 30, 2024, we owed $5.64.9 million to SX under the sSX Settlement aAgreement. Our debt aIn addition, the SX Settlement Agreement requires us and Slacker to pay SX a final payment of $2,189,775.08 on or before February 1, 2025, unless the parties agreem to further extend the timing of such payments wit. If for any reason we and Slacker fail to comply with the provider terms of the SX settlement agreement, the final payment will increase by $925,391.40, and SX will have the right to declare a default under the SX Settlement Agreement and at its of the ption require us to repay all outstanding amounts owed thereunder and/or enforce its consent judgment and/or pursue a new judgment against us and Slacker, which would materially adversely impact our business, operating results and financial condition. Our debt agreements with the ABL Credit Facility and Capchase Loan lenders contain a covenant that if a material adverse change occurs in our financial condition, or if thesuch senior secured lender reasonably believes the prospect of payment or performance of their loan is materially impaired, the lender at its option may immediately accelerate its debt and require us to repay all outstanding amounts owed thereunder. If for any reason we and Slacker fail to comply with the terms of our sthe SX Settlement aAgreement with SX, our senior credit facility provider, and which would then also allow Capchase to declare a default under their loan agreement with us, may declare an event of default and at its option may immediately accelerate its debt and require us to repay all outstanding amounts owed under the senior credit facility provider, which would materially adversely impact our business, operating results and financial condition. As of JuneSeptember 30, 2024 we were in compliance with covenants under the ABL Credit Facility and the Capchase Loan.

Our debt agreements contain restrictive and financial covenants that may limit our operating flexibility, and our substantial indebtedness may limit cash flow available to invest in the ongoing needs of our business.

We have a significant amount of indebtedness. Our total outstanding consolidated indebtedness as of JuneSeptember 30, 2024 was $8.61 million, net of fees and discounts. While we have certain restrictions and covenants with our current indebtedness, we could in the future incur additional indebtedness beyond such amount. Our existing debt agreements with ABL Credit Facility lender and the Capchase Loan lenders contain certain restrictive covenants that limit our ability to merge with other companies or consummate certain changes of control, make certain investments, pay dividends or repurchase shares of our common stock, transfer or dispose of assets, or enter into various specified transactions. We therefore may not be able to engage in any of the foregoing transactions unless we obtain the consent of our senior secured lenders, terminate our existing debt agreements and/or repay the amount owed to such lenders. Our debt agreements also contain certain covenants, including maintaining a minimum cash amount at all times and are secured by substantially all of our assets. There is no guarantee that we will be able to generate sufficient cash flow or sales to pay the principal and interest owed under our debt agreements or to satisfy all of the covenants. We and/or our subsidiaries may also incur significant additional indebtedness in the future.

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Our substantial debt combined with our other financial obligations and contractual commitments could have other significant adverse consequences, including:

We intend to satisfy our current and future debt service obligations with our existing cash and cash equivalents and funds from external sources, including equity and/or debt financing. However, we may not have sufficient funds or may be unable to arrange for additional financing to pay the amounts due under our existing debt. Funds from external sources may not be available on acceptable terms, if at all. In the event of an acceleration of amounts due under our debt instruments as a result of an event of default, including upon the occurrence of an event that would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on our business, operations, properties, assets or condition or a failure to pay any amount due, we may not have sufficient funds or may be unable to arrange for additional financing to repay our indebtedness or to make any accelerated payments.

We depend upon third-party licenses for sound recordings and musical compositions and other content and an adverse change to, loss of, or claim that we do not hold any necessary licenses may materially adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition.

To secure the rights to stream sound recordings and the musical compositions embodied therein, we enter into license agreements to obtain licenses from rights holders such as record labels, aggregators, artists, music publishers, performing rights organizations, collecting societies and other copyright owners or their agents, and pay substantial royalties or other consideration to such parties or their agents around the world. Though we work diligently in our efforts to obtain all necessary licenses to stream sound recordings and the musical compositions embodied therein, there is no guarantee that the licenses available to us now will continue to be available in the future at rates and on terms that are favorable or commercially reasonable or at all. The terms of these licenses, including the royalty rates that we are required to pay pursuant to them, may change as a result of changes in our bargaining power, changes in the industry, changes in the laws and regulations, or for other reasons. Increases in royalty rates or changes to other terms of these licenses may materially impact our business, operating results, and financial condition.

