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Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
2. Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation:

Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements are presented in U.S. dollars and have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). Any reference in these notes to applicable guidance is meant to refer to the authoritative GAAP as found in the Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) and as amended by Accounting Standards Updates (“ASUs”) of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”). The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and Photomedex India Private Limited, its wholly-owned subsidiary in India. No operating activities have occurred within the Company’s subsidiary as of and during the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. The Company’s significant estimates and judgments include revenue recognition with respect to deferred revenues and the contract term and valuation allowances of accounts receivable, inputs used when evaluating goodwill for impairment, inputs used in the valuation of contingent consideration, state sales and use tax accruals, the estimated useful lives of intangible assets, and the valuation allowance related to deferred tax assets. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Concentrations of Credit Risk and Major Customers

The Company’s cash is held on deposit in demand accounts at a large financial institution in amounts in excess of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insurance coverage limit of $0.3 million per depositor, per FDIC-insured bank, per ownership category. Management has reviewed the financial statements of this institution and believes it has sufficient assets and liquidity to conduct its operations in the ordinary course of business with little credit risk to the Company.

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk principally consist of cash equivalents and accounts receivable. The Company limits its credit risk associated with cash equivalents by placing investments in highly-rated money market funds. The Company limits its credit risk with respect to accounts receivable by performing credit evaluations when deemed necessary, but it does not require collateral to secure amounts owed by its customers.

The Company had one customer, an international distributor, from which it primarily earns dermatology procedures equipment revenues, that accounted for 10% or more of the Company’s revenues for each of the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024. Revenues from this customer were $3.4 million and $4.1 million, or 10.9% and 12.1%, of total net revenues during the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. There were no accounts receivable associated with this customer as of December 31, 2025 and 2024. Accounts receivable associated with two other customers as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, each of which accounted for 10% or more of the Company’s net accounts receivable, was $1.3 million and $2.2 million, or 31.1% and 42.2%, of net accounts receivable as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all highly-liquid investments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, cash equivalents consisted of credit card transactions with settlement terms of less than five days.

Restricted Cash

As discussed more fully in Note 11, the Company was required to post an appellate bond for $1.3 million in the form of cash collateral with respect to a sales tax determination by the State of New York Tax Appeals Tribunal (“Tribunal”), which was recorded as restricted cash on the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2024. During the year ended December 31, 2025, the state of New York executed on the appellate bond. There is no restricted cash as of December 31, 2025.

The following table provides a reconciliation of the components of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash reported in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets to the total of the amount presented in the consolidated statements of cash flows (in thousands):

   
December 31,
 
   
2025
   
2024
 
             
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
7,912
   
$
7,261
 
Restricted cash
   
—
     
1,334
 
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash presented in the consolidated statements of cash flows
 
$
7,912
   
$
8,595
 

Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Credit Losses

Accounts receivable primarily relate to amounts due from customers, which are typically due within 30 to 90 days from invoice date. The Company provides credit to its customers in the normal course of business and maintains allowances for expected credit losses over the remaining contractual lives of its receivables, considering customer financial condition, historical loss experience with customers, current market economic conditions and forecasts of future economic conditions when appropriate. The Company does not require collateral or other security for accounts receivable. The Company also maintains allowances for estimated losses resulting from amounts deemed to be uncollectible from its customers. These allowances are for specific amounts on certain customer accounts based on facts and circumstances determined on a case-by-case basis. The Company writes off accounts receivable when they are considered uncollectible, and payments subsequently received on such receivables are credited to bad debt expense. The Company does not recognize interest accruing on accounts receivable past due.

The activity in the allowance for credit losses is summarized as follows (in thousands):

   
December 31,
 
   
2025
   
2024
 
             
Balance, beginning of year
 
$
433
   
$
222
 
Provision for expected losses
    134
      (179
)
Write-offs charged against the allowance
    (16
)
    141
 
Other adjustments
 
—    
249
 
Balance, end of year
  $
551
    $
433
 

Inventories

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Cost is determined based on purchased cost for raw materials and all production cost related to the laser manufacturing process (labor and indirect manufacturing cost, including sub-contracted work components) for work-in-process and finished goods is classified as inventory. For the Company’s products, cost is determined on the first-in, first-out method. Work-in-process is immaterial, given the typically short manufacturing cycle and therefore, is disclosed in conjunction with raw materials.

