BNC — what changed in the latest 10-Q

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• CEA Industries Inc. is the largest publicly-traded digital asset treasury ("DAT") focused exclusively on BNB, the native token of the BNB Chain ecosystem. We seek to continue to build and manage the largest corporate treasury of BNB to provide institutional-grade exposure to BNB Chain and to generat…

• Our strategy is built around a simple thesis: BNB is a scarce, utility-driven digital asset that serves as a core economic asset within one of the most active, and growing, blockchain ecosystems in the world. We seek to provide public equity market investors with exposure to BNB through a Nasdaq-lis…

• We believe our platform is differentiated from direct token ownership, private digital asset vehicles, exchange-traded products, and operating companies that hold digital assets as part of a diversified treasury strategy. Our objective is not merely to hold BNB passively, but to build the leading pu…

• We launched the DAT Strategy following the closing of a private placement on August 5, 2025, that raised approximately $500.0 million in cash and digital assets (the "PIPE Transaction") with up to $750.0 million of additional proceeds available through warrant exercises.

• We acquired Fat Panda on June 6, 2025 and continue to operate its core retail nicotine vape operations in Canada.

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• To supplement our financial results on U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) basis, we use non-GAAP measures including net bookings, backlog, as well as adjusted net income (loss) which reflects adjustments for certain non-cash expenses such as stock-based compensation, unrealized l…

• Our backlog or remaining performance obligations and net bookings may not be indicative of future operating results, and our customers may attempt to renegotiate or terminate their contracts for a number of reasons, including delays in or inability to obtain project financing or licensing or abandon…

• CEA Industries Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada on October 14, 2009, and is headquartered in Louisville, Colorado. Historically, the Company operated a portfolio of consumer and commercial businesses, including climate control systems for controlled environ…

• In August 2025, the Company initiated a strategic transformation by adopting a digital asset treasury strategy focused on BNB, the native token of the Binance blockchain. Through its wholly owned subsidiary, CEA BRS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the sole stockholder of BNC BNB Cayman…

• The Company has recently implemented a treasury strategy focused on acquiring and holding digital assets, primarily BNB. As of January 31, 2026, the Company held 515,544 BNB tokens with an aggregate fair value of $402.8 million. These digital asset holdings represent the substantial majority of the …

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• We maintain disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorde…

• Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the end o…

• A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the annual or interim consolidated financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

• As previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2026, we did not maintain effective controls over certain aspects of the financial reporting process because: (i) we lack a sufficient complement of personnel with a level of accounting expertise and an ade…

• Additional Deficiencies in Disclosure Controls and Procedures

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• Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and our Principal Financial and Accounting Officer, both of which positions have previously been held by the same person, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and…

• We did not maintain effective controls over certain aspects of the financial reporting process because: (i) we lack a sufficient complement of personnel with a level of accounting expertise and an adequate supervisory review structure that is commensurate with our financial reporting requirements, (…

• We intend to take appropriate and reasonable steps to make the necessary improvements to remediate these deficiencies in the future when our financial assets and our operations would support the requirements of additional personnel. We are committed to continuing to improve our financial organizatio…

• As a significant step in the remediation of these deficiencies, effective March 9, 2026, the Company appointed Brent Miller as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Miller’s appointment separates the principal financial and accounting officer function from the Chief Executive Officer role for future periods …

• There were changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended January 31, 2026 related to integration of new digital asset treasury processes and valuation controls for warrant liabilities. These changes were part of our remediation plan and did not materially affect, …

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• The information set forth in Note 11 to our Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report is incorporated herein by reference.

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• From time to time, in the normal course of business, the Company is subject to claims and legal proceedings. Litigation is inherently unpredictable, and the Company’s assessments may change as matters progress. The Company expenses legal fees as incurred and records a liability for contingent losses…

• On February 24, 2026, Abraham Gomez, an individual, filed a civil complaint in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Tulare, captioned Abraham Gomez v. CEA Industries, Inc., et al., (Case No. VCU331863), against the Company and Hans Thomas, a director of the Company. The complaint…

• On or about April 17, 2024, Optima Consulting Services, LLC (the “Claimant”), a client of the Company under an equipment and engineering contract, notified the Company of a potential claim and demanded mediation. On or about October 28, 2024, Claimant asserted claims for negligent/defective design a…

• On October 20, 2023, Sweet Cut Grow, LLC and Green Ice, LLC (collectively, “Claimant”), clients of the Company under an equipment contract and engineering contract, filed a demand for arbitration asserting claims for breach of contract, breach of warranty, and unjust enrichment, and seeking $1.0 mil…

• The parties are required to arbitrate under the rules of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”). The arbitration is expected to be heard in Denver, Colorado, in 2026 unless resolved earlier. The matter is currently in the discovery phase, and the parties are engaged in active settlement discus…

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• You should carefully consider the risks described below before making an investment decision. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially and adv…

• Our business is subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, discussed in more detail in the following section. These risks include, among others, the following key risks:

• ●Our financial condition is highly dependent on the market price of BNB, which has historically been subject to significant volatility.

• ●Our DAT Strategy is concentrated primarily in a single asset, which subjects us to risks specific to the Binance ecosystem.

• ●Our ability to generate yield on our BNB holdings depends primarily on Airdrops, which have declined and are unpredictable.

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• In addition to the other information set forth in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, you should carefully consider the risk factors discussed in Part I, Item 1A of our Transitional Annual Report on Form 10-KT for the four months ended April 30, 2025. Those risk factors, together with the risk facto…

• Risks Related to Shareholder Rights Plan and Activist Investors

• Shareholder activism has caused and will continue to cause us to incur substantial costs and divert management’s attention and resources and could disrupt our operations and the trading price of our common stock.

• A stockholder of the Company, YZi Labs has launched a shareholder activism campaign against the Company . Among other public actions, YZi has filed preliminary consent materials indicating its intent to solicit consents of our stockholders to expand the size of our Board of Directors (the “Board”) a…

• On March 13, 2026, the Company received a letter from YZi Labs Management Ltd. (“YZi Labs”) that requested that the Company fix a record date for determining the stockholders entitled to consent to (1) repeal any provision of the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”), in effect at the…

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• During the quarter ended July 31, 2026, no director or officer of the Company adopted or terminated a Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement or non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement, as each term is defined in Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K.

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• The Company’s Board of Directors has not yet determined the date, time or location of the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2026 Annual Meeting”). The Company intends to announce the date, time and location of the 2026 Annual Meeting through a press release and the filing of proxy …

• Because the date of the 2026 Annual Meeting has not yet been established, the deadlines for stockholder proposals or director nominations pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Company’s bylaws have not yet been determined. Once the Company announces the date of the…

• On March 16, 2026, the Board approved a Transition Agreement (as defined below) with David Namdar, the Company’s current Chief Executive Officer, and his affiliate, and determined that, in accordance with the Transition Agreement, Mr. Namdar’s service in such role will conclude upon the earlier of (…

• As compensation for the work performed by Mr. Namdar from August 5, 2025 (the “Appointment Date”) to the date of the Transition Agreement, Mr. Namdar will receive a make-up consulting fee of $375,000. As compensation for the work to be performed by Mr. Namdar commencing on March 16, 2026 and through…

• The foregoing description of the Transition Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Transition Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.7 and incorporated herein by reference.