[10-Q] EMERSON RADIO CORP Quarterly Earnings Report
Emerson Radio (MSN) reported Q2 FY2026 results showing a sharp year-over-year decline. Net revenues were $1.215 million versus $2.738 million a year ago, driven primarily by the discontinuation of a Walmart clock radio and tariff pressure on microwaves. The quarter recorded an operating loss of $1.196 million and a net loss of $1.043 million versus a $0.881 million loss last year.
For the first six months, net revenues were $2.890 million (from $4.936 million) with a net loss of $2.183 million (from $1.843 million). Cost controls helped reduce SG&A to $1.195 million in the quarter, but near-zero gross margin (cost of sales ~$1.216 million on $1.215 million revenue) kept results negative. Cash and cash equivalents were $0.956 million and short-term investments $12.545 million; working capital was approximately $18.9 million. Customer concentration remained high, with Amazon comprising 56% of quarterly net revenues over 10% customers.
- None.
- Quarterly revenue declined 55.6% to $1.215M, primarily from a discontinued Walmart clock radio.
- Near-zero gross margin (cost of sales ~$1.216M vs revenue $1.215M) led to a $1.043M net loss and continued operating losses.
- High customer concentration with Amazon at 56% of quarterly net revenues increases volatility risk.
Insights
Revenue fell 56% with near-zero gross margin; losses widened.
Emerson Radio posted Q2 FY2026 net revenues of
Sales are concentrated: quarterly over-10% customers included Amazon at
Liquidity shows
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
(Mark One)
| | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the quarterly period ended
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EMERSON RADIO CORP.
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
| PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION |
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| Item 1. Financial Statements |
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| Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and six months ended September 30, 2025, and 2024 (unaudited) | 3 |
| Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2025 (unaudited), and March 31, 2025 | 4 |
| Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow for the six months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 (unaudited) | 5 |
| Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity for the three and six months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 (unaudited) | 6 |
| Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements | 7 |
| Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition |
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| Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk |
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| Item 4. Controls and Procedures |
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| PART II — OTHER INFORMATION |
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| Item 1. Legal Proceedings |
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| Item 1A. Risk Factors |
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| Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds |
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| Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities |
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| Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosure |
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| Item 5. Other Information |
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| Item 6. Exhibits |
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| SIGNATURES |
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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements.
EMERSON RADIO CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.
EMERSON RADIO CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
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| Shareholders’ Equity: | ||||||||
| Series A Preferred shares — 10,000,000 shares authorized; 3,677 shares issued and outstanding; liquidation preference of $3,677,000 | ||||||||
| Common shares — $0.01 par value, 75,000,000 shares authorized; 52,965,797 shares issued at September 30, 2025 and March 31, 2025, respectively; 21,042,652 shares outstanding at September 30, 2025 and March 31, 2025, respectively | ||||||||
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| Accumulated deficit | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Treasury stock, at cost (31,923,145 shares at September 30, 2025 and March 31, 2025, respectively) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
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| Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity | $ | $ | ||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.
EMERSON RADIO CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
(In thousands)
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.
EMERSON RADIO CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(Unaudited)
(In thousands)
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.
EMERSON RADIO CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
NOTE 1 — BACKGROUND AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Emerson Radio Corp. and its subsidiaries (“Emerson” or the “Company”). The Company designs, sources, imports and markets certain houseware and consumer electronic products, and licenses the Company’s trademarks for a variety of products.
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all normal and recurring adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary to present a fair statement of the Company’s condensed consolidated financial position as of September 30, 2025 and the results of operations for the three and six month periods ended September 30, 2025 and September 30, 2024. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary in order to make the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements not misleading have been included. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The preparation of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes; actual results could materially differ from those estimates. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and accordingly do not include all of the disclosures normally made in the Company’s annual condensed consolidated financial statements. Accordingly, these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 (“fiscal 2025”), included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2025.
The results of operations for the three and six month periods ended September 30, 2025 are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations that may be expected for any other condensed interim period or for the full year ending March 31, 2026 (“fiscal 2026”).
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
The following Accounting Standards Updates (“ASUs”) were issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) which relate to or could relate to the Company as concerns the Company’s normal ongoing operations or the industry in which the Company operates.
Accounting Standards Update 2024-03 Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income-Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): "Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses” (Issued November 2024)
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03 “Income Statement – Reporting Comprehensive Income – Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses.” This ASU requires public business entities to disclose, for interim and annual reporting periods, additional information about certain income statement expense categories. The requirements are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and for interim periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Entities are permitted to apply either the prospective or retrospective transition methods. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that the adoption of this ASU will have on its consolidated financial statements.
Accounting Standards Update 2023-09 Income Taxes (Topic 740): "Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures" Income Statement Expenses" (Issued December 2023)
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures.” ASU 2023-09 requires disaggregated information about a reporting entity’s effective tax rate reconciliation as well as information on income taxes paid. ASU 2023-09 is effective for public entities with annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this guidance on its consolidated financial statements.
