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GrowGeneration Corp.
NASDAQ · CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY · RETAIL-BUILDING MATERIALS, HARDWARE, GARDEN SUPPLY
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How GRWG rewrote its risk factors

10-K ITEM 1A · FY2024 → FY2025
Text kept
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New in FY2025

  • Changes to trade policies, including additional or potential tariffs, or a global trade war could increase the cost of our products, which could adversely impact the competitiveness of our products and our financial results.
  • Changes to trade policies, including tariffs or other trade restrictions, have increased, and may continue to increase, the prices of certain imported products used in our business and could continue to adversely affect our costs and supply chain.
  • While we have taken steps to mitigate some of these cost pressures, including adjusting product pricing and product sourcing strategies, there can be no assurance that these actions will fully offset the impact of tariffs or other trade restrictions.
  • Additional tariffs, retaliatory trade measures, or further changes in international trade policies could adversely affect the demand for our products and have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.
  • Our due diligence may fail to identify all liabilities and risks associated with acquisitions, and we may not accurately assess the relative benefits and detriments of acquisitions and may pay acquisition consideration exceeding the value of the acquired business.
  • If we do not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting, the accuracy and timing of our financial reporting may be adversely affected, along with investor confidence in our company and, as a result, the value of our common stock.
  • Effective internal control over financial reporting is necessary for us to provide reliable financial reports.
  • While we have hired accounting and financial staff as well as leveraged outside resources with appropriate public company experience and technical accounting knowledge to compile the system and process documentation necessary to perform the evaluation needed to comply with Section 404, our internal financial and accounting team is leanly staffed, which can lead to inefficiencies.
  • If we fail to properly and efficiently maintain an effective internal control over financial reporting, we could fail to report our financial results accurately.
  • As discussed in Item 9A of this report, management had previously identified a material weakness related to our Storage Solutions business, MMI and thereby concluded that internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of December 31, 2024.
  • During fiscal year 2025, management executed a comprehensive remediation plan to address the underlying causes of the material weakness.
  • As a result, management concluded that the previously reported material weakness was remediated as of December 31, 2025.
  • Material weaknesses could result in a misstatement of account balances or disclosures that could result in a material misstatement to the annual or interim financial statements that would not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
  • Failure to implement and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting could result in errors in our consolidated financial statements that could result in a restatement of our consolidated financial statements and cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations.
  • The occurrence of, or failure to remediate, any material weakness we have identified or any other material weakness could cause investors to lose confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports, could cause the market price of our common stock to decline, and could result in sanctions or investigations by the SEC or other regulatory authorities.
  • Although we have remediated the previously identified material weaknesses as discussed in Item 9A of this report, there is no assurance that the remedial measures we have taken to date, or any remedial measures we may take in the future, will be sufficient to prevent and avoid future material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting.
  • In prior years, we have recorded impairment charges related to our goodwill and intangible assets.
  • Public health emergencies and efforts to mitigate their impact may adversely affect our business, liquidity, results of operations, and financial condition and the price of our securities.
  • Public health emergencies, including pandemics, epidemics, or other widespread outbreaks of infectious diseases, and the measures taken to combat them, may have an adverse effect on our business.
  • Public health authorities and governments may implement various measures to respond to such events, including voluntary or mandatory quarantines, restrictions on travel or movement, limitations on business operations, social distancing requirements, testing, and vaccination mandates, or other public health directives.
  • Such measures, as well as the broader economic and operational disruptions associated with public health emergencies, could negatively impact our workforce, supply chain, customers, service providers, and overall business operations.
  • These conditions may reduce demand for our products or services, disrupt our operations or those of our customers and suppliers, and adversely affect our liquidity, results of operations, financial condition, and the trading price of our securities.
  • The scope, duration, and ultimate impact of any future public health emergency are uncertain and difficult to predict, and similar events in the future could have material adverse effects on our business and financial performance.
  • Present and future armed conflicts such as the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine and geopolitical instability in the Middle East, including the current conflict in Iran and its potential escalation as well as the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine, could create or exacerbate certain risks we face to our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
  • Global responses to ongoing and future armed conflicts, including the imposition of financial and economic sanctions by the United States and other countries, may create supply constraints and drive inflation that could impact our operations and could create or exacerbate other risks facing our business.
  • Climate change and other environmental issues could adversely affect our brands, business, results of operations, and financial condition.
  • The possible effects of climate change could include severe weather, natural disasters, changes in rainfall patterns, changing temperature levels, and changes in legislation, regulation, and international accords.
  • Additionally, the impacts of climate change and other environmental issues may present physical risks, such as damage to facilities, which could disrupt our operations or those of our customers or suppliers, and therefore our results of operations.
  • Under the Controlled Substances Act of 1970 (the "CSA"), the federal government currently lists cannabis as a Schedule I controlled substance (i.e., deemed to have no medical value), rendering its manufacturing (cultivation), distribution, or possession federally illegal.
  • Department of Justice issued a notice of proposed rulemaking in 2024 to reclassify cannabis as a Schedule III substance, and a Presidential Executive Order in December 2025 directed the Attorney General to expedite this process, such rescheduling has not yet been finalized.
  • Until a final rule is effective, cannabis remains a Schedule I substance, and illegality of cannabis under federal law continues to preempt state laws legalizing its use.
  • Furthermore, even if reclassified to Schedule III, cannabis would remain subject to significant federal regulation by the DEA and FDA, and its commercial sale without federal approval would continue to be a violation of the CSA.
  • Therefore, any change to the enforcement priorities of the federal government, including strict enforcement of federal law regarding cannabis or a failure to finalize the rescheduling process, could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
  • As of the date of this report, we have 1.1 million shares of unvested restricted stock units, no outstanding stock options, and no outstanding stock purchase warrants.
  • The vesting of the restricted stock units will result in dilution of our security holders.

