# HEADLANDS TECHNOLOGIES SECURITIES, LLC X-17A-5 (2025-03-04) — Broker-dealer annual report - Company: HEADLANDS TECHNOLOGIES SECURITIES, LLC - Form: X-17A-5 - Filed: 2025-03-04 - Period: 2024-12-31 - Accession: 0001708825-25-000003 - CIK: 1708825 - File #: 8-69969 - Type: Broker-dealer - Material weakness: No - Auditor: Ernst & Young LLP - Auditor location: Chicago, IL - Contact: John Vander Laan - Phone: 312-601-8793 - Signed by: Neil M Fitzpatrick (Chief Financial Officer) Original filing: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708825/000170882525000003/FULLFINANCIALS2024.pdf --- {0}------------------------------------------------ F INANCIAL S TATEMENTS AND S UPPLEMENTAL I NFORMATION Headlands Technologies Securities, LLC Year Ended December 31, 2024 With Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm {1}------------------------------------------------ {2}------------------------------------------------ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - {3}------------------------------------------------ # Financial Statements and Supplemental Information Year Ended December 31, 2024 # **Contents** | Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 1 | | |------------------------------------------------------------------------|--| | Financial Statements | | | Statement of Financial Condition 2 | | | Statement of Operations 3 | | | Statement of Changes in Member's Capital 4 | | | Statement of Cash Flows 5 | | | Notes to Financial Statements 6 | | | Supplemental Information | | | Schedule I – Computation of Net Capital Pursuant to SEC Rule 15c3-1 11 | | {4}------------------------------------------------ ![](_page_4_Picture_0.jpeg) Ernst & Young LLP 155 North Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606-1787 Tel: +1 312 879 2000 Fax: +1 312 879 4000 ey.com #### **Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm** To the Member and Officers of Headlands Technologies Securities, LLC #### **Opinion on the Financial Statements** We have audited the accompanying statement of financial condition of Headlands Technologies Securities, LLC (the "Company") as of December 31, 2024, the related statements of operations, changes in member's capital, and cash flows for the year 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 at December 31, 2024, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. #### **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 audit. 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 audit 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. Our audit 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 audit 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 audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. #### **Supplemental Information** The accompanying information contained in Schedule I has been subjected to audit procedures performed in conjunction with the audit of the Company's financial statements. Such information is the responsibility of the Company's management. Our audit procedures included determining whether the information reconciles to the financial statements or the underlying accounting and other records, as applicable, and performing procedures to test the completeness and accuracy of the information. In forming our opinion on the information, we evaluated whether such information, including its form and content, is presented in conformity with Rule 17a-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. In our opinion, the information is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the financial statements as a whole. We have served as the Company's auditor since 2018. February 25, 2025 {5}------------------------------------------------ ## Statement of Financial Condition December 31, 2024 | Assets | | |----------------------------------------|-----------------| | Cash | \$
1,035,326 | | Other assets | 4,962 | | Total assets | \$
1,040,288 | | Liabilities and member's capital | | | | | | Liabilities: | | | Payable to affiliate | \$
865 | | Accrued expenses | 20,525 | | Total liabilities | 21,390 | | Member's capital | 1,018,898 | | Total liabilities and member's capital | \$
1,040,288 | | | | {6}------------------------------------------------ ## Statement of Operations Year Ended December 31, 2024 #### **Expenses** | Regulatory fees | \$
66,737 | |------------------------------------|-----------------| | Professional fees | 17,809 | | Employee compensation and benefits | 10,380 | | General and administrative | 30,005 | | Total expenses | 124,931 | | Net loss | \$
(124,931) | {7}------------------------------------------------ # Statement of Changes in Member's Capital Year Ended December 31, 2024 | Member's capital at beginning of year | \$
143,829 | |---------------------------------------|-----------------| | Contribution from Parent | 1,000,000 | | Net loss | (124,931) | | Member's capital at end of year | \$
1,018,898 | | | | {8}------------------------------------------------ # Statement of Cash Flows Year Ended December 31, 2024 | Cash flows from operating activities | | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------| | Net loss | \$
(124,931) | | Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: | | | Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | | | Other assets | (1,998) | | Payable to affiliate | (16,205) | | Payable to Parent | (899) | | Accrued expenses | 125 | | Net cash used in operating activities | (143,908) | | Financing activities | | | Contribution from Parent | 1,000,000 | | Net cash provided by financing activities | 1,000,000 | | Net increase in cash | 856,092 | | Cash at beginning of year | 179,234 | | Cash at end of year | \$
1,035,326 | | | | {9}------------------------------------------------ # Notes to Financial Statements December 31, 2024 ## **1. Organization and Nature of Operations** Headlands Technologies Securities, LLC (the Company) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Headlands Tech Holdings, LLC (the Parent). The Company was formed in May 2017 in order to operate as a proprietary trading firm in the securities business. The Company is a registered securities broker-dealer under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Company is a member of Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) and NYSE Chicago (formerly Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.). NYSE Chicago acts as the Company's designated examining authority. The Company is currently not conducting any securities business. ## **2. Significant Accounting Policies** ## **Use of Estimates** The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Management believes that the estimates utilized in preparing its financial statements are reasonable and prudent. Actual results could differ from those estimates. ## **Cash** Cash includes amounts due from banks in a non-interest bearing account. At December 31, 2024, all cash amounts are held at a major