AirSculpt (AIRS) 10-Q2023 Q3 Quarterly report

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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

We have made statements in the sections titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” and in other sections of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as “may,” “might,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential” or “continue,” the negative of these terms and other comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements, which are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us, may include projections of our future financial performance, our anticipated growth strategies and anticipated trends in our business. These statements are only predictions based on our current expectations and projections about future events. There are important factors that could cause our actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from the results, level of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including those factors discussed in the section titled “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Our future results could be affected by a variety of other factors, including, but not limited to, failure to open and operate new centers in a timely and cost-effective manner; inability to open new centers due to rising interest rates and increased operating expenses due to rising inflation; shortages or quality control issues with third-party manufacturers or suppliers; competition for surgeons; litigation or medical malpractice claims; inability to protect the confidentiality of our proprietary information; changes in the laws governing the corporate practice of medicine or fee-splitting; changes in the regulatory, macroeconomic conditions, including inflation and the threat of recession, economic and other conditions of the states and jurisdictions where our facilities are located; and business disruption or other losses from war, pandemic, terrorist acts or political unrest.

The risk factors discussed in the section titled “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements made in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. There also may be other risks that are currently unknown to us or that we are unable to predict at this time.

Although we believe the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, level of activity, performance or achievements. Moreover, neither we nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of any of these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they were made, and we are under no duty to update any of these forward-looking statements after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to conform our prior statements to actual results or revised expectations, except as required by law.

PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION

AirSculpt Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries

AirSculpt Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries

The Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, is a provider of practice management services to professional associations (“PAs”) located throughout the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The Company owns and operates non-clinical assets and provides its management services to the PAs through management services agreements (“MSAs”). Management services provide for the administration of the non-clinical aspects of the medical operations and include, but are not limited to, financial, administrative, technical, marketing, and personnel services. Pursuant to the MSA, the PA is responsible for all clinical aspects of the medical operations of the practice.

Principles of Consolidation

These consolidated financial statements present the financial position and results of operations of the Company, its wholly-owned domestic and international subsidiaries, and the Domestic PAs, which are under the control of the Company and are considered variable interest entities in which the Company is the primary beneficiary.

All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Variable Interest Entities

The Company has a variable interest in the managed PAs in the United States ("Domestic PAs") where it has a long-term and unilateral controlling financial interest over such Domestic PAs’ assets and operations. The Company has the ability to direct the activities that most significantly affect the Domestic PAs’ economic performance via the MSAs and related agreements. The Company is a practice management service organization and does not engage in the practice of medicine. These services are provided by licensed professionals at each of the Domestic PAs. Certain key features of the MSAs and related agreements enable the Company to assign the member interests of certain of the Domestic PAs to another member designated by the Company (i.e., “nominee shareholder”) for a nominal value in certain circumstances at the Company’s sole discretion. The MSA does not allow the Company to be involved in, or provide guidance on, the clinical operations of the Domestic PAs. The Company consolidates the Domestic PAs into the financial statements. All of the Company’s revenue is earned from services provided by the Domestic PAs and its wholly-owned foreign subsidiaries in the United Kingdom and Canada. The only assets and liabilities held by the domestic PAs included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets are clinical related. The clinical assets and liabilities are not material to the Company as a whole.

Accounting Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Cash and Concentration of Credit Risk

The Company considers all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. The Company’s revenues are concentrated in the specialty, minimally invasive liposuction market.

The Company maintains cash balances at financial institutions which may at times exceed the amount covered by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts.

Revenue Recognition

Revenue consists primarily of revenue earned for the provision of the Company’s patented AirSculpt® procedures. A performance obligation is a promise in a contract to transfer a distinct good or service to the customer and is the unit of account for revenue recognition. A contract’s transaction price is allocated to each distinct performance obligation and recognized as revenue when, or as, the performance obligation is satisfied. The Company’s performance obligations are delivery of specialty, minimally invasive liposuction services.

