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Exhibit 4.7

 

DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

As of June 24, 2022, Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“we,” “our” and the “Company”) has our common stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Common Stock”) registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

The foregoing description is intended as a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), the amended and restated bylaws (the “Bylaws”) and any certificates of designation of our preferred stock as currently in effect, copies of which are filed as exhibits to this Annual Report on Form 10-K and are incorporated by reference herein.

 

Authorized Capital Stock

 

Our Certificate of Incorporation authorizes us to issue 220,000,000 shares of capital stock, of which 200,000,000 are shares of Common Stock and 20,000,000 are shares of preferred stock, of 1,663,008 are designated as Series A Preferred Stock, $0.00001 par value per share, 200,000 are designated as Series B Preferred Stock, $0.00001 par value per share, 2,000,000 are designated as Series C Preferred Stock, $0.00001 par value per share, 13,000 are designated as Series E Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.00001 par value per share, 6,500 are designated as Series E-1 Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.00001 par value per share, 4,698 are designated as Series F Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.00001 par value per share, 13,000 are designated as Series G Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.00001 par value per share and 6,500 are designated as Series G-1 Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.00001 par value per share, 9,000,000 are designated as Series H Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.00001 par value per share, and 40,000 are designated as Series J Preferred Stock, $0.00001 par value per share.

 

As of June 17, 2022, we had 17,594,467 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding.

 

The authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock and the authorized and undesignated shares of preferred stock are available for issuance without further action by our stockholders, unless such action is required by applicable law or the rules of any stock exchange on which our securities may be listed. Unless approval of our stockholders is so required, our board of directors does not intend to seek stockholder approval for the issuance and sale of our Common Stock or preferred stock.

 

Common Stock

 

Classified Board of Directors

 

Pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, the members of the board of directors are divided into three classes, designated Class I, Class II and Non-Classified. Class I or Class II directors shall be elected to hold office for a two-year term and until such directors’ respective successors shall be duly elected and qualified. Each member of the board of directors who is not assigned to either Class I or Class II, including such member’s respective successors shall be designated “Non-Classified Directors”, and shall, at each annual meeting of stockholders, be elected to serve for a term of one year and until such director’s successor shall be duly elected and qualified. The stockholders do not have the right to cumulate their votes for the election of directors.

 

 

 

 

Voting

 

Our Common Stock is entitled to one vote for each share held on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders, including the election of directors, and does not have cumulative voting rights. Accordingly, the holders of a majority of the shares of our Common Stock entitled to vote in any election of directors can elect all of the directors standing for election.

 

Dividends

 

Subject to preferences that may be applicable to any then-outstanding preferred stock, the holders of Common Stock are entitled to receive dividends, if any, as may be declared from time to time by our board of directors out of legally available funds. On January 29, 2019, our board of directors approved a dividend program under which we intend to pay a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.01 per share to holders of our Common Stock, subject to the requirements of applicable law and our material agreements. We are limited in our ability to pay dividends by certain of our existing agreements. In particular, our debt agreements only permit us to pay a quarterly cash dividend of one cent per share of common stock issued and outstanding, provided, that such cash dividend does not exceed $100 in the aggregate per fiscal quarter. We may not pay such dividends if any events of default exist under our debt agreements.

 

Liquidation

 

In the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, holders of our Common Stock will be entitled to share ratably in the net assets legally available for distribution to stockholders after the payment of all of our debts and other liabilities, subject to the satisfaction of any liquidation preference granted to the holders of any outstanding shares of preferred stock.

 

Rights and Preferences

 

Holders of our Common Stock have no preemptive, conversion or subscription rights, and there are no redemption or sinking fund provisions applicable to our Common Stock. The rights, preferences and privileges of the holders of our Common Stock are subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of the holders of shares of any series of our preferred stock that are outstanding or that we may designate and issue in the future.

 

The NASDAQ Capital Market Listing

 

Our Common Stock is listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “STAF.”

 

Transfer Agent

 

The transfer agent and registrar for our Common Stock is Action Stock Transfer Corporation. The transfer agent’s address is 2469 East Fort Union Blvd., Suite 214, Salt Lake City, UT 84121.

 

 

 

 

Preferred Stock

 

Our board of directors has the authority, without further action by the stockholders, to issue up to an aggregate of 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock in one or more series, to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each such series, to fix the rights, preferences and privileges of the shares of each wholly unissued series and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereon and to increase or decrease the number of shares of any such series, but not below the number of shares of such series then outstanding. Issuance of preferred stock by our board of directors may result in such shares having dividend and/or liquidation preferences senior to the rights of the holders of our Common Stock and could dilute the voting rights of the holders of our Common Stock.

