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PROSPECTUS

Filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5)

Registration No. 333-277058

 

 

ENDRA Life Sciences Inc.

 

202,020 Shares of Common Stock

 

This prospectus relates to 202,020 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “common stock”), of ENDRA Life Sciences Inc. that PatentVest, Inc. (“PatentVest” or the “Selling Stockholder”) may sell from time to time in one or more offerings on terms to be determined at the time of sale. You can find detailed information on PatentVest and the transaction in which it acquired our securities in the section entitled “Selling Stockholder” beginning on page 8 of this prospectus.

 

The Selling Stockholder may sell its shares of common stock from time to time at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to the prevailing market price, or at privately negotiated prices. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of common stock by the Selling Stockholder. We have agreed to bear all of the expenses incurred in connection with the registration of the common stock. The Selling Stockholder will pay or assume brokerage commission and similar charges, if any, incurred in the sale of the common stock.

 

Our common stock trades on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “NDRA.” On April 2, 2024, the last reported sale price for our common stock was $0.37 per share.

 

INVESTING IN OUR SECURITIES INVOLVES RISKS. YOU SHOULD REVIEW CAREFULLY THE RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES DESCRIBED UNDER THE HEADING “RISK FACTORS” CONTAINED IN THE APPLICABLE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT AND ANY RELATED FREE WRITING PROSPECTUS, AND UNDER SIMILAR HEADINGS IN OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT ARE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THIS PROSPECTUS OR ANY SUCH PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT. SEE “RISK FACTORS” ON PAGE 6 OF THIS PROSPECTUS.

 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

The date of this prospectus is April 3, 2024.

 

 

 

 

 

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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

 

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

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THE COMPANY

 

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RISK FACTORS

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

 

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SELLING STOCKHOLDER

 

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

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DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK

 

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CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF DELAWARE LAW AND OF THE COMPANY’S CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS

 

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LEGAL MATTERS

 

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EXPERTS

 

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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

 

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INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

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 ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

 

This prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form S-3 that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, utilizing a “shelf” registration process. Under this shelf process, the Selling Stockholder may from time to time sell up to 202,020 shares of our common stock in one or more offerings.

 

We may file one or more prospectus supplements or, if appropriate, post-effective amendments, to accompany this prospectus to add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. If the information varies between this prospectus and the accompanying prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment, if any, you should rely on the information in the accompanying prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment. We may also authorize one or more free writing prospectuses to be provided to you that may contain material information relating to the offering. You should read both this prospectus and the accompanying prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment, if any, and any free writing prospectus together with the additional information described under “Where You Can Find More Information.” You should also carefully consider, among other things, the matters discussed in the section entitled “Risk Factors” herein, and the accompanying prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment, if any, and any related free writing prospectus, and under similar headings in any other documents that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus, and the accompanying prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment, if any, and any related free writing prospectus.

 

This prospectus contains summaries of certain provisions contained in some of the documents described herein, but reference is made to the actual documents for complete information. All of the summaries are qualified in their entirety by the actual documents. Copies of some of the documents referred to herein have been filed, will be filed or will be incorporated by reference as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, and you may obtain copies of those documents as described below under the heading “Where You Can Find More Information.”

 

You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus or in any prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment or free-writing prospectus we may authorize to be delivered or made available to you. Neither we nor the Selling Stockholder have authorized anyone to provide you with information different from that contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any free writing prospectus we have prepared. We and the Selling Stockholder take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. Offers to sell, and solicitations of offers to buy, shares of our common stock are being made only in jurisdictions where offers and sales are permitted. The information in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date of this prospectus, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or of any sale of our common stock. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since the date of this prospectus.

 

Unless otherwise stated or the context requires otherwise, references to “ENDRA”, the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our” are to ENDRA Life Sciences Inc. and its subsidiaries.