The Company’s equipment for the treatment of skin disorders (e.g. the XTRAC) will either (i) be placed in a physician’s office and remain the property of the Company (at which date such equipment is transferred to property and equipment) or (ii) be sold to distributors or physicians directly. The cost to build a laser for sale is accumulated in inventory, and the cost to build a laser for placement is accumulated in property and equipment.
Reserves for slow-moving and obsolete inventories are provided based on historical experience and product demand. Management evaluates the adequacy of these reserves periodically based on forecasted sales and market trends.

Property and Equipment, net

Property and equipment are recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization. Maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred and costs of improvements and renewals are capitalized. Upon retirement or disposition, the applicable property and equipment amounts are deducted from the accounts and any gain or loss is recorded in the consolidated statements of operations. Depreciation and amortization are recognized using the straight-line method based on the estimated useful lives of the related assets. The Company uses an estimated useful life of three years for computers, hardware and software, five years for machinery and equipment, seven years for furniture and fixtures, and the lesser of the useful life or lease term for leasehold improvements.

Intangible Assets

Intangible assets consist of core technology, product technology, customer relationships, trademarks and distribution rights. Intangible assets are amortized over the period of estimated benefit using the straight-line method and estimated useful lives ranging from three to 12 years.

Goodwill

Goodwill is the excess of the cost of an acquired entity over the net amounts assigned to tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed. Goodwill is not amortized, but is subject to an annual impairment test. The Company has two reporting units and goodwill is allocated to the reporting units (see Note 15).

The Company performs its goodwill impairment test on an annual basis in the fourth quarter of each fiscal year or more frequently if changes in circumstances or the occurrence of events suggest that an impairment exists. If the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying value, an impairment loss is recorded for the amount by which the carrying amount of the reporting unit, including goodwill, exceeds its fair value, limited to the total amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit. In conjunction with the annual budgeting process during the fourth quarter of 2025, the Company reduced its overall project earnings, primarily as a result of tariffs and uncertainty caused by U.S. trade policies. Similarly, in conjunction with the annual budgeting process during the fourth quarter of 2024, the Company reduced its overall projected earnings. As a result, the Company bypassed the qualitative assessments of goodwill impairment and performed quantitative assessments by comparing the fair value of each reporting unit with its carrying amount. The Company recorded no impairment charge during the year ended December 31, 2025 and a $4.3 million impairment charge related to goodwill during the year ended December 31, 2024, which was the amount of the excess of the carrying value of the dermatology recurring procedures reporting unit over its fair value. The impairment charge for 2024 is included in impairment of goodwill within the consolidated statement of operations and was primarily driven by a decline in projected cash flows, including revenues and profitability. During 2025 and 2024, the fair values of the reporting units were determined using both a market and income approach, with the market approach given a 25% weighting and the income approach given a 75% weighting. Significant assumptions used in the income approach include growth and discount rates, profit margins and the Company’s weighted average cost of capital. Historical performance and management estimates of future performance were used to determine profit margins and growth rates.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Intangibles

The Company reviews its long-lived assets and intangible assets subject to amortization for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying amount of an asset group may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets held and used is measured by comparison of the carrying amount of an asset group to future net cash flows expected to be generated by the asset group. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset group exceeds the fair value of the asset group, less costs to sell. The Company did not record any charges related to asset impairment during the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024.

Fair Value Measurements

The Company measures financial assets and liabilities at fair value at each reporting period using a fair value hierarchy that requires the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs. The Company defines fair value as the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Fair value is estimated by applying the following hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value into three levels and bases the categorization within the hierarchy upon the lowest level of input that is available and significant to the fair value measurement:


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Level 1 – quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.


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Level 2 – observable inputs other than quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in inactive markets, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.


•
Level 3 – inputs that are generally unobservable and typically reflect the Company’s estimate of assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.

Accrued Warranty Costs

The Company offers a standard warranty on product sales generally for a one to two-year period, however, the Company has offered longer warranty periods, ranging from three to four years, in order to meet competition or customer demands. The Company provides for the estimated cost of the future warranty claims on the date the product is sold.

