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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM  i 10-K

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 i ☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

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For the Fiscal Year ended  i December 31, 2021

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 i ☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

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Commission file number:  i 000-55882

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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: ( i 786)  i 871-3333

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act   Yes ☐    i No ☒

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.   i Yes ☒   No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☐  i No ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has submitted electronically, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).  i Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b 2 of the Exchange Act.

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  i ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b 2 of the Exchange Act). Yes  i ☐ No ☒

As of May 24, 2022, there were  i 3,650,165 shares of Class A Common Stock, and  i 0 shares of Class B Common Stock, outstanding.

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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Annual Report on Form 10-K (this “Annual Report”) contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that are intended to be covered by the “safe harbor” created by those sections. Forward-looking statements, which are based on certain assumptions and describe our future plans, strategies and expectations, can generally be identified by the use of forward-looking terms such as “believe,” “expect,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “would,” “could,” “seek,” “intend,” “plan,” “goal,” “project,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “strategy,” “future,” “likely” or the negative thereof or other variations thereon or other comparable terminology. All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this Annual Report regarding our strategies, prospects, financial condition, operations, costs, plans and objectives are forward-looking statements. Examples of forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements we make regarding: expectations for revenues, cash flows and financial performance and the anticipated results of our ongoing development and business strategies.

Forward-looking statements are neither historical facts nor assurances of future performance. Instead, they are based only on our current beliefs, expectations and assumptions regarding the future of our business, future plans and strategies, projections, anticipated events and trends, the economy and other future conditions. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of our control. Our actual results and financial condition may differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Therefore, you should not rely on any of these forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause our actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the following:

Any forward-looking statement made by us in this report is based only on information currently available to us and speaks only as of the date on which it is made. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

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Item 1. Business

Company History and Acquisition

Andover National Corporation, (“We”, or “The Company”), was organized in the State of Utah on March 20, 2014 as Acadia Technologies, Inc. We changed our name to Edgar Express, Inc. (“Edgar Express”) on September 15, 2016.

On September 25, 2018, we entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) by and among us, our stockholders (collectively, the “Sellers”), John D. Thomas, P.C., as the Sellers’ representative, and Windber National LLC, The Peter A. Cohen Revocable Trust, Blumenthal Family Investment Joint Venture, L.P., and Jeffrey C. Piermont (collectively, the “Buyers”), pursuant to which the Buyers paid $450,000 in aggregate cash consideration for (i) 2,340,000 shares of our Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001, from the Sellers, which shares constituted 99.96% of our issued and outstanding shares as of September 25, 2018 and (ii) the extinguishment and payment in full of (A) an aggregate of approximately $307,371 in our notes payable, and (B) an aggregate of approximately $54,187 in loans payable by us (the “Acquisition”). As a result of the Acquisition, the Buyers held a controlling interest in us. The above share amounts have been adjusted to reflect the Reincorporation (as defined below).

Effective February 14, 2019, we completed a change of domicile to Delaware from Utah (the “Reincorporation”) by means of a merger of Edgar Express with and into us, its wholly-owned subsidiary. In connection with the Reincorporation, and effective upon the effectiveness of the Reincorporation, each issued and outstanding share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Edgar Express automatically converted into and became one-fifth (1/5th) of one validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable share of our Class A Common Stock without any action on the part of Edgar Express’ stockholders.

On October 4, 2019, Andover Environmental Solutions, LLC, our wholly-owned subsidiary (“Andover Environmental”), entered into a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement with Heath L. Legg, pursuant to which Andover Environmental purchased sixty percent (60)% of the membership interests of ANC Green Solutions I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, for $4,000,000 in cash, subject to certain adjustments. The primary reason for this acquisition was to expand our business into new markets, and to increase the revenue through acquisitions using cash we have available through recent sales of equity securities. We were able to obtain control through the cash purchase of membership interests in a newly formed subsidiary.

On February 3, 2020, Potter’s Professional Lawn Care, LLC, our indirect subsidiary (“Potter’s Buyer”), entered into an Asset Purchase and Contribution Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Potter’s Professional Lawn Care, Inc., a Florida corporation (“Potter’s Seller”), and the shareholders of Potter’s Seller party thereto, pursuant to which Potter’s Buyer purchased from Potter’s Seller a sixty percent (60)% interest in all of Potter’s Seller’s right, title and interest in and to all of Potter’s Seller’s property and assets, for $1,680,000 in cash, subject to certain adjustments.

On February 28, 2020, Smith’s Tree Care, LLC (“Smith’s Buyer”), our indirect subsidiary, entered into an Asset and Equity Purchase and Contribution Agreement (the “Smith’s Purchase Agreement”) with Smith’s Tree Care, Inc., a Virginia corporation (“Smith’s Seller”), Utro Crane Company, LLC, our indirect subsidiary, Utro Crane Company, Inc., a Virginia corporation, and ANC Green Solutions - Smith’s, LLC, our indirect subsidiary (“ANC Smith’s”), pursuant to which, among other things, (i) Smith’s Buyer purchased an undivided sixty percent (60)% interest in all of Smith’s Seller’s right, title and interest in and to all of Smith’s Seller’s property and assets (the “Smith’s Acquired Assets”), in consideration for an aggregate purchase price payable by Smith’s Buyer of approximately $3.0 million, subject to certain adjustments, as set forth in the Smith’s Purchase Agreement and (ii) Smith’s Seller conveyed, transferred, assigned and delivered to ANC Smith’s an undivided forty percent (40)% interest in the Smith’s Acquired Assets in exchange for equity securities of ANC Smith’s.

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On January 20, 2021, Zodega Landscape Services, LLC (“Zodega Buyer”), our indirect subsidiary, entered into an Asset Purchase and Contribution Agreement (the “Zodega Purchase Agreement”) with Litton Enterprises Inc. (d/b/a Zodega-TIS Services), a Texas corporation (“Zodega Seller”), ANC Green Solutions - Zodega, LLC (“ANC Zodega”), our indirect subsidiary, and Messrs. Robert Dihu and Larry Litton Jr., pursuant to which, among other things, (i) Zodega Buyer purchased an undivided fifty-one percent (51)% interest in all of Zodega Seller’s right, title and interest in and to all of Zodega Seller’s property and assets (the “Zodega Acquired Assets”), in consideration for 51,290 shares of our Class A Common Stock (including 5,129 holdback shares), with a value of approximately $0.6 million, subject to certain adjustments, as set forth on the Zodega Purchase Agreement, (ii) Zodega Seller conveyed, transferred, assigned and delivered to ANC Zodega an undivided forty-nine percent (49)% interest in the Acquired Assets in exchange for equity securities of ANC Zodega’s and (iii) at the closing, for and in consideration of the transfer of the Majority Interest, Zodega Seller conveyed, transferred, assigned, and delivered to ANC Zodega, 51,290 ANC Shares (including 5,129 holdback shares), the aggregate value of such ANC Shares being equal to $564,185 and shall assume the Assumed Liabilities. The closing of the transactions contemplated by the Zodega Purchase Agreement occurred on January 20, 2021.

Following our initial acquisition of the Zodega business, Zodega has completed four bolt-on acquisitions of businesses providing landscaping and hardscaping, landscape design, lawn and landscape maintenance and related services in Texas.

On January 26, 2021, the Company’s subsidiary ANC Green Solutions- Zodega made a capital call, as defined in the limited liability agreement of ANC Zodega, of $1.0 million, to fund the acquisition of substantially all of the assets and property of Texas Seasons Corporation through the Company’s indirect subsidiary and ANC Zodega’s wholly-owned subsidiary Zodega Landscape Services, LLC. In connection with funding the capital call for the acquisition, the Company entered into a promissory note agreement with Litton Enterprises Inc. for $0.3 million. The promissory note agreement bears interest at a rate of the Wall Street Journal Prime Rate (“WSJ Prime”) plus 7.0%, is guaranteed personally by Messrs. Larry Litton Jr. and Robert Dihu, and is due to be repaid by the minority interest holder to the Company on the fourth anniversary of the note agreement.

On February 18, 2021, the Company’s subsidiary, ANC Green Solutions- Zodega made a capital call, as defined in the limited liability agreement of ANC Zodega, of $0.3 million, to fund the acquisition of substantially all of the assets and property of Greentex Landscaping Inc., through the Company’s indirect subsidiary and ANC Zodega’s wholly-owned subsidiary Zodega Landscape Services, LLC. In connection with funding the capital call for the acquisition, the Company entered into a promissory note agreement with Litton Enterprises Inc. for $0.1 million. The promissory note agreement bears interest at a rate of WSJ Prime plus 7.0%, is guaranteed personally by Messrs. Larry Litton Jr. and Robert Dihu, and is due to be repaid by the minority interest holder to the Company on the fourth anniversary of the note agreement.

On February 19, 2021, the Company’s subsidiary, ANC Green Solutions- Zodega made a capital call, as defined in the limited liability agreement of ANC Zodega, of $2.0 million, to fund the acquisition of substantially all of the assets and property of C.J.’s Yardworks, Inc. through the Company’s indirect subsidiary and ANC Zodega’s wholly-owned subsidiary Zodega Landscape Services, LLC. In connection with funding the capital call for the acquisition, the Company entered into a promissory note agreement with Litton Enterprises Inc. for $0.9 million. The promissory note agreement bears interest at a rate of WSJ Prime plus 7.0%, is guaranteed personally by Messrs. Larry Litton Jr. and Robert Dihu, and is due to be repaid by the minority interest holder to the Company on the fourth anniversary of the note agreement.

On March 12, 2021, the Company’s subsidiary, ANC Green Solutions- Zodega made a capital call, as defined in the limited liability agreement of ANC Zodega, of $0.8 million, to fund the acquisition of substantially all of the assets and property of Lillard Lawn & Landscaping, Inc. through the Company’s indirect subsidiary and ANC Zodega’s wholly-owned subsidiary Zodega Landscape Services, LLC. In connection with funding the capital call for the acquisition, the Company entered into a promissory note agreement with Litton Enterprises Inc. for $0.2 million. The promissory note agreement bears interest at a rate of WSJ Prime plus 7.0%, is guaranteed personally by Messrs. Larry Litton Jr. and Robert Dihu, and is due to be repaid by the minority interest holder to the Company on the fourth anniversary of the note agreement.