 

 
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

Certain information set forth in this prospectus or incorporated by reference in this prospectus may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Exchange Act, that are intended to be covered by the “safe harbor” created by those sections. Forward-looking statements, which are based on certain assumptions and describe our future plans, strategies and expectations, can generally be identified by the use of forward-looking terms such as “believe,” “expect,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “would,” “could,” “seek,” “intend,” “plan,” “estimate,” “goal,” “anticipate,” “project” or other comparable terms. All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this prospectus regarding our strategies, prospects, financial condition, operations, costs, plans and objectives are forward-looking statements. Examples of forward-looking statements include, among others, statements we make regarding: estimates of the timing of future events and anticipated results of our development efforts, including the timing of submission for and receipt of required regulatory approvals and product launches; statements relating to future financial position and projected costs and revenue; expectations concerning our business strategy; and statements regarding our ability to find and maintain development partners.

 

Forward-looking statements are neither historical facts nor assurances of future performance. Instead, they are based only on our current beliefs, expectations and assumptions regarding the future of our business, future plans and strategies, projections, anticipated events and trends, the economy and other future conditions. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside our control. Our actual results and financial condition may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Therefore, you should not rely on any of these forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause our actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements include, among others, the following:

 

 

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our limited commercial experience, limited cash and history of losses;

 

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our ability to obtain adequate financing to fund our business operations in the future;

 

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our ability to achieve profitability;

 

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delays and changes in regulatory requirements, policy and guidelines, including potential delays in submitting required regulatory applications or other submissions with respect to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) or other regulatory agency approval;

 

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our ability to obtain CE mark certification and secure required FDA and other governmental approvals for our Thermo-Acoustic Enhanced Ultrasound (“TAEUS”) applications

 

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our ability to develop a commercially feasible application based on our TAEUS technology;

 

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market acceptance of our technology;

 

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uncertainties associated with COVID-19 or other pandemics that may occur, including effects on our operations;

 

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the effect of macroeconomic conditions on our business;

 

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results of our human studies, which may be negative or inconclusive;

 

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our ability to find and maintain development partners;

 

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our reliance on third parties, collaborations, strategic alliances and licensing arrangements to complete our business strategy;

 

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the amount and nature of competition in our industry;

 

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our ability to protect our intellectual property;

 

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potential changes in the healthcare industry or third-party reimbursement practices;

 

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our ability to comply with regulation by various federal, state, local and foreign governmental agencies and to maintain necessary regulatory clearances or approvals;

 

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our ability to maintain compliance with Nasdaq listing standards;

 

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our dependence on our senior management team; and

 

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the other risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors section of this prospectus, any prospectus supplement and our most recent Annual Form 10-K and subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, which filings are incorporated herein by reference.

 

We urge you to consider those risks and uncertainties in evaluating our forward-looking statements. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or to persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the applicable cautionary statements. We further caution readers not to place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Except as otherwise required by the federal securities laws, we undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

 

 
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THE COMPANY

 

We were incorporated as a Delaware corporation in 2007. We are developing a next-generation enhanced ultrasound technology platform—Thermo Acoustic Enhanced Ultrasound, or TAEUS® in order to broaden patient access to the safe diagnosis and treatment of a number of significant medical conditions in circumstances where expensive X-ray computed tomography (“CT”), magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) technology, or other diagnostic technologies such as surgical biopsy, are unavailable or impractical.

 

Our TAEUS technology uses radio frequency (“RF”) pulses to stimulate tissues, using a small fraction (less than 1%) of the amount of energy that would be transmitted into the body during an MRI scan. The use of RF energy allows our TAEUS technology to penetrate deep into tissue, enabling the imaging of human anatomy at depths equivalent to those of conventional ultrasound. The RF pulses are absorbed by tissue and converted into ultrasound signals, which are detected by an external ultrasound receiver and a digital acquisition system that is part of the TAEUS system. The detected ultrasound is processed into images and other forms of data using our proprietary software and algorithms and then displayed to complement conventional gray-scale ultrasound images. The TAEUS imaging concept is illustrated below:

 

 

We believe that our TAEUS technology has the potential to add a number of new capabilities to conventional ultrasound, and other types of capital medical equipment such as interventional thermo-ablation systems, and thereby enhance the utility of those systems. Additionally, we believe that our technology can extend the use of ultrasound technology to indications and clinical situations that currently require the use of expensive CT or MRI imaging systems, where imaging is not practical using existing technology, or where other assessment tools such as surgical biopsy are required.