Segment Reporting
The Company operates as one reportable segment under Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 280, Segment Reporting. The chief operating decision maker regularly reviews the financial information of the Company at a consolidated level in determining how to allocate resources and in assessing performance.
Revenue Recognition
Sales to customers and related cost of sales are primarily recognized at the point in time when control of goods transfers to the customer. The Company recognizes revenue at the time title passes to the customer as this is when the Company satisfies its performance obligation under the contracts with its customers. Control is considered to be transferred when the customer has the ability to direct the use of and obtain substantially all of the remaining benefits of that good. Under the Direct Import Program, title passes in the country of origin when the goods are passed over the rail of the customer’s vessel. Under the Domestic Program, title passes primarily at the time of shipment. Estimates for future expected returns are based upon historical return rates and netted against revenues.
Revenue is measured as the amount of consideration the Company expects to receive in exchange for transferring goods. Revenue is recorded net of customer discounts, promotional allowances, volume rebates and similar charges. When the Company offers the right to return product, historical experience is utilized to establish a liability for the estimate of expected returns. Sales and other tax amounts collected from customers for remittance to governmental authorities are excluded from revenue.
Management must make estimates of potential future product returns related to current period product revenue. Management analyzes historical returns, current economic trends and changes in customer demand for the Company’s products when evaluating the adequacy of the reserve for sales returns. Management judgments and estimates must be made and used in connection with establishing the sales return reserves in any accounting period. Additional reserves may be required if actual sales returns increase above the historical return rates. Conversely, the sales return reserve could be decreased if the actual return rates are less than the historical return rates, which were used to establish the reserve.
Sales allowances, marketing support programs, promotions and other volume-based incentives which are provided to retailers and distributors are accounted for on an accrual basis as a reduction to net revenues in the period in which the related sales are recognized in accordance with ASC topic 606, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (“ASC 606”).
At the time of sale, the Company reduces recognized gross revenue by allowances to cover, in addition to estimated sales returns as required by ASC 606, (i) sales incentives offered to customers that meet the criteria for accrual and (ii) an estimated amount to recognize additional non-offered deductions it anticipates and can reasonably estimate will be taken by customers, which it does not expect to recover. Accruals for the estimated amount of future non-offered deductions are required to be made as contra-revenue items, because that percentage of shipped revenue fails to meet the collectability criteria within ASC 606.
If additional marketing support programs, promotions and other volume-based incentives are required to promote the Company’s products subsequent to the initial sale, then additional reserves may be required and are accrued for when such support is offered.
The Company offers limited warranties for its consumer electronics, comparable to those offered to consumers by the Company’s competitors in the United States. Such warranties typically consist of a one year period for microwaves and refrigerators and a
Licensing: In addition to the distribution of products, the Company grants licenses for the right to access the Company’s intellectual property, specifically the Company’s trademarks, for a stated term for the manufacture and/or sale of consumer electronics and other products under agreements which require payment of either (i) a non-refundable minimum guaranteed royalty or, (ii) the greater of (a) the actual royalties due (based on a contractual calculation, normally comprised of actual product sales by the licensee multiplied by a stated royalty rate, or “Sales Royalties”) or (b) a minimum guaranteed royalty amount. In the case of the foregoing clause (i), such amounts are recognized as revenue on a straight-line basis over the term of the license agreement. In the case of the foregoing clause (ii), Sales Royalties in excess of guaranteed minimums are accounted for as variable fees and are not recognized as revenue until the Company has ascertained that the licensee’s sales of products have exceeded the guaranteed minimum. In effect, the Company recognizes the greater of Sales Royalties earned to date or the straight-line amount of minimum guaranteed royalties to date. In the case where a royalty is paid to the Company in advance, the royalty payment is initially recorded as a liability and recognized as revenue as the royalties are deemed to be earned according to the principles outlined above. As of September 30, 2025, the Company recorded deferred revenue of approximately $
Disaggregation of Revenue
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Accounts Receivable, net
The Company extends credit based upon evaluations of a customer’s financial condition and provides for any anticipated credit losses in the Company’s financial statements based upon management’s estimates and ongoing reviews of recorded allowances. The disclosure of the credit loss calculated is based on reasonable and supportable forecasts including historical, current and forecasted information. Credit is extended for periods between 30 and 150 days, on a net basis. If the financial condition of a customer deteriorates, resulting in an impairment of that customer’s ability to make payments, additional reserves may be required. Conversely, reserves are reduced to reflect credit and collection improvements. Receivables are written off once they are considered uncollectible. The accounts receivable balance on a net basis was approximately $
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NOTE 2 — EARNINGS PER SHARE
The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share (in thousands, except per share amounts). Weighted average shares includes the impact of shares held in treasury.
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NOTE 3 — SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Outstanding capital stock at September 30, 2025 consisted of common stock and Series A preferred stock. The Series A preferred stock is non-voting, has no dividend preferences and has not been convertible since March 31, 2002; however, it retains a liquidation preference.
