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RISKS AND CONTINGENCIES

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2025

NOTE 11: RISKS AND CONTINGENCIES

The Company operates in a challenging economic environment as the global economy continues to confront the impacts of recent executive orders by the U.S. federal administration regarding tariffs on imports from various countries including the European Union, Canada, Mexico, and China and the potential impact of actions taken by other countries in response to the announced tariffs, geopolitical conflicts and general inflationary pressures. Other economic challenges include the effects of the current U.S. government shutdown and the ongoing geopolitical developments across Europe and Asia including the war in Ukraine. The specific impacts on the Company have included:

	●	Tariffs may make the Company’s products less cost competitive and reduce gross margins. The impact on the Company’s business related to these or any other tariffs that may be imposed is uncertain and depends on multiple factors, including the duration and expansion of current tariffs, future changes to tariff rates, scope or enforcement, retaliatory measures by impacted trade partners, and related inflationary effects. In addition, economic uncertainties may potentially affect our future order rate.

	●	On September 30, 2025, the continuing resolution (CR) allowing U.S. government departments and agencies to operate through the end of the government fiscal year expired and the U.S. government shut down most of its operations. As a result of the U.S. government shutdown, our business and results of operations may be impacted by the disruptions to federal government offices, workers, and operations, including disruptions relating to the funding of research activities to both universities and companies that may result in delays in new orders or the loss of orders. We may also experience similar impacts in the event of a series of short-term continuing resolutions rather than full-year fiscal year 2026 appropriations. Generally, the significance of these impacts will primarily be based on the length of the shutdown and timing of passage of a new CR or a full budget.

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Significant geopolitical developments across Europe and Asia have and may continue to restrict the Company’s ability to procure raw materials and components such as nickel and integrated circuits, as well as impact the Company’s ability to sell its products into China, Russia and other Eastern European and Asian regions.

While management has initiated actions to mitigate the potential negative impacts to its revenue and profitability, the Company is unable to predict the impact that the above uncertainties may have on its future results of operations and cash flows.