{"url_path":"/sec/bcli/10-q/2026/item-1a","section_key":"item-1a","section_title":"Item 1A Risk Factors.**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"10-Q","doc_date":"2026-05-15","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1137883/0001104659-26-062648-index.html","accession_number":"0001104659-26-062648","cik":"0001137883","ticker":"BCLI","issuer_name":"BRAINSTORM CELL THERAPEUTICS INC.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1137883/0001104659-26-062648-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001137883","primary_entity_name":"BRAINSTORM CELL THERAPEUTICS INC."},"word_count":1103,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 1A. Risk Factors.**\n\nOther than the additional risk factors below, there have not been any material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in the “Risk Factors” section of our Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025.\n\nIn addition to the other information set forth in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, you should carefully consider the risk factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results. The risks described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, and in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, are not the only risks we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and/or operating results.\n\nWe may not be able to attract the attention of securities or industry analysts because our common stock is not traded on a national securities exchange.\n\nThe trading market for our common stock is influenced by independent research and reports that securities or industry analysts publish about us or our business from time to time. Because our common stock trades on the OTCQB Venture Market rather than a national securities exchange, our exposure to media and coverage by securities and industry analysts may be limited. Further, if one or more of the analysts who cover us should downgrade our shares or change their opinion of our business prospects, our share price would likely decline.\n\nOur business may be impacted by macroeconomic conditions, including fears concerning inflation, rising interest rates and volatile market conditions (including as a result of recently announced tariffs or other policy changes by the current U.S. administration), and other uncertainties beyond our control.\n\nOur ability to effectively run our business could be adversely affected by general conditions in the global economy and in the financial services industry. Various macroeconomic factors could adversely affect our business, including fears concerning the banking sector, changes in inflation, interest rates and overall economic conditions and uncertainties (including as a result of recently announced tariffs or other policy changes by the current U.S. administration). Actual events involving limited liquidity, defaults, non-performance or other adverse developments that affect financial institutions, transactional counterparties or other companies in the financial services industry or the financial services industry generally, or concerns or rumors about any events of these kinds or other similar risks, have in the past and may in the future lead to market-wide liquidity problems. A severe or prolonged economic downturn could result in a variety of risks, including our ability to raise additional funding on a timely basis or on acceptable terms. A weak or declining economy could also impact third parties upon whom we depend to run our business. Although we assess our banking relationships as we believe necessary or appropriate, our access to funding sources in amounts adequate to finance or capitalize our current and projected future business operations could be significantly impaired by factors that affect us, the financial institutions with which we have arrangements directly, or the financial services industry or economy in general. Moreover, significant political, trade, regulatory developments, and other circumstances beyond our control, could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations. Changes in U.S. federal policy that affect the geopolitical landscape could give rise to circumstances outside our control that could have negative impacts on our business operations. For example, in April 2025, the U.S. imposed substantial tariffs on most countries throughout the world. Historically, tariffs have led to increased political and trade tensions. In response to tariffs, other countries have implemented retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods. Political tensions as a result of trade policies could reduce trade volume, investment, technological exchange and other economic activities between major international economies, resulting in a material adverse effect on global economic conditions and the stability of global financial markets. Any changes in political, trade, regulatory, and economic conditions, including U.S. trade policies, could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations.\n\n40\n\n[Table of Contents](#TOC)\n\nWe have identified a material weakness in our system of internal controls pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. If not remediated, this material weakness could result in material misstatements in our consolidated financial statements. We may be unable to develop, implement and maintain appropriate controls in future periods.\n\nOur management identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement in our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected and corrected on a timely basis. Our management has concluded that, because of this material weakness, our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of March 31, 2026. These operational deficiencies related to the Company’s reviews and approvals of the execution of certain short term loan agreements. As a result of the material weakness, the Company’s management, under the supervision of the Audit Committee and with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and interim Chief Financial Officer, concluded that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of March 31, 2026.\n\nAlthough we are working to remedy the ineffectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting, there can be no assurance as to when the remediation plan will be fully developed and implemented. Until our remediation plan is fully implemented, our management will continue to devote significant time, attention and financial resources to these efforts. If we do not complete our remediation in a timely fashion, or at all, or if our remediation plan is inadequate, there will continue to be an increased risk that our future consolidated financial statements could contain errors that will be undetected. Further and continued determinations that there are one or more material weaknesses in the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting could also reduce our ability to obtain financing or could increase the cost of any financing we obtain and require additional expenditures of both money and our management’s time to comply with applicable requirements. For more information relating to the Company’s internal control over financial reporting, the material weakness that existed as of March 31, 2026 and the remediation activities undertaken by us, see Part I, Item 4, “Controls and Procedures” of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q."}