financial institution. {10}------------------------------------------------ Notes to Financial Statements (continued) #### **2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)** #### **Income Taxes** The Company is a limited liability company and is treated as a disregarded entity pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-3 for federal income tax purposes. Generally, disregarded entities are not subject to entity-level federal or state income taxation and, as such, the Company is not required to provide for income taxes under Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 740-10, *Income Taxes*. The Company's taxable income or loss becomes reportable to the respective members of the Parent due to the treatment of the Parent as a non-taxable flow-through partnership entity for federal income tax purposes. Accordingly, no provision has been made for federal, state or local income taxes of the Company. The Company has evaluated tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Company's tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are more likely than not to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Based upon this analysis, there were no tax positions not deemed to meet a more-likely-than-not threshold. Therefore, no tax expense, including any interest and penalties, was recorded in the current period and no adjustments were made to prior periods. Further, the Company does not believe any material tax positions exist and therefore will not be recorded within the next 12 months. To the extent the Company recognizes interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits, they are recorded as income tax expense in the statement of operations. {11}------------------------------------------------ ## Notes to Financial Statements (continued) #### **3. Related-Party Transactions** The Company receives administrative support from the Parent and an affiliate, Headlands Technologies, LLC, including office, facilities and personnel support. The Parent (or affiliate) pays certain of the Company's expenses and the Company reimburses the Parent (or affiliate) in accordance with an expense agreement between the Company and the Parent (or affiliate). For the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company incurred \$16,480 of expenses related to administrative support paid or to be paid on behalf of the Company by the Parent (or affiliate). At December 31, 2024, the Company owes the affiliate \$865 for 2024 expenses. | | Expenses | | |------------------------------------|----------|--------| | Employee compensation and benefits | \$ | 10,380 | | General and administrative | | 5,950 | | Professional fees | | 150 | | Total | \$ | 16,480 | ## **4. General Contingencies** In the normal course of business, the Company enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations and warranties that provide indemnifications to the counterparties under certain circumstances. The Company's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Company that have not yet occurred. The Company expects the risk of loss to be remote. ## **5. Legal and Regulatory Risk** The financial services industry faces legal and regulatory risks. The Company is subject to claims and lawsuits brought against the Company in the ordinary course of business. The Company is also subject to inquiries, investigations and proceedings by regulatory and other governmental agencies. Actions brought against the Company may result in settlements, awards, injunctions, fines, penalties and other results adverse to us. #### **6. Segment Reporting** The Company is not currently trading securities as a broker-dealer. The Company has identified its senior management team as the chief operating decision maker ("CODM"), who uses net income to evaluate the results of the business, predominantly in the forecasting process, to manage {12}------------------------------------------------ Notes to Financial Statements (continued) ## **6. Segment Reporting (continued)** the Company. Additionally, the CODM uses excess net capital, which is not a measure of profit and loss, to make operational decisions while maintaining capital adequacy, such as whether to reinvest profits or withdraw capital. The Company's operations constitute a single operating segment and therefore, a single reportable segment, because the CODM manages the business activities using information of the Company as a whole. The accounting policies used to measure the profit and loss of the segment are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies. ## **7. Net Capital Requirements** The Company is subject to the Uniform Net Capital (Rule 15c3-1) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The Company is required to maintain minimum net capital equal to the greater of \$100,000 or 6-2/3% of aggregate indebtedness, as defined. Net capital changes from day to day, but at December 31, 2024, the Company had net capital of \$1,013,936, and required net capital of \$100,000. At December 31, 2024, the Company's percentage of aggregate indebtedness to net capital was 2.11%. Capital withdrawals are subject to certain notification and other provisions of Rule 15c3-1or other regulatory bodies. ## **8. Member's Equity** Generally, except as provided under applicable law or the Company's limited liability company agreement, the liability of each Member for the losses, debts, and obligations of the Company shall be limited to such Member's interests in the Company. ## **9. Subsequent Events** No subsequent events or transactions have occurred through the date the financial statements were issued, that would have materially affected the financial statements as presented herein. {13}------------------------------------------------ Supplemental Information {14}------------------------------------------------ | Headlands Technologies Securities, LLC | Schedule I | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------| | Computation of Net Capital
Pursuant to SEC Rule 15c3-1 | | | December 31, 2024 | | | Net capital | | | Total member's capital | \$
1,018,898 | | Less nonallowable assets: | | | Other assets | 4,962 | | Net capital | \$
1,013,936 | | Required net capital | | | Net capital requirement (greater of 6 2/3% of aggregate indebtedness or | | | minimum dollar net capital requirement of \$100,000) | \$
100,000 | | Excess net capital | \$
913,936 | | | | | Aggregate indebtedness: | | | Payable to affiliate | \$
865 | | Accrued expenses | 20,525 | | Total aggregate indebtedness | \$
21,390 | | Percentage of aggregate indebtedness to net capital | 2.11% | There are no material differences between the amounts presented above and the amounts presented in the Company's December 31, 2024, unaudited FOCUS Part IIA report filed on January 16, 2025. Source: SEC EDGAR via Adviser Search (https://search.stillhousedata.com). Agents: see https://search.stillhousedata.com/llms.txt.