 

Our TAEUS platform is not intended to replace CT or MRI systems, both of which are versatile imaging technologies with capabilities and uses beyond the focus of our business. These systems, while versatile, are relatively expensive—a CT system can cost approximately $1 million and an MRI system can cost up to approximately $3 million. In addition, and in contrast to ultrasound systems, due to their limited number and the fact that they are usually fixed-in-place at major medical facilities, CT or MRI systems are frequently inaccessible to many patients. For example, CT or MRI systems are generally less accessible to primary care practices, rural clinics, economically developing markets, and patient bedsides.

 

 
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Ultrasound systems are more broadly available to patients than either CT or MRI systems. There are an estimated 1.6 million diagnostic ultrasound systems globally in use today. The global diagnostic ultrasound device market is anticipated to expand at a CAGR of 4.07% from 2022 to 2030, according to Grand View Research. Ultrasound systems are relatively inexpensive compared to CT and MRI systems, as smaller portable ultrasound systems can cost as little as approximately $5,000 and the price of new cart-based ultrasound systems can range from approximately $75,000 to $200,000. These numbers include both portable and cart-based ultrasound systems, and cover all types of diagnostic ultrasound procedures, including systems intended for cardiology, prenatal and abdominal use. We do not currently intend to address cart-based ultrasound systems focused on applications in prenatal care, nor certain portable ultrasound applications such as emergency room medicine, where we believe our TAEUS technology may not substantially impact patient care. Accordingly, we estimate the addressable market for one or more of our current or future TAEUS applications to include approximately 700,000 ultrasound systems currently in use throughout the world, in addition to other types of capital equipment.

 

To demonstrate the capabilities of our TAEUS platform, we have conducted various internal ex-vivo laboratory experiments and limited internal in-vivo large animal studies. In our ex-vivo and in-vivo testing, we have demonstrated that the TAEUS platform has the following capabilities and potential clinical applications:

 

 

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Tissue Composition: Our TAEUS technology enables ultrasound to distinguish fat from lean tissue. This capability would enable the use of TAEUS-enhanced ultrasound for the early identification, staging and monitoring of NAFLD, a precursor to NASH, liver fibrosis, cirrhosis and liver cancer.

 

 

 

 

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Temperature Monitoring: Our TAEUS technology enables traditional ultrasound to visualize changes in tissue temperature, in real time. This capability would enable the use of TAEUS-enhanced ultrasound to guide thermoablative therapy, which uses heat or cold to affect tissue, such as in the treatment of cardiac atrial fibrillation, or removal of cancerous liver and kidney lesions, with greater accuracy, and perform cosmetology procedures such as lipolysis of abdominal fat.

 

 

 

 

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Vascular Imaging: Our TAEUS technology has the potential to enable visualization of blood vessels from any angle, using only a saline solution contrasting agent, unlike Doppler ultrasound, which requires precise viewing angles. This capability would enable the use of TAEUS-enhanced ultrasound to assist in identifying arterial plaques or malformed vessels.

 

 

 

 

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Tissue Perfusion: Our TAEUS technology has the potential to image blood flow at the capillary level in a region, organ or tissue. This capability could be used to assist physicians in characterizing abnormalities in tissue perfusion symptomatic of damaged tissue, such as internal bleeding from trauma, or diseased tissue, such as certain cancers.

 

The first TAEUS application we intend to commercialize is our NAFLD TAEUS application addressing liver tissue composition. Our initial target market for this application is the European Union (“EU”) and United Kingdom. In September 2019, we announced the completion and reported top-level findings of an initial healthy subject study and data collection of 50 subjects, which was included in our TAEUS liver device technical file submission for device CE mark. We received CE mark approval for our TAEUS FLIP (Fatty Liver Imaging Probe) application in March 2020. We have registered the product in each of our primary target European markets (i.e., Germany, France, and the United Kingdom).