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On April 18, 2022, Andover Environmental Solutions, LLC entered into a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement with Litton Enterprises Inc. and Messrs. Robert Dihu and Larry Litton Jr., pursuant to which, among other things, the sale of fifty-one percent (51)% interest of ANC Zodega, will consolidate indirect ownership of all of the Zodega Opco Assets (“Zodega Opco Assets”) (collectively, the “Litton Sale”). The aggregate purchase price for the Purchased Interests (the “Purchase Price”) was equal to: (i) the Promissory Note, Pledge, and Guaranty by Purchaser and the pledgors and guarantors specified therein in the principal amount of $1.8 million which is to be received on or by May 27, 2022, and (ii) 51,290 shares of Class “A” Common Stock. As part of the sale, the Litton and Zodega loans (“Litton and Zodega loans”) to ANC Zodega were forgiven. The total amount lent to Litton and Zodega, both including interest, was $1,330,558 and $849,903, respectively. The loans were originally lent for purposes of infusing ANC Zodega with cash upon the initial purchase in January 2021.

The Company filed a Form 15 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on November 30, 2021 to suspend its public reporting filing responsibilities due to the significant costs of operating as a public reporting company. As a result, the Company will cease to file Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act with the SEC and stockholders will cease to receive annual reports and proxy statements.

Emerging Growth Company Status

We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the Jumpstart our Business Startups Act of 2012 (“JOBS Act”), and we may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies, including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. We cannot predict if investors will find our Class A Common Stock less attractive because we may rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our Class A Common Stock less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our Class A Common Stock and the price of our Class A Common Stock may be more volatile.

Section 107 of the JOBS Act provides that an “emerging growth company” can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) for complying with new or revised accounting standards. In other words, an “emerging growth company” can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We have elected not to opt out of the transition period pursuant to Section 107(b).

We could remain an “emerging growth company” until the last day of our fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of our initial public offering, or until the earliest of (i) the last day of the first fiscal year in which our annual gross revenues exceed $1.07 billion, (ii) the date that we become a “large accelerated filer” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act, which would occur if the market value of our Class A Common Stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter, or (iii) the date on which we have issued more than $1.07 billion in non-convertible debt during the preceding three-year period.

Notwithstanding the above, we are also currently a “smaller reporting company”, meaning that we are not an investment company, an asset-backed issuer, or a majority-owned subsidiary of a parent company that is not a smaller reporting company and have a public float of less than $250 million and annual revenues of less than $100 million during the most recently completed fiscal year. In the event that we are still considered a “smaller reporting company,” at such time we cease being an “emerging growth company,” the disclosure we will be required to provide in our SEC filings will increase but will still be less than it would be if we were not considered either an “emerging growth company” or a “smaller reporting company”. Specifically, similar to “emerging growth companies”, “smaller reporting companies” are able to provide simplified executive compensation disclosures in their filings; are exempt from the provisions of Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requiring that independent registered public accounting firms provide an attestation report on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting; and have certain other decreased disclosure obligations in their SEC filings, including, among other things, only being required to provide two years of audited financial statements in annual reports. Decreased disclosures in our SEC filings due to our status as an “emerging growth company” or “smaller reporting company” may make it harder for investors to analyze our results of operations and financial prospects.

Overview

Historically, we used our permanent capital base to buy majority stakes in successful private companies with an orientation towards growth. Our current principal focus is essential environmental services and related industries primarily located in the Southern United

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States. These include but are not limited to companies in the commercial landscaping, commercial and residential tree care, and pest control.

Unlike traditional private equity funds, our investment approach and structure allow our minority operating partners to preserve their successful operating cultures and unique brand identities. Maintaining large minority stakes in their businesses also aligns our interests and has allowed us to build a large pipeline of attractive acquisition opportunities. We find many owners in our target markets desire some liquidity, but still want to manage and grow their businesses by leveraging their experience and local relationships. We believe these owners will achieve greater success by partnering with us, as they gain not only access to stable sources of capital but have more freedom to manage their operations with a focus on growth. We typically acquire no less than 51% and no more than 70% of a company with the balance remaining with the operating partner.

Presently, we are focused on essential environmental services, which we define as commercial landscaping, commercial and residential tree care, and pest control. These markets are estimated to be worth approximately $65.0 billion, $24.0 billion, and $12.0 billion, respectively, per year in the United States, according to the US Department of Commerce and industry trade journals. These are highly fragmented industries, offering services that are non-discretionary, and not subject to significant technological disruption. The growth rates of these industries have also outpaced general economic growth for many years, based on industry trade journals. We also typically see significant amounts of contractual revenue in the companies we acquire, with relatively low rates of customer attrition.

We believe many emerging secular trends support demand for the environmental services we provide, and that these will further enhance the durability and growth of our chosen industries for decades. These trends are more prevalent in the Southeast, and include steady population growth, stable economic activity, severe and persistent tropical weather, and relatively longer growing seasons. The intense concentration of demand for our environmental services in the Southeastern United States and the business-friendly operating environment makes this an ideal geographic area on which to focus.

As of this filing date, we have successfully closed on four platform businesses. We have also successfully closed on three bolt-on businesses for ANC Zodega. In connection to the Litton Sale, we disposed of the one platform and three bolt-on businesses. The remaining three bolt-on businesses generated approximately $9.6 million in revenue during 2021. In the years prior to our acquisitions, our newly acquired businesses showed steady growth and consistent profitability.

Our principal business office and mailing address is 333 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 2000, Miami, Florida, 31331. Our telephone number is (786) 871-3333. Our Company website is www.andovernational.com and we can be contacted at IR@andovernational.com.

Business

We believe a critical component of creating successful partnerships is the alignment of interests which results from allowing our partners to retain large ownership stakes in the companies they built. This approach incentivizes continued value creation as our partners share in our collective long-term upside. Additionally, we can leverage our partners’ local market knowledge to help us expand the scale and scope of these businesses, both organically and through acquisitions.

We avoid the use of excessive debt or esoteric financial engineering to acquire companies. Unlike traditional private equity investors, we do not expect our success will be solely driven by monetizing our portfolio companies through an eventual sale, but primarily through the growth of our companies. This allows us to take a long-term view on increasing the value of our businesses and growing their profits, which we believe makes Andover an increasingly attractive acquirer. We also seek to partner with owners who share a strong sense of commitment to their employees, clients, and community—traits we believe are critical to everyone’s long-term success.

Importantly, we want our operating partners to continue leveraging their well-established local brand names. We believe their identity is important within their local markets and is a competitive advantage. In our industries, customers enjoy doing business with local owners, and we believe letting our operating partners maintain their identity and operating philosophy is valuable.

Our acquisition strategy is driven by a “local” roll-up approach. We seek and partner with high quality operators across our geographic focus areas and service lines, acquire a majority interest in these companies, and use these “local platforms” to execute full buyouts of smaller businesses. This approach allows our local business partners to leverage their best-practices, strong operating culture, and regional branding on a much larger scale across their market. This model also allows us to benefit from traditional cost and revenue synergies, while still maintaining the unique characteristics which have allowed our platform companies to thrive in their local markets.

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Our initial platform acquisition was in October 2019 for Superior Services located in Huntsville, Alabama which is a commercial landscaping and pest-control business. Superior Services has ambitions to become one of the largest pest control and landscaping providers in southern Tennessee and northern Alabama, which are both economically vibrant areas with fast-growing demand for these services. Superior Services also has a small mosquito control franchise business.

Our second platform acquisition was in February 2020 for Potter’s Lawn and Landscaping of Pompano Beach, Florida which is a commercial landscaping and pest control business focusing on municipalities and home-owners associations, which are widespread throughout the state. This platform company continues to grow, and our operating partner aims to expand along the east coast of Florida towards Vero Beach, a corridor that is seeing strong population and economic growth. Furthermore, this platform company has an expanding base of pest control customers which will grow as it continues cross selling these services to commercial landscaping clients.

Our third platform acquisition was in February 2020 for Smith’s Tree Care, located in Newport News, Virginia which is a commercial tree care business. This platform company has large amounts of commercial, governmental and university work that is stable and growing. Moreover, our operating partners at Smith’s Tree Care are focused on a meaningful opportunity to grow organically by expanding their operational footprint beyond their current market.

Our fourth platform acquisition was in January 2021 for Zodega Landscape Services, LLC in Houston, Texas which is a commercial and residential landscaping company. This platform company has a customer mix that is varied including significant amounts of residential and commercial work on a contractual basis. Since our transaction, Zodega has completed four bolt-on acquisitions as of this filing date, including three businesses focused in the Dallas, Texas area. Zodega’s acquisition activity has been focused on growing its recurring maintenance business, while still maintaining a healthy pipeline of higher margin installation work which is expected to augment maintenance revenues. On April 18, 2022, we sold our interest in Zodega Landscaping, LLC.

On a combined basis, our remaining three operating companies currently have thousands of customers and hundreds of employees. These companies have generated positive historical cash flow, owing to their modest capital expenditure requirements and their relatively high margins. They exemplify the types of businesses partners and geographies we seek due to their significant upside potential.

The pandemic negatively impacted our three operating businesses from labor shortages due to increased costs of goods sold. Each operating business applied for and received PPP Loans (as defined below) which helped stabilize operations. In addition, our operations in Texas were negatively impacted by a major power crisis resulting from three severe winter storms. In response, we have undertaken measures to reduce costs, including suspending our public reporting filing responsibilities as well as reducing headcount and eliminating our physical office space.

Competition

There are well over 100,000 commercial operators within our target verticals of landscaping, tree care and pest control with the vast majority being sole-proprietorships.

There are also a number of larger players in the United States, including:  Orkin, Terminix, BrightView, TruGreen Cos, Rentokil, The Davey Tree Expert, Cook’s Pest Control, Yellowstone, Bartlett Tree, Asplundh Tree Service, Gunnison Tree Services, Xylem Tree Service, SCG Partners, SavATree, Anticimex and Gothic Landscape. The largest competitor in the landscaping and tree care space is BrightView, with an approximately 2.6% share of the U.S. market as of 2018, and the largest competitor in pest control is Orkin, with an approximately 12.3% share of the U.S. market as of 2018. These larger players offer brand name recognition as well as best practices and economies of scale.  Our model is distinct in that we offer founders the ability to maintain their local brands as well as active management in terms of strategic direction and control.