The Company assists patients, as needed, by providing third-party financing options to pay for procedures. The Company has arrangements with various financing companies to facilitate this option. There is a financing transaction fee based on a set percentage of the amount financed and are not contingent upon any criteria. The Company recognizes revenue based on the expected transaction price which is reduced for financing fees.

Revenue for services is recognized when the service is performed. Payment is typically rendered in advance of the service. Customer contracts generally do not include more than one performance obligation.

The Company’s policy is to require payment for services in advance. Payments received for services that have yet to be performed as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 are included in deferred revenue and patient deposits.

Cost of Service

Cost of service is comprised of all service and product costs related to the delivery of procedures, including but not limited to compensation to doctors, nurses and clinical staff, supply costs, and facility rent expense.

Deferred Financing Costs, Net

Loan costs and discounts are capitalized in the period in which they are incurred and amortized on the straight-line basis over the term of the respective financing agreement which approximates the effective interest method. These costs are included as a reduction of long-term debt on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Total amortization of deferred financing costs was approximately $0.3 million and $0.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Total amortization of deferred financing costs was approximately $0.8 million and $0.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Amortization of loan costs and discounts is included as a component of interest expense.

Long-Lived Assets

Fair Value

ASC Topic 820 defines three categories for the classification and measurement of assets and liabilities carried at fair value:

Level 1: Quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2: Observable market-based inputs or observable inputs that are corroborated by market data.

Level 3: Unobservable inputs reflecting the reporting entity’s own assumptions.

The fair value of financial instruments is generally estimated through the use of public market prices, quotes from financial institutions and other available information. Judgment is required in interpreting data to develop estimates of market value and, accordingly, amounts are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that could be realized in a current market exchange.

Short-term financial instruments, including cash, prepaid expenses and other current assets, accounts payable, and other liabilities, consist primarily of instruments without extended maturities, for which the fair value, based on management’s estimates, approximates their carrying values. Borrowings bear interest at what is estimated to be current market rates of interest, accordingly, carrying value approximates fair value.

Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per share of common stock is computed by dividing net income/(loss) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the same period. Diluted earnings per share of common stock is computed by dividing net income/(loss) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock adjusted to give effect to potentially dilutive securities.

Advertising Costs

Advertising costs are expensed in the period when the costs are incurred and are included as a component of selling, general and administrative costs. Advertising expenses were approximately $6.5 million and $5.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and approximately $19.5 million and $15.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Income Taxes

ASC 740-10 provides guidance related to uncertain tax positions for pass-through entities and tax-exempt not-for profit entities. ASC 740-10 also modifies disclosure requirements related to uncertain tax positions for nonpublic entities and provides that all entities are subject to ASC 740-10 even if the only tax position in question is the entity’s status as a pass-through.

As required by the uncertain tax position guidance, the Company recognizes the financial statement benefit of a tax position only after determining that the relevant tax authority would more likely than not sustain the position following an audit. For tax positions meeting the more-likely-than-not threshold, the amount recognized in the condensed consolidated financial statements is the largest benefit that has a greater than 50 percent likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement with the relevant tax authority. The Company applied the uncertain tax position guidance to all tax positions for which the statute of limitations remained open and determined that there are no uncertain tax positions as of September 30, 2023 or December 31, 2022. The Company is not subject to U.S. federal tax examination prior to 2021, when it was formed.

The Company has an effective tax rate of approximately (89.2)% and (134.6)% for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and approximately 96.4% and (119.9)% for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, inclusive of all applicable U.S. federal and state income taxes.

The annual review of goodwill impairment will be performed in October 2023. There were no triggering events during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022.

The Company had goodwill of $81.7 million at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.

Intangible assets consisted of the following at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 (in 000’s):

Aggregate amortization expense on intangible assets was approximately $1.2 million for both of the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, and $3.6 million for both of the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022.

