0001493152-22-025292.txt : 20220908 0001493152-22-025292.hdr.sgml : 20220908 20220907192618 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001493152-22-025292 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-1/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 18 FILED AS OF DATE: 20220908 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20220907 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BioLife4D Corp CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001714919 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS (NO DIAGNOSTIC SUBSTANCES) [2836] IRS NUMBER: 814586116 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-1/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-265400 FILM NUMBER: 221232238 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 318 HALF DAY ROAD, SUITE 201 CITY: BUFFALO GROVE STATE: IL ZIP: 60089 BUSINESS PHONE: 224-602-9569 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 318 HALF DAY ROAD, SUITE 201 CITY: BUFFALO GROVE STATE: IL ZIP: 60089 S-1/A 1 forms-1a.htm

 

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 7, 2022

 

Registration No. 333-265400

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO

FORM S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

BIOLIFE4D CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware   2836   81-4586116

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

 

(Primary Standard Industrial

Classification Code Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

 

318 Half Day Road, Suite 201

Buffalo Grove, IL 60089

(224) 602-9569

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

National Registered Agents, Inc.

1209 Orange Street

Wilmington, DE 19801

(302) 658-7581

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copies to:

 

 

Lynne Bolduc, Esq.

 

Anthony W. Basch, Esq.

Yan (Natalie) Wang, Esq.

FitzGerald Kreditor Bolduc Risbrough LLP   Kaufman & Canoles, P.C.
2 Park Plaza, Suite 850   1021 East Cary Street, Suite 1400
Irvine, California 92614   Richmond, VA 23219
Tel: (949) 788-8900   Tel: (804) 771-5700
Fax: (949) 788-8980   Fax: (888) 360-9092

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

 

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933 check the following box: ☒

 

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer Accelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer Smaller reporting company
    Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

 

The Registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Act or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 

 
 

 

The information contained in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. These securities may not be sold until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS   SUBJECT TO COMPLETION   DATED SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

 

Up to [  ] Common Units, Each Consisting of One Share of Common Stock and One Warrant to Purchase One Share of Common Stock

Up to [  ] Pre-Funded Units, Each Consisting of One Pre-Funded Warrant to Purchase One Share of Common Stock and One Warrant to Purchase One Share of Common Stock

 

 

BIOLIFE4D CORPORATION

 

This is a firm commitment initial public offering of shares of common stock, $0.00001 par value per share, and warrants (the “Warrants”) to purchase shares of common stock, of BIOLIFE4D CORPORATION (“we,” “us”, or the “Company”). We are offering [  ] units (the “Common Units”), each Common Unit consisting of one share of common stock and one Warrant to purchase one share of common stock. The Common Units have no stand-alone rights and will not be certificated or issued as stand-alone securities. The shares of common stock and Warrants are immediately separable and will be issued separately. The offering also includes the shares of common stock issuable from time to time upon exercise of the Warrants.

 

We are also offering to those purchasers, if any, whose purchase of Common Units in this offering would otherwise result in the purchaser, together with its affiliates and certain related parties, beneficially owning more than 4.99% of our outstanding shares immediately following the consummation of this offering, the opportunity to purchase, if they so choose, [    ] pre-funded units (the “Pre-Funded Unit(s)”), in lieu of the Common Units that would otherwise result in ownership in excess of 4.99% (or, at the election of the purchaser, 9.99%) of our outstanding shares of common stock, with each Pre-Funded Unit consisting of (i) one pre-funded warrant to purchase one share of common stock (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”); and (ii) one Warrant to purchase one share of common stock. The purchase price of each Pre-Funded Unit is equal to the price per Common Unit, minus $0.001, and the exercise price of each Pre-Funded Warrant is $0.001. The Pre-Funded Units have no stand-alone rights and will not be certificated or issued as stand-alone securities. The Pre-Funded Warrants and Warrants are immediately separable and will be issued separately in this offering. The Pre-Funded Warrants offered hereby will be immediately exercisable and may be exercised at any time until exercised in full. The offering also includes the shares of common stock issuable from time to time upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants.

 

For each Pre-Funded Unit we sell, the number of Common Units we are offering will be decreased on a one-for-one basis. Because we will issue a Warrant as part of each Common Unit or Pre-Funded Unit, the number of Warrants sold in this offering will not change as a result of a change in the mix of the Common Units and Pre-Funded Units sold.

 

Prior to this offering, there has been no public market for our common stock or Warrants. We anticipate that the initial public offering price of per Common Unit will be between $[  ] and $[  ]. The exercise price of each Warrant will be $[  ] (equal to the public offering price per Common Unit, based on an assumed public offering price of $[  ] per Common Unit, the midpoint of the price range of the Common Units) per share. The number of Common Units offered in this prospectus and all other applicable information has been determined based on an assumed public offering price of $[  ] per Common Unit, which is the midpoint of the above range. Therefore, the assumed public offering price per Common Unit used throughout this prospectus may not be indicative of the actual public offering price for the common stock. The Warrants will be subject to redemption subject to certain conditions set forth in the Warrants.

 

In the event of certain future dilutive issuances of securities by us that result in a reduction of the exercise price of the Warrant, in aggregate, to 50% of the Initial Exercise Price, then in connection with such reduction, each holder of Warrants that purchases at least [ ] Warrants (based on the public offering price of $[ ] per Unit) in connection with this offering (a “Qualified Holder”), will receive two warrants (“Additional Warrants”) for each one Qualified Warrant (as defined below) held by such holder on the date of such reduction. The term “Qualified Warrants” means at least [ ] Warrants purchased in connection with the offering by any Warrant holder, including each beneficial holder of the Warrants, taken together with all affiliates of such Warrant holder and/or beneficial holder. The maximum number of Warrants subject to such adjustment by a given Qualified Holder will be limited to the number of Warrants purchased by such Qualified Holder in connection with this offering. Qualified Holders will also receive Additional Warrants in the event of certain adjustments to the exercise price of the Warrants on the date that is 90 calendar days immediately following the initial issuance date of the Warrants. On such date, the exercise price of the Warrants will be adjusted to be equal to the greater of (a) 50% of the Initial Exercise Price or (b) 100% of the lowest daily volume weighted average price per share of common stock occurring on any day between the initial exercise date and 90 calendar days following the issuance date of the Warrants, or the Reset Price, provided that such value is less than the exercise price in effect on that date. The lowest Reset Price is $[ ], which is 50% of Initial Exercise Price per share. We are also registering under the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part the Additional Warrants and the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise thereof. See “Description of the Securities—Additional Warrants” for more information.

 

We have applied to list our common stock and Warrants on the Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) under the symbols “SAVU” and “SAVUW,” respectively. If those applications are not approved, we will not complete this offering. We do not intend to apply to list the Pre-Funded Warrants or Additional Warrants on any securities exchange or other nationally recognized trading system.

 

We refer to the shares of common stock, the Warrants, the Additional Warrants, the Pre-Funded Warrants, and the shares issued or issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, Additional Warrants and Pre-Funded Warrants, collectively, as the “securities.” (See “Description of Securities.”)

 

We are an “emerging growth company” under the federal securities laws and have elected to comply with certain reduced public company reporting requirements. (See “Prospectus Summary—Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company.”)

 

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. (See “Risk Factors” beginning on page [6].)

 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

  

Per Common

Unit

  

Per

Pre-Funded

Unit

   Total 
Initial public offering price  $               $                $       
Underwriting discounts and commissions(1)  $   $   $ 
Proceeds to us, before expenses(2)  $   $   $ 

 

(1) Underwriting discounts and commissions do not include a non-accountable expense allowance equal to 1.0% of the initial public offering price (excluding proceeds received from exercise of the underwriter’s overallotment option) payable to the underwriter in this offering. (See “Underwriting.”)
(2) We estimate that our total expenses for the offering will be approximately $[  ] in addition to underwriting discounts.

 

We have granted a 45-day option to the underwriter to purchase, at the public offering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions, up to an additional 15% of the total number of securities offered by us in this offering, which equates to up to [  ] additional shares of common stock and/or Pre-Funded Warrants and/or up to [   ] additional Warrants to purchase up to [  ] shares of common stock, solely to cover overallotments, if any.

 

The underwriter expects to deliver the securities to investors on or about [  ], 2022.

 

Aegis Capital Corp.

 

The date of this prospectus is [  ], 2022

 

 
 

  

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

   
Prospectus Summary 1
Risk Factors 6
Cautionary Note Concerning Forward-Looking Statements 25
Use of Proceeds 26
Capitalization 27
Dilution 28
Dividend Policy 29
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 30
Our Business 35
Management 47
Executive and Director Compensation 57
Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions 62
Principal Stockholders 63
Description of Securities 64
Shares Eligible For Future Sale 70
Certain Material Federal Income Tax Considerations 72
Underwriting 77
Legal Matters 81
Experts 81
Where You Can Find More Information 81
Index to Financial Statements 82

 

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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

 

As used in this prospectus, unless the context otherwise requires or indicates, references to “the Company,” “we,” “our,” “ourselves,” and “us” refer to BIOLIFE4D CORPORATION.

 

You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus and any free writing prospectus prepared by us or on our behalf that we have referred you to. Neither we nor the underwriter have authorized anyone to provide you with additional or different information. If anyone provides you with additional, different, or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. We and the underwriter take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to, the reliability of any other information that others may give you. This prospectus is an offer to sell only the securities offered hereby and only under circumstances and in jurisdictions where it is lawful to do so. We and the underwriter are not making an offer of these securities in any state, country, or other jurisdiction where the offer is not permitted. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus or any free writing prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date of the applicable document regardless of its time of delivery or the time of any sales of our securities. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows may have changed since the date of the applicable document.

 

This prospectus describes the specific details regarding this offering and the terms and conditions of our securities being offered hereby and the risks of investing in our common stock. For additional information, please see the section entitled “Where You Can Find More Information.”

 

You should not interpret the contents of this prospectus or any free writing prospectus to be legal, tax advice, business, or financial advice. You should consult with your own advisors for that type of advice and consult with them about the legal, tax, business, financial, and other issues that you should consider before investing in our securities.

 

Unless otherwise stated, all information in this prospectus assumes that the underwriters have not exercised their option to purchase additional shares of common stock and/or Pre-Funded Warrants and/or Warrants.

 

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MARKET AND INDUSTRY DATA

 

This prospectus includes industry and trade association data, forecasts, and information that we have prepared based, in part, upon data, forecasts, and information obtained from independent trade associations, industry publications and surveys, government agencies, and other independent information publicly available to us. Statements as to our market position are based on market data currently available to us. Industry publications, surveys, and forecasts generally state that the information contained therein has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable. Although we believe these sources are reliable, we have not independently verified the information obtained from these sources. Some data is also based on our good faith estimates, which are derived from management’s knowledge of the industry and independent sources.

 

We believe our internal research is reliable, even though such research has not been verified by any independent sources. While we are not aware of any misstatements regarding our industry data presented herein, our estimates involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change based on various factors, including those discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” in this prospectus.

 

In addition, forward-looking information obtained from these sources is subject to the same qualifications and the additional uncertainties regarding the other forward-looking statements in this prospectus. Trademarks used in this prospectus are the property of their respective owners, although for presentational convenience we may not use the ® or the ™ symbols to identify such trademarks. In addition, certain market and industry data has been obtained from publicly available industry publications. These sources generally state that the information they provide has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, but that the accuracy and completeness of the information are not guaranteed. We have not independently verified the data obtained from these sources. Forecasts and other forward-looking information obtained from these sources are subject to the same qualifications and additional uncertainties regarding the other forward-looking statements in this prospectus.

 

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

 

This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in this prospectus, but it does not contain all of the information that you may consider important in making your investment decision. Therefore, you should read this entire prospectus carefully, including, in particular, the “Risk Factors” section of this prospectus.

 

Our Company

 

BIOLIFE4D CORPORATION is a pioneering biotech company that plans to leverage current advances in life sciences and cardiac tissue engineering to build human hearts suitable for implantation – potentially lifesaving technology that ultimately gives patients the gift of time.

 

Operated by seasoned business leaders and guided by world-class biomedical engineers and life sciences experts, we are driving a movement to transform the treatment of heart disease which is the leading cause of death among both men and women globally.

 

We are committed to perfecting the technology to make viable organ replacement an accessible and affordable reality, as well as mini-hearts for cardiotoxicity testing. We believe that our groundbreaking approach converges recent breakthroughs in regenerative medicine, adult stem cell biology, 3D printing techniques, and computing technology that could make organ replacement commercially viable and commonplace globally.

 

We plan to create a patient-specific, fully functioning heart through 3D bioprinting using the patient’s own cells – eliminating the well-known challenges of organ rejection and long donor waiting lists that plague existing organ transplant methods.

 

We will not have to make an exact copy or even recreate every feature set of the desired organ; it will only need to facilitate the minimum feature set which recreates the core properties of the organ. It is important to note that we do not believe we need to invent new technology, but rather improve, adopt, and optimize current technologies to create what we plan to be a commercially viable and sustainable process. We seek to improve, optimize, adapt, and capitalize on current technologies to create a commercially viable and sustainable process solution. We plan to strategically position ourselves at the center of an unprecedented convergence of regenerative medicine, stem cell biology, additive manufacturing (3D printing), and computing technology – all having reached a level of maturity whereby we believe that commercially viable bioprinting solutions can be created through optimization, not invention. While it is impossible to predict the exact amount of time it will take to fully optimize this process, we believe that by creating the optimal circumstances to accelerate current efforts, we will be able to achieve a solution. Inherent in the time frame is the ultimate interaction of the United Stated Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) within this time frame. It is impossible to predict the exact time frame of the FDA approval process, but we plan to work closely with the FDA at the appropriate time in an attempt to help reduce the time for necessary approvals.

 

We are still in the research and development stage. Our key research focus is currently on the development of a functional mini-heart that can be utilized for cardiotoxicity testing. Continued development relating to our other potential commercialization opportunities we are planning, including cardiac valves, patches, grafts, and ultimately a full heart viable for transplantation is currently curtailed as we focus on the mini-heart development, our initial commercialization opportunity. Our mini-heart, once optimized, will have four chambers, valves, greater vessels, musculature, electrical activity, and capable of generating intraluminal pressures. Currently, we have made significant progress towards the development and optimization of a functional mini-heart. We have been successful at bioprinting a heart, which has all four chambers needed for functional performance, and hence, for cardiotoxicity testing. The mini-heart has been populated with iPSC-CMs, cardiomyocytes that are derived from induced pluripotent stem cells. We are currently working on optimizing the final variables (i.e., printer settings, etc.) which we believe are necessary to successfully conduct cardiotoxicity testing and commercialize the mini-heart.

 

As of the date of this Prospectus, we have not sold any products or generated any revenue from sales. Our products are currently in the preclinical development phase and have not yet received FDA clearance or approval. The FDA’s plans to regulate the 3D printing of human organs for use in implantation are currently unknown.

 

Summary Risk Factors

 

An investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should consider carefully the risks discussed below and described more fully along with other risks under “Risk Factors” in this prospectus before investing in our securities.

 

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Risks Related to Biotech Industry

 

  We are attempting to bioengineer human hearts using 3D printing for testing purposes and possible transplantation into humans, which has never been done and may not be possible.
     
  The regulatory approval process of the FDA, other regulatory bodies, and similar foreign authorities is lengthy, expensive, time consuming, and inherently unpredictable.
     
  Device development involves a lengthy and expensive process with uncertain timelines and outcomes, and results of earlier studies may not be predictive of future study results. If the development of our 3D bioprinted organs is unsuccessful or delayed, we may be unable to obtain required regulatory approvals and we may be unable to commercialize our product on a timely basis, if at all.
     
  We rely on a third party to conduct our research and development. If the third-party relationship is terminated or if the third party does not successfully carry out its contractual duties, meet rigorously enforced regulatory standards or meet expected deadlines, we may be unable to complete such study on time, obtain regulatory approval for or commercialize our products, which could force us to delay, limit, reduce or terminate our product development program, future commercialization efforts or other operations.
     
  3D printed organs may fail once transplanted into patients causing serious injury or death to the patients, leading to lawsuits and bad publicity.
     
  We rely in part upon trade secret protection to protect our intellectual property; it may be difficult and costly to protect our proprietary rights and we may not be able to ensure its protection.
     
  We operate in a field of rapid technology change and if we are unable to keep current with technology changes such as other options for heart transplant patients, our commercialization efforts may be negatively impacted.
     
  We face competition in our market from various large and small companies, most of which have greater financial, research and development, production, and other resources than us.
     
  There are currently no definitive regulatory requirements on the sale or use of 3D bioprinted organs.

 

Risks Related to Our Company and this Offering

 

  We are an “emerging growth company” and, as a result of the reduced disclosure and governance requirements available to emerging growth companies, our securities may be less attractive to investors.
     
  There is currently no public market for shares of our common stock and Warrants. If and when we achieve listing on an exchange, the prices of our securities may be volatile and could decline substantially following this offering.
     
  We may incur losses over the next several years and may never achieve or maintain profitability. These factors raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern absent obtaining significant additional funding. Since inception, we have incurred significant net losses and may continue to incur net losses in the future.
     
  There is no guarantee that we will ever realize any significant operating revenues or that our operations will ever be profitable. Furthermore, we may not be able to generate sufficient operating cash flows to pay our operating expenses or service our indebtedness. As a result, it is possible you may lose some or all of your investment.
     
  The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic impacts our results and operations will depend on future developments that are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted.

 

Corporate Information

 

We were formed as a Delaware corporation on November 14, 2016.

 

Our principal executive office is located at 318 Half Day Road, Suite 201, Buffalo Grove, Illinois 60089. Our main telephone number is (224) 602-9569. Our website is https://biolife4d.com/. The information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website is not incorporated by reference and is not a part of this prospectus.

 

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Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company

 

We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”), and we are eligible to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not “emerging growth companies.” These provisions include, among other matters:

 

  an exemption to provide fewer years of financial statements and other financial data in an initial public offering registration statement;
     
  an exemption from the auditor attestation requirement in the assessment of the emerging growth company’s internal control over financial reporting;
     
  an exemption from new or revised financial accounting standards until they would apply to private companies and from compliance with any new requirements adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board requiring mandatory audit firm rotation;
     
  reduced disclosure about the emerging growth company’s executive compensation arrangements; and
     
  no requirement to seek non-binding advisory votes on executive compensation or golden parachute arrangements.

 

We have elected to adopt the reduced disclosure requirements available to emerging growth companies. As a result of these elections, the information that we provide in this prospectus may be different than the information you may receive from other public companies.

 

We would cease to be an “emerging growth company” upon the earliest of: (i) the end of the fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of this offering, (ii) the first fiscal year after our annual gross revenues are $1.07 billion or more, (iii) the date on which we have, during the previous three-year period, issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt securities or (iv) as of the end of any fiscal year in which the market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates exceeded $700 million as of the end of the second quarter of that fiscal year.

 

Reverse Stock Split

 

Our board of directors and shareholders approved a one for three reverse split of our common stock on August 22, 2022, and filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on August 25, 2022. The reverse split combined each three shares of our outstanding common stock into one share of common stock. No fractional shares were issued in connection with the reverse split, and any fractional shares resulting from the reverse split were rounded up to the nearest whole share. The reverse split did not affect our authorized common stock. All references to common stock, options to purchase common stock, share data, per share data, and related information, as applicable have been adjusted in this prospectus to reflect the split of our common stock as if it had occurred at the beginning of the earliest period presented.

 

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THE OFFERING

 

Common Units Offered   We are offering [  ] Common Units, each consisting of one share of common stock and one warrant to purchase one share of common stock. The Common Units have no stand-alone rights and will not be certificated or issued as stand-alone securities. The shares of common stock and Warrants are immediately separable and will be issued separately in this offering. (See “Description of Securities.”)
     
Warrants  

Each Warrant will have an exercise price of $[  ] (equal to the public offering price per Common Unit, based on an assumed public offering price of $[  ] per Common Unit, the midpoint of the range set forth on the cover page of the prospectus), per share, will be immediately exercisable and will expire five years from the date of issuance. If shares of common stock trade at a price of at least 200% of the exercise price for 30 consecutive trading days, the Company may, at its option, redeem the Warrants. To better understand the terms of the Warrants, you should carefully read the “Description of Securities” section of this prospectus. You should also read the form of Warrant, which is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement that includes this prospectus. Subject to certain exemptions outlined in the Warrant, for a period until the later of: (i) two years from the date of issuance of the Warrant, or (ii) on the date there are no Qualified Holders holding any Warrants, if the Company shall sell, enter into an agreement to sell, or grant any option to purchase, or sell, enter into an agreement to sell, or grant any right to reprice, or otherwise dispose of or issue (or announce any offer, sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition) any common stock or convertible security, at an effective price per share less than the exercise price of the Warrant then in effect, or a Dilutive Issuance, the exercise price of the Warrant shall be reduced to equal the effective price per share in such Dilutive Issuance; provided, however, that in no event shall the exercise price of the Warrant be reduced to an exercise price lower than 50% of public offering price per Common Unit in this offering. On the date that is 90 calendar days immediately following the issuance date of the Warrants, the exercise price of the Warrants will adjust to be equal to the greater of $[ ] per share (which shall equal 50% of the exercise price of the Warrants on the issuance date) or 100% of the lowest daily volume weighted average price per share of common stock occurring on any day between the initial exercise date and 90 calendar days following the issuance date of the Warrant, or the Reset Price, provided that such value is less than the exercise price in effect on that date. The lowest Reset Price is $[ ], which is 50% of the offering price, based on an assumed public offering price of $[ ] per Common Unit, the midpoint of the price range of the Common Units, per share. Subject to certain exceptions, if we issue, offer, sell, grant any option or right to purchase, or otherwise dispose of (or announce any issuance, offer, sale, grant of any option or right to purchase or other disposition of) any equity security or any equity-linked or related security, including, without limitation, any “equity security” (as that term is defined under Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act), any convertible securities, any debt, any preferred shares or any purchase rights (any such issuance, offer, sale, grant, disposition or announcement is referred to as a Subsequent Placement), a Qualified Holder will be entitled to participate in such Subsequent Placement subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Warrant for as long as the Warrant is outstanding. To better understand the terms of the Warrants, you should carefully read the “Description of Securities” section of this prospectus. You should also read the form of Warrant, which is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement that includes this prospectus. 

     
Redemption of Warrants  

We may redeem the outstanding warrants at a price of $0.01 per warrant share  upon certain conditions where the price of our common stock has equaled or exceeded $[●] per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, recapitalizations and similar events) for a 20 consecutive trading day period.We must give notice of our intent for redemption at least 30 days prior to the date of redemption. Upon our notice to warrant holders of our intent to call the warrants for redemption, each holder will have 30 days during which it may exercise its warrant prior to the planned redemption date; if such holder does not exercise prior to the redemption date, the warrants held by such holder will be redeemed and the warrant holder will have no other rights other than the right to receive the nominal redemption price of $0.01 per warrant share upon surrender of the warrant.

     

Additional Warrants

 

Until the later of (a) two years after the date the Warrants are issued or (b) the date there are no Qualified Holders holding any Warrants, in the event of any adjustment under the Dilutive Issuance provision of the Warrant that results in a reduction of the exercise price, in aggregate, to 50% of the Initial Exercise Price, then in connection with such adjustment, each Qualified Holder shall receive two Additional Warrants for each one Warrant held by such holder on the date of adjustment. The maximum number of Warrants subject to such adjustment by a Qualified Holder will be limited to the number of Warrants purchased by such Qualified Holder in connection with this offering. Qualified Holders will also receive Additional Warrants as a result of the Reset Price. Additional Warrants shall be on substantially the same terms as the as-adjusted Warrant; provided, however, that (i) the term of the Additional Warrants shall be five (5) years from the date they are issued, and (ii) such Additional Warrants will not be tradeable warrants and not listed on any securities exchange or other nationally recognized trading system. The term “Qualified Holder” means each holder of Warrants that purchases at least [  ] Warrants (based on public offering price of $[ ] per Common Unit) in connection with this offering and the term “Qualified Warrants” means at least [  ] Warrants purchased in connection with the offering by any Warrant holder, including each beneficial holder of the Warrants, taken together with all affiliates of such Warrant holder and/or beneficial holder. To better understand the terms of the Additional Warrants, you should carefully read the “Description of Securities” section of this prospectus. You should also read the form of Additional Warrant, which is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement that includes this prospectus.

     
Pre-Funded Units  

We are also offering to those purchasers, if any, whose purchase of Common Units in this offering would otherwise result in the purchaser, together with its affiliates and certain related parties, beneficially owning more than 4.99% (or, at the election of the purchaser, 9.99%) of our outstanding shares immediately following the consummation of this offering, Pre-Funded Units, each consisting of one Pre-Funded Warrant to purchase one share of common stock and one Warrant to purchase one share of common stock. The Pre-Funded Units have no stand-alone rights and will not be certificated or issued as stand-alone securities. The Pre-Funded Warrants and Warrants are immediately separable and will be issued separately in this offering. For each Pre-Funded Unit we sell, the number of shares we are offering will be decreased on a one-for-one basis. Because we will issue a Warrant as part of each Common Unit or Pre-Funded Unit, the number of Warrants sold in this offering will not change as a result of a change in the mix of the Common Units and Pre-Funded Units sold.

     
Pre-Funded Warrants   Each Pre-Funded Warrant will be immediately exercisable at an exercise price of $0.001 per share and may be exercised at any time until exercised in full. To better understand the terms of the Pre-Funded Warrants, you should carefully read the “Description of Securities” section of this prospectus. You should also read the form of Pre-Funded Warrant, which is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.
     
Public Offering Price   Each Common Unit is being offered at a price of $[  ] and each Pre-Funded Unit is being offered at a price of $[   ].
     

Shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding prior to this offering

 

  [  ] shares.
Shares of Common Stock to be outstanding after this offering   [  ] shares (assuming no exercise of the over-allotment option, Warrants, Pre-Funded Warrants, or Underwriter’s Warrants), or [  ] Shares if the underwriter exercises in full its over-allotment option to purchase additional shares of common stock.
     

Over-allotment Option

 

  We have granted the underwriters the option to purchase up to an additional [  ] shares of our common stock and/or Pre-Funded Warrants (15% of the shares of common stock and Pre-Funded Warrants sold in the offering), and/or [  ] additional Warrants (15% of the Warrants sold in the offering) to cover overallotments, if any, for a period of 45 days from the date of this prospectus. The purchase price to be paid per additional share will be equal to the public offering price of one Common Unit, less the purchase price per Warrant included within the Common Unit and the underwriting discount. The purchase price to be paid per Pre-Funded Warrant will be equal to the public offering price of one Pre-Funded Unit, less the purchase price per Warrant included within the Pre-Funded Unit and the underwriting discount. The purchase price to be paid per additional Warrant will be $[  ].
     
Use of Proceeds   We expect to receive net proceeds from this offering of approximately $[  ] (assuming an initial public offering price of $[  ] per Common Unit, which is the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus), or approximately $[  ] if the underwriters exercise in full their overallotment option, after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and the estimated offering expenses of approximately $[  ] payable by us. We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering for laboratory equipment; raw materials; laboratory expenses and testing; selling, general, and administrative expenses; working capital; repayment of a working capital loan; and compliance. (See “Use of Proceeds.”)
     
Dividend Policy   We currently intend to retain our future earnings, if any, to finance the development and expansion of our business. The determination to pay dividends will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, restrictions contained in any financing instruments, and such other factors as our board of directors deems relevant in its discretion. (See “Dividend Policy.”)
     
Risk Factors   Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. (See “Risk Factors.”)
     
Lock-ups   Our directors, executive officers and holders of 10% or more of our outstanding common stock, will agree with the underwriter not to offer for sale, issue, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of any of our common stock or securities convertible into common stock for a period of 180 days after the closing date of this offering. We will agree not to issue any shares of common stock or securities convertible into common stock, subject to certain exceptions, for a period of 180 days after the closing date of this offering without the consent of the underwriter. See “Underwriting.”
     
Stock Exchange Symbol   We have applied to list our common stock and Warrants on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the proposed symbols “SAVU” and “SAVUW,” respectively. However, no assurance can be given that our applications will be approved.

 

Except as otherwise indicated, all information in this prospectus is based on 3,606,936 shares outstanding as of the date of this prospectus, and:

 

Reflects a one for three reverse split of our common stock, which was effected on August 25, 2022;
assumes no exercise of the underwriter’s overallotment option;
assumes no exercise of any Warrants, Additional Warrants issuable pursuant to any adjustment in the Dilutive Issuance provision of the Warrants, Pre-Funded Warrants, or Underwriter’s Warrants issued in this offering;
excludes 90,000 shares of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options to purchase common stock; and
excludes that certain number of shares of our common stock issuable upon conversion of $600,000 of principal plus interest outstanding on convertible promissory notes multiplied by 80% of the price per share of the common stock offered hereby, assuming aggregate gross sales of our equity securities of at least $7.5 million from this Offering (see Note 5 to the Financial Statements for a description of the convertible notes).

 

(See “Description of Securities.”)

 

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SUMMARY FINANCIAL DATA

 

The following table presents summary financial data. The statement of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2021, and 2020 and the six months ended June 30, 2022, and 2021 are derived from our audited annual and our unaudited quarterly financial statements. Our historical results are not necessarily indicative. of our results in any future period.

 

You should read the following summary financial data together with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus. The summary financial data in this section is not intended to replace our financial statements and the related notes and are qualified in their entirety by the financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus.

 

   December 31,   June 30,  
   2021   2020   2022     2021  
Statement of Operations Data                         
Expenses                         
General and administrative  $993,821   $901,692   $ 1,192,458     $ 468,115  
Depreciation and amortization   8,124    6,996     5,311       4,062  
Research and development   780,280    677,220     451,137       183,640  
Total expenses   1,782,225    1,585,908     1,648,906       655,817  
                          
Net operating loss   (1,782,225)   (1,585,908)    (1,648,906 )     (655,817 )
                          
Other Income (expenses)                         
Loan forgiveness   397,273    -           222,400  
Interest income   154    5,138     64       69  
Interest expense   (110,605)   (120,513)    (57,822 )     (53,467 )
Net Other Income (expenses)   286,822    (115,375)    (57,758 )     169,002  
Loss before income taxes   (1,495,403)   (1,701,283)    (1,706,664 )     (486,815 )
Income taxes   -    -     -       -  
Net loss  $(1,495,403)  $(1,701,283)  $ (1,706,664 )   $ (486,815 )

 

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RISK FACTORS

 

An investment in our common stock involves a high degree of risk and should be considered highly speculative. Before making an investment decision, you should carefully consider the following risk factors, which address the material risks concerning our business and an investment in our common stock, together with the other information contained in this prospectus. If any of the risks discussed in this prospectus occur, our business, prospects, liquidity, financial condition, and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected, in which case the trading price of our common stock could decline significantly, and you could lose all or part of your investment. Some statements in this prospectus, including statements in the following risk factors, constitute forward-looking statements. Please refer to the section entitled “Cautionary Note Concerning Forward-Looking Statements.”

 

Risks Related to Our Business

 

Our Independent Audit Firm Has Expressed in its Report to Our Audited Financial Statements a Substantial Doubt About Our Ability to Continue as a Going Concern.

 

We have not yet begun to generate revenues from our operations to fund our activities, and are therefore dependent upon external sources for financing our operations. There is a risk that we will be unable to obtain necessary financing to continue our operations on terms acceptable to us or at all. As a result, our independent audit firm has expressed in its auditors’ report on the financial statements a substantial doubt regarding our ability to continue as a going concern. Our financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of the uncertainty regarding our ability to continue as a going concern. This going concern opinion could materially limit our ability to raise additional funds through the issuance of equity or debt securities or otherwise. Future reports on our financial statements may include an explanatory paragraph with respect to our ability to continue as a going concern. If we cannot continue as a going concern, our shareholders may lose their entire investment.

 

We are Attempting to Bioengineer Human Hearts Using 3D Printing for Testing Purposes and Possible Transplantation into Humans Which Has Never Been Done and May Not be Possible.

 

Our success is dependent upon our ability to 3D print a human heart suitable for testing purposes and viable for transplantation into humans which has never been successfully done by us or any other person or entity. Therefore, our current and planned future business are speculative and subject to numerous risks and uncertainties. Substantial additional research and development activities need to take place before we can begin to produce revenue. There can be no assurance that we will ever generate revenue or be profitable. Should we be unable to successfully 3D print human hearts suitable for testing or viable for human transplantation, or should a competitor be able to do so prior to us being able to do so, your investment may be significantly affected and we may fail. In addition to human hearts, we may attempt to bioengineer other human organs (e.g., livers and kidneys) which future product attempts may be unsuccessful.

 

We Have Limited Operating History and We May Not be Able to Successfully Operate Our Business.

 

We incorporated in November 2016. From incorporation through the third quarter of 2017, our operations were limited to start-up activities and beginning to raise capital through a Tier II Regulation A offering, which commenced in the first quarter of 2018. In the first quarter of 2018, we commenced additional operations, consisting primarily of research and development activities. We thus have a limited operating history and there can be no assurance that our proposed plan of business can be realized in the manner contemplated and, if it cannot be, shareholders may lose all or a substantial part of their investment. We cannot assure you that our past experience will be sufficient to enable us to operate our business successfully or implement our operating policies and business strategies as described in this prospectus. There is no guarantee that we will ever realize any significant operating revenues or that our operations will ever be profitable. Furthermore, we may not be able to generate sufficient operating cash flows to pay our operating expenses or service our indebtedness. You should not rely upon the past performance of our management team as past performance may not be indicative of our future results.

 

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To Date, We Have Had Operating Losses and Do Not Expect to be Profitable for at Least the Foreseeable Future, and Cannot Accurately Predict When We Might Become Profitable.

 

We have been operating at a loss since our inception, and we expect to continue to incur losses for the foreseeable future. Further, we may not be able to generate significant revenues in the future. In addition, we expect to incur substantial operating expenses in order to fund the expansion of our business. As a result, we expect to continue to experience substantial negative cash flow for at least the foreseeable future and cannot predict when, or even if, we might become profitable.

 

We May Not Be Able to Obtain Adequate Financing to Continue Our Operations.

 

We may require additional debt and/or equity financing to pursue our growth and business strategies. These include, but are not limited to enhancing our operating infrastructure and otherwise responding to competitive pressures. Given our limited operating history and existing losses, there can be no assurance that additional financing will be available, or, if available, that the terms will be acceptable to us. Lack of additional funding could force us to curtail substantially our growth plans. Furthermore, the issuance by us of any additional securities pursuant to any future fundraising activities undertaken by us would dilute the ownership of existing shareholders and may reduce the price of our securities.

 

Terms of Subsequent Financing, if Any, May Adversely Impact Your Investment.

 

We may have to engage in common equity, debt, or preferred stock financings in the future. Your rights and the value of your investment in our common stock could be reduced by the dilution caused by future equity issuances, or convertible debt issuances with conversion rates below the then fair market value of our stock at the time of conversion. Interest plus potential amortization of debt issuance costs on debt securities could increase costs and negatively impact operating results. As we are permitted to issue preferred stock pursuant to the terms of our governing documents, preferred stock could be issued in series from time to time with such designation, rights, preferences, and limitations as needed to raise capital. The terms of preferred stock could be more advantageous to those investors than to the holders of our common stock.

 

Our Operating Plan Relies in Large Part Upon Our Assumptions and Analyses. If These Assumptions or Analyses Prove to be Incorrect, Our Actual Operating Results May be Materially Different from Our Forecasted Results.

 

Whether actual operating results and business developments will be consistent with our expectations and assumptions as reflected in our forecast depends on a number of factors, many of which are outside our control, including, but not limited to:

 

  whether we can obtain sufficient capital to sustain and grow our business;
     
  our ability to manage our growth;
     
  results of our research and development activity;
     
  demand for our proposed products;
     
  competition;
     
  our ability to retain existing key management and consultants, to integrate recent hires and to attract, retain, and motivate qualified personnel; and
     
  the overall strength and stability of domestic and international economies.

 

Unfavorable changes in any of these or other factors, most of which are beyond our control, could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations, and financial condition.

 

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We rely on Johnson & Johnson Innovation, JLABS facilities for a significant portion of our research and development.

 

A majority of our research and development is located at the Texas Medical Center at 2450 Holcombe Boulevard in Houston, Texas managed by Johnson & Johnson Innovation, JLABS personnel. We have an agreement to rent a dedicated portion of the premises designed for the purpose of conducting laboratory research and other laboratory related activities. agreement automatically renews every three months and has been doing so since 2018. If JLABS terminates our licensing agreement, no longer manages the premises, or we otherwise lose access to the laboratory facilities, our research and development will be significantly impacted.

 

Our Future Financial Performance and Our Ability to Commercialize Our Products and Services and to Compete Effectively Will Depend, in Part, On Our Ability to Manage Any Future Growth Effectively.

 

As our operations expand, we expect that we will need to manage additional relationships with various strategic partners, suppliers, and other third parties. Our future financial performance and our ability to commercialize our products and services and to compete effectively will depend, in part, on our ability to manage any future growth effectively. To that end, we must be able to manage our development efforts effectively and hire, train, and integrate additional management, administrative and sales and marketing personnel. Our projected growth will place a significant strain on our administrative, operational, and financial resources. If we are unable to successfully manage our future growth, establish and continue to upgrade our operating and financial control systems, recruit and hire necessary personnel, or effectively manage unexpected expansion difficulties, our financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

 

Changes in The Economy Could Have a Detrimental Impact on Our Business.

 

Changes in the general economic climate could have a detrimental impact on our revenue. It is possible that recessionary pressures and other economic factors (such as declining incomes, future potential rising interest rates, higher unemployment, and tax increases) may adversely affect our business. Any of such events or occurrences could have a material adverse effect on our financial results and on your investment.

 

We Face Competition in Our Market from Various Large and Small Companies, Most of Which Have Greater Financial, Research and Development, Production, and Other Resources than Us.

 

We may face significant competition from other biotechnology companies, and our operating results could suffer if we fail to compete effectively. The biotechnology industry is intensely competitive and subject to rapid and significant technological change. We have competitors both in the United States and internationally, including major biotechnology companies and universities and other research institutions. Many of our competitors have substantially greater financial, technical, and other resources, such as larger research and development staff and experienced marketing and manufacturing organizations. Additional mergers and acquisitions in the biotechnology industries may result in even more resources being concentrated in our competitors. As a result, these companies may obtain regulatory approval, if required, or market acceptance more rapidly than we are able and may be more effective in selling and marketing their products as well. Smaller or early-stage companies may also prove to be significant competitors, particularly through collaborative arrangements with large, established companies. Our ability to compete depends, in part, upon a number of factors outside our control, including the ability of our competitors to develop alternatives that are superior. Competition may increase further as a result of advances in the commercial applicability of technologies and greater availability of capital for investment in these industries. Our competitors may succeed in developing, acquiring, or licensing on similar products or services that we may develop. There are competing alternatives to our proposed product as well, such as a recent successful pig-to-human heart transplant. If we fail to successfully compete in our market, or if we incur significant expenses in order to compete, it could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.

 

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We Operate in a Field of Rapidly Changing Technology and if We are Unable to Adapt to Technological Changes, We will not be Able to Effectively Compete.

 

We may fail to anticipate or adapt to technology innovations in a timely manner, or at all. The biotechnology industry is experiencing rapid technological changes. Failure to anticipate technology innovations or adapt to such innovations in a timely manner, or at all, may result in our products becoming obsolete at sudden and unpredictable intervals. If we are unable to adapt to technological changes, we may not be able to effectively compete with other companies and/or product offerings that offer improved technology.

 

Our Business Model is Evolving.

 

Our business model is unproven and is likely to continue to evolve. Accordingly, our initial business model may not be successful and may need to be changed. Our ability to generate significant revenues will depend, in large part, on our ability to successfully market our products to potential users who may not be convinced of the need for our products and services or who may be reluctant to rely upon third parties to develop and provide these products. We intend to continue to develop our business model as our market continues to evolve.

 

If We Fail to Maintain and Enhance Awareness of Our Brand, Our Business and Financial Results Could be Adversely Affected.

 

We believe that maintaining and enhancing awareness of our brand is critical to achieving widespread acceptance and success of our business. We also believe that the importance of brand recognition will increase due to the relatively low barriers to entry in our market. Maintaining and enhancing our brand awareness may require us to spend increasing amounts of money on, and devote greater resources to, advertising, marketing, and other brand-building efforts and these investments may not be successful. Further, even if these efforts are successful, they may not be cost-effective. If we are unable to continuously maintain and enhance our media presence, our market may decrease and we may fail to attract advertisers and subscribers, which could in turn result in lost revenues and adversely affect our business and financial results.

 

An Inability to Maintain and Enhance Product Image Could Harm Our Business.

 

It is important that we maintain and enhance a positive perception of any new products. The image and reputation of our products may be impacted for various reasons including, but not limited to, bad publicity, litigation, and complaints from regulatory bodies. Such problems, even when unsubstantiated, could be harmful to our image and the reputation of our products. These claims may not be covered by our insurance policies. Any resulting litigation could be costly for us, divert management attention, and could result in increased costs of doing business, or otherwise have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, and financial condition. Any negative publicity generated could damage our reputation and diminish the value of our brand, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, and financial condition. Deterioration in our brand equity (brand image, reputation, and product quality) may have a material adverse effect on our financial results.

 

Our Products and/or Services May Not Gain Market Acceptance.

 

Our products and/or services may not gain market acceptance among physicians, healthcare payors, patients, and the medical community, which are critical to commercial success. Market acceptance of any product or service depends on a number of factors, including:

 

  the efficacy and safety as demonstrated in clinical trials, if required;
     
  the timing of market introduction of such product or service as well as competitive products;
     
  the clinical indications for which the product or service is approved;
     
  acceptance by physicians, hospitals, and patients of the product or service as a viable treatment;
     
  the potential and perceived advantages of such product or service over alternative treatments, especially with respect to patient subsets that we are targeting with such product or service;
     
  the perceived viability of such product or service seen in a broader patient group, including its use outside the approved indications;
     
  the cost of treatment in relation to alternative treatments;
     
  the availability of adequate reimbursement and pricing by third-party payors and government authorities;
     
  the prevalence and severity of adverse side effects; and
     
  the effectiveness of our sales and marketing efforts.

 

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We Will be Reliant on Government Authorities and Third-Party Payors, Such as Private Health Insurers and Health Maintenance Organizations, Who Decide Which Products and Services They Will Pay for and Establish Reimbursement Levels.

 

Government authorities, including the United States Health and Human Services Department (HHS) and, through them, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the various U.S. state equivalents to the Federal organizations, and third-party payors, such as private health insurers and health maintenance organizations, decide which products and services they will pay for and establish reimbursement levels for those products and services to be offered through their networks. Reimbursement by a third-party payor may depend upon a number of factors, including the third-party payor’s determination that use of a product or service is:

 

  a covered benefit under its health plan;
     
  effective and medically necessary;
     
  appropriate for the specific patient;
     
  cost-effective; and
     
  neither experimental nor investigational.

 

Obtaining coverage and reimbursement approval for a product or service from a government or other third-party payor is a time consuming and costly process that could require us to provide supporting scientific, clinical, and cost-effectiveness data for the use of our products to the payor. We may not be able to provide data sufficient to gain acceptance with respect to coverage and reimbursement. If reimbursement of our future products or services is unavailable or limited in scope or amount, or if pricing is set at unsatisfactory levels, we may be unable to effectively market our products for sale to a market of sufficient size and payment depth and therefore never achieve or sustain profitability.

 

A Data Security Breach Could Expose Us to Liability and Protracted and Costly Litigation, and Could Adversely Affect Our Reputation and Operating Revenues.

 

To the extent that our activities involve the storage and transmission of confidential information, we and/or third-party processors will receive, transmit, and store confidential customer and other information. Encryption software and the other technologies used to provide security for storage, processing, and transmission of confidential customer and other information may not be effective to protect against data security breaches by third parties. The risk of unauthorized circumvention of such security measures has been heightened by advances in computer capabilities and the increasing sophistication of hackers. Improper access to our or these third parties’ systems or databases could result in the theft, publication, deletion, or modification of confidential customer and other information. A data security breach of the systems on which sensitive account information are stored could lead to fraudulent activity involving our products and services, reputational damage, and claims or regulatory actions against us. If we are sued in connection with any data security breach, we could be involved in protracted and costly litigation. If unsuccessful in defending that litigation, we might be forced to pay damages and/or change our business practices or pricing structure, any of which could have a material adverse effect on ‘our operating revenues and profitability. We would also likely have to pay fines, penalties, and/or other assessments imposed as a result of any data security breach.

 

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We Depend on Third-Party Providers for a Reliable Internet Infrastructure and the Failure of these Third Parties, or the Internet in General, for Any Reason Could Significantly Impair Our Ability to Conduct Our Business

 

We may outsource some or all of our online presence and data management to third parties who host the actual servers and provide power and security in multiple data centers in each geographic location. These third-party facilities could require uninterrupted access to the Internet. If the operation of the servers is interrupted for any reason, including natural disaster, financial insolvency of a third-party provider, or malicious electronic intrusion into the data center, our business could be significantly damaged. As has occurred with many Internet-based businesses, we may be subject to “denial-of-service” attacks in which unknown individuals bombard our computer servers with requests for data, thereby degrading the servers’ performance. We cannot be certain we will be successful in quickly identifying and neutralizing these attacks. If either a third-party facility failed, or our ability to access the Internet was interfered with because of the failure of Internet equipment in general or if we become subject to malicious attacks of computer intruders, our business and operating results will be materially adversely affected.

 

3D Printed Organs May Fail Once Transplanted into Patients Causing Serious Injury or Death to the Patients, Leading to Lawsuits and Bad Publicity.

 

Our success is dependent upon our ability to develop a human heart that can be successfully transplanted. Because this has never been done by us or any other person or entity, there are significant risks that a patient may have adverse effects from our efforts. For example, a patient’s body may reject the transplanted organ, a patient may suffer significant health issues as a result of the transplanted organ, and a patient may die if the patient’s body rejects the transplanted organ, the organ fails for any reason, or for other complications of the surgical procedures to transplant the heart. Any or all of these occurrences could lead to lawsuits, regulatory sanctions, bad publicity, and other effects which could have a detrimental effect on us and on your investment.

 

If Product Liability Lawsuits are Brought Against Us, We May Incur Substantial Liabilities and May be Required to Limit Commercialization of Our Products and Services.

 

If product liability lawsuits are brought against us, we may incur substantial liabilities and may be required to limit commercialization of our products and services. We face an inherent risk of product liability as a result of our products and services. For example, we may be sued if any product we develop allegedly causes injury or is found to be otherwise unsuitable during product testing, manufacturing, marketing, or sale. Any such product liability claims may include allegations of defects in manufacturing, defects in design, a failure to warn of dangers inherent in the product, negligence, strict liability, and a breach of warranties. Claims could also be asserted under state consumer protection acts. If we cannot successfully defend ourselves against product liability claims, we may incur substantial liabilities or be required to limit commercialization of our products and services. Even successful defense would require significant financial and management resources. Regardless of the merits or eventual outcome, liability claims may result in:

 

  decreased demand for the products and services that we may develop;
     
  injury to our reputation;
     
  withdrawal of clinical trial participants, if required;
     
  initiation of investigations by regulators;
     
  costs to defend the related litigation;
     
  a diversion of management’s time and our resources;
     
  substantial monetary awards to patients or others;
     
  product recalls, withdrawals, marketing, or promotional restrictions;
     
  loss of revenues from product sales; and
     
  the inability to commercialize our products and services.

 

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Our Inability to Obtain and Retain Sufficient Product Liability Insurance at an Acceptable Cost to Protect Against Potential Product Liability Claims Could Prevent or Inhibit the Commercialization of Products and Services we Develop.

 

Our inability to obtain and retain sufficient product liability insurance at an acceptable cost to protect against potential product liability claims could prevent or inhibit the commercialization of products and services we develop. Although we plan to maintain such insurance, any claim that may be brought against us could result in a court judgment or settlement in an amount that is not covered, in whole or in part, by our insurance or that is in excess of the limits of our insurance coverage. Our insurance policies also have various exclusions, and we may be subject to a product liability claim for which we have no coverage. We will have to pay any amounts awarded by a court or negotiated in a settlement that exceed our coverage limitations or that are not covered by our insurance, and we may not have, or be able to obtain, sufficient capital to pay such amounts.

 

The continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and related risks could have a material adverse impact on our research and development programs and financial condition.

 

The degree to which COVID-19 continues to impact our business operations, research and development programs, and financial condition will depend on future developments, including the duration of the outbreak and any resurgences, actions by government authorities to contain the spread of the virus, and when and to what extent normal economic and operating conditions can resume.

 

Changes in the Economy Could Have a Detrimental Impact on our Operations.

 

The world has recently been on ordered quarantines and lockdowns which has already greatly impacted the United States economy as well as the economies of other country. We are unsure of the impact that this will have on our business, but it is expected that these changes in the economic climate will most likely have a detrimental impact on our operations and potential revenue generation for the foreseeable future. It is possible that recessionary pressures, particularly those from the COVID-19 lockdown, and other economic factors (such as declining incomes, future potential rising interest rates, higher unemployment, and tax increases) may decrease the disposable income that customers have available to spend on our products and services and may adversely affect customers’ confidence and willingness to spend. Any of such events or occurrences could have a material adverse effect on our financial results and on your investment.

 

Acts of War or Terrorism May Seriously Harm Our Business.

 

Acts of war, any outbreak or escalation of hostilities between the United States and any foreign power, or acts of terrorism may cause disruption to the U.S. economy or the local economies of the markets in which we operate, cause shortages of building materials, increase costs associated with obtaining building materials, result in building code changes that could increase costs of construction, affect job growth and consumer confidence, or cause economic changes that we cannot anticipate, all of which could reduce demand for our homes and adversely impact our business, prospects, liquidity, financial condition, and results of operations.

 

Risks Related to Our Organization and Structure

 

We are Dependent Upon Our Management, Founders, Key Personnel, and Consultants to Execute Our Business Plan, and Many of Them Will Have Concurrent Responsibilities at Other Companies.

 

Our success is heavily dependent upon the continued active participation of our current executive officers as well as other key personnel and consultants. Many of them will have concurrent responsibilities at other entities. Some of the advisors, scientists, consultants, and others to whom our ultimate success may be reliant have not signed contracts with us and may not ever do so. Loss of the services of one or more of these individuals could have a material adverse effect upon our business, financial condition, or results of operations. Further, our success and achievement of our growth plans depend on our ability to recruit, hire, train, and retain other highly qualified scientific, technical, and managerial personnel. Competition for qualified employees and consultants among companies in the applicable industries is intense, and the loss of any of such persons, or an inability to attract, retain, and motivate any additional highly skilled employees and consultants required for the initiation and expansion of our activities, could have a materially adverse effect on it. The inability to attract and retain the necessary personnel, consultants, and advisors could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, or results of operations.

 

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Although Dependent Upon Certain Key Personnel, We Do Not Have Any Key Man Life Insurance Policies on Some People At the Time of This Offering.

 

We are dependent upon management in order to conduct our operations and execute our business plan and despite having obtained insurance policies for the Chief Medical Officer and the Chief Executive Officer, however, we have not purchased any life insurance policies with respect to any other individuals in the event of their death or disability. Therefore, should any of those key personnel, management, or founders die or become disabled, we will not receive any compensation that would assist with such person’s absence. The loss of such person could negatively affect us and our operations.

 

There are Limitations on the Liability of Our Directors.

 

We provide for the indemnification of directors to the fullest extent permitted by law and, to the extent permitted by such law, eliminate or limit the personal liability of directors for monetary damages for certain breaches of fiduciary duty. Such indemnification may be available for liabilities arising in connection with this prospectus. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers, or persons controlling the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

 

We Currently Have Limited Marketing and Limited Sales Organization in Place.

 

We currently have limited marketing and limited sales organization for our products and services. If we are unable to establish sufficient marketing and sales capabilities or enter into agreements with third parties to market and sell our products and services, we may not be able to effectively market and sell our product and services, or generate product revenues.

 

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Concentrated Voting Control Will Limit or Preclude Our Shareholders’ Ability to Influence Corporate Matters, Including the Election of Directors, Any Merger, Consolidation, or Other Major Corporate Transaction Requiring Shareholder Approval, Which May Negatively Impact Your Liquidity and/or Your Gain on Your Investment.

 

As of the date of this prospectus, Steven Morris, our founder, Chief Executive Officer, Secretary. and Chairman of our board of directors, beneficially owned approximately [72]% of our outstanding shares of common stock. Following the completion of this offering, Mr. Morris is expected to own approximately [  ]% of our outstanding shares of common stock, or approximately [  ]% if the underwriters exercise in full their overallotment option. As a result, Mr. Morris may be able to control any vote of our shareholders which may be required for the foreseeable future and may negatively impact your investment.

 

We are an “Emerging Growth Company” and, as a Result of the Reduced Disclosure and Governance Requirements Applicable to Emerging Growth Companies, Our Securities May Be Less Attractive to Investors.

 

We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the JOBS Act, and we are eligible to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements applicable to other public companies but not to emerging growth companies, including, but not limited to, a requirement to present only two years of audited financial statements, an exemption from the auditor attestation requirement of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure about executive compensation arrangements pursuant to the rules applicable to smaller reporting companies, and no requirement to seek non-binding advisory votes on executive compensation or golden parachute arrangements. We have elected to adopt these reduced disclosure requirements. We could be an emerging growth company until the last day of the fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the completion of this offering, although a variety of circumstances could cause us to lose that status earlier.

 

In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act provides that an “emerging growth company” can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) for complying with new or revised financial accounting standards. An emerging growth company can therefore delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We have elected to take advantage of the extended transition period and, as a result of this election, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with public company effective dates. In choosing to take advantage of the extended transition period, we may later decide otherwise (i.e., “opt in” by complying with the financial accounting standard effective dates applicable to non-emerging growth companies), so long as it complies with the requirements in Sections 107(b)(2) and (3) of the JOBS Act, which is irrevocable.

 

We cannot predict if investors will find our common stock less attractive as a result of our taking advantage of these exemptions. If some investors find our common stock less attractive as a result of our choices, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock and our stock price may be more volatile.

 

As a Result of Becoming a Public Company, We Will Be Obligated to Develop and Maintain Proper and Effective Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. We May Not Complete Our Analysis of Our Internal Control Over Financial Reporting in a Timely Manner, or These Internal Controls May Not Be Determined to Be Effective, Which May Adversely Affect Investor Confidence in Us and, as a Result, the Value of Our Securities.

 

As a public company, we will be required, pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, to furnish a report by management on, among other things, the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of the end of our fiscal year 2022. This assessment will need to include disclosure of any material weaknesses identified by our management in our internal control over financial reporting.

 

We previously had an independent audit firm which was not PCAOB registered audit our financial statements for the years ended December 30, 2019 and 2020. In preparation for this offering, we retained L J Soldinger Associates, LLC, a PCAOB-registered accounting firm, to complete audits of our financial statements for our 2021 and 2020 fiscal years. During the re-audit of our financial statements, we discovered errors in our 2019 and 2020 previously issued financial statements included in our Form 1-K originally filed with the SEC on April 28, 2021. We restated those financial statements and amended our Form 1-K to include the restated financial statements and appropriate disclosures.

 

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In addition, our current auditor issued a Material Weakness Letter for the years ending December 31, 2021 and 2020 noting the following material weaknesses

 

  We have failed to adequately invest in our accounting and reporting functions such that we are unable to timely record transactions and reconcile accounts to timely prepare and adequately review financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Our bookkeeping staff are not retained on a continuous basis and are not involved when decisions are made by management, such that they lack critical time and information in order to properly and timely report on the transactions and events.
  We failed to properly account for equity issuance costs in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
  We failed to properly account for stock-based compensation in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
  We failed to properly account for convertible debt in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
  We failed to record necessary accruals at year end for each of the reporting periods.

 

Since February 2022, we have taken steps to address the internal control deficiencies that contributed to the material weaknesses, including:

 

  Hiring additional experienced finance and accounting personnel with technical accounting experience, supplemented by third-party resources documenting and formally assessing our accounting and financial reporting policies and procedures;
  Assessing significant accounting transactions and other technical accounting and financial reporting issues, preparing accounting memoranda addressing these issues and maintaining these memoranda in our corporate records;
  Improving the compilation processes, documentation and monitoring of our critical accounting estimates;
  Implementing processes for creating an effective and timely close process; and
  Establishing an audit committee with a Chairperson who is a CPA with extensive SEC, internal audit and reporting experience.

 

The implementation of these measures is ongoing and will require validation and testing of the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls over a sustained period of financial reporting cycles. If we are unsuccessful in remediating the material weaknesses and otherwise establishing and maintaining an effective system of internal control over financial reporting, the reliability of our financial reporting, investor confidence in us and the value of our common stock could be materially adversely affected. We can give no assurance that implementation of our plans will remediate these deficiencies in internal control or that additional material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting will not be identified in the future.