Seasonality

Our commercial landscaping, tree care and pest control service operations in Florida, Texas, Virginia and Alabama experience seasonal variability during the winter months.  Typically, our revenues and net income have been significantly higher in the spring and summer seasons.

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Employees

As of December 31, 2021, we had six employees at the corporate level and our operating businesses had an aggregate of approximately 200 employees.

Available Information

We file electronically with the SEC our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The SEC maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC. The address of that website is www.sec.gov.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

The following risk factors may be important to understanding any statement in this Annual Report on Form 10-K or elsewhere. Our business, financial condition and operating results can be affected by a number of factors, whether currently known or unknown, including but not limited to those described below. Any one or more of such factors could directly or indirectly cause our actual results of operations and financial condition to vary materially from past or anticipated future results of operations and financial condition. Any of these factors, in whole or in part, could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and stock price.

Summary of Risk Factors

Our business is subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including those highlighted in this section below, that represent challenges that we face in connection with the successful implementation of our strategy. The occurrence of one or more of the events or circumstances described in more detail in the risk factors below, alone or in combination with other events or circumstances, may have an adverse effect on our business, cash flows, financial condition and results of operations. Such risks include, but are not limited to:

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Risks Relating to the Company

We have historically incurred losses and we anticipate that we will continue to incur losses for the foreseeable future.

We have funded our operations to date principally from the sale of securities. In addition, as we acquire other businesses, we incur ongoing depreciation and amortization charges, which are typically spread over several years, as well as the costs of completing such acquisitions, which are expensed as incurred. For these reasons, we may continue to incur significant losses. These losses, among other things, have had and will continue to have an adverse effect on our stockholders’ equity and working capital and we cannot assure you that we will be able to be successful in implementing our business strategy.

We face early stage risks and other risks that we have not yet identified.

We have a limited operating history. As a company in the early stages of its business strategy, we may experience under-capitalization, cash shortages, setbacks in employee recruitment or acquisitions for growth opportunities, and other risks common to emerging

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businesses. No assurance can be given that we will be able to successfully implement any or all of our business plan, or if implemented, that we will accomplish the desired objectives of operation, expansion, or creation of additional revenues and earnings.

We are reliant on the success of our expansion plans.

Our growth strategy depends to a significant degree upon our ability to successfully acquire, develop, and profitably operate new businesses, in industries and markets that we choose to enter. The successful acquisition and development of new businesses will depend on a number of factors, including the identification and availability of suitable assets, businesses or acquisition candidates, the determination of new industries in which to expand, the availability of adequate financing, the hiring, training, and retention of qualified employees, the ability of management to effectively control the expansion process, and other factors, some or all of which may be beyond our control. As a result, there can be no assurance that we will be able to implement our growth strategy, to acquire new businesses on a timely and cost-efficient basis, or to operate our new businesses profitably. If the expected operating efficiencies from such transactions do not materialize, if we fail to integrate new businesses into our existing portfolio, or if the costs of such integration exceed expectations, our operating results and financial condition would be adversely affected.

If future acquisitions do not achieve sufficient profitability relative to expenses and investment, our business and ability to finance our operations could be materially adversely affected.

A key element of our growth strategy is the acquisition or development of other related businesses. The potential negotiation of future acquisitions could require us to incur significant costs and expose us to significant risks, including:

These issues could have a material adverse effect on our business and our ability to finance our operations. The businesses and other assets we acquire in the future may not achieve sufficient revenue or profitability to justify our investment, and any difficulties we may encounter in the integration process could interfere with our operations and reduce operating margins. Acquisitions have, and could in the future, also result in dilutive issuance of our equity securities, incurrence of debt and contingent liabilities, and fluctuations in quarterly results and expenses. We may need to make substantial capital and operating expenditures which may negatively impact our results in the near term, and the acquisitions may never meet our expectations.

Increased operating expenses associated with the expansion of our business may negatively impact our operating income.

Increased operating expenses associated with any expansion of our business may negatively impact our income as we, among other things:

As a result of these factors, we may not achieve, sustain, or increase our profitability on an ongoing basis.

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We may have difficulty integrating the operations of companies or businesses that we may acquire and may incur substantial costs in connection therewith.

A significant component of our growth strategy is the acquisition of other operations. We have evaluated, and expect to continue to evaluate, a wide array of potential strategic transactions. From time to time, we may engage in discussions regarding potential acquisitions. The costs and benefits of future acquisitions are uncertain. Any of these transactions could be material to our business, financial condition, and results of operations. In addition, the process of integrating the operations of an acquired company may create unforeseen operating difficulties and expenditures. The key areas where we may face risks and uncertainties include:

If we identify appropriate acquisition targets, we may be unable to acquire businesses on terms that we consider acceptable due to a variety of factors, including competition from other strategic or financial buyers. Furthermore, in order to achieve the growth we seek, we may acquire numerous smaller market participants, which could require significant attention from management and increase risks, costs, and uncertainties associated with integration.

Our senior management team have limited or no operational experience in the day-to-day operations of the industries in which our businesses operate.

Our senior management team has limited or no operational experience in the industries in which we operate. Our management team relies on the knowledge and talent of the operating partners and employees in our operating subsidiaries to successfully operate these businesses on a day-to-day basis. We may not be able to retain, hire or train personnel as quickly or efficiently as we need or on terms that are acceptable to us. An inability to efficiently operate our businesses would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial conditions, results of operations, and prospects.

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If we decide to acquire a business outside of the expertise of our officers and directors, we cannot assure you that our officers and directors will have sufficient knowledge relating to the targets, the jurisdiction in which they operate, or their industry to make an informed decision regarding such business acquisitions.

Our management’s expertise is concentrated primarily in finance and investing, with substantial collective experience allocating capital to build, manage, and operate public and private companies. Should a favorable business opportunity present itself in an industry or area that is outside of our management’s expertise, our ability to assess the growth potential, financial condition, experience and skill of incumbent management, competitive position, regulatory environment, and other criteria in evaluating such a business opportunity may be adversely affected. If we determine to enter into an acquisition with a prospective target business which is outside of the expertise of our management, no assurance can be given that we will be able to complete such an acquisition successfully.

Substantial resources could be expended in researching business acquisitions that are not consummated, which could materially adversely affect subsequent attempts to locate and consummate business acquisitions.

We anticipate that the investigation of each specific target business and the negotiation, drafting, and execution of relevant agreements, disclosure documents, and other instruments will require substantial management time and attention and substantial costs for accountants, attorneys, and other third-party fees and expenses. If we decide not to enter into an agreement with respect to a specific proposed acquisition we have investigated, the costs incurred up to that point for the proposed transaction likely would not be recoverable. Furthermore, even if an agreement is reached relating to a specific target business, we may fail to consummate the business acquisition for any number of reasons, many of which are beyond our control. Any such event will result in a loss to us of the related costs incurred which could materially adversely affect subsequent attempts to locate and consummate a business acquisition.

We are dependent upon our key personnel, including our strategic operating partners.

Our ability to develop, expand, and maintain a competitive position in light of market developments will depend, in large part, on our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel. The successful operation of our growth strategy is tied to our hiring of key operations managers, salespeople and other employees that are both experienced in the relevant industry and located in the geographic locations into which we wish to expand. Further, we rely greatly on our executive management team to determine our business strategy, select appropriate targets for expansion and acquisition, and manage our overall portfolio of businesses. Competition for such personnel is substantial, and no assurance can be given that we will be able to attract and retain such personnel.

Since November 1, 2021, Jeffrey C. Piermont, the Company’s former President and Chief Operating Officer and Milun K. Patel, the Company’s former Chief Financial Officer, have separated from the Company.

In addition, our business strategy is premised on locating operating partners who retain an ownership stake following our acquisition. We believe that a critical part of our success is retaining and motivating these operating partners because of their collective industry knowledge, marketing skills and relationships with vendors and customers. Should any of these individuals leave us, we could have difficulty replacing them with qualified individuals and it could have a material adverse effect on our future results of operations.

Our business is affected by general business, financial market and economic conditions, which could adversely affect our financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

Our business and results of operations are significantly affected by general business, financial market and economic conditions. General business, financial market and economic conditions that could impact the level of activity in the commercial landscape, pest control and tree care industries include the level of commercial construction activity, the condition of the real estate markets where we operate, interest rate fluctuations, inflation, unemployment and wage levels, changes and uncertainties related to government fiscal and tax policies including change in tax rates, duties, tariffs, or other restrictions, capital spending, bankruptcies, volatility in both the debt and equity capital markets, liquidity of the global financial markets, the availability and cost of credit, investor and consumer confidence, global economic growth, local, state and federal government regulation, and the strength of regional and local economies in which we operate. New or increased tariffs may impact the costs of some of our supplies and equipment. The degree of our exposure is dependent on (among other things) the type of goods, rates imposed and timing of the tariffs. These factors could also negatively impact the timing or the ultimate collection of accounts receivable, which would adversely impact our business, financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

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During an economic downturn, our customers may decrease their spending on landscape, tree care, and pest control services by seeking to reduce expenditures for such services, in particular enhancement services, engaging a lower cost service provider or, in some cases, performing maintenance themselves rather than outsourcing to third parties like us.

Our business, results of operations and financial condition may be materially adversely impacted by public health epidemics, including the recent coronavirus pandemic and other outbreaks.

Our business, results of operations and financial condition may be materially adversely impacted if a public health epidemic, including the recent coronavirus outbreak, interferes with our ability, or the ability of our employees, workers, contractors, suppliers and other business partners to perform our and their respective responsibilities and obligations relative to the conduct of our business. A public health epidemic, including the coronavirus outbreak, poses the risk of disruptions from the temporary closure of third-party suppliers and manufacturers, disruptions related to the health of the employees of our operating businesses, the decreased willingness or ability of our customers to utilize our services and shutdowns that may be requested or mandated by governmental authorities. The extent to which the coronavirus impacts our results will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted, including new information which may emerge concerning the severity of the coronavirus and the actions to contain the coronavirus or treat its impact, among others.