The activity in the warranty accrual during the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 is summarized as follows (in thousands):

   
December 31,
 
   
2025
   
2024
 
             
Balance, beginning of year
 
$
315
   
$
303
 
Additions
   
100
     
156
 
Expirations and claims satisfied
   
(195
)
   
(144
)
Total
   
220
     
315
 
Less current portion within accrued expenses and other current liabilities
   
(157
)
   
(213
)
Balance within deferred revenues and other liabilities
 
$
63
   
$
102
 
Debt Issuance Costs

The Company capitalizes direct costs incurred to obtain debt financing and amortizes these costs to interest expense over the term of the debt using the effective interest method. These costs are recorded as a debt discount and are netted against the related debt on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.

Contingent Consideration

In January 2022, the Company acquired certain assets related to the TheraClear devices from Theravant Corporation (“Theravant”). Theravant was eligible to receive future earnout payments upon the achievement of certain net revenue, gross profit and commercialization milestones (see Note 11). Due to uncertainties associated with the development of a new product line and the use of estimates and assumptions to determine the fair value of the contingent consideration, the amount ultimately paid in connection with the earnout may differ from the estimated fair value at the acquisition date. As the transaction was accounted for as an asset acquisition, a revaluation of the contingent consideration was only required if there was a significant change to the underlying valuation assumptions. The contingent consideration was adjusted upon resolution of the contingency and when the consideration was paid or became payable. Any difference between the cash payment and the amount accrued for contingent consideration resulted in an adjustment to the technology intangible asset. Contingent consideration expected to be paid within the next year is classified as current on the consolidated balance sheets.

During the year ended December 31, 2024, there were no significant changes to the Company’s projections of expected revenues and gross profits to be earned from TheraClear devices and, as such, the Company did not revalue the contingent consideration. During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company was released from its outstanding obligations for contingent consideration and as a result the liability was derecognized (see Note 8).

Revenue Recognition

Revenues from the Company’s dermatology recurring procedures customers are earned by providing physicians with its laser products and charging the physicians a fee for a fixed number of treatment sessions or a fixed fee for a specified period of time not to exceed an agreed upon number of treatments; if that number is exceeded additional fees will have to be paid. The placement of the laser products at physician locations represents embedded leases which are accounted for as operating leases. For the lasers placed-in service under these arrangements, the terms of the domestic arrangements are generally 36 months with automatic one-year renewals and include a termination clause that can be effected at any time by either party with 30 to 60 days’ notice. Amounts paid are generally non-refundable. Sales of access codes for a fixed number of treatment sessions are considered variable treatment code payments and are recognized as revenue ratably over a 30 or 60 day period. Sales of access codes for a specified period of time are recognized as revenue on a straight-line basis as the lasers are being used over the term specified in the agreement. Variable treatment code payments that will be paid only if the customer exceeds the agreed upon number of treatments are recognized only when such treatments are being exceeded and used. Internationally, the Company generally sells access codes for a fixed amount on a monthly basis to its distributors and the terms are generally 48 months, with termination in the event of the customers’ failure to remit payments timely, and include a potential buy-out at the end of the term of the contract. Currently, this is the only foreign recurring revenue. Prepaid amounts recorded in deferred revenue and customer deposits recorded in accounts payable are recognized as revenue over the lease term in the patterns described above. Pricing is fixed with the customer. With respect to lease and non-lease components, the Company adopted the practical expedient to account for the arrangement as a single lease component.

Revenues from the Company’s dermatology procedures equipment are recognized when control of the promised goods or services is transferred to its customers or distributors, in an amount that reflects the consideration to which it expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. Accordingly, the Company determines revenue recognition through the following steps:

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identification of the contract, or contracts, with a customer;

•
identification of the performance obligations in the contract;

•
determination of the transaction price;

•
allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and

•
recognition of revenue when, or as, performance obligations are satisfied.

Accounting for the Company’s contracts involves the use of significant judgments and estimates including determining the separate performance obligations, allocating the transaction price to the different performance obligations and determining the method to measure the entity’s performance toward satisfaction of performance obligations that most faithfully depicts when control is transferred to the customer. The Company allocates the contract’s transaction price to each performance obligation using the Company’s best estimate of the standalone selling price for each distinct good or service in the contract. The Company maximizes the use of observable inputs by beginning with average historical contractual selling prices and adjusting as necessary and on a consistent and rational basis for other inputs such as pricing trends, customer types, volumes and changing cost and margins.

