{"url_path":"/sec/caps/10-q/2026/item-1a","section_key":"item-1a","section_title":"Item 1A RISK FACTORS**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"10-Q","doc_date":"2026-05-20","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887151/0001437749-26-017870-index.html","accession_number":"0001437749-26-017870","cik":"0000887151","ticker":"CAPS","issuer_name":"Capstone Holding Corp.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887151/0001437749-26-017870-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000887151","primary_entity_name":"Capstone Holding Corp."},"word_count":1218,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**ITEM 1A: RISK FACTORS**\n\n \n\n*This Quarterly Report contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in this Quarterly Report. Factors that could cause or contribute to these differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed below and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report.*\n\n \n\n*You should carefully consider the risk factors disclosed in Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 (the \"2025 Form 10-K\"), together with all other information in this Quarterly Report, including our unaudited condensed financial statements and notes thereto, and in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. If any such risks, including the risk set out below, or other risks not presently known to us or that we currently believe to not be significant, develop into actual events, then our business, financial condition, results of operations or prospects could be materially adversely affected. If that happens, the market price of our common stock could decline, and stockholders may lose all or part of their investment.*\n\n \n\nIn addition to the risk factors set forth in the 2025 Form 10-K, the following risk factors represent material updates to our risk factor disclosures. The risk factors set forth in the 2025 Form 10-K, as updated by the foregoing, should be read in conjunction with the other information set forth in this Quarterly Report.\n\n \n\n**We were not in compliance with the minimum Cash Flow Coverage Ratio under our Revolving Credit Agreement as of March 31, 2026, and although we have received a written waiver from our lender, there can be no assurance that we will maintain compliance in future periods or that our lender will grant additional waivers, which could result in acceleration of our outstanding indebtedness and materially impair our liquidity.**\n\n \n\nAs of March 31, 2026, we were not in compliance with the minimum Cash Flow Coverage Ratio covenant under our Revolving Credit Agreement with Beacon Bank & Trust. On May 18, 2026, we received a written waiver limited to this specific violation; the waiver does not extend to any future defaults or events of default.\n\n \n\nThere can be no assurance that we will maintain compliance in future periods or that our lender will grant additional waivers if we do not. Any future waiver, if obtained, may be conditioned upon terms less favorable to the Company, including increased interest rates, additional collateral requirements, or other operational restrictions. If we fail to obtain a necessary waiver, our lender could declare an event of default, accelerate all outstanding amounts under the Revolving Credit Agreement, and exercise its remedies against pledged collateral. Acceleration could also trigger cross-default provisions in our other debt agreements, including the October Note, and could materially impair our financial condition and our ability to continue as a going concern. Recurring covenant non-compliance may also impair our ability to access additional financing and may be viewed unfavorably by investors and counterparties.\n\n \n\n**The reduction of the conversion price under the October Note and the resulting conversion of a substantial portion of the principal and accrued interest into shares of common stock resulted in significant dilution to our existing stockholders, and future conversions at the reduced conversion price or further reductions in the conversion price could result in additional substantial dilution.**\n\n \n\nOn April 16, 2026, we reduced the conversion price applicable to $500,000 of the principal amount outstanding under the October Note to $0.57 per share. On the same date, the buyer converted an aggregate of $1,725,136 of principal and $120,762 of accrued interest into 2,557,198 shares of common stock, increasing our outstanding share count by approximately 22% in a single day.\n\n \n\nThis conversion has resulted in significant dilution to existing stockholders with respect to earnings, book value, and voting power per share, and may depress the market price of our Common Stock. If additional principal or interest is converted at the reduced price, or if we further reduce the conversion price, stockholders will experience additional material dilution. The shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of remaining unconverted principal may exert continued downward pressure on our stock price, which could impair our ability to raise capital through equity offerings or our Equity Line of Credit and could make any future conversions even more dilutive.\n\n \n\n24\n\n[Table of Contents](#toc)\n\n \n\n**We have received a notification from Nasdaq regarding non-compliance with the minimum bid price requirement, and failure to regain compliance could result in delisting of our Common Stock.**\n\n \n\nIn January 2026, the Company received a notification from the Nasdaq Stock Market indicating that the closing bid price of its Common Stock had been below $1.00 per share for 30 consecutive business days, and that the Company was therefore not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). The Company has until July 6, 2026, to regain compliance, which requires the closing bid price of its Common Stock to be at least $1.00 per share for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days. If the Company does not regain compliance within the initial compliance period, it may be eligible for an additional 180-day compliance period, subject to meeting certain requirements. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to regain compliance. If the Company fails to regain compliance, its Common Stock may be subject to delisting from Nasdaq, which could materially adversely affect the liquidity and trading price of its Common Stock and its ability to raise capital. In January 2025, the SEC approved amendments to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A) that restrict the ability of listed companies to use reverse stock splits as a compliance tool. Under the amended rules, if a company effects a reverse stock split and subsequently fails to maintain the minimum bid price requirement within one year, the company will not be eligible for any compliance period and Nasdaq will issue a delisting determination. In addition, companies that effect reverse stock splits with a cumulative ratio of 250-to-1 or greater over any two-year period are subject to immediate delisting without a compliance period. The Company’s Board of Directors is seeking shareholder authorization at the 2026 Annual Meeting to effect a reverse stock split as a potential backstop measure to regain compliance if necessary. However, even if authorized and effected, a reverse stock split may not result in sustained compliance with the minimum bid price requirement, and the amended Nasdaq rules would preclude the Company from relying on an additional compliance period if the stock price subsequently falls below $1.00 within one year of such reverse split.\n\n \n\n**Changes in foreign currency translation and transaction risks that could adversely affect our reported financial results and the cost of servicing our Canadian dollar-denominated obligations.**\n\n \n\nOur Canadian operating subsidiary, Canadian Stone Industries Inc., generates revenues and incurs expenses in Canadian dollars, and we have outstanding debt and seller notes denominated in Canadian dollars. These exposures subject us to foreign currency translation risk when consolidating the subsidiary's results into U.S. dollars, and to transaction risk affecting the U.S. dollar cost of servicing our Canadian dollar-denominated obligations.\n\n \n\nFluctuations in the CAD/USD exchange rate may cause variability in our reported financial results independent of underlying operating performance. While this risk was not material in prior periods, it could become increasingly material if our Canadian operations or Canadian dollar-denominated indebtedness grow or as exchange rate volatility increases."}