Risks Relating to Our Operating Businesses

Our industry and the markets in which we operate are highly competitive and increased competitive pressures could reduce our share of the markets we serve and adversely affect our business, financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

We operate in markets with relatively few large competitors. Barriers to entry in the landscape services industry are generally low, while the barriers to entry in tree care and pest control maintenance service are generally moderate. All of our markets are highly competitive consisting of various sized entities, ranging from small or local operators to large regional and national businesses, as well as potential customers that choose not to outsource their landscape, tree care and pest control maintenance services. Any of our competitors may foresee the course of market development more accurately than we do, provide superior service, have the ability to deliver similar services at a lower cost, develop stronger relationships with our customers and other consumers in the industries in which we operate, adapt more quickly to evolving customer requirements than we do, devote greater resources to the promotion and sale of their services or access financing on more favorable terms than we can obtain.

Our customers consider the quality and differentiation of the services we provide, our customer service and price when deciding whether to use our services. We may not be able to, or may choose not to, compete with certain competitors on the basis of price. If we are unable to differentiate our services on the basis of high levels of service, quality and strong relationships, a greater proportion of our customers may switch to lower cost services providers or perform such services themselves. If we are unable to compete effectively with our existing competitors or new competitors enter the markets in which we operate, or our current customers stop outsourcing their landscape, tree care and pest control maintenance services, our financial position, results of operations and cash flows may be materially and adversely affected.

In addition, former employees may start landscape, tree care and pest control services businesses similar to ours and compete directly with us. Our industry faces low barriers to entry, making the possibility of former employees starting similar businesses more likely. Any increased competition from businesses started by former employees may reduce our market share and adversely affect our business, financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

We are also subject to the risks that our operating partners may seek to start businesses similar to ours and compete directly with us. While we customarily sign non-competition agreements with our operating partners, which typically continue for two years following the termination of employment, such agreements do not fully protect us against competition from former operating partners. Enforceability of these non-competition agreements varies from state to state, and state courts will generally examine all of the facts and circumstances at the time a party seeks to enforce a non-competition agreement. Consequently, we cannot predict with certainty whether, if challenged, a court will enforce any particular non-competition agreement. Any increased competition from businesses started by former employees may reduce our market share and adversely affect our business, financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

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Our business success depends on our ability to preserve long-term customer relationships.

Our success depends on our ability to retain our current customers, renew our existing customer contracts and obtain new business. Our ability to do so generally depends on a variety of factors, including the quality, price and responsiveness of our services, as well as our ability to market these services effectively and differentiate ourselves from our competitors. We largely seek to differentiate ourselves from our competitors on the basis of high levels of service, breadth of service offerings and strong relationships and may not be able to, or may choose not to, compete with certain competitors on the basis of price. There can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain new business, renew existing customer contracts at the same or higher levels of pricing or that our current customers will not cease operations, elect to self-operate or terminate contracts with us.

We primarily provide services pursuant to agreements that are cancellable by either party upon 30-days’ notice or no notice at all. Consequently, our customers can unilaterally terminate all services pursuant to the terms of our service agreements, without penalty.

Seasonality affects the demand for our services and our results of operations and cash flows.

The demand for our landscaping, tree care and pest control service operations in Virginia, Florida, and Alabama are affected by the seasonal nature of our services in certain regions. In geographies that do not have a year-round growing season, the demand for our services decreases during the winter months. Typically, our revenues and net income have been higher in the spring and summer seasons, which correspond with our second and third fiscal quarters. Our businesses may experience lower activity levels during the winter months. Such seasonality causes our results of operations to vary from quarter to quarter. Due to the relative seasonal nature of the services we provide, we can experience seasonality in our employment and working capital needs. Our employment and working capital needs can correspond with the increased demand for our services in the spring and summer months and employment levels and operating costs are generally at their highest during such months. Consequently, our results of operations and financial position can vary from year-to-year, as well as from quarter-to-quarter. If we are unable to effectively manage the seasonality and year-to-year variability, our results of operations, financial position and cash flow may be adversely affected.

Our operations are impacted by weather conditions.

The demand for the services we provide is affected by weather conditions, including, without limitation, potential impacts from climate change, droughts, severe storms and significant rain or snowfall, all of which may impact the timing and frequency of the performance of our services, or our ability to perform the services at all. For example, severe weather conditions, such as excessive heat or cold, may result in maintenance services being omitted for part of a season or beginning or ending earlier than anticipated, which could result in lost revenues or require additional services to be performed for which we may not receive corresponding incremental revenues. Variability in the frequency of which we must perform our services can affect the margins we realize on a given contract.

Certain extreme weather events, such as hurricanes and tropical storms, can result in increased enhancement revenues related to cleanup and other services. However, such weather events may also impact our ability to deliver our contracted services or cause damage to our facilities or equipment. These weather events can also result in higher fuel costs, higher labor costs and shortages of raw materials and products. As a result, a perceived earnings benefits related to extreme weather events may be moderated.

Additionally, droughts could cause shortage in the water supply and governments may impose limitations on water usage, which may change customer demand for landscape maintenance and irrigation services. There is a risk that demand for our services will change in ways that we are unable to predict.

Increases in raw material costs, fuel prices, wages and other operating costs could adversely impact our business, financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

Our financial performance may be adversely affected by increases in the level of our operating expenses, such as fuel, fertilizer, chemicals, wages and salaries, employee benefits, health care, subcontractor costs, vehicle, facilities and equipment leases, insurance costs and other insurance premiums as well as various regulatory compliance costs, all of which may be subject to inflationary pressures. While we seek to manage price and availability risks related to raw materials, such as fuel, fertilizer, chemicals and mulch, through procurement strategies, these efforts may not be successful and we may experience adverse impacts due to rising prices of such products. In addition, we closely monitor wage, salary and benefit costs in an effort to remain competitive in our markets. Attracting and maintaining a high quality workforce is a priority for our business, and if wage, salary or benefit costs increase, including as a result of minimum wage legislation, our operating costs will increase, and have increased in the past.

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We cannot predict the extent to which we may experience future increases in operating expenses as well as various regulatory compliance costs. To the extent such costs increase, we may be prevented, in whole or in part, from passing these cost increases through to our existing and prospective customers, which could have a material adverse impact on our business, financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

Product shortages, loss of key suppliers, failure to develop relationships with qualified suppliers or dependence on third-party suppliers and manufacturers could affect our financial health.

Our ability to offer a wide variety of services to our customers is dependent upon our ability to obtain adequate supplies, materials and products from manufacturers, distributors and other suppliers. Any disruption in our sources of supply, particularly of the most commonly used items, including fertilizer, chemicals and mulch, could result in a loss of revenues, reduced margins and damage to our relationships with customers. Supply shortages may occur as a result of unanticipated increases in demand or difficulties in production or delivery or other factors beyond our control, including economic downturns, geopolitical unrest, new tariffs or tariff increases, trade issues and policies, and other factors, any of which could adversely affect a supplier’s ability to manufacture or deliver products or could result in an increase in our product costs.

Additionally, as part of our procurement strategy, we source certain materials and products we use in our business from a limited number of suppliers. If our suppliers experience difficulties or disruptions in their operations or if we lose any significant supplier, we may experience increased supply costs or may experience delays in establishing replacement supply sources that meet our quality and control standards. The loss of, or a substantial decrease in the availability of, supplies and products from our suppliers or the loss of key supplier arrangements could adversely impact our business, financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

If we are unable to accurately estimate the overall risks, requirements or costs when we bid on or negotiate contracts that are ultimately awarded to us, we may achieve lower than anticipated profits or incur contract losses.

A significant portion of our contracts are subject to competitive bidding and/or are negotiated on a fixed- or capped-fee basis for the services covered. Such contracts generally require that the total amount of work, or a specified portion thereof, be performed for a single price irrespective of our actual costs. If our cost estimates for a contract are inaccurate, or if we do not execute the contract within our cost estimates, then cost overruns may cause the contract not to be as profitable as we expected or could cause us to incur losses.

Our results of operations are subject to periodic fluctuations. Our services have been, and in the future may be, adversely impacted by declines in the new commercial and residential construction and housing sectors, as well as in spending on repair and upgrade activities. Such variability in this part of our business could result in lower revenues and reduced cash flows and profitability.

A significant portion of our revenues are derived from development activities associated with new commercial and residential real estate development, including hospitality, leisure, and homeowners associations which have experienced periodic declines, some of which have been severe. The strength of these markets depends on, among other things, housing starts, local occupancy rates, demand for commercial and residential space, residential and non-residential construction spending activity, business investment and general economic conditions, which are a function of many factors beyond our control, including interest rates, employment levels, availability of credit, consumer spending, consumer confidence and capital spending. During a downturn in the real estate development industry, customers may decrease their spending on services by generally reducing the size and complexity of their new development projects. Additionally, when interest rates rise, there may be a decrease in the spending activities of our current and potential customers. Fluctuations in real estate development markets could have an adverse effect on our business, financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

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Our future success depends on our ability to attract, retain and maintain positive relations with trained workers.

Our future success and financial performance depend substantially on our ability to attract, train and retain workers, including account, branch and regional management personnel. The landscape, pest control and tree care services industries are labor intensive, and industry participants, including us, experience high turnover rates among hourly workers and competition for qualified supervisory personnel. In addition, like many service providers who conduct a portion of their operations in seasonal climates, we employ a portion of our field personnel for only part of the year. The adoption of various pandemic recovery measures by the U.S. government is aimed at supporting citizens who lost their jobs due to COVID-19 pandemic. Such individuals may be attractive employment prospects for Andover, but COVID-19 enhanced unemployment benefits in some jurisdictions where we hire may exceed local prevailing wages and may make it more difficult for us to hire a sufficient number of employees to support our contractual commitments or may result in higher costs, lower contract profitability, higher turnover and reduced operational efficiencies, which could, in the aggregate, have a material adverse impact on our results of operations.

As of December 31, 2021, we did not have any employees represented by a union pursuant to collective bargaining agreements. If a significant number of our employees were to attempt to unionize, and/or successfully unionized, including in the wake of any future legislation that makes it easier for employees to unionize, our business could be disrupted and negatively affected. Any inability by us to negotiate collective bargaining arrangements could result in strikes or other work stoppages disrupting our operations, and new union contracts could increase operating and labor costs. If these labor organizing activities were successful, it could further increase labor costs, decrease operating efficiency and productivity in the future, or otherwise disrupt or negatively impact our operations.

Our business could be adversely affected by a failure to properly verify the employment eligibility of our employees.

