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Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
On December 16, 2022, Professional Diversity Network, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a stock purchase agreement (the “Agreement”) with Ms. Hongjun Chen (the “Investor”), an individual and a resident of the People’s Republic of China, in connection with the purchase by the Investor of 2,325,581 shares of common stock of the Company (the “Shares”) at a price of approximately $0.43 per share (representing a 20% discount of the 5-day average closing price of the common stock immediately prior to the closing) for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,000,000. The closing of the transaction took place on December 20, 2022 (the “Closing Date”).
The issuances of the Shares are exempt from registration due to the exemption found in Regulation S promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The sales were offshore transactions since the offerees/purchasers were outside the United States at the time of the purchase. Further, there were no directed selling efforts of any kind made in the United States either by the Company or any affiliate or other person acting on the Company’s behalf in connection with the offerings. All offering materials and documents used in connection with the offers and sales of the securities included statements to the effect that the securities have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to U.S. persons unless the securities are registered under the Securities Act or an exemption therefrom is available, and that hedging transactions involving the Shares may not be conducted unless in compliance with the Securities Act. The Investor certified that she is not a U.S. person (as that term is defined in Regulation S) and is not acquiring the Shares for the account or benefit of any U.S. person and agreed to resell the Shares only in accordance with the provisions of Regulation S, pursuant to registration under the Securities Act or pursuant to an available exemption from registration. The Shares sold are restricted securities and the certificates representing the Shares will be affixed with a standard restrictive legend, which states that the Shares cannot be sold without registration under the Securities Act or an exemption therefrom.
Pursuant to the Agreement, the Company agreed no later than 45 days after the later of (a) the Closing Date and (b) the date on which the Company files with the SEC its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company will file a registration statement under the Securities Act to permit the public resale of all the Shares from time to time as permitted by Rule 415 under the Securities Act and will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared effective as soon as practicable after the filing thereof.
A copy of the form of the Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No. | Description | |
10.1 | Form of Securities Purchase Agreement between the Registrant and the Investors | |
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Professional Diversity Network, Inc. | |
Date: December 20, 2022 | /s/ Adam He |
Adam He, Chief Executive Officer |