We enter into license agreements to obtain rights to stream sound recordings, including from the major record labels that hold the rights to stream a significant number of sound recordings, such as Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group and SX, as well as others. If we fail to obtain these licenses or if any of such licenses are terminated or suspended, the size and quality of itsour catalog may be materially impacted and itsour business, operating results and financial condition could be materially harmed.

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We generally obtain licenses for two types of rights with respect to musical compositions: mechanical rights and public performance rights. With respect to mechanical rights, for example, in the United States, the rates we pay are, to a significant degree, a function of a ratemaking proceeding conducted by an administrative agency called the Copyright Royalty Board. The rates that the Copyright Royalty Board set apply both to compositions that we license under the compulsory license in Section 115 of the Copyright Act of 1976 (the Copyright Act), and to a number of direct licenses that we have with music publishers for U.S. rights, in which the applicable rate is generally pegged to the statutory rate set by the Copyright Royalty Board. The most recent proceeding before the Copyright Royalty Board (the Phonorecords III Proceedings) set the rates for the Section 115 compulsory license for calendar years 2018 to 2022. The Copyright Royalty Board issued its initial written determination on January 26, 2018. The rates set by the Copyright Royalty Board may still be modified if a party appeals the determination and are also subject to further change as part of future Copyright Royalty Board proceedings. If any such rate change increases, our sound recordings and musical compositions license costs may substantially increase and impact our ability to obtain content on pricing terms favorable to us, and it could negatively harm our business, operating results and financial condition and hinder our ability to provide interactive features in our services or cause one or more of our services not to be economically viable. Based on managements estimates and forecasts for the next two fiscal years, we currently believe that the proposed rates will not materially impact our business, operating results, and financial condition. However, the proposed rates are based on a variety of factors and inputs which are difficult to predict in the long-term. If Slackers business does not perform as expected or if the rates are modified to be higher than the proposed rates, its content acquisition costs could increase and impact its ability to obtain content on pricing terms favorable to us, which could negatively harm Slackers business, operating results and financial condition and hinder its ability to provide interactive features in its services, or cause one or more of Slackers services not to be economically viable.

In the United States, public performance rights are generally obtained through intermediaries known as performing rights organizations (PROs), which negotiate blanket licenses with copyright users for the public performance of compositions in their repertory, collect royalties under such licenses, and distribute those royalties to copyright owners. The royalty rates available to Slacker today may not be available to it in the future. Licenses provided by two of these PROs, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), cover the majority of the music we stream and are governed by consent decrees relating to decades old litigations. In 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice indicated that it was formally reviewing the relevance and need of these consent decrees. Changes to the terms of or interpretation of these consent decrees up to and including the dissolution of the consent decrees, could affect our ability to obtain licenses from these PROs on reasonable terms, which could harm its business, operating results, and financial condition. In addition, an increase in the number of compositions that must be licensed from PROs that are not subject to the consent decrees, or from copyright owners that have withdrawn public performance rights from the PROs, could likewise impede Slackers ability to license public performance rights on favorable terms. As of JuneSeptember 30, 2024, we owed $19.7 million in aggregate royalty payments to such PROs.

In other parts of the world, including Europe, Asia, and Latin America, we obtain mechanical and performance licenses for musical compositions either through local collecting societies representing publishers or from publishers directly, or a combination thereof. We cannot guarantee that its licenses with collecting societies and its direct licenses with publishers provide full coverage for all of the musical compositions we make available to our users in such countries. In Asia and Latin America, we are seeing a trend of movement away from blanket licenses from copyright collectives, which is leading to a fragmented copyright licensing landscape. Publishers, songwriters, and other rights holders choosing not to be represented by collecting societies could adversely impact our ability to secure favorable licensing arrangements in connection with musical compositions that such rights holders own or control, including increasing the costs of licensing such musical compositions, or subjecting us to significant liability for copyright infringement.

With respect to podcasts and other non-music content, we produce or commission the content itself or obtain distribution rights directly from rights holders. In the former scenario, we employ various business models to create original content. In the latter scenario, we and/or PodcastOne negotiates licenses directly with individuals that enable creators to post content directly to our service after agreeing to comply with the applicable terms and conditions. We are dependent on those who provide content on our service complying with the terms and conditions of our license agreements as well as the PodcastOne Terms and Conditions of Use. However, we cannot guarantee that rights holders or content providers will comply with their obligations, and such failure to do so may materially impact our business, operating results, and financial condition.