We use the “E-Verify” program, an Internet-based program run by the U.S. government, to verify employment eligibility for all new employees throughout our company. However, use of E-Verify does not guarantee that we will successfully identify all applicants who are ineligible for employment. Although we use E-Verify and require all new employees to provide us with government-specified documentation evidencing their employment eligibility, some of our employees may, without our knowledge, be unauthorized workers. The employment of unauthorized workers may subject us to fines or penalties, and adverse publicity that negatively impacts our reputation and may make it more difficult to hire and keep qualified employees. We are subject to regulations of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, and we are audited from time to time by ICE for compliance with work authentication requirements. While we believe we are in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, if we are found not to be in compliance as a result of any audits, we may be subject to fines or other remedial actions.

Termination of a significant number of employees in specific markets or across our company due to work authorization or other regulatory issues would disrupt our operations, and could also cause additional adverse publicity and temporary increases in our labor costs as we train new employees. We could also become subject to fines, penalties and other costs related to claims that we did not fully comply with all recordkeeping obligations of federal and state immigration compliance laws. Our reputation and financial performance may be materially harmed as a result of any of these factors. Furthermore, immigration laws have been an area of considerable political focus in recent years, and the U.S. Congress and the Executive Branch of the U.S. government from time to time consider or implement changes to federal immigration laws, regulations or enforcement programs.

Further changes in immigration or work authorization laws may increase our obligations for compliance and oversight, which could subject us to additional costs and potential liability and make our hiring process more cumbersome, or reduce the availability of potential employees.

Some of the equipment that our employees use is dangerous, and an increase in accidents resulting from the use of such equipment could negatively affect our reputation, results of operations and financial position.

Many of the services that we provide pose the risk of serious personal injury to our employees. Our employees regularly use dangerous equipment, such as lawn mowers, edgers, wood chippers, chain saws, boom cranes, bucket trucks and other power equipment. As a result, there is a significant risk of work-related injury and workers’ compensation claims. To the extent that we experience a material increase in the frequency or severity of accidents or workers’ compensation claims, or unfavorable developments on existing claims or fail to comply with worker health and safety regulations, our operating results and financial position could be materially and adversely affected. In addition, the perception that our workplace is unsafe may damage our reputation among current and potential employees, which may impact our ability to recruit and retain employees, which may adversely affect our business and results of operations.

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Our use of subcontractors to perform work under certain customer contracts exposes us to liability and financial risk.

We use subcontractors to perform work in situations in which we are not able to self-perform the work involved. If we are unable to hire qualified subcontractors, our ability to successfully complete a project or perform services could be impaired. If we are not able to locate qualified third-party subcontractors or the amount we are required to pay for subcontractors exceeds what we have estimated, especially in a fixed- or capped-fee contract, these contracts may not be as profitable as we expected or we could incur losses. In addition, contracts which require work to be performed by subcontractors may yield a lower margin than contracts where we self-perform the work.

Such arrangements may involve subcontracts where we do not have direct control over the performing party. A failure to perform, for whatever reason, by one or more of our subcontractors, or the alleged negligent performance of, the agreed-upon services may damage our reputation or expose us to liability. Although we have in place controls and programs to monitor the work of our subcontractors, there can be no assurance that these controls or programs will have the desired effect, and we may incur significant damage to our reputation or liability as a result of the actions or inaction of one or more of our subcontractors, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position and results of operations.

Furthermore, while we screen subcontractors on a variety of criteria, including insurance, the level of insurance carried by our subcontractors varies. If our subcontractors are unable to cover the cost of damages or physical injuries caused by their actions, whether through insurance or otherwise, we may be held liable, regardless of any indemnification agreements in place.

If we fail to comply with requirements imposed by applicable law or other governmental regulations, we could become subject to lawsuits, investigations and other liabilities and restrictions on our operations that could significantly and adversely affect our business.

We are subject to governmental regulation at the federal, state, and local levels in many areas of our business, such as employment laws, wage and hour laws, discrimination laws, immigration laws, human health and safety laws, transportation laws, environmental laws, false claims or whistleblower statutes, disadvantaged business enterprise statutes, tax codes, antitrust and competition laws, intellectual property laws, governmentally funded entitlement programs and cost and accounting principles, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, other anti-corruption laws, lobbying laws, motor carrier safety laws and data privacy and security laws. We may be subject to review, audit or inquiry by applicable regulators from time to time.

While we attempt to comply with all applicable laws and regulations, there can be no assurance that we are in full compliance with all applicable laws and regulations or interpretations of these laws and regulations at all times or that we will be able to comply with any future laws, regulations or interpretations of these laws and regulations.

If we fail to comply with applicable laws and regulations, including those referred to above, we may be subject to investigations, criminal sanctions or civil remedies, including fines, penalties, damages, reimbursement, injunctions, seizures or disgorgement of the ability to operate our motor vehicles. The cost of compliance or the consequences of non-compliance, could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations. In addition, government agencies may make changes in the regulatory frameworks within which we operate that may require either the corporation as a whole or individual business to incur substantial increases in costs in order to comply with such laws and regulations.

Compliance with environmental, health and safety laws and regulations, including laws pertaining to the use of pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers, or liabilities thereunder, as well as the risk of potential litigation, could result in significant costs that adversely impact our reputation, business, financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

We are subject to a variety of federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to environmental, health and safety matters. In particular, in the United States, products containing pesticides generally must be registered with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, and similar state agencies before they can be sold or applied. The pesticides we use are manufactured by independent third parties and are evaluated by the EPA as part of its ongoing exposure risk assessment and may be subject to similar evaluation by similar state agencies. The EPA, or similar state agencies, may decide that a pesticide we use will be limited or will not be re-registered for use in the United States. We cannot predict the outcome or the severity of the effect of the EPA’s, or a similar state agency’s, continuing evaluations. The failure to obtain or the cancellation of any such registration, or the partial or complete ban of such pesticides, could have an adverse effect on our business, the severity of which would depend on the products involved, whether other products could be substituted and whether our competitors were similarly affected.

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The use of certain pesticides, herbicides and fertilizer products is also regulated by various federal, state and local environmental and public health and safety agencies. These regulations may require that only certified or professional users apply the product or that certain products only be used on certain types of locations. These laws may also require users to post notices on properties at which products have been or will be applied, notification to individuals in the vicinity that products will be applied in the future, or labeling of certain products or may restrict or ban the use of certain products. We can give no assurance that we can prevent violations of these or other regulations from occurring. Even if we are able to comply with all such regulations and obtain all necessary registrations and licenses, we cannot assure you that the pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers or other products we apply, or the manner in which we apply them, will not be alleged to cause injury to the environment, to people or to animals, or that such products will not be restricted or banned in certain circumstances. For example, we could be named in or subject to personal injury claims stemming from alleged environmental torts, similar to those that have been brought against certain manufacturers of herbicides. The costs of compliance, consequences of non-compliance, remediation costs and liabilities, unfavorable public perceptions of such products or products liability lawsuits could have a material adverse effect on our reputation, business, financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

In addition, federal, state and local agencies regulate the use, storage, treatment, disposal, handling and management of hazardous substances and wastes, emissions or discharges from our facilities or vehicles and the investigation and clean-up of contaminated sites, including our sites, customer sites and third-party sites to which we send wastes. We could incur significant costs and liabilities, including investigation and clean-up costs, fines, penalties and civil or criminal sanctions for non-compliance and claims by third parties for property and natural resource damage and personal injury under these laws and regulations. If there is a significant change in the facts or circumstances surrounding the assumptions upon which we operate, or if we are found to violate, or be liable under, applicable environmental and public health and safety laws and regulations, it could have a material adverse effect on future environmental capital expenditures and other environmental expenses and on our reputation, business, financial position, results of operations and cash flows. In addition, potentially significant expenditures could be required to comply with environmental laws and regulations, including requirements that may be adopted or imposed in the future.

Public perceptions that the products we use and the services we deliver are not environmentally friendly or safe may adversely impact the demand for our services.

In providing our services, we use, among other things, fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides. Public perception that the products we use and the services we deliver are not environmentally friendly or safe or are harmful to humans or animals, whether justified or not, or our improper application of these chemicals, could reduce demand for our services, increase regulation or government restrictions or actions, result in fines or penalties, impair our reputation, involve us in litigation, damage our brand names and otherwise have a material adverse impact on our business, financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

We may not be able to adequately protect our intellectual property, which could harm the value of our brand and adversely affect our business.

Our ability to implement our business plan successfully depends in part on our ability to further build brand recognition using our trademarks, service marks and other proprietary intellectual property, including our names and logos. While it is our policy to protect and defend vigorously our rights to our intellectual property, we cannot predict whether steps taken by us to protect our intellectual property rights will be adequate to prevent infringement or misappropriation of these rights. Although we believe that we have sufficient rights to all of our trademarks, service marks and other intellectual property rights, we may face claims of infringement that could interfere with our business or our ability to market and promote our brands. Any such litigation may be costly, divert resources from our business and divert the attention of management. Moreover, if we are unable to successfully defend against such claims, we may be prevented from using our trademarks, service marks or other intellectual property rights in the future and may be liable for damages, which in turn could materially adversely affect our business, financial position or results of operations.

Although we make a significant effort to avoid infringing known proprietary rights of third parties, the steps we take to prevent misappropriation, infringement or other violation of the intellectual property of others may not be successful and from time to time we may receive notice that a third party believes that our use of certain trademarks, service marks and other proprietary intellectual property may be infringing certain trademarks or other proprietary rights of such third party. Responding to and defending such claims, regardless of their merit, can be costly and time-consuming, can divert management’s attention and other resources, and we may not prevail. Depending on the resolution of such claims, we may be barred from using a specific mark or other rights, may be required to enter into licensing arrangements from the third party claiming infringement (which may not be available on commercially reasonable terms, or at all), or may become liable for significant damages.

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If any of the foregoing occurs, our ability to compete could be affected or our business, financial position and results of operations may be adversely affected.

Risks Relating to Ownership of our Class A Common Stock

We are a non-reporting company.