As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 property and equipment consists of the following: (in 000’s):

Depreciation expense was approximately $1.4 million and $0.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and $3.9 million and $2.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

On November 7, 2022, the Company entered into a credit agreement with a syndicate of lenders (the "Credit Agreement") maturing November 7, 2027. Pursuant to the Credit Agreement, there is (i) an $85.0 million aggregate principal amount of term loans and (ii) a revolving loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $5.0 million. The proceeds were used, in part, to pay off the Company’s $83.6 million outstanding principal balance under its previous credit facility. On September 29, 2023, the Company voluntarily pre-paid $10.0 million of the principal using cash on hand.

Under the Credit Agreement, all outstanding loans bear interest based on either a base rate or SOFR plus an applicable per annum margin. The applicable per annum margin is 2.0% or 3.0% for base rate or SOFR, respectively, if the Company's total leverage ratio is equal to or greater than 2.0x. If the Company's total leverage ratio is equal to or greater than 1.0x and less than 2.0x, the applicable per annum margin is 1.5% or 2.5% for base rate or SOFR, respectively. If the Company's total leverage ratio is below 1.0x, the applicable per annum margin is 1.0% or 2.0% for base rate or SOFR, respectively. As of September 30, 2023, the interest rate was 7.83%.

Total borrowings as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 were as follows (in 000’s):

As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had $5.0 million available on the revolving credit facility.

The scheduled future maturities of long-term debt as of September 30, 2023 is as follows (in 000’s):

All borrowings under the Credit Agreement are cross collateralized by substantially all assets of the Company and are subject to certain restrictive covenants including quarterly total leverage ratio and fixed charge ratio requirements. The Company is in compliance with all covenants and has no letter of credit outstanding as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.

The Company’s operating leases are primarily for real estate, including medical office suites and corporate offices. For the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company incurred rent expense of $1.5 million and $1.3 million, respectively, for its medical office suites. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company incurred rent expense of $4.4 million and $3.4 million, respectively, related to its medical office suites. The Company’s rent expense related to its medical office suites is classified in cost of services within the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations. The Company incurred rent expense of $91,000 and $91,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and $273,000 and $254,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, related to the corporate offices which is classified in selling, general and administrative expenses. The Company currently does not have any finance leases.

The following table presents supplemental cash flow information for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 (in 000’s):

Future minimum rental payments under all non-cancellable operating lease agreements for the succeeding five years are as follows, excluding common area maintenance charges that may be required by the agreements (in 000’s):

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company granted 0 and 767,261 restricted stock units ("RSUs"), respectively, to executive officers and employees under the 2021 Equity Incentive Plan. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company granted 73,708 and 255,195 RSUs, respectively. These RSUs are not considered outstanding until vested. These RSUs have a time-based vesting condition. These units will vest 1/3 per year over three years. Vesting and payment of these RSUs are generally subject to continuing service of the employee or non-employee director over the ratable vesting periods beginning one year from the date of grant to three years after the date of grant. The fair values of these RSUs were determined based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the trading date immediately prior to the grant date.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company also granted 0 and 674,846 performance based stock units ("PSUs"), respectively, which have market-based vesting conditions. In the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company granted 0 and 103,936 PSUs, respectively, which have market-based vesting conditions. The vesting is based on achievement of a total shareholder return relative to a specified peer group (“rTSR”). Based on the rTSR, the awards can settle in shares in a range from 0% to 200%. In addition to the achievement of the performance conditions, these PSUs are generally subject to the continuing service of the employee over the ratable vesting period from the earned date continuing through the settlement of the shares. For these PSUs, the shares settle in the first quarter of the year following the year in which the vesting criteria is met. The fair values of PSUs with a market-based vesting condition were estimated using a Monte Carlo simulation model.

The Company recorded equity-based compensation expense of $4.5 million and $7.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and $13.5 million and $22.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, in selling, general and administrative expenses on the condensed consolidated statements of operations. Forfeitures are recognized as incurred.