 

In June 2020, we submitted a 510(k) Application to the FDA for our TAEUS Fatty Live Imaging Probe (“FLIP”) System. In February 2022, we announced that we would pursue FDA reclassification and clearance of our TAEUS FLIP System through the FDA’s “de novo” process. We subsequently voluntarily withdrew our 510(k) Application and submitted a de novo request for the TAEUS system to the FDA in the third quarter of 2023. In the fourth quarter of 2023, the FDA sent an Additional Information (“AI”) request related to our de novo application. Since we received the AI request, we have had several interactions with the FDA and have provided additional information.  In order to fully respond to the FDA’s questions, we will need to compile additional clinical data, provide additional device test data, and respond to cybersecurity related questions in a new de novo submission. We have a scheduled in-person pre-submission meeting with the FDA in the second quarter of 2024. We currently anticipate completing the necessary clinical studies by the fourth quarter of 2024 and submitting the new de novo request to the FDA in the first half of 2025.

 

After required regulatory approvals, our TAEUS technology can be added as an accessory to existing, commercially available ultrasound systems, helping to improve clinical decision-making on the front lines of patient care, without requiring substantially new clinical workflows or large capital investments. We are also developing TAEUS for possible incorporation into new medical equipment manufactured by original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”), such as GE Healthcare and others, to enhance the utility of those OEM systems, as described more fully in our Annual Report on Form 10-K. Based on our design work and our understanding of the medical capital equipment market, we intend to price our initial liver TAEUS system at a price point of approximately $65,000, which we believe could enable clinical purchasers to recoup their investment in less than one year by performing a relatively small number of additional procedures, initially paid out-of-pocket by patients until government and private insurance reimbursement is secured for the TAEUS liver procedures.

 

Corporate Information

 

We were incorporated in Delaware in July 2007. Our corporate headquarters is located at 3600 Green Court, Suite 350, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105-1570. Our website can be accessed at www.endrainc.com. The telephone number of our principal executive office is (734) 335-0468. The information contained on, or that may be obtained from, our website is not, and shall not be deemed to be, a part of this prospectus.

 

 
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RISK FACTORS

 

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risk factors described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for our most recent fiscal year (together with any material changes thereto contained in subsequent filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q) and those contained in our other filings with the SEC, which are incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement.

 

The prospectus supplement applicable to each type or series of securities we offer may contain a discussion of risks applicable to the particular types of securities that we are offering under that prospectus supplement. Prior to making a decision about investing in our securities, you should carefully consider the specific factors discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” in the applicable prospectus supplement, together with all of the other information contained in the prospectus supplement or appearing or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. These risks could materially affect our business, results of operations or financial condition and cause the value of our securities to decline. You could lose all or part of your investment.

 

 
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USE OF PROCEEDS

 

We are filing this prospectus to permit the Selling Stockholder to resell the shares of common stock covered by this prospectus. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of our common stock by the Selling Stockholder. The Selling Stockholder will determine at what price it may sell the shares of common stock offered by this prospectus, and such sales may be made at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to the prevailing market price, or at privately negotiated prices.

 

 
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SELLING STOCKHOLDER

 

In the Restricted Stock Agreement (as defined below), we agreed to include the 202,020 shares of common stock to the Selling Stockholder issued pursuant to the Restricted Stock Agreement in any registration statement that we file after the date of the Restricted Stock Agreement for our own account, to the extent not included in a previously filed shelf registration statement.

 

This prospectus covers the resale of such 202,020 shares of common stock held by PatentVest (or hereafter may be held by its transferees, pledgees, donees or successors). The shares of common stock are subject to a vesting schedule pursuant to the Restricted Stock Agreement and the shares may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, hypothecated, disposed of or otherwise encumbered prior to becoming vested. Should the Services Agreement (as defined below) be terminated at any point prior to the full vesting of the shares of common stock issued thereunder, all shares of common stock that have not vested or that do not then vest pursuant to the terms of the Restricted Stock Agreement shall cease to be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled and PatentVest shall not have any rights thereunder or as a holder thereof.  