In November 2021, we filed a Form 15 with the SEC to deregister our stock. As a result, we no longer have an obligation to publicly disclose financial and other information. Following the filing of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, we will cease to file Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act with the SEC, and stockholders will cease to receive annual reports and proxy statements. We do intend to continue to prepare audited annual financial statements and periodic unaudited financial statements and plan to make audited annual financial statements available to our stockholders. Nonetheless, our stockholders will have significantly less information about the Company and our business, operations, and financial performance than they have previously. We do intend to continue to hold stockholder meetings as required under Delaware law, including annual meetings, or to take actions by written consent of our stockholders in lieu of meetings.

As a result of our deregistration and delisting, we are no longer subject to the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act or the liability provisions of the Exchange Act. Our executive officers, directors and 10% stockholders are no longer required to file reports relating to their transactions in our common stock with the SEC. In addition, our executive officers, directors and 10% stockholders are no longer subject to the recovery of profits provision of the Exchange Act, and persons acquiring 5% of our common stock are no longer required to report their beneficial ownership under the Exchange Act. Additionally, we do not have the ability to access the public capital markets or to use public securities in attracting and retaining executives and other employees, and we have a decreased ability to use stock to acquire other companies. Furthermore, our public reporting obligations could be reinstated if on the first day of any fiscal year we have more than 300 stockholders of record, in which instance we would be required to resume reporting pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.Our Class A Common Stock is not quoted or traded in any market, limiting liquidity opportunities for investors.

Our Class A Common Stock is not quoted or traded in any market, limiting liquidity opportunities for investors.

Our Class A Common Stock is not quoted on any market or exchange, and it is possible that our Class A Common Stock will never be quoted or listed on any market or exchange. Even if our Class A Common Stock becomes listed or commences trading, the volume trading in our Class A Common Stock may be insufficient for stockholders to liquidate Class A Common Stock at a profit, or at all. As a result, an investor in our Class A Common Stock may find it difficult to dispose of shares of our Class A Common Stock or obtain a fair price for our Class A Common Stock in the market if one develops. Investors in our Class A Common Stock should expect to hold our Class A Common Stock indefinitely.

The price of our Class A Common Stock is likely to be volatile and fluctuate substantially, which could result in substantial losses for purchasers of our Class A Common Stock.

If our Class A Common Stock becomes quoted or traded on any market, our Class A Common Stock price is likely to be volatile. The stock market in general has experienced extreme volatility that has often been unrelated to the operating performance of particular companies. As a result of this volatility, you may not be able to sell your Class A Common Stock at or above your original purchase price. The market price for our Class A Common Stock may be influenced by many factors, many of which are out of our control, including those discussed in this “Risk Factors” section.

If our quarterly operating results fall below the expectations of investors or securities analysts, the price of our Class A Common Stock could decline substantially. Furthermore, any quarterly fluctuations in our operating results may, in turn, cause the price of our stock to fluctuate substantially. We believe that quarterly comparisons of our financial results are not necessarily meaningful and should not be relied upon as an indication of our future performance.

The stock market in general, and market prices for the securities of companies like ours in particular, have from time to time experienced volatility that often has been unrelated to the operating performance of the underlying companies. These broad market and industry fluctuations may adversely affect the market price of our Class A Common Stock, regardless of our operating performance.

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In several recent situations when the market price of a stock has been volatile, holders of that stock have instituted securities class action litigation against the company that issued the stock. If any of our stockholders were to bring a lawsuit against us, the defense and disposition of the lawsuit could be costly and divert the time and attention of our management and harm our operating results.

We have not voluntarily implemented various corporate governance measures, in the absence of which, shareholders may have more limited protections against interested director transactions, conflicts of interest, and similar matters.

Federal legislation, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), has resulted in the adoption of various corporate governance measures designed to promote the integrity of the corporate management and the securities markets. Some of these measures have been adopted in response to legal requirements. Others have been adopted by companies in response to the requirements of national securities exchanges, such as the NYSE or The Nasdaq Stock Market, on which their securities are listed. Among the corporate governance measures that are required under the rules of national securities exchanges are those that address board of directors’ independence and audit committee oversight. We have not yet adopted any of these corporate governance measures, and since our securities are not yet listed on a national securities exchange, we are not required to do so. It is possible that if we were to adopt some or all of these corporate governance measures, stockholders would benefit from somewhat greater assurances that internal corporate decisions were being made by disinterested directors and that policies had been implemented to define responsible conduct. Investors should bear in mind our current lack of corporate governance measures in formulating their investment decisions.

Our election not to opt out of JOBS Act extended accounting transition period may not make our financial statements easily comparable to other companies.

Pursuant to the Jumpstart Our Businesses Act of 2012, as amended (the “JOBS Act”), as an emerging growth company we can elect to opt out of the extended transition period for any new or revised accounting standards. We have elected not to opt out of such extended transition period, which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, we, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the application date for private companies. Our financial statements may therefore not be comparable to those of companies that comply with such new or revised accounting standards.

The JOBS Act will also allow us to postpone the date by which we must comply with certain laws and regulations intended to protect investors and to reduce the amount of information provided in reports filed with the SEC. The JOBS Act is intended to reduce the regulatory burden on emerging growth companies. We meet the definition of an emerging growth company and so long as we qualify as an “emerging growth company,” we will, among other things:

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We intend to take advantage of some or all of the reduced regulatory and reporting requirements that will be available to us so long as we qualify as an “emerging growth company.” We have elected not to opt out of the extension of time to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards available under Section 102(b) of the JOBS Act. Among other things, this means that our independent registered public accounting firm will not be required to provide an attestation report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting so long as we qualify as an emerging growth company, which may increase the risk that weaknesses or deficiencies in the internal control over financial reporting go undetected. Likewise, so long as we qualify as an emerging growth company, we may elect not to provide certain information, including certain financial information and certain information regarding compensation of executive officers that would otherwise have been required to provide in filings with the SEC, which may make it more difficult for investors and securities analysts to evaluate us. As a result, investor confidence and the market price of our Class A Common Stock may be adversely affected.

We may fail to maintain effective internal controls over external financial reporting or such controls may fail or be circumvented.

Federal securities laws require us to report on our internal controls over financial reporting, and our business and financial results could be adversely affected if we, or our independent registered public accounting firm, determine that these controls are not effective. If we do not maintain adequate financial and management personnel, processes, and controls, we may not be able to accurately report our financial performance on a timely basis and we may be otherwise unable to comply with the periodic reporting requirements of the SEC, each of which could have a material adverse effect on the confidence in our financial reporting and our credibility in the marketplace. The impact of these events could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified persons to serve on our board of directors, our committees and as executive officers.

Management’s evaluation identified the following material weaknesses as of December 31, 2021: insufficient personnel resources within the accounting function to segregate the duties over financial transaction processing and reporting, and lack of formal review process including multiple levels of review over financial reporting areas. Based on the foregoing evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that, as of December 31, 2021, our disclosure controls and procedures were not adequate.

Delaware law and certain provisions in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws may prevent efforts by our stockholders to change the direction or management of the Company.

We are a Delaware corporation, and the anti-takeover provisions of Delaware law impose various impediments to the ability of a third party to acquire control of us, even if a change of control would be beneficial to our existing stockholders. In addition, our certificate of incorporation, as amended, and bylaws contain provisions that may make the acquisition of the Company more difficult, including, but not limited to, the following:

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Our certificate of incorporation designates the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers, employees, or agents.

Our certificate of incorporation provides that, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware will, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any of our directors, officers, employees, or agents to us or our stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law, our certificate of incorporation, or our bylaws, (iv) any action to interpret, apply, enforce, or determine the validity of our certificate of incorporation or our bylaws, or (v) any action asserting a claim against us that is governed by the internal affairs doctrine. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of our capital stock will be deemed to have notice of, and consented to, the provisions of our certificate of incorporation described in the preceding sentence. This choice of forum provision may limit a stockholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us or our directors, officers, employees, or agents, which may discourage such lawsuits against us and such persons. Alternatively, if a court were to find these provisions of our certificate of incorporation inapplicable to, or unenforceable in respect of, one or more of the specified types of actions or proceedings, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such matters in other jurisdictions, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, or results of operations.

General Risk Factors

Adverse litigation judgments or settlements resulting from legal proceedings relating to our business operations could materially adversely affect our business, financial position and results of operations.

From time to time, we are subject to allegations, and may be party to legal claims and regulatory proceedings, relating to our business operations. Such allegations, claims or proceedings may, for example, relate to personal injury, property damage, general liability claims relating to properties where we perform services, vehicle accidents involving our vehicles and our employees, regulatory issues, contract disputes or employment matters and may include class actions. Such allegations, claims and proceedings have been and may be brought by third parties, including our customers, employees, governmental or regulatory bodies or competitors. Defending against these and other such claims and proceedings is costly and time consuming and may divert management’s attention and personnel resources from our normal business operations, and the outcome of many of these claims and proceedings cannot be predicted. If any of these claims or proceedings were to be determined adversely to us, a judgment, a fine or a settlement involving a payment of a material sum of money were to occur, or injunctive relief were issued against us, our business, financial position and results of operations could be materially adversely affected.

Currently, we carry a broad range of insurance for the protection of our assets and operations. However, such insurance may not fully cover all material expenses related to potential allegations, claims and proceedings, or any adverse judgments, fines or settlements resulting therefrom, as such insurance programs are often subject to significant deductibles or retentions or may not cover certain types of claims.

We are also responsible for our legal expenses relating to such claims. We reserve currently for anticipated losses and related expenses. We periodically evaluate and adjust our claims reserves to reflect trends in our own experience as well as industry trends. However, ultimate results may differ from our estimates, which could result in losses over our reserved amounts.

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Any failure, inadequacy, interruption, security failure or breach of our information technology systems, whether owned by us or outsourced or managed by third parties, could harm our ability to effectively operate our business and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position and results of operations.

Each of our operating subsidiaries is dependent on automated information technology systems and networks to manage and support a variety of business processes and activities. Our ability to effectively manage our business and coordinate the sourcing of supplies, materials and products and our services depend significantly on the reliability and capacity of these systems and networks. Such systems and networks are subject to damage or interruption from power outages or damages, telecommunications problems, data corruption, software errors, network failures, security breaches, acts of war or terrorist attacks, fire, flood and natural disasters. Our servers or cloud-based systems could be affected by physical or electronic break-ins, and computer viruses or similar disruptions may occur. A system outage may also cause the loss of important data or disrupt our operations. Our existing safety systems, data backup, access protection, user management, disaster recovery and information technology emergency planning may not be sufficient to prevent or minimize the effect of data loss or long-term network outages.