The Company paid dividends of approximately $0.2 million and $22.8 million for nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The Company paid distributions to EBS Parent, LLC of approximately $0.1 million and $1.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

The Company's income tax expense for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 was $0.8 million and $4.2 million, respectively, and the income tax expense/(benefit) for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 was $2.5 million and $4.1 million, respectively. The effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 was (89.2)% and (134.6)%, respectively. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 was 96.4% and (119.9)%, respectively. The main driver of the difference between the effective and statutory rate is non-deductible executive compensation under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. There are no uncertain tax positions as of September 30, 2023 or December 31, 2022.

NOTE 9 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Professional Liability

In the ordinary course of business, the Company becomes involved in pending and threatened legal actions and proceedings, most of which involve claims of medical malpractice related to medical services provided by the PAs employed and affiliated physicians. The Company may also become subject to other lawsuits which could involve large claims and significant costs. The Company believes, based upon a review of pending actions and proceedings, that the outcome of such legal actions and proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows. The outcome of such actions and proceedings, however, cannot be predicted with certainty and an unfavorable resolution of one or more of them could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.

Although the Company currently maintains liability insurance coverage intended to cover professional liability and certain other claims, the Company cannot assure that its insurance coverage will be adequate to cover liabilities arising out of claims asserted against it in the future where the outcomes of such claims are unfavorable. Liabilities in excess of the Company’s insurance coverage, including coverage for professional liability and certain other claims, could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.

The Company has one reportable segment: direct medical procedure services. This segment is made up of facilities and medical staff that provide the Company’s patented AirSculpt® procedures to patients. Segment information is presented in

the same manner that the Company’s chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) reviews the operating results in assessing performance and allocating resources. The Company’s CODM is the Company’s chief executive officer. The CODM reviews financial information presented on a consolidated basis for purposes of making operating decisions, assessing financial performance and allocating resources. The Company’s CODM reviews revenue, gross profit and Adjusted EBITDA. Gross profit is defined as revenues less cost of service incurred and Adjusted EBITDA as net loss/income excluding depreciation and amortization, net interest expense, income tax expense, restructuring and related severance costs, IPO related costs, loss/(gain) on disposal of long-lived assets, and equity-based compensation.

Unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires, references in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to the “Company,” “Elite Body Sculpture,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to AirSculpt Technologies, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries and the Professional Associations.

AirSculpt is an experienced, fast-growing national provider of body contouring procedures delivering a premium consumer experience. We provide custom body contouring using our proprietary AirSculpt® method that removes unwanted fat and tightens skin in a minimally invasive procedure, producing dramatic results. We opened a new center in Orange County, CA in March 2023, in Austin, TX in May 2023, in London, UK in June 2023 in San Jose, CA in July 2023, and in Raleigh, NC in September 2023. We deliver our AirSculpt® procedures through a growing nationwide footprint of 27 centers across 18 states, Canada and the United Kingdom as of November 13, 2023.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, we performed 3,426 and 11,252 cases, respectively, compared to 2,879 and 9,726 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, we generated approximately $46.8 million and $148.3 million of revenue, respectively, compared to $38.9 million and $128.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively. This represents approximately 20% growth in revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2023 over the same period in prior year and approximately 16% growth in revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 over the same period in prior year.

In addition to the measures presented in our condensed consolidated financial statements, we use the following key operational and business metrics to evaluate our business, measure our performance, develop financial forecasts and make strategic decisions:

Cases Performed and Revenue per Case

Our case volumes in the table below, which are used for calculating revenue per case, represent one patient visit; notwithstanding that, a patient may have multiple areas treated during one visit. We believe this provides the best approach for assessing our revenue performance and trends.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, we define same-center case and revenue growth as the growth in each of our cases and revenue at facilities that have been owned and operated since January 1, 2022. We define same-center facilities and procedure rooms as facilities and procedure rooms that have been owned or operated since January 1, 2022.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures—Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Adjusted Net Income, and Adjusted Net Income per Share

The following table reconciles Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin to net (loss)/income, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure:

(1)    Diluted Adjusted Net Income Per Share is computed by dividing adjusted net income by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding adjusted for the dilutive effect of all potential shares of common stock.