At September 30, 2025, the Company had
NOTE 4 — INVENTORY
Inventories, which consist primarily of finished goods, are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Cost is determined using the first-in, first-out method. As of September 30, 2025 and March 31, 2025, inventories consisted of the following (in thousands):
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NOTE 5 — INCOME TAXES
As of September 30, 2025, the Company had approximately $
The Company analyzed the future reasonability of recognizing its deferred tax assets at September 30, 2025. As a result, the Company concluded that a 100% valuation allowance of approximately $
The income of foreign subsidiaries before taxes was approximately $
Although the Company generated a net operating loss, it recorded income tax expense of approximately $
The Company is subject to examination and assessment by tax authorities in numerous jurisdictions. As of September 30, 2025, the Company’s open tax years for examination for U.S. federal tax are 2018-2025, and for U.S. states’ tax are 2016-2025. Based on the outcome of tax examinations or due to the expiration of statutes of limitations, it is reasonably possible that the unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions taken in previously filed returns may be different from the liabilities that have been recorded for these unrecognized tax benefits. As a result, the Company may be subject to additional tax expense.
As of September 30, 2025, the Company is asserting under ASC 740-30 that all of the unremitted earnings of its foreign subsidiaries are indefinitely invested. The Company evaluates this assertion each period based on a number of factors, including the operating plans, budgets, and forecasts for both the Company and its foreign subsidiaries; the long-term and short-term financial requirements in the U.S. and in each foreign jurisdiction; and the tax consequences of any decision to repatriate earnings of foreign subsidiaries to the U.S.
As of September 30, 2025 and March 31, 2025, the Company had a federal tax liability of nil and approximately $
The liability was payable over
NOTE 6 — RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
From time to time, Emerson engages in business transactions with its controlling shareholder, Nimble Holdings Company Limited (“Nimble”), formerly known as The Grande Holdings Limited (“Grande”), and one or more of Nimble’s direct and indirect subsidiaries, or with entities related to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. Set forth below is a summary of such transactions.
Controlling Shareholder
S&T International Distribution Limited (“S&T”), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Grande N.A.K.S. Ltd., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nimble, collectively have, based on a Schedule 13D/A filed with the SEC on February 15, 2019, the shared power to vote and direct the disposition of
Related Party Transactions
Charges of rental and utility fees on office space in Hong Kong
During the three and six month periods ended September 30, 2025, the Company was billed approximately $
Charges for promotional items
During each of the three and six month periods ended September 30, 2025, the Company purchased nil of promotional items from The Whisky Capital Pte Ltd ("TWCPL"), which is a company related to the Company's Chairman. During the three and six month periods ended September 30, 2024, the Company purchased nil and approximately $
NOTE 7 — SHORT TERM DEPOSITS AND INVESTMENTS
As of September 30, 2025 and March 31, 2025, the Company held approximately $
As of September 30, 2025 and March 31, 2025, the Company also held approximately $
Under ASC Topic 820 Fair Value Measurement, the carrying amounts of the Company’s financial instruments, such as cash, short term deposits and short term investments approximate fair values due to the short-term nature of these instruments and are classified under the fair value hierarchy of Level 1.
NOTE 8 — CONCENTRATION RISK
Customer Concentration
For the three month period ended September 30, 2025, the Company’s three largest customers accounted for approximately
For the six months ended September 30, 2025, the Company’s
For the three month period ended September 30, 2024, the Company’s three largest customers accounted for approximately
For the six months ended September 30, 2024, the Company’s three largest customers accounted for approximately
A significant decline in net sales to any of the Company’s key customers would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operation.
Product Concentration
For the three and six month periods ended September 30, 2025, the Company’s gross product sales included microwave ovens, which generated approximately
For the three and six month periods ended September 30, 2024, the Company’s gross product sales included microwave ovens, which generated approximately
Concentrations of Credit Risk
As of September 30, 2025, the Company’s top two customers accounted for approximately
The Company maintains its cash accounts with major U.S. and foreign financial institutions. The Company’s cash balances on deposit in the U.S. as of September 30, 2025 and March 31, 2025 were insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) up to $250,000 per qualifying bank account in accordance with FDIC rules. The Company’s cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash balances in excess of these FDIC-insured limits were approximately $
Supplier Concentration
During the three month period ended September 30, 2025, the Company procured
During the six month period ended September 30, 2025, the Company procured approximately
NOTE 9 — LEASES
The Company leases office space in the U.S. and in Hong Kong as well as a copier in the U.S. These leases have remaining non-cancellable lease terms of twenty-three to forty-five months. The Company has elected not to separate lease and non-lease components for all leased assets. The Company did not identify any events or conditions during the quarter ended September 30, 2025 to indicate that a reassessment or re-measurement of the Company’s existing leases was required.