Gone since FY2024

  • We identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting, and if we are unable to achieve and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting, the accuracy and timing of our financial reporting may be adversely affected, along with investor confidence in our company and, as a result, the value of our common stock.
  • We have hired additional accounting and financial staff, and leveraged outside resources, with appropriate public company experience and technical accounting knowledge to compile the system and process documentation necessary to perform the evaluation needed to comply with Section 404.
  • As part of management's independent assessment as of December 31, 2024 as discussed in Item 9A of this report, we identified a material weakness related to our Storage Solutions business, MMI, and we are therefore unable to certify that our internal controls over financial reporting is effective.
  • Additionally, our independent registered public accounting firm issued an adverse opinion on internal controls over financial reporting.
  • These material weaknesses could result in a misstatement of account balances or disclosures that would result in a material misstatement to the annual or interim financial statements that would not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
  • Our failure to implement and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting could result in errors in our consolidated financial statements that could result in a restatement of our consolidated financial statements and cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations.
  • Because we are unable to conclude that our internal control over financial reporting for our MMI business is effective, and our independent registered public accounting firm also determined that we have a material weakness, we could lose investor confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports, the market price of our common stock could decline, and we could be subject to sanctions or investigations by the SEC or other regulatory authorities.
  • We have taken several actions and remediated previously identified material weaknesses as discussed in Item 9A of this report.
  • Although we have remediated certain material weaknesses, we are still in the process of completing the remediation process for the MMI business and the steps we are taking may not be sufficient to remediate our material weaknesses or prevent future material weaknesses or significant deficiencies from occurring.
  • We can give no assurance that additional material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting will not be identified in the future.
  • Potential tariffs or a global trade war could increase the cost of our products, which could adversely impact the competitiveness of our products and our financial results.
  • If the U.S. administration imposes tariffs, or if additional tariffs or trade restrictions are implemented by the United States or other countries, the cost of our products manufactured in the United States and imported into other countries could increase, which in turn could adversely affect the demand for these products and have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.
  • Our due diligence may fail to identify all liabilities and risks associated with acquisitions, and we may not accurately assess the relative benefits and detriments of acquisition and may pay acquisition consideration exceeding the value of the acquired business.
  • The COVID-19 pandemic and inflation have exacerbated these risks, and the impact on labor markets may continue to disrupt our ability to attract and retain personnel for an extended period of time.
  • We have recorded impairment charges in the current year.
  • Public health emergencies and efforts to mitigate their impact may have an adverse effect on our business, liquidity, results of operations, and financial condition and the price of our securities.
  • Public health emergencies, such as the one involving the novel strain of coronavirus, or COVID-19, including mutations and variants thereof, and the measures taken to combat them, may have an adverse effect on our business.
  • Public health authorities and governments may impose various measures to respond to such emergencies that have an adverse effect on our business, liquidity, results of operations, and financial condition, such as voluntary or mandatory quarantines, restrictions on travel, and distancing, testing, and vaccine mandates.
  • Although many impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic appear to have alleviated, the pandemic has not yet been eliminated, and we cannot predict future impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, if any, on markets generally or on our operations or the operations of our customers and suppliers.
  • Present and future armed conflicts such as the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, as well as fighting in Israel and Palestine, could create or exacerbate certain risks we face to our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
  • For example, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the global response, including the imposition of financial and economic sanctions by the United States and other countries, has created supply constraints and driven inflation that could impact our operations and could create or exacerbate other risks facing our business.
  • Climate change and other environmental, social, and governance issues could adversely affect our brands, business, results of operations, and financial condition.
  • The possible effects of climate change could include severe weather, changes in rainfall patterns, changing temperature levels, and changes in legislation, regulation, and international accords.
  • Additionally, the impacts of climate change may present physical risks, such as damage to facilities, which could disrupt our operations or those of our customers or suppliers, and therefore our results of operations.
  • There has also been increasing focus by investors, regulators and other constituencies on environmental, social and governance ("ESG") matters.
  • As a result, we may face demands or requirements to make disclosure or commitments or take other action with respect to ESG issues.
  • Our results of operations and financial condition may be adversely impacted if we are unable to effectively manage the risks or costs to us, our brands and our supply chain associated with ESG matters.
  • Under the Controlled Substances Act of 1970 (the "CSA"), the federal government lists cannabis as a Schedule I controlled substance (i.e., deemed to have no medical value), and accordingly the manufacturing (cultivation), sale, or possession of cannabis is federally illegal.
  • The illegality of cannabis under federal law preempts state laws that legalize its use.
  • Therefore, strict enforcement of federal law regarding cannabis would likely adversely affect our revenues and results of operations.
  • As of the date of this report, we have 1.4 million shares of unvested restricted stock units, outstanding options to purchase an aggregate of 16 thousand shares of our common stock (all of which are vested as of this date) at a weighted average exercise price of $4.63 per share, and no outstanding stock purchase warrants.
  • The vesting of the restricted stock units and the exercise of such outstanding options will result in dilution of our security holders.

Sentence-level comparison of Item 1A in the two most recent 10-Ks (FY2024 ↗, FY2025 ↗). A reworded sentence counts as one dropped and one added, so heavy edits read as low “kept”. Headings and page furniture are stripped; nothing is summarised by a model.

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