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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

 

  (Mark One)
x  ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023

OR

 

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

 

For the transition period from ___ to ___

Commission file number 001-34785

XWELL, Inc. 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware 20-4988129

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or

organization)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
   

254 West 31st Street, 11th Floor

New York, NY

10001
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212)-750-9595

 

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

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol   Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share   XWEL   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the 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 ¨ No x

 

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

 

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 x 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). Yes x 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.

 

Large accelerated filer ¨    Accelerated filer ¨ 
Non-accelerated filer x    Smaller reporting company x 
      Emerging growth company ¨

 

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. ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ¨

 

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. x

 

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes ¨ No x

 

The aggregate market value of the registrant’s voting common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant, as of June 30, 2023, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second quarter, was $16,663,729 computed by reference to the closing sale price of $4.00 per share on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC on June 30, 2023. The registrant does not have any non-voting common stock.

 

As of April 15, 2024, 4,183,435 shares of the registrant’s common stock are outstanding.

 

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

 

Certain information required by Part III will be included in an amendment to this Annual Report on Form 10-K within 120 days of December 31, 2023.

 

Auditor Name: Auditor Location: Auditor Firm ID:
Marcum LLP East Hanover, NJ. PCAOB ID #688

 

 

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

This Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment No. 1”) to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of XWELL, Inc. (the “Company”) for the year ended December 31, 2023, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 16, 2024 (the “Original Form 10-K”) is being filed solely to replace the certifications required by Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, which inadvertently included the incorrect signatories thereto.

 

Except as otherwise expressly noted herein, this Amendment No. 1 does not modify or update in any way the Original Form 10-K, nor does it reflect events occurring after the filing of the Original Form 10-K. Accordingly, this Amendment No. 1 should be read in conjunction with the Original Form 10-K.

 

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PART IV 4
ITEM 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES 4
SIGNATURES 5

 

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PART IV

 

ITEM 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

 

(a)(1) No financial statements are filed with this Amendment No. 1. These items were included as part of the Original Form 10-K.

 

(a)(2) None.

 

(a)(3) Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Amendment No. 1 to the Original Form 10-K.

 

Exhibits Index

 

Exhibit
No.
  Description
     
31.1*   Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Exchange Act, Rules 13a - 14(a) and 15d - 14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
     
31.2*   Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Exchange Act, Rules 13a - 14(a) and 15d - 14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
     
32**   Certifications of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
     
97   XWELL, INC Incentive Compensation Recovery Policy
     
101.INS   Inline XBRL Instance 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 documents)

 

 

* Filed herewith.

 

** Furnished herewith.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto, duly authorized on the 17th day of April 2024.

 

XWELL, Inc.  
   
By: /s/ SCOTT R. MILFORD  
  Scott R. Milford  
  Chief Executive Officer  
  (Principal Executive Officer)  

 

XWELL, Inc.  
   
By: /s/ SUZANNE A. SCRABIS  
  Suzanne A. Scrabis  
  Chief Financial Officer  
  (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)  

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities indicated below and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature   Title   Date
         
/s/ SCOTT R. MILFORD   Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal   April 17, 2024
Scott R. Milford   Executive Officer)    
         
/s/ SUZANNE A. SCRABIS   Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and   April 17, 2024
Suzanne A. Scrabis   Accounting Officer)    
         
/s/ BRUCE T. BERNSTEIN   Director   April 17, 2024
Bruce T. Bernstein        
         
/s/ ROBERT WEINSTEIN   Director   April 17, 2024
Robert Weinstein        
         
/s/ MICHAEL LEBOWITZ   Director   April 17, 2024
Michael Lebowitz        
         
/s/ GAELLE WIZENBERG   Director   April 17, 2024
Gaelle Wizenberg        

 

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Exhibit 31.1

 

CERTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTION 302

 

I, Scott R. Milford, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of XWELL, Inc.;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. I am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under my supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to me by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under my supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report my conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: April 17, 2024

 

/s/ SCOTT R. MILFORD  
Chief Executive Officer  
(Principal Executive Officer)    

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 31.2

 

CERTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTION 302

 

I, Suzanne A. Scrabis, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of XWELL, Inc.;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. I am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under my supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to me by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under my supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report my conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: April 17, 2024

 

/s/ Suzanne A. Scrabis  
Chief Financial Officer  
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)  

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 32

 

CERTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTION 906

 

Pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of section 1350, chapter 63 of title 18, United States Code), each of the undersigned officers of XWELL, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), does hereby certify, to such officer’s knowledge, that:

 

The Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2023 (the “Form 10-K”) of the Company fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the information contained in the Form 10-K fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

Dated: April 17, 2024 /s/ SCOTT R. MILFORD
  Chief Executive Officer
  (Principal Executive Officer)      

 

   
/s/ SUZANNE A. SCRABIS  
Chief Financial Officer  
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)