 

Effective internal control over financial reporting is necessary for us to provide reliable and timely financial reports and, together with adequate disclosure controls and procedures, are designed to reasonably detect and prevent fraud. Our failure to implement and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting could result in errors in our financial statements that could result in a restatement of our financial statements and could cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations. In addition, we could become subject to investigations by the stock exchange on which our securities are listed, the SEC, or other regulatory authorities, which could require additional financial and management resources.

 

During the evaluation and testing process, if we identify one or more material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, we will be unable to assert that our internal controls are effective. If we are unable to assert that our internal control over financial reporting is effective, we could lose investor confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports, which would cause the price of our common stock to decline, and we may be subject to investigation or sanctions by the SEC.

 

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We will be required to disclose changes made in our internal control and procedures on a quarterly basis. However, our independent registered public accounting firm will not be required to report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act until the later of the year following our first annual report required to be filed with the SEC, or the date we are no longer an “emerging growth company” as defined in the JOBS Act, if we continue to take advantage of the exemptions contained in the JOBS Act. At such time, our independent registered public accounting firm may issue a report that is adverse in the event it is not satisfied with the level at which our controls are documented, designed, or operating. Our remediation efforts may not enable us to avoid a material weakness in the future. To comply with the requirements of being a public company, we may need to undertake various actions, such as implementing new internal controls and procedures and hiring accounting or internal audit staff.

 

We Will Incur Increased Costs as a Result of Being a Public Company.

 

As a public company, we will incur significant legal, accounting, and other expenses that we did not incur as a private company. In addition, rules implemented by the SEC and Nasdaq require changes in corporate governance practices of public companies. We expect these rules and regulations to increase our legal and financial compliance costs and to make some activities more time-consuming and costly. We will also incur additional costs associated with our public company reporting requirements. We expect these rules and regulations to make it more difficult and more expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance, and we may be required to accept reduced policy limits and coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain the same or similar coverage. As a result, it may be more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified people to serve on our board of directors, particularly to serve on our audit committee and compensation committee, or as executive officers.

 

Regulatory and Intellectual Property Risks

 

There are Currently No Definitive Regulatory Requirements on the Sale or Use of 3D Bioprinted Organs.

 

Therapeutic tissues and other regenerative medicine products are subject to an extensive, lengthy, and uncertain regulatory approval process by the FDA and comparable agencies in other countries. The regulation of new products is extensive, and the required process of laboratory testing and human studies is lengthy and expensive. The resource investment of time, staff, and expense to satisfy these regulations will fall on us for the products we are developing. We may not be able to obtain FDA approvals for those products in a timely manner, or at all. We may encounter significant delays or excessive costs in our efforts to secure necessary approvals or licenses. Even if we obtain FDA regulatory approvals, the FDA extensively regulates manufacturing, labeling, distributing, marketing, promotion, and advertising after product approval. Moreover, several of our product development areas may involve relatively new technology and have not been the subject of extensive product testing in humans. The regulatory requirements governing these products and related clinical procedures remain uncertain and the products themselves may be subject to substantial review by the FDA and/or foreign governmental regulatory authorities that could prevent or delay approval of these products and procedures. Regulatory requirements ultimately imposed on our products could limit our ability to test, manufacture and, ultimately, commercialize our products and thereby could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

 

We Believe Our Future Products May be Regulated as Medical Devices Under the FDA. This Type of Regulation Presents Many Risks.

 

We currently do not have any devices regulated by the FDA, but believe that our future products will be regulated under medical device reporting and may be subject to those laws and regulations. The Medical Device Reporting laws and regulations require us to provide information to the FDA on deaths or serious injuries alleged to have been associated with the use of our devices, as well as product malfunctions that likely would cause or contribute to death or serious injury if the malfunction were to recur. In addition, the FDA prohibits an approved device from being marketed for off-label use. The FDA and other agencies actively enforce the laws and regulations prohibiting the promotion of off-label uses, and a company that is found to have improperly promoted off-label uses may be subject to significant liability, including substantial monetary penalties and criminal prosecution.

 

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The Regulatory Approval Processes of the FDA, Other Regulatory Bodies, and Similar Foreign Authorities Is Lengthy, Time Consuming, and Inherently Unpredictable.

 

We believe our products and services will require FDA and/or other regulatory approval in the future for some or all of our products or services. However, we do not believe that this process will take place for three years. At that time, we will be unsure of what the process will be as there is no definitive process for review and approval of 3D bioprinted devices or tissues. The regulatory approval processes of the FDA, other regulatory bodies, and similar foreign authorities could be lengthy, time consuming, and inherently unpredictable, and if we are ultimately unable to obtain regulatory approval for our products and services, our business will be substantially harmed.

 

Our Revenues Will be Dependent, in Part, Upon the Size of the Markets in the Territories for Which We Gain Regulatory Approval and Have Commercial Rights.

 

We believe our products and services will require FDA and/or other regulatory approval in the future and our revenues will be dependent, in part, upon the size of the markets in the territories for which we gain regulatory approval and have commercial rights. If the markets for patient subsets that we are targeting are not as significant as we estimate, we may not generate significant revenues from sales of our products or services.

 

Our Products and Services Will Require Regulatory Approval in Countries Outside of the United States.

 

We believe our products and services will require FDA and/or other regulatory approval in the future as well as regulatory approval in countries outside of the United States. We must comply with numerous and varying regulatory requirements of such countries regarding safety and efficacy and governing, among other things, possibly clinical trials and commercial sales, pricing, and distribution of our product candidates, and we cannot predict success in these jurisdictions.

 

Our Products and Services Could Fail to Receive Regulatory Approval for Many Reasons.

 

The time required to obtain approval by the FDA, other regulatory bodies, and comparable foreign authorities is unpredictable but could take many years following commencement of clinical trials, depending upon numerous factors. In addition, approval policies, regulations, or the type and amount of clinical data necessary to gain approval may change during the course of a product candidate’s clinical development. Our products and services could fail to receive regulatory approval for many reasons, including the following:

 

  the FDA, other regulatory body or comparable foreign regulatory authorities may disagree with the design or implementation of our clinical trials, if any are required;
     
  we may be unable to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the FDA, other regulatory body, or comparable foreign regulatory authorities that a product or service is safe and effective for its proposed indication;
     
  the results of clinical trials, if any are required, may not meet the level of statistical significance required by the FDA, other regulatory body, or comparable foreign regulatory authorities for approval;
     
  we may be unable to demonstrate that a product or service’s clinical and other benefits outweigh its safety risks;
     
  the FDA, other regulatory body, or comparable foreign regulatory authorities may disagree with our interpretation of data from preclinical studies or clinical trials, if any are required;
     
  the FDA, other regulatory body, or comparable foreign regulatory authorities may fail to approve the manufacturing processes or facilities of third-party manufacturers with which we contract for clinical and commercial supplies; and
     
  the approval policies or regulations of the FDA, other regulatory body, or comparable foreign regulatory authorities may significantly change in a manner rendering our clinical data insufficient for approval.

 

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Undesirable Side Effects Caused by Our Products or Services Could Cause Us or Regulatory Authorities to Interrupt, Delay, or Halt Clinical Trials and Could Result in the Delay or Denial of Regulatory Approval.

 

Undesirable side effects caused by our products or services could cause us or regulatory authorities to interrupt, delay, or halt clinical trials and could result in the delay or denial of regulatory approval by the FDA, other regulatory body, or other comparable foreign authorities. Additionally, if one or more of our products or services receives approval, and we or others later identify undesirable side effects caused by such products or services, a number of potentially significant negative consequences could result, including:

 

  regulatory authorities may withdraw approvals of such products or services;
     
  we may be required to create a guide outlining the risks of such side effects for distribution to patients;
     
  we could be sued and held liable for harm caused to patients; and
     
  our reputation may suffer.

 

Any of these occurrences may harm our business, financial condition, and prospects significantly.

 

The FDA, Other Regulatory Bodies, and Other Comparable Foreign Regulatory Authorities Each Have Substantial Discretion in the Approval Process and May Either Refuse to Consider Our Application for Review or May Form the Opinion After Review of Our Data that Our Application Is Insufficient to Allow Approval of Our Products or Services.

 

The FDA, other regulatory bodies, and other comparable foreign regulatory authorities each have substantial discretion in the approval process and may either refuse to consider our application for review or may form the opinion after review of our data that our application is insufficient to allow approval of our products or services. If, in the future, we decide to pursue commercializing our product in foreign countries, we will have to go through the approval procedures of those countries. Approval procedures vary among jurisdictions and can involve requirements and administrative review periods different from, and greater than, those in the United States. Moreover, any approvals that we obtain may not cover all of the clinical indications for which we are seeking approval, or could contain significant limitations in the form of narrow indications, warnings, precautions, or contraindications with respect to conditions of use. In such an event, our ability to generate revenues from such products would be greatly reduced and our business would be harmed.

 

Regulatory Approval to Market a Product or Service May be Subject to Limitations on the Indicated Uses for Which We May Market the Product or Service.

 

We believe our products and services will require FDA and/or other regulatory approval in the future. Even if we do receive regulatory approval to market a product or service, any such approval may be subject to limitations on the indicated uses for which we may market the product or service. It is possible that none of our existing products or services we may seek to develop in the future will ever obtain the appropriate regulatory approvals necessary for us to commence product sales. In many countries outside the United States, a product candidate must be approved for reimbursement before it can be approved for sale in that country. In some cases, the price that we intend to charge for our products or services is also subject to approval. Any delay in obtaining, or an inability to obtain, applicable regulatory approvals would prevent us from commercializing our product candidates, generating revenues, and achieving and sustaining profitability.

 

Even if We Receive Regulatory Approval for Any of Our Products or Services, We Will be Subject to Ongoing Obligations and Continued Regulatory Review, Which May Result in Significant Additional Expense.

 

We believe our products and services will require FDA and/or other regulatory approval in the future for some or all of our products or services. Even if we receive regulatory approval for any of our products or services, we will be subject to ongoing obligations and continued regulatory review, which may result in significant additional expense. Additionally, our products and services, if approved, could be subject to restrictions and market withdrawal and we may be subject to penalties if we fail to comply with regulatory requirements or experience unanticipated problems with our products or services.

 

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If We are Unable to Adapt to Changes in Existing Requirements or the Adoption of New Requirements or Policies, or if We are Not Able to Maintain Regulatory Compliance, We May Lose Market Approval.

 

The FDA’s policies may change and additional government regulations may be enacted that could prevent, limit, or delay regulatory approval of our products or services. If we are slow or unable to adapt to changes in existing requirements or the adoption of new requirements or policies, or if we are not able to maintain regulatory compliance, we may lose any market approval that we may have obtained, which would adversely affect our business, prospects, and ability to achieve or sustain profitability.

 

Legislative and Regulatory Changes to the Healthcare System Could Impact Our Ability to Sell Our Products or Services Profitably.

 

In both the United States and certain foreign jurisdictions, there have been and we expect there will continue to be a number of legislative and regulatory changes to the healthcare system that could impact our ability to sell our products or services profitably. There have been, and likely will continue to be, legislative and regulatory proposals at the federal and state levels directed at broadening the availability of healthcare and containing or lowering the cost of healthcare. We cannot predict the initiatives that may be adopted in the future. The continuing efforts of the government, insurance companies, managed care organizations and other payors of healthcare services to contain or reduce costs of healthcare may adversely affect:

 

  the demand for any products or services for which we may market and/or obtain regulatory approval, if required;
     
  our ability to set a price that we believe is fair for our products and services;
     
  our ability to generate revenues and achieve or maintain profitability;
     
  the level of taxes that we are required to pay; and
     
  the availability of capital.

 

In addition, governments may impose price controls, which may adversely affect our future profitability.

 

Our Employees May Engage in Misconduct or Other Improper Activities, Including Noncompliance with Regulatory Standards and Requirements, Which Could Have a Material Adverse Effect on Our Business.

 

We are exposed to the risk of employee fraud or other misconduct. Misconduct by employees could include, but is not limited to, intentional failures to comply with FDA or other regulatory regulations that may apply, provide accurate information to the FDA or other regulatory agencies, comply with manufacturing standards we have established, comply with federal and state health-care fraud and abuse laws and regulations, report financial information or data accurately or disclose unauthorized activities to us. In particular, sales, marketing, and business arrangements in the healthcare and biotechnology industry are subject to extensive laws and regulations intended to prevent fraud, kickbacks, self-dealing, and other abusive practices. These laws and regulations may restrict or prohibit a wide range of pricing, discounting, marketing and promotion, sales commission, customer incentive programs, and other business arrangements. Employee misconduct could also involve the improper use of information obtained in the course of clinical trials, which could result in regulatory sanctions and serious harm to our reputation. It is not always possible to identify and deter employee misconduct, and the precautions we take to detect and prevent this activity may not be effective in controlling unknown or unmanaged risks or losses or in protecting us from governmental investigations or other actions or lawsuits stemming from a failure to be in compliance with such laws or regulations. If any such actions are instituted against us, and we are not successful in defending ourselves or asserting our rights, those actions could have a significant impact on our business and results of operations, including the imposition of significant fines or other sanctions.

 

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If We are Unable to Effectively Protect Our Intellectual Property, it May Impair Our Ability to Compete.

 

Our success will depend on our ability to obtain and maintain meaningful intellectual property protection for any such intellectual property. The names and/or logos of other company brands may be challenged by holders of trademarks who file opposition notices, or otherwise contest, our trademark applications for our brands. Similarly, domains owned and used by us may be challenged by others who contest our ability to use the domain name or URL. Our business depends on proprietary technology that may be infringed. Some or all of our products depend or will depend on our proprietary technology for its success. We rely on a combination of trade secrets, copyrights, and trademarks, together with non-disclosure agreements, confidentiality provisions in sales, procurement, employment, and other agreements and technical measures to establish and protect proprietary rights in our products. While we may seek patents for some or all of our products and technology, there is no guarantee that such patents will be granted. Our ability to successfully protect our technology may be limited because intellectual property laws in certain jurisdictions may be relatively ineffective, detecting infringements and enforcing proprietary rights may divert management’s attention and company resources, contractual measures such as non-disclosure agreements and confidentiality provisions may afford only limited protection, any patents we may receive will expire, thus providing competitors access to the applicable technology, competitors may independently develop products that are substantially equivalent or superior to our products or circumvent our intellectual property rights; and competitors may register patents in technologies relevant to our business areas. In addition, various parties may assert infringement claims against us. The cost of defending against infringement claims could be significant, regardless of whether the claims are valid. If we are not successful in defending such claims, we may be prevented from the use or sale of certain of our products, or liable for damages and required to obtain licenses, which may not be available on reasonable terms, any of which may have a material adverse impact on our business, results of operation or financial condition.

 

We Rely in Part Upon Trade Secret Protection to Protect Our Intellectual Property; it May be Difficult and Costly to Protect Our Proprietary Rights and We May Not be Able to Ensure its Protection

 

We currently rely in part on trade secrets. While we use reasonable efforts to protect these trade secrets, we cannot assure that our employees, consultants, contractors, or advisors will not, unintentionally or willfully, disclose our trade secrets to competitors or other third parties. In addition, courts outside the United States are sometimes less willing to protect trade secrets. Moreover, our competitors may independently develop equivalent knowledge, methods, and know-how. If we are unable to defend our trade secrets from others use, or if our competitors develop equivalent knowledge, it could have a material adverse effect on our business. Any infringement of our proprietary rights could result in significant litigation costs, and any failure to adequately protect our proprietary rights could result in our competitors offering similar products, potentially resulting in loss of a competitive advantage and decreased revenue. Existing patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secret laws afford only limited protection. In addition, the laws of some foreign countries do not protect our proprietary rights to the same extent as do the laws of the United States. Therefore, we may not be able to protect our proprietary rights against unauthorized third-party use. Enforcing a claim that a third party illegally obtained and is using our trade secrets could be expensive and time consuming, and the outcome of such a claim is unpredictable. Litigation may be necessary in the future to enforce our intellectual property rights, to protect our trade secrets or to determine the validity and scope of the proprietary rights of others. This litigation could result in substantial costs and diversion of resources and could materially adversely affect our future operating results.

 

Risks Related to this Offering and Ownership of our Securities

 

An Investment in Our Securities is Speculative and Could Result in a Loss of Your Entire Investment.

 

An investment in our securities is speculative and involves a high degree of risk. There is no assurance that investors will obtain any return on their investment. You should not purchase the securities if you cannot afford the loss of your entire investment.

 

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There is Currently No Public Market for Our Securities, A Trading Market for Our Securities May Never Develop Following this Offering, and the Price of Our Securities May be Volatile and Could Decline Substantially Following this Offering.

 

There is currently no public market for our securities. We have applied to list our common stock and Warrants on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbols “SAVU” and “SAVUW,” respectively. We do not intend to apply to list our Pre-Funded Warrants on any securities exchange or other nationally recognized trading system. Even if we do list our securities on Nasdaq, an active trading market for our securities may never develop or if one develops, it may not be sustained following this offering. Accordingly, no assurance can be given as to the following:

 

  the likelihood that an active trading market for our securities will develop or be sustained;
     
  the liquidity of any such market;
     
  the ability of our shareholders to sell their shares of common stock or Warrants; or
     
  the price that our shareholders may obtain for their common stock or Warrants.

 

If an active market for our securities does not develop or is not maintained, the market price of our securities may decline, and you may not be able to sell your shares. Even if an active trading market develops for our securities subsequent to this offering, the market price of our securities may be highly volatile and subject to wide fluctuations. Our financial performance, government regulatory action, tax laws, interest rates, and market conditions in general could have a significant impact on the future market price of our securities.

 

Some of the factors that could negatively affect or result in fluctuations in the market price of our securities include:

 

  actual or anticipated variations in our quarterly operating results;
     
  changes in market valuations of similar companies;
     
  adverse market reaction to the level of our indebtedness;
     
  additions or departures of key personnel;
     
  actions by shareholders;
     
  speculation in the press or investment community;
     
  general market, economic, and political conditions, including an economic slowdown or dislocation in the global credit markets;
     
  our operating performance and the performance of other similar companies;
     
  changes in accounting principles; and
     
  passage of legislation or other regulatory developments that adversely affect us or the biotechnology industry.

 

Even if we are successful in listing our stock and Warrants on NASDAQ, failure to maintain our NASDAQ listing could limit investors’ ability to make transactions in our common stock and Warrants and subject us to additional trading restrictions.

 

We may not be able to meet the continued listing requirements for our common stock and Warrants in the future. Failure to meet the continued listing requirements could result in Nasdaq delisting our ordinary shares from trading on its exchange. If this should happen, we could face significant material adverse consequences, including:

 

  a limited availability of market quotations for our securities;

 

  a limited amount of news and analyst coverage for us; and
     
  a decreased ability to issue additional securities or obtain additional financing in the future.

 

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If our common stock were delisted and determined to be a “penny stock,” a broker-dealer may find it more difficult to trade our common stock and an investor may find it more difficult to acquire or dispose of our common stock in the secondary market.

 

If our common stock were removed from listing with the Nasdaq Capital Market, it may be subject to the so-called “penny stock” rules. The SEC has adopted regulations that define a “penny stock” to be any equity security that has a market price per share of less than $5.00, subject to certain exceptions, such as any securities listed on a national securities exchange. For any transaction involving a “penny stock,” unless exempt, the rules impose additional sales practice requirements on broker-dealers, subject to certain exceptions. If our common stock were delisted and determined to be a “penny stock,” a broker-dealer may find it more difficult to trade our common stock and an investor may find it more difficult to acquire or dispose of our common stock on the secondary market. Investors in penny stocks should be prepared for the possibility that they may lose their whole investment.

 

The Offering Price Per Share of the Securities Offered Under This Prospectus May Not Accurately Reflect the Value of Your Investment.

 

Prior to this offering, there has been no market for our securities. The offering price per share of our securities offered by this prospectus was negotiated between us and the underwriters. Factors considered in determining the price of our common stock include:

 

  the history and prospects of companies with a similar principal business;
     
  prior offerings of those companies;
     
  our capital structure;
     
  general conditions of the securities markets at the time of this offering; and
     
  other factors we deemed relevant.

 

The offering price may not accurately reflect the value of our securities and may not be realized upon any subsequent disposition of the shares.

 

The Warrants included in the Common Units and Pre-Funded Units are expected to be listed on Nasdaq separately upon the pricing of this offering, and may provide investors with an arbitrage opportunity that could adversely affect the trading price of our shares.

 

Because the Common Units and Pre-Funded Units will never trade as a unit, and the Warrants are expected to be traded on Nasdaq, investors may be provided with an arbitrage opportunity that could depress the price of our shares. The exercise of any Warrants may dilute the value of shares of common stock.

 

The Warrants and Pre-Funded Warrants are Speculative in Nature.

 

Except as otherwise set forth therein, the Warrants and Pre-Funded Warrants offered in this offering do not confer any rights of share ownership on their holders, such as voting rights, but rather merely represent the right to acquire shares at a fixed price for a limited period of time. Specifically, commencing on the date of issuance, holders of the Warrants may exercise their right to acquire shares and pay an exercise price of $[  ]  (based on an assumed public offering price of $[  ] per share, representing 100% of the public offering price per share, prior to five years from the date of issuance, after which date any unexercised Warrants will expire and have no further value. In addition, commencing on the date of issuance, holders of the Pre-Funded Warrants may exercise their right to acquire shares and pay an exercise price of $0.001 per share, subject to adjustment upon certain events. There can be no assurance that the market price of our shares will continue to equal or exceed the exercise price of the Warrants offered by this prospectus. In the event that our share price does not exceed the exercise price of such Warrants during the period when such Warrants are exercisable, the Warrants may not have any value.

 

Investors in this Offering Will Experience Immediate and Substantial Dilution.

 

Due to our significant accumulated deficit, investors in this offering will suffer immediate and substantial dilution. Further, investors in this offering will own approximately [  ]% of the then outstanding shares of common stock, but will have paid approximately [  ]% of the total consideration for our outstanding shares. See “Dilution.”

 

We May Undertake Additional Equity or Debt Financing That May Dilute the Shares in this Offering.

 

We may undertake further equity or debt financing which may be dilutive to existing shareholders, including you, or result in an issuance of securities whose rights, preferences, and privileges are senior to those of existing shareholders, including you, and also reducing the value of securities subscribed for under this offering.

 

We May Not be Able to Obtain Additional Financing.

 

We may require additional funds to continue and grow its business. We may not be able to obtain additional financing as needed, on acceptable terms, or at all, which would force us to delay our plans for growth and implementation of our strategy which could seriously harm our business, financial condition, and results of operations. If we need additional funds, we may seek to obtain them primarily through additional equity or debt financings. Those additional financings could result in dilution to our current shareholders and to you if you invest in this offering.

 

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If Securities Analysts Do Not Publish Research or Reports About Our Business, or If They Downgrade Our Common Stock, the Price of Our Securities Could Decline.

 

The trading market for our securities could be influenced by any research and reports that securities or industry analysts publish about us or our business. We do not currently have, and may never obtain, research coverage by securities and industry analysts. If no securities or industry analysts commence coverage of us, the trading price for our securities would be negatively impacted. In the event securities or industry analysts cover us and one or more of these analysts downgrade our securities or publish inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, the price of our securities would likely decline. If one or more of these analysts cease coverage of us or fail to publish reports on us regularly, demand for our securities could decrease, which could cause the price of our securities and trading volume to decline.

 

Negative Publicity May Affect Our Business Performance and Could Affect Our Stock Price.

 

Unfavorable media related to our industry, company, brands, marketing, personnel, operations, business performance, or prospects may affect our stock price and the performance of our business, regardless of its accuracy or inaccuracy. Our success in maintaining, extending, and expanding our brand image depends on our ability to adapt to a rapidly changing media environment. Adverse publicity or negative commentary on social media outlets, such as blogs, websites, or newsletters, could hurt operating results, as consumers might avoid brands that receive bad press or negative reviews. Negative publicity may result in a decrease in operating results that could lead to a decline in the price of our common stock and cause you to lose all or a portion of your investment.

 

We Have Not Paid Dividends in the Past and Do Not Expect to Pay Dividends in the Foreseeable Future.

 

We have never paid cash dividends on our securities and do not anticipate paying cash dividends in the foreseeable future. We currently intend to retain our future earnings, if any, to finance the development and expansion of our business. The determination to pay dividends will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, restrictions contained in any financing instruments, and such other factors as our board of directors deems relevant in its discretion. Accordingly, you may need to sell your shares of our common stock to realize a return on your investment, and you may not be able to sell your shares at or above the price you paid for them, or at all for an indefinite period of time, except as permitted under the Securities Act and the applicable securities laws of any other jurisdiction.

 

We Have Broad Discretion to Use the Proceeds From this Offering, and Our Investment of Those Proceeds May Not Yield a Favorable Return.

 

Our management has broad discretion to use the proceeds from this offering in ways with which you may not agree. There can be no assurance that management’s use of proceeds generated through this offering will prove optimal or translate into revenue or profitability for us. The failure of our management to apply these funds effectively could result in unfavorable returns. This could harm our business and could cause the market value of our securities to decline. Investors are urged to consult with their attorneys, accountants, and personal investment advisors prior to making any decision to invest in us.

 

Future Sales of Our Common Stock, Other Securities Convertible into Our Common Stock, or Preferred Stock Could Cause the Market Value of Our Common Stock to Decline and Could Result in Dilution of Your Shares.

 

Our board of directors is authorized, without your approval, to cause us to issue additional shares of our common stock or to raise capital through the creation and issuance of preferred stock, other debt securities convertible into common stock, options, Warrants and other rights, on terms and for consideration as our board of directors in its sole discretion may determine. Sales of substantial amounts of our common stock or of preferred stock could cause the market price of our common stock to decrease significantly. We cannot predict the effect, if any, of future sales of our common stock, or the availability of our common stock for future sales, on the value of our common stock. Sales of substantial amounts of our common stock by Steven Morris or another large shareholder, or the perception that such sales could occur, may adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

 

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In addition, in connection with this offering, subject to certain exceptions, each of our officers and directors and the majority of our shareholders has entered into a lock-up agreement that restricts the direct or indirect sale of shares of our common stock beneficially held by such person for 180 days after the date of this prospectus without the prior written consent of the underwriter. In addition, such persons have agreed not to directly or indirectly sell, offer to sell, grant any option or otherwise transfer or dispose of shares of our common stock for 180 days after the date of this prospectus; provided, however, that such restrictions shall not apply with respect to any of our shareholders (other than our officers, directors, or employees) for the sale of shares of common stock acquired by them in the open market after the completion of this offering. We have agreed not to waive or otherwise modify that agreement without the prior written consent of the underwriter. The underwriter may, at any time, release, or authorize us to release, as the case may be, all or a portion of our common stock subject to the foregoing lock-up provisions. If the restrictions under the lock-up provisions of the lock-up agreements entered into in connection with this offering are waived, shares of our common stock may become available for sale into the market, subject to applicable law, which could reduce the market price for our common stock.

 

We Have Made Assumptions in Our Projections and in Forward-Looking Statements that May Not be Accurate.

 

The discussions and information in this prospectus may contain both historical and “forward-looking statements” which can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology including the terms “believes,” “anticipates,” “continues,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “would,” “should,” or, in each case, their negative or other variations or comparable terminology. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include matters that are not historical facts. Forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to future events and circumstances. Forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus based on past trends or activities should not be taken as a representation that such trends or activities will continue in the future. To the extent that the prospectus contains forward-looking statements regarding the financial condition, operating results, business prospects, or any other aspect of our business, please be advised that our actual financial condition, operating results, and business performance may differ materially from that projected or estimated by us. We have attempted to identify, in context, certain of the factors we currently believe may cause actual future experience and results to differ from its current expectations. The differences may be caused by a variety of factors, including but not limited to adverse economic conditions, lack of market acceptance, reduction of consumer demand, unexpected costs and operating deficits, lower sales and revenues than forecast, default on leases or other indebtedness, loss of suppliers, loss of supply, loss of distribution and service contracts, price increases for capital, supplies and materials, inadequate capital, inability to raise capital or financing, failure to obtain customers, loss of customers and failure to obtain new customers, the risk of litigation and administrative proceedings involving us or our employees, loss of government licenses and permits or failure to obtain them, higher than anticipated labor costs, the possible acquisition of new businesses or products that result in operating losses or that do not perform as anticipated, resulting in unanticipated losses, the possible fluctuation and volatility of our operating results and financial condition, adverse publicity and news coverage, inability to carry out marketing and sales plans, loss of key executives, changes in interest rates, inflationary factors, and other specific risks that may be referred to in this prospectus or in other reports issued by us or by third-party publishers.

 

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CAUTIONARY NOTE CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

Various statements contained in this prospectus, including those that express a belief, expectation, or intention, as well as those that are not statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements may include projections and estimates concerning the timing and success of specific projects and our future production, revenues, income, and capital spending. Our forward-looking statements are generally accompanied by words such as “estimate,” “project,” “predict,” “believe,” “expect,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “potential,” “plan,” “goal,” or other words that convey the uncertainty of future events or outcomes. The forward-looking statements in this prospectus speak only as of the date of this prospectus, and we disclaim any obligation to update these statements unless required by law, and we caution you not to rely on them unduly. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and assumptions about future events. While our management considers these expectations and assumptions to be reasonable, they are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive, regulatory, and other risks, contingencies, and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control. The following factors, among others, may cause our actual results, performance, or achievements to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements:

 

  the timing of receipt of regulatory approvals;
     
  economic changes either nationally or in the markets in which we operate, including declines in employment, volatility of mortgage interest rates, and inflation;
     
  downturn in the biotechnology industry;
     
  changes in assumptions used to make industry forecasts;
     
  continued volatility and uncertainty in the credit markets and broader financial markets;
     
  our future operating results and financial condition;
     
  our business operations;
     
  changes in our business and investment strategy;
     
  availability, terms, and deployment of capital;
     
  changes in, or the failure or inability to comply with, governmental laws and regulations;
     
  the degree and nature of our competition;
     
  our leverage and debt service obligations;
     
  general volatility of the capital markets and the lack of a public market for shares of our securities;
     
  availability of qualified personnel and our ability to retain our key personnel;
     
  our financial performance;
     
  our expectations regarding the period during which we qualify as an emerging growth company under the JOBS Act;
     
  our expected use of the proceeds from this offering; and
     
  additional factors discussed under the sections captioned “Risk Factors,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Our Business.”

 

These forward-looking statements reflect our management’s beliefs and views with respect to future events and are based on estimates and assumptions as of the date of this prospectus and are subject to risks and uncertainties. We discuss many of these risks in greater detail under “Risk Factors.” Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks emerge from time to time. It is not possible for our management to predict all risks, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements we may make. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.

 

You should read this prospectus and the documents that we reference in this prospectus and have filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part with the understanding that our actual future results, levels of activity, performance and achievements may be materially different from what we expect. We qualify all of our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements.

 

The forward-looking statements made in this prospectus relate only to events as of the date on which such statements are made. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements after the date of this prospectus or to conform such statements to actual results or revised expectations, except as required by law.

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

 

We expect to receive net proceeds from this offering of approximately $[  ] (assuming an initial public offering price of $[  ] per share, which is the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus), after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and the estimated offering expenses of approximately $[  ] payable by us.

 

We estimate that this offering will provide sufficient funds to complete all necessary optimization required for completion of our mini-heart and enable us to fully commercialize it into the market. The funds will be used primarily to scale-up our research operations, in terms of research space, personnel, equipment and consultant support, all of which are essential for us to continue our research and development. We plan to hire additional research staff in the areas of stem cell engineering, biomaterials development, bioprinting, bioreactors and cardiovascular physiology and develop a team-based strategy, where each of our core areas will be headed by a senior scientist and junior level technical support. In addition, we plan to use the funds to expand our research space to accommodate our growth and increase the footprint of the research labs. Funds may also be used to purchase additional equipment to support our ongoing research efforts. We believe that once we are able to commercialize our mini-heart for toxicology testing, we may be able to generate sufficient revenue to support most, if not all, research activities relating to our subsequent commercialization opportunities including cardiac valves, graft, patches, and a full heart viable for transplantation, subject to FDA approval.

 

The underwriters have an option to purchase up to [  ] additional shares of our common stock and/or Pre-Funded Warrants and/or [  ] additional Warrants to purchase common stock within 45 days after the date of this prospectus to cover overallotments, if any, made by the underwriters to investors from whom orders were solicited prior to the date of this prospectus. Exercise of this option in full would result in additional net proceeds to us of approximately $[  ]. All of such additional net proceeds would be used for [  ].

 

   Amount   Percentage 
Net proceeds to us(1)   $13,315,000    100%
           
Use of proceeds:          
Laboratory Equipment  $4,200,000     31 %
Raw Materials  $3,000,000     22 %
Laboratory Expenses and Testing  $1,800,000    14%
Selling, General, and Administrative Expenses  $1,300,000    10%
Working Capital  $1,315,000    10%
Repayment of Working Capital Loan  $1,100,000    8%
Compliance  $600,000    5%
Total   13,315,000    100%

 

  (1) Reflects estimated offering expenses, underwriting discounts and commissions payable by us and assumes no exercise of the underwriter’s option to purchase additional shares of our common stock.

 

Laboratory Equipment: We intend to use $4.2 million of the proceeds of this Offering towards capital expenditures towards additional lab equipment. We estimate that we will need approximately $2.2 million for the additional lab equipment for pre-mini heart testing completion and $2 million for equipment post-mini heart testing.

 

Raw Material: We intend to use $3 million to purchase raw materials to build our inventory for the mini-heart.

 

Laboratory Expenses and Testing: We need additional funds in order to fund the buildout of additional lab space, to purchase lab consumables, to pay for the expenses of the mini heart testing, as well as additional research personnel.

 

Selling, General, and Administrative: We intend to use a portion of the proceeds of this Offering for additional staff, consultants, and advisors, as well as Intellectual Property research, filings, defense, and security. We will also utilize the funds for our Investor Relations.

 

Working Capital: Expenses for general corporate purposes.

 

Repayment of Working Capital Loan: We intend to use a portion of the proceeds of this Offering to satisfy our outstanding $1 million loan pursuant to a Business Loan Agreement and related Promissory Note, made by the Company in favor of Fifth Third Bank, National Association, on May 18, 2022 to fund our working capital needs, as well as to cover any resulting expenses, fees, and accrued interest owed by the BioLife4D – SM Trust under the SM Trust Loan. The Working Capital Loan bears interest at the rate of 4.320% per annum and matures on May 18, 2023 (the “Maturity Date”). We are obligated to make monthly interest payments to the Lender until the Maturity Date upon which date the amount of the entire principal balance and any unpaid but accrued interest is due. (See “Working Capital Loan” under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”).

 

Compliance: We anticipate that we will have significant additional expenses related to compliance, including for SEC and Nasdaq compliance, compensation of our Board of Directors, Directors and Officers insurance, and auditing compliance.

 

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CAPITALIZATION

 

The following table sets forth our capitalization as of the date of this prospectus:

 

  on an actual basis; and
  on a pro forma as adjusted basis to give effect to the sale of our common units (assuming the exercise/no exercise of any Pre-Funded Warrants sold) in this offering, assuming an initial public offering price of $[  ] per Common Unit, which is the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, after the payment of the underwriting discounts and commissions and the estimated offering-related expenses payable by us.

 

This table should be read in conjunction with the sections captioned “Use of Proceeds,” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our historical financial statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere in this prospectus.

 

   (Presented in Thousands of Dollars) 
   Actual as of June 30, 2022   Pro Forma As Adjusted(1) 
     
Cash  $ 834,146     [  ] 
Debt    1,750,000     [  ] 
Warrant liability (2)                
Stockholders’ equity (deficit):          
Common stock, $0.00001 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, 3,606,936 outstanding    36     [  ] 
Preferred stock, $0.00001 par value, 20,000,000 shares authorized, none outstanding   -    - 
Additional paid-in capital    7,182,427     [  ] 
Accumulated deficit    (8,312,480 )    [  ] 
Total shareholders’ equity    (1,130,017 )    [  ] 
Total capitalization    619,983     [  ] 

 

(1) The pro forma as adjusted information presented is illustrative only and will be adjusted based on the actual public offering price and other terms of this offering determined at pricing. A $1.00 increase (decrease) in the assumed initial public offering price of $[  ] per share, which is the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, would increase (decrease) our pro forma as adjusted cash and cash equivalents, additional paid-in capital, total shareholders’ equity, and total capitalization by approximately $[  ], assuming that the number of shares offered by us, as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, remains the same, and after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions. Similarly, each increase (decrease) of 1,000,000 shares in the number of shares offered by us would increase (decrease) our pro forma as adjusted cash and cash equivalents, additional paid-in capital, total shareholders’ equity, and total capitalization by approximately $[  ], assuming that the assumed initial public offering price, which is the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, remains the same and after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions. If the underwriter’s option to purchase additional shares is exercised in full, the pro forma as adjusted amount of each of cash and cash equivalents, additional paid-in capital, total shareholders’ equity, and total capitalization would increase by approximately $[  ], after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions, and we would have shares of our common stock and no shares of our preferred stock issued and outstanding, pro forma as adjusted.
   
(2) We have determined that the fundamental transaction clauses contained within the Warrants, the Pre-funded Warrants and the Underwriter Warrants cause these warrants to be accounted for as liabilities under Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 480- Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity. We engaged independent valuation consultants which utilized a geometric Brownian motion monte carlo simulation model with standard drift, using the following inputs to determine the value of the liability: fair value if the underling common stock; historical volatility for a basket of similar market size public companies; United States treasury constant maturity auction yields to simulate a risk free rate; and term of the respective warrant.

 

The outstanding share information in the table above is based on 3,606,936 shares of our common stock outstanding as of the date of this prospectus, and:

 

  Reflects a one for three reverse split of our common stock, which was effected on August 25, 2022;
  assumes no exercise of the underwriter’s overallotment option;
  excludes up to [  ] shares of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of the Underwriter’s Warrants to be issued to the underwriter at the closing of this offering;
  assumes no exercise of any Warrants issued in this offering;
  excludes 90,000 shares of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options for shares of common stock; and
  excludes that certain number of shares of our common stock issuable upon conversion of $600,000 of principal plus interest outstanding on convertible promissory notes multiplied by 80% of the price per share of the common stock offered hereby, assuming aggregate gross sales of our equity securities of at least $7.5 million from this Offering (see Note 5 to the Financial Statements for a description of the convertible notes).

 

(See “Description of Securities.”)

 

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DILUTION

 

If you purchase securities in this offering, your ownership interest will be immediately diluted to the extent of the difference between the initial public offering price per share in this offering or that may be issued upon the exercise of any Pre-Funded Warrants included in the Pre-Funded Units in this offering and the net tangible book value per share of common stock upon completion of this offering.

 

Net tangible book value per common share represents the amount of our total tangible assets less total liabilities, divided by the number of shares of common stock outstanding. Our net tangible book value as of June 30, 2022 was ($1,130,017) or ($0.31) per share of common stock, based upon 3,606,936 shares of common stock outstanding.

 

Investors participating in this offering will incur immediate, substantial dilution. After giving effect to the sale of our securities at the initial public offering price of $[  ] per share, the midpoint of the estimated initial public offering price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, assuming no sale of Pre-Funded Units and after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us, our net tangible book value as of June 30, 2022 would have been approximately $[  ], or approximately $[  ] per share of common stock.

 

This represents an immediate increase in net tangible book value of $[  ] per share to existing common shareholders, and an immediate dilution of $[  ] per share to investors participating in this offering. If the initial public offering price is higher or lower, the dilution to new shareholders will be greater or lower, respectively.

 

The following table illustrates this dilution on a per share basis:

 

Assumed initial offering price per share  $ [  ] 
Historical net tangible book value per share  $ [  ] 
Pro forma net tangible book value per share as of June 30, 2022   $ [  ] 
Increase in pro forma net tangible book value per share after this offering  $ [  ] 
Pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per share after this offering  $ [  ] 
Dilution in net tangible book value per share to new investors(1)  $ [  ] 

 

(1) Dilution is determined by subtracting net tangible book value per share after giving effect to this offering from the initial public offering price paid by a new investor.

 

A $1.00 increase (or decrease) in the assumed initial public offering price of $[  ] per share, which is the midpoint of the estimated initial public offering price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, would increase (or decrease) the as adjusted net tangible book value per share after this offering by approximately $[  ] or [  ], and dilution in net tangible book value per share to new investors by approximately $[  ] (or $[  ]), assuming that the number of shares offered by us, as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, remains the same and after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us and assuming no sale of Pre-Funded Units. If the underwriters exercise in full their option to purchase additional shares of our common stock in this offering, the as adjusted net tangible book value after this offering would be $[  ] per share, the increase in net tangible book value to existing shareholders would be $[  ] per share and the dilution to new investors would be $[  ] per share, in each case assuming an initial public offering price of $[  ] per share, which is the midpoint of the estimated initial public offering price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus.

 

The following table summarizes, as of the date of this prospectus, the differences between our existing shareholders and new investors with respect to the number of shares purchased from us or that may be issued upon the exercise of any Pre-Funded Warrants included in the Pre-Funded Units, the total consideration paid and the average price per share paid. The calculations with respect to shares purchased by new investors in this offering reflect the initial public offering price of $[  ] per share, which is the midpoint of the estimated initial public offering price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, before deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us:

 

   Shares Purchased   Total Consideration   Average Price 
   Number   Percentage   Amount   Percentage   Per Share 
Existing shareholders   [  ]    [  ]%  $[  ]    [  ]%  $[  ] 
New investors   [  ]    [  ]%  $[  ]    [  ]%  $[  ] 
Total   [  ]    [  ]%  $[  ]    [  ]%  $[  ] 

 

If the underwriters exercise their overallotment option to purchase additional shares of our common stock in full, our existing shareholders would own [  ]% and our new investors would own [  ]% of the total number of shares of our common stock outstanding following this offering.

 

The outstanding share information in the table above is based on 3,606,936 shares of our common stock outstanding as of the date of this prospectus, and:

 

Reflects a one for three reverse split of our common stock, which was effected on August 25, 2022;
assumes no exercise of the underwriter’s overallotment option to purchase up to an additional [  ] shares of our common stock and [  ] Warrants to purchase common stock;
assumes no exercise of any Warrants or Underwriter’s Warrants issued in this offering;
excludes 90,000 shares of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options to purchase shares of common stock; and
excludes that certain number of shares of our common stock issuable upon conversion of $600,000 of principal plus interest outstanding on convertible promissory notes multiplied by 80% of the price per share of the common stock offered hereby, assuming aggregate gross sales of our equity securities of at least $7.5 million from this Offering (see Note 5 to the Financial Statements for a description of the convertible notes).

 

(See “Description of Securities.”)

 

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DIVIDEND POLICY

 

We currently intend to retain our future earnings, if any, to finance the development and expansion of our business. The determination to pay dividends will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, restrictions contained in any financing instruments, and such other factors as our board of directors deems relevant in its sole discretion. Accordingly, you may need to sell your shares of our common stock to realize a return on your investment, and you may not be able to sell your shares at or above the price you paid for them. (See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to this Offering and Ownership of our Common Stock—We currently do not intend to pay dividends on our common stock.”)

 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

The following discussion and analysis should be read together with our financial statements. This discussion contains forward-looking statements reflecting our current expectations that involve risks and uncertainties. See “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” for a discussion of the uncertainties, risks, and assumptions associated with these statements. Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those discussed in our forward-looking statements as a result of many factors, including those set forth under “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this prospectus.

 

General

 

BIOLIFE4D CORPORATION is a pioneering development stage biotech company that plans to leverage current advances in life sciences and cardiac tissue engineering to build human hearts first for cardiotoxicity testing and ultimately potentially suitable for implantation.

 

We plan to strategically position ourselves at the center of an unprecedented convergence of regenerative medicine, stem cell biology, additive manufacturing (3D printing), and computing technology – all having reached a level of maturity where we believe that commercially viable bioprinting solutions can be created through optimization, not invention. It is impossible to predict the exact amount of time it will take to fully optimize this process. We also need to obtain the approval of the FDA and it is impossible to predict the timeframe of the FDA approval process.

 

Since our inception, we have incurred significant operating losses. Our ability to generate any product revenue or product revenue sufficient to achieve profitability will depend on the successful development and eventual commercialization of our development stage product. We reported net losses of approximately $1.7 million and $0.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. As of June 30, 2022, we had an accumulated deficit of approximately $8.3 million. We expect to continue to incur significant expenses and increasing operating losses until we have a commercially viable product. We expect that our expenses and capital expenditures will increase substantially in connection with our ongoing activities including, but not limited to the following:

 

Purchase additional lab equipment for our pre-mini heart and post mini-heart testing;
Build out of additional lab space, lab supplies;
Hire additional lab, research, and science personnel;
Add operational, legal, compliance, financial, investor relations, and management information systems personnel, for commercialization efforts and support our operations as a new public company.

 

We will not generate revenue from product sales unless and until we successfully complete our mini heart. If we are successful in developing the mini heart; we expect to incur significant expenses related to developing our commercialization capability to support product sales, marketing, and distribution. Further, we expect to incur additional costs associated with operating as a public company. As a result, we will need substantial additional funding to support our continuing operations and pursue our growth strategy. Until such time as we can generate significant revenue from product sales, if ever, we expect to finance our operations through a combination of equity offerings and debt financings. We may be unable to raise additional funds or enter into such other agreements or arrangements when needed on favorable terms, or at all. If we fail to raise capital or enter into such agreements as, and when, needed, we may have to significantly delay, scale back, or discontinue the development and commercialization of our products.

 

Components of Our Results of Operations

 

Revenue

 

To date, we have not generated any revenue from any sources, including product sales, and do not expect to generate any revenue from the sale of products for the foreseeable future. If our development efforts for our product candidates are successful, we may generate revenue in the future from product sales.

 

Operating Expenses

 

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Research and Development Expenses

 

Research and development expenses consist of costs incurred for our research activities, including our discovery efforts and the development of our product candidates. These expenses include salaries and related personnel cost, including stock based compensation, research supplies, rent, independent contractors, and research and development advisory board costs and other costs that directly support our research and development activities.

 

A change in the outcome of any of these variables with respect to the development of any of our product candidates could significantly change the costs and timing associated with the development of that product candidate. We may never succeed in obtaining regulatory approval for any of our product candidates.

 

General and Administrative Expenses

 

General and administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries and personnel-related costs, including stock-based compensation, for our executives and other administrative functions. General and administrative expenses include legal fees, accounting, auditing, consulting, and tax services; insurance costs; travel expenses; and facility costs not otherwise included in research and development expenses.

 

We anticipate that our general and administrative expenses will increase in the future as we increase our headcount to support our continued research activities and development of our product candidates. We also anticipate that we will incur increased accounting, audit, legal, regulatory, compliance, director and officer insurance, and investor and public relations expenses associated with operating as a public company.

 

Other Income (Expense)

 

Loan Forgiveness. Loan forgiveness relates to the Paycheck Protection Program under the CARES Act.

 

Interest Income. Interest income consists of interest earned on our cash balances.

 

Interest Expense. Interest expenses consist of interest on convertible debt and related party debt.

 

Income Taxes

 

Since our inception, we have not recorded any income tax benefits for the net losses we have incurred or for the research and development tax credits earned in each year and interim period, as we believe, based upon the weight of available evidence, that it is more likely than not that all of our net operating loss carryforwards and tax credit carryforwards will not be realized.

 

Results of Operations

 

Three Months Ended June 30, 2022 Compared to Three Months Ended June 30, 2021

 

General and Administrative Expenses

 

General and administrative expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2022 were approximately $0.6 million compared to approximately $0.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021. The increase of approximately $0.4 million in general and administrative expenses primarily relates to increases in salaries and personnel-related costs along with an increase in professional fees. As we transition to a public company, we expect these costs to increase in future periods.

 

Research and Development Expenses

 

Research and development expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2022 was $0.3 million compared to $0.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021. We expect these costs to increase in future periods as we accelerate our product development.

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 Compared to Six Months Ended June 30, 2021

 

General and Administrative Expenses

 

General and administrative expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2022 were approximately $1.2 million compared to approximately $0.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The increase of approximately $0.7 million in general and administrative expenses primarily relates to increases in salaries and personnel-related costs along with an increase in professional fees. As we transition to a public company, we expect these costs to increase in future periods.

 

Research and Development Expenses

 

Research and development expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2022 was $0.5 million compared to $0.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021. We expect these costs to increase in future periods as we accelerate our product development.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

As indicated in the accompanying unaudited financial statements, we had an accumulated deficit of approximately $8.3 million, incurred a net loss of approximately $1.7 million, and cash outflows from operations of approximately $0.8 million as of and for the six months ended June 30, 2022. Further, we expect to continue to incur significant costs in the pursuit of our business plans. We cannot assure you that our plans to raise capital or to complete our research and development activities and commercialize our products will be successful. These factors, among others, raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

 

Since our inception, we have incurred significant operating losses. We expect to incur significant expenses and operating losses for the foreseeable future as we advance the preclinical and, if successful, clinical development of our programs. To date, we have funded our operations with proceeds from sales of common stock, PPE loans, and borrowings under convertible promissory notes. As of June 30, 2022, we had cash and cash equivalents of $0.8 million. In January 2022, the holders of $600,000 of outstanding convertible notes were notified that we elected, under provisions contained in the note agreements, to extend the maturity date of the convertible notes until January 2024. The result of this election increased the interest rate under the convertible notes to 12% per annum.

 

Operating Activities

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2022, operating activities used $(0.8) million of cash, primarily resulting from our net loss of approximately $1.7 million, partially offset by non-cash charges and changes in our operating assets and liabilities of $0.9 million.

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2021, operating activities used approximately $0.5 million of cash, primarily resulting from our net loss of approximately $0.5 million.

 

Financing Activities

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2022, net cash provided by financing activities was approximately $0.7 million, consisting of $1.0 million working capital loan and partially offset by $0.3 million of costs related to this Offering.

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2021, net cash provided by financing activities was approximately $0.6 million, consisting of net proceeds, after deducting offering costs, from the sale of common stock of approximately $0.5 million and proceeds of approximately $0.2 million from borrowings under the Payroll Protection Loan program.

 

Results of Operations

 

Year Ended December 31, 2021 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2020

 

General and Administrative Expenses

 

General and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2021, were approximately $1.0 million, compared to approximately $0.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. The increase approximately of $0.1 million in general and administrative expenses primarily relates to increase in salaries and personnel-related costs along with an increase in professional fees.

 

Research and Development Expenses

 

Research and development expenses for the year ended December 31, 2021, were approximately $0.8 million compared to approximately $0.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. The increase of approximately $0.1 million in research and development expenses in 2021 from 2020 primarily relates to stock based compensation costs incurred in 2021 offset by reductions in advisory board and employee wages incurred in 2021 vs. 2020.

 

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Other Income (Expense)

 

Loan Forgiveness. In 2021, approximately $0.4 million of loans issued to us pursuant to the Payroll Protect Program under the CARES Act were forgiven. In 2020, we did not have any loans forgiven.

 

Interest Income. Interest income for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 was minimal and consisted of interest earned on invested cash balances.

 

Other Income (Expense), Net. Interest expense for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 was approximately $0.1 million, and was primarily related to our convertible note.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

As indicated in the accompanying financial statements, we had an accumulated deficit of approximately $6.6 million, incurred a net loss of approximately $1.5 million and cash outflows from operations of approximately $1.1 million as of and for the year ended December 31, 2021. Further, we expect to continue to incur significant costs in the pursuit of our business plans. We cannot assure you that our plans to raise capital or to complete our research and development activities and commercialize our products will be successful. These factors, among others, raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

Since our inception, we have incurred significant operating losses. We expect to incur significant expenses and operating losses for the foreseeable future as we advance the preclinical and, if successful, the clinical development of our programs. To date, we have funded our operations with proceeds from sales of common stock and borrowings under convertible promissory notes. As of December 31, 2021, we had cash and cash equivalents of $0.9 million. In January 2022, the holders of $600,000 of outstanding convertible notes were notified that we elected, under provisions contained in the note agreements, to extend the maturity date of the convertible notes until January 2024. The result of this election increased the interest rate under the convertible notes to 12% per annum.

 

Operating Activities

 

During the year ended December 31, 2021, operating activities used $1.1 million of cash, primarily resulting from our net loss of approximately $1.5 million, partially offset by non-cash charges of approximately $0.3 million and net cash provided by changes in our operating assets and liabilities of $0.1 million.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2020, operating activities used approximately $1.5 million of cash, primarily resulting from our net loss of approximately $1.7 million, partially offset by non-cash charges of approximately $0.3 million.

 

Financing Activities

 

During the year ended December 31, 2021, net cash provided by financing activities was approximately $1.7 million, consisting of net proceeds from the sale of common stock of approximately $1.6 million and proceeds of approximately $0.2 million from borrowings under the Payroll Protection Loan program.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2020, net cash provided by financing activities was approximately $0.5 million, consisting of net proceeds, after deducting offering costs, from the sale of common stock of approximately $0.5 million and proceeds of approximately $0.2 million from borrowings under the Payroll Protection Loan program. This was partially offset by a repayment of approximately $0.3 million shareholder loan.

 

Funding Requirements

 

We expect our expenses to increase substantially in connection with our ongoing activities, particularly as we advance our research and development to create a mini heart. In addition, transition from a private company to a publicly-traded company will increase our reporting and compliance cost.

 

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Until such time, if ever, as we can generate substantial product revenue, we expect to finance our operations through a combination of equity offerings and debt financings. To the extent that we raise additional capital through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, the ownership interests of our existing stockholders will be diluted, and the terms of these securities may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect the rights of such stockholders. Debt financing and preferred equity financing, if available, may involve agreements that include covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take specific actions, such as incurring additional debt, making acquisitions or capital expenditures, or declaring dividends.

 

Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Judgments and Estimates

 

Our financial statements are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. The preparation of our financial statements and related disclosures requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, costs and expenses, and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities in our financial statements. We base our estimates on historical experience, known trends and events, and various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. We evaluate our estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis. Our actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

 

While our significant accounting policies are described in more detail in Note 2 to our financial statements, we believe that the following accounting policies are those most critical to the judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our financial statements.

 

Stock-Based Compensation

 

The Financial Accounting Statements Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 718, Compensation - Stock Compensation, prescribes accounting and reporting standards for all share-based payment transactions in which employee services are acquired. We recognize compensation cost relating to stock-based payment transactions using a fair-value measurement method, which requires all stock-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in operating results as compensation expense based on fair value over the requisite service period of the awards. We determine the fair value of stock-based option awards, that do not contain any provisions which would result in liability classification, using the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model which uses both historical and current market data to estimate fair value. The method incorporates various assumptions such as the risk-free interest rate, expected volatility, expected dividend yield, and expected life of the options. For awards with performance-based vesting criteria, we estimate the probability of achievement of the performance criteria and recognizes compensation expense related to those awards expected to vest. We account for forfeited awards as they occur. Ultimately, the actual expenses recognized over the vesting period will be for those shares that vested. Our common stock price is assessed using valuation methods in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Valuation of Privately-Held-Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation practice guide. These estimates represent management’s best estimates and involve inherent uncertainties and the application of management’s judgment.

 

We have adopted the guidance included under Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) ASU 2018-17, stock-based compensation issued to non-employees and consultants on January 1, 2018. Equity-based payments to non-employees are measured at grant-date fair value of equity instruments that we are obligated to issue when the service has been rendered and any other conditions necessary to earn the rights to benefit from the instruments have been satisfied. Equity-classified nonemployee share based payment awards are measured at the grant date.

 

Research and Development Costs

 

Costs incurred in connection with research and development activities are expensed as incurred. These costs include rents for facilities, supplies, and other fees related to our research efforts, fees paid to consultants that perform certain research and testing on our behalf, and costs related to salaries, benefits, bonuses, and stock-based compensation granted to employees in research and development functions.

 

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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

During the periods presented, we did not have and we do not currently have any off-balance sheet arrangements, as defined in the rules and regulations of the SEC.

 

Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company

 

We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the JOBS Act, and we are eligible to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not “emerging growth companies.” These provisions include:

 

  a requirement to present only two years of audited financial statements and only two years of related Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in an initial public offering registration statement;
  an exemption to provide fewer than five years of selected financial data in an initial public offering registration statement;
  an exemption from the auditor attestation requirement of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the assessment of the emerging growth company’s internal control over financial reporting;
  an exemption from the adoption of new or revised financial accounting standards until they would apply to private companies; and
  an exemption from compliance with any new requirements adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board requiring mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report in which the auditor would be required to provide additional information about the audit and the financial statements of the issuer.

 

We have elected to adopt the reduced disclosure requirements available to emerging growth companies. As a result of this election, the information that we provide in this prospectus may be different than the information you may receive from other public companies in which you hold equity interests.