The following table and notes summarize certain results from the statements of operations for each of the periods indicated and the changes between periods. The table also shows the percentage relationship to revenue for the periods indicated:

Selling expenses consist of advertising costs for social, digital and traditional marketing and sales and marketing personnel. Total selling expenses were approximately $9.4 million and $7.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Our customer acquisition costs were approximately $2,750 and $2,650 per customer in the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. We intend to continue investing in our sales and marketing capabilities as we add new centers and further increase our brand awareness, which will also drive further same-center growth. As a result, we expect these costs to increase on an absolute dollar basis. Additionally, selling expenses as a percentage of revenue may fluctuate from quarter to quarter based on the timing and scope of our initiatives and the related impact to our revenue.

General and administrative expenses include employee-related expenses, including salaries and related costs (excluding physician and clinical cost included in cost of service), equity-based compensation, technology, operations, finance, legal, corporate office rent and human resources. General and administrative expenses were approximately $15.6 million and $15.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. We expect to continue to expand our corporate team to support the opening of new centers and growth at existing facilities.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023 Compared to Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022

The following table and notes summarize certain results from the statements of operations for each of the periods indicated and the changes between periods. The table also show the percentage relationship to revenue for the periods indicated:

Selling expenses consist of advertising costs for social, digital and traditional marketing and sales and marketing personnel. Total selling expenses were approximately $27.4 million and $22.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Our customer acquisition costs were approximately $2,400 and $2,300 per customer in the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. We intend to continue investing in our sales and marketing capabilities as we add new centers and further increase our brand awareness, which will also drive further same-center growth. As a result, we expect these costs to increase on an absolute dollar basis. Additionally, selling expenses as a percentage of revenue may fluctuate from quarter to quarter based on the timing and scope of our initiatives and the related impact to our revenue.

General and administrative expenses include employee-related expenses, including salaries and related costs (excluding physician and clinical cost included in cost of service), equity-based compensation, technology, operations, finance, legal, corporate office rent and human resources. General and administrative expense were approximately $49.4 million and $51.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The costs associated with expanding our corporate team are the main driver of this increase, offset by a decrease in equity-based compensation. We expect to continue growing our corporate team to support the opening of new centers and growth at existing facilities.

We principally rely on cash flows from operations as our primary source of liquidity and, if needed, up to $5.0 million in revolving loans under our revolving credit facility. Our primary cash needs are for payroll, marketing and advertisements, rent, capital expenditures associated with de novo locations and new procedure room additions, as well as information technology and infrastructure, including our corporate office. We believe that the cash expected to be generated from operations and the availability of borrowings under the revolving credit facility will be sufficient for our working capital requirements, liquidity obligations, anticipated capital expenditures relating to the opening of de novo centers, and the addition of new procedure rooms to our existing locations, and payments due under our existing credit facilities for at least the next 12 months.

As of September 30, 2023, we had $8.7 million in cash and cash equivalents and an available amount of $5.0 million under our revolving credit facility. We do not have any letters of credit outstanding as of September 30, 2023.

The following table summarizes the net cash provided by (used for) operating activities, investing activities and financing activities for the periods indicated:

Operating Activities

The primary source of our operating cash flow is the collection of patient payments received prior to performing surgical procedures. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, our operating cash flow increased by $1.3 million compared to the same period in 2022. The increase is the result of adding seven de novo centers which increased our footprint from 20 centers to 27 centers and our number of procedure rooms from 43 to 57 as of September 30, 2023. At September 30, 2023, we had working capital of $(3.4) million compared to $(5.6) million at December 31, 2022.

Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 was $8.1 million and $10.7 million, respectively. Investing activities during both periods were attributable to the expansion of multiple existing facilities and opening of de novo locations.

Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 was $12.0 million. During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, we made principal payments on our debt of $11.6 million, which included a voluntary prepayment of $10.0 million.