 

The following table sets forth certain information regarding PatentVest and the shares of common stock beneficially owned by it, based on information available to us as of February 13, 2023. PatentVest may offer the shares under this prospectus from time to time and may elect to sell some, all or none of its shares. As a result, we cannot estimate the number of shares of common stock that PatentVest will beneficially own after the termination of sales under this prospectus. However, for the purpose of the table below, we have assumed that, after the completion of the offering, none of the shares covered by this prospectus will be held by PatentVest. For further information see the section of this prospectus entitled “Plan of Distribution” beginning on page 9.

 

The shares of common stock are owned by PatentVest, Inc., which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of MDB Capital Holdings, LLC (“MDB”). Christopher Marlett, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of MDB, may be deemed to have voting and investment control over the shares of common stock owned by PatentVest, Inc. The address of each of Mr. Marlett and the Selling Stockholder is 14135 Midway Road, Suite G-150, Addison, TX 75001. Additionally, Anthony DiGiandomenico is the Chief of Transactions and a director of MDB and has been a member of our board of directors since 2013.   

 

Selling Stockholder

 

# of Shares

Beneficially

Owned Before

Offering

 

 

# of Shares

Offered

 

 

% of Shares

Beneficially

Owned Before

Offering(1)

 

 

# of Shares

Beneficially

Owned After

Offering

 

 

% of Shares

Beneficially

Owned After

Offering

 

PatentVest, Inc.

 

 

202,020

 

 

 

202,020

 

 

 

1.8 %

 

 

-- %

 

 

-- %

 

(1)

Based on 11,035,659 shares outstanding as of February 13, 2024.

 

 
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

We are registering the offer and sale of 202,020 shares of common stock previously issued to PatentVest to permit the resale of these shares of common stock by PatentVest from time to time after the date of this prospectus. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale by the Selling Stockholder of the shares of common stock. We will bear all fees and expenses incident to our obligation to register the shares of common stock.

 

The Selling Stockholder may sell all or a portion of the shares of common stock beneficially owned by it and offered hereby from time to time directly or through one or more underwriters, broker-dealers or agents. If the shares of common stock are sold through underwriters or broker-dealers, the Selling Stockholder will be responsible for underwriting discounts or commissions or agent’s commissions. The shares of common stock may be sold in one or more transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of the sale, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices. The Selling Stockholder will act independently of us in making decisions with respect to the timing, manner and size of each sale. These sales may involve cross trades or block transactions. These sales may be effected in transactions:

 

 

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on any national securities exchange or quotation service on which the securities may be listed or quoted at the time of sale;

 

 

 

 

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in the over-the-counter market;

 

 

 

 

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in transactions otherwise than on these exchanges or systems or in the over-the-counter market;

 

 

 

 

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through the writing of options, whether such options are listed on an options exchange or otherwise;

 

 

 

 

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ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers;

 

 

 

 

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block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;

 

 

 

 

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purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;

 

 

 

 

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an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;

 

 

 

 

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privately negotiated transactions;

 

 

 

 

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short sales;

 

 

 

 

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through the distribution of the common stock by the Selling Stockholder to its partners, members or stockholders;

 

 

 

 

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through one or more underwritten offerings on a firm commitment or best efforts basis;

 

 

 

 

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broker-dealers may agree with the Selling Stockholder to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share;

 

 

 

 

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a combination of any such methods of sale; and

 

 

 

 

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any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.

 

 
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The Selling Stockholder may also sell shares pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or any other exemption from registration, if available, rather than under this prospectus.

 

If the Selling Stockholder effects such transactions by selling shares of common stock to or through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents, such underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may receive commissions in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the Selling Stockholder or commissions from purchasers of the shares of common stock for whom they may act as agent or to whom they may sell as principal (which discounts, concessions or commissions as to particular underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may be in excess of those customary in the types of transactions involved). In connection with sales of the shares of common stock or otherwise, the Selling Stockholder may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers, which may in turn engage in short sales of the shares of common stock in the course of hedging in positions they assume. The Selling Stockholder may also sell shares of common stock short and deliver shares of common stock covered by this prospectus to close out short positions and to return borrowed shares in connection with such short sales. The Selling Stockholder may also loan or pledge shares of common stock to broker-dealers that in turn may sell such shares.