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There also is no guarantee that we have all of the licenses we need to stream content, as the process of obtaining such licenses involves many rights holders, some of whom are unknown, and myriad complex legal issues across many jurisdictions, including open questions of law as to when and whether particular licenses are needed. Additionally, there is a risk that rights holders, creators, performers, writers and their agents, or societies, unions, guilds, or legislative or regulatory bodies will create or attempt to create new rights that could require us to enter into license agreements with, and pay royalties to, newly defined groups of rights holders, some of which may be difficult or impossible to identify.

Even when we can enter into license agreements with rights holders, we cannot guarantee that such agreements will continue to be renewed indefinitely. For example, from time to time, our license agreements with certain rights holders and/or their agents may expire while we negotiate their renewals and, per industry custom and practice, we may enter into brief (for example, month-, week-, or even days-long) extensions of those agreements or provisional licenses and/or continue to operate on an at will basis as if the license agreement had been extended, including by our continuing to make music available. During these periods, we may not have assurance of long-term access to such rights holders content, which could have a material adverse effect on its business and could lead to potential copyright infringement claims. Furthermore, if we fail to timely make any royalty or license payments to such rights holders, they may elect to terminate or suspend our license agreements with them.

It also is possible that such agreements will never be renewed at all. The lack of renewal, or suspension or termination, of one or more of our license agreements, or the renewal of a license agreement on less favorable terms, also could have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition, and results of operations.

For the years ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, our management concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures and our internal control over financial reporting were not effective due to the existence of material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting during such periods. If we are unable to establish and maintain effective disclosure controls and internal controls over financial reporting, our ability to produce accurate financial statements on a timely basis or prevent fraud could be impaired, and the market price of our securities may be negatively affected.

Effective internal controls over financial reporting are necessary for us to provide reliable financial reports and, together with adequate disclosure controls and procedures, are designed to prevent fraud. Any failure to implement required new or improved controls, or difficulties encountered in their implementation could cause us to fail to meet PodcastOnes reporting obligations. In addition, any testing by our Company conducted in connection with Section 404, or the subsequent testing by our independent registered public accounting firm, if and when required, may reveal additional deficiencies in its internal controls over financial reporting that are deemed to be material weaknesses or that may require prospective or retroactive changes to our consolidated financial statements or identify other areas for further attention or improvement. For our fiscal years ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, our management conducted an assessment of its disclosure controls and procedures and our internal control over financial reporting and concluded that they were ineffective for each of such periods, due to the existence of certain material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting. A material weakness is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected and corrected on a timely basis.

In connection with the preparation of our consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2024, our management identified a material weaknesses as follows: our managements identification of and accounting for significant and unusual transactions, specifically accounting for debt. Theis material weakness around the completeness of amounts and disclosures and the classification between current and noncurrent liabilities was was remediated during the year ended March 31, 2024. This material weakness was remediatsix months ended in the quartSeptember ended June 30, 2024.

In connection with preparation of our consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2023, our management identified material weaknesses in the following: our controls related to the preparation of the financial statements were not adequately designed to ensure the accuracy and completeness of amounts and disclosures and the classification between current and noncurrent liabilities; and our managements identification of and accounting for significant and unusual transactions, specifically accounting for business combinations, including push down accounting. This material weakness was remediated during the year ended March 31, 2024.

If we are unable to establish and maintain proper and effective disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting, it may not be able to produce timely and accurate financial statements.

Risks Related to the Ownership of Our Common Stock

Conversion of our Series A Preferred Stock will dilute the ownership interest of our existing stockholders, including holders who had previously converted their convertible notes, or may otherwise depress the price of our common stock.

As of JuneSeptember 30, 2024, the shares of our Series A Preferred Stock are convertible into approximately 6.128 million shares of our common stock.  at a price of $2.10 per share of common stock. The conversion of some or all of the shares of our Series A Preferred Stock into shares of our common stock will dilute the ownership interests of our existing stockholders. In addition, any sales in the public market of the shares of our common stock issuable upon such conversion and/or any anticipated conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock into shares of our common stock could adversely affect prevailing market prices of our common stock.

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