As of September 30, 2025, the Company’s current operating lease liabilities and finance lease liabilities were $
As disclosed in "Note 6 - Related Party Transactions", the Company's Hong Kong office space is being leased from VACL, which is a company related to the Company's Chairman. As of September 30, 2025, the current operating liability of this lease is approximately $
The components of lease costs, which were included in operating expenses in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations, were as follows:
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Information relating to the lease term and discount rate are as follows:
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As of September 30, 2025 the maturities of lease liabilities were as follows:
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NOTE 10 —LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
On October 10, 2023, the US District Court for the District of Delaware granted final judgment in favor of the Company in its trademark infringement lawsuit against air conditioning and heating products provider Emerson Quiet Kool and wholesaler Home Easy (the “defendants”). Among other things, the court order issues an injunction and directs the US Patent and Trademark Office to cancel the defendants’ existing and proposed "Emerson Quiet Kool" trademarks and prohibits defendants from registering or applying to register, or using the same mark or any other mark or name containing the word "Emerson" going forward. The total judgment awarded to the Company has increased from approximately $
NOTE 11 — SEGMENT INFORMATION
The Company currently operates as one segment which includes two revenue types, product sales and licensing revenue. While the Company discloses product sales and licensing revenue separately, management does not consider these to be separate segments, as all Emerson branded product is sold though similar sales channels and to similar customers. Management's determination for the allocation of resources is not analyzed by revenue streams, but as a single business unit. The determination of a single business segment is consistent with the consolidated financial information provided to the Company's Chief Operating Decision Maker ("CODM"). The Company's CODMs are the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer who review and evaluate consolidated net income for purposes of assessing performance, allocating resources, making operating decisions and for its planning and forecasting processes. Segment expenses are provided to the CODM on the same basis as disclosed in the condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. The CODM does not evaluate performance nor does it allocate resources based on segment assets and therefore such information is not presented in the notes to the financial statements.
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
The following discussion of the Company’s operations and financial condition should be read in conjunction with the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
In the following discussions, most percentages and dollar amounts have been rounded to aid presentation. Accordingly, all amounts are approximations.
Forward-Looking Information
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q 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”), which are subject to the "safe harbor" created by those sections.
Forward-looking statements include statements with respect to the Company’s beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, expectations, anticipations, assumptions, estimates, intentions, and future performance, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may be beyond the Company’s control, and which may cause the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be forward-looking statements. The reader can identify these forward-looking statements through the Company’s use of words such as “may,” “will,” “can,” “anticipate,” “assume,” “should,” “indicate,” “would,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “expect,” “seek,” “estimate,” “continue,” “plan,” “project,” “predict,” “could,” “intend,” “target,” “potential,” or the negative or plural of those terms and other similar words and expressions of the future. These forward-looking statements may not be realized due to a variety of factors, including, without limitation:
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the Company’s ability to generate sufficient revenue to achieve and maintain profitability; |
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the Company’s ability to obtain new customers and retain key existing customers, including the Company’s ability to maintain purchase volumes of the Company’s products by its key customers; |
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the Company’s ability to obtain new licensees and distribution relationships and maintain relationships with its existing licensees and distributors; |
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the Company’s ability to resist price increases from its suppliers or pass through such increases to its customers; |
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changes in consumer spending for retail products, such as the Company’s products, and in consumer practices, including sales over the Internet; |
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the Company’s ability to maintain effective internal controls or compliance by its personnel with such internal controls; |
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the Company’s ability to successfully manage its operating cash flows to fund its operations; |
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the Company’s ability to anticipate market trends, enhance existing products or achieve market acceptance of new products; |
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the Company’s ability to accurately forecast consumer demand and adequately manage inventory; |
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the Company’s dependence on a limited number of suppliers for its components and raw materials; |
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the Company’s dependence on third party manufacturers to manufacture and deliver its products; |
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increases in shipping costs for the Company’s products or other service issues with the Company’s third-party shippers; |
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the Company’s dependence on a third party logistics provider for the storage and distribution of its products in the United States; |
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the ability of third party sales representatives to adequately promote, market and sell the Company’s products; |
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the Company’s ability to maintain, protect and enhance its intellectual property; |
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the effects of competition; |
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the Company’s ability to distribute its products in a timely fashion, including the impact of labor disputes, public health threats and social unrest, if any; |
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evolving cybersecurity threats to the Company’s information technology systems or those of its customers or suppliers; |
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changes in foreign laws and regulations and changes in the political and economic conditions in the foreign countries in which the Company operates; |
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changes in accounting policies, rules and practices; |
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All forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary notice. The reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this report or the date of the document incorporated by reference into this report. Except as required by law, the Company has no obligation, and expressly disclaims any obligation, to update, revise or correct any of the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. The Company has expressed its expectations, beliefs and projections in good faith and it believes it has a reasonable basis for them. However, the Company cannot assure the reader that its expectations, beliefs or projections will result or be achieved or accomplished.