 

The Selling Stockholder may pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the shares of common stock owned by it and, if they default in the performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the shares of common stock from time to time pursuant to this prospectus or any amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act amending, if necessary, the list of selling stockholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as selling stockholders under this prospectus.

 

The Selling Stockholder and any broker-dealer participating in the distribution of the shares of common stock may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act, and any commission paid, or any discounts or concessions allowed to, any such broker-dealer may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. At the time a particular offering of the shares of common stock is made, a prospectus supplement, if required, will be distributed which will set forth the aggregate amount of shares of common stock being offered and the terms of the offering, including the name or names of any broker-dealers or agents, any discounts, commissions and other terms constituting compensation from the Selling Stockholder and any discounts, commissions or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to broker-dealers. The Selling Stockholder may indemnify any broker-dealer that participates in transactions involving the sale of the shares of common stock against certain liabilities, including liabilities arising under the Securities Act.

 

Under the securities laws of some states, the shares of common stock may be sold in such states only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in some states the shares of common stock may not be sold unless such shares have been registered or qualified for sale in such state or an exemption from registration or qualification is available and is complied with.

 

There can be no assurance that the Selling Stockholder will sell any or all of the shares of common stock registered pursuant to the registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part.

 

The Selling Stockholder and any other person participating in such distribution will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including, without limitation, Regulation M of the Exchange Act, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of any of the shares of common stock by the Selling Stockholder and any other participating person. Regulation M may also restrict the ability of any person engaged in the distribution of the shares of common stock to engage in market-making activities with respect to the shares of common stock. All of the foregoing may affect the marketability of the shares of common stock and the ability of any person or entity to engage in market-making activities with respect to the shares of common stock.

 

We will pay all expenses of the registration of the shares of common stock pursuant to the Restricted Stock Agreement, including, without limitation, SEC filing fees and expenses of compliance with state securities or “Blue Sky” laws; provided, however, that the Selling Stockholder will pay all underwriting discounts and selling commissions, if any. We will indemnify the Selling Stockholder against liabilities, including some liabilities under the Securities Act, in accordance with the Restricted Stock Agreement, or the Selling Stockholder will be entitled to contribution. We may be indemnified by the Selling Stockholder against civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, that may arise from any written information furnished to us by the Selling Stockholder specifically for use in this prospectus, in accordance with the Restricted Stock Agreement, or we may be entitled to contribution.

 

Once sold under the registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part, the shares of common stock will be freely tradable in the hands of persons other than our affiliates.

 

The 202,020 shares of common stock previously issued to PatentVest will be available for sale in the public market following the vesting of such shares pursuant to the terms of the Restricted Stock Agreement. Until such shares of common stock vest, the shares may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, hypothecated, disposed of or otherwise encumbered.

 

 
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DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK

 

The following summary description of our common stock is based on the provisions of our Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, our Amended and Restated Bylaws, and the applicable provisions of Delaware law. This description may not contain all of the information that is important to you and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, our charter, our bylaws and the applicable provisions of Delaware law. For information on how to obtain copies of our certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, see “Where You Can Find More Information.”

 

Authorized Capital

 

We currently have authority to issue 80,000,000 shares of our common stock, par value of $0.0001 per share. As of February 13, 2024, 11,035,659 shares of our common stock were issued and outstanding, held of record by 25 stockholders. Our authorized but unissued shares of common 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 or automated quotation system on which our securities may be listed or traded.

 

Voting Rights

 

Each holder of our common stock is entitled to one vote for each such share outstanding in the holder’s name.  No holder of common stock is entitled to cumulate votes in voting for directors.

 

Dividend and Liquidation Rights

 

The holders of outstanding shares of our common stock are entitled to such dividends as may be declared by our board of directors out of funds legally available for such purpose. The shares of our common stock are neither redeemable nor convertible. Holders of our common stock have no preemptive or subscription rights to purchase any of our securities. In the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the holders of our common stock are entitled to receive pro rata our assets, which are legally available for distribution, after payments of all debts and other liabilities.  All of the outstanding shares of our common stock are fully paid and non-assessable.  