 

We would cease to be an “emerging growth company” upon the earliest of: (i) the end of the fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of this offering, (ii) the first fiscal year after our annual gross revenues are $1.07 billion or more, (iii) the date on which we have, during the previous three-year period, issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt securities or (iv) as of the end of any fiscal year in which the market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates exceeded $700 million as of the end of the second quarter of that fiscal year.

 

Working Capital Loan

 

On May 18, 2022, we borrowed $1 million to fund our working capital needs pursuant to a Business Loan Agreement by and between us, as the borrower, and Fifth Third Bank, National Association, as lender (the “Lender”) and a related Promissory Note, made by us in favor of the Lender, each dated as of May 18, 2022 (the “Working Capital Loan”). The Promissory Note has an interest rate of 4.320% and matures on May 18, 2023. We are obligated to make monthly interest payments to the Lender until the Maturity Date upon which date the amount of the entire principal balance and any unpaid but accrued interest is due. Our obligations under the Working Capital Loan are secured by a lien on a certain deposit account with the Lender (the “Deposit Account”) owned by the BioLife4D – SM Trust dated November 1, 2016, (the “BioLife4D – SM Trust”) pursuant to an Assignment of Deposit Account, dated as of May 18, 2022, by and among the BioLife4D – SM Trust, us, and the Lender.

 

The Deposit Account was funded by the BioLife4D – SM Trust, our CEO’s trust, through its receipt of a $1 million loan from one of our minor shareholders (the “SM Trust Loan”), pursuant to a Secured Promissory Note, dated as of May 18, 2022, made by the BioLife4D – SM Trust in favor of the shareholder, in the principal amount of $1 million (the “Secured Promissory Note”). The SM Trust Loan is secured by a pledge by the BioLife4D – SM Trust of 33,334 shares of our Common Stock pursuant to a Stock Pledge Agreement, dated as of May 18, 2022, by and between the BioLife4D – SM Trust, as pledgor, and the shareholder, as secured party (the “Stock Pledge Agreement”).

 

We intend to use a portion of the proceeds from this Offering to repay the Working Capital Loan in full, as well as to pay the BioLife4D – SM Trust any accrued principal, interest, expenses, or fees owed by the BioLife4D – SM Trust under the SM Trust Loan that remain outstanding after the release of the funds from the Deposit Account back to the shareholder.

 

The above summary of our Working Capital Loan and the SM Trust Loan is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Business Loan Agreement and the related Promissory Note and Assignment of Deposit Account, with respect to the Working Capital Loan, and the Secured Promissory Note and Stock Pledge Agreement, with respect to the SM Trust Loan, which are filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.

 

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OUR BUSINESS

 

Our Origins

 

After several years of extensive research into the specific processes and technologies of the evolving 3D bioprinting and regenerative medicine fields, medical manufacturing industry veteran Steven Morris recognized the potential of this emerging market. This research, along with more than 15 years of extensive hands-on experience in the medical field, led to the formation of BIOLIFE4D in 2016, a regenerative medicine 3D bioprinting company, whose goal is to facilitate the biological printing of viable human organs, beginning with a heart, for utilization in cardiotoxicity testing and ultimately, if FDA approval is obtained, patient-specific human transplantation. In plain terms, our mission is to make human heart replacement affordable and accessible– saving lives and giving mankind the gift of time.

 

We plan to continue to leverage and optimize what we believe is the best research and technology available to us, capitalize on new advancements in digital capabilities, and bring together highly experienced industry specialists in an innovative and creative way to drive a single shared vision to revolutionize medical care for the benefit of all humanity.

 

We have established a scientific advisory board with specific experience in life-sciences, biomedical engineering, and tissue engineering and we have also engaged specialists in mechanical engineering, software technologies, and applications engineering. (See biographies of our Scientific Advisory Board in “Management.”)

 

Preliminary Milestones

 

In June 2018, we announced the achievement of our first initial milestone, the proof of concept for our cardiac patch. The significance of the cardiac patch was, among other things, a validation that we were able to deploy the process central to our technology, namely taking human specialized cells (i.e., mono-nuclear blood cells) and reprogramming them into induced adult stem cells (induced pluripotent stem cells or “iPS”); and then reprogramming them again (differentiation) into the specialized cells which make up the human heart (i.e., cardiomyocytes, etc.); and then putting those cells into a specially formulated “bioink” creating the 3D aqueous environment similar to that which is found inside the human body; and then using the bioink to 3D bioprint living human cardiac tissue.

 

Immediately thereafter, we turned our focus on the “mini-heart,” a scaled-down version of a human heart bioengineered using essentially the same process as the cardiac patch. Upon commercialization, the mini-heart could be significant in two ways: first, we would be able to announce to the world that a human organ (albeit a scaled down version) was successfully bioengineered and second, it represents a significant short-term path to market for us and our ability to potentially generate revenue.

 

There will be three versions of the mini-heart introduced. It is important to note that for the mini-heart to initially get to the market no FDA approval is required and there is no regulatory path that needs to be followed. This is because the mini-heart is not intended to ever be used in humans and, at least at the onset, will not replace any current FDA requirements for cardiotoxicity testing.

 

The first version of the mini-heart represents our proof of concept and was completed in summer 2019. It enabled us to announce that we achieved this incredible milestone not just for our business, but also for humanity. While this initial version included the major components of the heart, it was not fully functional.

 

The second version of the mini-heart is expected to be released and ready for testing by 2023. After testing is completed, this second version on the mini-heart is planned to be released initially to the domestic U.S. market and then marketed internationally. This second version of the mini-heart will be a refined and further optimized version of the proof of concept and has the purpose of being able to provide pharma better predictive results for cardiotoxicity screening as compared to the current animal model, thus potentially saving this industry billions of dollars in lost research and development (“R&D”) costs and lost time in bringing novel vaccines, drugs and therapies to the point of human clinical trials which had a positive indication in the animal trials but ultimately fail in human trials. While it is critical to note that there is not a required regulatory pathway needed to initially release the mini-heart for commercialization because it will be a test that pharma will use in addition to FDA required protocols, it is our intention to nevertheless work with the FDA utilizing this version of the mini-heart to determine the necessary protocol and testing that the FDA would require to potentially replace their current gold standard animal-based cardiotoxicity model with our mini-heart model.

 

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The third version is planned to be a mini-heart that, instead of representing a healthy human heart model for testing purposes, will have abnormalities bioengineered directly into the mini-heart. The applications for this version are potentially substantial as well, providing a predictive model for people working on therapies for specific abnormalities so they can test their potential therapies on a model which has that specific abnormality.

 

Should we complete protocols -established by the FDA to enable -the mini-heart to replace the associated animal testing the market would expand geometrically not only in the U.S. but internationally. It is common for other countries regulatory agencies to follow suit with testing practices utilized in the U.S., thus potentially making our mini-heart a global gold standard for cardiotoxicity testing purposes. This said, while we work with the FDA, we also have the opportunity to work with any and all other regulatory agencies around the world in order to have them implement the mini-heart as their standard prior to the FDA approving it as the new standard in the U.S.

 

Currently we are working with the industry to provide the necessary protocols required by pharma in order for them to utilize the mini-heart for their testing purposes. For instance, we will be provided several compounds which tested positive (indicated safe) with the animal model and indeed tested positive (safe) in humans, as well as compounds which tested positive in animals but failed in humans. The positive in animal and positive in human tests provide correlation, the “false positive” is what our mini-heart should be able to provide better predictive results to the industry and could save the industry billions of dollars, and could save countless wasted years chasing therapies which would ultimately fail in humans. There is additional electrophysiology, action potential, contractility, and other parameters currently being established in order to not only satisfy cardiotoxicity indicators but efficacy indicators as well.

 

We have two pending U.S. provisional patent applications:

 

1.U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 63/342,228, filed May 16, 2022, titled “Methods and Compositions for Organ Printing;” and
2.U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 63/301,108, filed January 20, 2022, titled “Bioprinting with Cellulose.”

 

Prior to expiration of the provisional patent application for “Methods and Compositions for Organ Printing,” we plan to file a corresponding nonprovisional application for the patent within the 12 month pendency period.

 

Our first provisional patent application was for method to bioprint mini-hearts. We developed a new bioink based on alginate and optimized parameters for the bioprinting of mini-hearts using extrusion based bioprinting. The provisional patent application describes our methods and parameters for extrusion based bioprinting of mini-hearts using an alginate based bioink.

 

Our second provisional patent application was for a bioink based on cellulose. We developed and optimized a new bioink with cellulose as the key component. This provisional patent application describes the composition of the bioink, along with sample prints conducted using this bioink. We believe that this bioink that was developed in our lab will have applications in the production of our mini-hearts for cardiotoxicity testing.

 

A provisional patent application is an initial patent application filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in order to establish a filing date, but does not begin the patent examination process.  For an invention to be patentable, it must be novel and nonobvious with respect to the prior art. Prior art includes publications, patents, and certain other material that was publicly available before the filing date of a patent application. Thus, by filing a provisional patent application and securing a filing date, the applicant limits the universe of prior art that may otherwise impact the patentability of the invention described in the application. A provisional patent application expires after one year, by which time the applicant needs to continue the patent process by filing a nonprovisional application. The nonprovisional application will be entitled to the benefit of the filing date of the provisional application to the extent that the invention described in the nonprovisional application is also described in the provisional application. In other words, when the nonprovisional application is examined by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (or foreign patent offices that similarly recognize the priority filing date of the provisional application), prior art will be limited to those items that were available before the filing date of the provisional patent application - newer art that first became available after the filing date of the provisional patent application would not be available to undermine the patentability of the claimed invention.

 

FDA Timeline Expectations

 

We are not aware of any current FDA regulatory requirements for sale or use of 3D printed organs. GLP data is required in the development of any human therapeutic and we plan to design our technology platform to support compliance with GLPAs. As we move into clinical and commercial settings, full compliance with the FDA’s cGTP (current Good Tissue Practices) and cGMP (current Good Manufacturing Practices) guidelines will be required for suitable design and documentation for clinical use of our products. When we do, in fact, attempt to acquire FDA approvals, this process could take many years. While our initial release of our mini-heart is not expected to require FDA approval, each item we bioengineer for human transplantation will require FDA approval and as such shareholders should not expect that we will generate any revenues from those events for at least five years, if not more.

 

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On December 4, 2017, the FDA released a statement regarding its policies related to 3D bioprinting. The FDA is currently making an effort to provide a comprehensive policy framework to manufacturers and a more efficacious pathway to getting state-of-the-art medical products into the hands of patients and healthcare providers. The FDA also plans to review the regulatory issues related to the bioprinting of biological, cellular, and tissue-based products in order to determine whether additional guidance is needed beyond the recently released regulatory framework on regenerative medicine medical products. The Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research has recently interacted with more than a half-dozen manufacturers who have expressed interest in using 3D printing in some capacity to produce their medical products.1

 

Compassionate Use Exemption

 

At the appropriate time, after appropriate lab tests and trials regarding animals are complete, we might look to the use of a Compassionate Use Exemption for the fully bioengineered heart. Compassionate Use Exemption may be used when a patient is faced with a serious or life-threatening disease or condition and has no other options. The compassionate use provision may allow us to test our products on patients where their treating physician believes the device will save the life of the patient or if there is no other alternative.

 

The compassionate use provision provides a path to accessing investigational devices that have not received full FDA approval or clearance for patients for whom the treating physician believes the device may provide a benefit in treating and/or diagnosing their disease or condition. There is no guarantee the FDA will provide us this type of clearance as it is traditionally used for devices.

 

Right to Try Act

 

The Right to Try Act, or the Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act, was signed into law May 30, 2018. This law is another way for patients who have been diagnosed with life-threatening diseases or conditions who have tried all approved treatment options and who are unable to participate in a clinical trial to access certain unapproved treatments.2

 

The Right to Try Act permits/allows eligible patients to have access to eligible investigational drugs.

 

An eligible patient is a patient who has:

 

-Been diagnosed with a life-threatening disease or condition;
-Exhausted approved treatment options and is unable to participate in a clinical trial involving the eligible investigational drug (this must be certified by a physician who is in good standing with their licensing organization or board and who will not be compensated directly by the manufacturer for certifying); and
-Has provided, or their legally authorized representative has provided, written informed consent regarding the eligible investigational drug to the treating physician.

 

An eligible investigational drug is an investigational drug:

 

-For which a Phase 1 clinical trial has been completed;
-That has not been approved or licensed by the FDA for any use;
-For which an application has been filed with the FDA or is under investigation in a clinical trial that is intended to form the primary basis of a claim of effectiveness in support of FDA approval and is the subject of an active investigational new drug application submitted to the FDA; and
-Whose active development or production is ongoing, and that has not been discontinued by the manufacturer or placed on clinical hold by the FDA.

 

Medical Devices

 

We believe that our future products will be regulated in the United States similarly as Class III medical devices by the FDA under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. The FDA classifies medical devices into one of three classes based upon controls the FDA considers necessary to reasonably ensure their safety and effectiveness. Class I devices are subject to general controls such as labeling, adherence to good manufacturing practices and maintenance of product complaint records, but are usually exempt from premarket notification requirements. Class II devices are subject to the same general controls and also are subject to special controls such as performance standards and may also require clinical testing prior to approval. Class III devices are subject to the highest level of controls because they are life-sustaining or life-supporting devices. Class III devices require rigorous preclinical and clinical testing prior to their approval and generally require a pre-market approval, or PMA, or a PMA supplement approval by the FDA prior to their sale.

 

 

1 U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Statement by FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., on FDA ushering in new era of 3D printing of medical products; provides guidance to manufacturers of medical devices, December 4, 2017.

2 U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Right to Try, January 14, 2020.

 

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Manufacturers must file an Investigational Device Exemption, or IDE, application if human clinical studies of a device are required and if the FDA considers investigational use of the device to represent significant risk to the patient. The IDE application must be supported by data, typically including the results of animal and nonclinical laboratory testing of the device. The animal and nonclinical laboratory testing must meet the FDA’s good laboratory practice requirements. If the IDE application is approved by the FDA, human clinical studies may begin at a specific number of investigational sites with a maximum number of patients, as approved by the FDA. The clinical studies must be conducted under the review of an independent institutional review board to ensure the protection of patients’ rights.

 

Generally, upon completion of these human clinical studies, a manufacturer seeks approval of a Class III medical device from the FDA by submitting a PMA or PMA supplement application. A PMA application must be supported by extensive data, including the results of the clinical studies, as well as testing and literature to establish the safety and effectiveness of the device. PMA approval may be conditioned upon the conduct of certain post-approval studies, such as long-term follow-up studies.

 

As an alternative to the PMA approval process, manufacturers may apply for a Humanitarian Use Device, or HUD, designation and a corresponding HDE. An HUD is a designation for a medical device intended to benefit patients in the treatment or diagnosis of a disease or condition that affects or is manifested in fewer than 4,000 individuals in the United States per year. An applicant for an HUD designation must provide documentation that the device meets the criteria of an HUD as well as provide a description of the disease or condition the device is meant to treat, along with proposed indications and the reasons why the device is needed for its intended population. Once an HUD designation is obtained for the device, the device can be submitted for an HDE. An HDE application is similar to an application for a PMA, but is exempt from the effectiveness requirements of a PMA. Instead, the FDA must determine that the device does not expose patients to an unreasonable or significant risk of illness or injury, and that the probable benefit to health outweighs the risk of injury or illness from its use, taking into account the probable risks and benefits of currently available devices or alternative forms of treatment. “Reasonably obtainable” clinical data are required to support an HDE application. These data may be obtained from the clinical use of the device for a different HDE-approved indication or from a clinical study of the HUD designated device. If the clinical data are available from the clinical use of the device for a different indication, the HDE can be granted without an IDE. If clinical data are to be obtained from a clinical study of the HUD designated device, an IDE application is required to request approval for the clinical study. When the clinical study is completed, we can submit an HDE application for approval to market the device as an HUD.

 

Obtaining an HDE designation allows the manufacturer to market the device as an HUD up to a maximum of 4,000 patients in the United States per year. However, before a facility is permitted to use an HDE-approved device, other than for emergency use, it must receive approval from its applicable Institutional Review Board, or IRB. This could limit the number of patients eligible to receive an HDE-approved device each year. The device manufacturer is responsible for ensuring that an HDE-approved device is administered only in facilities having an IRB constituted and acting in accordance with the FDA’s regulations governing IRBs, including continuing review of use of the device.

 

Also, unless an HDE-approved device satisfies certain eligibility criteria, it cannot be sold for an amount that exceeds the costs of research and development, fabrication, and distribution of the device. In order to be sold at a price in excess of these costs, the HDE-approved device must satisfy one of the following criteria, which we refer to as the HDE Eligibility Criteria:

 

  The device is intended for the treatment or diagnosis of a disease or condition that occurs in pediatric patients or in a pediatric subpopulation, and such device is labeled for use in pediatric patients or in a pediatric subpopulation in which the disease or condition occurs; or

 

  The device is intended for the treatment or diagnosis of a disease or condition that does not occur in pediatric patients, or that occurs in pediatric patients in such numbers that the development of the device for such patients is impossible, highly impracticable, or unsafe.

 

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We believe that FDA regulations will require us to register as a medical device manufacturer with the FDA. Because of this, the FDA will most likely inspect us on a routine basis for compliance with the Quality System Regulation, or QSR. These regulations require that we manufacture our products and maintain related documentation in a prescribed manner with respect to manufacturing, testing and control activities. We have undergone and expect to continue to undergo regular QSR inspections in connection with the manufacture of our products at our facility. Further, the FDA most likely will require us to comply with various FDA regulations regarding labeling. Failure by us or by our suppliers to comply with applicable regulatory requirements can result in enforcement action by the FDA or state authorities, which may include any of the following sanctions:

 

  warning letters, fines, injunctions, consent decrees and civil penalties;

 

  customer notifications, recall or seizure of our products;

 

  operating restrictions, partial suspension, or total shutdown of production;

 

  delay in processing applications for new products or modifications to existing products;

 

  mandatory product recalls;

 

  withdrawing approvals that have already been granted; or

 

  criminal prosecution.

 

The Medical Device Reporting laws and regulations require us to provide information to the FDA on deaths or serious injuries alleged to have been associated with the use of our devices, as well as product malfunctions that likely would cause or contribute to death or serious injury if the malfunction were to recur. In addition, the FDA prohibits an approved device from being marketed for off-label use. The FDA and other agencies actively enforce the laws and regulations prohibiting the promotion of off-label uses, and a company that is found to have improperly promoted off-label uses may be subject to significant liability, including substantial monetary penalties and criminal prosecution.

 

We will also be subject to other federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and recommendations relating to safe working conditions, laboratory, and manufacturing practices.

 

Market Drivers

 

Cardiovascular disease is the leading underlying cause of death in the U.S.3 and accounts for about one-third of all deaths worldwide.4 In the U.S. alone, heart disease claims more than 659,000 lives every year.4 And only around 5,000 cardiac transplants occur worldwide every year.5 Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women globally.6 In fact, cardiovascular diseases surpass the annual mortality rate of all types of cancer combined.7 Just in the U.S., one person dies of a heart disease-related event every 36 seconds.8 In China, cardiovascular disease claims a life every ten seconds.9 In 2030, the global cost of cardiac disease is set to rise to $818 billion.10 This includes the cost of healthcare services, medicines, and lost productivity due to death. This is a global problem.

 

 

3 Mortality in the United States, 2020, NCHS Data Brief No. 427, December 2021.

4 Gregory Roth, CVD Causes One-Third of Deaths Worldwide Study Examines Global Burden of CVD: American College of Cardiology, May 2017.

5 Taylor DO, Edwards LB, Boucek MM, et al. Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: twenty-fourth official adult heart transplant report--2007. J Heart Lung Transplant 2007; 26:769.

6 World Health Organization, Cardiovascular Diseases, June 11, 2021.

7 Weir HK, Anderson RN, Coleman King SM, Soman A, Thompson TD, Hong Y, et al. Heart Disease and Cancer Deaths — Trends and Projections in the United States, 1969–2020. Prev Chronic Dis 2016;13:160211.

8 Mozafarian D, Benjamin EJ, Go AS, et al. on behalf of the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics – 2019 Update: a report from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2019;139:e56-e528. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000659.

9 European Society of Cardiology. “One CVD death in China every 10 seconds.” ScienceDaily, October 11, 2012.

10 Go A Mozaffarian D, Roger V, Benjamin E, et al. Executive Summary: Heart disease and stroke statistics—2014 update. Circulation. 2014; 129: e28-e292.

 

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Optimizing a proposed groundbreaking cardiac tissue regeneration and organ replacement process, we plan to address a critical unmet need in the treatment of this devastating disease. While we plan to focus on the human heart, the process may also be leveraged to address numerous other medical challenges.

 

Ultimately, by providing viable tissues and/or organs bioprinted from a patient’s own cells to replace damaged organs, we plan to tap into a global market serving the continually expanding global human population.

 

Current human organ transplant capabilities – with their myriad challenges, high costs and other deficiencies – are ripe for the kind of innovation and process optimization that we look to deliver.

 

The global transplantation market size is expected to reach $19.52 billion by 2028 and the market is anticipated to register a CAGR of 11.5% from 2021 to 2028.10 In the U.S. alone, more than 100,000 people are on an organ transplant waiting list and many others need to be on the list but do not qualify due to disqualifying factors.11 In 2009, 25 people per day died while on the waiting list in the U.S. alone.11

 

And even for those fortunate enough to receive a heart donor transplant, approximately 50% still die within ten years of the transplant. 11 Our proposed process specifically seeks to address this challenge. Medical applications for 3D printing are expanding rapidly and are expected to revolutionize healthcare.12

 

Separate from our primary focus on organ transplants, we could potentially leverage its process to also participate in pharmaceutical discovery and address the need for better predictive tools that pharmaceutical companies can use to more efficiently test drug efficacy and/or toxicity. In 2020, the median capitalized research and development investment to bring a new drug to market was estimated at $985 million and the FDA approved 355 new drugs and biologics from 2009 through 2018.13 In 2019, the pharmaceuticals industry spent $83 billion for research and development drug discovery.14 Human tissues created by our process could make drug compound evaluation faster, more accurate and less risky than conventional testing methods used by pharmaceutical companies.

 

Yet another potentially significant opportunity that our process could provide is an alternative to pharmaceutical testing on animals. The FDA is committed to animal welfare in research by reducing, replacing and/or refining the use of animals in research. The agency is optimistic that cultivating new research approaches can help continue to reduce the need for animal testing.15

 

Competitive Positioning and Value Proposition

 

We are purpose-driven, with leadership that has set its sights on a single shared vision. We continue to assemble a best-in-class team with a history of success – a team we believe can navigate their way along the forefront of an evolution in life-sciences technology, and who can move and pivot quickly without the management bureaucracy or corporate red tape that might prevent some of our competitors from being efficient, innovative, or creative.

 

Standing ready to capitalize on a potentially significant market opportunity, we plan to take advantage of these favorable competitive dynamics for success. We plan to leverage and optimize the best available research and technology to revolutionize medical care through innovation and introduce a potential paradigm shift in three-dimensional patient-specific organ bioprinting.

 

We plan to strategically position ourselves at the center of an unprecedented convergence of regenerative medicine, adult stem cell biology, additive manufacturing, and computing technology – all having reached a level of maturity whereby we are convinced that commercially viable solutions can be created through optimization, not invention.

 

 

10 Polaris Market Research, July 6, 2021 Report.

11 Hertz M, Taylor D, Trulock E, Boucek M, Mohacsi P, Edwards L, et al. The registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: nineteenth official report-2002. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2002; 21:950.

12 Schubert C, van Langeveld MC, Donoso LA. Innovations in 3D printing: a 3D overview from optics to organs. Br J Ophthalmol. 2019;98(2):159–161.

13 RJ Panzo, July 2020; Estimated R&D Cost for New Drug.

14 Congressional Budget Office, Research and Development in the Pharmaceutical Industry, April 2021.

15 U.S. Food and Drug Administration; FDA Statement, Statement by FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D. on efforts to reduce animal testing through a study aimed at eliminating the use of dogs in certain rials; November 16, 2018.

 

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History documents many examples of commercially viable businesses – even entirely new industries – that were born not from an invention itself, but from the optimization of an evolutionary process. Consider these examples:

 

  In 1901, Ransom Eli Olds invented the assembly line; in 1913, Henry Ford optimized a process that made it commercially viable.
     
  In 1879, David Edward Hughes invented the radio; in 1895, Guglielmo Marconi optimized a process that made it commercially viable.
     
  In 1849, Antonio Meucci invented the telephone; in 1876, Alexander Graham Bell optimized a process that made it commercially viable.
     
  In 1802, Sir Humphry Davy invented the incandescent light; in 1879, Thomas Edison optimized a process that made it commercially viable.
     
  In 1608, Hans Lippershey invented the telescope; in 1609, Galileo Galilei optimized a process that made it commercially viable.

 

Our objective is not to invent new technology, but rather to improve, optimize, adapt, and capitalize on current technologies to create a commercially viable and sustainable process solution.

 

3D Bioprinting Optimized by BIOLIFE4D

 

For years, scientists, engineers, and hobbyists alike have been printing objects using 3D printing devices. The 3D printing industry alone has a projected worth of over $30 billion by 2022.16

 

That technology has more recently been put to use in applications involving living tissue. Today, advancements in regenerative medicine, adult stem cell biology and additive manufacturing have already enabled specialized 3D printing to produce human body parts including multilayered skin, bone, vascular grafts, tracheal splints, heart tissue, and cartilaginous structures – and even simple organs.17

 

By definition, 3D bioprinting is the process of creating cell patterns in a confined space using 3D printing technologies, thereby preserving cell function and viability within the printed construct. 3D bioprinting applies advances in regenerative medicine, adult stem cell biology, additive manufacturing, and computing technology to the development of functional biological structures with the potential to restore, maintain, improve, and/or replace existing organ function. 3D bioprinting is an emerging, groundbreaking strategy in tissue engineering, allowing the fabrication of living constructs with an unprecedented degree of complexity and accuracy.18

 

Everything in the human body is made up of cells, and nature itself has been evolving the capability of programming cells to do specific jobs for millions of years. The human embryo is the best example of this biological manufacturing process. Every cell begins as a stem cell and then is biologically programmed to do a specific job through the natural biologic process inside the body.

 

During the 3D bioprinting process, we plan to replicate the same conditions in vitro (outside of the body) as occur naturally in vivo (within the body) while promoting natural biologic processes in an accelerated timeframe and in a manner that allows the cells to be specialized for a desired purpose.

 

We will not have to make an exact copy or even recreate every feature set of the desired organ; it will only need to facilitate the minimum feature set which recreates the core properties of the organ. It is important to note that we do not believe we need to invent new technology but rather improve, adopt, and optimize current technologies to create what we plan to be a commercially viable and sustainable process.

 

 

16 MarketsandMarkets, “3D Printing Market by Printer Type, Material Type (Metals, Plastics, Ceramics & Others), Material Form (Powder, Liquid, Filament), Process, Technology, Software, Service, Application, Vertical and Geography - Global Forecast to 2022,” April 2016.

17 Nature Biotechnology, “3D bioprinting of tissues and organs,” Sean V Murphy and Anthony Atala, August 5, 2014.

18 Adv Sci (Weinh). 2021 Mar 11;8(10):2003751. doi: 10.1002/advs.202003751.eCollection 2021 May.

 

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Transformative Benefits of 3D Bioprinting Human Tissue

 

Delivering potentially transformative medical benefits, the 3D bioprinting process optimized by us could potentially:

 

  Eliminate rejection of transplant by utilizing patient’s own cells to produce an organ;
     
  Eradicate immunosuppressant therapy requirement (and bad side effects) for the patient;
     
  Provide functionality with capabilities very similar to those in the original organ;
     
  Decrease wait time of patients for human organs;
     
  Minimize need for organ donors;
     
  Increase patient longevity without compromising quality of life;
     
  Potentially eliminate the need for pharmaceutical testing on animals; and
     
  Allow for patient-specific pharmaceutical testing.

 

The Safe Utilization of a Patient’s Own Adult Stem Cells

 

Adult stem cells play a safe, non-controversial and important role in our planned bioprinting process.

 

Because every cell in the human body has the same number of genes and the same DNA, recent discoveries have shown that every cell has the potential to be “re-programmed” and transformed into essentially any other cell. Originally, this kind of stem cell research was limited to cells taken from human embryos, creating a moral and ethical dilemma for many – but no longer. Our process would not involve any embryotic stem cells.

 

In 2006, Japanese Nobel Prize-winning stem cell researcher Dr. Shinya Yamanaka discovered that by introducing a few genes via a chemical procedure in lab, mature adult specialized cells (i.e., blood cells) could be reprogrammed to become adult stem cells.19 This development proved to be a major breakthrough that would spur medical advances such as the 3D bioprinting processes we are developing.

 

Adult stem cells—regardless of their source—have three general properties: they are capable of dividing and renewing themselves; they are unspecialized; and under certain conditions they can become tissue- or organ-specific cells with specialized functions. In short, these adult stem cells could be re-programmed into developing desired specialized cell types such as cardiomyocytes (heart cells). Adult stem cells that are induced in this manner are called induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS).

 

In the planned process, iPS cells will be redirected into organ-specific cells through a process called differentiation which refers to the process by which one type of cell can be changed into different types of specialized cells. After the iPS cells are transformed into the specific organ cells desired, they are monitored to confirm they are the desired organ cell type and further tested to ensure they are viable and safe. These organ-specific cells are then incubated where they continue to divide and multiply in number to make sufficient quantities as needed to create the bio-ink used during the 3D bioprinting process.

 

The disciplines of 3D bioprinting and surgery have witnessed incremental transformations over the last century. 3D bioprinting is a convergence of biology and engineering technologies, mirroring the clinical need to produce viable biological tissue through advancements in printing, regenerative medicine, and materials science.20

 

 

19 Takahashi, K.; Yamanaka, S. (2006), “Induction of Pluripotent Stem Cells from Mouse Embryonic and Adult Fibroblast Cultures by Defined Factors,” Cell, 126 (4): 663–76.

20 Thomas, H.; Front Surg. 2020; 7: 609836. 3D Bioprinting and the Future; Published 2020 Nov 27. doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2020.609836.

 

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High-Level Bioprinted Organ Replacement Process Overview

 

Our proposed bioprinted organ replacement process begins with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test used to create a detailed three-dimensional image of a patient’s original heart. Using this image, a computer software program will construct a digital model of a new heart for the patient, matching the shape and size of the original. Next, doctors safely take cells from the patient via a blood sample, and leveraging recent stem cell research breakthroughs, we plan to reprogram those blood cells and convert them to create specialized heart cells. A “bio-ink” is created using these specialized cells, which is then fed into a 3D bioprinter to print a heart with the dimensions obtained from the MRI. The heart is then matured in a bioreactor, conditioned to make it stronger and readied for patient transplant, subject to the final determination and approval of the FDA and comparable regulatory bodies.

 

Detailed Bioprinted Organ Replacement Process Overview

 

1. An MRI scan would be performed and a blood sample collected from the patient.
   
2. Because every cell in a human body has the same number of genes and the same DNA, every cell has the potential to be converted to essentially any other cell. In the second step of the process, the blood cells from the sample would be converted to unspecialized adult induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) – cells that can ultimately be changed back into specialized cells of our choice.
   
3. Through a process called differentiation, iPS cells would be converted to almost any type of specialized cell in the human body, in this case cardiomyocytes (heart cells).
   
4. These cells would then be combined with nutrients and other necessary factors in a liquid environment (hydrogel) to keep the cells alive and viable throughout the process. This bio-ink of living cells would be sustained in this aqueous 3D environment.

 

5. The bio-ink would then be loaded into a bioprinter, a highly specialized 3D printer designed to protect the viable living cells during the printing process.
   
6. An appropriately sized heart would then be printed one layer at a time, guided by computer software following the specific dimensions obtained from the MRI. Since the heart cells would not be fused together at this point, a biocompatible and biodegradable scaffolding would be included with each layer to support the cells and hold them in place.
   
7. When the process is complete, the heart would be moved to a bioreactor which would mimic the nutrient and oxygen-rich conditions inside a human body.
   
8. The individual cells would begin self-organizing and fusing into networks which would connect to form living tissue. The cells would even begin to beat in unison.
   
9. Once this process is far enough along, the scaffolding would be dissolved leaving only the fully formed heart.
   
10. A successful patient transplant would then be possible and carried out by a transplant surgeon. Given the original MRI and blood sample, the new heart should be both a perfect fit and a perfect genetic match for the patient – free from the risk of rejection or the need for immunosuppressant therapy that has plagued conventional organ transplant methods.

 

Partnerships and Collaborations

 

In November 2017, we established a core facility partnership with Northwestern University. As part of this core facility partnership, no intellectual property or royalties were or will be transferred to or from any entity. We have not nor will we receive any funding or other monetary support as a result of this core facility partnership. This core facility partnership provides us with access to and use of the core research facilities and equipment at Northwestern University. The core partnership agreement remains in effect until one party provides the other party 20 days advance notice of its intent to terminate the agreement. We will attempt to establish additional research and development agreements with other universities, government backed institutions, hospitals, foundations, and pharmaceutical companies.

 

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Competitive Landscape and Distinctions

 

There are players in the 3D bioprinting industry and adjacent fields, and it is important to make the distinction between what many of these companies do in comparison to our focus.

 

For example, some of the firms listed below tend to focus on creating tissues for pharmaceutical testing. Some focus on building and selling 3D bioprinting hardware devices. Others use 3D printers to create artificial limbs or models of organs.

 

In contrast, our ultimate goal is creating living, viable, fully-formed organs for transplant.

 

Our business and research competitors include the following:

 

  Advanced Solutions Life Sciences (U.S.)
     
  Aspect Biosystems (Canada)
     
  Bio3D Technologies (U.S.)
     
  3D Systems/Allevi (formerly BioBots) (U.S.)
     
  Cyfuse Biomedical K.K. (Japan)
     
  Organovo (U.S.)
     
  Rokit (South Korea)
     
  Novoheart (Canada)
     
  3D Bioprinting Solutions (Russia)
     
  Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (U.S.)

 

U.S. Regulatory and Risk Considerations

 

At the time of this filing, bioprinted tissues used in research and education require no U.S. FDA approval during animal and in-vitro (outside of the body) testing. In a 2014 paper entitled “Bioprinting: Organs on Demand,” James S. Gwinn, III discussed risk and safety considerations involving bioprinting while conducting research for a program sponsored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.21

 

“The FDA is tasked with evaluating all devices, including any that utilize 3D bioprinting technology, for safety and effectiveness, and appropriate benefit and risk determination, regardless of the manufacturing technologies used. Safety is paramount at the FDA with somewhat less emphasis placed on form and function. Safety, form, and function are relative terms, though. Over 28,000 times last year, the FDA allowed organ donations because they made the difference between life and death in otherwise terminally-ill patients. The agency allowed these transplants knowing full-well that virtually every organ transplant ever performed would likely fail without a near-constant stream of medication.”

 

Gwinn continued:

 

“Ultimately, the decision that must be made with regard to approving bioprinted organs could boil down to risk versus reward. The first patient-specific organs made via bioprinting may pose substantial risks to the patients. These patients will most likely have exhausted all other options before considering this method of treatment.”

 

 

21 Gwinn III, James S., (August 1, 2014), “Bioprinting: Organs on Demand,” p 14.

 

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Summary of Potential Profit Centers

 

While it is our intention to focus on creating 3D bioprinted organs for life-saving transplants, the associated process could also lend itself to additional revenue streams which could include:

 

  Bioprinted tissues for drug testing and cell based therapies;
     
  Biocompatibility, cytotoxicity, pre-clinical studies, predictive modeling;
     
  Bioprinted tissues for patient-specific drug testing;
     
  Bioprinted tissues for animal-free cosmetic testing;
     
  Bioprinted tissues for regenerative medicine, including tissue replacement products for individualized surgical implantation;
     
  Bioprinting of human organs for specialized testing purposes (usage other than transplants);
     
  Licensing/royalty opportunities;
     
  Bio-ink material;
     
  Bioprinting devices;
     
  Proprietary bioprinting processes; and
     
  Various others.

 

Properties

 

We entered into a month-to-month lease for office space during 2019 in Lincolnshire, Illinois. The lease commitment is for $750 per month.

 

We also have a month-to-month lease for laboratory space in Houston, Texas for $7,298 per month.

 

Seasonality

 

We do not experience seasonal variations in our quarterly operating results and capital requirements.

 

Employees

 

As of the date of this prospectus, we have seven full-time employees, five part-time employees, and eight advisors. None of our employees are members of a labor union or covered by a collective bargaining agreement.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

On August 28, 2020, holders of promissory notes totaling $600,000 filed a lawsuit naming us as a defendant alleging breach of contract in Cook County, Illinois. The file number is 2020L006166. Several of the noteholders’ cases were dismissed with prejudice. As of the date of this prospectus, three noteholders with $450,000 of notes remain in the lawsuit. The matter is still ongoing. Discovery is ongoing. We brought a Motion for Sanctions due to delays against the plaintiffs which was granted and we were awarded attorneys fees. We have now brought a Second Motion for Sanctions due to further delays by the plaintiffs which is scheduled to be heard on September 28, 2022.

 

Other than the above, we are not party to any legal proceedings the resolution of which we believe would have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition, liquidity, or results of operation. However, we may from time to time after the date of this prospectus become subject to claims and litigation arising in the ordinary course of business. One or more unfavorable outcomes in any claim or litigation against us could have a material adverse effect for the period in which such claim or litigation is resolved. In addition, regardless of their merits or their ultimate outcomes, such matters are costly, divert management’s attention, and may materially adversely affect our reputation, even if resolved in our favor.

 

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Accountants

 

On February 7, 2022, our board of directors approved the dismissal of IndigoSpire CPA Group LLC (“Indigo”) as the Company’s auditors, effective immediately.

 

Indigo was first engaged by the Company on November 5, 2019. No audit report of Indigo for the year ended December 31, 2020 and 2021 contained an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion and was not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.

 

During our two most recent fiscal years and through the interim period preceding the date of such dismissal, (i) there were no disagreements (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions) between us and Indigo on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Indigo would have caused Indigo to make reference to the subject matter of such disagreement in connection with its reports on the financial statements for such periods and (ii) except with respect to the restatement of our audited financial statements as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, there were no “reportable events” (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).

 

We provided Indigo with a copy of the disclosure contained herein and requested that Indigo furnish a letter stating whether or not it agreed with the statements herein and, if not, stating the respects in which it does not agree. On February 8, 2022, Indigo provided its letter stating it agreed with the statements herein. On February 9, 2022, we disclosed the change in our certifying auditor on Form 1-U filed with the SEC and included a copy of the February 8, 2022 letter received from Indio as an exhibit thereto.

 

Engagement of New Independent Registered Accounting Firm

 

In February 2022, our board of directors approved the appointment of L J Soldinger Associates, LLC (“Soldinger”) as our new independent registered public accounting firm. Prior to adoption by the new board, our sole board member and controlling shareholder, engaged L J Soldinger Associates, LLC in December 2021 to audit our financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.

 

During our two most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, neither we nor anyone acting on our behalf consulted with Soldinger regarding either: (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on our financial statements, in connection with which either a written report or oral advice was provided to the Company that Soldinger concluded was an important factor considered by us in reaching a decision as to the accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue; or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions) or reportable event (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).

 

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MANAGEMENT

 

We are managed by our directors and executive officers We also have a Scientific Advisory Board that our management consults with.

 

Directors and Executive Officers

 

Our board of directors consists of three directors. We currently have two independent directors. Our directors will serve for one-year terms and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. There will be no cumulative voting in the election of directors. Consequently, at each annual meeting, the successors to each of our three directors will be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at that meeting.

 

Set forth below are the names, ages and positions of our directors and executive officers as of the date of this prospectus.

 

Name   Age   Position with the Company   Date Joined the Company
Steven Morris   58   Chief Executive Officer, Secretary, and Chairman of our Board of Directors   November 14, 2016
Kate Lewis   60   President   September 15, 2020
Wesley Ramjeet   56   Chief Financial Officer   February 1, 2022
Dr. Jeffrey Morgan   47   Chief Medical Officer   August 23, 2017
Stephen Simes   70   Director   February 4, 2022
Lisa Kelley   55   Director   February 4, 2022

 

Biographical Information

 

Directors and Executive Officers

 

The following is a summary of certain biographical information concerning our current directors and our executive officers.

 

Steven Morris – Chief Executive Officer, Secretary and Chairman of the Board of Directors

 

Steven Morris has more than 20 years of extensive experience in the precision machining and manufacturing industries, including 15 years serving as President of privately-held Inland Midwest Corporation (IMC) from 2000 to 2014. He acquired a controlling interest in IMC and led the company’s transformation into a premier, state-of-the-art facility catering exclusively to the medical technologies industry. By concentrating on strategic process optimization, technical innovation, quality, and customer service, IMC became a preeminent supplier in the industry counting some of the largest U.S. and international medical companies as its customers. The company was marketed as a “boutique” supplier to select industry OEM leaders, including Medtronic Spinal and Biologics, Wright Medical, Biomet, and Zimmer.

 

Under Morris’ leadership, the company achieved much success including earning many Supplier of the Year awards from various customers. In fact, Medtronic, a multi-billion dollar international leader in the medical industry, ranked IMC among its top global suppliers for its Spine and Biologics division.

 

After several years of high profitability, Morris negotiated a successful exit strategy and sold the company in 2011. He remained on as President for more than two years following the sale.

 

After leaving IMC, from 2014 to 2016, he formed Creative Manufacturing Consulting Solutions (CMCS), a consulting company focused on achieving sustainable manufacturing solutions in the areas of operational and process optimization, quality system development and optimization, and industry and regulatory compliance – particularly those related to ISO and the FDA.

 

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While leading CMCS, Morris simultaneously conducted more than two years of in-depth research into the specific processes and technologies of the 3D bioprinting and regenerative medicine field – and quickly recognized the nearly unlimited financial and human potential of this emerging market. Coupling his vast hands-on experience in medical manufacturing with extensive research and a partnership with industry-leading experts he formed BIOLIFE4D in 2016, a regenerative medicine 3D bioprinting company with the goal of facilitating the biological printing of viable human organs for utilization in patient-specific human transplantation.

 

Morris went to college at Tulane University as an undergraduate and then continued his studies at the University of Texas, Austin where he studied business. He has served for more than a decade on the executive board of the Illinois Manufacturing Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to job-specific skill set training and job placement for unemployed, underemployed, at-risk, and other individuals who faced challenges and are looking for a second chance. He is also a Big Brother, providing guidance and mentoring to the same individual for over 35 years.

 

Kate Lewis – President

 

Kate Lewis was appointed President in September 2020, after joining us in 2019 to lead our Market and Business Development efforts. Applying her commercialization expertise, she has been developing our message, identifying critical stakeholders, building strategic partnerships, and expanding marketplace position.

 

Lewis is a seasoned, strategic business executive, with over 25 years of experience, working alongside global leaders within the pharmaceutical, transplantation and regulatory industries. Accomplished in her field, she has served as an active Board member on the American Lung Association and has been a GlaxoSmithKline (“GSK”) President’s Club Award winner for many years. The strength of her relationships in the pharmaceutical and medical communities and her gift of communicating complex issues and technologies to the public is part of what Lewis brings to our team.

 

Lewis is dedicated to the mission of perfecting the technology to make viable organ replacement a safe, accessible, and affordable reality. As President, Lewis champions our message to individuals who could benefit most: patients with heart conditions, healthcare professionals treating individuals with cardiac issues, and pharmaceutical companies developing new therapies/treatments which require cardiotoxicity testing, as part of their FDA approval process.

 

Prior to joining us, Lewis was Founder of Nottingham Associates from June 2000 to December 2016, a consulting firm focused on strategic client solutions for Pharma. Her work included refining market development initiatives and building Key Opinion Leader (KOL) boards within the pharmaceutical industry, clinical research, medical associations, and advocacy organizations. Another significant accomplishment was assisting to increase market share of the number one treatment of asthma globally and contributing to the improvement in quality-of-life for countless individuals suffering from asthma. Additionally, through a collaboration with Harvard University and GSK, Lewis helped design a groundbreaking study - “Asthma in America” – which helped identify 4.3 million individuals with previously undiagnosed asthma.

 

Lewis received her Bachelor’s in Fine Arts and Business from Ball State University and San Diego State University, respectively. She has earned certificates from Harvard University Executive Leadership Programs and as a National Asthma Educator. She has been trained in Tony Robbins Business Mastery, Stephen Covey’s Leadership, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), and in Fine Arts Mastery from the Cleveland Foundation. She also actively participates in National Association for Female Executives and Women in BIO.

 

Lewis has come full circle in her mission to advance the health and wellness of others. Having lost her husband to a heart attack and her father to lung disease as a child, she has dedicated her professional career to education and advancing therapies which improve the quality-of-life for others. Lewis’ other passions include being involved in community, philanthropic, and humanitarian activities. These include being a founder and serving on the Board of Home of the Sparrow for abused and battered women and spearheading medical relief efforts and humanitarian aid for both Hurricane Irma and Maria survivors in the Caribbean. Lewis also enjoys spending time with her two sons and extended family.

 

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Wesley Ramjeet – Chief Financial Officer

 

Wesley Ramjeet is the founder and CEO of PPMT Strategic Group, a New York based consulting firm since 2014. Mr. Ramjeet has been the Managing Partner of Profit Planners, Inc., a private New York consulting company since 2003. Mr. Ramjeet is the Founder and Chairman of MD Logic Health a supplement company that sells nutritional supplements to doctors and direct to consumers. Mr. Ramjeet is also the Chairman of SNN, Inc a financial media company that covers the micro-cap marketplace. Prior to founding Profit Planners, Inc., Mr. Ramjeet was the interim Chief Financial Officer of Youth Stream Media, Inc., a NASDAQ-traded public company. Mr. Ramjeet began his professional career in the Entrepreneurial Services Group at Ernst and Young, LLP. During his nine years at Ernst and Young, Mr. Ramjeet served both private and publicly traded companies in various industries. Mr. Ramjeet received his bachelor’s degree in accounting from St. John’s University and is a CPA.

 

Jeffrey Adam Morgan, M.D., FACS, FACC –Chief Medical Officer

 

An accomplished academic and medical professional, Dr. Morgan is currently a Cardiac Surgeon and Surgical Director at Sheba Medical Center in Tel Aviv where he has served since May 2019. Dr. Morgan has held multiple positions of leadership at Baylor College of Medicine from January 2016 through May 2019, including Chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Transplantation and Circulatory Support; Surgical Director for the Advanced Heart Failure Center of Excellence, and the Lester and the Sue Smith Endowed Chair of Surgery. He was also Surgical Director of Mechanical Circulatory Support and Cardiac Transplantation at Texas Heart Institute.

 

Dr. Morgan specializes in treating patients with advanced heart and/or lung failure. Dr. Morgan implants mechanical circulatory support devices for left ventricular, right ventricular, or biventricular failure as a bridge to transplant (BTT) or destination therapy (DT). This includes left ventricular assist devices (LVADs), such as the HeartMate II, HeartMate III, and HeartWare HVAD, as well as the Syncardia total artificial heart (TAH).

 

Dr. Morgan completed his General Surgery Residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York and his Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency at New York University. He went on to complete fellowship training in cardiac transplantation and mechanical circulatory support at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center.

 

Prior to joining the teams at Baylor and Texas Heart Institute, Dr. Morgan previously held a position as associate professor at Wayne State University School of Medicine. He served as surgical director for Mechanical Circulatory Support and associate director for Heart and Lung Transplantation at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.

 

Dr. Morgan’s research is focused on advanced heart failure with numerous publications, national and international presentations, and book chapters to his credit. He is the section editor for Adult Mechanical Circulatory Support for the American Society of Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO) Journal and is on the Editorial Board of The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. He is also a reviewer for several other journals including The Annals of Thoracic Surgery and the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Dr. Morgan served on the ISHLT Standards and Guidelines Committee and was a Task Force chair for the ISHLT Guidelines for MCS. He is also a previous chair of the Cardiac Track Programming Committee for the ASAIO Annual Conference. Dr. Morgan has moderated numerous sessions on mechanical support and transplant at ASAIO, ISHLT, and the American College of Cardiology.

 

Dr. Morgan is passionate about improving outcomes in patients with advanced heart or lung failure. He has participated in numerous clinical trials including Thoratec’s HeartMate II BTT and DT trials, Heartware’s HVAD BTT and DT trials, the HeartMate III trial, and Syncardia’s 50 cc TAH trial.

 

In addition, he is investigating the utility of stem cells as an adjunct measure for myocardial recovery, as part of the LVAD MPC II trial.

 

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Dr. Morgan completed his undergraduate studies at Yeshiva University in New York City before earning an MD from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He completed a residency in General Surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center, a residency in Cardiothoracic Surgery at New York University and a Fellowship in Cardiac Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center.

 

Dr. Morgan is a member of the American Medical Association, the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplant, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, and the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs. He is also certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery and the American Board of General Surgery.

 

Stephen Simes - Director

 

Stephen Simes has proven success leading emerging specialty pharmaceutical companies in product development, financing business development, and mergers and acquisitions.

 

Currently, Stephen is Entrepreneur in Residence at Helix 51 and the Innovation and Research Park of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in North Chicago, Illinois. He is also chairman of the board for Bio-XL Limited, an Israeli company developing products in oncology. Stephen is an advisor for SmartHealth Catalyzer and an advisor for several emerging companies in varied therapeutic areas including oncology and cardiology. Previously, he was on the board of directors for Therapix Biosciences (2016-2020), RestorGenex Corporation (2014-2016), Ceregene, Inc. (2009-2013), BioSante Pharmaceuticals (1998-2013), Unimed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (1994-1997), Bio-Technology General (1993-1995), and Gynex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (1989-1993). Stephen was the CEO for RestorGenex Corporation from 2014 to 2016. Prior to RestorGenex, from 1998 to 2013, Stephen was the President and CEO of BioSante Pharmaceuticals, which was acquired by ANI Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ANIP) in June 2013. Stephen has a BSc in Chemistry from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York and an MBA from New York University.

 

Lisa Kelley — Director

 

Lisa Kelley is an accomplished Senior Finance/Operations Executive and Board Member with more than 25 years of success in the electronics, telecommunications, manufacturing, and consumer goods industries.

 

Currently, Lisa provides consulting and fractional CFO services. Previously, Lisa was the VP of Global Logistics at Avnet, Inc. (AVT), a Fortune 500 company that markets, distributes, and adds value to a wide variety of electronics components, enterprise computer products and embedded subsystems to a broad base of more than 100,000 customers and 800 suppliers with over $20 billion in revenue operating in 100+ countries. Lisa joined Avnet as the Chief Audit Executive leading risk management strategy and establishing global audit practice in trade compliance, anti-corruption and data privacy/cyber-security.

 

Prior to joining Avnet in 2014, Lisa was in several senior leadership roles at Asurion, a global leader in technology protection services with over $6 billion in revenue. During Lisa’s nine years with Asurion she primarily served as the Group CFO for Asurion Global Supply Chain, Customer Care & Program Management. Before joining Asurion, Lisa was the Chief Accounting Officer for Brightpoint, a publicly traded company, which was acquired by Ingram Micro in 2012. Brightpoint was a $1.9 billion distribution and logistics services company supporting the global wireless telecommunications and data industry. From 1992 through 2003, Lisa had varied roles with Plexus Corp., a publicly traded global electronics contract manufacturer. Roles included Vice-President of Corporate Development, Vice-President of Finance, Corporate Controller and Treasurer.

 

Lisa has six years of public accounting experience, is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Global Management Accountant, and Certified Management Accountant with an MBA from the University of Wisconsin. Lisa currently serves on another publicly traded company board (Quanergy NYSE:QNGY), two private company boards (Barron Lighting Group and Project 2121), a not-for-profit board (Arizona Sustainability Alliance), and numerous professional boards including chair of the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA) Joint Trial Board, past member of the AICPA Board of Trustees, and past-chair of Tennessee State University Accounting Advisory Board.

 

She is active within her profession as she has served on various executive committees for the AICPA, AACSB Accounting Accreditation committee, past-chair of the Financial Executives International - Nashville chapter, and a past-member of the Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants and the Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

 

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Scientific Advisory Board

 

Our Scientific Advisory Board is comprised of various individuals who are leaders in their specific research activities, including but not limited to life sciences, biomaterials, bioprinting, organ transplantation, and more, all of which contribute to the ultimate process of bioengineering cardiac constructs. Our Scientific Advisory Board is strategically organized to take advantage of each advisor’s expertise as we concentrate on related activities in the lab. While there are no formal rules or procedures for the Scientific Advisory Board, scientific advisors typically engage now via virtual meetings where they interact with appropriate members of the laboratory team in real-time, lending expertise and guidance as needed. There are also regularly scheduled telephone calls with advisors and advisors visit the lab in person as requested. Science advisors have been compensated both in stock as well as paid for their time.

 

Our Scientific Advisory Board is led by Jeffrey Adam Morgan, M.D., FACS, FACC, our Chief Medical Officer, whose biography appears above. Following is a summary of certain biographical information concerning the members of our Scientific Advisory Board.

 

Ravi Birla, Ph.D. - Senior Science Advisor

 

Dr. Ravi Birla is our Senior Science Advisor, directing our acclaimed team of scientists and helping to guide our strategic direction.

 

A highly regarded expert in the field of cardiac tissue and organ fabrication, cardiac tissue engineering, and regenerative medicine, Dr. Birla has specific interests in whole heart bioengineering, fabrication of 3D heart muscle, bioartificial ventricles, valves, and blood vessels.

 

Dr. Birla earned a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and was also recruited to serve as Director of the Artificial Heart Laboratory with the Division of Cardiac Surgery at the renowned University of Michigan Medical School. Earlier, Dr. Birla received BS and MS degrees in chemical engineering from the University of the West Indies at its St. Augustine Campus.

 

He has also served as a professor at both Tulane University and the University of Houston, and during both appointments, was the Principal Investigator of its NIH-funded Artificial Heart Laboratory.

 

Prior to joining us, Dr. Birla served as the Associate Director of the Department of Stem Cell Engineering at the Texas Heart Institute, where he led day-to-day operations and scientific direction for large scale research initiatives.

 

Dr. Birla has published more than 50 peer-reviewed scientific papers and holds several patents in the area of cardiovascular tissue engineering. He is also actively engaged in education and teaching related activities and has published a comprehensive textbook in the area of functional tissue engineering.

 

Ibrahim Ozbolat, Ph.D.

 

Dr. Ibrahim Ozbolat is an Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics in the Biomedical Engineering Department at The Pennsylvania State University.

 

He received his Ph.D. in tissue engineering from the University at Buffalo (SUNY) in Buffalo, New York, and dual B.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering and in Industrial Engineering from Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey.

 

At Penn State, Dr. Ozbolat is a faculty member of the Huck Institute of the Life Sciences, Materials Research Institute, Center for Neural Engineering, Center for Innovative Materials Processing through Direct Digital Deposition, and Center for Research on Advanced Fiber Technologies. Previously, he was a faculty member of The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa and spearheaded the Advanced Manufacturing Technology Group and the Biomanufacturing Laboratory.

 

He is also Principal Investigator at the Ozbolat Lab at Penn State, focusing on establishing cutting-edge bioprinting science and technology for various areas in regenerative medicine. Dr. Ozbolat’s major research thrust is in the area of Bioprinting and Tissue Engineering, with a focus on establishing cutting-edge bioprinting science and technologies in tissue and organ fabrication. Some of his current research interests include development of new bioinks for advanced tissue printing, development of new bioprinter technologies, understanding the physics of the bioprinting process, and scaling up the 3D bioprinting process for tissues and organs.

 

Dr. Ozbolat’s research on bioprinting for tissue and organ fabrication has been published in several high regarded venues. He has received various awards and been featured in national and international media numerous times. He frequently presents at global forums, conferences and seminars and organizes demonstrations and events for the public and youth – encouraging the participation of future leaders in medicine, engineering, and science.

 

Sean Palecek, Ph.D.

 

Dr. Sean Palecek is a Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He is also affiliated with the Department of Biomedical Engineering, the Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center, and WiCell Research Institute.

 

He received his B.Ch.E. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Delaware majoring in chemical engineering with a minor in biology, M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from MIT.

 

Dr. Palecek is also Principal Investigator of the Palecek Group, with research interests that include cellular engineering, tissue engineering, stem cells, intercellular communication, and robust cardiomyocyte differentiation.

 

His team at the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Wisconsin at Madison identifies chemical and mechanical cues that regulate human pluripotent stem cell self-renewal and differentiation, then uses those principles to design culture systems that apply those cues in the appropriate spatial and temporal manner.

 

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His team has developed a protocol for the differentiation of stem cells which is uniform, inexpensive, and far more efficient than alternative strategies. The protocol is both efficient and robust. The ability to make key heart cells in abundance and in a precisely defined way is critical because it shows the potential to make the production of large, uniform batches of cardiomyocytes.