Results of Operations
The following table summarizes certain financial information for the three and six month periods ended September 30, 2025 (fiscal 2026) and September 30, 2024 (fiscal 2025) (in thousands):
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$ | 1,127 | $ | 2,670 | $ | 2,716 | $ | 4,799 | ||||||||
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88 | 68 | 174 | 137 | ||||||||||||
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1,215 | 2,738 | 2,890 | 4,936 | ||||||||||||
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1,216 | 2,466 | 2,880 | 4,470 | ||||||||||||
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1,195 | 1,389 | 2,515 | 2,805 | ||||||||||||
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(1,196 | ) | (1,117 | ) | (2,505 | ) | (2,339 | ) | ||||||||
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153 | 236 | 322 | 499 | ||||||||||||
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(1,043 | ) | (881 | ) | (2,183 | ) | (1,840 | ) | ||||||||
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$ | (1,043 | ) | $ | (881 | ) | $ | (2,183 | ) | $ | (1,843 | ) | ||||
Net product sales — Net product sales for the three month period ended September 30, 2025 were approximately $1.1 million as compared to approximately $2.7 million for the three month period ended September 30, 2024, a decrease of approximately $1.6 million, or 57.8%. The Company’s sales during the three month period ended September 30, 2025 were highly concentrated among its three largest customers – Amazon, Costco and Walmart – comprising in the aggregate approximately 83% of the Company’s total net product sales during the period. The Company’s sales during the three month period ended September 30, 2024, were highly concentrated among its three largest customers – Walmart, Amazon and Fred Meyer – comprising in the aggregate approximately 88% of the Company’s total net product sales during the period.
Net product sales for the six month period ended September 30, 2025 were approximately $2.7 million as compared to approximately $4.8 million for the six month period ended September 30, 2024, a decrease of approximately $2.1 million, or 43.4%. The Company’s sales during the six month period ended September 30, 2025 were highly concentrated among its three largest customers – Amazon, Variety and Fred Meyer – comprising in the aggregate approximately 65% of the Company’s total net product sales during the period. The Company’s sales during the six month period ended September 30, 2024, were highly concentrated among its three largest customers – Walmart, Amazon and Fred Meyer – comprising in the aggregate approximately 86% of the Company’s total net product sales during the period.
Net product sales are comprised primarily of the sales of houseware and audio products which bear the Emerson® brand name. Net product sales may be periodically impacted by adjustments made to the Company’s sales allowance and marketing support accrual to record unanticipated customer deductions from accounts receivable or to reduce the accrual by any amounts which were accrued in the past but not taken by customers through deductions from accounts receivable within a certain time period. In the aggregate, these adjustments had the effect of increasing net product sales and operating income by nil and approximately $11,000 for the three month periods ended September 30, 2025 and September 30, 2024, respectively, and by nil and approximately $21,000 for the six month periods ended September 30, 2025 and September 30, 2024, respectively. The major elements which contributed to the overall increase in net product sales were as follows:
i) Houseware products: Net sales of houseware products decreased approximately $0.4 million, or 33.1%, to approximately $0.8 million for the three month period ended September 30, 2025 as compared to approximately $1.2 million for the three month period ended September 30, 2024, driven by decreased net sales of microwave ovens. Certain of the Company's key customers refuse to accept price increases from recently imposed tariffs, which negatively impacted net sales during the quarter ended September 30, 2025. Net sales of houseware products decreased $0.1 million, or 3.4%, to approximately $2.2 million for the six month period ended September 30, 2025 as compared to approximately $2.3 million for the six month period ended September 30, 2024, driven by decreased net sales of microwave ovens and compact refrigerators.
ii) Audio products: Net sales of audio products decreased approximately $1.2 million, or 78.3%, to approximately $0.3 million for the three month period ended September 30, 2025 as compared to approximately $1.5 million for the three month period ended September 30, 2024, primarily due to a discontinued clock radio at Walmart. Net sales of audio products decreased approximately $2.0 million, or 80.9%, to approximately $0.5 million for the six month period ended September 30, 2025 as compared to approximately $2.5 million for the six month period ended September 30, 2024, primarily due to a discontinued clock radio at Walmart.
Business operations — The Company expects to continue to expand its existing distribution channels and to develop and promote new products with retailers in the U.S and Mexico. The Company is also continuing to invest in products and marketing activities to expand its sales through internet and ecommerce channels. These efforts require investments in appropriate human resources, media marketing and development of products in various categories in addition to the traditional home appliances and audio products on which the Company has historically focused. The Company also is continuing its efforts to identify strategic courses of action related to its licensing activities, including seeking new licensing relationships. The Company has engaged each of Leveraged Marketing Corporation of America and Global Licensing Services Pte Limited as an agent to assist in identifying and procuring potential licensees.
