Annual report [Section 13 and 15(d), not S-K Item 405]

Business Acquisition

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Business Acquisition
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025
Business Acquisition  
Business Acquisition

4. Business Acquisition

 

On January 3, 2025, the Company entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Hornet Staffing, Inc., a Georgia corporation (“Hornet”) and its shareholders, and purchased 100 shares of its capital stock which represents 100% of the ownership interest in Hornet. Hornet is an Atlanta-based provider of staff augmentation services with national service capability. Hornet provides staffing solutions to many markets serving large scale, "blue chip" companies in the information technology ("IT"), professional and customer service staffing verticals. 

 

The total consideration paid for the purchased shares was $1,500, consisting of (i) a $1,100 cash payment, and (ii) the issuance to its former shareholders of subordinated and unsecured promissory notes (the "Promissory Notes") totaling an aggregate initial principal amount of $400. Interest on the outstanding principal balances of the Promissory Notes is payable at a fixed rate of 5% per annum. Payments on the Promissory Notes shall be made annually with the first payment due on the first anniversary of the issuance dates and the second and final payment due on the second anniversary of the issuance date. The Company also paid legal and professional fees of $111 related to the purchase during fiscal 2025, which are included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.

 

The Purchase Agreement also provides that for the initial two-year period after closing, Hornet is required to achieve an agreed upon minimum average gross profit measure equal to $720 for each of the two subsequent twelve-month periods (each twelve-month period being separately measured). If the average gross profit measure during either of the subsequent two years is less than the minimum required average gross profit, then the Company will reduce the remaining balance under the Promissory Notes proportionally by an amount equal to the amount of the shortfall; provided the Company may not deduct more than the amount due under the then current payment for the Promissory Notes and may not seek to claw back any previous payments made under the Notes.

 

The Purchase Agreement contains certain representations and warranties customary and standard for this type of transaction.

 

The assets and liabilities of Hornet were recorded at their estimated fair values as of the closing date of the Purchase Agreement. The Promissory Notes were measured at fair value using Level 3 inputs and were recorded net of discounts of $8 at the acquisition date. The following table summarizes the preliminary balance sheet at January 3, 2025:

 

Assets purchased

 

$ 612

 

Liabilities assumed (a)

 

 

514

 

Net assets purchased

 

 

98

 

Purchase consideration:

Cash paid at closing

 

 

1,100

 

Promissory notes, net

 

 

392

 

Intangible assets from purchase

 

$ 1,394

 

 

 

(a) 

Liabilities assumed includes a $151 deferred tax liability present at January 3, 2025 but recorded by the Company post-acquisition due to a tax election made during fiscal 2025. 

 

An independent purchase price allocation and valuation has been performed to identify intangible assets acquired. The allocation to these intangible assets is as follows:

 

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Useful Life

 
Customer relationships

 

$ 564

 

 

8 years

 
Tradename

 

 

68

 

 

10 years

 
Non-compete

 

 

11

 

 

2 years

 
Goodwill

 

 

751

 

 

Indefinite

 
Total intangible assets acquired

 

$ 1,394

 

 

 

 

 

The following table represents the unaudited consolidated pro forma results of operations for fiscal 2025 and 2024 had the acquisition occurred on October 1, 2023, the first day of the most historic period reported in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. This unaudited pro forma information does not purport to present what the Company’s actual results would have been had the acquisition occurred on October 1, 2023. This information is based on Hornet’s unaudited historical financial statements.

 

 

 

Year Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

Net revenues

 

$ 98,092

 

 

$ 112,599

 

Cost of contract services

 

 

64,490

 

 

 

75,683

 

Gross profit

 

 

33,602

 

 

 

36,916

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

 

 

35,776

 

 

 

40,372

 

Loss from operations

 

 

(34,577 )

 

 

(22,527 )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted loss per share

 

$ (0.32 )

 

$ (0.21 )