 

He is interested in characterizing the nature in which quantitative changes in the flow of cellular signals and cellular signaling networks can control a wide variety of cellular processes in order to design strategies to stimulate or inhibit cellular signaling pathways either at the chemical or physical level, and thereby regulate cell functions. Stem cells make differentiation decisions based on signals from their microenvironment and he is likewise interested in how adhesive forces and mechanical strain affect self-renewal and differentiation. Dr. Palecek is a recipient of a National Science Foundation CAREER award.

 

Shayn Peirce-Cottler, Ph.D.

 

Dr. Shayn Peirce-Cottler is Professor of Biomedical Engineering (BME), Professor of Ophthalmology (joint appointment), and Professor of Plastic Surgery (joint appointment) at the University of Virginia. She is also a member of the Cardiovascular Research Center (CVRC) and Associate Director of the Cardiovascular Training Grant (CVTG).

 

Her research focus is on tissue engineering and regeneration, computational systems biology, vascular growth and remodeling, stem cell therapies, with numerous research publications to her credit.

 

Dr. Peirce-Cottler is Principal Investigator at UVa’s Peirce-Cottler Laboratory which uses a parallel approach that combines experimental models with agent-based computational models to guide the development of new approaches in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. That work earned her induction to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering’s College of Fellows.

 

Dr. Peirce-Cottler teaches courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and has also taught lectures and seminars to Medical School students and Medical Residents. For six years, she taught the year-long BME Capstone Design course required for all undergraduates at UVA majoring in BME. She also teaches a “Introduction to Biomedical Engineering” course offered to all second year BME students at UVa, covering such topics as medical device design, regulation and commercialization, communication, professionalism, and ethics.

 

Dr. Peirce-Cottler earned her Ph.D in Biomedical Engineering from UVa, along with B.S. degrees in Biomedical Engineering and Engineering Mechanics from Johns Hopkins University. In 2004, she was named to MIT Technology Review’s annual list of “Innovators Under 35.”

 

Raimond L. Winslow, Ph.D.

 

Dr. Raimond L. Winslow is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science & Clinical and Rehabilitation Sciences at Northeastern University College of Engineering, Khoury Collee of Computer Sciences, Bouve College of Health Sciences. He is also the Director of Life Sciences & Medical Research at the Roux Institute at Northeastern University, Portland, Maine. Prior to Northeastern, Dr. Winslow was Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and held an additional appointment in the Whiting School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins, where he served as Director of the Institute for Computational Medicine and Director of the Center for Cardiovascular Bioinformatics and Modeling.

 

Dr. Winslow holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the Johns Hopkins University. He concluded his training at the Institute for Biomedical Computing and Department of Neurology within Washington University in St. Louis. He joined the faculty of Johns Hopkins in 1991 as an assistant professor, became an associate professor in 1994 and a full professor in 2000.

 

Dr. Winslow is a fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society, American Heart Association and American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. He serves as Specialty Editor in Chief for the journal Frontiers in Computational Physiology and Medicine, and as a member of the editorial boards of Circulation Research, The Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, IET Systems Biology and the International Journal of Computational Medicine and Healthcare. He has authored or co-authored more than 130 peer-reviewed articles and 12 book chapters, received numerous grants and awards, and holds one patent.

 

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Janet Zoldan, Ph.D.

 

Dr. Janet Zoldan is assistant professor at The University of Texas at Austin in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. She received her master’s degree and Ph.D. in materials engineering from Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, after which she completed her postdoctoral training at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

 

Dr. Zoldan is also Principal Investigator at The Zoldan Group, a research lab focused on human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) as a model system to explore key principles underlying tissue formation processes by integrating and applying materials and stem cell bioengineering.

 

The Zoldan Group is a dedicated to further elucidating the effects of a stem cell’s microenvironment on the cell’s proliferation, migration, and differentiation.

 

Utilizing a unique microfluidic device to deliver proteins into the cytoplasm of iPSCs, Zoldan Group researchers direct iPSC differentiation into cardiac lineages to develop safe, efficient, and robust production of patient-specific cell lines for cell replacement therapies and cardiovascular tissue engineering applications. The pluripotency of stem cells is used to create multi-cellular tissue-structures and induce tissue organization during cellular differentiation.

 

Dr. Zoldan has been recognized as a Children’s Glaucoma Foundation Fellow, an Aly Kaufmann Fellow, and with a Katz Family Award for Outstanding Excellency. Her research is featured in numerous publications such as the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences as well as the international journal Biomaterials.

 

Family Relationships

 

There are no family relationships between any of our directors or executive officers.

 

Board Composition

 

Our board of directors currently consists of three persons. After the completion of this offering, we expect our board of directors to remain the same, until the next election of directors by our shareholders.

 

Our board of directors believes its members collectively have the experience, qualifications, attributes and skills to effectively oversee our management, including a high degree of personal and professional integrity, an ability to exercise sound business judgment on a broad range of issues, sufficient experience and background to have an appreciation of the issues facing us, a willingness to devote the necessary time to board duties, a commitment to representing our best interests and the best interests of our shareholders, and a dedication to enhancing shareholder value.

 

There were no board of directors meetings held in 2021. All board actions were taken by unanimous written consent of the directors.

 

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Director Independence

 

We currently have two independent directors on our board of directors. We use Nasdaq’s definition of “independence” to make this determination. Nasdaq provides that an “independent director” is a person other than an executive officer or employee of the company or any other individual having a relationship with which, in the opinion of the company’s board of directors, would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. The rules provide that a director cannot be considered independent if:

 

  the director is, or at any time during the past three years was, an employee of the company;
  the director or a family member of the director accepted any compensation from the company in excess of $120,000 during any period of 12 consecutive months within the three years preceding the independence determination (subject to certain exemptions, including, among other things, compensation for board or board committee service);
  the director is a family member of an individual who is, or at any time during the past three years was, employed by the company as an executive officer;
  the director or a family member of the director is employed as an executive officer of an entity where, at any time during the past three years, any of the executive officer of the company served on the compensation committee of such other entity;
  the director or a family member of the director is a partner in, controlling shareholder of, or an executive officer of an entity to which the company made, or from which the company received, payments for property or services in the current or any of the past three fiscal years that exceed 5% of the recipient’s consolidated gross revenue for that year or $200,000, whichever is greater (subject to certain exemptions); or
  the director or a family member of the director is a current partner of the company’s outside auditor, or at any time during the past three years was a partner or employee of the company’s outside auditor, and who worked on the company’s audit.

 

Under such definitions, our board of directors has undertaken a review of the independence of each director and will review the independence of any new directors based on information provided by each director concerning his background, employment, and affiliations, in order to make a determination of independence. Our board of directors has determined that there are two independent directors on our board of directors.

 

Role of Our Board of Directors in Risk Oversight

 

One of the key functions of our board of directors is informed oversight of our risk management process. Our board of directors administers this oversight function directly, and will have supporting committees, including the audit committee, compensation committee, and the nominating and corporate governance committee, who each will then support the board of directors by addressing risks specific to its respective areas of oversight. In particular, our audit committee has the responsibility to consider and discuss our major financial risk exposures and the steps our management takes to monitor and control these exposures, including guidelines and policies to govern the process by which risk assessment and management is undertaken. The audit committee also monitors compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, in addition to oversight of the performance of our internal audit function. Our compensation committee assesses and monitors whether any of our compensation policies and programs has the potential to encourage excessive risk-taking.

  

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Committees of Our Board of Directors

 

We currently have an audit committee; compensation committee; and a nominations and corporate governance committee.

 

Audit Committee. We intend to comply with the requirements of Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act and applicable Nasdaq corporate governance rules. These rules require that our audit committee be composed of at least three members. At the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, the audit committee must include one independent director. After 90 days from the effective date of the registration statement, the audit committee is required to be comprised of a majority of independent directors. After one year from the effective date of the registration statement, the audit committee must be exclusively independent directors. The audit committee will be composed exclusively of “independent directors” who are “financially literate” as defined under the Nasdaq listing standards. The Nasdaq listing standards define “financially literate” as being able to read and understand fundamental financial statements, including a company’s balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement. In addition, we have certified to Nasdaq that the committee has, and will continue to have, at least one member who has past employment experience in finance or accounting, requisite professional certification in accounting, or other comparable experience or background that results in the individual’s financial sophistication.

 

On the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, our audit committee is composed of Steven Morris, Stephen Simes, and Lisa Kelley, whereby two of the three members are independent. Our board of directors has affirmatively determined that Lisa Kelley and Stephen Simes meets the definition of “independent director” for purposes of serving on an audit committee under Rule 10A-3 and Nasdaq rules. Lisa Kelley is the chairperson of our audit committee.

 

We have established a written charter for our audit committee, in which we set forth the duties of the audit committee to, among other matters, oversee (i) our financial reporting, auditing and internal control activities; (ii) the integrity and audits of our financial statements; (iii) our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements; (iv) the qualifications and independence of our independent auditors; (v) the performance of our internal audit function and independent auditors; and (vi) our overall risk exposure and management. Duties of the audit committee shall also include:

 

  annually review and assess the adequacy of the audit committee charter and the performance of the audit committee;
     
  be responsible for the appointment, retention, and termination of our independent auditors and determine the compensation of our independent auditors;
     
  review with the independent auditors the plans and results of the audit engagement;
     
  evaluate the qualifications, performance, and independence of our independent auditors;
     
  have sole authority to approve in advance all audit and non-audit services by our independent auditors, the scope and terms thereof, and the fees therefor;
     
  review the adequacy of our internal accounting controls; and
     
  meet at least quarterly with our executive officers, internal audit staff, and our independent auditors in separate executive sessions.

 

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Following this offering, a copy of the code of the audit committee charter will be available on our website at https://biolife4d.com/.

 

Compensation Committee.

 

Our compensation committee has overall responsibility for evaluating and approving the structure, operation, and effectiveness of the Company’s compensation plans, policies, and programs for officers and directors, We have established a charter for our compensation committee which will be available on our website at https://biolife4d.com/.

 

At the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, the compensation committee must include one independent director. After 90 days from the effective date of the registration statement, the compensation committee is required to be comprised of a majority of independent directors. After one year from the effective date of the registration statement, the compensation committee must be exclusively independent directors.

 

On the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, our audit committee is composed of Steven Morris, Stephen Simes, and Lisa Kelley, whereby two of the three members are independent. Lisa Kelley is the chairperson of the compensation committee.

 

Nominations and Corporate Governance Committee.

 

Our nominating and corporate governance committee provides oversight with respect to corporate governance and ethical conduct and monitors the effectiveness of our corporate governance guidelines, including whether such guidelines are successful in preventing illegal or improper liability-creating conduct. We have established a charter for our nominating and corporate governance committee which will be available on our website at https://biolife4d.com/.

 

At the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, the nominating and corporate governance committee must include one independent director. After 90 days from the effective date of the registration statement, the nominating and corporate governance committee is required to be comprised of a majority of independent directors. After one year from the effective date of the registration statement, the nominating and corporate governance committee must be exclusively independent directors.

 

On the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, our audit committee is composed of Steven Morris, Stephen Simes, and Lisa Kelley, whereby two of the three members are independent. Stephen Simes is the chairperson of our audit committee.

 

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

 

We have adopted a written code of business conduct and ethics that will apply to our directors, officers, and employees, including our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions and agents and representatives, including consultants. Following this offering, a copy of the code of business conduct and ethics will be available on our website at https://biolife4d.com/. We intend to disclose future amendments to such code, or any waivers of its requirements, applicable to any principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions or our directors on our website identified above. The inclusion of our website address in this prospectus does not include or incorporate by reference the information on our website into this prospectus.

 

Limitations on Liabilities and Indemnification of Directors and Officers

 

There are limitations of liability and indemnification and advancement rights applicable to our directors and officers. (See “Description of Securities—Limitations on Liability and Indemnification of Directors and Officers.”)

 

Director Compensation

 

We have a director compensation package that includes cash compensation as well as stock options. (See “Executive and Director Compensation—Director Compensation.”)

 

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EXECUTIVE AND DIRECTOR COMPENSATION

 

Executive Compensation

 

Summary Compensation Table

 

The following table summarizes information regarding the compensation for fiscal years 2021 and 2020 for our named executive officers.

 

Name and Principal Position  Year   Salary ($)   Stock
Awards
($)
   Option
Awards
($)
   All Other
Compensation
($)
   Total ($) 
Steven Morris, Chief Executive Officer, Secretary, and Chairman of the Board of Directors   2021    240,000    -0-    -0-    -0-    240,000 
    2020    240,000    -0-    -0-    -0-    240,000 
Kate Lewis, President   2021    120,000    -0-    -0-    -0-    120,000 
    2020    120,000    -0-    -0-    -0-    120,000 
Jim Hechtman, Former Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer(1)   2021    -0-    -0-    -0-    -0-    

-0-

 
    2020    -0-    -0-    -0-    -0-     -0-  
Dr. Jeffrey Morgan, Chief Medical Officer   2021    -0-    -0-     261,000     -0-     261,000  
    2020    7,500    -0-    -0-    -0-    7,500 

 

  (1) Resigned effective February 1, 2022; was not compensated personally, but the accounting firm for which he is a partner invoiced the Company for bookkeeping services in the amount of $24,260 and $17,265 for 2020 and 2021, respectively.

 

Narrative to Summary Compensation Table

 

We believe that the primary goal of executive compensation is to align the interests of our executive officers with those of our shareholders in a way that allows us to attract and retain the best executive talent.

 

Annual Base Salary. Base salary is designed to compensate our named executive officers at a fixed level of compensation that serves as a retention tool throughout the executive’s career. In determining base salaries, our compensation committee considers each executive’s role and responsibility, unique skills, future potential with us, salary levels for similar positions in our market and internal pay equity.

 

Option Plan. We plan to offer option awards to executives and other employees, in the discretion of the board of directors, considering the executive’s role and other compensation.

 

Health/Welfare Plans. We have a healthcare plan available to all employees, including our executives, who become eligible after 90 days of employment.

 

PTO Plan. Executives may take PTO at any time, at their own reasonable discretion.

 

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Employment Agreements with our Named Executive Officers

 

Steven Morris – Employment Agreement

 

We have an employment agreement with our Chief Executive Officer, Steven Morris, as of September 2, 2022, and effective as of the date of effectiveness of this registration statement, for a term of two years, subject to automatic renewal for additional one year periods unless either we or Mr. Morris gives notice of intent not to renew. Mr. Morris is entitled to an annual salary of $300,000, and an annual cash bonus opportunity of 20% of his annual salary, as determined by and awarded by the Compensation Committee. We also reimburse Ms. Morris for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred in performing services for us, including reimbursement for Mr. Morris’ monthly leasing and other related transportation costs up to but not exceeding $1,000 per month and cellular expenses. Mr Morris may be terminated for Cause. If Mr. Morris is terminated without Cause, Mr. Morris is entitled to receive a severance payment of one and a half times his annual salary and continuing medical insurance for 18 months following his termination or until he is eligible to participate in another party’s group health plan, whichever comes first.

 

Kate Lewis- Employment Agreement

 

We have an employment agreement with our President, Kate Lewis, effective as of September 15, 2020 and terminable at any time by either party upon two weeks prior notice. Ms. Lewis is entitled to a monthly gross salary of $10,000 and is eligible to participate in any of our sponsored benefit programs. We also reimburse Ms. Lewis for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred in performing services for us.

 

Wesley Ramjeet- CFO Agreement

 

We have a consulting agreement with our Chief Financial Officer, Wesley Ramjeet, effective as of February 1, 2022, and amended on August 11, 2022, for a term of two years, subject to extension by mutual agreement unless terminated earlier by either party upon 30 days written notice. Mr. Ramjeet serves as a non-employee Chief Financial Officer for 40 hours per week. Mr. Ramjeet is entitled to compensation of (a) initial cash compensation of $5,000 upon execution of the agreement; (b) $5,000 per month for the next 23 months (or until the agreement is terminated) for up to 20 hours of services per month; (c) any additional time over 20 hours per month shall be billed at $350 per hour; and (d) 667 shares of common stock pursuant to our 2022 Restricted Stock Plan for each month that Mr. Ramjeet is our CFO. We also reimburse Mr. Ramjeet for all reasonable and pre-approved out-of-pocket expenses incurred in performing services for us.

 

Dr. Jeffrey Morgan- Advisory Board Agreement

 

Our Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jeffrey Morgan, has an Advisory Board Agreement, as amended, effective February 1, 2022, whereby he currently receives $2,500 per month to serve as our CMO, participate in Advisory Board meetings, and to be available on an as-needed basis for research, lab set up, research and development and strategy. Dr. Morgan’s compensation will increase to $5,000 per month when we enter the next stage of development of product and he is requested to perform services in connection with the design of GLP preclinical studies, creations of data reports, establishment of clinical criteria for human implantation, selection of trial sites, standardization of clinical protocols, post-operative care, and similar services. To date, Dr. Morgan has been granted 2,500 shares of common stock and has options to purchase 13,334 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $30.00 per share and 10,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $40.50 per share. Dr. Morgan continues to earn 667 stock options per month for his services to us.

 

Director Compensation

 

From our inception on November 14, 2016 to 2021, we paid no compensation to any member of our board of directors for services rendered as a director.

 

On February 4, 2022, we entered into Director Agreements with each of the members of the board of directors. Pursuant to the Director Agreements, the compensation to the independent directors is as follows: (a) cash compensation of $30,000 per annum; and (b) an annual grant of options to purchase 8,334 shares of common stock, the first grant being on the day of appointment, and thereafter being on the date of each annual re-election or re-appointment to the board of directors (the “Annual Grant”). The Annual Grant will vest in full on the first anniversary of each grant date. In addition, in the event that the independent director is a member of any committee, he or she will be entitled to (c) additional annual cash compensation of $4,000 for being a non-chair member; or (d) additional annual cash compensation of $8,000 for being the chair of a committee.

 

2022 Stock Option Plan

 

On February 3, 2022, we adopted the 2022 Incentive and Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan which provides for the grant of incentive stock options within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), to our employees and the employees of any future subsidiary corporation, and for the grant of non-statutory stock options to non-employees, including directors and other service providers (the “2022 Stock Option Plan”).

 

Authorized Shares. A total of 1,666,667 shares of our common stock have been reserved for issuance pursuant to the exercise of options issued from the 2022 Stock Option Plan.

 

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Plan Administration. Our board of directors administers our 2022 Stock Option Plan.

 

Stock Options. Stock options may be granted under our 2022 Stock Option Plan. The exercise price of options granted under our 2022 Stock Option Plan must at least be equal to the fair market value of our common stock on the date of grant. The term of an incentive stock option may not exceed ten years, except that with respect to any participant who owns more than 10% of the voting power of all classes of our outstanding stock, the term must not exceed five years and the exercise price must equal at least 110% of the fair market value on the grant date. The administrator will determine the methods of payment of the exercise price of an option, which may include cash, shares, or other property acceptable to the administrator, as well as other types of consideration permitted by applicable law. After the termination of service of an employee, director, or consultant, he or she may exercise his or her option for the period of time stated in his or her option agreement. Generally, if termination is due to death or disability, the option will remain exercisable for 12 months. In all other cases, the option will generally remain exercisable for three months following the termination of service. However, in no event may an option be exercised later than the expiration of its term. Subject to the provisions of our 2022 Stock Option Plan, the administrator determines the other terms of options.

 

Options Granted. To date, pursuant to our 2022 Stock Option Plan, we have issued to our employees, officers, and directors 25,000 options to purchase shares of our common stock.

 

Non-transferability of Awards. Unless the administrator provides otherwise, our 2022 Stock Option Plan generally does not allow for the transfer of awards and only the recipient of an award may exercise an award during his or her lifetime.

 

Certain Adjustments. In the event of certain changes in our capitalization, to prevent diminution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits available under our 2022 Stock Option Plan, the administrator will adjust the number and class of shares that may be delivered under our 2022 Stock Option Plan and/or the number, class and price of shares covered by each outstanding award and the numerical share limits set forth in our 2022 Stock Option Plan. In the event of our proposed liquidation or dissolution, the administrator will notify participants as soon as practicable, and all awards will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such proposed transaction.

 

Merger or Change in Control. Our 2022 Stock Option Plan provides that in the event of a merger or change in control, as defined under the 2022 Stock Option Plan, each outstanding award will be treated as the administrator determines, except that if a successor corporation or its parent or subsidiary does not assume or substitute an equivalent award for any outstanding award, then such award will fully vest, all restrictions on the shares subject to such award will lapse, all performance goals or other vesting criteria applicable to the shares subject to such award will be deemed achieved at 100% of target levels and all of the shares subject to such award will become fully exercisable, if applicable, for a specified period prior to the transaction. The award will then terminate upon the expiration of the specified period of time.

 

Amendment; Termination. The administrator has the authority to amend, suspend, or terminate the 2022 Stock Option Plan provided such action will not impair the existing rights of any participant. Our 2022 Stock Option Plan will automatically terminate in 2032, unless we terminate it sooner.

 

2022 Restricted Stock Plan

 

On February 3, 2022, the board of directors adopted the 2022 Restricted Stock Plan (the “2022 Restricted Stock Plan”) which provides for the grant of common stock awards and performance awards to our officers, directors, and key employees or of any subsidiary corporation.

 

Purpose of the Plan. The 2022 Restricted Stock Plan is intended to provide incentives which will attract, retain, motivate, and reward our officers, directors, and key employees or any of our Affiliates (“Participants”), by providing them opportunities to acquire shares of our common stock.

 

Stock Subject to the Plan. The aggregate number of shares of common stock that may be subject to Awards granted under the 2022 Restricted Stock Plan is 1,666,667 shares of common stock. If any shares of common stock are forfeited, retained by us as payment of tax withholding obligations with respect to an Award, or surrendered to us to satisfy tax withholding obligations, such shares of common stock will be added back to the shares available for Awards. The 2022 Restricted Stock Plan contains certain adjustment provisions relating to stock dividends, stock splits, and the like.

 

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Administration of the Plan. The 2022 Restricted Stock Plan will be administered by the board of directors. The board of directors will have the full power and authority to grant Awards to the persons eligible to receive such Awards and to determine the amount, type, terms, and conditions of each such Award.

 

Eligibility. Participants consist of such officers, directors, and key employees of us or any of our Affiliates as the board of directors, in its sole discretion, determines to be significantly responsible for our success and future growth and profitability and whom the board of directors may designate from time to time to receive Awards under the 2022 Restricted Stock Plan.

 

Types of Awards. Stock Awards and Performance Awards may, as determined by the board of directors, in its discretion, constitute Performance-Based Awards.

 

Stock Awards. The board of directors is authorized to grant Stock Awards and will, in its sole discretion, determine the recipients and the number of shares of common stock underlying each Stock Award. Each Stock Award will be subject to such terms and conditions consistent with the 2022 Restricted Stock Plan as determined by the board of directors and as set forth in an Award agreement, including, without limitation, restrictions on the sale or other disposition of such shares and our right to reacquire such shares for no consideration upon termination of the Participant’s employment or membership on the board of directors, as applicable, within specified periods.

 

Performance Awards. The board of directors is authorized to grant Performance Awards and will, in its sole discretion, determine the recipients and the number of shares of common stock that may be subject to each Performance Award. Each Performance Award will be subject to such terms and conditions consistent with the 2022 Restricted Stock Plan as determined by the board of directors and as set forth in an Award agreement. The board of directors will set performance targets at its discretion which, depending on the extent to which they are met, will determine the number of Performance Awards that will be paid out to the Participants and may attach to such Performance Awards one or more restrictions. Performance targets may be based upon, without limitation, Company-wide, divisional and/or individual performance.

 

The board of directors has the authority to adjust performance targets. The board of directors also has the authority to permit a Participant to elect to defer the receipt of any Performance Award, subject to the 2022 Restricted Stock Plan.

 

Performance-Based Awards. Certain Stock Awards and Performance Awards granted under the 2022 Restricted Stock Plan and the compensation attributable to such Awards are intended to (i) qualify as Performance-Based Awards or (ii) be otherwise exempt from the deduction limitation imposed by Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

The board of directors determines whether Stock Awards and Performance Awards granted under the 2022 Restricted Stock Plan qualify as Performance-Based Awards. The board of directors will establish in writing the performance goals, the vesting period, the performance targets, and any other terms and conditions of the Award in its sole discretion.

 

Vesting. Awards granted to Participants under the 2022 Restricted Stock Plan may be subject to a graded vesting schedule with a minimum vesting period of two years, unless otherwise determined by the board of directors.

 

If there is a Change in Control, all unvested Awards granted under the 2022 Restricted Stock Plan will become fully vested immediately upon the occurrence of the Change in Control and such vested Awards will be paid out or settled, as applicable, within 60 days upon the occurrence of the Change in Control, subject to requirements of applicable laws and regulations.

 

Subject to the discretion of the board of directors, if a Participant’s employment or membership on the board of directors is terminated due to death or Disability, then all unvested and/or unearned Awards will be forfeited as of such date.

 

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Section 409A of the Code. Awards under the 2022 Restricted Stock Plan are intended either to be exempt from the rules of Section 409A of the Code or to satisfy those rules and shall be construed accordingly. However, we will not be liable to any Participant or other holder of an Award with respect to any Award-related adverse tax consequences arising under Section 409A or other provision of the Code.

 

Transferability. Each Award granted under the 2022 Restricted Stock Plan will not be transferable otherwise than by a will or the laws of decent and distribution or as otherwise decided by the board of directors.

 

Fair Market Value. For purposes of the 2022 Restricted Stock Plan, “Fair Market Value” means, as of any given date, the closing price of a share of common stock on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC or such other public trading market on which shares of common stock are listed or quoted on that date.

 

Withholding. All payments or distributions of Awards made pursuant to the 2022 Restricted Stock Plan will be net of any amounts required to be withheld pursuant to applicable federal, state, and local tax withholding requirements.

 

Amendments. The board of directors may amend the 2022 Restricted Stock Plan from time to time or suspend or terminate it at any time. However, no amendment will be made, without approval of our shareholders to (i) increase the total number of shares which may be issued under the 2022 Restricted Stock Plan; (ii) modify the requirements as to eligibility for Awards under the 2022 Restricted Stock Plan; or (iii) otherwise materially amend the 2022 Restricted Stock Plan as provided in Nasdaq Marketplace Rules.

 

Term of the Plan. The 2022 Restricted Stock Plan will terminate on the tenth anniversary of its Effective Date.

 

Current Issuance. As of the date of this prospectus, there have been no awards issued under the 2022 Restricted Stock Plan.

 

Rule 10b5-1 Sales Plan

 

Our directors and executive officers may adopt written plans, known as Rule 10b5-1 plans, in which they would contract with a broker to buy or sell shares of our common stock on a periodic basis. Under a Rule 10b5-1 plan, a broker executes trades pursuant to parameters established by the director or officer when entering into the plan, without further direction from them. The director or executive officer may amend a Rule 10b5-1 plan in some circumstances and may terminate a plan at any time. Our directors and executive officers also may buy or sell additional shares outside a Rule 10b5-1 plan when they are not in possession of material nonpublic information subject to compliance with the terms of our policy on insider trading and communications with the public. Our directors and executive officers may not establish any such plan prior to the expiration of the lock-up agreements described under “Underwriting.”

 

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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

We had the following transactions with related parties during the last two fiscal years:

 

In 2017, our CEO entered into an agreement to advance $250,000 to us to meet working capital needs. The advance bore interest at 9% per annum. In August 2020, the advance was repaid in full along with approximately $74,000 in accrued interest. In the year ended December 31, 2020, we recorded interest expense – related party for this advance in the amount of approximately $24,000.

 

In 2020 and 2021, we used the bookkeeping services of an accounting firm in which our former CFO was a partner. We incurred $17,265 and $24,260 of fees for accounting services in the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

 

On May 18, 2022, our CEO, through his trust, the BioLife4D – SM Trust, obtained a $1 million loan from one of our shareholders pursuant to a Secured Promissory Note, dated as of May 18, 2022, in the principal amount of $1 million (the “SM Trust Loan”). The SM Trust Loan is secured by 33,334 shares of our Common Stock held by the BioLife4D – SM Trust pursuant to a Stock Pledge Agreement, dated as of May 18, 2022, by and between the BioLife4D – SM Trust, as pledgor, and the shareholder as secured party. The funds received from the SM Trust Loan were then placed in a deposit account with Fifth Third Bank, National Association (the “Deposit Account”) and used to serve as collateral for our $1 million Working Capital Loan from Fifth Third Bank, National Association (the “Lender”), pursuant to an Assignment of Deposit Account, dated May 18, 2022, by and among the BioLife4D – SM Trust, us, and the Lender.

 

Upon our receipt of funds from the Offering, we intend to immediately pay off the Working Capital Loan. Following the payoff of the Working Capital Loan, the Deposit Account will be released and used by the BioLife4D – SM Trust to repay the SM Trust Loan. In addition, we intend to use a portion of funds from this Offering to reimburse to the BioLife4D – SM Trust any expenses incurred by BioLife4D – SM Trust as a result of the SM Trust Loan and for any other principal, expenses, interest, or fees accrued and owed to the shareholder after the release of the Deposit Account funds pursuant to an agreement between us and the BioLife4D – SM Trust, dated May 18, 2022.

 

Steven Morris, our CEO, is the sole beneficiary and trustee of the BioLife4D – SM Trust and exercises voting power and control over the shares held by the trust.

 

Policies and Procedures for Transactions with Related Persons

 

All future related party transactions will be voted upon by the disinterested board of directors. The audit committee of the board of directors is responsible for evaluating each related party transaction and making a recommendation to the disinterested members of the board of directors as to whether the transaction at issue is fair, reasonable and within our policy and whether it should be ratified and approved. The audit committee, in making its recommendation, will consider various factors, including the benefit of the transaction to us, the terms of the transaction and whether they are at arm’s-length and in the ordinary course of our business, the direct or indirect nature of the related person’s interest in the transaction, the size and expected term of the transaction and other facts and circumstances that bear on the materiality of the related party transaction under applicable law and listing standards. The audit committee will review, at least annually, a summary of our transactions with our directors and officers and with firms that employ our directors, as well as any other related person transactions.

 

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PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS

 

Immediately prior to the completion of this offering, there are 3,606,936 shares of our common stock outstanding as of the date of this prospectus. The following table sets forth the beneficial ownership of our common stock immediately prior to and immediately after the completion of this offering by:

 

  each of our directors;
     
  each of our named executive officers;
     
  all of our directors and executive officers as a group; and
     
  each person known by us to be the beneficial owner of 5% or more of our outstanding common stock.

 

The percentage ownership information after the offering assumes the issuance of shares of common stock in this offering, but does not assume the exercise of the underwriter’s overallotment option.

 

We have determined beneficial ownership in accordance with the rules of the SEC. These rules generally attribute beneficial ownership of securities to persons who possess sole or shared voting power or investment power with respect to those securities. In addition, the rules include shares of common stock issuable pursuant to the exercise of stock options and Warrants that are either immediately exercisable or exercisable on or before the date which is 60 days after the date of this prospectus. These shares are deemed to be outstanding and beneficially owned by the person holding those options and Warrants for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of that person, but they are not treated as outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person. Unless otherwise indicated, the persons or entities identified in this table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares shown as beneficially owned by them, subject to applicable community property laws.

 

    Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership  
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner   Shares Owned
Immediately
Prior to this
Offering
    Percentage
Immediately
Prior to this
Offering
    Shares Owned
Immediately
After this
Offering
    Percentage
Immediately
After this
Offering
 
                         
Directors and Named Executive Officers:                                
Steven Morris, Chief Executive Officer, Secretary, Director     2,615,452 (1)     72.3 %     2,615,452 (1)     [  ] %
                                 
Kate Lewis, President     403,473       11.2 %     403,473       [  ] %
                                 
Wesley Ramjeet, Chief Financial Officer     6,003 (2)     *       6,003 (2)     *  
                                 
Dr. Jeffrey Morgan, Chief Medical Officer     31,837 (3)     *       31,837 (3)     [  ]  
                                 
Stephen Simes, Director     11,668 (4)     *       11,668 (4)     *  
                                 
 Lisa Kelley, Director     -0-       -0-       -0-       -0-  
All directors and executive officers as a group (six persons)     3,068,433       83.9 %(5)     3,068,433       [  ] %
                                 
Marvin Somlo     533,334 (5)     14.1 %     533,334       [  ] %

 

*Less than 1%.

 

  (1) Includes 1,000,000 shares of common stock owned by the 1030 Trust and 7,118 owned by Steven Morris Trust and 1,600,000 shares of common stock owned by BioLife4D – SM Trust over which Mr. Morris exercises voting power and control of these shares held in those trusts as trustee of both trusts and 8,334 fully vested options to purchase common stock with an exercise price of $40.50. 33,334 of the 1,600,000 shares of common stock owned by BioLife4D – SM Trust are pledged as security under the SM Trust Loan.
  (2) Mr. Ramjeet was granted 6,003 shares of common stock under the Company’s Restricted Stock Plan, whereby 667 shares of common stock vest per month for his services to us beginning on February 1, 2022, and this amount reflects the shares of common stock vested through October 2022.
  (3) Includes options to purchase 13,334 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $30.00 per share and option to purchase 10,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $40.50 per share. Dr. Morgan earns options to purchase 667 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $40.50 per month for his services to us beginning on February 1, 2022, and this amount reflects options to purchase 6,003 shares of common stock earned through October 2022.
  (4) Consists of fully vested option to purchase 3,334 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $30.00 and fully vested options to purchase 8,334 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $40.50 held by the Stephen M. Simes Trust, of which he is trustee.
  (5)

Based on a total of 3,656,275 shares deemed outstanding for the purposes of this table.

  (6) Includes fully vested options to purchase 166,667 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $1.50 per share through November 1, 2022.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

 

General

 

We were formed as a Delaware corporation as BioGen3D on November 14, 2016 and changed our name to BIOLIFE4D CORPORATION on June 5, 2017. We have 70,000,000 shares of authorized capital stock, consisting of 50,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.00001 par value, and 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.00001 par value. Immediately prior to this offering, there are 3,606,936 shares of our common stock outstanding. Upon the completion of this offering, as a result of the issuance of [ ] shares in this offering, there will be [ ] shares of our common stock issued and outstanding, and no shares of preferred stock issued and outstanding (assuming that the underwriters do not exercise their overallotment option).

 

Common Stock

 

Each holder of our common stock is entitled to one vote per each share on all matters to be voted upon by the common shareholders, and there are no cumulative voting rights. Subject to applicable law and the rights, if any, of the holders of outstanding shares of any series of preferred stock we may designate and issue in the future, holders of our common stock shall be entitled to vote on all matters on which shareholders generally are entitled to vote. Subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of outstanding shares of any series of preferred stock we may designate and issue in the future, holders of our common stock will be entitled to receive ratably the dividends, if any, as may be declared from time to time by our board of directors out of funds legally available for that purpose. If there is a liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the Company, subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of outstanding shares of any series of preferred stock we may designate and issue in the future, holders of our common stock would be entitled to ratable distribution of our assets remaining after the payment in full of our liabilities.

 

Under the terms of our governing documents, the holders of our common stock have no preemptive or conversion rights or other subscription rights, and there are no redemption or sinking fund provisions applicable to the common stock. All currently outstanding shares of our common stock are fully paid and non-assessable. The rights 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 preferred stock that we may designate and issue in the future.

 

We have applied to list our common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “SAVU.”

 

Our transfer agent is ClearTrust, LLC, 16540 Pointe Village Drive, Suite 205, Lutz, Florida 33558, email address: inbox@cleartrusttransfer.com.

 

Preferred Stock

 

Our Certificate of Incorporation authorize our board of directors to establish one or more series of preferred stock. Unless required by law or any stock exchange, the authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock will be available for issuance without further action by our shareholders. Our board of directors is authorized to divide the preferred stock into series and, with respect to each series, to fix and determine the designation, terms, preferences, limitations, and relative rights thereof, including dividend rights, dividend rates, conversion rights, voting rights, redemption rights and terms, liquidation preferences, sinking fund provisions and the number of shares constituting the series. Without shareholder approval, we could issue preferred stock that could impede or discourage an acquisition attempt or other transaction that some, or a majority, of our shareholders may believe is in their best interests or in which they may receive a premium for their common stock over the market price of the common stock.

 

Stock Options

 

On February 3, 2022, we adopted the 2022 Stock Option Plan, pursuant to which we may grant equity awards to our employees, officers, directors, and certain service providers. There are 1,666,667 shares of our common stock reserved for issuance under the 2022 Stock Option Plan. As of the date of this prospectus, there were 25,000 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding stock option pursuant to the 2022 Stock Option Plan, all of which have an exercise price of $40.50 per share and a term of five years.

 

Prior to adopting the 2022 Stock Option Plan, we also issued stock options to four members of our former management advisory board pursuant to certain stock option agreements. As of the date of this prospectus, there were 65,000 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding stock options not part of our 2022 Stock Option Plan, all of which have an exercise price of $30.00 per share.

 

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Restricted Stock Awards

 

On February 3, 2022, we adopted the 2022 Restricted Stock Plan, pursuant to which we may grant common stock awards and performance awards to our officers, directors, and key employees. There are 1,666,667 shares of our common stock reserved for issuance under the 2022 Restricted Stock Plan. As of the date of this prospectus, there were no shares of our common stock awarded pursuant to the 2022 Restricted Stock.

 

Common Units

 

Each Common Unit consists of one share of common stock as described above and one Warrant exercisable for one share of common stock as described further below. The Common Units will not be issued or certificated. Purchasers of Common Units will receive only shares of common stock and Warrants. The common stock and Warrants may be transferred separately immediately upon issuance.

 

Warrants included in the Common Units and Pre-Funded Units

 

The following summary of certain terms and provisions of the Warrants offered hereby is not complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the provisions of the Warrant Agent Agreement between us and ClearTrust, LLC, as warrant agent (the “Warrant Agent”), and the form of Warrant, both of which are filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. Prospective investors should carefully review the terms and provisions set forth in the Warrant Agent Agreement, including the annexes thereto, and form of Warrant.

 

Form. The Warrants will be issued under a Warrant Agent Agreement between us and ClearTrust, LLC, as Warrant Agent. The material terms and provisions of the Warrants offered hereby are summarized below. The following description is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the form of Warrant, which is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. You should review a copy of the form of Warrant for a complete description of the terms and conditions applicable to the Warrants.

 

Exercisability. The Warrants are exercisable beginning on the date of issuance. The Warrants will thereafter remain exercisable at any time up to five years from the date of original issuance. The Warrants will be exercisable, at the option of each holder, in whole or in part by delivering to us a duly executed exercise notice and, at any time a registration statement registering the issuance of the shares of common stock underlying the Warrants under the Securities Act is effective and available for the issuance of such shares, accompanied by payment in full in immediately available funds for the number of shares of our common stock purchased upon such exercise. If a registration statement registering the issuance of the shares of common stock underlying the Warrants under the Securities Act is not effective or available and an exemption from registration under the Securities Act is not available for the issuance of such shares, the holder may elect to exercise the Warrant through a cashless exercise, in which case the holder would receive upon such exercise the net number of shares of common stock determined according to the formula set forth in the Warrant. No fractional shares of common stock will be issued in connection with the exercise of a Warrant. In lieu of fractional shares, we will pay the holder an amount in cash equal to the fractional amount multiplied by the exercise price. The holder will not have the right to exercise any portion of the Warrant if the holder (together with its affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% (or 9.99% upon election prior to issuance of any Warrants) of the number of shares of our common stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the exercise, as such percentage ownership is determined in accordance with the terms of the Warrants.

 

Exercise Price. Each Warrant represents the right to purchase one share of common stock at an exercise price equal to the public offering price per common unit, or $[  ] per share, subject to adjustment as described below. The exercise price is subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of certain stock dividends and distributions, stock splits, stock combinations, reclassifications, or similar events affecting our common stock. Subject to certain exceptions outlined in the Warrant, for a period until the later of: (i) two years from the date of issuance of the Warrant, or (ii) the date no Qualified Holders hold any Warrants, if the Company shall sell, enter into an agreement to sell, or grant any option to purchase, or sell, enter into an agreement to sell, or grant any right to reprice, or otherwise dispose of or issue (or announce any offer, sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition) any shares of common stock or convertible security, at an effective price per share less than the exercise price of the Warrant then in effect, the exercise price of the Warrant shall be reduced to equal the effective price per share in such Dilutive Issuance; provided, however, that in no event shall the exercise price of the Warrant be reduced to an exercise price lower than 50% of the public offering price per Common Unit in this offering. On the date that

is 90 calendar days immediately following the initial issuance date of the Warrants, the exercise price of the Warrants will adjust to be equal to the Reset Price, provided that such value is less than the exercise price in effect on that date. The Reset Price is equal to the greater of (a) 50% of the Initial Exercise Price of the Warrants on the issuance date or (b) 100% of the lowest daily volume weighted average price per share of common stock occurring on any day between the initial exercise date and 90 calendar days following the issuance date of the Warrants, that is from [  ], 2022 (the initial exercise date) until [  ], 2022 (90 calendar days following the issuance date of [  ], 2022). The lowest Reset Price is $[  ], which is 50% of the offering price, based on an assumed offering price of $[  ] per Common Unit, the midpoint of the price range of the Common Units). The term “Qualified Holder” means each holder of Warrants that purchases at least [ ] Warrants (based on an assumed public offering price of $[  ] per Common Unit, the midpoint of the price range of the Common Units) in connection with this offering and the term “Qualified Warrants” means at least [  ] Warrants purchased in connection with the offering by any Warrant holder, including each beneficial holder of the Warrants, taken together with all affiliates of such Warrant holder and/or beneficial holder.

 

Additional Warrants. Additionally, until the later of (a) two years after the date the Warrants are issued or (b) the date no Qualified Holders hold any Warrants, in the event of any adjustment under the Dilutive Issuance provision of the Warrant that results in a reduction of the exercise price, in the aggregate, to 50% of the Initial Exercise Price, then in connection with such adjustment, each Qualified Holder shall receive two Additional Warrants for each Warrant held by such holder on the date of adjustment. The maximum number of Warrants subject to such adjustment by a given Qualified Holder will be limited to the number of Warrants purchased by such Qualified Holder in connection with this Offering. Qualified Holders will also receive Additional Warrants as a result of the Reset Price. Such Additional Warrants shall be substantially on the same terms as the as-adjusted Warrant; provided, however, that the term of the Additional Warrants shall be five years from the issuance date and such Additional Warrants will not be tradable warrants and not listed on any securities exchange or other nationally recognized trading system.

 

Participation Rights. For so long as a Warrant outstanding is held by a Qualified Holder, we will not engage in a Subsequent Placement unless we shall have first delivered to each Qualified Holder a written notice at least five business days before the Trading Day of the expected announcement of a Subsequent Placement as provided in the Warrants. Subject to certain exceptions, a Qualified Holder will be entitled to participate in such Subsequent Placement subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Warrant.

 

Transferability. Subject to applicable laws, the Warrants may be offered for sale, sold, transferred, or assigned without our consent.

 

Redemption. We may redeem the outstanding warrants at a price of $0.01 per warrant share upon certain conditions where the price of our common stock has equaled or exceeded $[●] per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, recapitalizations and similar events) for a 20 consecutive trading day period. We must give notice of our intent for redemption at least 30 days prior to the date of redemption. Upon our notice to warrant holders of our intent to call the warrants for redemption, each holder will have 30 days during which it may exercise its warrant prior to the planned redemption date; if such holder does not exercise prior to the redemption date, the warrants held by such holder will be redeemed and the warrant holder will have no other rights other than the right to receive the nominal redemption price of $0.01 per warrant share upon surrender of the warrant.

 

Fundamental Transactions. In the event of a fundamental transaction, as described in the Warrants and generally including any reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification of our common stock, the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of our properties or assets, our consolidation or merger with or into another person, the acquisition of more than 50% of our outstanding common stock, or any person or group becoming the beneficial owner of 50% of the voting power represented by our outstanding common stock, the holders of the Warrants will be entitled to receive upon exercise of the Warrants the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property that the holders would have received had they exercised the Warrants immediately prior to such fundamental transaction without regard to any limitations on exercised contained in the Warrants. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a fundamental transaction, the holders of the Warrants have the right to require us or a successor entity to redeem the Warrants for cash (or other types or form of consideration in special circumstances listed in the Warrant) in the amount of the Black-Scholes Value (as defined in each Warrant) of the unexercised portion of the Warrants concurrently with or within 30 days following the consummation of a fundamental transaction.

 

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Rights as a Stockholder. Except as otherwise provided in the Warrants or by virtue of such holder’s ownership of shares of our common stock, the holder of a Warrant does not have the rights or privileges of a holder of our common stock, including any voting rights, until the holder exercises the Warrant.

 

Governing Law and Jurisdiction. The Warrants and Warrant Agent Agreement provides that the validity, interpretation, and performance of the Warrants and the Warrant Agent Agreement will be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles that would result in the application of the substantive laws of another jurisdiction.

 

Warrant Agent. ClearTrust, LLC will act as our Warrant Agent for the Warrants. The Warrants shall initially be represented only by one or more global Warrants deposited with the Warrant Agent, as custodian on behalf of The Depository Trust Company (DTC) and registered in the name of Cede & Co., a nominee of DTC, or as otherwise directed by DTC.

 

Exchange Listing. We have applied to list the Warrants on Nasdaq under the symbol “SAVUW.” If the application is not approved, we will not complete this Offering. No assurance can be given that a trading market will develop.

 

Pre-Funded Units

 

Each Pre-Funded Unit consists of one Pre-Funded Warrant to purchase one share of common stock and one warrant to purchase one share of common stock. The Pre-Funded Warrants and Warrants may be transferred separately immediately upon issuance. See description of “Warrants” below for a summary of the terms and provisions of the Warrants to purchase shares of common stock.

 

Pre-Funded Warrants Included in the Pre-Funded Units

 

The following summary of certain terms and provisions of the Pre-Funded Warrants offered hereby is not complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the provisions of the Warrant Agent Agreement between us and ClearTrust, LLC, as Warrant Agent, and the form of Pre-Funded Warrant, both of which are filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. Prospective investors should carefully review the terms and provisions set forth in the Warrant Agent Agreement, including the annexes thereto, and form of Pre-Funded Warrant.

 

The term “pre-funded” refers to the fact that the purchase price of our shares of common stock in this offering includes almost the entire exercise price that will be paid under the Pre-Funded Warrants, except for a nominal remaining exercise price of $0.001. The purpose of the Pre-Funded Warrants is to enable investors that may have restrictions on their ability to beneficially own more than 4.99% (or, upon election of the holder, 9.99%) of our outstanding shares following the consummation of this offering, the opportunity to make an investment in the Company without triggering their ownership restrictions, by receiving Pre-Funded Warrants in lieu of our shares of common stock which would result in such ownership of more than 4.99% (or 9.99%), and receive the ability to exercise their option to purchase the shares underlying the Pre-Funded Warrants at such nominal price at a later date.

 

Exercise of Pre-Funded Warrants. Each Pre-Funded Warrant is exercisable for one share of common stock, with an exercise price equal to $0.001 per share, at any time that the Pre-Funded Warrant is outstanding. There is no expiration date for the Pre-Funded Warrants. The holder of a Pre-Funded Warrant will not be deemed a holder of our underlying shares until the Pre-Funded Warrant is exercised.

 

The exercise price and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants is subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of recapitalization events, stock dividends, stock splits, stock combinations, reclassifications, reorganizations or similar events affecting our shares of common stock. The Pre-Funded Warrant holders must pay the exercise price in cash upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants unless such Pre-Funded Warrant holders are utilizing the cashless exercise provision of the Pre-Funded Warrants.

 

Upon the holder’s exercise of a Pre-Funded Warrant, we will issue the shares issuable upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrant within two trading days following our receipt of a notice of exercise, provided that payment of the exercise price has been made (unless exercised to the extent permitted via the “cashless” exercise provision). Prior to the exercise of any Pre-Funded Warrants to purchase shares, holders of the Pre-Funded Warrants will not have any of the rights of holders of shares purchasable upon exercise, including the right to vote, except as set forth therein.

 

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The Pre-Funded Warrant holders must pay the exercise price in cash upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants unless there is not an effective registration statement covering the issuance of the shares underlying the Pre-Funded Warrants (in which case, the Pre-Funded Warrants may only be exercised via a “cashless” exercise provision).

 

The Pre-Funded Warrant holder will not have the right to exercise any portion of the Pre-Funded Warrant if the holder (together with its affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% of the number of shares of common stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the exercise, as such percentage ownership is determined in accordance with the terms of the Pre-Funded Warrants. However, any Pre-Funded Warrant holder may increase or decrease such percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 9.99%, provided that any increase in such percentage shall not be effective until 61 days following notice from the holder to us.

 

Fundamental Transaction. In the event of a fundamental transaction, as described in the Pre-Funded Warrants and generally including any reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification of our shares of common stock, the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of our properties or assets, our consolidation or merger with or into another person, the acquisition of more than 50% of our outstanding shares of common stock, or any person or group becoming the beneficial owner of 50% of the voting power represented by our outstanding shares, the holders of the Pre-Funded Warrants will be entitled to receive upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property that the holders would have received had they exercised the Pre-Funded Warrants immediately prior to such fundamental transaction without regard to any limitations on exercised contained in the Pre-Funded Warrants.

 

Warrant Agent. The Pre-Funded Warrants will be issued in registered form under a Warrant Agent Agreement between ClearTrust, LLC, as Warrant Agent, and us. The Pre-Funded Warrants shall initially be represented only by one or more global Warrants deposited with the Warrant Agent, as custodian on behalf of The Depository Trust Company, or DTC, and registered in the name of Cede & Co., a nominee of DTC, or as otherwise directed by DTC.

 

Exchange Listing. We do not intend to apply to list the Pre-Funded Units or Pre-Funded Warrants on any securities exchange or other trading system.

 

Underwriter’s Warrants

 

The material terms and provisions of the underwriter’s Warrants are described under the caption “Underwriting.”

 

Anti-Takeover Provisions

 

Delaware Law

 

We are subject to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. This provision generally prohibits a Delaware corporation from engaging in any business combination with any interested stockholder for a period of three years following the date the stockholder became an interested stockholder, unless:

 

-prior to such date, the board of directors approved either the business combination or the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder;
-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 outstanding those shares owned by persons who are directors and also officers and 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 such date, the business combination is approved by the board of directors and authorized at an annual meeting or special meeting of stockholders and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least 662/3% of the outstanding voting stock that 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 of 10% or more of the assets of the corporation involving the interested stockholder;
-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;
-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
-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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In general, Section 203 defines an “interested stockholder” as any entity or person beneficially owning 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of a corporation, or an affiliate or associate of the corporation and was the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of a corporation at any time within three years prior to the time of determination of interested stockholder status; and any entity or person affiliated with or controlling or controlled by such entity or person.

 

These statutory provisions could delay or frustrate the removal of incumbent directors or a change in control of our company. They could also discourage, impede, or prevent a merger, tender offer, or proxy contest, even if such event would be favorable to the interests of stockholders.

 

Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaw Provisions

 

Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws contain provisions that could have the effect of discouraging potential acquisition proposals or making a tender offer or delaying or preventing a change in control, including changes a stockholder might consider favorable. In particular, the charter documents, as applicable, among other things:

 

-provide our board of directors with the ability to alter our bylaws by unanimous vote without stockholder approval; and
-provide that vacancies on our board of directors may be filled by a majority of directors in office, although less than a quorum.

 

Such provisions may have the effect of discouraging a third-party from acquiring us, even if doing so would be beneficial to our stockholders. These provisions are intended to enhance the likelihood of continuity and stability in the composition of our board of directors and in the policies formulated by them, and to discourage some types of transactions that may involve an actual or threatened change in control of our company. These provisions are designed to reduce our vulnerability to an unsolicited acquisition proposal and to discourage some tactics that may be used in proxy fights. We believe that the benefits of increased protection of our potential ability to negotiate with the proponent of an unfriendly or unsolicited proposal to acquire or restructure our company outweigh the disadvantages of discouraging such proposals because, among other things, negotiation of such proposals could result in an improvement of their terms.

 

However, these provisions could have the effect of discouraging others from making tender offers for our shares that could result from actual or rumored takeover attempts. These provisions also may have the effect of preventing changes in our management.

 

Limitation on Liability and Indemnification of Directors and Officers

 

Our charter documents limit the liability of our directors and officers. Our charter documents state that we shall indemnify, in accordance with and to the full extent now or hereafter permitted by law, any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (including, without limitation, an action by or in the right of the company), by reason of his or her acting as a director or officer of the company (or a director or officer serving at the request of the company in any other capacity for or on behalf of the company) against any expenses (including attorneys’ fees and costs, judgments, fines, ERISA or other excise taxes, penalties and amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred by such director or officer in respect thereof; provided, however, that, the company shall not be obligated to indemnify any such director or officer with respect to proceedings, claims, or actions initiated or brought voluntarily by such director and not by way of defense. Expenses that may be subject to indemnification hereunder shall be paid in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit, or proceeding to the full extent permitted by Delaware law subject to the company’s receipt of any undertaking required thereby. The provisions of this article of our charter documents shall be deemed to constitute a contract between us and each director or officer who serves in such capacity at any time while this article and the relevant provisions of Delaware law are in effect, and each such director or officer shall be deemed to be serving as such in reliance on the provisions of this article of the our charter documents, and any repeal of any such provisions or of such article of our charter documents shall not affect any rights or obligations then existing with respect to any state of facts then or theretofore existing or any action, suit or proceeding theretofore or thereafter brought or threatened based in whole or in part upon any such state of facts. If a claim under this article of our charter documents is not paid in full within 30 days after a written claim has been received by the company, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the company to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant also shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any, has been provided to the company) that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct that make it permissible under Delaware law for the company to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the company. Neither the failure of the company to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper under the circumstances because the claimant has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Delaware law, nor an actual determination by the company that the claimant has not met such standard of conduct shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct. The rights of indemnification and advancement provided by this article of our charter documents are not exclusive of any other right to indemnification or advancement provided by law, agreement or otherwise, and shall apply to actions, suits, or proceedings commenced after the date hereof, whether or not arising from acts or omissions occurring before or after the adoption hereof, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer of the company and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

 

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Insofar as the above described indemnification provisions permit indemnification of directors, officers, or persons controlling us for liability arising under the Securities Act, we understand that in the opinion of the SEC, this indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

 

There is no pending litigation or proceeding involving any of our directors or officers as to which indemnification is required or permitted, and we are not aware of any threatened litigation or proceeding that may result in a claim for indemnification.

 

Authorized but Unissued Shares

 

Our authorized but unissued shares of common stock will be available for future issuance without your approval. We may use additional shares for a variety of purposes, including future offerings to raise additional capital, to fund acquisitions and as employee compensation. The existence of authorized but unissued shares of common stock could render it more difficult or discourage an attempt to obtain control of us by means of a proxy contest, tender offer, merger or otherwise.

 

Transfer Agent and Registrar

 

We have retained ClearTrust as the transfer agent and registrar for our common stock and Warrants and for our Pre-Funded Warrants.

 

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SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE

 

General

 

Prior to this offering, there was no established public trading market for our securities. Even if our application to list our common stock and Warrants on Nasdaq Capital Market is approved, we cannot assure you that a significant public market for our securities will develop or be sustained following this offering. Future sales of substantial amounts of our securities (including common stock issued on the exercise of options and Warrants) in the public market, or the perception that such sales could occur, could adversely affect prevailing market prices as well as our ability to raise equity capital in the future.

 

Upon completion of this offering and assuming no exercise of any Pre-Funded Warrants sold in the offering and no exercise of the Warrants or the Underwriters’ Warrants, we will have [  ] shares of common stock issued and outstanding (or [  ] shares of common stock, if the underwriters exercise in full the overallotment option).

 

The securities sold in this offering will be freely tradable without further restriction or registration under the Securities Act, except for any shares held by our “affiliates” as that term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act. The remaining outstanding shares of our common stock will be deemed “restricted securities” or “control securities” under the Securities Act. Subject to certain contractual restrictions, including the lock-up agreements described below, restricted securities and control securities may be sold in the public market only if (i) they have been registered or (ii) they qualify for an exemption from registration under Rule 144 or any other applicable exemption.

 

Rule 144

 

Under Rule 144, a person (or persons whose shares are aggregated) who is, or was at any time during the three months preceding a sale, deemed to be our “affiliate” would be entitled to sell within any three-month period a number of shares that does not exceed the greater of 1% of the then outstanding shares of our common stock, which would be approximately [ ] shares of common stock immediately after this offering (assuming the underwriters do not elect to exercise their option to purchase additional shares), or the average weekly trading volume of our common stock on the during the four calendar weeks preceding such sale. Sales under Rule 144 are also subject to a six-month holding period and requirements relating to manner of sale and notice requirements and the availability of current public information about us. Upon completion of this offering and subject to the lock-up agreements described above, we expect that approximately [ ]% of our outstanding common stock (or [ ]% of our outstanding common stock if the underwriters exercise in full their option to purchase additional shares), will be subject to limitations on sales by affiliates under Rule 144 (assuming such affiliates do not purchase any shares in this offering).

