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RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES  
RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES

NOTE 12 - RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus (COVID-19) a pandemic, following the rapid spread of the disease from where it was first diagnosed, in China, to nations worldwide. The outbreak sparked responses across countries, states and cities worldwide to enforce various measures of social distancing and shelter-in-place orders and temporary closure of non-essential businesses to reduce further transmission of the virus. As a result of these measures, the US and global markets have seen significant disruption, the extent and duration of which remains highly uncertain.

The impact of COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve and, therefore, the Company cannot predict with certainty the extent to which the pandemic will negatively impact our results of operations, cash flows and financial position, liquidity and ability to remain in compliance with our financial covenants. In the third quarter of 2020, the Company experienced a year-over-year revenue decline and this impact is expected to continue through at least the fourth quarter of 2020.  Given the uncertainty of the marketplace, the Company has implemented business continuity plans to ensure that the Company is able to remain fully operational with a remote workforce, conducted financial modeling scenarios in order to ensure prudent cost containment, and has proactively implemented a series of cash conservation measures.  These measures include actions taken in the second and third quarter of 2020 to reduce personnel costs and other operating expenses, including reductions in staffing and contractor levels, vendor spending, travel, and other measures.

The Company has financial covenants underlying its debt which require an adjusted EBITDA to Debt ratio of 3.25.  In light of the pandemic, there is uncertainty regarding the marketplace demand for the Company’s services and thus the Company’s future revenue generation.  Accordingly, in light of this uncertainty, the Company has developed plans to further reduce operating expenses to the extent more prolonged revenue shortfalls are experienced which would prevent the Company from complying with its financial covenants.  

Management's plans would allow the Company to generate sufficient cash flows to reduce the Company's outstanding net debt and enable the Company to comply with the terms of its debt arrangements.  Accordingly, the Company believes that based upon current facts and circumstances, its existing cash coupled with the cash flows generated from operations will be sufficient to meet its cash needs for 12 months from the date of issuance of these financial statements.