In addition, we may have to upgrade our existing information technology systems from time to time in order for such systems to support the needs of our business and growth strategy, and the costs to upgrade such systems may be significant. We rely on certain hardware, telecommunications and software vendors to maintain and periodically upgrade many of these systems so that we can continue to support our business. Costs and potential problems and interruptions associated with the implementation of new or upgraded systems and technology or with maintenance or adequate support of existing systems could disrupt or reduce the efficiency of our operations. We also depend on our information technology staff. If we cannot meet our staffing needs in this area, we may not be able to fulfill our technology initiatives while continuing to provide maintenance on existing systems.

We could be required to make significant capital expenditures to remediate any such failure, malfunction or breach with our information technology systems or networks. Any material disruption or slowdown of our systems, including those caused by our failure to successfully upgrade our systems, and our inability to convert to alternate systems in an efficient and timely manner could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position and results of operations.

If we fail to protect the security of personal information about our customers, employees or third parties, we could be subject to interruption of our business operations, private litigation, reputational damage and costly penalties.

We rely on, among other things, commercially available systems, software, tools and monitoring to provide security for processing, transmission and storage of confidential information of customers, employees and third parties. Activities by third parties, advances in computer and software capabilities and encryption technology, new tools and discoveries and other events or developments may facilitate or result in a compromise or breach of these systems. Any compromises, breaches or errors in applications related to these systems could cause damage to our reputation and interruptions in our operations and could result in a violation of applicable laws, regulations, orders, industry standards or agreements and subject us to costs, penalties and liabilities. We are subject to risks caused by data breaches and operational disruptions, particularly through cyber-attack or cyber-intrusion, including by computer hackers, foreign governments and cyber terrorists. The frequency of data breaches of companies and governments has increased in recent years as the number, intensity and sophistication of attempted attacks and intrusions from around the world have increased. The occurrence of any of these events could have a material adverse impact on our reputation, business, financial position, results of operations and cash flow. Although we maintain insurance coverage for various cybersecurity risks, there can be no guarantee that all costs incurred will be fully insured.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

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Item 2. Properties

Our principal executive offices are located at 333 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 2000, Miami, Florida 33131. We have access to the facilities at this location on an as-needed basis at a cost of approximately $250 per month. We believe that our office facilities are suitable and adequate for our operations as currently conducted and contemplated.

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Item 3. Legal Proceedings

On October 27, 2021, CJ’s Yardworks, Inc. filed a lawsuit against the Company’s then-subsidiary, Zodega Landscape Services, LLC. Currently, CJ’s Yardworks, Inc. (plaintiff and counter-defendant in the case) asserts claims against Zodega Landscape Services, LLC (defendant, counter-plaintiff, and third-party plaintiff in the case), two of Zodega’s employees (defendants in the case), and Zodega’s current owner (defendant in the case) in connection with Zodega’s purchase of assets related to the CJ’s Yardworks business in February 2021 (the “CJ Acquisition Transaction”).

CJ’s Yardworks asserts claims of breach of contract, conversion, and fraudulent conveyance. CJ’s Yardworks alleges that Zodega has collected and failed to remit accounts receivables that still belong to CJ’s Yardworks, and that Zodega is late on payments under a promissory note owed to it by Zodega. CJ’s Yardworks seeks monetary damages, prejudgment and post-judgment interest, and other remedies deemed appropriate by the court on a joint and several liability basis. One of the owners of CJ’s Yardworks has also asserted that Zodega has breached the consulting agreement and real property lease entered into in connection with the CJ Acquisition Transaction and seeks monetary damages.

Zodega counter-sued CJ’s Yardworks and its owners (as third-party defendants) for breach of contract, fraud, negligent misrepresentation, and unjust enrichment. Zodega’s counter-claims assert that CJ’s Yardworks and its owners misrepresented financial and other material information to Zodega in connection with the CJ Acquisition Transaction to inflate the purchase price of the acquisition and breached contractual representations, warranties, covenants, and obligations under the transaction documents for the CJ Acquisition Transaction. Zodega seeks monetary damages, attorneys’ fees, exemplary and treble damages, and any other relief deemed appropriate by the court.

Zodega and CJ’s Yardworks have filed answers to the respective complaints, and discovery has begun. The lawsuit is currently pending in the District Court of Harris County, Texas, 152nd Judicial District (Case No. 2021-70626).

From time to time, we are also a party to certain legal proceedings incidental to the normal course of our operating businesses. While the outcome of these legal proceedings cannot at this time be predicted with certainty, we do not expect that these proceedings will have a material effect upon our financial condition or results of operations.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Market Information

Our Class A Common Stock is not quoted or traded on any market but was previously quoted on the OTCQB under the symbol “AANC” from February 14, 2019 to November 12, 2019, and on the OTCQB under the symbol “EXXP” from September 25, 2018 to February 13, 2019. Prior to that, there was no public market for our Class A Common Stock.

As of April 22, 2022, we had approximately 166 holders of record of our Class A Common Stock, and 3,650,165 of our Class A Common Stock outstanding.

Dividends and Distributions

We have not paid any cash dividends on our Class A Common Stock since inception. All earnings were retained for use in developing and/or expanding our business.

Sales of Unregistered Securities

None.

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Item 6. Selected Financial Data

Not applicable.

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the related notes thereto included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. This discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements that are based on our management’s current beliefs and assumptions, which statements are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements as a result of many factors. Please also see “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements” at the beginning of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Overview

We were organized in the State of Utah on March 20, 2014 as Acadia Technologies, Inc. We changed our name to Edgar Express, Inc. (“Edgar Express”) on September 15, 2016.

On September 25, 2018, we entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) by and among us, our stockholders (collectively, the “Sellers”), John D. Thomas, P.C., as the Sellers’ representative, and Windber National LLC, The Peter A. Cohen Revocable Trust, and Blumenthal Family Investment Joint Venture, L.P.(collectively, the “Buyers”), pursuant to which the Buyers paid $450,000 in aggregate cash consideration for (i) 2,340,000 shares of our Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001, from the Sellers, which shares constituted 99.96% of our issued and outstanding shares as of September 25, 2018 and (ii) the extinguishment and payment in full of (A) an aggregate of approximately $307,371 in our notes payable, and (B) an aggregate of approximately $54,187 in loans payable by us (the “Acquisition”). As a result of the Acquisition, the Buyers held a controlling interest in us. The above share amounts have been adjusted to reflect the Reincorporation (as defined below).

Effective February 14, 2019, we completed a change of domicile to Delaware from Utah (the “Reincorporation”) by means of a merger of Edgar Express with and into us, its wholly-owned subsidiary. In connection with the Reincorporation, and effective upon the effectiveness of the Reincorporation, each issued and outstanding share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Edgar Express automatically converted into and became one-fifth (¹/₅^th) of one validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable share of our Class A Common Stock without any action on the part of Edgar Express’ stockholders.

On October 4, 2019, Andover Environmental Solutions, LLC, our wholly-owned subsidiary (“Andover Environmental”), entered into a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement with Heath L. Legg, pursuant to which Andover Environmental purchased sixty percent (60)% of the membership interests of ANC Green Solutions I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, for $4,000,000 in cash, subject to certain adjustments (the “Business Combination”). The primary reason for this acquisition was to expand our existing business into new markets, and to increase the revenue through acquisitions using cash we have available through recent sales of equity securities. We were able to obtain control through the cash purchase of membership interests in a newly formed subsidiary.

On February 3, 2020, Potter’s Professional Lawn Care, LLC, our indirect subsidiary (“Potter’s Buyer”), entered into an Asset Purchase and Contribution Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Potter’s Professional Lawn Care, Inc., a Florida corporation (“Potter’s Seller”), and the shareholders of Potter’s Seller party thereto, pursuant to which Potter’s Buyer purchased from Potter’s Seller a sixty percent (60)% interest in all of Potter’s Seller’s right, title and interest in and to all of Potter’s Seller’s property and assets, for $1,680,000 in cash, subject to certain adjustments.

On February 28, 2020, Smith’s Tree Care, LLC (“Smith’s Buyer”), our indirect subsidiary, entered into an Asset and Equity Purchase and Contribution Agreement (the “Smith’s Purchase Agreement”) with Smith’s Tree Care, Inc., a Virginia corporation (“Smith’s Seller”), Utro Crane Company, LLC, our indirect subsidiary, Utro Crane Company, Inc., a Virginia corporation, and ANC Green Solutions - Smith’s, LLC, our indirect subsidiary (“ANC Smith’s”), pursuant to which, among other things, (i) Smith’s Buyer purchased an undivided sixty percent (60)% interest in all of Smith’s Seller’s right, title and interest in and to all of Smith’s Seller’s property and assets (the “Smith’s Acquired Assets”), in consideration for an aggregate purchase price payable by Smith’s Buyer of approximately $3.0 million, subject to certain adjustments, as set forth in the Smith’s Purchase Agreement and (ii) Smith’s Seller conveyed, transferred, assigned and delivered to ANC Smith’s an undivided forty percent (40)% interest in the Smith’s Acquired Assets in exchange for equity securities of ANC Smith’s.

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On January 20, 2021, Zodega Landscape Services, LLC (“Zodega Buyer”), our indirect subsidiary, entered into an Asset Purchase and Contribution Agreement (the “Zodega Purchase Agreement”) with Litton Enterprises Inc. (d/b/a Zodega-TIS Services), a Texas corporation (“Zodega Seller”), ANC Green Solutions - Zodega, LLC (“ANC Zodega”), our indirect subsidiary, and Messrs. Robert Dihu and Larry Litton Jr., pursuant to which, among other things, (i) Zodega Buyer purchased an undivided fifty-one percent (51)% interest in all of Zodega Seller’s right, title and interest in and to all of Zodega Seller’s property and assets (the “Zodega Acquired Assets”), in consideration for shares of our Class A Common Stock, (ii) Zodega Seller conveyed, transferred, assigned and delivered to ANC Zodega an undivided forty-nine percent (49)% interest in the Zodega Acquired Assets (the “Zodega Contributed Assets”) in exchange for equity securities of ANC Zodega, and (iii) ANC Zodega conveyed, transferred, assigned and delivered the Zodega Contributed Assets to Zodega Buyer. The closing of the transactions contemplated by the Zodega Purchase Agreement occurred on January 20, 2021. Following our initial acquisition of the Zodega business, Zodega has completed four bolt-on acquisitions of businesses providing landscaping and hardscaping, landscape design, lawn and landscape maintenance and related services.