 

Rule 144 also provides that a person who is not deemed to be, or have been, at any time during the three months preceding a sale, our affiliate, and who has for at least six months beneficially owned shares of our common stock that are restricted securities, will be entitled to freely sell such shares of our common stock subject only to the availability of current public information regarding us. A person who is not deemed to be, or have been, at any time during the three months preceding a sale, our affiliate, and who has beneficially owned for at least one year shares of our common stock that are restricted securities, will be entitled to freely sell such shares of our common stock under Rule 144 without regard to the current public information requirements of Rule 144.

 

2022 Stock Option Plan

 

On February 3, 2022, we adopted our 2022 Stock Option Plan, which provides for the grant of incentive stock options within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code, to our employees and any parent and subsidiary corporation’s employees, and for the grant of non-statutory stock options, restricted stock and other stock awards to our employees, directors and certain service providers and the employees and service providers of any parent and subsidiary corporation. A total of 1,666,667 shares of our common stock are reserved for issuance under the 2022 Stock Option Plan. (See “Description of Securities—Stock Options.”)

 

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2022 Restricted Stock Plan

 

On February 3, 2022, we adopted our 2022 Restricted Stock Plan which provides for the grant of common stock awards and performance awards to our officers, directors, and key employees and of our subsidiary corporations. A total of 1,666,667 shares of our common stock are reserved for issuance under the 2022 Restricted Stock Plan. (See “Description of Securities—Restricted Stock.”)

 

To date, pursuant to our 2022 Stock Option Plan, we have issued to our employees, officers, and directors 25,000 options to purchase shares of our common stock. The issuance of the above securities was deemed to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act in reliance upon Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act or Regulation D promulgated thereunder, or Rule 701 promulgated under Section 3(b) of the Securities Act as transactions by an issuer not involving any public offering or pursuant to benefit plans and contracts relating to compensation as provided under Rule 701. Individuals who purchased securities as described above represented their intention to acquire the securities for investment only and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof, and appropriate legends were affixed to the share certificates issued in such transactions.

 

The foregoing transaction did not involve any underwriters, underwriting discounts or commissions or any public offering.

 

Lock-Up Agreements

 

Pursuant to certain “lock-up” agreements, our executive officers, directors and holders of 10% or more of our outstanding common stock, have agreed, subject to limited exceptions, without the prior written consent of the underwriter, not to directly or indirectly, offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, grant, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, our common stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for our common stock, enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of such securities, for a period of 180 days from the date of this prospectus. (See “Underwriting.”)

 

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CERTAIN MATERIAL FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS

 

The following is a summary of certain material United States federal income tax consequences to you of the acquisition, ownership, and disposition of shares of our common stock and Warrants offered pursuant to this prospectus and any common stock received upon the exercise of the Warrants (collectively, the “securities”). This discussion is not a complete analysis of all of the potential United States federal income tax consequences relating thereto, and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, it does not address any estate and gift tax consequences or any tax consequences arising under any state, local or foreign tax laws, or any other United States federal tax laws. This discussion is based on the Code, Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, judicial decisions, and published rulings and administrative pronouncements of the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”), all as in effect as of the date of this prospectus. These authorities may change, possibly retroactively, resulting in United States federal income tax consequences different from those discussed below. No ruling has been or will be sought from the IRS with respect to the matters discussed below, and there can be no assurance that the IRS will not take a contrary position regarding the tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership, or disposition of the securities, or that any such contrary position would not be sustained by a court.

 

This discussion is limited to holders who purchase shares of our common stock pursuant to this prospectus and who hold the securities as a “capital asset” within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Code (generally, property held for investment). This discussion does not consider any specific facts or circumstances that may be relevant to holders subject to special rules under the United States federal income tax laws, including, without limitation:

 

  financial institutions, banks, and thrifts;
     
  insurance companies;
     
  tax-exempt organizations;
     
  “S” corporations, partnerships, or other pass-through entities;
     
  traders in securities that elect to mark to market;
     
  regulated investment companies and real estate investment trusts;
     
  broker-dealers or dealers in securities or currencies;
     
  United States expatriates;
     
  persons subject to the alternative minimum tax;
     
  persons holding our stock as a hedge against currency risks or as a position in a straddle; or
     
  U.S. holders (as defined below) whose functional currency is not the United States dollar.

 

If a partnership (or other entity taxed as a partnership for United States federal income tax purposes) holds our securities, the tax treatment of a partner in the partnership will depend on the status of the partner, upon the activities of the partnership, and upon certain determinations made at the partner level. Accordingly, partnerships holding our securities and the partners in such partnerships should consult their tax advisors regarding the specific United States federal income tax consequences to them.

 

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Prospective investors should consult their tax advisors regarding the particular United States federal income tax consequences to them of acquiring, owning, and disposing of the securities, as well as any tax consequences arising under any state, local or foreign tax laws and any other United States federal tax laws.

 

For purposes of this discussion, a “U.S. holder” is any beneficial owner of our securities who, for United States federal income tax purposes, is:

 

  an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States;
     
  a corporation (or other entity treated as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or of any state or in the District of Columbia;
     
  an estate the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source; or
     
  a trust, if a United States court can exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more United States persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust, or if the trust has a valid election in place to be treated as a United States person.

 

A “non-U.S. holder” is any beneficial owner of our securities that is neither a “U.S. holder” nor an entity treated as a partnership for United States federal income tax purposes.

 

Allocation of Purchase Price Between our Common Stock and Warrants

 

For U.S. federal income tax purposes, the common stock and Warrants issued pursuant to this offering will be treated as a unit consisting of one share of common stock and the accompanying Warrant to acquire our common stock. The purchase price for each unit will be allocated between these two components in proportion to their relative fair market values at the time the unit is purchased by the holder. Similarly, the purchase price for each Pre-Funded Unit will be allocated between the Pre-Funded Warrant and the Warrant in proportion to their relative fair market values at the time the Pre-Funded Unit is purchased by the holder. This allocation of the purchase price for each unit will establish the holder’s initial tax basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes in the common stock and the Warrants included in each unit. The separation of the common stock and the Warrant included in each Common Unit should not be a taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Each holder should consult his, her or its own tax advisor regarding the allocation of the purchase price between the common stock and the Warrant or the Pre-Funded Warrant and the Warrant.

 

Election not to Accept Warrants

 

This discussion does not address the federal income tax consequences to an opt-out investor of electing not to accept Warrants. Each holder should consult his, her or its own tax advisor regarding the federal income tax consequences of electing not to accept Warrants, including the impact on the holder’s tax basis in his, her, or its common stock and Warrants, if any.

 

Taxation of U.S. Holders

 

Distributions. If we make cash or other property distributions on our securities, such distributions generally will constitute dividends for United States federal income tax purposes to the extent of our current and accumulated earnings and profits, as determined under United States federal income tax principles. Subject to certain limitations, these distributions may be eligible for the dividends-received deduction in the case of U.S. holders that are corporations. Dividends paid to non-corporate U.S. holders generally will qualify for taxation at special rates as “qualified dividends” if such U.S. holder meets certain holding period and other applicable requirements. The special rate will not, however, apply to dividends received to the extent that the U.S. holder elects to treat dividends as “investment income,” which may be offset by investment expense.

 

Amounts not treated as dividends for United States federal income tax purposes will constitute a return of capital and will first be applied against and reduce a U.S. holder’s tax basis in our securities, but not below zero. Distributions in excess of our current and accumulated earnings and profits and in excess of a U.S. holder’s tax basis in our securities will be taxable as capital gain realized on the sale or other disposition of the shares of our securities and will be treated as described under “—Sales or Other Taxable Dispositions of Shares of Our Common Stock” below.

 

Exercise and Expiration of Warrants and Pre-Funded Warrants. In general, a U.S. Holder will not recognize gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes upon exercise of a Warrant. The U.S. Holder will take a tax basis in the shares acquired on the exercise of a Warrant equal to the exercise price of the Warrant, increased by the U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in the Warrant exercised (as determined pursuant to the rules discussed above). The U.S. Holder’s holding period in the shares of our common stock acquired on exercise of the Warrant will begin on the date of exercise of the Warrant or possibly the day after such exercise and will not include any period for which the U.S. Holder held the Warrant.

 

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The lapse or expiration of a Warrant will be treated as if the U.S. Holder sold or exchanged the Warrant and recognized a capital loss equal to the U.S. Holder’s tax basis in the Warrant. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to limitations.

 

Certain Adjustments to Warrants. The number of shares of common stock issued on the exercise of the Warrants and the exercise price of Warrants are subject to adjustment in certain circumstances. Adjustments (or failure to make adjustments) that have the effect of increasing a U.S. Holder’s proportionate interest in our assets or earnings and profits may, in some circumstances, result in a constructive distribution to the U.S. Holder. Adjustments to the conversion rate made pursuant to a bona fide reasonable adjustment formula which has the effect of preventing the dilution of the interest of the holders of our Warrants generally will not be deemed to result in a constructive distribution. If an adjustment is made that does not qualify as being made pursuant to a bona fide reasonable adjustment formula, a U.S. Holder of Warrants may be deemed to have received a constructive distribution from us, even though such U.S. Holder has not received any cash or property as a result of such adjustment. The tax consequences of the receipt of a distribution from us are described above under “Distributions.”

 

Sale or Other Taxable Dispositions of our Securities. If a U.S. holder sells or disposes of shares of our securities, such U.S. holder generally will recognize gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes in an amount equal to the difference between the amount of cash and the fair market value of any property received on the sale or other disposition and the U.S. holder’s adjusted basis in the securities for United States federal income tax purposes. This gain or loss generally will be long-term capital gain or loss if the U.S. holder has held the securities for more than one year. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to limitations.

 

Backup Withholding and Information Reporting. Information reporting will generally apply to U.S. holders with respect to payments of dividends on our securities and to certain payments of proceeds on the sale or other disposition of our securities. Certain U.S. holders may be subject to U.S. backup withholding on payments of dividends on shares of our securities and certain payments of proceeds on the sale or other disposition of our securities unless the beneficial owner of shares of our securities furnishes the payor or its agent with a taxpayer identification number, certified under penalties of perjury, and certain other information, or otherwise establishes, in the manner prescribed by law, an exemption from backup withholding.

 

U.S. backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules may be allowed as a credit against a U.S. holder’s United States federal income tax liability, which may entitle the U.S. holder to a refund, provided the U.S. holder timely furnishes the required information to the IRS.

 

Medicare Tax. A U.S. person that is an individual or estate, or a trust that does not fall into a special class of trusts that is exempt from such tax, will be subject to an additional tax on the lesser of (1) the U.S. person’s “net investment income” for the relevant taxable year and (2) the excess of the U.S. person’s modified adjusted gross income for the taxable year over a certain threshold. Net investment income generally includes dividends, and net gains from the disposition of securities, unless such income or gains are derived in the ordinary course of the conduct of a trade or business (other than a trade or business that consists of certain passive or trading activities). A U.S. holder that is an individual, estate or trust should consult its tax advisor regarding the applicability of the Medicare tax to its income and gains in respect of its investment in our securities.

 

Taxation of Non-U.S. Holders

 

Distributions. Distributions that are treated as dividends (see “Taxation of U.S. Holders—Distributions”) generally will be subject to United States federal withholding tax at a rate of 30% of the gross amount of the dividends, or such lower rate specified by an applicable income tax treaty. If we cannot determine at the time a distribution is made whether or not the distribution will exceed current and accumulated earnings and profits (and therefore whether the distribution will be treated as a dividend), we intend to withhold from the distribution at the rate applicable to dividends. A non-U.S. holder may seek a refund from the IRS of any amounts withheld if it is subsequently determined that the distribution was, in fact, in excess of our current and accumulated earnings and profits. To receive the benefit of a reduced treaty rate, a non-U.S. holder must furnish to us or our paying agent a valid IRS Form W-8BEN (or applicable successor form) certifying such non-U.S. holder’s qualification for the reduced rate. This certification must be provided to us or our paying agent prior to the payment of dividends and must be updated as required by law. Non-U.S. holders that do not timely provide us or our paying agent with the required certification, but that qualify for a reduced treaty rate, may obtain a refund of any excess amounts withheld by timely filing an appropriate claim for refund with the IRS.

 

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If a non-U.S. holder holds our securities in connection with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States, and dividends paid on our securities are effectively connected with such non-U.S. holder’s United States trade or business (and if required by an applicable income tax treaty, attributable to a permanent establishment maintained by the non-U.S. holder in the United States), the non-U.S. holder will be exempt from United States federal withholding tax. To claim the exemption, the non-U.S. holder must generally furnish to us or our paying agent a properly executed IRS Form W-8ECI (or applicable successor form).

 

Any dividends paid on our securities that are effectively connected with a non-U.S. holder’s United States trade or business (and if required by an applicable income tax treaty, attributable to a permanent establishment maintained by the non-U.S. holder in the United States) generally will be subject to United States federal income tax on a net income basis at the regular graduated United States federal income tax rates in much the same manner as if such non-U.S. holder were a resident of the United States. A non-U.S. holder that is a foreign corporation also may be subject to an additional branch profits tax equal to 30% (or such lower rate specified by an applicable income tax treaty) of its effectively connected earnings and profits for the taxable year, as adjusted for certain items. Non-U.S. holders should consult their tax advisors regarding any applicable income tax treaties that may provide for different rules.

 

Distributions that we determine are in excess of our current and accumulated earnings and profits and that are in excess of a non-U.S. holder’s tax basis in our securities will be treated as gain from the sale of our securities as described under “—Sales or Other Taxable Dispositions of Shares of Our Securities” below.

 

Exercise and Expiration of Warrants and Pre-Funded Warrants. In general, a Non-U.S. Holder will not recognize gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes upon the exercise of Warrants into shares of common stock.

 

The expiration of a Warrant will be treated as if the Non-U.S. Holder sold or exchanged the Warrant and recognized a capital loss equal to the Non-U.S. Holder’s tax basis in the Warrant. However, a Non-U.S. Holder will not be able to utilize a loss recognized upon expiration of a Warrant against the Non-U.S. Holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability unless the loss is effectively connected with the Non-U.S. Holder’s conduct of a trade or business within the United States (and, if an income tax treaty applies, is attributable to a permanent establishment or fixed base in the United States) or is treated as a U.S.-source loss and the Non-U.S. Holder is present 183 days or more in the taxable year of disposition and certain other conditions are met.

 

Certain Adjustments to Warrants. As described above under “—U.S. Holders—Certain Adjustments to Warrants,” an adjustment to the terms of the Warrants could result in a constructive distribution to a Non-U.S. Holder, which would be treated as described under “Distributions” above. Any resulting withholding tax attributable to deemed dividends would be collected from other amounts payable or distributable to the Non-U.S. Holder. Non-U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisors regarding the proper treatment of any adjustments to the terms of the Warrants.

 

Sales or Other Taxable Dispositions of Shares of Our Securities. Subject to the discussion of backup withholding and withholding tax relating to foreign accounts below, a non-U.S. holder generally will not be subject to United States federal income tax for gain recognized on a sale or other disposition of our securities unless one of the following conditions is satisfied:

 

  the gain is effectively connected with a trade or business conducted by the non-U.S. holder in the United States (and, if an income tax treaty applies, is attributable to a permanent establishment maintained in the United States by such non-U.S. holder). The non-U.S. holder will, unless an applicable treaty provides otherwise, be taxed on its net gain derived from the sale or other disposition under regular graduated United States federal income tax rates. Effectively connected gains realized by a corporate non-U.S. holder may also, under certain circumstances, be subject to an additional “branch profits tax” at a 30% rate or a lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty;
     
  in the case of a non-U.S. holder who is an individual and holds the common stock as a capital asset, the holder is present in the United States for 183 or more days in the taxable year of the sale or other disposition and certain other conditions exist. Such gain will be subject to United States federal income tax at a flat 30% rate (or such lower rate specified by an applicable income tax treaty), but may be offset by United States source capital losses (even though the individual is not considered a resident of the United States); or
     
  our securities constitute a USRPI within the meaning FIRPTA by reason of our status as a USRPHC for United States federal income tax purposes.

 

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Non-U.S. holders should consult their tax advisors concerning the consequences of selling or otherwise disposing of our securities.

 

Backup Withholding Tax and Information Reporting. We must report annually to each non-U.S. holder of our securities and to the IRS the amount of payments on our securities paid to such non-U.S. holder and the amount of any tax withheld with respect to those payments. These information reporting requirements apply even if no withholding was required because the payments were effectively connected with the non-U.S. holder’s conduct of a United States trade or business, or withholding was reduced or eliminated by an applicable income tax treaty. This information also may be made available under a specific treaty or agreement with the tax authorities in the country in which the non-U.S. holder resides or is established. Backup withholding, however, generally will not apply to distribution payments to a non-U.S. holder of our securities provided the non-U.S. holder furnishes to us or our paying agent the required certification as to its non-U.S. status, such as by providing a valid IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8ECI, or certain other requirements are met. Notwithstanding the foregoing, backup withholding may apply if either we or our paying agent has actual knowledge, or reason to know, that the holder is a U.S. person that is not an exempt recipient.

 

Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules may be allowed as a refund or a credit against a non-U.S. holder’s United States federal income tax liability, provided the required information is timely furnished to the IRS.

 

Additional Withholding Tax Relating to Foreign Accounts. The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”) provides that a 30% withholding tax will be imposed on certain payments (including dividends as well as gross proceeds from sales of stock giving rise to such dividends) made to a foreign financial institution (as specifically defined in the Code) and certain other foreign entities if such entity fails to satisfy certain new disclosure and reporting rules. FATCA generally requires that (i) in the case of a foreign financial institution, the entity identifies and provides information in respect of financial accounts with such entity held (directly or indirectly) by U.S. persons and U.S.-owned foreign entities and (ii) in the case of a foreign non-financial institution, the entity identifies and provides information in respect of substantial U.S. owners of such entity. If the payee is a foreign financial institution and is subject to the diligence and reporting requirements in clause (i) above, it must enter into an agreement with the U.S. Treasury requiring, among other things, that it undertake to identify accounts held by certain U.S. persons or U.S.-owned foreign entities, annually report certain information about such accounts, and withhold 30% on payments to non-compliant foreign financial institutions and certain other account holders.

 

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UNDERWRITING

 

Aegis Capital Corp., or Aegis, is the underwriter of this offering. We have entered into an underwriting agreement dated [ ] with the underwriter. Subject to the terms and conditions of the underwriting agreement, we have agreed to sell to the underwriter named below and the underwriter named below has agreed to purchase from us, at the public offering price less the underwriting discounts set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, the number of Common Units and Pre-Funded Units listed next to its name in the following table:

 

Underwriter  Number of
Common Units
   Number of
Pre-Funded Units
 
Aegis Capital Corp.                            
           
Total          

 

The underwriter is committed to purchase all securities offered by us other than those covered by the overallotment option, if they purchase any securities. The obligations of the underwriter may be terminated upon the occurrence of certain events specified in the underwriting agreement. Furthermore, pursuant to the underwriting agreement, the underwriter’s obligations are subject to customary conditions, representations, and warranties contained in the underwriting agreement, such as receipt by the underwriter of officers’ certificates and legal opinions.

 

The underwriter is offering the Common Units, Pre-Funded Units, shares of common stock, Pre-Funded Warrants, and Warrants subject to prior sale, when, as and if issued to and accepted by them, subject to approval of legal matters by its counsel, and other conditions specified in the underwriting agreement. The underwriter reserves the right to withdraw, cancel or modify offers to the public and to reject orders in whole or in part.

 

Over-allotment Option

 

We have granted to the underwriter an option, exercisable for 45 days after the date of this prospectus, to purchase up to [  ] additional shares of our common stock and/or Pre-Funded Warrants, representing 15% of the shares of our common stock and Pre-Funded Warrants sold in the offering, and/or up to [  ] additional Warrants to purchase common stock, representing 15% of the Warrants sold in this offering, in any combination thereof. The purchase price to be paid per additional share of common stock will be equal to the public offering price of one Common Unit, less the purchase price per Warrant included within the Common Unit and the underwriting discount. The purchase price to be paid per Pre-Funded Warrant will be equal to the public offering price of one Pre-Funded Unit, less the purchase price per Warrant included within the Pre-Funded Unit and the underwriting discount. The purchase price to be paid per additional Warrant will be $[  ]. The underwriter may exercise the option solely for the purpose of covering overallotments, if any, in connection with this offering. Any shares of our common stock, Pre-Funded Warrants, or Warrants issued or sold under the option will be issued and sold on the same terms and conditions as the other shares of our common stock, Pre-Funded Warrants, or Warrants that are the subject of this offering. If this option is exercised in full to purchase shares of common stock and/or Pre-Funded Warrants only, the total offering price to the public will be $[  ] and the total net proceeds, before expenses, to us will be $[  ]. If this option is exercised in full to purchase Warrants only, the total price to the public will be $[  ]and the total net proceeds, before expenses, to us will be $[  ].

 

Discounts and Commissions

 

The following table summarizes the public offering price, underwriting discounts and commissions and proceeds before expenses to us assuming both no exercise and full exercise by the underwriter of the overallotment option:

 

   Per Common Unit   Per Pre-Funded Unit   Total Without
Overallotment
Option
   Total with
Overallotment
Option
 
Public offering price  $                 $                $                     $                     
Underwriting discounts and commissions (8.0%)  $   $   $   $ 
Non-accountable expense allowance (1.0%)  $    $   $   $ 
Proceeds, before expenses, to us  $   $   $   $ 

 

We have agreed to pay a non-accountable expense allowance to the underwriter equal to 1% of the gross proceeds received in this Offering. We have agreed to pay all expenses in connection with the offering including (a) all filing fees and expenses related to the registration of securities with the SEC; (b) all fees and expenses related to the review of this Offering by FINRA; (c) all fees and expenses relating to the listing of our securities on an exchange; (d) all fees, expenses, and disbursements relating to the registration or qualification of the securities under the “blue sky” securities laws; (e) all fees, expenses, and disbursements relating to the registration, qualification, or exemption of the securities under the securities laws of foreign jurisdictions; (f) the costs of all mailing and printing; (g) transfer and/or stamp taxes; (h) fees and expenses of our accountants; and (i) $100,000 for fees and expenses including “road show” and diligence, and reasonable legal fees and disbursements for the underwriter’s legal counsel.

 

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We estimate the expenses of this offering payable by us, not including underwriting discounts and commissions, will be approximately $[ ].

 

Underwriter’s Warrants

 

We have agreed to issue to the underwriter or its designees, upon the closing of this offering, Warrants to purchase up to a total of 5.0% of the shares of our common stock sold in this offering (including any shares of common stock underlying the Pre-Funded Warrants sold in this offering, but excluding any shares sold (or underlying any Pre-Funded Warrants sold) through the exercise of the underwriter’s overallotment option) (the “Underwriter’s Warrants”). The Underwriter’s Warrants and the shares issuable upon the exercise of such Warrants are also being registered on the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. The Underwriter’s Warrants are exercisable at $[ ] per share (125% of the public offering price per Common Unit in the offering). The Underwriter’s Warrants are exercisable at any time and from time to time, in whole or in part, commencing on a date which is six months from the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part (which is the commencement date of sale of this offering) and expiring on the date that is no more than five years from the commencement of sales of the offering in compliance with FINRA Rule 5110.

 

The Underwriter’s Warrants are deemed underwriter compensation by FINRA and are therefore subject to a 180-day lock-up pursuant to Rule 5110 of FINRA. The underwriter (or permitted assignees under Rule 5110) will not sell, transfer, assign, pledge, or hypothecate these Warrants or the securities underlying these Warrants, nor will they engage in any hedging, short sale, derivative, put, or call transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition of the Warrants or the underlying securities for a period of 180 days from the effective date of this offering. The Warrants may be exercised as to all, or a lesser number of shares of common stock and will provide for cashless exercise in the event there is not an effective registration statement for the underlying shares. In addition, the Underwriter’s Warrants provide for registration rights upon request, in certain cases. The demand registration right provided will not be greater than five years from the commencement of sales of this offering in compliance with FINRA Rule 5110(g)(8)(C). The piggyback registration right provided will not be greater than seven years from the commencement of sales of this offering in compliance with FINRA Rule 5110(g)(8)(D). The Warrants will have anti-dilution terms that are consistent with FINRA Rule 5110(g)(8)(E) and (F). We will bear all fees and expenses attendant to registering the securities issuable on exercise of the Underwriter’s Warrants other than underwriting commissions incurred and payable by the holders. The exercise price and number of shares issuable upon exercise of the Underwriter’s Warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a stock dividend or our recapitalization, reorganization, merger, or consolidation. However, neither the Underwriter Warrant exercise price, nor the number of shares of common stock underlying such Warrants, will be adjusted for issuances of shares of common stock by the Company at a price below the exercise price of the Underwriter’s Warrants.

 

Right of First Refusal

 

For the period beginning on the closing date of the offering and ending eighteen (18) months after the closing date of the offering, we have granted the underwriter a right of first refusal to act as the sole book-runner, sole manager, sole placement agent or sole agent with respect to future public and private equity, equity-linked, convertible or debt securities (excluding commercial bank debt) offerings during such 18-month period of the Company, or any successor to or any subsidiary of the Company.

 

Securities Issuance Standstill

 

We have agreed, for a period of 180 days after the closing date of this offering, that we will not, without the prior written consent of Aegis, offer, sell, issue, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any equity or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for our equity; file any registration statement relating to the offering of any equity or any securities convertible into equity, except for the exercise of the convertible securities, which have been allotted or will be allotted by us, provided that the issuance of our shares of common stock or options to employees, consultants, officers or directors of us pursuant to any stock or option plan duly adopted for such purpose, approved by our holders and issued for bona fide services permissible under Form S-8, or the issuance of equity securities in connection with certain acquisitions or strategic relationships is permitted. In no event should any equity transaction within this period result in the sale of equity at an offering price to the public less than that of this offering.

 

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Tail Financing

 

We have agreed to pay the above cash compensation to the extent that any fund which the underwriter contacted or introduced to us during the term of our engagement agreement with the underwriter provides financing or capital in any public or private offering or capital raising transaction during the 12 month period following expiration or termination of our engagement letter with the underwriter.

 

Discretionary Accounts

 

The underwriter does not intend to confirm sales of the securities offered hereby to any accounts over which they have discretionary authority.

 

Lock-Up Agreements

 

Pursuant to certain “lock-up” agreements, our executive officers, directors and holders of at least 10% of our common stock, have agreed, subject to limited exceptions, without the prior written consent of the underwriter, and for a period of 180 days after the closing date of this offering not to (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, grant, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of common stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of common stock, (collectively, the “Lock-Up Securities”); (2) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Lock-Up Securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Lock-Up Securities, in cash or otherwise; (3) make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to the registration of any Lock-Up Securities; or (4) publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge or disposition, or to enter into any transaction, swap, hedge or other arrangement relating to any Lock-Up Securities.

 

Indemnification

 

We have agreed to indemnify the underwriters against specified liabilities relating to this offering arising under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and to contribute to payments that the underwriters may be required to make for these liabilities.

 

Electronic Offer, Sale, and Distribution of Securities

 

A prospectus in electronic format may be made available on the websites maintained by one or more underwriter or selling group members, if any, participating in this offering and one or more of the underwriter participating in this offering may distribute prospectuses electronically. The underwriter may agree to allocate a number of securities to underwriters and selling group members for sale to their online brokerage account holders. Internet distributions will be allocated by the underwriters and selling group members that will make internet distributions on the same basis as other allocations. Other than the prospectus in electronic format, the information on the underwriter’s websites is not part of, nor incorporated by reference into, this prospectus or the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, has not been approved or endorsed by us or any underwriter in its capacity as underwriter, and should not be relied upon by investors.

 

Stabilization

 

In connection with this offering, the underwriters may engage in stabilizing transactions, overallotment transactions, syndicate-covering transactions, penalty bids, and purchases to cover positions created by short sales.

 

Stabilizing transactions permit bids to purchase shares so long as the stabilizing bids do not exceed a specified maximum, and are engaged in for the purpose of preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of the shares while the offering is in progress.

 

Overallotment transactions involve sales by the underwriter of shares in excess of the number of shares the underwriter is obligated to purchase. This creates a syndicate short position which may be either a covered short position or a naked short position. In a covered short position, the number of shares overallotted by the underwriter is not greater than the number of shares that they may purchase in the overallotment option. In a naked short position, the number of shares involved is greater than the number of shares that they purchase in the overallotment option. The underwriter may close out any short position by exercising their overallotment option and/or purchasing shares in the open market.

 

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Syndicate covering transactions involve purchases of shares in the open market after the distribution has been completed in order to cover syndicate short positions. In determining the source of shares to close out the short position, the underwriter will consider, among other things, the price of shares available for purchase in the open market as compared with the price at which they may purchase shares through exercise of the overallotment option. If the underwriter sells more shares than could be covered by exercise of the overallotment option and, therefore, have a naked short position, the position can be closed out only by buying shares in the open market. A naked short position is more likely to be created if the underwriter is concerned that after pricing there could be downward pressure on the price of the shares in the open market that could adversely affect investors who purchase in the offering.

 

Penalty bids permit the underwriter to reclaim a selling concession from a syndicate member when the shares originally sold by that syndicate member are purchased in stabilizing or syndicate covering transactions to cover syndicate short positions.

 

These stabilizing transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids may have the effect of raising or maintaining the market price of our securities or preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of our securities. As a result, the price of our securities in the open market may be higher than it would otherwise be in the absence of these transactions. Neither we nor the underwriters make any representation or prediction as to the effect that the transactions described above may have on the price of our securities. These transactions may be effected in the over-the-counter market or otherwise and, if commenced, may be discontinued at any time.

 

Passive Market Making

 

In connection with this offering, underwriter and selling group members may engage in passive market making transactions in our common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market in accordance with Rule 103 of Regulation M under the Exchange Act, during a period before the commencement of offers or sales of the securities and extending through the completion of the distribution. A passive market maker must display its bid at a price not in excess of the highest independent bid of that security. However, if all independent bids are lowered below the passive market maker’s bid, then that bid must then be lowered when specified purchase limits are exceeded.

 

Offer Restrictions Outside of the United States

 

Other than in the United States, no action has been taken by us or the underwriter that would permit a public offering offered by this prospectus in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. The securities offered by this prospectus may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, nor may this prospectus or any other offering material or advertisements in connection with the offer and sale of any such securities be distributed or published in any jurisdiction, except under circumstances that will result in compliance with the applicable rules and regulations of that country or jurisdiction. Persons into whose possession this prospectus comes are advised to inform themselves about and to observe any restrictions relating to the offering and the distribution of this prospectus. This prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities offered by this prospectus in any jurisdiction in which such an offer or a solicitation is unlawful.

 

Other Relationships

 

The underwriter and its affiliates may in the future provide various advisory, investment and commercial banking and other services for us in the ordinary course of business, for which they may receive customary fees and commissions.

 

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LEGAL MATTERS

 

Certain legal matters in connection with this offering, including the validity of the securities offered hereby, will be passed upon for us by FitzGerald Kreditor Bolduc Risbrough LLP, Irvine, California. Certain legal matters of U.S. federal securities law in connection with this offering will be passed upon for the underwriter by Kaufman & Canoles, P.C., Richmond, Virginia.

 

EXPERTS

 

The financial statements of BioLife4D Corporation, a Delaware corporation, as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and for the years then ended have been included herein and in the registration statement in reliance upon the report of L J Soldinger Associates, LLC, independent registered public accounting firm, appearing elsewhere herein, and upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing. The report thereon contains an explanatory paragraph which describes the conditions that raise substantial doubt about the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern and are contained in Footnote 1 to the financial statements.

 

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

 

We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-1 under the Securities Act, with respect to the securities being offered by this prospectus. This prospectus, which constitutes part of that registration statement, does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement or the exhibits and schedules which are part of the registration statement. Some items included in the registration statement are omitted from the prospectus in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC. For further information with respect to us and the securities offered in this prospectus, we refer you to the registration statement and the accompanying exhibits.

 

A copy of the registration statement and the accompanying exhibits and any other document we file may be inspected without charge at the public reference facilities maintained by the SEC at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549, and copies of all or any part of the registration statement may be obtained from this office upon the payment of the fees prescribed by the SEC. The public may obtain information on the operation of the public reference facilities in Washington, D.C. by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. Our filings with the SEC are available to the public from the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

Upon the completion of this offering, we will be subject to the information and periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, applicable to a company with securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act. In accordance therewith, we will file proxy statements, periodic information, and other information with the SEC. All documents filed with the SEC are available for inspection and copying at the public reference room and website of the SEC referred to above. We maintain a website at https://biolife4d.com/. You may access our reports, proxy statements and other information free of charge at this website as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is electronically filed with, or furnished to, the SEC. The information contained in, or that can be accessed through, our website is not incorporated by reference and is not a part of this prospectus.

 

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CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

 

Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 and 2021

 

   
Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 F-2
   
Statements of Operations for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 F-3
   
Statements of Cash Flows for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 F-5
   
Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 F-4
   
Notes to Financial Statements for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 F-6

 

F-1

 

 

CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

 

    June 30, 2022     December 31,2021  
    Unaudited     *  
ASSETS                
Current assets:                
Cash and cash equivalents   $ 834,146     $ 932,885  
Prepaid expenses     45,538       28,381  
Total current assets     879,684       961,266  
Fixed assets, net     17,307       6,318  
Right of use asset     257,115       -  
Other assets     297,651       16,478  
TOTAL ASSETS   $ 1,451,757     $ 984,062  
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)                
Current liabilities                
Accounts payable   $ 264,940     $ 3,511  
Accrued expenses     141,427       84,760  
Working Capital Loan     1,000,000       -  
Lease liability - current     89,293       -  
Total current liabilities     1,495,660       88,271  
Long-Term liabilities                
Accrued interest expense     177,292       139,852  
Lease liability -long term     158,822       -  
Convertible Notes net of discount     750,000       745,119  
Total Long-Term Liabilities     1,086,114       884,971  
Total Liabilities     2,581,774       973,242  
                 
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 12)                
                 
Stockholders’ Equity (deficit)                
Preferred stock $0.00001 par value. 20,000,000 authorized, none issued or outstanding   $ -     $ -  
Common stock $0.00001 par value, 50,000,000 authorized                
3,606,936 and 3,611,376 issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively     36       36  
Additional paid in capital     7,182,427       6,616,600  
Accumulated deficit     (8,312,480 )     (6,605,816 )
Total Stockholders’ Equity (deficit)     (1,130,017 )     10,820  
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)   $ 1,451,757     $ 984,062  

 

*Derived from audited information

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

 

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CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 and 2021

 

    Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
    June 30,     June 30,  
    2022     2021     2022     2021  
Expenses                                
General and administrative   $ 558,745     $ 200,281     $ 1,192,458     $ 468,115  
Depreciation and amortization     2,655       2,031       5,311       4,062  
Research and development     258,886       90,384       451,137       183,640  
Total expenses     820,286       292,696       1,648,906       655,817  
                                 
Net operating loss     (820,286 )     (292,696 )     (1,648,906 )     (655,817 )
                                 
Other Income (expenses)                                
Interest income     32       33       64       69  
Interest expense     (34,941 )     (27,178 )     (57,822 )     (53,467 )
PPP loan forgiveness     -       222,400       -       222,400  
Net Other Income (expenses)     (34,909 )     195,255       (57,758 )     169,002  
                                 
Loss before income taxes     (855,195 )     (97,441 )     (1,706,664 )     (486,815 )
Income taxes                             -  
Net loss     (855,195 )     (97,441 )     (1,706,664 )     (486,815 )
                                 
Net loss per common share- basic and diluted   $ (0.24 )   $ (0.03 )   $ (0.47 )   $ (0.14 )
                                 
Weighted-average common shares - basic and diluted     3,605,131       3,575,932       3,604,395       3,573,624  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

 

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CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CHANGE IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2022

(Unaudited)

 

    Common Stock                       Total  
    Shares     Par Value     Additional Paid- in Capital     Subscription Receivable     Accumulated Deficit    

Stockholders’ Equity/

(Deficit)

 
                                     
December 31, 2021     3,611,376     $ 36     $ 6,616,600             $ (6,605,816 )   $ 10,820  
                                                 
Share cancellation     (10,000)       -       -       -       -       -  
Stock-based compensation     1,750       -       212,127       -       -       212,127  
March 31, 2022, Net Loss     -       -       -       -       (851,469 )     (851,469 )
Balance at March 31, 2022     3,603,126     $ 36     $ 6,828,727       -     $ (7,457,285 )   $ (628,522 )
Reconciliation for non-partial shares in reverse stock split     393        -        -        -        -        -   
Stock-based compensation     3,417       -       353,700     -       -       353,700  
                                                 
June 30, 2022, Net Loss     -       -       -       -       (855,195)       (855,195)  
Balance at June 30, 2022     3,606,936     $ 36     $ 7,182,427       -     $ (8,312,480 )   $ (1,130,017 )
                                                 
December 31, 2020     3,569,334     $ 36     $ 4,450,562       (2,700 )   $ (5,110,413 )   $ (662,515 )
Sales of common shares, net of offering cost     4,615       -       177,101       2,700       -       179,801  
Stock-based compensation     -       -       46,416       -       -       46,416  
March 31, 2021, Net Loss     -       -       -       -       (389,374 )     (389,374 )
Balance at March 31, 2021     3,573,949     $ 36     $ 4,674,079       -     $ (5,499,787 )   $ (825,672 )
Sales of common shares     7,430       -       287,314       -       -       287,314  
Shares issued for services     222               9,000       -       -       9,000  
Stock-based compensation     -       -       33,920       -       -       33,920  
June 30, 2021, Net Loss     -       -       -       -       (97,441)       (97,441)  
Balance at June 30, 2021     3,581,601     $ 36     $ 5,004,313       -     $ (5,597,228 )   $ (592,879 )

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

 

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CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 and 2021

(Unaudited)

 

    2022     2021  
             
Cash flows from operating activities:                
Net income (loss)   $ (1,706,664 )   $ (486,815 )
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:                
Depreciation expense     5,311       4,062  
Non-cash interest     4,881       29,466  
Stock compensation     565,827       80,336  
Stock issued for services     -       9,000  
PPP loan forgiveness     -       (222,400 )
Other     (9,000 )     -  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities of the business                
Prepaid expense     (25,650 )     (25,903 )
Security deposits     (23,700 )     -  
Accounts payable     269,922       9,477  
Accrued expense     56,667       38,601  
Accrued interest expense     37,440       24,000  
                 
Net cash (used in) operating activities     (824,966 )     (540,176 )
Cash flows from investing activities:                
Purchase of Fixed Asset     (16,300 )     -  
Net cash used in investing activities     (16,300 )     -  
Cash flows from financing activities:                
Sales of common stock     -       491,027  
Proceeds from working capital loan     1,000,000       -  
Deferred offering costs     (257,473 )     (23,912 )
PPP loan proceeds     -       174,873  
Net cash provided by financing activities     742,527       641,988  
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents     (98,739 )     101,812  
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year     932,885       333,087  
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year   $ 834,146     $ 434,899  
                 
Supplemental Non-Cash Flow Information                
Right of use Assets in exchange for lease obligations   $ 285,144     $ -  
Cash paid for interest   $ 3,720     $ -  
Cash paid for income taxes   $ -     $ -  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

 

F-5
 

 

NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

  1. NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND GOING CONCERN

 

Nature of Operations

 

BIOLIFE4D CORPORATION (“the Company,”) is a pioneering development stage biotech company that plans to leverage current advances in life sciences and cardiac tissue engineering to build human hearts suitable for implantation – potentially lifesaving technology that ultimately gives patients the gift of time.

 

The Company is driving a movement to transform the treatment of heart disease which is the leading cause of death among both men and women globally. The Company is committed to perfecting the technology to make viable organ replacement an accessible and affordable reality, as well as mini-hearts for cardiotoxicity testing. The Company’s groundbreaking approach converges recent breakthroughs in regenerative medicine, adult stem cell biology, 3D printing techniques, and computing technology that could make organ replacement commercially viable and commonplace globally.

 

The Company plans to create a patient-specific, fully functioning heart through 3D bioprinting using the patient’s own cells – which could eliminate the well-known challenges of organ rejection and long donor waiting lists that plague existing organ transplant methods.

 

The Company seeks to improve, optimize, adapt, and capitalize on current technologies to create a commercially viable and sustainable process solution. It is impossible to predict the exact amount of time it will take to fully optimize this process, particularly due to the ultimate interaction of the United States Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) as it is impossible to predict the exact time frame of the FDA approval process.

 

Going Concern

 

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared as though the Company will continue as a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. As of June 30, 2022, the Company has an accumulated deficit of approximately $8.3 million, and a net loss of approximately $1.7 million. Net cash used in operating activities was approximately $0.8 million during the six months ended June 30, 2022. Management expects to continue to incur operating losses and negative cash flows from operations. The Company has financed its operations to date from proceeds from the sale of common stock and issuance of debt. The Company’s current liquidity position raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

 

The Company believes that its existing cash and cash equivalents will be insufficient to meet its anticipated cash requirements for at least the next 12 months from the date the financial statements are issued. The assumptions upon which the Company has based its estimates are routinely evaluated and may be subject to change. The actual amount of the Company’s expenditures will vary depending upon several factors including but not limited to the design, timing, and the progress of the Company’s research and development programs, and the level of financial resources available. The Company can adjust its operating plan spending based on available financial resources.

 

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The Company will need to raise additional capital to continue to fund operations and product research and development. The Company believes that it will be able to obtain additional working capital through equity financings, additional debt, or other arrangements to fund future operations; however, as of the date of these financial statements, no committed funding has been obtained, and there can be no assurance that such additional financing, if available, can be obtained on terms acceptable to the Company. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

  2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The interim condensed financial statements included herein reflect all material adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments and reclassifications and non-recurring adjustments) which, in the opinion of management, are ordinary and necessary for a fair presentation of results for the interim periods. Certain information and footnote disclosures required under the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The Company believes that the disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. The condensed consolidated balance sheet information as of December 31, 2021, was derived from the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report. These condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021 included herein in the registration statement.

 

Significant Risks and Uncertainties

 

The Company’s operations are subject to a number of factors that can affect its operating results and financial condition. Such factors include but are not limited to: the Company’s ability to obtain regulatory approval to market its products, competition from products manufactured and sold or being developed by other companies, the price of, and demand for, and insurance coverage of, Company products, the Company’s ability to negotiate favorable licensing or other manufacturing and marketing agreements for its products, and the Company’s ability to raise capital.

 

The Company currently has no commercially approved products and there can be no assurance that the Company’s research and development efforts will be successfully commercialized. Developing and commercializing a product requires significant time and capital and is subject to regulatory review and approval as well as competition from other biotechnology companies. The Company operates in an environment of rapid change and is dependent upon the continued services of its employees and consultants and obtaining and protecting intellectual property.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The most significant estimates included in the financial statements are those associated with the inputs used to value option grants and in the determination of predominant outcome for potential conversion events associated with the convertible notes issued by the Company.

 

COVID-19

 

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as a pandemic, which continues to spread throughout the United States. The spread of COVID-19 has caused significant volatility in the United States and international markets. There is significant uncertainty around the breadth and duration of business disruptions related to COVID-19, as well as its impact on the United States and international economies and, as such, the Company is unable to determine if it will have a material impact to its operations.

 

F-7
 

 

(Loss)/Income per Share

 

Basic (loss) income per share is computed by dividing net (loss) income available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted (loss) income per share reflects the potential dilution, using the treasury stock method that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock or resulted in the issuance of common stock that then shared in the (loss) income of the Company. In computing diluted (loss) income per share, the treasury stock method assumes that outstanding instruments are exercised/converted, and the proceeds are used to purchase common stock at the average market price during the period. Instruments may have a dilutive effect under the treasury stock method only when the average market price of the common stock during the period exceeds the exercise price/conversion rate of the instruments.

 

The following common share equivalents are excluded from the calculation of weighted average common shares outstanding because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive:

 

    June 30, 2022     June 30, 2021  
Options     111,869       83,334  
Convertible notes     18,519       18,519  
      130,388       101,853  

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

Cash represents cash deposits held at a major financial institution. Cash equivalents include short-term highly liquid investments of sufficient credit quality that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and have original maturities of three months or less when purchased. Cash equivalents are carried at cost, plus accrued interest, which approximates fair value. Cash equivalents are held for the purpose of meeting short-term liquidity requirements, rather than for investment purposes.

 

Deferred Offering Costs

 

Direct costs incurred by the Company to raise debt, equity or other funding that are incurred prior to Company closing on receipt of proceeds from those offerings is treated as a deferred offering cost, a long-term asset on the balance sheet. Upon closing, those costs are transferred or netted, depending on the type of the offering against the proceeds received. In the event of a more than temporary delay or the failure to close, deferred offering costs are expensed as general and administrative expenses. At June 30, 2022, the Company had deferred approximately $272,550 of offering costs and were included on the balance sheet in Other Assets.

 

Leases

 

The Company determines if an arrangement is or contains a lease at contract inception and recognizes a right-of-use (ROU) asset and a lease liability at the lease commencement date.

 

For operating leases, the lease liability is initially and subsequently measured at the present value of the unpaid lease payments at the lease commencement date. Lease payments included in the measurement of the lease liability include fixed payments owed over the lease term. The Company discounts its unpaid lease payments using its incremental borrowing rate, which is the rate of interest the Company would have to pay on a collateralized basis to borrow an amount equal to the lease payments under similar terms.

 

The lease term includes the noncancellable period of the lease plus any additional periods covered by either a Company option to extend (or not to terminate) the lease that the Company is reasonably certain to exercise, or an option to extend (or not to terminate) the lease controlled by the lessor.

 

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The ROU asset is initially measured at cost, which comprises the initial amount of the lease liability adjusted for lease payments made at or before the lease commencement date. The ROU asset is subsequently measured throughout the lease term at the carrying amount of the lease liability less any accrued lease payments. Lease expense for lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

 

Variable lease payments associated with the Company’s leases are recognized when the event, activity, or circumstance in the lease agreement on which those payments are assessed occurs. Variable lease payments are presented as operating expenses in the Company’s statement of income with the expense arising from fixed lease payments.

 

The Company monitors for events or changes in circumstances that require a reassessment of one of its leases. When a reassessment results in the remeasurement of a lease liability, a corresponding adjustment is made to the carrying amount of the corresponding ROU asset.

 

Research and Development Costs

 

Costs incurred in connection with research and development activities are expensed as incurred. These costs include rents for facilities, supplies, and other fees related to our research efforts, fees paid to consultants that perform certain research and testing on behalf of the Company, and costs related to salaries, benefits, bonuses, and stock-based compensation granted to employees in research and development functions.

 

Stock-Based Compensation

 

The Financial Accounting Statements Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 718, Compensation - Stock Compensation, prescribes accounting and reporting standards for all share-based payment transactions in which employee services are acquired. The Company recognizes compensation cost relating to stock-based payment transactions using a fair-value measurement method, which requires all stock-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in operating results as compensation expense based on fair value over the requisite service period of the awards. The Company determines the fair value of stock-based option awards, that do not contain any provisions which would result in liability classification, using the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model which uses both historical and current market data to estimate fair value. The method incorporates various assumptions such as the risk-free interest rate, expected volatility, expected dividend yield, and expected life of the options. For awards with performance-based vesting criteria, the Company estimates the probability of achievement of the performance criteria and recognizes compensation expense related to those awards expected to vest. The Company accounts for forfeited awards as they occur. Ultimately, the actual expenses recognized over the vesting period will be for those shares that vested. The Company’s common stock price is assessed using valuation methods in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Valuation of Privately-Held-Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation practice guide. These estimates represent management’s best estimates and involve inherent uncertainties and the application of management’s judgment.

 

The Company has adopted the guidance included under Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) ASU 2018-17, stock-based compensation issued to non-employees and consultants on January 1, 2018. Equity-based payments to non-employees are measured at grant-date fair value of equity instruments that the Company is obligated to issue when the service has been rendered and any other conditions necessary to earn the rights to benefit from the instruments have been satisfied. Equity-classified nonemployee share based payment awards are measured at the grant date.

 

Concentration of Credit Risk

 

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk are primarily cash and cash equivalents. The Company maintains its cash and cash equivalent balances in the form of business checking accounts and money market accounts, the balances of which, at times, may exceed federally insured limits. Exposure to cash and cash equivalents credit risk is reduced by placing such deposits with major financial institutions and monitoring their credit ratings.

 

F-9
 

 

Property and Equipment

 

Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Property and equipment are depreciated on the straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives which due to the nature of the work being performed have a 3-year estimated useful life. Expenditures for maintenance and repairs are charged to expenses as incurred.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The Company accounts for financial instruments under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 820, Fair Value Measurements. This statement defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. To increase consistency and comparability in fair value measurements, ASC 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three levels as follows:

 

Level 1 — quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

 

Level 2 — observable inputs other than Level 1, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in markets that are not active, and model-derived prices whose inputs are observable or whose significant value drivers are observable; and

 

Level 3 — assets and liabilities whose significant value drivers are unobservable.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

From time to time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by the FASB and are adopted by the Company as of the specified effective date.

 

Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective accounting pronouncements, if adopted, would have a material effect on the accompanying financial statements.

 

  3. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

 

Property and equipment consisted of the following as of June 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021:

 

    June 30, 2022     2021  
             
Equipment and furniture   $ 40,673     $ 24,373  
Accumulated depreciation     (23,366 )     (18,055 )
                 
Equipment and furniture, net   $ 17,307     $ 6,318  

 

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company recorded depreciation of $2,655 and $5,311, respectively.

 

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, the Company recorded depreciation of $2,031 and $4,062, respectively.

 

F-10
 

 

  4. LEASES

 

The Company leases a BioAssemblyBot 400 and accompanying TSIM and BioApps software (“equipment”) under a noncancelable agreement. The lease commenced on March 1, 2022, and expires in March 2025. At the end of the lease term, the Company has the option to return the equipment, purchase the equipment, or to extend the lease term on a month-to-month basis at the then current monthly rate. The lease does not include termination options for either party to the lease or restrictive financial or other covenants. Payments due under the lease are fixed at $9,000 per month through the lease term.

 

At the end of the lease term, the Company has the option to purchase the equipment for $29,872. Because the Company is not reasonably certain to exercise this purchase option, the option is not considered in determining the lease term and associated potential purchase option payments are not included in lease payments:

 

The components of lease expense for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, were as follows:

 

Operating lease cost   $ 9,000  
Variable lease costs     -  
Total lease cost   $ 9,000  

 

Future minimum lease payments and maturities of the lease liability as of June 30, 2022, are as follows:

 

2022   $ 54,000  
2023     108,000  
2024     108,000  
2025     9,000  
Total minimum lease payments   $ 279,000  
Less imputed interest     (30,885 )
Total lease liability     248,115  
Lease liability – current portion     89,293  
Lease liability, long-term portion   $ 158,822  

 

  5. DEBT

 

Working Capital Loan

 

On May 18, 2022, the Company borrowed $1,000,000 to fund its working capital needs pursuant to a Business Loan Agreement by and between the Company, as the borrower, and Fifth Third Bank, National Association, as lender (the “Lender”) and a related Promissory Note, made by the Company in favor of the Lender, each dated as of May 18, 2022 (the “Working Capital Loan”). The Company’s obligations under the Working Capital Loan are secured by a lien on a certain deposit account with the Lender (the “Deposit Account”) owned by the BioLife4D – SM Trust dated November 1, 2016, (the “BioLife4D – SM Trust”) pursuant to an Assignment of Deposit Account, dated as of May 18, 2022, by and among the BioLife4D – SM Trust, the Company, and the Lender. Steven Morris, the Company’s CEO, is the sole beneficiary and trustee of the BioLife4D – SM Trust which owns 1,600,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, 33,334 of which are pledged to Fifth Third Bank, National Association.

 

The Promissory Note has an interest rate of 4.32% and matures on May 18, 2023. The Company is obligated to make monthly interest payments to the Lender until the Maturity Date upon which date the amount of the entire principal balance and any unpaid but accrued interest is due. As an inducement to the BioLife4d-SM Trust to post the required collateral, the Company has agreed to compensate the BioLife4d-SM Trust at the rate of 10% per annum on the value of the collateral pledged within the trust to the Lender.

 

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, the total interest expense was $16,941. The Company paid $3,720, to the Lender, leaving $13,221 in cumulative accrued interest expense (including $11,781 to the BioLife4D-SM Trust).

 

F-11
 

 

Convertible Notes

 

In January 2019, the Company issued seven convertible notes and received proceeds totaling $700,000, of which $100,000 was converted in 2019, leaving $600,000 outstanding during the period of these financial statements. The notes had maturity dates of three years from issuance, with the Company having the right, at its sole discretion, to further extend the maturity an additional 24 months upon notice being given to the holders. The interest rate of the notes was 8% per annum in the original 3-year term. Based upon the terms of the notes, the Company has elected to extend the notes and the interest rate will be 12% for the period of the extension.

 

The Notes may only be repaid in full with interest. The notes contain provisions that require the Company to incur a prepayment penalty should the loans be repaid, in full, prior to the maturity date of the notes. If the note is prepaid in the first year, the penalty is 30% of the outstanding note balance. In the second year, the prepayment penalty is 20% of the outstanding note balance.

 

The notes contain certain conversion rights granted to the holders. These include the holders having the option prior to the first-year anniversary date to convert all outstanding balances into shares of common stock of the Company at a 20% discount to the then fair market value of the Company’s common stock. This option expires on the first anniversary of the note. In addition, throughout the period where note proceeds are outstanding, in the event the Company completes an equity sale of securities of at least $7,500,000 (excluding amounts converted from outstanding notes), the outstanding loan balance will automatically convert into securities of the new financing at a 20% discount to the then fair market value of the securities being converted into. At inception, the Company has determined that the conversion feature contained within the notes was the predominantly likely method of settlement and therefore has treated the convertible notes as stock settled debt. At inception, the Company recorded the notes at their settled liability amount of $750,000 with the $150,000 treated as a debt discount which was amortized over the original maturity of the convertible notes (see table below). The resulting effective interest rate of the convertible notes was 13.36%.

 

In January 2022, in accordance with the provisions of the convertible notes, the Company notified the noteholders holding a total of $600,000 of the notes that the Company had extended the maturity date of the convertible notes to January 2024. In accordance with the terms of the extension the interest rate of the convertible notes increased thereafter to 12% per annum.

 

For the three months ended June 30, 2022, and 2021, the total interest expense was $18,000 and $27,177 with coupon interest expense of $18,000 and $36,000 for each three months and amortization of debt discount of $0 and $15,177 respectively.

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2022, and 2021, the total interest expense was $40,881 and $53,467 with coupon interest expense of $36,000 and $24,000 for each six months and amortization of debt discount of $4,881 and $29,466 respectively.

 

The following table summarizes the debt discount.

 

Balance, December 31, 2021   $ 4,881  
Amortization as of March 31, 2022     (4,881 )
Balance, June 30, 2022   $ -  

 

Paycheck Protection Loan

 

The Company received loan proceeds of $222,400 pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program under the CARES Act. The Loan, which was in the form of a promissory note, dated May 1, 2020, matured on May 1, 2022, and bore interest at a fixed rate of 1% per annum, payable monthly commencing in six months. Under the terms of the CARES Act, the principal may be forgiven if the Loan proceeds are used for qualifying expenses as described in the CARES Act, such as payroll costs, benefits, mortgage interest, rent, and utilities. In May 2021, the Company was notified that the Small Business Administration had accepted the Company’s forgiveness application.

 

In January 2021, the Company received a second loan for $174,873 pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program under the CARES Act. The Loan, which was in the form of a promissory note, was to mature on January 21, 2023, and bore interest at a fixed rate of 1% per annum, payable monthly commencing in six months. Under the terms of the CARES Act, the principal may be forgiven if the Loan proceeds are used for qualifying expenses as described in the CARES Act, such as payroll costs, benefits, mortgage interest, rent, and utilities. In November 2021, the Company was notified that the Small Business Administration had accepted the Company’s forgiveness application

 

  6. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation

 

On January 24, 2022, the Company filed a revised Certificate of Incorporation with the State of Delaware to increase the total number of shares authorized to issue 70,000,000 consisting of 50,000,000 shares of common stock, having a par value of $0.00001, and 20,000,000 shares of blank check preferred stock, having a par value of $0.00001. In addition, the previously authorized two classes of voting common stock and non-voting common stock are now combined into one class of voting common stock. All previously issued voting and non-voting common shares have been retroactively presented as one class of common stock.