 

We have never paid any cash dividends on our common stock.

 

Registration Rights

 

Under the terms of the Restricted Stock Agreement, dated as of November 30, 2023 (the “Restricted Stock Agreement”), by and between us and PatentVest, Inc. (“PatentVest”), we granted PatentVest rights with respect to the registration of 202,020 shares of restricted common stock issued to PatentVest (the “Restricted Stock”) pursuant to the Restricted Stock Agreement in connection with the Consulting Services, dated as of November 30, 2023 (“Services Agreement”), by and between the Company and PatentVest. 

 

Pursuant to the Restricted Stock Agreement, the Company agreed to include the Restricted Stock in any registration statement subsequently filed by the Company, to the extent a shelf registration statement with respect to the Restricted Stock had not previously been filed. 

 

Our shares of common stock are listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “NDRA.”

 

 
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CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF DELAWARE LAW AND OF THE COMPANY’S CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS

 

Anti-Takeover Provisions

 

The provisions of Delaware law, the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws could have the effect of delaying, deferring or discouraging another person from acquiring control of us. These provisions, which are summarized below, may have the effect of discouraging takeover bids. They are also designed, in part, to encourage persons seeking to acquire control of us to negotiate first with our board of directors. We believe that the benefits of increased protection of our potential ability to negotiate with an unfriendly or unsolicited acquirer outweigh the disadvantages of discouraging a proposal to acquire us because negotiation of these proposals could result in an improvement of their terms.

 

Delaware Law

 

We are subject to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), an anti-takeover law. In general, Section 203 prohibits a Delaware corporation from engaging in any business combination (as defined below) with any interested stockholder (as defined below) for a period of three years following the date that the stockholder became an interested stockholder, unless:

 

 

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prior to that date, the board of directors of the corporation approved either the business combination or the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder;

 

 

 

 

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upon consummation of the transaction that 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 of voting stock outstanding (but not the voting stock owned by the interested stockholder) those shares owned by persons who are directors and officers and by excluding 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

 

 

 

 

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on or subsequent to the time the business combination is approved by the board of directors of the corporation 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 that is not owned by the interested stockholder.

 

In general, Section 203 defines “business combination” to include the following:

 

 

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any merger or consolidation involving the corporation and the interested stockholder;

 

 

 

 

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any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, transfer, pledge or other disposition of 10% or more of the assets of the corporation involving the interested stockholder;

 

 

 

 

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subject to certain exceptions, any transaction that results in the issuance or transfer by the corporation of any stock of the corporation to the interested stockholder;

 

 

 

 

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subject to limited exceptions, any transaction involving the corporation that has the effect of increasing the proportionate share of the stock of any class or series of the corporation beneficially owned by the interested stockholder; or

 

 

 

 

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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.

 

 
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Section 203 generally defines an interested stockholder as any entity or person beneficially owning 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation, or who beneficially owns 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation at any time within a three-year period immediately prior to the date of determining whether such person is an interested stockholder, and any entity or person affiliated with or controlling or controlled by any of these entities or persons.

 

Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaw Provisions

 

The Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws include a number of provisions that could deter hostile takeovers or delay or prevent changes in control of us. Certain of these provisions are summarized in the following paragraphs.

 

Effects of authorized but unissued common stock. One of the effects of the existence of authorized but unissued common stock may be to enable our board of directors to make more difficult or to discourage an attempt to obtain control of our Company by means of a merger, tender offer, proxy contest or otherwise, and thereby to protect the continuity of management. If, in the due exercise of its fiduciary obligations, the board of directors were to determine that a takeover proposal was not in our best interest, such shares could be issued by the board of directors without stockholder approval in one or more transactions that might prevent or render more difficult or costly the completion of the takeover transaction by diluting the voting or other rights of the proposed acquirer or insurgent stockholder group, by putting a substantial voting block in institutional or other hands that might undertake to support the position of the incumbent board of directors, by effecting an acquisition that might complicate or preclude the takeover, or otherwise.