On March 2, 2022, Peter Cohen, the Company’s Chairman and CEO, mutually agreed to Mr. Cohen’s resignation as CEO effective immediately. Mr. William Greenblatt, a member of the Board of Directors of the Company, was elected as interim CEO, effective immediately. Mr. Cohen remained as Chairman of the Board of the Company.

On March 31, 2022, Milun K. Patel, the Company’s CFO and Head of Business Development, was terminated from his position, effective immediately.

On April 18, 2022, Andover Environmental Solutions, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, entered into a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement with Litton Enterprises Inc. and Messrs. Robert Dihu and Larry Litton Jr., pursuant to which, among other things, the sale of the fifty-one percent (51)% interest of ANC Zodega, will consolidate indirect ownership of all of the Zodega Opco Assets. The aggregate purchase price for the Purchased Interests (the “Purchase Price”) was equal to: (i) the Promissory Note, Pledge, and Guaranty by Purchaser and the pledgors and guarantors specified therein in the principal amount of One Million Eight Hundred Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($1,800,000.00) which is to be received on or by May 27, 2022, and (ii) 51,290 shares of class “A” common stock of Andover National Corporation, a Delaware corporation. In relation to this sale, the Litton and Zodega loans to ANC Zodega were forgiven. The Litton and Zodega loans were unsecured related party agreements to infuse ANC Zodega with cash upon acquisition. The total amount lent to Litton and Zodega, both including interest, was $1,330,558 and $849,903, respectively. In 2021, Zodega contributed approximately 48% of Andover National consolidated revenues and approximately $3.6 million in loss from operations, $3.6 million in net loss, and $1.8 million in net loss attributable to common shareholders.

On May 20, 2022, the Company and Mr. Greenblatt, Interim CEO, mutually agreed to Mr. Greenblatt’s resignation as Interim CEO effective immediately. Company Director and Chairman Peter Cohen assumed responsibility as Interim CEO effective immediately. Mr. Greenblatt remains as a Director of the Company.

Recent Developments

Deregistration Under the Exchange Act

The Company filed a Form 15 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on November 30, 2021 to suspend its public reporting filing responsibilities due to the significant costs of operating as a public reporting company. As a result, the Company will cease to file Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act with the SEC and stockholders will cease to receive annual reports and proxy statements.

COVID-19-Related Considerations

The COVID-19 outbreak, which surfaced in Wuhan, China in December 2019 and which was subsequently declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization in March 2020, has had a pronounced effect on the domestic and global economies. In March and April 2020, our businesses began to feel the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic which resulted in a temporary decline in the demand for our services. Subsequently, demand for our services stabilized and eventually normalized to historical levels. As the demand for our services returned to historical levels, we began to experience some shortages of skilled labor to perform certain of our select services. We have continued to experience difficulties in hiring additional seasonally required employees to staff our various businesses and we have been required to implement safety protocols that has reduced our efficiency. Additionally, certain of our employees have experienced illness related to the pandemic which temporarily reduced our capacity. The extent of the impact of COVID-19 on our business, financial results, liquidity and cash flows will depend largely on future developments, including new information that may emerge concerning

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the severity and action taken to contain or prevent further spread within the U.S. and the related impact on consumer confidence and spending, all of which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted.

Results of Operations

Reclassifications

The Company revised its consolidated financial statements for 2020 to correct the classification of certain expenses between General and Administrative Expense and Cost of Services. The revision resulted in an increase to Cost of Services and an equal and offsetting decrease to General and Administrative Expense. There is no impact on loss from operations, net loss, net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest, net loss attributable to common shareholders, or net loss per common share. In addition, there is no impact on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet, consolidated statement of equity and redeemable noncontrolling interest, or the consolidated statement of cash flow.

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Revenue

Our revenue was generated from residential and commercial lawn care programs and services, which include lawncare, landscaping and hardscaping, irrigation and pest-control services, in addition to pest-control franchisor revenue. In addition, revenue is generated from tree care services, which includes tree service, tree removal, stump grinding, mulching, logging and related services. We generated revenues of approximately $18.7 million during the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared to revenue of $7.7 million during the year ended December 31, 2020. The increase in revenue was primarily attributable to the acquisition of ANC Zodega in the first quarter of 2021 and a full year of revenue from ANC Potter’s and ANC Smith’s.

Costs of services provided

Costs of services provided represents costs directly related to the provision of the lawn care, landscaping, tree care and pest-control services and include direct labor, materials and equipment depreciation. Costs of services provided during the year ended December 31, 2021 increased $7.0 million as compared to costs of services provided in the year ended December 31, 2020 primarily due to the acquisitions of ANC Zodega in the first quarter of 2021 and a full year of ANC Potter’s and ANC Smith’s costs.

General and administrative expenses

General and administrative expenses were $11.1 million during the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared to $5.9 million during the year ended December 31, 2020. The increase was attributable to the acquisition of ANC Zodega in the first quarter of 2021, a full year of ANC Potter’s and ANC Smith’s expenses, and an increase in professional fees.

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Goodwill and intangible asset impairment loss

Goodwill and intangible asset impairment loss was $7.0 million during the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared to $0 during the year ended December 31, 2020. The increase was attributable to the impairment of goodwill and intangible assets for ANC Zodega and ANC Green.

Sales and marketing expenses

Sales and marketing expenses increased by approximately $0.3 million during the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2020, which was primarily due to the acquisition of ANC Zodega in the first quarter of 2021 and a full year of ANC Green’s and ANC Smith’s expenses.

Other income (expense)

Other income (expense) was approximately $0.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, as compared to $0.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. The increase was attributable to $0.4 million of other income related to forgiveness of a PPP Loan and investment income from our holdings of highly liquid investments.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of December 31, 2021, we had cash of $19.0 million and total equity of $25.0 million. Net working capital was $18.9 million.

Our principal capital requirements are to fund our working capital needs and to make investments in line with our business strategy. We calculate working capital as current assets less current liabilities. Our principal sources of liquidity are existing cash, and cash flows from financing activities. We believe that our cash on hand will be sufficient to meet our future operating and capital expenditure cash requirements for at least the next twelve months from the date of this report.

Cash Flow Summary

The following table summarizes selected items in our consolidated statements of cash flows:

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Operating Activities

During the year ended December 31, 2021, cash used in operating activities was $3.1 million primarily as a result of our net loss of $11.5, as well as increases in accounts receivable and prepaid expenses and other current assets of $1.2 million and $0.5 million, respectively, offset, in part, by goodwill and intangible asset impairment loss of $7.0 million, depreciation and amortization expense of $1.8 million, and stock-based compensation of $1.4 million. During the year ended December 31, 2020, cash used in operating activities was $1.3 million primarily as a result of our net loss offset, in part, by stock-based compensation of $1.0 million, depreciation and amortization expense of $1.2 million and changes in operating assets and liabilities.

Investing Activities

During the year ended December 31, 2021, we used $2.9 million of cash in investing activities primarily as a result of our acquisition of ANC Zodega and the subsidiaries for $1.2 million, the issuance of a related party loan of $1.4 million, and the purchase of fixed assets for $0.5 million, offset, in part by proceeds from the repayment of related party loans of $0.2. During the year ended December 31, 2020, we used $4.1 million of cash in investing activities primarily as a result of our acquisitions of ANC Potter’s and ANC Smith’s, net of cash acquired, for $1.5 million and $1.7 million, respectively.

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Financing Activities

During the year ended December 31, 2021, $10.6 million of cash was provided by financing activities, primarily from the net proceeds from the issuance of shares in private placements of $11.5 million, proceeds from related party loans of $1.8 million and proceeds from notes payable of $0.7 million, offset, in part by payment of deferred consideration of $1.6 million, repayment of related party loans of $1.4 million and repayment of notes payable of $0.3 million. During the year ended December 31, 2020, $8.3 million of cash was provided by financing activities from the issuance of shares in a private placement and the proceeds from borrowings under notes payable.

Contractual Obligations

We have deferred purchase consideration associated with the acquisitions of ANC Green Solutions I, ANC Potter’s, ANC Smith’s and ANC Zodega of approximately $0.6 million in aggregate, of which $0.5 million is payable within the next twelve months and $0.1 million is classified as a long-term obligation.

We are also party to loan agreements, the proceeds of which were used to purchase certain equipment and trucks, as well as acquisition loans, and other sources of financing for the Company. As of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, $2.7 million and $1.1 million, respectively, was outstanding under the loan agreements. The loans have remaining terms ranging from less than 1 year to less than 5 years.

Critical Accounting Policies

The preparation of our financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of our assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosures of contingent liabilities. The following are the areas that we believe require the greatest amount of judgments or estimates in the preparation of the financial statements: deferred income tax assets, accrued expenses, fair value of equity instruments, amounts recorded in business combinations, fair values assigned to intangible assets acquired, impairment of goodwill and long-lived assets, and reserves for any other commitments or contingencies. Management reviews critical accounting estimates on an ongoing basis and as needed prior to the release of annual financial statements. See also Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements, which discusses the significant assumptions used in applying accounting policies.

Critical Accounting 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 liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Management makes estimates that affect certain accounts including deferred income tax assets, accrued expenses, fair value of equity instruments, amounts recorded in business combinations, and reserves for any other commitments or contingencies. Management also makes critical accounting estimates that affect certain accounts including fair values assigned to intangible assets acquired and impairment of goodwill and long-lived assets. Any adjustments applied to estimates are recognized in the period in which such adjustments are determined.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

For a discussion of recently issued financial accounting standards, see Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk

As a smaller reporting company, we are not required to provide this information.

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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

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Index to Financial Statements

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of

Andover National Corporation

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Andover National Corporation and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the related consolidated statements of operations, equity and redeemable noncontrolling interest, and cash flows for the years then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB") and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/  i MaloneBailey, LLP

www.malonebailey.com

We have served as the Company's auditor since 2018.

 i Houston, Texas

May 20, 2022

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Andover National Corporation

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements

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Andover National Corporation

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements

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