NOTE 19 – COVID-19

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared a pandemic related to the rapidly spreading coronavirus (“COVID-19”) outbreak. The Company faces various risks related to health epidemics, pandemics and similar outbreaks, including the global outbreak of COVID-19. The Company believes it has taken appropriate steps to minimize the risk to our employees and to maintain normal business operations and continues to actively monitor the global outbreak and spread of COVID-19 and continues to take steps to mitigate the potential risks to us posed by its spread and related circumstances and impacts. Due to the change in consumer buying patterns as a result of COVID-19, the Company experienced a decline in new client sales resulting in a decrease in revenues in fiscal 2022 compared to fiscal 2021. While the ultimate health and economic impact of COVID-19 remains highly uncertain, we expect that our business operations and results of operations, including our net sales, earnings and cash flows, may continue to be impacted by decreases in new client sales. We cannot predict the timing and speed of the recovery, and any delay in the recovery could significantly impact our future results.