Revenues from dermatology procedures equipment are recognized when control of the promised products is transferred to either the Company’s distributors or end-user customers, in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to be entitled to in exchange for those products (the transaction price). Control transfers to the customer at a point in time. To indicate the transfer of control, the Company must have a present right to payment and legal title must have passed to the customer. The Company ships most of its products FOB shipping point, and as such, the Company primarily transfers control and records revenue upon shipment. From time to time the Company will grant certain customers, for example governmental customers, FOB destination terms, and the transfer of control for revenue recognition occurs upon receipt. The Company has elected to recognize the cost of freight and shipping activities as fulfillment costs. Amounts billed to customers for shipping and handling are included as part of the transaction price and recognized as revenue when control of the underlying goods are transferred to the customer. The related shipping and freight charges incurred by the Company are included in cost of revenues.

The following table presents the Company’s net revenues disaggregated by dermatology recurring procedures and dermatology procedures equipment (in thousands):

   
Year Ended December 31,
 
   
2025
   
2024
 
             
Dermatology recurring procedures
 
$
21,478
   
$
21,171
 
Dermatology procedures equipment
   
9,218
     
12,391
 
Total net revenues
 
$
30,696
   
$
33,562
 

The following table summarizes the Company’s expected future undiscounted fixed treatment code payments from international dermatology recurring procedures, the Company’s only long-term arrangements, as of December 31, 2025 (in thousands):

Years ending December 31:
     
2026
 
$
1,983
 
2027
   
1,798
 
2028
   
1,236
 
2029
   
266
 
   
$
5,283
 
Remaining performance obligations related to ASC 606 represent the aggregate transaction price allocated to performance obligations with an original contract term greater than one year, which are fully or partially unsatisfied at the end of the period. Remaining performance obligations include the potential obligation to perform under extended warranties and service contracts but exclude any dermatology procedures equipment accounted for as leases. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations was $0.3 million and $0.5 million, respectively, and the Company expects to recognize $0.2 million and $0.2 million, respectively, of the remaining performance obligations within one year and the remainder over one to three years. Contract assets primarily relate to the Company’s rights to consideration for work completed in relation to its services performed but not billed at the reporting date. The contract assets are transferred to receivables when the rights become unconditional. Currently, the Company does not have any contract assets which have not transferred to a receivable.

Contract liabilities primarily relate to extended warranties and service contracts where the Company has received payments but has not yet satisfied the related performance obligations. The allocations of the transaction price are based on the price of standalone warranty contracts sold in the ordinary course of business. The advance consideration received from customers for the warranty services is a contract liability that is recognized ratably over the warranty period. As of both December 31, 2025 and 2024, the $0.2 million of short-term contract liabilities is presented as deferred revenues and the $0.1 million and $0.3 million of long-term contract liabilities, respectively, is presented within deferred revenues and other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets. For the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company recognized $0.2 million and $0.3 million, respectively, as revenue from amounts classified as contract liabilities (i.e. deferred revenues) as of December 31, 2024 and 2023.

With respect to contract acquisition costs, the Company applies the practical expedient and expenses these costs immediately.

Engineering and Product Development

Engineering and product development costs associated with research, new product development and product redesign are expensed as incurred.

Advertising Costs

Advertising costs are expensed as incurred and included in selling and marketing expenses within the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. The Company recognized advertising costs of $0.8 million and $1.0 million during the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company measures share-based awards at their grant-date fair value and records compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of the awards.

Estimating the fair value of share-based awards requires the input of subjective assumptions, including the expected term of the options and stock price volatility. The Company accounts for forfeitures of stock option awards as they occur. The estimated fair value of restricted stock awards is equal to the Company’s common stock price at the grant date. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to value its stock option awards. The assumptions used in estimating the fair value of stock-option awards represent management’s estimate and involve inherent uncertainties and the application of management’s judgment. As a result, if factors change and management uses different assumptions, share-based compensation expense could be materially different for future awards.
Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes using the asset and liability method. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on differences between the financial reporting and tax basis of assets and liabilities, as well as on net operating loss carryforwards, and are measured using enacted tax rates and laws that are expected to be in effect when the differences reverse. Any resulting net deferred tax assets are evaluated for recoverability and, accordingly, a valuation allowance is provided when it is not more likely than not that all or some portion of the deferred tax asset will be realized.