Emerson’s success is dependent on its ability to anticipate and respond to changing consumer demands and trends in a timely manner, as well as expanding into new markets and sourcing new products that are profitable to the Company. Geo-political factors may also affect the Company’s operations and demand for the Company’s products, which are subject to customs requirements and to tariffs and quotas set by governments through mutual agreements and bilateral actions. The Company expects that U.S. tariffs on categories of products that the Company imports from China, and China’s retaliatory tariffs on certain goods imported from the United States, as well as modifications to international trade policy, will continue to affect its product costs going forward. Although the Company is monitoring the trade and political environment and working to mitigate the possible effect of tariffs with its suppliers as well as its customers through pricing and sourcing strategies, the Company cannot be certain how its customers and competitors will react to the actions taken. If the Company's mitigation efforts are unsuccessful, the combination of tariffs will result in significantly increased annualized costs to the Company as all of the Company’s products are currently manufactured by suppliers in China. In addition, heightened tensions between the United States and China over Hong Kong and any resulting retaliatory policies may affect our operations in Hong Kong. At this time the Company is unable to quantify possible effects on its costs arising from the new tariffs, which are expected to increase the Company’s inventory costs and associated costs of sales as tariffs are incurred, and some costs may be passed through to the Company’s customers as product price increases in the future. However, if the Company is unable to successfully pass through the additional costs or otherwise mitigate the effects of these tariffs, or if the higher prices reduce demand for the Company’s products, it will have a negative effect on the Company’s product sales and gross margins.
In light of the adverse macroeconomic conditions domestically and internationally, the Company has implemented certain cost-reduction actions intended to reduce expenditures. However, the economic environment remains uncertain. Demand for the Company’s products remains competitive and requires the Company to continue carefully managing inventory. Accordingly, our current results and financial condition discussed herein may not be indicative of our future operating results and trends.
For more information on risks associated with the Company’s operations, please see the risk factors within Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2025.
Legal Proceedings — On October 10, 2023, the US District Court for the District of Delaware granted final judgment in favor of the Company in its trademark infringement lawsuit against air conditioning and heating products provider Emerson Quiet Kool and wholesaler Home Easy (the “defendants”). Among other things, the court order issues an injunction and directs the US Patent and Trademark Office to cancel the defendants’ existing and proposed "Emerson Quiet Kool" trademarks and prohibits defendants from registering or applying to register, or using the same mark or any other mark or name containing the word "Emerson" going forward. The total judgment awarded to the Company has increased from approximately $6.5 million to approximately $10.4 million, inclusive of disgorgement of wrongful profits, attorney's fees and enhanced damages. The aggregate award to the Company also includes the $4.1 million of advanced deposits previously paid to the Company. The $4.1 million of advanced deposits was reduced by approximately $1 million of incurred legal fees. The remaining balance of $3.1 million was released by the Company to other income during the quarter ended September 30, 2023. Like any judgement, there is no guarantee that the Company will be able to collect the entire judgement or if it is able to collect, how soon it will be able to do so. The defendants have filed separate bankruptcy petitions in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey, and there is no guarantee that those bankruptcy proceedings will not have any effect on the ability of the Company to collect the judgement. In addition, in connection with those bankruptcy proceedings, the Chapter 7 trustee of Home Easy has filed a complaint seeking the return of the $4.1 million of advanced deposits previously paid to the Company and the outcome of such litigation remains uncertain. The Company is not currently a party to any other legal proceedings other than litigation matters, in most cases involving ordinary and routine claims incidental to its business. Management cannot estimate with certainty the Company’s ultimate legal and financial liability with respect to such pending litigation matters. However, management believes, based on its examination of such matters, that the Company’s ultimate liability will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
Licensing revenue — Licensing revenue for the three month period ended September 30, 2025 was approximately $88,000 as compared to approximately $68,000 for the three month period ended September 30, 2024, an increase of approximately $20,000, or 29.4%. The increase for the three month period ended September 30, 2025 was the result of increases of annual guaranteed minimum royalties of the Company's licensees.
Licensing revenue for the six month period ended September 30, 2025 was approximately $174,000 as compared to approximately $137,000 for the six month period ended September 30, 2024, an increase of approximately $37,000, or 27.0%. The increase for the six month period ended September 30, 2025 was the result of increases of annual guaranteed minimum royalties of the Company's licensees.
Net revenues — Net revenues were approximately $1.2 million for the three month period ended September 30, 2025 as compared to approximately $2.7 million for the three month period ended September 30, 2024, a decrease of approximately $1.5 million, or 55.6%. The decrease in net revenues can be attributed primarily to the discontinuation of a clock radio at Walmart.
Net revenues were approximately $2.9 million for the six month period ended September 30, 2025 as compared to approximately $4.9 million for the six month period ended September 30, 2024, a decrease of approximately $2.0 million, or 41.5%. The decrease in net revenues can be attributed primarily to the discontinuation of a clock radio.
Cost of sales — Cost of sales decreased approximately $1.3 million, or 50.7%, to approximately $1.2 million for the three month period ended September 30, 2025 as compared to approximately $2.5 million for the three month period ended September 30, 2024. The decrease in absolute terms for the three month period ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the three month period ended September 30, 2024 was primarily related to the discontinuation of a clock radio at Walmart and the negative impact of tariffs on the Company's microwave product line.
