Legal action by disgruntled shareholders and former employees may endanger our ability to raise capital for our ongoing projects through our subsidiary interests and may create additional financial risks.
Recently, disgruntled shareholders have filed a derivative suit which has been dismissed against the Company but such actions could complicate our ability to secure financing. Specifically, our Rhode Island waste to energy project is being operated through our subsidiary holding, MedRecycler-RI, Inc. and this action could potentially harm our negotiating position with certain authorities that are required to approve the permanent financing for the project. In addition, a former executive of the Company contacted authorities approving the project, availing their potential legal actions to the negotiation process. He has since filed suit. These threated and ongoing legal actions could require the Company to provide additional security or to seek alternative means of financing the project altogether that could necessitate a change in the capital structure of the Subsidiary to allow for the placement of permanent financing. Although the Company has sought alternative means of securing permanent financing, due to the financial condition of the Company, we were unable to overcome the lack of creditworthiness as a major factor contributing to the failure to secure permanent financing. The consequences of these threats and ongoing suits could negatively affect the outcome of the project, including, but not limited to, potential foreclosure by the bridge financier, which could result in the total loss of the project for the Company and a change in control of the Company. As the financier is not likely willing to operate and maintain an insolvent public company, such foreclosure could result in a bankruptcy and/or total restructuring of the Company. In addition, defending any legal action could add additional financial risk to the Company that could result if its bankruptcy and/or total restructuring.