The Company recognizes the tax effects of uncertain tax positions only if the position is “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained were it to be challenged by a taxing authority. The assessment of the tax position is based solely on the technical merits of the position, without regard to the likelihood that the tax position may be challenged. If an uncertain tax position meets the “more-likely-than-not” threshold, the largest amount of tax benefit that is more than 50% likely to be recognized upon ultimate settlement with the taxing authority is recorded. The Company has no uncertain tax positions as of December 31, 2025. The Company includes interest and penalties related to income tax obligations within income tax expense. The Company’s tax years are still under open status from 2022 to present.

Employee Retention Credit

The Employee Retention Credit (“ERC”) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) is a refundable tax credit which encouraged businesses to keep employees on the payroll during the COVID-19 pandemic. Eligible employers could qualify for up to $7.0 thousand of credit for each employee based on qualified wages paid after December 31, 2020 and before January 1, 2022. Qualified wages are any wages paid to an employee (for employers that averaged fewer than 100 full-time employees in 2019) or the wages paid to an employee for the time that the employee is providing and not providing services (for employers that averaged more than 500 full-time employees in 2019) due to an economic hardship, specifically, either (1) a full or partial suspension of operations by order of a governmental authority due to COVID-19, or (2) a significant decline in gross receipts. The Company recognized $0.9 million of ERC upon receipt as other income in the consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2024. There was no such activity for the year ended December 31, 2025.

Net Loss Per Share

Basic net loss per share of common stock is computed by dividing net loss attributable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during each period. Diluted loss per share of common stock includes the effect, if any, from the potential exercise or conversion of securities such as unvested restricted stock awards, stock options and warrants for common stock which would result in the issuance of incremental shares of common stock. For diluted net loss per share, the weighted-average number of shares of common stock is the same as for basic net loss per share due to the fact that when a net loss exists, dilutive securities are not included in the calculation as the impact is anti-dilutive.

The following potentially dilutive securities have been excluded from the computation of diluted weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding, as they would be anti-dilutive:

   
December 31,
 
   
2025
   
2024
 
             
Stock options
   
725,726
     
521,726
 
Common stock warrants
   
80,000
     
80,000
 
Restricted stock units
   
2,265
     
2,265
 
     
807,991
     
603,991
 
Accounting Pronouncements Recently Adopted

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, which is intended to improve income tax disclosure requirements by requiring (1) consistent categories and greater disaggregation of information in the rate reconciliation and (2) the disaggregation of income taxes paid by jurisdiction. The guidance makes several other changes to the income tax disclosure requirements. The guidance in this ASU is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The Company adopted the guidance in ASU 2023-09 for the year ended December 31, 2025, and it is being applied prospectively to its consolidated financial statement disclosures.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses, as subsequently amended by ASU 2025-01 to clarify the effective date, which is intended to provide more detailed information about specified categories of expenses (purchases of inventory, employee compensation, depreciation and amortization) included in certain expense captions presented on the consolidated statement of operations. The guidance in this ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The amendments may be applied either (1) prospectively to financial statements issued for periods after the effective date of this ASU or (2) retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the consolidated financial statements. The Company is currently evaluating the effect this ASU will have on its consolidated financial statements and footnote disclosures.

In July 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-05, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets, which simplifies the estimation of credit losses on current accounts receivable and contract assets by allowing the election of a practical expedient to assume that the current conditions as of the consolidated balance sheet date will remain unchanged for the remaining life of the asset when developing a reasonable and supportable forecast as part of estimating expected credit losses on these assets. The guidance in this ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2025 and for interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted. If adopted in an interim period, entities are required to apply the new guidance as of the beginning of the annual reporting period that includes such interim period. The Company does not expect this ASU to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In December 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-11, Interim Reporting (Topic 270), which clarifies the guidance in Topic 270 to improve the consistency of interim financing reporting. The ASU provides a comprehensive list of required interim disclosures and introduces a disclosure principle requiring entities to disclose events since the end of the last annual reporting period that have a material impact on the entity. The guidance in this ASU is effective for interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the effect this ASU will have on its consolidated financial statements.