Cost of sales decreased approximately $1.6 million, or 35.6%, to approximately $2.9 million for the six month period ended September 30, 2025 as compared to approximately $4.5 million for the six month period ended September 30, 2024. The decrease in absolute terms for the six month period ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the six month period ended September 30, 2024 was primarily related to the discontinuation of a clock radio at Walmart and the negative impact of tariffs on the Company's microwave product line.
Selling, general and administrative expenses (“S,G&A”) — S,G&A was approximately $1.2 million for the three month period ended September 30, 2025 as compared to $1.4 million for the three month period ended September 30, 2024, a decrease of approximately $0.2 million or 14.0%. S,G&A, as a percentage of net revenues, was approximately 98.4% for the three month period ended September 30, 2025 as compared to approximately 50.7% for the three month period ended September 30, 2024. The decrease in S,G&A for the three month period ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the three month period ended September 30, 2024 was primarily driven by a decrease in compensation costs of approximately $177,000 and a decrease in advertising costs of approximately $32,000 partially offset by an increase in legal fees of approximately $38,000. Compensation costs for the three month period ended September 30, 2025 were approximately $645,000 as compared to approximately $822,000 for the three month period ended September 30, 2024. Advertising costs for the three month period ended September 30, 2025 were approximately $13,000 as compared to approximately $45,000 for the three month period ended September 30, 2024. Legal fees for the three month period ended September 30, 2025 were approximately $93,000 as compared to approximately $55,000 for the three month period ended September 30, 2024.
S,G&A was approximately $2.5 million for the six month period ended September 30, 2025 as compared to approximately $2.8 million for the six month period ended September 30, 2024, a decrease of approximately $0.3 million or 10.3%. S,G&A, as a percentage of net revenues, was approximately 87.0% for the six month period ended September 30, 2025 as compared to approximately 56.8% for the six month period ended September 30, 2024. The decrease in S,G&A for the six month period ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the six month period ended September 30, 2024 was primarily driven by a decrease in compensation costs of approximately $102,000, a decrease in legal fees of approximately $102,000 and a decrease in travel and entertainment costs of approximately $38,000. Compensation costs for the six month period ended September 30, 2025 were approximately $1,415,000 as compared to approximately $1,517,000 for the six month period ended September 30, 2024. Legal fees for the six month period ended September 30, 2025 were approximately $136,000 as compared to approximately $238,000 for the six month period ended September 30, 2024. Travel and entertainment costs for the six month period ended September 30, 2025 were approximately $27,000 as compared to approximately $65,000 for the six month period ended September 30, 2024.
Interest income, net — Interest income, net, was approximately $153,000 for the three month period ended September 30, 2025 as compared to approximately $236,000 for the three month period ended September 30, 2024, a decrease of approximately $83,000. The decrease was primarily due to lower levels of cash invested on the Company’s short term investments.
Interest income, net, was approximately $322,000 for the six month period ended September 30, 2025 as compared to approximately $499,000 for the six month period ended September 30, 2024, a decrease of approximately $177,000. The decrease was primarily due to lower levels of cash invested on the Company’s short term investments.
Provision for income taxes — For both three month periods ended September 30, 2025 and September 30, 2024, the Company recorded income tax expense of nil. For the six month period ended September 30, 2025, the Company recorded income tax expense of nil as compared to approximately $3,000 for the six month period ended September 30, 2024. The Company under the adoption of ASU 2019-12 “Income Taxes (Topic 740) – Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes” incurred non-income based state taxes of approximately $9,000 for each of the six month periods ended September 30, 2025 and September 30, 2024, which are now reported as S,G&A. See “Note 5 – Income Taxes”.
Although the Company generated a net loss during the three and six months ended September 30, 2025, it is unable to realize an income tax benefit until the Company can demonstrate the ability to generate net income on a sustained basis. Therefore, the Company is obligated to record a 100% valuation allowance against the deferred tax assets.
Net loss — As a result of the foregoing factors, the Company realized a net loss of approximately $1,043,000 for the three month period ended September 30, 2025 as compared to a net loss of approximately $881,000 for the three month period ended September 30, 2024.
As a result of the foregoing factors, the Company realized a net loss of approximately $2,183,000 for the six month period ended September 30, 2025 as compared to a net loss of approximately $1,843,000 for the six month period ended September 30, 2024.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of September 30, 2025, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of approximately $0.9 million as compared to approximately $1.2 million at March 31, 2025. Cash and cash equivalents includes short term investments in deposits which were classified as cash equivalents of approximately $0.7 million as of September 30, 2025 compared to approximately $0.9 million of such deposits as of March 31, 2025. Working capital decreased to approximately $18.9 million at September 30, 2025 as compared to approximately $21.1 million at March 31, 2025. The decrease in cash and cash equivalents of approximately $0.3 million was due to the net loss generated during the period of approximately $2.2 million, the decrease in income tax payable of approximately $0.7 million, an increase in prepaid expenses and other current assets of approximately $0.1 million and an increase in inventory of approximately $0.1 million, partially offset by a decrease in short term deposits of approximately $2.3 million, a decrease in accounts receivable of approximately $0.3 million and an increase in accounts payable and current liabilities of approximately $0.2 million.