 

Equity Compensation Plans

 

In January 2022, the Company adopted the 2022 Restricted Stock Plan (“Plan”). The Plan will be administered by the compensation committee of the board of directors. The committee may delegate such authority to any officer or employee of the Company. The Plan awards are available to all employees, executive officers and members of the board of directors. The Plan may grant Stock Awards and may also grant Performance Awards, as defined within the Plan, with a minimum vesting period of two years, unless otherwise determined by the Board. The total shares authorized for issuance under the Plan is 1,666,667 shares of common stock.

 

Issuance of Common Stock

 

In February 2022, the Company adopted the 2022 Incentive and Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan (“Option Plan”). The Option Plan will be administered by the compensation committee of the board of directors. The committee may delegate such authority to any officer or employee of the Company. The Option Plan awards are available to all employees, members of the board of directors and consultants. The Option grants authorized for issuance under the Plan may total exercise into 1,666,667 shares of common stock. In the event of a termination or cancellation of an unused option grant, those shares revert back to the Option Plan.

 

F-12
 

 

  7. EQUITY BASED COMPENSATION

 

Restricted Stock Awards

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company issued 4,167 shares of common stock to management as part of the compensation package contained within certain advisory agreements entered into during the period. The shares were valued at $168,750 based on the pricing of the Company’s securities in its Regulation A, Tier II offering.

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company recorded $8,111 of stock-based compensation expense in respect to the vesting of certain previously granted equity instruments.

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company issued 1,000 shares of common stock to a third party. The shares were valued at $40,500 based on the pricing of the Company’s securities in its Regulation A, Tier II offering.

 

In February 2022, the Company and certain members of the advisory board agreed to cancel 10,000 shares of previously issued shares of the Company’s common stock.

 

Option Awards

 

In February 2022, the Company granted options to its board of directors to acquire 25,000 shares of common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $40.50 per share, with a 5-year term. The fair market value of the options on the date of grant was $652,500. The Company recognized $261,466 of compensation expenses related to these options for the six months ended June 30, 2022. The options vest over one year.

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company granted 3,334 options to a consultant to acquire shares of common stock at an exercise price of $40.50 per share with a 5-year term. The fair market value of the options on the date of grant was $87,000. The Company recognized $87,000 of compensation expenses related to these options for the six months ended June 30, 2022. These options vest immediately.

 

The following table provides the estimates included in the inputs to the Black-Scholes Merton pricing model for the options granted in 2022:

 

Underlying fair market value   $ 40.50 per share  
Expected life     5 years  
Risk free interest rate     0.80 %
Dividend rate     0 %
Historical volatility     81 %

 

The Company has utilized the pricing received, on a near continuous basis from investors, in its Regulation A, Tier II offering as the fair market value for the underlying common shares. In addition, the Company has utilized a basket of five public companies with similar operations to estimate a historical volatility at the time of grant.

 

A summary of option activity for the six months ended June 30, 2022, is as follows:

 

    Number of Shares    

Weighted Average

Exercise Price

    Total Intrinsic Value    

Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life

(in years)

 
Outstanding as of December 31, 2021     101,667     $ 12.03     $ -       1.50  
Granted     28,334       40.5       -       4.8  
Exercised     -       -       -       -  
Forfeited or expired     -       -       -       -  
Options Outstanding as of June 30, 2022     130,001       40.50       -          
Options unvested as of June 30, 2022     21,233       40.50       -       4.80  

 

F-13
 

 

Stock-based compensation expense included in the following line items on the statement of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 is as follows:

 

    Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
    June 30,     June 30,  
    2022     2021     2022     2021  
Research and development   $ 69,075     $ -     $ 120,750     $ -  
General and administrative     284,625       33,920       445,077       80,336  
Total     353,700       33,920       565,827       80,336  

 

  8. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

From time to time, the Company may be subject to various legal proceedings and claims that arise in the ordinary course of the Company’s business activities.

 

On August 28, 2020, a group of noteholders totaling $600,000, filed a lawsuit naming the Company as a defendant alleging breach of contract in Cook County, Illinois. The breach alleged in the lawsuit was for not providing the required financial information in the form of unaudited financial statements to the noteholders as required under the convertible note agreements. Three of the note holders’ cases were dismissed with prejudice. Only three of the noteholders remain in the lawsuit. The Company brought a Motion for Sanctions due to delays against the plaintiffs which was granted and we were awarded attorneys fees. The Company has now brought a Second Motion for Sanctions due to further delays by the plaintiffs which is scheduled to be heard on September 28, 2022. The Company’s position is that the claims are without merit. The Company has indicated in filings to the court that the Company provided the information as required via e-mail and other communication to the convertible note holders, and in addition, published the required information as part of its ongoing reporting obligations under its Regulation A Tier II offering at www.sec.gov. The Company intends to continue to vigorously defend against this litigation.

 

  9. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2022, and 2021, the Company used the bookkeeping services of an accounting firm in which an officer of the Company was a partner. The Company incurred $36,740 and $10,995 of accounting services in the six months ended June 30, 2022, and 2021, respectively.

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2022 the Company accrued interest expenses totaling $11,781 to BioLife4D – SM Trust, of which Mr. Steven Morris, our CEO, is the beneficiary and trustee.

 

  10. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

In August 2022, the Company filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware to amend its articles of incorporation to effect a 1:3 reverse split of its issued and outstanding common stock. The effect of this reverse split has been shown as if it occurred at the inception of the Company.

 

F-14

 

 

INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm F-16
   
Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 F-17
   
Statements of Operations for the Years Ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 F-18
   
Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the Periods January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2021 F-19
   
Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 F-20
   
Notes to Financial Statements for the Years Ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

F-21 – F-30

 

F-15

 

 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRMS

 

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of

BioLife4D Corporation

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of BioLife4D Corporation. (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the related statement of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, 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 as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Explanatory Paragraph – Going Concern

 

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As more fully explained in Note 1, which includes management’s plans in regards to this uncertainty, the Company has an accumulated deficit of approximately $6.6 million, incurred a net loss of approximately $1.5 million and cash outflows from operations of approximately $1.1 million as of and for the year ended December 31, 2021, and therefore there is substantial doubt about the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

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. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

 

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.

 

/s/ L J Soldinger Associates, LLC

Deer Park, IL

February 28, 2022, except for the effects of the restatement for all share and per share amounts for the 1:3 reverse stock split, to which is September 2, 2022.

 

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2021.

 

F-16

 

 

BALANCE SHEETS

As of December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

   2021   2020 
ASSETS          
Current assets:          
Cash and cash equivalents  $932,885   $333,086 
Prepaid expenses   28,381    10,340 
Total current assets   961,266    343,426 
Fixed assets, net   6,318    14,442 
Other assets   16,478    1,400 
TOTAL ASSETS  $984,062   $359,268 
           
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)          
Current liabilities          
Accounts payable  $3,511   $- 
Accrued expenses   84,760    25,018 
Total current liabilities   88,271    25,018 
Long-Term liabilities          
Accrued interest expense   139,852    91,852 
Paycheck protection loan   -    222,400 
Convertible Notes net of discount   745,119    682,514 
Total Long-Term Liabilities   884,971    996,766 
Total Liabilities   973,242    1,021,784 
           
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 12)   -    - 
           
Stockholders’ Equity (deficit)          
Preferred stock $0.00001 par value. 20,000,000 authorized, none issued or outstanding  $-   $- 
Common stock $0.00001 par value, 50,000,000 authorized          
3,611,375 and 3,569,334 issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively    36      36  
Additional paid in capital    6,616,600      4,450,562  
Subscription receivable   -    (2,700)
Accumulated deficit   (6,605,816)   (5,110,413)
Total Equity (deficit)   10,820    (662,515)
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY  $984,062   $359,269 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

F-17

 

 

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

   2021   2020 
         
Expenses          
General and administrative  $993,821   $901,692 
Depreciation and amortization   8,124    6,996 
Research and development   780,280    677,220 
Total expenses   1,782,225    1,585,908 
           
Net operating loss   (1,782,225)   (1,585,908)
           
Other Income (expenses)          
Loan forgiveness   397,273    - 
Interest income   154    5,138 
Interest expense   (110,605)   (120,513)
Net Other Income (expenses)   286,822    (115,375)
Loss before income taxes   (1,495,403)   (1,701,283)
Income taxes   -    - 
Net loss  $(1,495,403)  $(1,701,283)
           
Net loss per common share- basic and diluted  $ (0.42 )  $ (0.48 )
         - 
Weighted-average common shares - basic and diluted    3,590,001      3,560,542  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

F-18

 

 

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

   Common Stock   Additional
Paid-in
   Subscription   Accumulated    Total
Stockholders’
 
   Shares   Par Value   Capital   Receivable   Deficit   Equity/(Deficit) 
                         
Balance at December 31, 2019    3.552,147    $ 36    $ 3,757,084    $(12,000)  $(3,409,130)  $335,990 
                               
Sale of common stock, net of offering costs   

13,853

    -    480,596    9,300    -    489,896 
Stock-based compensation   

3,334

    -    212,882    -    -    212,882 
2020 Net Loss                       (1,701,283)   (1,701,283)
Balance at December 31, 2020    3,569,334    $ 36    $ 4,450,562    $(2,700)  $(5,110,413)  $(662,515)
                               
Sale of common stock, net of offering costs    38,708      -      1,538,959     2,700   -    1,541,659 
Stock-based compensation   3,334    -    627,079    -    -    627,079 
2021 Net Loss                       (1,495,403)   (1,495,403)
Balance at December 31, 2021   3,611,376   $ 36    $ 6,616,600    $-   $(6,605,816)  $10,820 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

F-19

 

 

STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

For the Year Ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

   2021   2020 
Cash flows from operating activities:          
Net income (loss)  $(1,495,403)  $(1,701,283)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:          
Depreciation expense   8,124    6,996 
Non-cash interest   62,605    48,846 
PPP loan forgiveness   (397,272)   - 
Stock compensation   627,079    212,882 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities of the business          
Prepaid expense   (18,042)   (10,340)
Accounts payable   3,511    - 
Accrued expense   59,742    (14,938)
Accrued interest expense   48,000    (2,651)
Other assets   (15,078)   - 
Net cash (used in) operating activities   (1,116,734)   (1,460,488)
Cash flows from investing activities:          
Purchase of Fixed Asset   -    (8,890)
Net cash (used in) investing activities   -    (8,890)
Cash flows from financing activities:          
Sale of common stock   1,570,330    570,360 
Offering costs   (28,670)   (77,764)
PPP loan proceeds   174,872    222,400 
Repayment of Shareholder’s loan   -    (250,000)
Net cash provided by financing activities   1,716,532    464,996 
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents   599,798    (1,004,382)
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year   333,087    1,337,469 
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year  $932,885   $333,087 
Supplemental Cash Flow Information          
Cash paid for interest   -    74,318 
Cash paid for income taxes   -    - 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

F-20

 

 

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

1.NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND GOING CONCERN

 

Nature of Operations

 

BIOLIFE4D CORPORATION is a pioneering development stage biotech company that plans to leverage current advances in life sciences and cardiac tissue engineering to build human hearts suitable for implantation – lifesaving technology that ultimately gives patients the gift of time.

 

We are driving a movement to transform the treatment of heart disease which has historically been the leading cause of death among both men and women globally. We are committed to perfecting the technology to make viable organ replacement a safe, accessible, and affordable reality, as well as mini-hearts for cardiotoxicity testing. Our groundbreaking approach converges recent breakthroughs in regenerative medicine, adult stem cell biology, 3D printing techniques, and computing technology that could make organ replacement commercially viable and commonplace globally.

 

We plan to create a patient-specific, fully functioning heart through 3D bioprinting using the patient’s own cells – eliminating the well-known challenges of organ rejection and long donor waiting lists that plague existing organ transplant methods.

 

We will not have to make an exact copy or even recreate every feature set of the desired organ; it will only need to facilitate the minimum feature set which recreates the core properties of the organ. It is important to note that we do not believe we need to invent new technology, but rather improve, adopt, and optimize current technologies to create what we plan to be a commercially viable, safe, and sustainable process. We seek to improve, optimize, adapt, and capitalize on current technologies to create a commercially viable and sustainable process solution. We plan to strategically position ourselves at the center of an unprecedented convergence of regenerative medicine, stem cell biology, additive manufacturing (3D printing), and computing technology – all having reached a level of maturity whereby we believe that commercially viable bioprinting solutions can be created through optimization, not invention. While it is impossible to predict the exact amount of time it will take to fully optimize this process, we believe that by creating the optimal circumstances to accelerate current efforts, we will be able to achieve a solution. Inherent in the time frame is the ultimate interaction of the United States Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) within this time frame. It is impossible to predict the exact time frame of the FDA approval process, but we plan to work closely with the FDA at the appropriate time in an attempt to help reduce the time for necessary approvals.

 

Going Concern

 

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared as though the Company will continue as a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. As of December 31, 2021, the Company has an accumulated deficit of approximately $6.6 million, a net loss of approximately $1.5 million and net cash used in operating activities was approximately $1.1 million during the year ended December 31, 2021. Management expects to continue to incur operating losses and negative cash flows from operations. The Company has financed its operations to date from proceeds from the sale of common stock and issuance of debt. Our current liquidity position raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

 

The Company believes that its existing cash and cash equivalents will be insufficient to meet its anticipated cash requirements for at least the next 12 months from the date the financial statements are issued. The assumptions upon which the Company has based its estimates are routinely evaluated and may be subject to change. The actual amount of the Company’s expenditures will vary depending upon several factors including but not limited to the design, timing, and the progress of the Company’s research and development programs, and the level of financial resources available. The Company can adjust its operating plan spending based on available financial resources.

 

The Company will need to raise additional capital to continue to fund operations and product research and development. The Company believes that it will be able to obtain additional working capital through equity financings, additional debt, or other arrangements to fund future operations; however, as of the date of these financial statements, no committed funding has been obtained, and there can be no assurance that such additional financing, if available, can be obtained on terms acceptable to the Company. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

2.SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), and include all adjustments necessary for the fair presentation of the Company’s financial position for the periods presented. From its inception, the Company has devoted substantially all of its efforts to business planning, regulatory approvals, research and development, and raising capital.

 

F-21

 

 

Significant Risks and Uncertainties

 

The Company’s operations are subject to a number of factors that can affect its operating results and financial condition. Such factors include, but are not limited to: the Company’s ability to obtain regulatory approval to market its products, competition from products manufactured and sold or being developed by other companies, the price of, and demand for, and insurance coverage of, company products, the Company’s ability to negotiate favorable licensing or other manufacturing and marketing agreements for its products, and the Company’s ability to raise capital.

 

The Company currently has no commercially approved products and there can be no assurance that the Company’s research and development will be successfully commercialized. Developing and commercializing a product requires significant time and capital and is subject to regulatory review and approval as well as competition from other biotechnology companies. The Company operates in an environment of rapid change and is dependent upon the continued services of its employees and consultants and obtaining and protecting intellectual property.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The most significant estimates included in the financial statements are those associated with the inputs used to value option grants and in the determination of predominant outcome for potential conversion events associated with the convertible notes issued by the Company.

 

COVID-19

 

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as a pandemic, which continues to spread throughout the United States. The spread of COVID-19 has caused significant volatility in the United States and international markets. There is significant uncertainty around the breadth and duration of business disruptions related to COVID-19, as well as its impact on the United States and international economies and, as such, the Company is unable to determine if it will have a material impact to its operations.

 

(Loss)/Income per Share

 

Basic (loss) income per share is computed by dividing net (loss) income available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted (loss) income per share reflects the potential dilution, using the treasury stock method that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock or resulted in the issuance of common stock that then shared in the (loss) income of the Company. In computing diluted (loss) income per share, the treasury stock method assumes that outstanding instruments are exercised/converted and the proceeds are used to purchase common stock at the average market price during the period. Instruments may have a dilutive effect under the treasury stock method only when the average market price of the common stock during the period exceeds the exercise price/conversion rate of the instruments.

 

The following common share equivalents are excluded from the calculation of weighted average common shares outstanding because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive:

 

   December
31, 2021
   December
31, 2020
 
Options    101,667      83,334  
Convertible notes    18,519      18,519  
     120,186      101,853  

 

Segment Information

 

Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise about which separate discrete information is available for evaluation by the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), or decision-making group, in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. For the period of these financial statements, the CEO and founder of the Company was the CODM. The Company views its operations and manages its business as one operating and reporting segment.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

Cash represents cash deposits held at a major financial institution. Cash equivalents include short-term highly liquid investments of sufficient credit quality that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and have original maturities of three months or less when purchased. Cash equivalents are carried at cost, plus accrued interest, which approximates fair value. Cash equivalents are held for the purpose of meeting short-term liquidity requirements, rather than for investment purposes.

 

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Deferred offering costs

 

Direct costs incurred by the Company to raise debt, equity or other funding that are incurred prior to Company closing on receipt of proceeds from those offerings is treated as a deferred offering cost, a long-term asset on the balance sheet. Upon closing, those costs are transferred or netted, depending on the type of the offering against the proceeds received. In the event of a more than temporary delay or the failure to close, deferred offering costs are expensed as general and administrative expenses. At December 31, 2021, the Company had deferred approximately $15,000 of offering costs and were included on the balance sheet in Other Assets.

 

Leases

 

The Company determines if an arrangement contains a lease at inception based on whether there is an identified asset and whether it controls the use of the identified asset throughout the period of use. The Company classifies leases as either financing or operating leases. The Company does not have any finance leases. Operating lease Right of Use (“ROU”) assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and operating lease ROU liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease liabilities are recognized at the lease commencement date based on the present value of future lease payments over the lease term.

 

The Company does not allocate consideration between lease and non-lease components, such as maintenance costs and taxes passed through from the lessor, as we have elected to not separate lease and non-lease components for any leases within its existing classes of assets. Operating lease expense for fixed lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The Company will elect to treat short term leases, with no expected term extension beyond one year as operating leases under the previous lease standard ASC 840.

 

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Research and Development Costs

 

Costs incurred in connection with research and development activities are expensed as incurred. These costs include rents for facilities, supplies, and other fees related to our research efforts, fees paid to consultants that perform certain research and testing on behalf of the Company, and costs related to salaries, benefits, bonuses and stock-based compensation granted to employees in research and development functions.

 

Stock-based Compensation

 

The Financial Accounting Statements Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 718, Compensation - Stock Compensation, prescribes accounting and reporting standards for all share-based payment transactions in which employee services are acquired. The Company recognizes compensation cost relating to stock-based payment transactions using a fair-value measurement method, which requires all stock-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in operating results as compensation expense based on fair value over the requisite service period of the awards. The Company determines the fair value of stock-based option awards, that do not contain any provisions which would result in liability classification, using the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model which uses both historical and current market data to estimate fair value. The method incorporates various assumptions such as the risk-free interest rate, expected volatility, expected dividend yield, and expected life of the options. For awards with performance-based vesting criteria, the Company estimates the probability of achievement of the performance criteria and recognizes compensation expense related to those awards expected to vest. The Company accounts for forfeited awards as they occur. Ultimately, the actual expenses recognized over the vesting period will be for those shares that vested. The Company’s common stock price is assessed using valuation methods in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Valuation of Privately-Held-Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation practice guide. These estimates represent management’s best estimates and involve inherent uncertainties and the application of management’s judgment.

 

The Company has adopted the guidance included under Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) ASU 2018-17, stock-based compensation issued to non-employees and consultants on January 1, 2018. Equity-based payments to non-employees are measured at grant-date fair value of equity instruments that the Company is obligated to issue when the service has been rendered and any other conditions necessary to earn the rights to benefit from the instruments have been satisfied. Equity-classified nonemployee share based payment awards are measured at the grant date.

 

Income Taxes

 

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on differences between financial reporting and tax reporting bases of assets and liabilities and are measured using enacted tax rates and laws that are expected to be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse. Uncertain tax positions are evaluated and if appropriate, the amount of unrecognized tax benefits is recorded within deferred tax assets. Deferred tax assets are evaluated for realization based on a more-likely-than-not criterion in determining if a valuation allowance should be provided. Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amounts expected to be realized.

 

The Company uses a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken, or expected to be taken, in a tax return. The Company has elected to treat interest and penalties, to the extent they arise, as a component of income taxes. As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, there were no interest or penalties related to income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2021 or 2020. Income tax years beginning in 2018 for federal and state purposes are generally subject to examination by taxing authorities, although net operating losses from all prior years are subject to examinations and adjustments for at least three years following the year in which the tax attributes are utilized.

 

Concentration of Credit Risk

 

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk are primarily cash and cash equivalents. The Company maintains its cash and cash equivalent balances in the form of business checking accounts and money market accounts, the balances of which, at times, may exceed federally insured limits. Exposure to cash and cash equivalents credit risk is reduced by placing such deposits with major financial institutions and monitoring their credit ratings.

 

Property and Equipment

 

Property and equipment is stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Property and equipment is depreciated on the straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives which due to the nature of the work being performed have a 3 year estimated useful life. Expenditures for maintenance and repairs are charged to expenses as incurred.

 

Impairment Testing of Long-Lived Assets

 

The Company evaluates long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that their net book value may not be recoverable. When such factors and circumstances exist, the Company compares the projected undiscounted future cash flows associated with the related asset or group of assets over their estimated useful lives against their respective carrying amount. Impairment, if any, is based on the excess of the carrying amount over the fair value, based on market value when available, or discounted expected cash flows, of those assets and is recorded in the period in which the determination is made. No impairment was deemed necessary as of December 31, 2021 or 2020.

 

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The Company accounts for financial instruments under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 820, Fair Value Measurements. This statement defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. To increase consistency and comparability in fair value measurements, ASC 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three levels as follows:

 

Level 1 — quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

 

Level 2 — observable inputs other than Level 1, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in markets that are not active, and model-derived prices whose inputs are observable or whose significant value drivers are observable; and

 

Level 3 — assets and liabilities whose significant value drivers are unobservable.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

From time to time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by the FASB and are adopted by the Company as of the specified effective date.

 

In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-06, Debt Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging Contracts in Entitys Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40) (“ASU 2020-06”). This standard simplifies the guidance on the issuer’s accounting for convertible debt instruments by removing the separation models for (1) convertible debt with a cash conversion feature and (2) convertible instruments with a beneficial conversion feature. As a result, entities will not separately present in equity an embedded conversion feature in such debt and will account for a convertible debt instrument wholly as debt, unless certain other conditions are met. The elimination of these models will reduce reported interest expense and increase reported net income for entities that have issued a convertible instrument that is within the scope of ASU 2020-06. Also, ASU 2020-06 requires the application of the if-converted method for calculating diluted earnings per share, and the treasury stock method will be no longer available. ASU 2020-06 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021, with early adoption permitted no earlier than fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020. We do not expect the adoption of ASU 2020-06 to have a significant impact on our financial position, results of operations, and cash flows.

 

In May 2021, the FASB issued ASU No. 2021-04, Earnings Per Share (Topic 260), DebtModifications and Extinguishments (Subtopic 470-50), CompensationStock Compensation (Topic 718), and Derivatives and HedgingContracts in Entitys Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Issuers Accounting for Certain Modifications or Exchanges of Freestanding Equity-Classified Written Call Options (“ASU 2021-04”). This standard provides clarification and reduces diversity in an issuer’s accounting for modifications or exchanges of freestanding equity-classified written call options (such as warrants) that remain equity classified after modification or exchange. ASU 2021-04 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Issuers should apply the new standard prospectively to modifications or exchanges occurring after the effective date of the new standard. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. We are evaluating ASU 2021-04 and its impact on our financial position, results of operations, and cash flows.

 

Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective accounting pronouncements, if adopted, would have a material effect on the accompanying financial statements.

 

3.PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

 

Property and equipment consisted of the following as of December 31:

 

   2021   2020 
         
Equipment and furniture  $24,373   $24,373 
Accumulated depreciation   (18,055)   (9,931)
           
Equipment and furniture, net  $6,318   $14,442 

 

For the years ended December 31, 2021, and 2020, the Company recorded depreciation of $8,124 and $6,996, respectively.

 

4.LEASES

 

The Company leases office space in Oakbrook, Illinois and laboratory space in Houston, Texas. For all periods presented in these financial statements, the leases were operating under month-to-month and three month-to-three month verbal agreements, respectively. Upon adoption of ASC 842 and throughout the periods presented in these financial statements, the Company determined at that time that it was unable to determine with reasonable certainty that renewal for a period longer than the current verbal commitment was possible until such time as dependable and significant financing could become a certainty. The office space includes a monthly rental rate of $750 and the laboratory includes a monthly rental rate of $6,900. The costs incurred in connection with the lab are included in R&D expenses. All rental costs have been treated under the short-term exception contained within ASC 842 for all periods presented. Total rental costs incurred for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 were approximately $63,000 and $73,000, respectively, which $54,000 and $47,000 included within R&D expenses for the years ended December 31, 2021, and 2020, respectively.

 

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5.DEBT

 

In January 2019, the Company issued seven convertible notes and received proceeds totaling $700,000, of which $100, 000 was converted in 2019, leaving $600,000 outstanding during the period of these financial statements. The notes had maturity dates of three years from issuance, with the Company having the right, at its sole discretion, to further extend the maturity an additional 24 months upon notice being given to the holders. The interest rate of the notes is 8% per annum in the original 3-year term. If the Company elects to extend the notes the interest rate will be 12% for the period of the extension.

 

The notes may only be repaid in full with interest. The notes contain provisions that require the Company to incur a prepayment penalty should the loans be repaid, in full, prior to the maturity date of the notes. If the note is prepaid in the first year the penalty is 30% of the outstanding note balance. In the second year, the prepayment penalty is 20% of the outstanding note balance.

 

The notes contain certain conversion rights granted to the holders. These include the holders having the option prior to the first-year anniversary date to convert all outstanding balance into shares of common stock of the Company at a 20% discount to the then fair market value of the Company’s common stock. This option expires on the first anniversary of the note. In addition, throughout the period where note proceeds are outstanding, in the event the Company completes an equity sale of securities of at least $7,500,000 (excluding amounts converted from outstanding notes) the outstanding loan balance will automatically convert into securities of the new financing at a 20% discount to the then fair market value of the securities being converted into. At inception, the Company has determined that the conversion features contained within the notes was the predominantly likely method of settlement and therefore has treated the convertible notes as stock settled debt. At inception, the Company recorded the notes at their settled liability amount of $750,000 with the $150,000 treated as a debt discount which is being amortized over the original maturity of the convertible notes (see table below) (see Notes 10 and 12). The resulting effective interest rate of the convertible notes is 13.36%.

 

For the years ended December 31, 2021, and 2020, the total interest expense was $96,846, and $110,105 with coupon interest expense of $48,000 for each year and the amortization of debt discount of $62,605 and $48,846, respectively.

 

The following table summarizes the debt discount.

 

Balance, December 31, 2019  $116,332 
Amortization for 2020   (48,846)
Balance, December 31, 2020  $67,486 
Amortization for 2021   (62,605)
Balance, December 31, 2021  $4,881 

 

Paycheck Protection Loan

 

The Company received loan proceeds of $222,400 pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program under the CARES Act. The Loan, which was in the form of a promissory note, dated May 1, 2020, matures on May 1, 2022, and bears interest at a fixed rate of 1% per annum, payable monthly commencing in six months. Under the terms of the CARES Act, the principal may be forgiven if the Loan proceeds are used for qualifying expenses as described in the CARES Act, such as payroll costs, benefits, mortgage interest, rent, and utilities. In May 2021, the Company was notified that the Small Business Administration had accepted the Company’s forgiveness application. The forgiveness income has been included in other income on the statement of operations in the year ended December 31, 2021.

 

In January 2021 the Company received a second loan for $174,872 pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program under the CARES Act. The Loan, which was in the form of a promissory note, matures on January 21, 2023, and bears interest at a fixed rate of 1% per annum, payable monthly commencing in six months. Under the terms of the CARES Act, the principal may be forgiven if the Loan proceeds are used for qualifying expenses as described in the CARES Act, such as payroll costs, benefits, mortgage interest, rent, and utilities. In November 2021, the Company was notified that the Small Business Administration had accepted the Company’s forgiveness application. The forgiveness income has been included in other income on the statement of operations in the year ended December 31, 2021.

 

6.STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation

 

On January 24, 2022, the Company filed a revised Certificate of Incorporation with the State of Delaware to increase the total number of shares authorized to issue 70,000,000 consisting of 50,000,000 shares of common stock, having a par value of $0.00001, and 20,000,000 shares of blank check preferred stock, having a par value of $0.00001. In addition, the previously authorized two classes of voting common stock and non-voting common stock are now combined into one class of voting common stock. All previously issued voting and non-voting common shares have been retroactively presented as one class of common stock.

 

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Equity Compensation Plans

 

In January 2022, the Company adopted the 2022 Restricted Stock Plan (“Plan”). The Plan will be administered by the compensation committee of the board of directors. The committee may designate such authority to any officer or employee of the Company. The Plan awards are available to all employees, executive officers and members of the board of directors. The Plan may grant Stock Awards and may also grant Performance Awards, as defined within the Plan, with a minimum vesting period of two years, unless otherwise determined by the Board. The total shares authorized for issuance under the Plan is 1,666,667 shares of common stock.

 

Issuance of Common Stock

 

In January 2018, the Company commenced a qualified Tier II offering of its common stock under Regulation A of the 1933 Securities and Exchange Act with proceeds of up to $50 million available under the offering with an original price of approximately $30 per share before fees and expenses. In 2018 and 2019, the Company subsequently amended the offering and increased the offering price to $40.50 per common share, before fees and expenses as of September 2019. The Company continued to raise proceeds under the offering until it was terminated in December 2021.

 

In 2021, the Company sold 38,708 shares of common stock having a par value of $0.00001 for approximately $1.57 million in gross proceeds under the Tier II offering. The Company paid $28,670 in offering costs related to the sale of common stock.

 

In 2020, the Company sold 13,854 shares of common stock having a par value of $0.00001 for $0.57 million in gross proceeds. The Company paid $77,764 in offering costs related to the sale of common stock.

 

In February 2022, the Company adopted the 2022 Incentive and Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan (“Option Plan”). The Option Plan will be administered by a committee appointed by the compensation committee of the board of directors. The committee may designate such authority to any officer or employee of the Company. The Option Plan awards are available to all employees, members of the board of directors and consultants. The Option grants authorized for issuance under the Plan may total exercise into 5,000,000 shares of common stock. In the event of a termination or cancellation of an unused option grant, those shares revert back to the Option Plan.

 

7.EQUITY BASED COMPENSATION

 

Restricted Stock Awards

 

In January 2021, the Company issued 3,334 shares of common stock to its management advisory board members as part of the compensation package contained within the advisory agreements. The shares were valued at $135,000 based on the pricing received in the Tier II offering. The grants vest over a 1 year period from grant. Through mutual agreement, these shares were cancelled in January 2022.

 

In January 2020, the Company issued 3,334 shares of common stock to its management advisory board members as part of the Compensation package contained within their advisory agreements. The shares were valued at $135,000 based on the pricing received under the Tier II offering. The grants vest over a 1 year period from grant. Through mutual agreement, these shares were cancelled in January 2022.

 

Option Awards

 

In August 2021, the Company granted options to acquire 18,334 shares of common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $40.50 per share with a 5 year term and which all vested in full immediately upon grant.

 

The total fair value of stock options granted during the year ended December 31, 2021, was $487,500.

 

The following table provides the estimates included in the inputs to the black-scholes merton pricing model for the options granted in 2021:

 

Underlying fair market value    $40.50 per share 
Expected life   5 years 
Risk free interest rate   0.80% 
Dividend rate   0% 
Historical volatility   81% 

 

The Company has utilized the pricing received, on a near continuous basis from investors, in its Tier II offering as the fair market value for the underlying common shares. In addition, the Company has utilized a basket of 5 public companies with similar operations to estimate a historical volatility at the time of grant.

 

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A summary of option activity for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 is as follows:

 

   Number of
Shares
   Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
   Total
Intrinsic
Value
   Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life
(in years)
 
Outstanding as of December 31, 2019    83,334    $ 5.76    $        -    2.82 
Granted   -   $            
Exercised   -   $            
Forfeited or expired   -   $            
Outstanding as of December 31, 2020    83,334    $ 5.76    $-    1.82 
Granted    18,334      40.50     -    5.00 
Exercised   -    -           
Forfeited or expired   -    -           
Options Outstanding as of December 31, 2021    101,668    $ 12.03    $-    1.50 
Options unvested as of December 31, 2021    1,667    $ 40.50    $-    2.06 

 

As of December 31, 2021, there was only a nominal amount of unrecognized stock-based compensation related to unvested options.

 

Stock-based compensation expense included in the following line items on the statement of operations for the years ended December 31 is as follows:

 

   2021   2020 
Research and development  $391,500   $- 
General and administrative   235,579    212,882 
           
Total  $627,079   $212,882 

 

8. INCOME TAXES

 

The components of our deferred tax assets are as follows:

 

   December 31, 
   2021   2020 
Deferred Tax Assets:          
Net operating losses  $1,460,000   $1,244,000 
Research and development credits   15,000    11,000 
Total deferred tax assets   1,475,000    1,255,000 
Less: Valuation allowance   (1,475,000)   (1,255,000)
Net Deferred Tax Assets:  $-   $- 
           
Deferred Tax Liabilities:          
   $-   $- 
Net Deferred Tax Liability  $-   $- 

 

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The benefit of income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 consist of the following:

 

    For the years ended December 31, 
    2021    2020 
U.S. federal          
Current  $-   $- 
Deferred   -    - 
State and local          
Current   -    - 
Deferred   -    - 
Valuation allowance   -    - 
Income Tax Provision (Benefit)      $- 

 

In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of the deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. Management considers the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income, and tax planning strategies in making this assessment. Based upon the level of historical losses and the uncertainty of future taxable income over the periods which the Company will realize the benefits of its net deferred tax assets, management believes it is more likely than not that the Company will not fully realize the benefits on the balance of its net deferred tax assets and, accordingly, the Company has established full valuation allowance on its net deferred tax assets.

 

A reconciliation of the statutory income tax rate to the effective tax rate is as follows

 

   December 31, 
   2021   2020 
         
Federal rate   314,000    360,000 
State income taxes, net of federal benefit   82,000    94,000 
Equity based compensation   (166,000)   (56,000)
Amortization of debt discount   (17,000)   (13,000)
Other   7,000    16,000 
Change in valuation allowance   (220,000)   (401,000)
Income Taxes Provision (Benefit)   -    - 

 

As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company has available federal net operating losses of approximately $5.5 million and $4.6 million, respectively, which can be carried forward indefinitely. In 2020, as part of the CARES Act, the Company had the ability to fully utilize its net operating loss carryforwards against taxable income. That provision expired in 2021, and thus, from 2021 onward, the Company may only utilize net operating loss carryforwards totaling up to 80% of its taxable income in any given year.

 

Due to changes in the Company’s ownership over time, it is possible that future utilization of the net operating loss carryforwards may be subject to certain limitations under Internal Revenue Code Section 382. While the scope of any such limitations has not been determined, they could result in significant permanent impairments to the Company’s net operating loss carryforwards and reduction in the gross deferred tax asset that is disclosed above.

 

U.S. GAAP provides that the tax effects from uncertain tax positions can be recognized in the financial statements only if the position is more likely than not to be sustained on audit, based on the technical merits of the position. At December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company had $0 and $0 of unrecognized state tax benefits net of federal benefits recorded, respectively.

 

The Company does not expect any material changes in the amount of unrecognized tax benefits within the next twelve months. The Company files tax returns as prescribed by the laws of the jurisdictions in which it operates. In the normal course of business, the Company is subject to examination by federal and state jurisdictions, where applicable. There are currently no pending tax examinations. The statute of limitations period is generally three years. Due to the extent of the net operating loss carryforward, however, all tax years remain open to examination.

 

F-29

 

 

9.COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

From time to time, the Company may be subject to various legal proceedings and claims that arise in the ordinary course of the Company’s business activities.

 

On August 28, 2020, a group of noteholders totaling $600,000, filed a lawsuit naming the Company as a defendant alleging breach of contract in Cook County, Illinois. The breach in the lawsuits was for not providing the required financial information in the form of unaudited financial statements to the noteholders, as required under the convertible note agreements. Three of the note holders’ cases were dismissed with prejudice. Only three of the noteholders remain in the lawsuit. The defendant was granted an extension until March 2022. The Company’s position is that the claims are without merit. The Company has indicated in filings to the court that the Company provided the information as required via e-mail and other communication to the convertible note holders, and in addition, published the required information as part of its ongoing reporting obligations under its Regulation A Tier II offering at www.sec.gov. The Company intends to continue to vigorously defend against this litigation.

 

10.RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

In 2017, the CEO and founder of the Company entered into an agreement to advance $250,000 to the Company to meet its working capital requirements. The advance bore interest at 9% per annum. In August 2020, the advance was repaid in full along with approximately $74,000 in accrued interest. In the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company recorded interest expense – related party for this advance in the amount of approximately $24,000.

 

In 2020 and 2021, the Company used the bookkeeping services of an accounting firm in which an officer of the Company was a partner. The Company incurred $17,265 and $24,260 of accounting services in the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

 

11.SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

In January 2022, in accordance with the provisions of the convertible notes, the Company notified the noteholders holding a total of $600,000 of the notes that the Company had extended the maturity date of the convertible notes to January 2024. In accordance with the terms of the extension the interest rate of the convertible notes increased thereafter to 12% per annum.

 

On December 20, 2021, the Company entered into a lease agreement, which will commence upon delivery of the laboratory equipment, including a new three-dimensional printing unit, underlying the lease. Payments under the lease total approximately $9,000 per month for a term of 36 months.

 

In February 2022, the Company entered into the third amendment to the lease for its laboratory space at JLabs. The amendment included additional lab space and increased the monthly base rental rate to approximately $6,900 per month.

 

In August 2022, the Company filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware to amend its articles of incorporation to effect a 1:3 reverse split of its issued and outstanding common stock. The effect of this reverse split has been shown as if it occurred at the inception of the Company.

 

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Up to [  ]Common Units, Each Consisting of One Share of Common Stock

And One Warrant to Purchase One Share of Common Stock

Up to [  ] Pre-Funded Units, Each Consisting of One Pre-Funded Warrant to Purchase One Share of Common Stock and One Warrant to Purchase One Share of Common Stock

 

 

BIOLIFE4D CORPORATION

 

PROSPECTUS

 

Aegis Capital Corp.

 

[  ], 2022

 

Through and including [  ], 2022 (the 25th day after the date of this offering), all dealers effecting transactions in these securities, whether or not participating in this offering, may be required to deliver a prospectus. This is in addition to a dealer’s obligation to deliver a prospectus when acting as an underwriter and with respect to an unsold allotment or subscription.

 

 
 

 

PART II

 

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 13. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

 

The following table sets forth the costs and expenses, other than the underwriting discounts and commissions, payable in connection with the sale of common stock being registered. All amounts shown are estimates, except the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority filing fee, and Nasdaq Listing Fee.

 

Description   Amount 
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee  $

1,625

 
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority filing fee  $

2,750

 
Nasdaq application fee  $5,000 
Accounting fees and expenses  $

100,000

 
Legal fees and expenses  $

100,000

 
Transfer agent and registrar fees and expenses  $10,000 
Printing expenses  $14,500 
Accountable expenses of the Underwriter (including legal fees)  $100,000 
Miscellaneous   1,125 
Total  $

335,000

 

 

(1)Nasdaq initial application fee. Additional fees payable upon listing based on total shares outstanding. See NASDAQ Listing Rule 5910.

 

Item 14. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

 

Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation may indemnify directors and officers as well as other employees and individuals against expenses including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection with various actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative other than an action by or in the right of the corporation, a derivative action, if they acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if they had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. A similar standard is applicable in the case of derivative actions, except that indemnification only extends to expenses including attorneys’ fees incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such actions, and the statute requires court approval before there can be any indemnification where the person seeking indemnification has been found liable to the corporation. The statute provides that it is not exclusive of other indemnification that may be granted by a corporation’s certificate of incorporation, bylaws, agreement, a vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

Our charter documents provide that we will indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended from time to time, each person that such section grants us the power to indemnify.

 

The Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability for:

 

Any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its shareholders;
Acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;
Payments of unlawful dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions; or
Any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

 

Our charter documents provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, none of our directors will be personally liable to us or our shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. Any repeal or modification of this provision will be prospective only and will not adversely affect any limitation, right, or protection of a director of our company existing at the time of such repeal or modification.

 

Item 15. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.

 

In connection with each of the following unregistered sales and issuances of securities, except as otherwise provided below, the Company relied upon the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act for transactions not involving a public offering.

 

a) Issuance of Capital Stock.

 

In January 2018, we commenced a qualified Tier II offering (the “Tier II Offering”) of our common stock under Regulation A of the Securities Act with proceeds of up to $50 million available under the Tier II Offering with an original price of $30.00 per share. In 2018 and 2019, we amended the Tier II Offering and increased the offering price to $36.00 and then ultimately to $40.50 per common share. We continued to raise proceeds under the Tier II Offering until it was terminated in December 2021. We sold a total of 120,727 shares and raised a total of $4,069,014.50 in the Tier II Offering broken out as follows:

 

  In 2018, we sold 56,563 shares of common stock for $30 per share for a total of $1,696,880;
  In 2018, we sold 2,410 shares of common stock for $36 per share for a total of $86,760;
  In 2019, we sold 47,925 shares of common stock for $36 per share for a total of $1,725,300;
  In 2019, we sold 1,293 shares of common stock for $40.50 per share for a total of $ 52,380;
  In 2020, we sold 4,220 shares of common stock for $40.50 per share for a total of $170,895; and
  In 2021, we sold 2,376 shares of common stock for $40.50 per share for a total of $96,187.

 

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In January 2019, we issued seven convertible notes and received proceeds totaling $700,000. The notes had maturity dates of three years from issuance, with us having the right, at our sole discretion, to further extend the maturity an additional 24 months upon notice being given to the holders. The interest rate of the notes was 8% per annum in the original three-year term. In January 2022, we elected to extend the maturity date of the notes to January 2024 with an increased interest rate of 12% for the period of the extension. In addition, if we raise $7.5 million from our prior offerings and this Offering, the outstanding balance under the convertible notes will automatically convert into shares of our common stock at a 20% discount to the then fair market value of our common stock. One note for $100,000 was converted into shares of our common stock.

 

In January 2019, we issued 8,334 shares of common stock to each of the four members of our management advisory board, for an aggregate of 3,334 shares of common stock, as part of the compensation package contained within their advisory agreements. The shares were subsequently forfeited and cancelled in January 2022.

 

In January 2020, we issued 834 shares of common stock to each of the four members of our management advisory board, for an aggregate of 3,334 shares of common stock, as part of the compensation package contained within their advisory agreements. The shares were subsequently forfeited and cancelled in January 2022.

 

In 2020, we sold an aggregate of 9,634 shares of common stock for $40.50 pursuant to certain Share Purchase Agreements.

 

In January 2021, we issued 834 shares of common stock to each of the four members of our management advisory board, for an aggregate of 3,334 shares of common stock, as part of the compensation package contained within their advisory agreements. The shares were subsequently forfeited and cancelled in January 2022.

 

In 2021, we sold 3,633 shares of common stock for $40.50 per share pursuant to certain Share Purchase Agreements and issued 223 shares of common stock in exchange for services at a valuation of $40.50 per share.

 

On January 11, 2022, we issued 3,334 shares of common stock to an advisor pursuant to an Independent Advisory Agreement in exchange for services at a valuation of $40.50 per share.

 

In February and March 2022, we issued 1,334 shares of common stock to an officer pursuant to a Consultant Agreement in exchange for services at a valuation of $40.50 per share.

 

(b) Option Grants.

 

In January 2019, we issued options to purchase 3,334 shares of common stock to each of the four members of the management advisory board, for an aggregate of 13,334 options, at an exercise price of $30.00 per share with a five year term, all of which vested in full immediately upon grant.

 

In August 2021, we granted options to purchase 18,334 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $40.50 per share with a five-year term, all of which vested in full immediately upon grant.

 

In January 2022, we granted options to purchase 45,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $40.50 per share with a five-year term, all of which vested in full immediately upon grant.

 

In February 2022, we granted 25,000 options to the three members of our board of directors (8,334 each) that vest 12 months from the date of issuance with an exercise price of $40.50.

 

In February and March 2022, we granted 1,334 options to a consultant to acquire shares of common stock at an exercise price of $40.50 per share. These options vest immediately.

 

The options described above were deemed exempt from registration in reliance on Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act or Rule 701 promulgated thereunder as transactions pursuant to benefit plans and contracts relating to compensation as provided under Rule 701. The recipients of such securities were our employees, directors or bona fide consultants and received the securities under our stock option plans.

 

(a) The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement and are numbered in accordance with Item 601 of Regulation S-K:

 

See the Exhibit Index immediately preceding the Signature Page.

 

(b) Financial Statement Schedules:

 

See our Financial Statements starting on page F-1. All other schedules for which provision is made in the applicable accounting regulations of the SEC are not required, are inapplicable or the information is included in the financial statements, and have therefore been omitted.

 

Item 17. Undertakings.

 

The undersigned registrant (the “Registrant”) hereby undertakes to provide to the underwriters at the closing specified in the underwriting agreement, certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as required by the underwriters to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser.

 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to the directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

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The Registrant hereby undertakes:

 

  (1) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.
     
  (2) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities:

 

The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

 

  a. Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
  b. Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;
  c. The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and
  d. Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

 

The Registrant hereby further undertakes that:

 

  (1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, shall be deemed to be part of this Registration Statement as of the time it was declared effective.
     
  (2) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit   Description
1.1 Form of Underwriting Agreement between BioLife4D Corporation and Aegis Capital Corp.
3.1 **  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of BioLife4D Corporation filed with the Division of Corporations, State of Delaware on February 4, 2022
3.2 ** Amended and Restated Bylaws of BioLife4D Corporation, dated February 3, 2022

3.3

  Amendment to Bylaws of BioLife4D Corporation, dated August 11, 2022
4.1 Form of Underwriter’s Warrant

4.2

Form of Warrant Agent Agreement

4.3

Form of Warrant

4.4

  Form of Warrant Agent Agreement for Pre-funded Warrants

4.5

Form of Pre-Funded Warrant

4.6

  Form of Additional Warrant
5.1 * Opinion of FitzGerald Kreditor Bolduc Risbrough LLP
10.1 ** Advisory Board Agreement between BioLife4D Corporation and Sean Palecek, dated May 30, 2017
10.2 ** Amendment to Advisory Board Agreement between BioLife4D Corporation and Sean Palecek, dated January 17, 2022
10.3 ** Advisory Board Agreement between BioLife4D Corporation and Ibrahim T. Ozbolat, dated May 31, 2017
10.4

**

Amendment to Advisory Board Agreement between BioLife4D Corporation and Ibrahim T. Ozbolat, dated January 14, 2022
10.5 ** Advisory Board Agreement between BioLife4D Corporation and Janet Zoldan, dated June 8, 2017
10.6 ** Amendment to Advisory Board Agreement between BioLife4D Corporation and Janet Zoldan, dated February 1, 2022
10.7 ** Advisory Board Agreement between BioLife4D Corporation and Shayn Peirce-Cottler, dated July 11, 2017
10.8 ** Amendment to Advisory Board Agreement between BioLife4D Corporation and Shayn Peirce-Cottler, dated February 1, 2022
10.9 ** Advisory Board Agreement between BioLife4D Corporation and Jeffrey Morgan, dated August 23, 2017
10.10 ** Amendment to Advisory Board Agreement between BioLife4D Corporation and Jeffrey Morgan, dated February 1, 2022
10.11 ** Advisory Board Agreement between BioLife4D Corporation and Raimond Winslow, dated August 28, 2017
10.12 ** Laboratory Service Agreement between BioLife4D Corporation and Northwestern University, dated November 1, 2017
10.13 ** License Agreement between BioLife4D Corporation and Texas Medical Center, dated May 24, 2018
10.14 ** First Amendment to License Agreement between BioLife4D Corporation and Texas Medical Center, dated July 3, 2018
10.15 ** Second Amendment to License Agreement between BioLife4D Corporation and Texas Medical Center, dated October 29, 2018
10.16 ** Third Amendment to License Agreement between and BioLife4D Corporation and Texas Medical Center, dated February 7, 2022
10.17 ** Note Purchase Agreement between BioLife4D Corporation and EchoVenture, LLC, dated January 3, 2019
10.18 ** Extension to the Note Purchase Agreement between BioLife4D Corporation and EchoVenture, LLC, dated January 12, 2022
10.19 ** Advisory Board Agreement between BioLife4D Corporation and Stephen M. Simes, dated January 21, 2019
10.20 ** Note Purchase Agreement between BioLife4D Corporation and H Joseph Leitch, dated January 22, 2019
10.21 ** Extension to the Note Purchase Agreement between BioLife4D Corporation and H Joseph Leitch, dated January 13, 2022
10.22 ** Note Purchase Agreement between BioLife4D Corporation and 2 JWB 6P LLC, dated January 28, 2019
10.23 ** Extension to the Note Purchase Agreement between BioLife4D Corporation and 2 JWB 6P LLC, dated January 12, 2022
10.24 ** Note Purchase Agreement between BioLife4D Corporation and Millennium Automated Parking, Inc. and Julius S. Levine Trust, dated January 31, 2019
10.25 ** Extension to the Note Purchase Agreement between BioLife4D Corporation and Millennium Automated Parking, Inc., dated January 12, 2022
10.26 ** Extension to the Note Purchase Agreement between BioLife4D Corporation and Julius S. Levine Trust, dated January 12, 2022
10.27 ** Note Purchase Agreement between BioLife4D Corporation and Clayton A. Struve, dated January 31, 2019
10.28 ** Extension to the Note Purchase Agreement between BioLife4D Corporation and Clayton A. Struve, dated January 13, 2022
10.29 †** Employment Agreement between BioLife4D Corporation and Kathleen Ann Lewis, dated September 15, 2020
10.30 ** Engagement Letter between BioLife4D Corporation and The Hechtman Group LTD, dated July 22, 2021
10.3 ** Intelligent Office Membership Agreement between BioLife4D Corporation and Aspire Ventures, LLC d/b/a Intelligent Office of Lincolnshire, dated December 29, 2021
10.32 ** Platform-as-a-Service Monthly Service Agreement between BioLife4D Corporation and Advanced Solutions Life Sciences, LLC, dated December 20, 2021
10.33 ** Independent Advisor Agreement between BioLife4D Corporation and Ravi Birla, dated January 11, 2022

10.34

†** CFO Agreement between BioLife4D Corporation and Wesley Ramjeet, dated February 1, 2022
10.35 †** 2022 Incentive and Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan to Employees, Directors, and Consultants of BioLife4D Corporation, dated February 3, 2022
10.36 †** 2022 Restricted Stock Plan, dated February 3, 2022

10.37

** Business Loan Agreement, dated May 18, 2022, by and between BioLife4D Corporation and Fifth Third Bank, National Association

10.38

** Promissory Note, dated May 18, 2022, made by BioLife4D Corporation in favor of Fifth Third Bank, National Association

10.39

** Assignment of Deposit Account, dated May 18, 2022, by and among BioLife4D – SM Trust dated November 1, 2016, BioLife4D Corporation and Fifth Third Bank, National Association

10.40

** Secured Promissory Note, dated May 18, 2022, made by BioLife4D – SM Trust, dated November 1, 2016

10.41

** Stock Pledge Agreement, dated May 18, 2022, by the BioLife4D – SM Trust, dated November 1, 2016

10.42

** Agreement, dated May 18, 2022, between BioLife4D Corporation and BioLife4D – SM Trust, dated November 1, 2016
10.43 Amendment to CFO Agreement between BioLife4D Corporation and Wesley Ramjeet, dated August 11, 2022

10.44

  Executive Employment Agreement between BioLife4D Corporation and Steven Morris, dated September 2, 2022
10.45   Option Agreement between BioLife4D Corporation and Dr. Jeffrey Morgan, dated January 26, 2022, effective as of August 1, 2020
10.46   Option Agreement between BioLife4D Corporation and Dr. Jeffrey Morgan, dated January 26, 2022, effective as of August 6, 2021
14.1 ** Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and Insider Trading Policy dated February 14, 2022
23.1 Consent of L J Soldinger Associates, LLC
23.2 * Consent of FitzGerald Kreditor Bolduc Risbrough LLP (included in Exhibit 5)
24.1

**

Power of attorney (see signature page of Registration Statement Form S-1 filed with the Commission on June 3, 2022)
99.1 ** Audit Committee Charter dated February 14, 2022
99.2   Compensation Committee Charter dated August 23, 2022
99.3  

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Charter, dated August 23, 2022

101.1   Interactive Data File
107 ** Calculation of Filing Fee Tables

 

Indicates management contract or compensatory plan
*

To be filed by amendment

** Previously filed

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Buffalo Grove, State of Illinois, on September 7, 2022.

 

  BIOLIFE4D CORPORATION
     
  By: /s/ Steven Morris
    Steven Morris
    Chief Executive Officer, Secretary, and Chairman of the Board of Directors

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement on Form S-1 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature   Title   Date
         
/s/ Steven Morris   Chief Executive Officer, Secretary, and Chairman of the Board of Director  

September 7, 2022

Steven Morris   (Principal Executive Officer)    
         
/s/ Wesley Ramjeet   Chief Financial Officer   September 7, 2022
Wesley Ramjeet   (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)    
         
/s/ Stephen Simes   Director  

September 7, 2022

Stephen Simes        
         
/s/ Lisa Kelley   Director   September 7, 2022
Lisa Kelley        

 

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Exhibit 1.1

 

Underwriting Agreement

 

[PRICING DATE], 2022

 

Aegis Capital Corp.

810 7th Avenue,

18th Floor

New York, NY 10019

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

BioLife4D Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), agrees, subject to the terms and conditions in this agreement (this “Agreement”), to issue and sell to Aegis Capital Corp., (the “Underwriter”) an aggregate of [●] units (each, a “Closing Unit”), with each Closing Unit consisting of either: (A) one share of common stock (the “Firm Shares”), par value $0.00001 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) and one warrant to purchase one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $[●] (representing 100% of the per Closing Common Unit (as defined below) offering price (the “Public Offering Price”) per whole share of Common Stock (the “Warrant”) (each, a “Closing Common Unit”); or (B) one pre-funded warrant (each, a “Pre-funded Warrant”) to purchase one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.001 until such time as the Pre-funded Warrant is exercised in full subject to adjustment as provided in the Pre-funded Warrant and one Warrant (each, a “Closing Pre-funded Unit”). The Common Stock referred to in this Section are hereinafter referred to as the “Closing Shares”; the Warrants referred to in this Section are hereinafter referred to as the “Closing Warrants”; and the Pre-funded Warrants referred to in this Section are hereinafter referred to as the “Closing Pre-funded Warrants.” No Closing Common Units will be certificated, and the Closing Shares and the Closing Warrants comprising the Closing Common Units will be separated immediately upon issuance. No Closing Pre-funded Units will be certificated, and the Closing Pre-funded Warrants and the Closing Warrants comprising the Closing Pre-funded Units will be separated immediately upon issuance. At the option of the Underwriter, the Company agrees, subject to the terms and conditions herein, to issue and sell additional Option Securities (as defined herein). The Closing Units and the Option Securities are herein referred to collectively as the “Securities”. The number of Closing Units and Option Securities to be purchased by the Underwriter is set forth opposite its name in Schedule I hereto. Aegis Capital Corp. has agreed to act as the Underwriter in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities.

 

Definitions

 

“Affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

 

“Applicable Time” means [TIME] [a.m./p.m.] Eastern Time on the date hereof.

 

“Bona Fide Electronic Road Show” means a “bona fide electronic road show” (as defined in Rule 433(h)(5) under the Securities Act) that the Company has made available without restriction by “graphic means” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) to any person.

 

“Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close, provided that the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shall not be deemed to be authorized or obligated to be closed due to a “shelter in place,” “non-essential employee” or similar closure of physical location at the direction of any governmental authority if the bank’s electronic funds transfer systems (including for wire transfers) are open for use by customers on such day.

 

“Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

“Emerging Growth Company means an “emerging growth company” (as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act).

 

 

 

 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

“Exempt Issuance” means securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, and provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person (or to the equity holders of a Person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an asset in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities.

 

“Final Prospectus” means the prospectus in the form first filed with the Commission pursuant to and within the time limits described in Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act.

 

“Free Writing Prospectus” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

 

“Investment Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means an “issuer free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 433(h)(1) under the Securities Act).

 

“Person” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.

 

“Preliminary Prospectus” means any preliminary prospectus included in the Registration Statement prior to the time at which the Commission declared the Registration Statement effective.

 

“Pricing Disclosure Package” means the Pricing Prospectus collectively with the documents and pricing information set forth in Schedule II hereto.

 

“Pricing Prospectus” means the Preliminary Prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the time at which the Commission declared the Registration Statement effective.

 

“Prospectus Delivery Period” means such period of time after the first date of the public offering of the Closing Units as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriter a prospectus relating to the Closing Units is required by law to be delivered (or required to be delivered but for Rule 172 under the Securities Act) in connection with sales of the Closing Units by Underwriter or dealer.

