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BION ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES INC
OTC · MATERIALS · AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS
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10-K ITEM 1A · FY2024 → FY2025
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New in FY2025

  • Also see “Forward-looking Statements” above. · the Company's extremely limited financial and management resources which need to be augmented and the Company’s limited ability to raise additional needed funds and/or hire needed personnel; · potential conflicts of interest related to the BLG loan group, its partial ownership by two of Bion’s Directors and their relationships/influence with other BLG owners, and its security position in the Company’s IP; · the possibility that markets for organic and low-carbon fertilizer products, clean fuels and energy, and eco-friendly/ sustainable beef, will be slow to develop (or not develop at all); · changes in political administrations, both at the federal, state, and local levels, and their impact on policies related to project development, renewable energy and clean fuels tax and other credits, and advanced low-carbon and organic fertilizers; · failure to attract strategic partners that can supply needed expertise and resources in the various sectors we ‘touch’, such as renewable energy/clean fuels, fertilizers, agriculture and livestock; · the substantial capital expenditures required for the Company’s proposed JV (and future JVs) and development/construction of the Company's proposed Projects and facilities and the related need to fund such capital requirements through commercial banks and/or public or private securities markets; · changes in political administration, especially at the federal level, and their impact on availability of capital for projects; · potential delays in constructing the Company’s initial beef Project and other Gen3Tech and ARS system installations; · the possibility that competitors will develop more comprehensive and/or less expensive production platforms; · delays and/or costs exceeding expectations relating to Bion's development of the Initial Project, JVs and/or Projects; · delays in anticipated permit approval and/or start-up dates; · uncertainties and cost increases related to research and development efforts to update and improve Bion’s technologies and applications thereof; · delays in market awareness of Bion and our Systems; · the limited liquidity of the Company's equity securities; limited availability of capital on acceptable terms for small public companies like Bion in the current financial markets; · dependence upon key personnel and the ability of the Company to keep its existing personnel and their accumulated expertise including the substantial risk of illness or death of one or more key personnel; · seasonal and climatic conditions; · increased cost of material and equipment (including those caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and supply chain challenges); · the strength and financial resources of the Company's potential competitors; · cybercrimes/hacking (actual and potential) of the Company’s online presence and limited operational computer systems; · general economic and capital market conditions; · industry risks, including environmental related problems; · operating hazards attendant to the environmental clean-up, CAFO and renewable energy production, fertilizer and/or food retailing and biofuel industries; · failure of the political, legal, regulatory and economic climate to support funding of environmental clean-up and enforcement of environmental rules and regulations; · changes in the public's perceptions of large scale livestock agriculture/CAFOs, consumption of meat and dairy, environmental protection and other related issues; and · continued delays in (and/or failure of) development of markets (or other means of monetization) for nutrient reductions and other environmental benefits from agriculture and CAFOs and related waste treatment facilities; including failure of markets for nutrient (nitrogen and phosphorus) reductions to develop sufficient breadth and depth; Risks Relating to our Common Stock · Our common stock is thinly traded on the OTC Markets QB exchange and largely illiquid; · The market price of our stock is subject to volatility; · You may have difficulty selling our stock because it is deemed a “penny stock” and not quoted on a national exchange; · Because our shares are deemed a “penny stock,” rules enacted by FINRA make it difficult to sell previously restricted stock; · Because we will not pay dividends in the foreseeable future, stockholders will only benefit from owning common stock if it appreciates; · We regularly issue stock, or stock options, instead of cash, to pay some of our operating expenses.
  • These issuances are dilutive to our existing stockholders; · Our stockholders face further potential dilution in any new financing

Gone since FY2024

  • Also see “Forward-looking Statements” above. · the Company's extremely limited financial and management resources which need to be augmented and the Company’s limited ability to raise additional needed funds and/or hire needed personnel; · the possibility that markets for eco-friendly/ sustainable beef, organic and low-carbon fertilizer products, and clean fuels and energy will be slow to develop (or not develop at all); · changes in political administrations, both at the federal, state, and local levels, and their impact on policies related to project development, renewable energy and clean fuels tax and other credits, and advanced low-carbon and organic fertilizers; · failure to attract strategic partners that can supply needed expertise and resources in the various sectors we ‘touch’, such as renewable energy/clean fuels, fertilizers, agriculture and livestock; · the substantial capital expenditures required for the Company’s proposed JV (and future JVs) and development/construction of the Company's proposed Projects and facilities and the related need to fund such capital requirements through commercial banks and/or public or private securities markets; · changes in political administration, especially at the federal level, and their impact on availability of capital for projects; · potential delays in constructing the Company’s initial beef Project and other Gen3Tech and ARS system installations; · the possibility that competitors will develop more comprehensive and/or less expensive production platforms; · delays and/or costs exceeding expectations relating to Bion's development of the Initial Project, JVs and/or Projects; · delays in anticipated permit approval and/or start-up dates; · uncertainties and cost increases related to research and development efforts to update and improve Bion’s technologies and applications thereof; · delays in market awareness of Bion and our Systems; · the limited liquidity of the Company's equity securities; limited availability of capital on acceptable terms for small public companies like Bion in the current financial markets; · dependence upon key personnel and the ability of the Company to keep its existing personnel and their accumulated expertise including the substantial risk of illness or death of one or more key personnel; · seasonal and climatic conditions; · increased cost of material and equipment (including those caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and supply chain challenges); · the strength and financial resources of the Company's potential competitors; · cybercrimes/hacking (actual and potential) of the Company’s online presence and limited operational computer systems; · general economic and capital market conditions; · industry risks, including environmental related problems; · operating hazards attendant to the environmental clean-up, CAFO and renewable energy production, fertilizer and/or food retailing and biofuel industries; · failure of the political, legal, regulatory and economic climate to support funding of environmental clean-up and enforcement of environmental rules and regulations; · changes in the public's perceptions of large scale livestock agriculture/CAFOs, consumption of meat and dairy, environmental protection and other related issues; and · continued delays in (and/or failure of) development of markets (or other means of monetization) for nutrient reductions and other environmental benefits from agriculture and CAFOs and related waste treatment facilities; including failure of markets for nutrient (nitrogen and phosphorus) reductions to develop sufficient breadth and depth; Risks Relating to our Common Stock · Our common stock is thinly traded on the OTC Markets QB exchange and largely illiquid; · The market price of our stock is subject to volatility; · You may have difficulty selling our stock because it is deemed a “penny stock” and not quoted on a national exchange; · Because our shares are deemed a “penny stock,” rules enacted by FINRA make it difficult to sell previously restricted stock; · Because we will not pay dividends in the foreseeable future, stockholders will only benefit from owning common stock if it appreciates; · We regularly issue stock, or stock options, instead of cash, to pay some of our operating expenses.
  • These issuances are dilutive to our existing stockholders; · Our stockholders face further potential dilution in any new financing; and

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