Cash Flows
Net cash used by operating activities was approximately $2.6 million for the six month period ended September 30, 2025, resulting from the loss generated during the period of approximately $2.2 million, a decrease in income tax payable of approximately $0.7 million, an increase in prepaid expenses and other current assets of approximately $0.1 million and an increase in inventory of approximately $0.1 million, partially offset a decrease in accounts receivable of approximately $0.3 million and an increase in accounts payable and other current liabilities of approximately $0.2 million.
Net cash provided by investing activities was approximately $2.3 million for the six month period ended September 30, 2025 due to redemptions of short-term investments.
Net cash used by financing activities was approximately $1,000 for the six month period ended September 30, 2025.
Sources and Uses of Funds
The Company’s principal existing sources of cash are generated from operations and its existing short-term deposits and investments. The Company believes that its existing cash balance and sources of cash will be sufficient to support existing operations over the next 12 months.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of September 30, 2025, the Company did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as defined under the rules of the SEC.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
The following ASUs were issued by the FASB which relate to or could relate to the Company as concerns the Company’s normal ongoing operations or the industry in which the Company operates.
Accounting Standards Update 2024-03 Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income-Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): "Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses” (Issued November 2024)
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03 “Income Statement – Reporting Comprehensive Income – Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses.” This ASU requires public business entities to disclose, for interim and annual reporting periods, additional information about certain income statement expense categories. The requirements are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and for interim periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Entities are permitted to apply either the prospective or retrospective transition methods. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that the adoption of this ASU will have on its consolidated financial statements.
Accounting Standards Update 2023-09 Income Taxes (Topic 740): "Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures" Income Statement Expenses" (Issued December 2023)
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures.” ASU2023-09 requires disaggregated information about a reporting entity’s effective tax rate reconciliation as well as information on income taxes paid. ASU 2023-09 is effective for public entities with annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this guidance on its consolidated financial statements.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
Not applicable.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures.
(a) Disclosure controls and procedures
The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d — 15(e) under the Exchange Act) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in its Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Due to the inherent limitations of control systems, not all misstatements may be detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of a simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the control. Our controls and procedures can only provide reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the above objectives have been met.
The Company’s management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, concluded that disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act), as of September 30, 2025, are effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in the reports that the Company files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
(b) Changes in Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting
There have been no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2025 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
PART II — OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings.
The Company is, and from time to time may become, involved in legal proceedings, in most cases involving ordinary and routine claims incidental to its business. Management cannot estimate with certainty the Company’s ultimate legal and financial liability with respect to any such pending litigation matters. However, management believes, based on its examination of such matters, that the Company is not currently involved in any legal proceedings that, if determined adversely to the Company, would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows. Information relating to our ongoing legal proceedings is described in Note 11 to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in Part I, Item I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
There have been no material changes to the risk factors contained in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2025.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
None
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.
(a) None
(b) None
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosure.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Other Information.
(a) None
(b) None
(c) Trading arrangements
During the three months ended September 30, 2025, none of our directors and officers (as defined in Rule 16a-1(f) under the Exchange Act) adopted or terminated a "Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement" or a "non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement," as defined in Regulation S-K Item 408 for the purchase or sale of our securities.
Item 6. Exhibits.
| 3.1 | Certificate of Incorporation of Emerson Radio Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (3) (a) of Emerson’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, Registration No. 33-53621, declared effective by the SEC on August 9, 1994) (filed in paper format). |
| 3.1.1 | Certificate of Designation for Series A Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (3) (b) of Emerson’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, Registration No. 33-53621, declared effective by the SEC on August 9, 1994) (filed in paper format). |
| 3.1.2 | Amendment dated February 14, 1996 to the Certificate of Incorporation of Emerson Radio Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (3) (a) of Emerson’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 1995). |
| 3.2 | By-Laws of Emerson Radio Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Emerson’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2007). |
| 3.2.1 | Amendment, dated September 7, 2011, to the By-Laws of Emerson Radio Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of Emerson’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 7, 2011).* |
| 3.2.2 | Amendment, dated June 22, 2020, to the By-Laws of Emerson Radio Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Emerson’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 24, 2020).* |
| 31.1 |
Certification of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.* |
| 31.2 |
Certification of the Company’s Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.* |
| 32 |
Certification of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.** |
| 101.INS |
Inline XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.* |
| 101.SCH |
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.* |
| 101.CAL |
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.* |
| 101.DEF |
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.* |
| 101.LAB |
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.* |
| 101.PRE |
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.* |
| 104 |
Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) |
| * |
filed herewith |
| ** |
furnished herewith |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| EMERSON RADIO CORP. |
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| (Registrant) |
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| /s/ Christopher W. Ho |
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| Date: November 14, 2025 |
Christopher W. Ho |
| Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |
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| /s/ Richard Li |
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| Date: November 14, 2025 |
Richard Li |
| Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
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