 

“Qualified Holder” means each Holder, including each “beneficial holder”, together with all Affiliates of such Holder and/or “beneficial holder”, that purchased Qualified Warrants in connection with the public offering.

 

“Qualified Warrants” means at least [●] Warrants purchased in connection with the Offering by any Holder, including each “beneficial holder” of Warrants, taken together with all Affiliates of such Holder and/or “beneficial holder.” Qualified Warrants shall not include Pre-funded Warrants. The number of Qualified Warrants shall be fixed at completion of the Offering.

 

“Registration Statement” means (a) the registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-265400), including a prospectus, registering the offer and sale of the Closing Units under the Securities Act as amended at the time the Commission declared it effective, including each of the exhibits, financial statements and schedules thereto, (b) any Rule 430A Information, and (c) any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement.

 

“Rule 430A Information” means the information deemed, pursuant to Rule 430A under the Securities Act, to be part of the Registration Statement at the time the Commission declared the Registration Statement effective.

 

 

 

 

“Rule 462(b) Registration Statement” means an abbreviated registration statement to register the offer and sale of additional Closing Units pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act.

 

“Sarbanes-Oxley Act” means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

“Testing-the-Waters Communication” means any oral or Written Communication with potential investors undertaken in reliance on Section 5(d) of under the Securities Act and Rule 163B thereunder.

 

“Written Communication” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

 

“Written Testing-the-Waters Communications” means any Testing-the-Waters Communication that is a Written Communication.

 

1. Representations and Warranties of the Company.

 

The Company hereby represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Underwriter that:

 

(a) Registration Statement.

 

(i) The Company has prepared and filed the Registration Statement with the Commission under the Securities Act. The Commission has declared the Registration Statement effective under the Securities Act and the Company has not as of the date of this Agreement filed a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement. The Commission has not issued any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any order preventing or suspending the use of the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Testing-the-Waters Communication, and no proceedings for such purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act have been initiated, are pending before or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened by the Commission.

 

(ii) The Registration Statement, at the time it became effective, did not contain, and any post-effective amendment thereto, as of the effective date of such amendment, will not contain, any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by the Underwriter for use in the Registration Statement (including any post-effective amendment thereto), the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus (including any amendments or supplements thereto), any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Testing-the-Waters Communication, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by the Underwriter consists of the information described in Section 8(b) hereof (collectively, the “Underwriter Information”).

 

(iii) Each of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time it became effective and at the date hereof, complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act.

 

(b) Pricing Disclosure Package. The Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, did not, and as of the Closing Date (as defined below) and as of any Additional Closing Date (as defined below), as the case may be, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.

 

 

 

 

(c) Final Prospectus.

 

(i) Each of the Final Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, as of its date, as of the time it is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, as of the Closing Date and as of any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.

 

(ii) Each of the Final Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, at the time it is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, as of the Closing Date and as of any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act.

 

(d) Preliminary Prospectuses.

 

(i) Each Preliminary Prospectus, as of the time it was filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) under the Securities Act, if any, did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.

 

(ii) Each Preliminary Prospectus, at the time it was filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) under the Securities Act, if any, complied in all material respects with the Securities Act.

 

(e) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses.

 

(i) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the Preliminary Prospectus accompanying, or delivered prior to the delivery of, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, did not, as of the date of such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and will not, as of the Closing Date and as of any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.

 

(ii) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, at the time of filing with the Commission, complied or will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act.

 

(iii) The Company has filed, or will file, with the Commission, within the time period specified in Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, any Free Writing Prospectus it is required to file pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act.

 

(iv) Except for the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, set forth in Schedule II hereto and electronic road shows, if any, each furnished to the Underwriter before first use, the Company has not used, authorized the use of, referred to or participated in the planning for use of, and will not, without the prior consent of the Underwriter, use, authorize the use of, refer to or participate in the planning for use of, any Free Writing Prospectus.

 

 

 

 

(f) Testing-the-Waters Communications.

 

The Company has not (x) alone engaged in any Testing-the-Waters Communication and (y) authorized anyone to engage in Testing-the-Waters Communications.

 

(g) No Other Disclosure Materials. Other than the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus and the Road Show, the Company (including its agents and representatives, other than the Underwriter, as to which no representation or warranty is given) has not, directly or indirectly, distributed, prepared, used, authorized, approved or referred to, and will not distribute, prepare, use, authorize, approve or refer to, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities.

 

(h) Ineligible Issuer. At the time of filing of the registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-265400) registering the offer and sale of the Securities submitted to the Commission on [DATE], 2022 and any amendment thereto and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act).

 

(i) Emerging Growth Company. From the time of the initial confidential submission of the Registration Statement to the Commission (or, if earlier, the first date on which the Company engaged directly or through any person authorized to act on its behalf in any Testing-the-Waters Communication) through the date hereof, the Company has been and is an Emerging Growth Company.

 

(j) Due Authorization. The Company has full right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder; and all action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery by it of this Agreement and the underwriter’s warrant agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, (the “Underwriter’s Warrant Agreement”) and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby has been duly and validly taken.

 

(k) Underwriting Agreement; Underwriter’s Warrant Agreement. Each of This Agreement and the Underwriter’s Warrant Agreement have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and each, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto and thereto, constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as (i) the enforcement hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity) relating to enforceability and (ii) rights to indemnification and contribution hereunder may be limited by applicable law and public policy considerations.

 

(l) No Material Adverse Change. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (in each case exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), since the date of the most recent financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus: (i) there has been no material adverse change, or any development that could result in a material adverse change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business, properties, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity, or results of operations, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as a whole; (ii) there has been no change in the capital stock of the Company (other than (A) the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise, settlement (including any “net” or “cashless” exercises or settlements) or conversion of stock options, restricted share units or warrants described as outstanding, (B) the grant of options and awards under existing equity incentive plans, or (C) the repurchase of shares of Common Stock by the Company, which were issued pursuant to the early exercise of stock options by option holders and are subject to repurchase by the Company, in each case, as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus), or material change in the short-term debt or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, considered as a whole; and (iii) the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as a whole, have not incurred any material liability or obligation, indirect, direct or contingent (whether or not in the ordinary course of business); nor entered into any transaction or agreement (whether or not in the ordinary course of business) that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as a whole; and (iv) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for payment, paid or made by the Company or, except for dividends paid to the Company or other subsidiaries of the Company, any of its subsidiaries on any class of capital stock or repurchase or redemption by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any class of capital stock.

 

 

 

 

(m) Organization and Good Standing of the Company and its Subsidiaries. The Company and each of its subsidiaries have been duly organized and are validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization, are duly qualified to do business and are in good standing in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification, and have all power and authority (corporate and other) necessary to own, lease or hold their respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, except where the failure to be in good standing, to be so qualified or to have such power or authority could not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business, properties, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity, or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one entity, or adversely affect the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement (a “Material Adverse Effect”).

 

(n) Capitalization. The capitalization of the Company is as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the heading “Capitalization”. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. The Securities and the Underwriter’s Securities (as defined in Section 3(b)(vi)) have been duly authorized and, when issued and paid for as contemplated herein, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; the holders thereof are not and will not be subject to personal liability by reason of being such holders; the Securities and the Underwriter’s Securities are not and will not be subject to the preemptive rights of any holders of any security of the Company or similar contractual rights granted by the Company; and all corporate action required to be taken for the authorization, issuance and sale of the Securities and the Underwriter’s Securities has been duly and validly taken. When paid for and issued in accordance with the Underwriter’s Warrant Agreement, the Underlying Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; the holders thereof are not and will not be subject to personal liability by reason of being such holders; the Underlying Shares are not and will not be subject to the preemptive rights of any holders of any security of the Company or similar contractual rights granted by the Company; and all corporate action required to be taken for the authorization, issuance and sale of the Underwriter’s Warrant Agreement has been duly and validly taken. None of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company were issued in violation of any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities of the Company. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, there are no authorized or outstanding options, warrants, preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other rights to acquire, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, any shares of capital stock, or other equity interest in, the Company or any of its subsidiaries. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of, or other equity interest in, each of the Company’s subsidiaries (i) have been duly authorized and validly issued, (ii) are fully paid and non-assessable and (iii) are owned by the Company, directly or through the Company’s subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, charge, claim or restriction on voting or transfer.

 

(o) Stock Plans. With respect to the stock options (the “Stock Options”) granted pursuant to the stock-based compensation plans of the Company and its subsidiaries (the “Company Stock Plans”), (i) each Stock Option intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), so qualifies, and each Stock Option allocated was allocated properly, (ii) each grant of a Stock Option was duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, including, as applicable, approval by the board of directors of the Company (or a duly constituted and authorized committee thereof) and any required stockholder approval by the necessary number of votes or written consents, and the award agreement governing such grant (if any), to the Company’s knowledge, was duly executed and delivered by each party thereto, (iii) each such grant was made in all material respects in accordance with the terms of the Company Stock Plans, and (iv) each such grant was properly accounted for in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as applied in the United States (“GAAP”) in the financial statements (including the related notes) of the Company.

 

 

 

 

(p) No Violation or Default. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is: (i) in violation of its articles of incorporation, by-laws or similar organizational documents; (ii) in default, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant, condition or other obligation contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, contract, undertaking or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any property, right or asset of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject; or (iii) in violation of any law or statute applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any of their respective properties or assets, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such default or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(q) No Conflicts. None of (i) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company, (ii) the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities, (iii) the application of the proceeds of the offering as described under “Use of Proceeds” in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, or (iv) the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein will: (x) result in any violation of the terms or provisions of the charter, by-laws or similar organizational documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (y) conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or require the approval of stockholders, members or partners or any approval or consent of any persons under, any of the terms or provisions of, constitute a default under, result in the termination, modification, or acceleration of, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property, right or asset of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, note agreement, contract, undertaking or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any property, right or asset of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject; or (z) result in the violation of any law, statute or regulation applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any judgment, order, rule or decree of any court, arbitrator, governmental or regulatory authority, agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets.

 

(r) No Consents Required. No consent, approval, authorization, order, filing, registration, license or qualification of or with any court, arbitrator, or governmental or regulatory authority, agency, or body is required for (i) the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement; (ii) the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities; or (iii) the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, except for such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, filings, registrations or qualifications as (x) have already been obtained or made and are still in full force and effect, (y) may be required by FINRA and Nasdaq, and (z) may be required under applicable state securities laws in connection with the purchase, distribution and resale of the Securities by the Underwriter.

 

(s) Independent Accountants. L J Soldinger Associates, LLC, which expressed its opinion with respect to the financial statements (which term as used in this Agreement includes the related notes thereto) and supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of the rules and regulations of the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and as required by the Securities Act.

 

(t) Financial Statements and Other Financial Data. The financial statements (including the related notes thereto), together with the supporting schedules, included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus comply with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the entities to which they relate as of and at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and cash flows for the periods specified. Such financial statements, notes and schedules have been prepared in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved, except as may be expressly stated in the notes thereto. The financial data set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Capitalization” present fairly the information set forth therein on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.

 

 

 

 

(u) Statistical and Market-Related Data. The statistical and market-related data included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company reasonably and in good faith believes to be accurate and reliable in all material respects.

 

(v) Forward-Looking Statements. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.

 

(w) Legal Proceedings. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, (i) there are no legal, governmental or regulatory investigations, actions, demands, claims, suits, arbitrations, inquiries or proceedings (collectively, “Actions”) pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may be a party or to which any property, right or asset of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may be the subject that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, could have a Material Adverse Effect; and (ii) to the knowledge of the Company, no such Actions are threatened or contemplated by any governmental or regulatory authority or by others.

 

(x) Labor Disputes. No labor disturbance by or dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is threatened or contemplated that could, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(y) Intellectual Property Rights. (i) The Company and its subsidiaries own or have the right to use all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, and other source indicators and registrations and applications for registration thereof, domain name registrations, copyrights and registrations and applications for registration thereof, technology and know-how, trade secrets, and all other intellectual property and related proprietary rights (collectively, “Intellectual Property Rights”) necessary to conduct their respective businesses; (ii) other than as disclosed in the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of infringement, misappropriation or other conflict with (and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is otherwise aware of any infringement, misappropriation or other conflict with) the Intellectual Property Rights of any other person; and (iii) to the knowledge of the Company, the Intellectual Property Rights of the Company and its subsidiaries are not being infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated by any person.

 

(z) Licenses and Permits. (i) The Company and its subsidiaries possess such valid and current certificates, authorizations, approvals, licenses and permits (collectively, “Authorizations”) issued by, and have made all declarations, amendments, supplements and filings with, the appropriate state, federal or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to own, lease and operate their respective properties and to conduct their respective businesses as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) all such Authorizations are valid and in full force and effect and the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Authorizations; and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice of any revocation, termination or modification of, or non-compliance with, any such Authorization or has any reason to believe that any such Authorization will not be renewed in the ordinary course, except where, in the case of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the failure to possess, make or obtain such Authorizations (by possession, declaration or filing) would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

 

 

 

(aa) Title to Property. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries own any real property. The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to, or have valid and enforceable rights to lease or otherwise use, all items of personal property (other than with respect to Intellectual Property Rights, which is addressed exclusively in Section 1(y)) that are material to the respective businesses of the Company and its subsidiaries, in each case, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims, and defects and imperfections of title, except such liens, encumbrances, claims, defects and imperfections as (i) are disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, or (ii) do not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries. The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to, or have valid and enforceable rights to lease or otherwise use, all items of real and personal property that are material to the respective businesses of the Company and its subsidiaries, in each case, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims and defects and imperfections of title, except such liens, encumbrances, claims, defects and imperfections as (i) are disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, or (ii) do not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries. All items of real and personal property held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases, with such exceptions as do not materially interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries.

 

(bb) Taxes. The Company and each of its subsidiaries have filed all federal, state, local and foreign tax returns required to be filed through the date hereof or have timely requested extensions thereof and have paid all taxes required to be paid thereon (except as currently being contested in good faith and for which reserves required by GAAP have been created in the financial statements of the Company). The charges, accruals and reserves in respect of any income and other tax liability in the financial statements of the Company referred to in Section 1(t) are adequate, in accordance with GAAP principles, to meet any assessments for any taxes of the Company accruing through the end of the last period specified in such financial statements.

 

(cc) Investment Company Act. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is or, after giving effect to the offer and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds therefrom as described under “Use of Proceeds” in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, will be required to register as an “investment company” (as defined in the Investment Company Act).

 

(dd) Insurance. The Company carries or is entitled to the benefits of insurance, with reputable insurers, and in such amounts and covering such risks which the Company believes are reasonably adequate, and all such insurance is in full force and effect. The Company has no reason to believe that it will not be able (i) to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (ii) to obtain comparable or new coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted and at a cost that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms of such policies in all material respects; neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that capital improvements or other expenditures (other than premiums) are required to be made in order to continue such insurance; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for. There are no claims by the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any such policy as to which any insurer is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause.

 

(ee) No Stabilization or Manipulation. None of the Company, its Affiliates or any person acting on its or any of their behalf (other than the Underwriter, as to which no representation or warranty is given) has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that has constituted or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company. The Company acknowledges that the Underwriter may engage in passive market making transactions in the shares of Common Stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market (the “Exchange”) in accordance with Regulation M under the Exchange Act (“Regulation M”).

 

 

 

 

(ff) Compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Company will implement such programs and taken reasonable steps to ensure the Company’s compliance (not later than the relevant statutory and regulatory deadlines therefor) with all of the applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

 

(gg) Accounting Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls designed to provide reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Other than as disclosed in the Registration Statement, since the date of the most recent balance sheet included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, (x) the Company’s auditors have not been advised of (A) any new significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the design or operation of the internal control over financial reporting of the Company and its subsidiaries which could adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial data; or (B) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a role in the internal control over financial reporting of the Company or its subsidiaries; and (y) there have been no significant changes in the internal control over financial reporting of the Company or its subsidiaries or in other factors that could significantly affect, such internal control over financial reporting, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.

 

(hh) Disclosure Controls and Procedures. The Company has developed and currently maintains disclosure controls and procedures that will comply with Rule 13a-15 or 15d-15 under the Exchange Act Regulations applicable to it, and such controls and procedures are effective to ensure that all material information concerning the Company will be made known on a timely basis to the individuals responsible for the preparation of the Company’s Exchange Act filings and other public disclosure documents.

 

(ii) Compliance with Environmental Laws. The Company and each of its subsidiaries (i) are, and at all times prior hereto were, in compliance with all Environmental Laws (as defined below) applicable to such entity, which compliance includes, without limitation, obtaining, maintaining and complying with all permits and authorizations and approvals required by Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses; and (ii) have not received notice or otherwise have knowledge of any actual or alleged violation of Environmental Laws, or of any actual or potential liability for or other obligation concerning the presence, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, and, except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, (x) there are no proceedings that are pending, or known to be contemplated, against the Company or any of its subsidiaries under Environmental Laws, other than such proceedings regarding which it is reasonably believed that no monetary sanctions of $100,000 or more will be imposed; and (y) none of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is aware of any issues regarding compliance with Environmental Laws, including any pending or proposed Environmental Laws, or liabilities or other obligations under Environmental Laws or concerning hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, that could reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the capital expenditures, earnings or competitive position of the Company and its subsidiaries; and (z) none of the Company or any of its subsidiaries currently anticipates material capital expenditures relating to Environmental Laws.

 

As used herein, the term “Environmental Laws” means any laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, orders, judgments, decrees, permits or other legal requirements of any governmental authority, including, without limitation, any international, foreign, national, state, provincial, regional, or local authority, relating to pollution, the protection of human health or safety, the environment, or natural resources, or to the use, handling, storage, manufacturing, transportation, treatment, discharge, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants.

 

 

 

 

(jj) Related Party Transactions. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders, other Affiliates, customers or suppliers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the other hand, that would be required by the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.

 

(kk) No Unlawful Contributions or Other Payments. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, Affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government or regulatory official or employee; (iii) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment; or (iv) any non-U.S. anti-bribery or anti-corruption statute or regulation. The Company and its subsidiaries will institute and maintain and enforce policies and procedures designed to comply with all applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws, not later than the relevant statutory and regulatory deadlines therefor.

 

(ll) Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with all applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions where the Company or any of its subsidiaries conduct business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”); and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.

 

(mm) Compliance with OFAC. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or Affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is an individual or entity (an “OFAC Person”), or is owned or controlled by an OFAC Person, that is currently the subject or target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. government (including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”) or the U.S. Department of State and including, without limitation, the designation as a “specially designated national” or “blocked person”), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), nor is the Company or any of its subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject or the target of Sanctions, including, without limitation, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria (each, a “Sanctioned Country”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other OFAC Person (i) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business with any OFAC Person that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject or the target of Sanctions, (ii) to fund or facilitate any activities or business in any Sanctioned Country or (iii) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any OFAC Person (including any OFAC Person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions. Since the Company’s inception, the Company and its subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in and are not now knowingly engaged in any dealings or transactions with any OFAC Person that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject or the target of Sanctions or with any Sanctioned Country.

 

(nn) No Registration Rights. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any person, on the other hand, granting such person any rights (except for any such rights that have been waived) to require the Company or any of its subsidiaries to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to any securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries owned or to be owned by such person or to require the Company or any of its subsidiaries to include such securities in any securities to be registered pursuant to any registration statement to be filed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries under the Securities Act.

 

 

 

 

(oo) Subsidiaries. The Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity other than the subsidiaries listed in Schedule III attached hereto.

 

(pp) No Restrictions on Subsidiaries. No subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock or similar ownership interest, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s properties or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company.

 

(qq) No Broker’s Fees. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that would give rise to a valid claim against any of them or the Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities.

 

(rr) Exchange Listing. Subject to notice of issuance, the Closing Shares, the Option Shares, the Underlying Shares and Warrants have been approved for listing on the Exchange.

 

Any certificate signed by an officer of the Company and delivered to the Underwriter or to counsel for the Underwriter shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Company to the Underwriter as to the matters set forth therein.

 

2. Representations and Warranties of the Underwriter.

 

The Underwriter represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company:

 

(a) No Testing-the-Waters Communications. The Underwriter has not (i) alone engaged in any Testing-the-Waters Communication and (ii) authorized anyone to engage in Testing-the-Waters Communications. The Underwriter has not distributed, or authorized anyone else to distribute, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communications.

 

3. Purchase and Resale.

 

(a) Agreements to Sell and Purchase. On the basis of the representations, warranties and covenants herein and subject to the conditions herein and any adjustments made in accordance with Section 3(c) hereof,

 

(i) The Company agrees to issue and sell the Closing Units to the Underwriter; and

 

(ii) The Underwriter agrees to purchase from the Company the number of Closing Units set forth on Schedule I hereto.

 

(iii) The purchase price per Closing Common Unit to be paid by the Underwriter to the Company shall be $[●] (representing 92.0% of the Public Offering Price), which purchase price will be allocated as $[●] per Closing Share and $0.01 per Closing Warrant, and the purchase price per Closing Pre-funded Unit (representing 92.0% of the public offering price of each Closing Pre-funded Unit) shall be $[●], which purchase price will be allocated as $[●] per Closing Pre-funded Warrant and $0.01 per Closing Warrant. The Closing Units are to be offered initially to the public at the offering price set forth on the cover page of the Final Prospectus, and the Closing Pre-funded Units are to be offered to the public at the Public Offering Price less $0.001 (being the per share exercise price of a Pre-funded Warrant).

 

 

 

 

(iv) Payment for the Closing Units (the Closing Units Payment”) shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Company to the Underwriter at the offices of Kaufman & Canoles, P.C. at [●] [a.m.], ET, on [DATE], 2022 or at such other place on the same or such other date and time, not later than the fifth Business Day thereafter, as the Underwriter and the Company may agree upon in writing (the “Closing Date). The Closing Units Payment shall be made against delivery of the Closing Units to be purchased on the Closing Date to the Underwriter, with any transfer taxes, stamp duties and other similar taxes payable in connection with the sale of the Closing Units duly paid by the Company. Delivery of the Firm Shares shall be made through the facilities of the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), unless the Underwriter shall otherwise instruct.

 

(b) Over-Allotment Option. On the basis of the representations, warranties and covenants herein and subject to the conditions herein,

 

(i) the Underwriter is hereby granted an option (the “Over-Allotment Option”) to purchase, in the aggregate, up to [●] additional shares of Common Stock and/or Pre-funded Warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock, representing 15.0% of the Closing Units sold in the offering from the Company (the “Option Shares” or “Option Pre-funded Warrants,” as applicable) and/or up to [●] additional Warrants to purchase an aggregate of an additional [●] shares of Common Stock, representing 15.0% of the Closing Units sold in the offering from the Company (the “Option Warrants”). The purchase price to be paid per Option Share or Option Pre-funded Warrant shall be equal to the price per Closing Unit set forth in Section 3(a) hereof (less $0.01 allocated to each Warrant) and the purchase price to be paid per Option Warrant shall be equal to $0.01 per Option Warrant. The Over-allotment Option is, at the Underwriters’ sole discretion, for Option Shares and Option Warrants together, Option Pre-funded Warrants and Option Warrants together, solely Option Shares, solely Option Pre-funded Warrants, solely Option Warrants, or any combination thereof (each, an “Option Security” and collectively, the “Option Securities”). The Closing Units and the Option Securities are collectively referred to as the “Securities”. The Securities and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants and the Warrants (the “Underlying Shares”), are collectively referred to as the “Public Securities.” The Public Securities shall be issued directly by the Company and shall have the rights and privileges described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The Closing Warrants and the Option Warrants, if any, shall be issued pursuant to, and shall have the rights and privileges set forth in, a warrant agent agreement, dated on or before the Closing Date, between the Company and ClearTrust, LLC as warrant agent, and the Closing Pre-funded Warrants and the Option Pre-funded Warrants, if any, shall be issued pursuant to, and shall have the rights and privileges set forth in, a warrant agent agreement, dated on or before the Closing Date, between the Company and ClearTrust, LLC as warrant agent. The certificate (the “Pre-funded Warrant Certificate”) evidencing the Closing Pre-funded Warrants and the Option Pre-funded Warrants, if any, will be in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F. The offering and sale of the Public Securities is herein referred to as the “Offering”.

 

(ii) upon an exercise of the Over-Allotment Option and subject to the terms and conditions herein, the Company agrees to issue and sell the Option Securities to the Underwriter;

 

(iii) The Underwriter may exercise the Over-Allotment Option at any time in whole, or from time to time in part, on or before the forty-fifth (45th) day following the date of the Final Prospectus, by written notice from the Underwriter to the Company (the “Over-Allotment Exercise Notice”). The Underwriter must give the Over-Allotment Exercise Notice to the Company at least two Business Days prior to the Closing Date or the applicable Additional Closing Date, as the case may be. The Underwriter may cancel any exercise of the Over-Allotment Option at any time prior to the Closing Date or the applicable Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, by giving written notice of such cancellation to the Company.

 

 

 

 

(iv) The Over-Allotment Exercise Notice shall set forth:

 

(A) the aggregate number of Option Securities as to which the Over-Allotment Option is being exercised;

 

(B) the purchase price for the Option Securities;

 

(C) the names and denominations in which the Option Securities are to be registered; and

 

(D) the applicable Additional Closing Date, which may be the same date and time as the Closing Date but shall not be earlier than the Closing Date nor later than the tenth (10th) full Business Day after the date of the Over-Allotment Exercise Notice.

 

(v) Payment for the Option Securities (the “Option Securities Payment”) shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Company to the Underwriter at the offices of Kaufman & Canoles, P.C. at [10:00] [a.m.] ET on the date specified in the corresponding Over-Allotment Exercise Notice, or at such other place on the same or such other date and time, not later than the fifth Business Day thereafter, as the Underwriter and the Company may agree upon in writing (an “Additional Closing Date”). The Option Securities Payment shall be made against delivery to the Underwriter for the respective accounts of the Underwriter of the Option Securities to be purchased on any Additional Closing Date, with any transfer taxes, stamp duties and other similar taxes payable in connection with the sale of the Option Securities duly paid by the Company. Delivery of the Option Shares shall be made through the facilities of DTC unless the Underwriter shall otherwise instruct.

 

(vi) As additional compensation for the Underwriter’s services, the Company shall issue to the Underwriter or its designees at the closing of the Offering warrants (the “Underwriter’s Warrant”) to purchase that number of the Company’s shares of Common Stock equal to 5.0% of the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock sold in the Offering. The Underwriter’s Warrant will be exercisable at any time and from time to time, in whole or in part, during the period commencing six months after the commencement of the sale of the Offering and ending on the fifth anniversary of the commencement of the sale of the Offering, at a price per share equal to 125.0% of the offering price per share of the Common Stock at the Offering. The Underwriter’s Warrant and the shares issuable upon exercise thereof are hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Underwriter’s Securities.The Underwriter understands and agrees that there are restrictions pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110 against transferring the Underwriter’s Warrant and the underlying shares during the 180-day period after the commencement of sales of the Firm Shares in the Offering and by its acceptance thereof shall agree that it and its respective designees, if any, will not, sell, transfer, assign, pledge or hypothecate their respective Underwriter’s Securities, or any portion thereof, or be the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put or call transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition of such securities for a period of 180 days following the commencement of sales of the Firm Shares in the Offering to anyone other than (A) an Underwriter or a selected dealer in connection with the Offering, or (B) a bona fide officer or partner of the Underwriter or selected dealer; and only if any such transferee agrees to the foregoing lock-up restrictions. Delivery of the executed Underwriter’s Warrant Agreement shall be made on the Closing Date and the Underwriter’s Warrant shall be issued in the name or names and in such authorized denominations as the Underwriter may request.

 

(c) Public Offering. The Company understands that the Underwriter intends to make a public offering of the Closing Units as soon after the execution and delivery of this Agreement as in the judgment of the Underwriter is advisable, and initially to offer the Closing Units on the terms set forth in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Disclosure Package. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriter may offer and sell Closing Units to or through any Affiliate of an Underwriter.

 

(d) List of Qualified Holders. Within ten (10) Business Days following the Additional Closing Date, the Underwriter shall deliver to the Company a list of the names, addresses and number of Qualified Warrants issued to each Qualified Holder in the Offering.

 

 

 

 

4. Covenants of the Company. The Company hereby covenants and agrees with each Underwriter as follows:

 

(a) Filings with the Commission. The Company will:

 

(i) prepare and file the Final Prospectus (in a form approved by the Underwriter and containing the Rule 430A Information) with the Commission in accordance with and within the time periods specified by Rules 424(b) and 430A under the Securities Act;

 

(ii) file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus with the Commission to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act; and

 

(iii) file with the Commission such reports as may be required by Rule 463 under the Securities Act.

 

(b) Notice to the Underwriter. The Company will advise the Underwriter promptly, and confirm such advice in writing:

 

(i) when the Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission;

 

(ii) when the Final Prospectus has been filed with the Commission;

 

(iii) when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective;

 

(iv) when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement has been filed with the Commission;

 

(v) when any supplement to the Final Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication or any amendment to the Final Prospectus has been filed or distributed;

 

(vi) of (x) any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Final Prospectus, (y) the receipt of any comments from the Commission relating to the Registration Statement or (z) any other request by the Commission for any additional information, including, but not limited to, any request for information concerning any Testing-the-Waters Communication;

 

(vii) of (x) the issuance by the Commission of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or (y) the initiation or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act;

 

(viii) of the occurrence of any event or development within the Prospectus Delivery Period as a result of which, the Final Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Final Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package, any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading;

 

(ix) of the issuance by any governmental or regulatory authority or any order preventing or suspending the use of any of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Testing-the-Waters Communication or the initiation or threatening for that purpose; and

 

(x) of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Closing Units for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.

 

 

 

 

(c) Ongoing Compliance.

 

(i) If during the Prospectus Delivery Period:

 

(A) any event or development shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Final Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, the Company will, as soon as reasonably possible, notify the Underwriter thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to Section 4(e) hereof, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriter and to such dealers as the Underwriter may designate such amendments or supplements to the Final Prospectus as may be necessary so that the statements in the Final Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Final Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading; or

 

(B) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with applicable law, the Company will, as soon as reasonably possible, notify the Underwriter thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to Section 4(d) hereof, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriter and to such dealers as the Underwriter may designate such amendments or supplements to the Final Prospectus as may be necessary so that the Final Prospectus will comply with applicable law; and

 

(ii) if at any time prior to the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be:

 

(A) any event or development shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Pricing Disclosure Package as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Pricing Disclosure Package is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, the Company will immediately notify the Underwriter thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to Section 4(e) hereof, file with the Commission (to the extent required) and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriter and to such dealers as the Underwriter may designate such amendments or supplements to the Pricing Disclosure Package as may be necessary so that the statements in the Pricing Disclosure Package as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Pricing Disclosure Package is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading; or

 

(B) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Pricing Disclosure Package to comply with applicable law, the Company will immediately notify the Underwriter thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to Section 4(d) hereof, file with the Commission (to the extent required) and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriter and to such dealers as the Underwriter may designate such amendments or supplements to the Pricing Disclosure Package as may be necessary so that the Pricing Disclosure Package will comply with applicable law.

 

 

 

 

(d) Amendments, Supplements and Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Before (i) using, authorizing, approving, referring to, distributing or filing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (ii) filing (x) any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or (y) any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus, or (iii) distributing any amendment or supplement to the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, the Company will furnish to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter a copy of the proposed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or other amendment or supplement for review and will not use, authorize, refer to, distribute or file any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or file or distribute any such proposed amendment or supplement (A) to which the Underwriter reasonably objects in a timely manner and (B) which is not in compliance with the Securities Act. The Company will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good faith, retain copies of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 433 under the Securities Act.

 

(e) Delivery of Copies. The Company will, upon request of the Underwriter, deliver, without charge, (i) to the Underwriter, three signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto, in each case, including all exhibits and consents filed therewith; and (ii) to each Underwriter (A) a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (without exhibits and consents) and (B) during the Prospectus Delivery Period, as many copies of the Final Prospectus (including all amendments and supplements thereto and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus) as the Underwriter may reasonably request.

 

(f) Emerging Growth Company Status. The Company will promptly notify the Underwriter if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the later of (i) completion of the distribution of the Closing Units within the meaning of the Securities Act and (ii) completion of the Lock-Up Period (as defined below).

 

(g) Blue Sky Compliance. The Company will use its best commercially reasonable efforts, with the Underwriter’s cooperation, if necessary, to qualify or register (or to obtain exemptions from qualifying or registering) the Securities and the Underwriter’s Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriter shall reasonably request and will use its reasonable best efforts, if necessary, to continue such qualifications, registrations and exemptions in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities and the Underwriter’s Securities; provided that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject.

 

(h) Earning Statement. The Company will timely file such reports pursuant to the Exchange Act as are necessary in order to make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable an earnings statement for the purposes of, and to provide to the Underwriter the benefits contemplated by, Rule 158(a) under Section 11(a) of the Securities Act.

 

(i) Use of Proceeds. The Company shall apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Closing Units and the Option Securities in the manner described under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.

 

(j) Clear Market.

 

(i) For a period of one hundred eighty (180) days after the date of the Closing Date (the “Lock-Up Period”), the Company will not (x) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with the Commission a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock, or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge, disposition or filing, or (y) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the shares of Common Stock or any such other securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (x) or (y) above is to be settled by delivery of shares of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the Underwriter.

 

 

 

 

(ii) The restrictions contained in Section 4(j)(i) hereof shall not apply to: (A) the Securities, (B) any warrants to be issued by the Company in connection with the Offering or shares of Common Stock issued under Company Stock Plans or warrants issued by the Company, in each case, described as outstanding in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, (C) any options and other awards granted under a Company Stock Plan as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, (D) the filing by the Company of any registration statement on Form S-8 or a successor form thereto relating to a Company Stock Plan described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus and (E) shares of Common Stock or other securities issued in connection with a transaction with an unaffiliated third party that includes a bona fide commercial relationship (including joint ventures, marketing or distribution arrangements, collaboration agreements or intellectual property license agreements) or any acquisition of assets or acquisition; (x) the recipient of any such shares of Common Stock or other securities issued or granted pursuant to clauses (B), (C)) and (E) during the Lock-Up Period shall enter into an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.

 

(iii) If the Underwriter, in its sole discretion, agrees to release or waive the restrictions set forth in any Lock-Up Agreement and provides the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto at least three (3) Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver, then the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by a press release substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto through a major news service at least two (2) Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver.

 

(iv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 4(j) shall not apply to Exempt Issuance.

 

(k) No Stabilization or Manipulation. None of the Company, its Affiliates or any person acting on its or any of their behalf (other than the Underwriter, as to which no covenant is given) will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that constitutes or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company. The Company acknowledges that the Underwriter may engage in passive market making transactions in the shares of Common Stock on the Exchange in accordance with Regulation M.

 

(l) Investment Company Act. The Company shall not invest, or otherwise use the proceeds received by the Company from the sale of the Securities in such a manner as would require the Company or any of its subsidiaries to register as an “investment company” (as defined in the Investment Company Act) under the Investment Company Act.

 

(m) Transfer Agent. For the period of two years from the date of this Agreement, the Company shall engage and maintain, at its expense, a registrar and transfer agent for the shares of Common Stock.

 

(n) Reports. For the period of two years from the date of this Agreement, the Company will furnish to the Underwriter, as soon as they are available, copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to holders of the Securities, and copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange or automatic quotation system; provided that the Company will be deemed to have furnished such reports and financial statements to the Underwriter to the extent they are filed on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system.

 

(o) Right of First Refusal. The Company agrees that, if, for the period ending eighteen (18) months from the Closing Date, the Company or any of its subsidiaries: (i) decides to finance or refinance any indebtedness, the Underwriter (or any affiliate designated by the Underwriter) shall have the right to act as sole book-runner, sole manager, sole placement agent or sole agent with respect to such financing or refinancing; or (ii) decides to raise funds by means of a public offering (including at-the-market facility) or a private placement or any other capital raising financing of equity, equity-linked or debt securities, the Underwriter (or any affiliate designated by the Underwriter) shall have the right to act as sole book-running manager, sole underwriter or sole placement agent for such financing. If the Underwriter or one of its affiliates decides to accept such engagement, the agreement governing such engagement (each a “Subsequent Transaction Agreement”) will contain, among other things, provisions for customary fees for transactions of similar size and nature, but in no event will the fees be less than those outlined herein, and the provisions of this Agreement, including indemnification, which appropriate to such transaction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the decision to accept the Company’s engagement under this Section 4(o) shall be made by the Underwriter or one of its affiliates, by a written notice to the Company, within ten (10) days of the receipt of the Company’s notification of its financing needs. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that a tier I investment bank proposes to act as an underwriter or a placement agent in connection with a proposed public offering or private placement by the Company in the United States, then the Underwriter agrees to have such bank lead the transaction with the Underwriter being part of the syndicate.

 

 

 

 

5. Covenants of the Underwriter. The Underwriter hereby covenants and agrees with the Company as follows:

 

(a) Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus. The Underwriter has not used, authorized the use of, referred to or participated in the planning for use of, and will not use, authorize the use of, refer to or participate in the planning for use of, any Free Writing Prospectus (which term includes use of any written information furnished to the Commission by the Company and not incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press release issued by the Company) other than (i) a Free Writing Prospectus that contains no “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act (“Issuer Information”) that was not included in the Pricing Prospectus or a previously filed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed in Schedule II hereto or prepared pursuant to Section 1(e)(iv) or Section 4(d) hereof (including any electronic road show), or (iii) any Free Writing Prospectus prepared by the Underwriter and approved by the Company in advance in writing.

 

(b) Section 8A Proceedings. The Underwriter is not subject to any pending proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act with respect to the offering of the Securities and will promptly notify the Company if any such proceeding against it is initiated during the Prospectus Delivery Period.

 

6. Payment of Expenses.

 

(a) Company Expenses. The Company hereby agrees to pay on the Closing Date all expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement including, but not limited to: (a) all filing fees and expenses relating to the registration of the Securities with the Commission; (b) all filing fees and expenses associated with the review of the offering of the Securities by FINRA; (c) all fees and expenses relating to the listing of the Securities on the Exchange; (d) all fees, expenses and disbursements relating to the registration or qualification of the Securities as the Underwriter may reasonably designate; (e) all fees, expenses and disbursements relating to the registration, qualification or exemption of the Securities under the securities laws of such foreign jurisdictions as the Underwriter may reasonably designate; (f) the costs of all mailing and printing of the underwriting documents, the Registration Statement, Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Testing-the-Waters Communication and all amendments, supplements and exhibits thereto as the Underwriter may reasonably deem necessary; (g) fees and expenses of the transfer agent for the shares of Common Stock; (h) stock transfer and/or stamp taxes, if any, payable upon the transfer of securities from the Company to the Underwriter; (i) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants; (j) the “road show” expenses, (k) the fees and expenses of the Company’s legal counsel and other agents and representatives, and (l) the fees and expenses of the Underwriter’s counsel. Subject to Section 11 hereof, the total amount payable to the Underwriter pursuant to (j) and (l) shall not to exceed $100,000. The Underwriter may deduct from the net proceeds of the Offering payable to the Company on the Closing Date the expenses set forth herein to be paid by the Company to the Underwriter. Except as provided for in this Agreement, the Underwriter shall bear the costs and expenses incurred by it in connection with the sale of the Securities and the transactions contemplated thereby.

 

 

 

 

(b) Non-accountable Expenses. On the Closing Date, the Company shall pay to the Underwriter, by deduction from the net proceeds of the Offering a non-accountable expense allowance equal to one percent (1.0%) of the gross proceeds received by the Company from the sale of the Closing Units), provided, however, that in the event that the Offering is terminated, the Company agrees to reimburse the Underwriter pursuant to Section 11 hereof.

 

(c) Underwriter Expenses. Except to the extent otherwise provided in this Section 6 or Section 8 hereof, the Underwriter will pay all of its own costs and expenses, including the fees and expenses of their counsel, any stock transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities held by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.

 

(d) Company Reimbursement. The provisions of this Section 6 shall not affect any agreement that the Company may make for the sharing of such costs and expenses.

 

7. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Closing Units as provided herein on the Closing Date or the Option Securities as provided herein on any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall be subject to the timely performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional conditions:

 

(a) Registration Compliance; No Stop Order.

 

(i) The Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto shall have become effective, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto shall be in effect, and no proceeding for such purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act shall be pending before or threatened by the Commission.

 

(ii) The Company shall have filed the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus with the Commission in accordance with and within the time periods prescribed by Section 4(a) hereof.

 

(iii) The Company shall have (A) disclosed to the Underwriter all requests by the Commission for additional information relating to the offer and sale of the Securities and (B) complied with such requests to the reasonable satisfaction of the Underwriter.

 

(b) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company contained herein shall be true and correct on the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be; and the statements of the Company and its officers made in any certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.

 

(c) Accountants’ Comfort Letters. On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, L J Soldinger Associates, LLC, shall have furnished to the Underwriter, at the request of the Company, letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Underwriter, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall use a “cut-off” date no more than two Business Days prior to the Closing Date or such Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.

 

(d) Reserved.

 

 

 

 

(e) No Material Adverse Change. No event or condition of a type described in Section 1(l) hereof shall have occurred or shall exist, which event or condition is not described in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (in each case, exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), the effect of which in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, in the manner and on the terms contemplated by this Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (in each case, exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).

 

(f) Opinion and Negative Assurance Letter of Counsel to the Company. FitzGerald Kreditor Bolduc Risbrough LLP, counsel to the Company with respect to U.S. securities matters, shall have furnished to the Underwriter, at the request of the Company, its (i) written opinion, addressed to the Underwriter and dated the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and (ii) negative assurance letter, addressed to the Underwriter and dated the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, in each case, each in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter.

 

(g) Officer’s Certificate. The Underwriter shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, a certificate of an executive officer of the Company who has specific knowledge of the Company’s financial matters in the form attached hereto as “Exhibit D,” (i) confirming that such officer has carefully reviewed the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus; (ii) to the effect set forth in clause (i) of Section 1(l) and Section 7(a) hereof; and (iii) confirming that all of the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and that the Company has complied with all agreements and covenants and satisfied all other conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.

 

(h) No Legal Impediment to Issuance and Sale. No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, prevent the issuance, sale or delivery of the Securities by the Company; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, prevent the issuance, sale or delivery of the Securities.

 

(i) Good Standing. The Underwriter shall have received on and as of the Closing Date and any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, satisfactory evidence of the good standing of the Company as of the date hereof.

 

(j) Lock-Up Agreements. The Lock-Up Agreements executed by the officers, directors and certain equityholders of the Company relating to sales and certain other dispositions of Common Stock or certain other securities, in the form of Exhibit A, shall have been delivered to the Underwriter on or before the date hereof, shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.

 

(k) Underwriter’s Warrant Agreement. The Underwriter’s Warrant Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, executed by the officers of the Company, shall have been delivered to the Underwriter on or before the date hereof, shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.

 

(l) Exchange Listing. On the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Closing Shares, the Option Shares and the Underlying Shares shall have been approved for listing on the Exchange, subject to notice of issuance.

 

 

 

 

(m) Additional Documents. On or prior to the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Underwriter and its counsel shall have received such information, certificates and other additional documents from the Company as they may reasonably require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as contemplated herein or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations and warranties, or the satisfaction of any of the covenants, closing conditions or other obligations, contained in this Agreement.

 

All opinions, letters, certificates and other documents delivered pursuant to this Agreement will be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to counsel for the Underwriter.

 

If any condition specified in this Section 7 is not satisfied when and as required to be satisfied, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriter hereunder may be terminated by the Underwriter by notice to the Company at any time on or prior to the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, which termination shall be without liability on the part of any party to any other party, except that the Company shall continue to be liable for the payment of expenses under Section 6 and Section 11 hereof and except that the provisions of Section 8 and Section 9 hereof shall at all times be effective and shall survive any such termination.

 

8. Indemnification.

 

(a) Indemnification of the Underwriter by the Company. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each of the Underwriter, its Affiliates, directors, officers, employees and agents and each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, all legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Pricing Disclosure Package (including any Pricing Disclosure Package that has subsequently been amended), the Final Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Information, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication or any Road Show, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information. The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 8(a) shall be in addition to any liabilities that the Company may otherwise have.

 

(b) Indemnification of the Company by the Underwriter. The Underwriter agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, each officer who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, all reasonable legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in Section 8(a) hereof; provided, however, that each Underwriter shall be liable only to the extent that any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission was made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Pricing Disclosure Package (including any Pricing Disclosure Package that has subsequently been amended), the Final Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Information, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication or any Road Show in reliance upon, and in conformity with, the Underwriter Information relating to the Underwriter. The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 8(d) shall be in addition to any liabilities that each Underwriter may otherwise have.

 

 

 

 

(c) Notifications and Other Indemnification Procedures. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to any of the preceding subsections of this Section 8, such person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under any of the preceding subsections of this Section 8 except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced by such failure; and provided, further, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under any of the preceding subsections of this Section 8. If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person (who shall not, without the consent of the Indemnified Person, be counsel to the Indemnifying Person) to represent the Indemnified Person in such proceeding and shall pay the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interest between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be paid or reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for (i) the Underwriter, its Affiliates, directors, officers, employees and agents and each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act shall be designated in writing by the Underwriter; and (ii) the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act shall be designated in writing by the Company.

 

(d) Settlements. The Indemnifying Person under this Section 8 shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent may not be unreasonably withheld, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify the Indemnified Person from and against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested an Indemnifying Person to reimburse the Indemnified Person for any reasonably incurred and documented fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this Section 8, the Indemnifying Person agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such Indemnifying Person of the aforesaid request, (ii) such Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such request, or shall not have disputed in good faith the Indemnified Person’s entitlement to such reimbursement, prior to the date of such settlement and (iii) such Indemnified Person shall have given the Indemnifying Person at least 45 days’ prior notice of its intention to settle. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Person effect any settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnity was or could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement, compromise or consent (x) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from and against all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such action, suit or proceeding and (y) does not include any statements as to or any findings of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.

 

 

 

 

9. Contribution. To the extent the indemnification provided for in Section 8 hereof is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an Indemnified Person in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the aggregate amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person, as incurred, as a result of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriter, on the other hand, from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriter, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriter, on the other hand, in connection with the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company, on the one hand, and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriter, on the other hand, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the Final Prospectus bear to the aggregate initial offering price of the Securities. The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriter, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, on the one hand, or the Underwriter, on the other hand, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

 

The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 8 hereof, all reasonable legal or other fees or expenses incurred by such party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim. The provisions set forth in Section 8 hereof with respect to notice of commencement of any action shall apply if a claim for contribution is to be made under this Section 9; provided, however, that no additional notice shall be required with respect to any action for which notice has been given under Section 8 hereof for purposes of indemnification.

 

The Company and the Underwriter agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 9.

 

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9, the Underwriter shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total discounts and commissions received by the Underwriter in connection with the Securities distributed by it exceeds the amount of any damages the Underwriter has otherwise paid or become liable to pay by reason of any untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

For purposes of this Section 9, each director, officer, employee and agent of the Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Underwriter, and each director and officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company with the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company.

 

The remedies provided for in Section 8 and Section 9 hereof are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.

 

10. Termination. Prior to the delivery of and payment for the Securities on the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, this Agreement may be terminated by the Underwriter in the absolute discretion of the Underwriter by notice given to the Company if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement: (i) trading or quotation of any securities issued or guaranteed by the Company shall have been suspended or materially limited on any securities exchange, quotation system or in the over-the-counter market; (ii) trading in securities generally on any of the New York Stock Exchange or Nasdaq shall have been suspended or materially limited; (iii) a general banking moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by federal or New York state authorities; (iv) there shall have occurred a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement, payment or clearance services in the United States; (v) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of national or international hostilities or any crisis or calamity, or any change in the United States or international financial markets, or any substantial change or development involving a prospective substantial change in general economic, financial or political conditions in the United States or internationally, as in the judgment of the Underwriter is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, in the manner and on the terms described in the Pricing Disclosure Package or to enforce contracts for the sale of securities; or (vi) the Company or any of its subsidiaries shall have sustained a loss by strike, fire, flood, earthquake, accident or other calamity of such character as in the judgment of the Underwriter may interfere materially with the conduct of the business and operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one entity, regardless of whether or not such loss shall have been insured.

 

 

 

 

Any termination pursuant to this Section 10 shall be without liability on the part of: (x) the Company to the Underwriter, except that the Company shall continue to be liable for the payment of expenses under Section 6; (y) the Underwriter to the Company; or (z) any party hereto to any other party except that the provisions of Section 8 and Section 9 hereof shall at all times be effective and shall survive any such termination.

 

11. Reimbursement of the Underwriter’s Expenses. If (a) the Company fails to deliver the Securities to the Underwriter for any reason at the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, in accordance with this Agreement or (b) the Underwriter declines to purchase the Securities for any reason permitted under this Agreement, then the Company agrees to reimburse the Underwriter for all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of counsel to the Underwriter) incurred by the Underwriter in connection with this Agreement and the applicable offering contemplated hereby not to exceed $100,000.

 

12. Representations and Indemnities to Survive Delivery. The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company and the Underwriter set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement or made by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriter pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Underwriter, the Company or any of their respective officers or directors or any controlling person, as the case may be, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Securities sold hereunder and any termination of this Agreement.

 

13. Notices. All notices, requests, consents, claims, demands, waivers and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (i) when delivered by hand (with written confirmation of receipt), (ii) when received by the addressee if sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier (receipt requested), (iii) on the date sent by email of a PDF document (with confirmation of receipt from the intended recipient by return email or other written acknowledgment) , or (iv) on the third day after the date mailed, by certified or registered mail (in each case, return receipt requested, postage pre-paid). Such communications must be sent to the respective parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 13):

 

If to the Underwriter:

Aegis Capital Corp.

810 7th Avenue

18th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Email Address: reide@aegiscap.com

Attention: Robert Eide

   

with a copy to:

 

(which shall not constitute notice):

Kaufman & Canoles, P.C.

Two James Center

1021 East Cary Street, Suite 1400

Richmond, Va. 23219

Email: awbasch@kaufcan.com

           ywang@kaufcan.com

Attention: Anthony W. Basch

                     Yan (Natalie) Wang

   
If to the Company:

BioLife4D Corporation

318 Half Day Road, Suite 201

Baffalo Grove, IL 60089

Email: smorris@biolife4d.com

Attention: Steven Morris

   
with a copy to:

FitzGerald Kreditor Bolduc Risbrough LLP

2 Park Plaza, Suite 850

Irvine, CA 92614

Email: lbolduc@fkbrlegal.com

Attention: Lynne Bolduc, Esq.

 

Any party hereto may change the address for receipt of communications by giving written notice to the others in accordance with this Section 13.

 

 

 

 

14. Successors. This Agreement shall inure solely to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriter, the Company and the other indemnified parties referred to in Section 8 and Section 9 hereof, and in each case their respective successors. Nothing in this Agreement is intended, or shall be construed, to give any other person or entity any legal or equitable right, benefit, remedy or claim under, or in respect of or by virtue of, this Agreement or any provision contained herein. The term “successors,” as used herein, shall not include any purchaser of the Securities from the Underwriter merely by reason of such purchase.

 

15. Equitable Remedies. Each party to this Agreement acknowledges and agrees that (a) a breach or threatened breach by the Company of any of its obligations under Section 4(j) or Section 4(o) would give rise to irreparable harm to the Underwriter for which monetary damages would not be an adequate remedy and (b) if a breach or a threatened breach by the Company of any such obligations occurs, the Underwriter will, in addition to any and all other rights and remedies that may be available to such party at law, at equity, or otherwise in respect of such breach, be entitled to equitable relief, including a temporary restraining order, an injunction, specific performance of the terms of Sections 4(j) or 4(o), as applicable, and any other relief that may be available from a court of competent jurisdiction, without any requirement to (i) post a bond or other security, or (ii) prove actual damages or that monetary damages will not afford an adequate remedy. Each party to this Agreement agrees that such party shall not oppose or otherwise challenge the existence of irreparable harm, the appropriateness of equitable relief or the entry by a court of competent jurisdiction of an order granting equitable relief, in either case, consistent with the terms of this Section 15.

 

16. Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other Section, paragraph or provision hereof. If any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be made such minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid and enforceable.

 

17. Governing Law. This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York, without giving effect to the conflict of laws provisions thereof.

 

18. Consent to Jurisdiction. No legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (each, a “Related Proceeding”) may be commenced, prosecuted or continued in any court other than the courts of the State of New York located in the City and County of New York or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, which courts (collectively, the “Specified Courts”) shall have jurisdiction over the adjudication of any Related Proceeding, and the parties to this Agreement hereby irrevocably consent to the exclusive jurisdiction the Specified Courts and personal service of process with respect thereto. The parties to this Agreement hereby irrevocably waive any objection to the laying of venue of any Related Proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably waive and agree not to plead or claim in any Specified Court that any Related Proceeding brought in any Specified Court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

 

 

 

19. Waiver of Jury Trial. The parties to this Agreement hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any Related Proceeding.

 

20. No Fiduciary Relationship. The Company acknowledges and agrees that: (i) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the offering price of the Securities and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriter, on the other hand; (ii) in connection with each transaction contemplated hereby and the process leading to such transaction each Underwriter is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the agent or fiduciary of the Company or its Affiliates, stockholders, members, partners, creditors or employees or any other party; (iii) no Underwriter has assumed or will assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether the Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company on other matters) or any other obligation to the Company except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement; (iv) the Underwriter and its respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company, and the Underwriter has no obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any fiduciary or advisory relationship; and (v) the Underwriter has not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice in any jurisdiction with respect to the offering contemplated hereby, and the Company has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent they deemed appropriate. The Company waives and releases, to the full extent permitted by applicable law, any claims it may have against the Underwriter arising from an alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the offering of the Securities or any matters leading up to the offering of the Securities.

 

21. Compliance with the USA Patriot Act. In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56), the Underwriter is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies its clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of its clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriter to properly identify its respective clients.

 

22. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with any contemporaneous written agreements and any prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded by this Agreement) that relate to the offering of the Securities, represents the entire agreement among the Company and the Underwriter with respect to the preparation of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus, each Preliminary Prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, each Testing-the-Waters Communication and each Road Show, the purchase and sale of the Securities and the conduct of the offering contemplated hereby.

 

23. Amendments or Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by all the parties hereto. No waiver by any party shall operate or be construed as a waiver in respect of any failure, breach or default not expressly identified by such written waiver, whether of a similar or different character, and whether occurring before or after the waiver. No failure to exercise, or delay in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege arising from this Agreement shall operate or be construed as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege.

 

24. Section Headings. The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.

 

25. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original, but all of which together will be deemed to be one and the same agreement. Counterparts may be delivered via email (including PDF or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000) or other transmission method, and any counterpart so delivered will be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.

 

 

 

 

26. Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.

 

(a) In the event that the Underwriter that is a Covered Entity (as defined below) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from the Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime (as defined below) if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

 

(b) In the event that the Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate (as defined below) of the Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights (as defined below) under this Agreement that may be exercised against the Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

 

(c) As used in this section:

 

“BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k).

 

“Covered Entity” means any of the following:

 

(i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);

 

(ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or

 

(iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).

 

“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.

 

“U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

 

 

 

 

If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.

 

  Very truly yours,
     
  BIOLIFE4D CORPORATION
     
  By:  
  Name: Steven Morris
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

Confirmed and agreed as of the date first above written:

 

Aegis Capital Corp.  
     
By:    
Name: Robert Eide  
Title: Chief Executive Officer  

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE I

 

Underwriter

 

Underwriter   Number of Closing Units to Be
Purchased
  Number of Option Securities to Be
Purchased if the Maximum Over-
Allotment Option Is Exercised
Aegis Capital Corp.   Common Units: [NUMBER]
Pre-funded Units: [NUMBER]
  [NUMBER]
Total:   [NUMBER]   [NUMBER]

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE II

 

Pricing Disclosure Package

 

Number of Closing Units:   [●] 
● Number of Closing Common Units   [●] 
● Number of Closing Pre-funded Units   [●] 
Number of Option Shares:   [●] 
Number of Option Warrants:   [●] 
Number of Underwriter’s Warrants:   [●] 
Public Offering Price per Closing Common Unit:  $[●] 
Public Offering Price per Closing Pre-funded Unit:  $[●] 
Exercise Price per Pre-funded Warrant:  $[●] 
Exercise Price per Warrant per whole share:  $[●] 
Exercise Price of Underwriter’s Warrant:  $[●] 
Public Price per Option Share:  $[●] 
Public Price per Option Pre-funded Warrant:  $[●] 
Price per Option Warrant:  $[●] 
Underwriting Discount per Closing Common Unit:  $[●] 
Underwriting Discount per Closing Pre-funded Unit:  $[●] 
Underwriting Discount per Option Share:  $[●] 
Underwriting Discount per Option Pre-funded Warrant:  $[●] 
Non-accountable expense allowance per Common Unit:  $[●] 
Non-accountable expense allowance per Pre-funded Unit:  $[●] 
Non-accountable expense allowance per Option Share:  $[●] 
Non-accountable expense allowance per Option Pre-funded Warrant:  $[●] 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE III

 

Subsidiaries

 

Subsidiary   Jurisdiction of Organization
None   N/A

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

Form of Lock-Up Agreement

 

_____, 2022

 

Aegis Capital Corp.