 

Prior to the issuance of shares of each series of preferred stock, the board of directors is required by the Delaware General Corporation Law and our Certificate of Incorporation to adopt resolutions and file a certificate of designation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The certificate of designation fixes for each class or series the designations, powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions, including, but not limited to, some or all of the following:

 

  the number of shares constituting that series and the distinctive designation of that series, which number may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares then outstanding) from time to time by action of the board of directors;
     
  the dividend rate and the manner and frequency of payment of dividends on the shares of that series, whether dividends will be cumulative, and, if so, from which date;
     
  whether that series will have voting rights, in addition to any voting rights provided by law, and, if so, the terms of such voting rights;
     
  whether that series will have conversion privileges, and, if so, the terms and conditions of such conversion, including provision for adjustment of the conversion rate in such events as the board of directors may determine;
     
  whether or not the shares of that series will be redeemable, and, if so, the terms and conditions of such redemption;
     
  whether that series will have a sinking fund for the redemption or purchase of shares of that series, and, if so, the terms and amount of such sinking fund;
     
  whether or not the shares of the series will have priority over or be on a parity with or be junior to the shares of any other series or class in any respect;

 

 

 

 

the rights of the shares of that series in the event of voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation, and the relative rights or priority, if any, of payment of shares of that series; and

 

  any other relative rights, preferences and limitations of that series.

 

Options, Warrants and RSUs

 

As of June 17, 2022, we had 512,732 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding options, 9,724,625 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants, 57,594 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the vesting of RSUs, and up to 4,492,739 shares of Common Stock reserved for future issuance under our long term incentive plans. There are no other outstanding warrants, options or RSUs at this time. 

 

Delaware Anti-Takeover Law and Provisions of our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws

 

Delaware Anti-Takeover Law

 

We are subject to Section 203 of the DGCL. Section 203 generally prohibits a public Delaware corporation from engaging in a “business combination” with an “interested stockholder” for a period of three years after the date of the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder, unless:

 

  prior to the date of the transaction, the board of directors of the corporation approved either the business combination or the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder;
     
  the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding for purposes of determining the number of shares outstanding (i) shares owned by persons who are directors and also officers and (ii) shares owned by employee stock plans in which employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer; or
     
  on or subsequent to the date of the transaction, the business combination is approved by the board and authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least 66 2/3% of the outstanding voting stock which is not owned by the interested stockholder.

 

Section 203 defines a business combination to include:

 

    any merger or consolidation involving the corporation and the interested stockholder;
     
  any sale, transfer, pledge or other disposition involving the interested stockholder of 10% or more of the assets of the corporation;
     
  subject to exceptions, any transaction that results in the issuance or transfer by the corporation of any stock of the corporation to the interested stockholder; or
     
  the receipt by the interested stockholder of the benefit of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges or other financial benefits provided by or through the corporation.

 

In general, Section 203 defines an interested stockholder as any entity or person beneficially owning 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation and any entity or person affiliated with, or controlling, or controlled by, the entity or person. The term “owner” is broadly defined to include any person that, individually, with or through that person’s affiliates or associates, among other things, beneficially owns the stock, or has the right to acquire the stock, whether or not the right is immediately exercisable, under any agreement or understanding or upon the exercise of warrants or options or otherwise or has the right to vote the stock under any agreement or understanding, or has an agreement or understanding with the beneficial owner of the stock for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of the stock.

 

The restrictions in Section 203 do not apply to corporations that have elected, in the manner provided in Section 203, not to be subject to Section 203 of the DGCL or, with certain exceptions, which do not have a class of voting stock that is listed on a national securities exchange or authorized for quotation on the Nasdaq Stock Market or held of record by more than 2,000 stockholders. Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws do not opt out of Section 203.

 

Section 203 could delay or prohibit mergers or other takeover or change in control attempts with respect to us and, accordingly, may discourage attempts to acquire us even though such a transaction may offer our stockholders the opportunity to sell their stock at a price above the prevailing market price.

 

Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws

 

Provisions of our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws may delay or discourage transactions involving an actual or potential change in our control or change in our management, including transactions in which stockholders might otherwise receive a premium for their shares, or transactions that our stockholders might otherwise deem to be in their best interests. Therefore, these provisions could adversely affect the price of our Common Stock. Among other things, our Certificate of incorporation and Bylaws:

 

  permit our board of directors to issue up to 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock, without further action by the stockholders, with any rights, preferences and privileges as they may designate, including the right to approve an acquisition or other change in control;
     
  provide that the authorized number of directors may be changed only by resolution of the board of directors;
     
  except for directors, if any, elected by the holders of any series of preferred stock as provided for or fixed pursuant to any other provision, provide that all vacancies, including newly created directorships, may, except as otherwise required by law, be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of directors then in office, even if less than a quorum;
     
  do not provide for cumulative voting rights (therefore allowing the holders of a majority of the shares of Common Stock entitled to vote in any election of directors to elect all of the directors standing for election, if they should so choose);
     
  provide that special meetings of our stockholders may be called only by our board of directors; and
     
  provide for a classified board of directors.