Net cash used in financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 was $24.8 million. For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, we paid dividends of $22.8 million, made distributions to EBS Parent, LLC of $1.2 million and paid scheduled principal payments on our debt of $0.6 million.

The carrying value of our total indebtedness was $72.7 million and $83.5 million, which includes unamortized deferred financing costs and issuance discount of $0.7 million and $1.5 million, as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.

On November 7, 2022, the Company entered into a credit agreement with a syndicate of lenders (the "Credit Agreement") maturing November 7, 2027. Pursuant to the Credit Agreement, there is (i) an $85.0 million aggregate principal amount of term loans and (ii) a revolving loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $5.0 million. The proceeds were used, in part, to pay off the Company’s $83.6 million outstanding principal balance under its previous credit facility. On September 29, 2023, the Company voluntarily pre-paid $10.0 million of the principal of the term loans under the Credit Agreement using cash on hand.

Under the Credit Agreement, all outstanding loans bear interest based on either a base rate or SOFR plus an applicable per annum margin. The applicable per annum margin is 2.0% or 3.0% for base rate or SOFR, respectively, if the Company's total leverage ratio is equal to or greater than 2.0x. If the Company's total leverage ratio is equal to or greater than 1.0x and less than 2.0x, the applicable per annum margin is 1.5% or 2.5% for base rate or SOFR, respectively. If the Company's total leverage ratio is below 1.0x, the applicable per annum margin is 1.0% or 2.0% for base rate or SOFR, respectively. As of September 30, 2023, the interest rate was 7.83%.

We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS Act. Under the JOBS Act, emerging growth companies can delay adopting new or revised accounting standards issued subsequent to the enactment of the JOBS Act until such time as those standards apply to private companies. We have irrevocably elected not to avail ourselves of this exemption from new or revised accounting standards and, therefore, will be subject to the same new or revised accounting standards as other public companies that are not emerging growth companies.

Subject to certain conditions set forth in the JOBS Act, if, as an “emerging growth company,” we choose to rely on such exemptions we may not be required to, among other things, (i) provide an auditor’s attestation report on our system of internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404, (ii) provide all of the compensation disclosure that may be required of non-emerging growth public companies under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, (iii) comply with any requirement that may be adopted by the PCAOB regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report providing additional information about the audit and the financial statements (auditor discussion and analysis), and (iv) disclose certain executive compensation related items such as the correlation between executive compensation and performance and comparisons of the CEO’s compensation to median employee compensation. These exemptions will apply for a period of five years following the completion of our IPO or until we are no longer an “emerging growth company,” whichever is earlier.

A summary of significant accounting policies is disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K dated March 10, 2023 filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15d of the Exchange Act, as amended (the "Exchange Act") under the caption “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” in the Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations section. There have been no material changes in the nature of our critical accounting policies and estimates or the application of those policies from our Annual Report on Form 10-K dated March 10, 2023.

The Company is a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and is not required to provide the information required under this item.

Management’s Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required financial disclosure.

As of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, our management, under the supervision and with the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e). Based upon this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at a reasonable assurance level as of September 30, 2023.

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended September 30, 2023.

Limitations on the Effectiveness of Controls

Our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, recognizes that any set of controls and procedures, no matter how well-designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance of

achieving the desired control objectives. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, with the Company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people or by management override of controls. For these reasons, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

During the ordinary course of business, we have become and may in the future become subject to pending and threatened legal actions and proceedings, including with respect to the quality of our services. All of the current legal actions and proceedings that we are a party to are of an ordinary or routine nature incidental to our operations, the resolution of which should not have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. These claims, to the extent they exceed our insurance deductibles, are covered by insurance, but there can be no assurance that our insurance coverage will be adequate to cover any such liability.

Except to the extent updated below or to the extent additional factual information disclosed elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q relates to such risk factors (including, without limitation, the matters discussed in Part I, “Item 2—Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”), there were no material changes to the risk factors discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 dated March 10, 2023 and filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

None.

None.

Not applicable.

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Date: November 13, 2023