 

Cumulative Voting. Our Certificate of Incorporation does not provide for cumulative voting in the election of directors, which would allow holders of less than a majority of the stock to elect some directors.

 

Vacancies. Our Certificate of Incorporation provides that all vacancies may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of directors then in office, even if less than a quorum.

 

Special Meeting of Stockholders. A special meeting of stockholders may only be called by the Chairman of the board of directors, the President, the Chief Executive Officer, or the board of directors at any time and for any purpose or purposes as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting, or by request of the holders of record of at least 20% of the outstanding shares of common stock. This provision could prevent stockholders from calling a special meeting because, unless certain significant stockholders were to join with them, they might not obtain the percentage necessary to request the meeting. Therefore, stockholders holding less than 20% of the issued and outstanding common stock, without the assistance of management, may be unable to propose a vote on any transaction that would delay, defer or prevent a change of control, even if the transaction were in the best interests of our stockholders.

 

 
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LEGAL MATTERS

 

The validity and legality of the securities offered hereby and certain other legal matters will be passed upon for the Company by K&L Gates LLP, Charlotte, North Carolina.

 

EXPERTS

 

RBSM LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, has audited our financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, which is incorporated by reference into this prospectus and elsewhere in the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. Our financial statements are incorporated by reference in reliance on RBSM LLP’s report, given on their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

 

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

 

We file annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). You can inspect and copy these reports, proxy statements and other information at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the Public Reference Room. The SEC also maintains a web site that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding issuers, such as ENDRA Life Sciences Inc. (www.sec.gov). Our web site is located at www.endrainc.com. The information contained on, or that may be obtained from, our website is not, and shall not be deemed to be, a part of this prospectus.

 

We will provide, upon written or oral request, without charge to you, including any beneficial owner to whom this prospectus is delivered, a copy of any or all of the documents incorporated herein by reference other than the exhibits to those documents, unless the exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference into the information that this prospectus incorporates. You should direct a request for copies to ENDRA Life Sciences Inc., 3600 Green Court, Suite 350, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105; Telephone: (734) 335-0468.

 

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” information from other documents that we file with it, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this prospectus. Information in this prospectus supersedes information incorporated by reference that we filed with the SEC prior to the date of this prospectus.

 

We incorporate by reference into this prospectus and the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part the information or documents listed below that we have filed with the SEC:

 

 

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Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 filed with the SEC on March 28, 2024; and

 

 

 

 

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The description of the Company’s common stock contained in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-37969) initially filed with the SEC on December 16, 2016 pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.

 

We also incorporate by reference any future filings (other than current reports furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits filed on such form that are related to such items unless such Form 8-K expressly provides to the contrary) made with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, including those made on or after the date of the initial filing of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part and prior to effectiveness of such registration statement, until we file a post-effective amendment that indicates the termination of the offering of the Securities made by this prospectus and will become a part of this prospectus from the date that such documents are filed with the SEC. Information in such future filings updates and supplements the information provided in this prospectus. Any statements in any such future filings will automatically be deemed to modify and supersede any information in any document we previously filed with the SEC that is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference to the extent that statements in the later filed document modify or replace such earlier statements.

 

We will furnish without charge to you, on written or oral request, a copy of any or all of the documents incorporated by reference, including exhibits to these documents. You should direct any requests for documents to ENDRA Life Sciences Inc., 3600 Green Court, Suite 350, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105; Telephone: (734) 335-0468. Copies of the above reports may also be accessed from our web site at www.endrainc.com. We have authorized no one to provide you with any information that differs from that contained in this prospectus. Accordingly, you should not rely on any information that is not contained in this prospectus. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date of the front cover of this prospectus.

 

Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained in this prospectus or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus modifies or supersedes that statement. Any statement that is modified or superseded will not constitute a part of this prospectus, except as modified or superseded.

 

 
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ENDRA Life Sciences Inc.

 

202,020 Shares of Common Stock

 

PROSPECTUS

 

April 3, 2024