 

810 Seventh Avenue, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10019

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

The undersigned understands that Aegis Capital Corp. (the “Underwriter”), proposes to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with BioLife4D Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), providing for the public offering (the “Public Offering”) of [●] units (each, a “Closing Unit”), with each Closing Unit consisting of either: (A) one share of Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) and one warrant to purchase one share of Common Stock (the “Warrant”); or (B) one pre-funded warrant (each, a “Pre-funded Warrant”) to purchase one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.001 until such time as the Pre-funded Warrant is exercised in full subject to adjustment as provided in the Pre-funded Warrant, and one Warrant.

 

To induce the Underwriter to continue its efforts in connection with the Public Offering, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Underwriter, the undersigned will not, during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending one hundred eight (180) days after the effective date of the Registration Statement on Form S-1 relating to the Public Offering (the “Lock-Up Period”), (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, grant, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the undersigned or with respect to which the undersigned has or hereafter acquires the power of disposition (collectively, the “Lock-Up Securities”); (2) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Lock-Up Securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Lock-Up Securities, in cash or otherwise; (3) make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to the registration of any Lock-Up Securities; or (4) publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge or disposition, or to enter into any transaction, swap, hedge or other arrangement relating to any Lock-Up Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to the conditions below, the undersigned may transfer Lock-Up Securities without the prior written consent of the Underwriter in connection with (a) transactions relating to Lock-Up Securities acquired in open market transactions after the completion of the Public Offering; provided that no filing under Section 13 or Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or other public announcement shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with subsequent sales of Lock-Up Securities acquired in such open market transactions; (b) transfers of Lock-Up Securities as a bona fide gift, by will or intestacy or to a family member or trust for the benefit of the undersigned (for purposes of this lock-up agreement, “family member” means any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin); (c) transfers of Lock-Up Securities to a charity or educational institution; (d) if the undersigned is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other business entity, (i) any transfers of Lock-Up Securities to another corporation, partnership or other business entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the undersigned or (ii) distributions of Lock-Up Securities to members, partners, stockholders, subsidiaries or affiliates (as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) of the undersigned; (e) if the undersigned is a trust, to a trustee or beneficiary of the trust; provided that in the case of any transfer pursuant to the foregoing clauses (b), (c) (d) or (e), (i) any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value, (ii) each transferee shall sign and deliver to the Underwriter a lock-up agreement substantially in the form of this lock-up agreement and (iii) no filing under Section 13 or Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act or other public announcement shall be required or shall be voluntarily made during the Lock-Up Period; (f) the receipt by the undersigned from the Company of Common Stock upon the vesting of restricted stock awards or stock units or upon the exercise of options to purchase the Company’s Common Stock issued under an equity incentive plan of the Company or an employment arrangement described in the Pricing Prospectus (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement) (the “Plan Shares”) or the transfer or withholding of Common Stock or any securities convertible into Common Stock to the Company upon a vesting event of the Company’s securities or upon the exercise of options to purchase the Company’s securities, in each case on a “cashless” or “net exercise” basis or to cover tax obligations of the undersigned in connection with such vesting or exercise, provided that if the undersigned is required to file a report under Section 13 or Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of Common Stock during the Lock-Up Period, the undersigned shall include a statement in such schedule or report to the effect that the purpose of such transfer was to cover tax withholding obligations of the undersigned in connection with such vesting or exercise and, provided further, that the Plan Shares shall be subject to the terms of this lock-up agreement; (g) the transfer of Lock-Up Securities pursuant to agreements described in the Pricing Prospectus under which the Company has the option to repurchase such securities or a right of first refusal with respect to the transfer of such securities, provided that if the undersigned is required to file a report under Section 13 or Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of Common Stock during the Lock-Up Period, the undersigned shall include a statement in such schedule or report describing the purpose of the transaction; (h) the establishment of a trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act for the transfer of Lock-Up Securities, provided that (i) such plan does not provide for the transfer of Lock-Up Securities during the Lock-Up Period and (ii) to the extent a public announcement or filing under the Exchange Act, if any, is required of or voluntarily made by or on behalf of the undersigned or the Company regarding the establishment of such plan, such public announcement or filing shall include a statement to the effect that no transfer of Lock-Up Securities may be made under such plan during the Lock-Up Period; (i) the transfer of Lock-Up Securities that occurs by operation of law, such as pursuant to a qualified domestic order or in connection with a divorce settlement, provided that the transferee agrees to sign and deliver a lock-up agreement substantially in the form of this lock-up agreement for the balance of the Lock-Up Period, and provided further, that any filing under Section 13 or Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act that is required to be made during the Lock-Up Period as a result of such transfer shall include a statement that such transfer has occurred by operation of law; and (j) the transfer of Lock- Up Securities pursuant to a bona fide third party tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction made to all holders of the Common Stock involving a change of control (as defined below) of the Company after the closing of the Public Offering and approved by the Company’s board of directors; provided that in the event that the tender offer, merger, consolidation or other such transaction is not completed, the Lock-Up Securities owned by the undersigned shall remain subject to the restrictions contained in this lock-up agreement. For purposes of clause (j) above, “change of control” shall mean the consummation of any bona fide third party tender offer, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or other similar transaction the result of which is that any “person” (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), or group of persons, becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d- 5 of the Exchange Act) of a majority of total voting power of the voting stock of the Company. The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the undersigned’s Lock-Up Securities except in compliance with this lock-up agreement.

 

 

 

 

If the undersigned is an officer or director of the Company, (i) the undersigned agrees that the foregoing restrictions shall be equally applicable to any issuer-directed or “friends and family” securities that the undersigned may purchase in the Public Offering; (ii) the Underwriter agrees that, at least three (3) Business Days before the effective date of any release or waiver of the foregoing restrictions in connection with a transfer of Lock-Up Securities, the Underwriter will notify the Company of the impending release or waiver; and (iii) the Company has agreed in the Underwriting Agreement to announce the impending release or waiver by press release through a major news service at least two (2) Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver. Any release or waiver granted by the Underwriter hereunder to any such officer or director shall only be effective two (2) Business Days after the publication date of such press release. The provisions of this paragraph will not apply if (a) the release or waiver is effected solely to permit a transfer of Lock-Up Securities not for consideration and (b) the transferee has agreed in writing to be bound by the same terms described in this lock-up agreement to the extent and for the duration that such terms remain in effect at the time of such transfer.

 

The undersigned understands that the Company and the Underwriter are relying upon this lock-up agreement in proceeding toward consummation of the Public Offering. The undersigned further understands that this lock-up agreement is irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigned’s heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns.

 

The undersigned understands that, if the Underwriting Agreement is not executed by [●], 2022 or if the Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the shares of Common Stock to be sold thereunder, then this lock-up agreement shall be void and of no further force or effect.

 

 

 

 

Whether or not the Public Offering actually occurs depends on a number of factors, including market conditions. Any Public Offering will only be made pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, the terms of which are subject to negotiation between the Company and the Underwriter.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  (Name - Please Print)
   
 
 
  (Signature)
   
 
 
   
   
  (Name of Signatory, in the case of entities - Please Print)
   
 
   
  (Title of Signatory, in the case of entities - Please Print)
   
  Address:
   
   

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

Form of Lock-Up Waiver

 

[●], 2022

 

[NAME AND ADDRESS]

Re: Lock-Up Agreement Waiver

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

[Pursuant to Section 4(j) of the Underwriting Agreement, dated [●], 2022 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), between BioLife4D Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Aegis Capital Corp. (the “Underwriter”), and the Lock-Up Agreement, dated [●], 2022 (the “Lock-Up Agreement”), between you and the Underwriter relating to the Company’s common stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Shares”), the Underwriter hereby gives its consent to allow you to sell up to [●] Shares [solely from and including [DATE] to and including [DATE]].]

 

[Pursuant to Section 4(j) of the Underwriting Agreement, the Underwriter hereby gives its consent to allow the Company to issue and sell up to [●] Shares pursuant to an offering of the Shares to commence prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period as defined in the Underwriting Agreement[, provided that such offering closes on or prior to [●]].]

 

  By:
  Name: Robert Eide
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT C

 

Form of Lock-Up Waiver Press Release

 

BIOLIFE4D CORPORATION

 

[Date]

 

BioLife4D Corporation (the “Company”) announced today that Aegis Capital Corp., acting as Underwriter in the Company’s recent public offering of the Company’s shares of Common Stock, is [waiving] [releasing] a lock-up restriction with respect to the Company’s shares of Common Stock held by [certain officers or directors] [an officer or director] of the Company. The [waiver] [release] will take effect on [Date], and the shares may be sold on or after such date.

 

This press release is not an offer or sale of the securities in the United States or in any other jurisdiction where such offer or sale is prohibited, and such securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT D

 

Form of Officer’s Certificate

 

[●], 2022

 

I, Wesley Ramjeet, Chief Financial Officer of BioLife4D Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), solely in such capacity and not in my individual capacity, do hereby certify that this certificate is being delivered by me pursuant to Section 7(f) of that certain underwriting agreement , dated [●], 2022, by and between the Company and Aegis Capital Corp. (the “Underwriting Agreement”) and do hereby further certify on behalf of the Company that:

 

1. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Free Writing Prospectus and the Final Prospectus (in each case exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), since the date of the most recent financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus there has been no material adverse change, or any development that could result in a material adverse change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business, properties, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity, or results of operations, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, of the Company;

 

2. The Company has timely performed the covenants and other obligations set forth in Section 7(a) of the Agreement; and

 

3. All of the other representations and warranties of the Company in the Underwriting Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date and the Company has complied in all material respects with all agreements and covenants and satisfied all other conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied thereunder at or prior to the Closing Date.

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Underwriting Agreement.

 

  BioLife4D Corporation
     
  By:
  Name: Wesley Ramjeet
  Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT E

 

Form of Underwriter’s Warrant Agreement

 

 

 

 

Exhibit F

 

Form of Pre-funded Warrant Certificate

 

 

 

EX-3.3 3 ex3-3.htm

 

Exhibit 3.3

 

AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

 

OF

 

BIOLIFE4D CORPORATION,

a Delaware corporation

 

The following provision (the “Amendment”) is hereby incorporated into, and made a part of, the Amended and Restated Bylaws of BIOLIFE4D CORPORATION (the “Bylaws”), and is effective August 11, 2022 (the “Effective Date”). All capitalized terms in this Amendment, to the extent not otherwise defined herein, shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Bylaws.

 

1. Section 5 shall be added to Article XI, as follows:

 

Section 5. Exclusive Forum for Adjudication of Disputes. Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation; (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer, or other employee of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders; (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law or the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws (as either may be amended from time to time); or (iv) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine shall be the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (or, if the United States District Court does not have jurisdiction, the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware). If any action the subject matter of which is within the scope of the preceding sentence is filed in a court other than a court located within the State of Delaware (a “Foreign Action”) in the name of any stockholder, such stockholder shall be deemed to have consented to (i) the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located within the State of Delaware in connection with any action brought in any such court to enforce the preceding sentence and (ii) having service of process made upon such stockholder in any such action by service upon such stockholder’s counsel in the Foreign Action as agent for such stockholder.

 

All other provisions of the Bylaws shall remain unchanged.

 

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CERTIFICATE OF SECRETARY

 

I, the undersigned, certify that:

 

1. I am the duly elected and acting Secretary of BIOLIFE4D CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation; and

 

2. The foregoing Amendment to the Amended and Restated Bylaws has been duly approved by the Board of Directors.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have subscribed my name and affixed the seal of this Corporation on this August 11, 2022.

 

  /s/ Steven Morris
  Steven Morris, Secretary

 

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EX-4.1 4 ex4-1.htm

 

Exhibit 4.1

 

THE REGISTERED HOLDER OF THIS PURCHASE WARRANT BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT SELL, TRANSFER OR ASSIGN THIS PURCHASE WARRANT EXCEPT AS HEREIN PROVIDED AND THE REGISTERED HOLDER OF THIS PURCHASE WARRANT AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT SELL, TRANSFER, ASSIGN, PLEDGE OR HYPOTHECATE THIS PURCHASE WARRANT FOR A PERIOD OF ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS FOLLOWING [●], 2022 (THE “EFFECTIVE DATE”) TO ANYONE OTHER THAN (I) AEGIS CAPITAL CORP. OR A SELECTED DEALER IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFERING FOR WHICH THIS PURCHASE WARRANT WAS ISSUED TO THE UNDERWRITER AS CONSIDERATION (THE “OFFERING”), OR (II) A BONA FIDE OFFICER OR PARTNER OF AEGIS CAPITAL CORP.

 

THIS PURCHASE WARRANT IS NOT EXERCISABLE PRIOR TO [●], 2022. VOID AFTER 5:00 P.M., EASTERN TIME, [●], 2027.

 

Common Stock Purchase Warrant

 

For the Purchase of [●] Shares of Common Stock

 

of

 

BIOLIFE4D CORPORATION

 

1. Purchase Warrant. THIS CERTIFIES THAT, in consideration of funds duly paid by or on behalf of Aegis Capital Corp. (“Holder”), as registered owner of this Purchase Warrant, to BIOLIFE4D CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Holder is entitled, at any time or from time to time beginning [ ], 2022 (the “Commencement Date”), and at or before 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, on [●], 2027 (the “Expiration Date”), but not thereafter, to subscribe for, purchase and receive, in whole or in part, up to [●] shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Common Stock”), subject to adjustment as provided in Section 6 hereof. If the Expiration Date is not a Business Day, then this Purchase Warrant may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day. During the period ending on the Expiration Date, the Company agrees not to take any action that would terminate this Purchase Warrant. This Purchase Warrant is initially exercisable at $[●] per share of Common Stock; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of any of the events specified in Section 6 hereof, the rights granted by this Purchase Warrant, including the exercise price per Share and the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon such exercise, shall be adjusted as therein specified. The term “Exercise Price” shall mean the initial exercise price or the adjusted exercise price, depending on the context, and the term “Business Day” shall mean a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close, provided that the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shall not be deemed to be authorized or obligated to be closed due to a “shelter in place,” “non-essential employee” or similar closure of physical location at the direction of any governmental authority if the bank’s electronic funds transfer systems (including for wire transfers) are open for use by customers on such day.

 

2. Exercise.

 

2.1 Exercise Form. In order to exercise this Purchase Warrant, the exercise form attached hereto must be duly executed and completed and delivered to the Company, together with this Purchase Warrant and, subject to Section 2.2, payment of the Exercise Price for the Common Stock being purchased payable in cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Company or by certified check or official bank check. If the subscription rights represented hereby shall not be exercised at or before 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the Expiration Date, this Purchase Warrant shall become and be void without further force or effect, and all rights represented hereby shall cease and expire. Each exercise hereof shall be irrevocable.

 

 
 

 

2.2 Cashless Exercise. The Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to remain effective with a current prospectus and to maintain the registration of the shares of Common Stock and of the Warrants under the Exchange Act. If at any time on or after the Initial Exercise Date, there is no effective registration statement registering, or the prospectus contained therein is not available for the issuance of the Purchase Warrant to the Holder, then this Warrant may also be exercised, in whole or in part, at such time by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive the number of Purchase Warrants equal to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:

 

 

  (A) = as applicable: (i) the volume-weighted average price, or “VWAP,” defined below, on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b)(64) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, (ii) at the option of the Holder, either (y) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise or (z) the Bid Price of the shares of Common Stock on the principal Trading Market as reported by Bloomberg L.P. as of the time of the Holder’s execution of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is executed during “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter (including until two (2) hours after the close of “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day) pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof or (iii) the VWAP on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if the date of such Notice of Exercise is a Trading Day and such Notice of Exercise is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day;
     
  (B) = the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder; and
     
  (X) = the number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.

 

If Purchase Warrants are issued in such a “cashless exercise,” the parties acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, the Warrant Shares shall take on the registered characteristics of the Warrants being exercised, and the holding period of the Warrants being exercised may be tacked on to the holding period of the Purchase Warrants. The Company agrees not to take any position contrary to this Section 2.2.

 

For purposes of this Section 2.2, the fair market value of a Share is defined as follows:

 

“VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the shares of Common Stock then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the shares of Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the shares of Common Stock are then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of a share of shares of Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if shares of Common Stock are not then listed or quoted for trading on the OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for shares of Common Stock are then reported on the OTC Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of the shares of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Holder and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

2.3 Legend. Each certificate for the securities purchased under this Purchase Warrant shall bear a legend as follows unless such securities have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”):

 

The securities represented by this certificate have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), or applicable state law. Neither the securities nor any interest therein may be offered for sale, sold or otherwise transferred except pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Act, or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Act and applicable state law which, in the opinion of counsel to BIOLIFE4D CORPORATION, is available.

 

 
 

 

2.4 Resale of Common Stock. Holder and the Company acknowledge that as of the date hereof the Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the SEC has published Compliance & Disclosure Interpretation 528.04 in the Securities Act Rules section thereof, stating that the holder of securities issued in connection with a public offering may not rely upon Rule 144 promulgated under the Act to establish an exemption from registration requirements under Section 4(a)(1) under the Act, but may nonetheless apply Rule 144 constructively for the resale of such shares in the following manner: (a) provided that six months has elapsed since the last sale under the registration statement, an underwriter or finder may resell the securities in accordance with the provisions of Rule 144(c), (e), and (f), except for the notice requirement; (b) a purchaser of the shares from an underwriter receives restricted securities unless the sale is made with an appropriate, current prospectus, or unless the sale is made pursuant to the conditions contained in (a) above; (c) a purchaser of the shares from an underwriter who receives restricted securities may include the underwriter’s holding period, provided that the underwriter or finder is not an affiliate of the issuer; and (d) if an underwriter transfers the shares to its employees, the employees may tack the firm’s holding period for purposes of Rule 144(d), but they must aggregate sales of the distributed shares with those of other employees, as well as those of the underwriter or finder, for a six-month period from the date of the transfer to the employees. Holder and the Company also acknowledge that the Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the SEC has advised in various no-action letters that the holding period associated with securities issued without registration to a service provider commences upon the completion of the services, which the Company agrees and acknowledges shall be the final closing of the Offering, and that Rule 144(d)(3)(ii) provides that securities acquired from the issuer solely in exchange for other securities of the same issuer shall be deemed to have been acquired at the same time as the securities surrendered for conversion (which the Company agrees is the date of the initial issuance of this Purchase Warrant). In the event that following a reasonably-timed written request by Holder to transfer the shares of Common Stock in accordance with Compliance & Disclosure Interpretation 528.04 counsel for the Company in good faith concludes that Compliance & Disclosure Interpretation 528.04 no longer may be relied upon as a result of changes in applicable laws, regulations, or interpretations of the SEC Division of Corporation Finance, or as a result of judicial interpretations not known by the Company or its counsel on the date hereof (either, a “Registration Trigger Event”), then the Company shall promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days following the request, provide written notice to Holder of such determination. As a condition to giving such notice, the parties shall negotiate in good faith a single demand registration right pursuant to an agreement in customary form reasonably acceptable to the parties; provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the obligations of the Company pursuant to this Section 2 shall terminate on the fifth anniversary of the commencement of sales of the public offering. In the absence of such conclusion by counsel for the Company, the Company shall, upon such a request of Holder given no earlier than six months after the final closing of the Offering, instruct its transfer agent to permit the transfer of such shares in accordance with Compliance & Disclosure Interpretation 528.04, provided that Holder has provided such documentation as shall be reasonably be requested by the Company to establish compliance with the conditions of Compliance & Disclosure Interpretation 528.04. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110(g)(8)(A), the Holder shall not be entitled to more than one demand registration right hereunder and the duration of the registration rights hereunder shall not exceed five years from the commencement of sales of the public offering.

 

3. Transfer.

 

3.1 General Restrictions. The registered Holder of this Purchase Warrant agrees by such Holder’s acceptance hereof, that such Holder will not: (a) sell, transfer, assign, pledge or hypothecate this Purchase Warrant for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days following the Effective Date to anyone other than: (i) Holder or an underwriter, placement agent, or a selected dealer participating in the Offering, or (ii) a bona fide officer or partner of Holder or of any such underwriter, placement agent or selected dealer, in each case in accordance with FINRA Conduct Rule 5110(g)(1), or (b) for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days following the Effective Date cause this Purchase Warrant or the securities issuable hereunder to be the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put or call transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition of this Purchase Warrant or the securities hereunder, except as provided for in FINRA Rule 5110(g)(2). After 180 days after the Effective Date, transfers to others may be made subject to compliance with or exemptions from applicable securities laws. In order to make any permitted assignment, the Holder must deliver to the Company the assignment form attached hereto duly executed and completed, together with the Purchase Warrant and payment of all transfer taxes, if any, payable in connection therewith. The Company shall within five (5) Business Days transfer this Purchase Warrant on the books of the Company and shall execute and deliver a new Purchase Warrant or Purchase Warrants of like tenor to the appropriate assignee(s) expressly evidencing the right to purchase the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder or such portion of such number as shall be contemplated by any such assignment.

 

 
 

 

3.2 Restrictions Imposed by the Act. The securities evidenced by this Purchase Warrant shall not be transferred unless and until: (i) if required by applicable law, the Company has received the opinion of counsel for the Company that the securities may be transferred pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Act and applicable state securities laws, or (ii) a registration statement or a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement relating to the offer and sale of such securities has been filed by the Company and declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and compliance with applicable state securities law has been established.

 

4. Piggyback Registration Rights.

 

4.1 Grant of Right. In the event that there is not an effective registration statement covering the Purchase Warrant or the underlying Common Stock, whenever the Company proposes to register any of its common stock under the Act (other than (i) a registration effected solely to implement an employee benefit plan or a transaction to which Rule 145 of the Act is applicable, or (ii) a registration statement on Form S-4, S-8 or any successor form thereto or another form not available for registering the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Purchase Warrant for sale to the public, whether for its own account or for the account of one or more stockholders of the Company (a “Piggyback Registration”), the Company shall give prompt written notice (in any event no later than ten (10) Business Days prior to the filing of such registration statement) to the Holder of the Company’s intention to effect such a registration and, subject to the remaining provisions of this Section 4.1, shall include in such registration such number of shares of Common Stock underlying this Purchase Warrant (the “Registrable Securities”) that the Holders have (within ten (10) Business Days of the respective Holder’s receipt of such notice) requested in writing (including such number) to be included within such registration. If a Piggyback Registration is an underwritten offering and the managing underwriter advises the Company that it has determined in good faith that marketing factors require a limit on the number of shares of common stock to be included in such registration, including all shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Purchase Warrant (if the Holder has elected to include such shares in such Piggyback Registration) and all other shares of common stock proposed to be included in such underwritten offering, the Company shall include in such registration (i) first, the number of shares of common stock that the Company proposes to issue and sell pursuant to such underwritten offering and (ii) second, the number of shares of common stock, if any, requested to be included therein by selling stockholders (including the Holder) allocated pro rata among all such persons on the basis of the number of shares of common stock then owned by each such person. If any Piggyback Registration is initiated as a primary underwritten offering on behalf of the Company, the Company shall select the investment banking firm or firms to act as the managing underwriter or underwriters in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the obligations of the Company pursuant to this Section 4.1 shall terminate on the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary of the Effective Date and (ii) the date that Rule 144 would allow the Holder to sell its Registrable Securities during any ninety (90) day period, and shall not be applicable so long as the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-265400), as amended from time to time, covering the Registrable Securities remains effective at such time. The duration of the piggyback registration right shall not exceed seven years from the commencement of sales of the public offering.

 

4.2 Indemnification. The Company shall indemnify the Holder(s) of the Registrable Securities to be sold pursuant to any registration statement hereunder and each person, if any, who controls such Holders within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), against all loss, claim, damage, expense or liability (including all reasonable attorneys’ fees and other out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any claim whatsoever) to which any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, arising from such registration statement but only to the same extent and with the same effect as the provisions pursuant to which the Company has agreed to indemnify Holder contained in the Underwriting Agreement between Holder and the Company, dated as of [●], 2022. The Holder(s) of the Registrable Securities to be sold pursuant to such registration statement, and their successors and assigns, shall severally, and not jointly, indemnify the Company, against all loss, claim, damage, expense or liability (including all reasonable attorneys’ fees and other expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any claim whatsoever) to which they may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, arising from information furnished by or on behalf of such Holders, or their successors or assigns, in writing, for specific inclusion in such registration statement to the same extent and with the same effect as the provisions contained in the Underwriting Agreement pursuant to which Holder has agreed to indemnify the Company.

 

 
 

 

4.3 Exercise of Purchase Warrants. Nothing contained in this Purchase Warrant shall be construed as requiring the Holder(s) to exercise their Purchase Warrants prior to or after the initial filing of any registration statement or the effectiveness thereof.

 

4.4 Documents Delivered to Holders. The Company shall deliver promptly to each Holder participating in the offering requesting the correspondence and memoranda described below, copies of all correspondence between the Commission and the Company, its counsel or auditors and all memoranda relating to discussions with the Commission or its staff with respect to the registration statement and permit each Holder and underwriter to do such investigation, upon reasonable advance notice, with respect to information contained in or omitted from the registration statement as it deems reasonably necessary to comply with applicable securities laws or rules of FINRA. Such investigation shall include access to books, records and properties and opportunities to discuss the business of the Company with its officers and independent auditors, all to such reasonable extent and at such reasonable times, during normal business hours, as any such Holder shall reasonably request.

 

4.5 Underwriting Agreement. The Holders shall be parties to any underwriting agreement relating to a Piggyback Registration. Such Holders shall not be required to make any representations or warranties to or agreements with the Company or the underwriters except as they may relate to such Holders, their Common Stock and the amount and nature of their ownership thereof and their intended methods of distribution.

 

4.6 Documents to be Delivered by Holder(s). Each of the Holder(s) participating in any of the foregoing offerings shall furnish to the Company a completed and executed questionnaire provided by the Company requesting information customarily sought of selling security holders.

 

4.7 Damages. Should the Company fail to comply with such provisions, the Holder(s) shall, in addition to any other legal or other relief available to the Holder(s), be entitled to obtain specific performance or other equitable (including injunctive) relief against the threatened breach of such provisions or the continuation of any such breach, without the necessity of proving actual damages and without the necessity of posting bond or other security.

 

5. New Purchase Warrants to be Issued.

 

5.1 Partial Exercise or Transfer. Subject to the restrictions in Section 3 hereof, this Purchase Warrant may be exercised or assigned in whole or in part. In the event of the exercise or assignment hereof in part only, upon surrender of this Purchase Warrant for cancellation, together with the duly executed exercise or assignment form and funds sufficient to pay any Exercise Price and/or transfer tax if exercised pursuant to Section 2.1 hereto, the Company shall cause to be delivered to the Holder without charge a new Purchase Warrant of like tenor to this Purchase Warrant in the name of the Holder evidencing the right of the Holder to purchase the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder as to which this Purchase Warrant has not been exercised or assigned.

 

5.2 Lost Certificate. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Purchase Warrant and of reasonably satisfactory indemnification or the posting of a bond, determined in the sole discretion of the Company, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Purchase Warrant of like tenor and date. Any such new Purchase Warrant executed and delivered as a result of such loss, theft, mutilation or destruction shall constitute a substitute contractual obligation on the part of the Company.

 

6. Adjustments.

 

6.1 Adjustments to Exercise Price and Number of Securities. The Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the Purchase Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as hereinafter set forth:

 

6.1.1 Share Dividends; Split Ups. If, after the date hereof, and subject to the provisions of Section 6.3 below, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is increased by a stock dividend payable in shares of Common Stock or by a split up of shares of Common Stock or other similar event, then, on the effective day thereof, the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder shall be increased in proportion to such increase in outstanding shares of Common Stock, and the Exercise Price shall be proportionately decreased.

 

 
 

 

6.1.2 Aggregation of Common Stock. If, after the date hereof, and subject to the provisions of Section 6.3 below, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is decreased by a consolidation, combination or reclassification of shares of Common Stock or other similar event, then, on the effective date thereof, the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder shall be decreased in proportion to such decrease in outstanding shares of Common Stock, and the Exercise Price shall be proportionately increased.

 

6.1.3 Replacement of Securities upon Reorganization, Etc. In case of any reclassification or reorganization of the outstanding shares of Common Stock other than a change covered by Section 6.1.1 or 6.1.2 hereof or that solely affects the par value of such shares of Common Stock, or in the case of any share reconstruction or amalgamation or consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another corporation (other than a consolidation or share reconstruction or amalgamation or merger in which the Company is the continuing company and that does not result in any reclassification or reorganization of the outstanding shares of Common Stock), or in the case of any sale or conveyance to another corporation or entity of the property of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety in connection with which the Company is dissolved, the Holder of this Purchase Warrant shall have the right thereafter (until the expiration of the right of exercise of this Purchase Warrant) to receive upon the exercise hereof, for the same aggregate Exercise Price payable hereunder immediately prior to such event, the kind and amount of shares or other securities or property (including cash) receivable upon such reclassification, reorganization, share reconstruction or amalgamation, or consolidation, or upon a dissolution following any such sale or transfer, by a Holder of the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company obtainable upon exercise of this Purchase Warrant immediately prior to such event; and if any reclassification also results in a change in shares of Common Stock covered by Section 6.1.1 or 6.1.2, then such adjustment shall be made pursuant to Sections 6.1.1, 6.1.2 and this Section 6.1.3. The provisions of this Section 6.1.3 shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications, reorganizations, share reconstructions or amalgamations, or consolidations, sales or other transfers.

 

6.1.4 Changes in Form of Purchase Warrant. This form of Purchase Warrant need not be changed because of any change pursuant to this Section 6.1, and Purchase Warrants issued after such change may state the same Exercise Price and the same number of shares of Common Stock as are stated in the Purchase Warrants initially issued pursuant to this Agreement. The acceptance by any Holder of the issuance of new Purchase Warrants reflecting a required or permissive change shall not be deemed to waive any rights to an adjustment occurring after the Commencement Date or the computation thereof.

 

6.2 Substitute Purchase Warrant. In case of any consolidation of the Company with, or share reconstruction or amalgamation or merger of the Company with or into, another corporation (other than a consolidation or share reconstruction or amalgamation or merger which does not result in any reclassification or change of the outstanding shares of Common Stock), the corporation formed by such consolidation or share reconstruction or amalgamation shall execute and deliver to the Holder a supplemental Purchase Warrant providing that the holder of each Purchase Warrant then outstanding or to be outstanding shall have the right thereafter (until the stated expiration of such Purchase Warrant) to receive, upon exercise of such Purchase Warrant, the kind and amount of shares and other securities and property receivable upon such consolidation or share reconstruction or amalgamation, by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company for which such Purchase Warrant might have been exercised immediately prior to such consolidation, share reconstruction or amalgamation or merger, sale or transfer. Such supplemental Purchase Warrant shall provide for adjustments which shall be identical to the adjustments provided for in this Section 6. The above provision of this Section shall similarly apply to successive consolidations or share reconstructions or amalgamations or mergers.

 

6.3 Elimination of Fractional Interests. The Company shall not be required to issue certificates representing fractions of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of the Purchase Warrant, nor shall it be required to issue scrip or pay cash in lieu of any fractional interests, it being the intent of the parties that all fractional interests shall be eliminated by rounding any fraction up or down, as the case may be, to the nearest whole number of shares of Common Stock or other securities, properties or rights.

 

7. Reservation. The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of issuance upon exercise of the Purchase Warrants, such number of shares of Common Stock or other securities, properties or rights as shall be issuable upon the exercise thereof. The Company covenants and agrees that, upon exercise of the Purchase Warrants and payment of the Exercise Price therefor, in accordance with the terms hereby, all shares of Common Stock and other securities issuable upon such exercise shall be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and not subject to preemptive rights of any shareholder.

 

 
 

 

8. Certain Notice Requirements.

 

8.1 Holder’s Right to Receive Notice. Nothing herein shall be construed as conferring upon the Holder the right to vote or consent or to receive notice as a shareholder for the election of directors or any other matter, or as having any rights whatsoever as a shareholder of the Company. If, however, at any time prior to the expiration of the Purchase Warrants and their exercise, any of the events described in Section 8.2 shall occur, then, in one or more of said events, the Company shall deliver to each Holder a copy of each notice relating to such events given to the other shareholders of the Company at the same time and in the same manner that such notice is given to the shareholders.

 

8.2 Events Requiring Notice. The Company shall be required to give the notice described in this Section 8 upon one or more of the following events: (i) if the Company shall take a record of the holders of its shares of Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them to receive a dividend or distribution payable otherwise than in cash, or a cash dividend or distribution payable otherwise than out of retained earnings, as indicated by the accounting treatment of such dividend or distribution on the books of the Company, or (ii) the Company shall offer to all the holders of its shares of Common Stock any additional shares of capital stock of the Company or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company, or any option, right or warrant to subscribe therefor.

 

8.3 Notice of Change in Exercise Price. The Company shall, within 3 Business Days after an event requiring a change in the Exercise Price pursuant to Section 6 hereof, send notice to the Holders of such event and change (“Price Notice”). The Price Notice shall describe the event causing the change and the method of calculating same.

 

8.4 Transmittal of Notices. All notices, requests, consents and other communications under this Purchase Warrant shall be in writing and delivered personally, by e-mail, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service to following addresses or to such other address as the Holder or the Company may designate by notice to the other party and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via e-mail (with confirmation of receipt from the intended recipient by return e-mail or other written acknowledgment) at the e-mail address set forth in this Section prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any date, (ii) the next Business Day after the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via e-mail (with confirmation of receipt from the intended recipient by return email or other written acknowledgment) at the e-mail address set forth in this Section on a day that is not a Business Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Business Day, (iii) the second Business Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given:

 

If to the Holder:

 

Aegis Capital Corp.,

810 Seventh Avenue, 18th Floor,

New York, NY 10019,

Attention: Global Equity Markets

E-mail: adesousa@aegiscap.com

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Anthony W. Basch, Esq.

Yan (Natalie) Wang, Esq.

Kaufman & Canoles, P.C.

1021 E. Cary Street, Suite 1400

Two James Center

Richmond, VA 23219

  E-mail: awbasch@kaufcan.com
    ywang@kaufcan.com

 

 
 

 

If to the Company:

 

BIOLIFE4D CORPORATION

318 Half Day Road, Suite 201

Baffalo Grove, IL 60089

Email: smorris@biolife4d.com

Attention: Steven Morris

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

FitzGerald Kreditor Bolduc Risbrough LLP

2 Park Plaza, Suite 850

Irvine, CA 92614

Email: lbolduc@fkbrlegal.com

Attention: Lynne Bolduc, Esq.

 

9. Miscellaneous.

 

9.1 Amendments. The Company and Holder may from time to time supplement or amend this Purchase Warrant without the approval of any of the Holders in order to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision contained herein that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions herein, or to make any other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising hereunder that the Company and Holder may deem necessary or desirable and that the Company and Holder deem shall not adversely affect the interest of the Holders. All other modifications or amendments shall require the written consent of and be signed by (i) the Company and (ii) the Holder(s) of Purchase Warrants then-exercisable for at least a majority of the shares of Common Stock then-exercisable pursuant to all then-outstanding Purchase Warrants.

 

9.2 Headings. The headings contained herein are for the sole purpose of convenience of reference, and shall not in any way limit or affect the meaning or interpretation of any of the terms or provisions of this Purchase Warrant.

 

9.3. Entire Agreement. This Purchase Warrant (together with the other agreements and documents being delivered pursuant to or in connection with this Purchase Warrant) constitutes the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings of the parties, oral and written, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

9.4 Binding Effect. This Purchase Warrant shall inure solely to the benefit of and shall be binding upon, the Holder and the Company and their permitted assignees, respective successors, legal representative and assigns, and no other person shall have or be construed to have any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of or by virtue of this Purchase Warrant or any provisions herein contained.

 

9.5 Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Trial by Jury. This Purchase Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflict of laws principles thereof. The Company hereby agrees that any action, proceeding or claim against it arising out of, or relating in any way to this Purchase Warrant shall be brought and enforced in the courts located in the City of New York, County of New York, and State of New York, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive. The Company hereby waives any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum. Any process or summons to be served upon the Company may be served by transmitting a copy thereof by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to it at the address set forth in Section 8 hereof. Such mailing shall be deemed personal service and shall be legal and binding upon the Company in any action, proceeding or claim. The Company and the Holder agree that the prevailing party(ies) in any such action shall be entitled to recover from the other party(ies) all of its reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses relating to such action or proceeding and/or incurred in connection with the preparation therefor. The Company (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of its stockholders and affiliates) and the Holder hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

9.6 Non-Waiver. The failure of the Company or the Holder to at any time enforce any of the provisions of this Purchase Warrant shall not be deemed or construed to be a waiver of any such provision, nor to in any way affect the validity of this Purchase Warrant or any provision hereof or the right of the Company or any Holder to thereafter enforce each and every provision of this Purchase Warrant. No waiver of any breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment of any of the provisions of this Purchase Warrant shall be effective unless set forth in a written instrument executed by the party or parties against whom or which enforcement of such waiver is sought; and no waiver of any such breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment shall be construed or deemed to be a waiver of any other or subsequent breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment.

 

9.7 Exchange Agreement. As a condition of the Holder’s receipt and acceptance of this Purchase Warrant, Holder agrees that, at any time prior to the complete exercise of this Purchase Warrant by Holder, if the Company and Holder enter into an agreement (“Exchange Agreement”) pursuant to which they agree that all outstanding Purchase Warrants will be exchanged for securities or cash or a combination of both, then Holder shall agree to such exchange and become a party to the Exchange Agreement.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

 
 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Purchase Warrant to be signed by its duly authorized officer as of the date first written above.

 

  BIOLIFE4D CORPORATION
     
  By:  
  Name: Steven Morris
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 
 

 

 

[Form to be used to exercise Purchase Warrant]

 

Date: __________, 20___

 

The undersigned hereby elects irrevocably to exercise the Purchase Warrant for ______ shares of common stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of BIOLIFE4D CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and hereby makes payment of $____ (at the rate of $____ per share of Common Stock) in payment of the Exercise Price pursuant thereto. Please issue the Common Stock as to which this Purchase Warrant is exercised in accordance with the instructions given below and, if applicable, a new Purchase Warrant representing the number of Common Stock for which this Purchase Warrant has not been exercised.

 

or

 

The undersigned hereby elects irrevocably to convert its right to purchase ___ shares of Common Stock of the Company under the Purchase Warrant for ______ shares of Common Stock, as determined in accordance with the following formula:

 

  X = Y(A-B)  
      A  

 

Where,      
  X = The number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to Holder;
  Y = The number of shares of Common Stock for which the Purchase Warrant is being exercised;
  A = The fair market value of one share of Common Stock which is equal to $_____; and
  B = The Exercise Price which is equal to $______ per share of Common Stock.

 

The undersigned agrees and acknowledges that the calculation set forth above is subject to confirmation by the Company and any disagreement with respect to the calculation shall be resolved by the Company in its sole discretion.

 

Please issue the Common Stock as to which this Purchase Warrant is exercised in accordance with the instructions given below and, if applicable, a new Purchase Warrant representing the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Purchase Warrant has not been converted.

 

Signature    

 

Signature Guaranteed    

 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR REGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

 

Name:    
  (Print in Block Letters)  
     
Address:    
     
     

 

NOTICE: The signature to this form must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Purchase Warrant without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever, and must be guaranteed by a bank, other than a savings bank, or by a trust company or by a firm having membership on a registered national securities exchange.

 

 
 

 

[Form to be used to assign Purchase Warrant]

 

ASSIGNMENT

 

(To be executed by the registered Holder to effect a transfer of the within Purchase Warrant):

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, __________________ does hereby sell, assign and transfer unto the right to purchase shares of common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of BIOLIFE4D CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), evidenced by the Purchase Warrant and does hereby authorize the Company to transfer such right on the books of the Company.

 

Dated: __________, 20__

 

Signature    

 

Signature Guaranteed    

 

NOTICE: The signature to this form must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within Purchase Warrant without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever, and must be guaranteed by a bank, other than a savings bank, or by a trust company or by a firm having membership on a registered national securities exchange.

 

 

 

EX-4.2 5 ex4-2.htm

 

Exhibit 4.2

 

Warrant Agent Agreement

 

This WARRANT AGENT AGREEMENT (this “Warrant Agreement”) dated as of [●], 2022 (the “Issuance Date”) is between BioLife4D Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and ClearTrust, LLC (the “Warrant Agent”).

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of that certain Underwriting Agreement (“Underwriting Agreement”), dated [●], 2022, by and between the Company and Aegis Capital Corp., as the underwriter set forth therein (the “Underwriter”), the Company is engaged in a public offering of: (i) up to [●] closing units (the “Closing Units”), with each Closing Unit consisting of: either (A) one (1) share of common stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Common Stock”) of the Company, and one (1) warrant to purchase one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $[●] (representing 100% of the per share price of the Closing Share (each, a “Warrant”); or (B) one (1) pre-funded warrant (each, a “Pre-funded Warrant”) to purchase one (1) share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.001 until such time as the Pre-funded Warrant is exercised in full subject to adjustment as provided in the Pre-funded Warrant and one (1) Warrant (each, a “Closing Pre-funded Unit”); and (ii) up to [●] shares of Common Stock, Pre-funded Warrants, and/or Warrants issuable pursuant to the Underwriter’s over-allotment option granted pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.

 

WHEREAS, the Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-265400) (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “Registration Statement”), for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of the Closing Units, shares of Common Stock, Pre-funded Warrants, Warrants, and shares underlying Pre-funded Warrants and Warrants, and such Registration Statement was declared effective on [●], 2022; and

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the Company, and the Warrant Agent is willing to so act, in accordance with the terms set forth in this Warrant Agreement in connection with the issuance, registration, transfer, exchange and exercise of the Warrants;

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to provide for the provisions of the Warrants, the terms upon which they shall be issued and exercised, and the respective rights, limitation of rights, and immunities of the Company, the Warrant Agent, and the holders of the Warrants; and

 

WHEREAS, all acts and things have been done and performed which are necessary to make the Warrants the valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company, and to authorize the execution and delivery of this Warrant Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1. Appointment of Warrant Agent. The Company hereby appoints the Warrant Agent to act as agent for the Company with respect to the Warrants, and the Warrant Agent hereby accepts such appointment and agrees to perform the same in accordance with the express terms and conditions set forth in this Warrant Agreement (and no implied terms or conditions).

 

2. Warrants.

 

2.1. Form of Warrants. The Warrants shall be registered securities and shall be evidenced by a global warrant (“Global Warrant”) in the form of Exhibit A to this Warrant Agreement, which shall be deposited on behalf of the Company with a custodian for The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) and registered in the name of Cede & Co., a nominee of DTC. The terms of the Global Warrant are incorporated herein by reference. If DTC subsequently ceases to make its book-entry settlement system available for the Warrants, the Company may instruct the Warrant Agent regarding making other arrangements for book-entry settlement. In the event that the Warrants are not eligible for, or it is no longer necessary to have the Warrants available in, book-entry form, the Company may instruct the Warrant Agent to provide written instructions to DTC to deliver to the Warrant Agent for cancellation the Global Warrant, and the Company shall instruct the Warrant Agent to deliver to DTC separate certificates evidencing Warrants (“Definitive Certificates” and, together with the Global Warrant, “Warrant Certificates”) registered as requested through the DTC system.

 

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2.2. Issuance and Registration of Warrants.

 

2.2.1. Warrant Register. The Warrant Agent shall maintain books (“Warrant Register”) for the registration of original issuance and the registration of transfer of the Warrants.

 

2.2.2. Issuance of Warrants. Upon the initial issuance of the Warrants, the Warrant Agent shall issue the Global Warrant and deliver the Warrants in the DTC book-entry settlement system in accordance with written instructions delivered to the Warrant Agent by the Company. Ownership of security entitlements in the Warrants shall be shown on, and the transfer of such ownership shall be effected through, records maintained (i) by DTC and (ii) by institutions that have accounts with DTC (each, a “Participant”).

 

2.2.3. Beneficial Owner; Holder. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any Warrant, the Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the person in whose name that Warrant shall be registered on the Warrant Register (the “Holder”) as the absolute owner of such Warrant for purposes of any exercise thereof, and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Warrant Agent or any agent of the Company or the Warrant Agent from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by DTC governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of a beneficial interest in any Warrant. The rights of beneficial owners in a Warrant evidenced by the Global Warrant shall be exercised by the Holder or a Participant through the DTC system, except to the extent set forth herein or in the Global Warrant.

 

2.2.4. Delivery of Warrant Certificate. A Holder has the right to elect at any time or from time to time a Warrant Exchange (as defined below) pursuant to a Warrant Certificate Request Notice (as defined below). Upon written notice by a Holder to the Warrant Agent for the exchange of some or all of such Holder’s Global Warrants for a Warrant Certificate evidencing the same number of Warrants, which request shall be in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (a “Warrant Certificate Request Notice” and the date of delivery of such Warrant Certificate Request Notice by the Holder, the “Warrant Certificate Request Notice Date” and the deemed surrender upon delivery by the Holder of a number of Global Warrants for the same number of Warrants evidenced by a Warrant Certificate, a “Warrant Exchange”), the Warrant Agent shall promptly effect the Warrant Exchange and shall promptly issue and deliver to the Holder a Warrant Certificate for such number of Warrants in the name set forth in the Warrant Certificate Request Notice. Such Warrant Certificate shall be dated the date of issuance of the Warrant Certificate, shall include the initial exercise date of the Warrants, shall be executed by an authorized signatory of the Company and shall be reasonably acceptable in all respects to such Holder. In connection with a Warrant Exchange, the Company agrees to deliver, or to direct the Warrant Agent to deliver, the Warrant Certificate to the Holder within three (3) Business Days of the Warrant Certificate Request Notice pursuant to the delivery instructions in the Warrant Certificate Request Notice (“Warrant Certificate Delivery Date”). If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder the Warrant Certificate subject to the Warrant Certificate Request Notice by the Warrant Certificate Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (the “Warrant Shares”) evidenced by such Warrant Certificate (based on the VWAP (as defined in the Warrants) of the Common Stock on the Warrant Certificate Request Notice Date), $10 per Business Day for each Business Day after such Warrant Certificate Delivery Date until such Warrant Certificate is delivered or, prior to delivery of such Warrant Certificate, the Holder rescinds such Warrant Exchange. The Company covenants and agrees that, upon the date of delivery of the Warrant Certificate Request Notice, the Holder shall be deemed to be the holder of the Warrant Certificate and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the Warrant Certificate shall be deemed for all purposes to contain all of the terms and conditions of the Warrants evidenced by such Warrant Certificate and the terms of this Agreement.

 

2.2.5. Execution. The Warrant Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Company by any authorized officer of the Company (an “Authorized Officer”), which need not be the same authorized signatory for all of the Warrant Certificates, either manually or by electronic signature. The Warrant Certificates shall be countersigned by an authorized signatory of the Warrant Agent, which need not be the same signatory for all of the Warrant Certificates, and no Warrant Certificate shall be valid for any purpose unless so countersigned. In case any Authorized Officer of the Company that signed any of the Warrant Certificates ceases to be an Authorized Officer of the Company before countersignature by the Warrant Agent and issuance and delivery by the Company, such Warrant Certificates, nevertheless, may be countersigned by the Warrant Agent, issued and delivered with the same force and effect as though the person who signed such Warrant Certificates had not ceased to be such officer of the Company; and any Warrant Certificate may be signed on behalf of the Company by any person who, at the actual date of the execution of such Warrant Certificate, shall be an Authorized Officer of the Company authorized to sign such Warrant Certificate, although at the date of the execution of this Warrant Agreement any such person was not such an Authorized Officer.

 

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2.2.6. Registration of Transfer. At any time at or prior to the Termination Date (as defined in the form of Warrant (Exhibit A)), a transfer of any Warrants may be registered and any Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates may be split up, combined or exchanged for another Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates evidencing the same number of Warrants as the Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates surrendered. Any Holder desiring to register the transfer of Warrants or to split up, combine or exchange any Warrant Certificate shall make such request in writing delivered to the Warrant Agent, and shall surrender to the Warrant Agent the Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates evidencing the Warrants the transfer of which is to be registered or that is or are to be split up, combined or exchanged and, in the case of registration of transfer, shall provide a signature guarantee. Thereupon, the Warrant Agent shall countersign and deliver to the person entitled thereto a Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates, as the case may be, as so requested. The Company and the Warrant Agent may require payment, by the Holder requesting a registration of transfer of Warrants or a split-up, combination or exchange of a Warrant Certificate (but, for purposes of clarity, not upon the exercise of the Warrants and issuance of Warrant Shares to the Holder), of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with such registration of transfer, split-up, combination or exchange, together with reimbursement to the Company and the Warrant Agent of all reasonable expenses incidental thereto.

 

2.2.7. Loss, Theft and Mutilation of Warrant Certificates. Upon receipt by the Company and the Warrant Agent of evidence reasonably satisfactory to them of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of a Warrant Certificate, and, in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security in customary form and amount, and reimbursement to the Company and the Warrant Agent of all reasonable expenses incidental thereto, and upon surrender to the Warrant Agent and cancellation of the Warrant Certificate if mutilated, the Warrant Agent shall, on behalf of the Company, countersign and deliver a new Warrant Certificate of like tenor to the Holder in lieu of the Warrant Certificate so lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated. The Warrant Agent may charge the Holder an administrative fee for processing the replacement of lost Warrant Certificates,. The Warrant Agent may receive compensation from the surety companies or surety agents for administrative services provided to them.

 

2.2.8. Proxies. The Holder of a Warrant may grant proxies or otherwise authorize any person, including the Participants and beneficial holders that may own interests through the Participants, to take any action that a Holder is entitled to take under this Agreement or the Warrants; provided, however, that at all times that Warrants are evidenced by a Global Warrant, exercise of those Warrants shall be effected on their behalf by Participants through DTC in accordance the procedures administered by DTC.

 

3. Terms and Exercise of Warrants.

 

3.1. Exercise Price. Each Warrant shall entitle the Holder, subject to the provisions of the applicable Warrant Certificate and of this Warrant Agreement, to purchase from the Company the number of shares of Common Stock stated therein, at the price of $[●] per whole share, subject to the subsequent adjustments provided in the Global Warrant. The term “Exercise Price” as used in this Warrant Agreement refers to the price per share at which shares of Common Stock may be purchased at the time a Warrant is exercised.

 

3.2. Duration of Warrants. A Warrant may be exercised only during the period (“Exercise Period”) commencing on the date of issuance and ending on the Termination Date. For purposes of this Warrant Agreement, the “Termination Date” shall have the meaning set forth in the Global Warrant (Exhibit A). Each Warrant not exercised on or before the Termination Date shall become void, and all rights thereunder and all rights in respect thereof under this Agreement shall cease at the close of business on the Termination Date.

3.3. Exercise of Warrants.

 

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3.3.1. Exercise. Subject to the provisions of the Global Warrant, a Holder (or a Participant or a designee of a Participant acting on behalf of a Holder) may exercise Warrants by (i) (A) in the case of a holder registered with the Warrant Agent, delivering to the Warrant Agent, a notice of exercise of the Warrants to be exercised in the form attached to the Global Warrant or (B) in the case of a DTC settlement, via an electronic warrant exercise through the DTC system (each, an “Election to Purchase”), in each case not later than 5:00 P.M., Eastern Standard Time, on any business day during the Exercise Period, and (ii) within one (1) Trading Day of the Date of Exercise, delivering Warrants to be exercised by (A) surrender of the Warrant Certificate evidencing the Warrants to the Warrant Agent at its office designated for such purpose or (B) delivery of the Warrants to an account of the Warrant Agent at DTC designated for such purpose in writing by the Warrant Agent to DTC from time to time. Partial exercises of a Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available thereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. To initiate a partial-exercise, the Holder shall be required to physically surrender a Warrant Certificate to the Warrant Agent, and remaining balance will be evidenced by a new Warrant Certificate. All other requirements for the exercise of a Warrant shall be as set forth in the Warrant.

 

3.3.2. The Warrant Agent shall, by 5:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on the Trading Day following the Exercise Date of any Warrant, advise the Company, the transfer agent and registrar for the Company’s Common Stock, in respect of (i) the number of Warrant Shares indicated on the Notice of Exercise as issuable upon such exercise with respect to such exercised Warrants, (ii) the instructions of the Holder or Participant, as the case may be, provided to the Warrant Agent with respect to the delivery of the Warrant Shares and the number of Warrants that remain outstanding after such exercise and (iii) such other information as the Company or such transfer agent and registrar shall reasonably request. The Company shall issue the Warrant Shares in compliance with the terms of the Warrant.

 

3.3.3. Valid Issuance. All Warrant Shares issued by the Company upon the proper exercise of a Warrant in conformity with this Warrant Agreement shall be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

3.3.4. No Fractional Exercise. Notwithstanding any provision contained in this Warrant Agreement to the contrary, no fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of the Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.

 

3.3.5. No Transfer Taxes. The Company shall not be required to pay any stamp or other tax or governmental charge required to be paid in connection with any transfer involved in the issue of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of Warrants; and in the event that any such transfer is involved, the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any Warrant Shares until such tax or other charge shall have been paid or it has been established to the Company’s satisfaction that no such tax or other charge is due.

 

3.3.6. Date of Issuance. The Company will treat an exercising Holder as a beneficial owner of the Warrant Shares as of the Exercise Date, and for purposes of Regulation SHO, a holder whose interest in this Warrant is a beneficial interest in certificate(s) representing this Warrant held in book-entry form through DTC shall be deemed to have exercised its interest in this Warrant upon instructing its broker that is a DTC participant to exercise its interest in this Warrant, except that, if the Exercise Date is a date when the stock transfer books of the Company are closed, such person shall be deemed to have become the holder of such shares at the open of business on the next succeeding date on which the stock transfer books are open.

 

4. Adjustments. Upon every adjustment of the Exercise Price or the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of a Warrant, the Company shall give written notice thereof to the Warrant Agent, which notice shall state the Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment and the increase or decrease, if any, in the number of Warrant Shares purchasable at such price upon the exercise of a Warrant, setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based. Upon the occurrence of any event specified in Section 3 of the Warrant, then, in any such event, the Company shall give written notice to the Warrant Agent. Failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of such event. The Warrant Agent shall be entitled to rely conclusively on, and shall be fully protected in relying on, any certificate, notice or instructions provided by the Company with respect to any adjustment of the Exercise Price or the number of shares issuable upon exercise of a Warrant, or any related matter, and the Warrant Agent shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in accordance with any such certificate, notice or instructions or pursuant to this Warrant Agreement. The Warrant Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any such adjustment unless and until it shall have received written notice thereof from the Company.

 

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5. Restrictive Legends; Fractional Warrants. In the event that a Warrant Certificate surrendered for transfer bears a restrictive legend, the Warrant Agent shall not register that transfer until the Warrant Agent has received an opinion of counsel for the Company stating that such transfer may be made and indicating whether the Warrants must also bear a restrictive legend upon that transfer. The Warrant Agent shall not be required to effect any registration of transfer or exchange which will result in the transfer of or delivery of a Warrant Certificate for a fraction of a Warrant.

 

6. Other Provisions Relating to Rights of Holders of Warrants.

 

6.1. No Rights as Stockholder. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, a Holder, solely in its capacity as a holder of Warrants, shall not be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of share capital of the Company for any purpose, nor shall anything contained in this Warrant Agreement be construed to confer upon a Holder, solely in its capacity as the registered holder of Warrants, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote, give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether any reorganization, issue of stock, reclassification of share capital, consolidation, merger, conveyance or otherwise), receive notice of meetings, receive dividends or subscription rights or rights to participate in new issues of shares, or otherwise, prior to the issuance to the Holder of the Warrant Shares which it is then entitled to receive upon the due exercise of Warrants.

 

6.2. Reservation of Common Stock. The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available a number of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock that will be sufficient to permit the exercise in full of all outstanding Warrants issued pursuant to this Warrant Agreement.

 

7. Concerning the Warrant Agent and Other Matters.

 

7.1. Any instructions given to the Warrant Agent orally, as permitted by any provision of this Warrant Agreement, shall be confirmed in writing by the Company as soon as practicable. The Warrant Agent shall not be liable or responsible and shall be fully authorized and protected for acting, or failing to act, in accordance with any oral instructions which do not conform with the written confirmation received in accordance with this Section 7.1.

 

7.2. (a) Whether or not any Warrants are exercised, for the Warrant Agent’s services as agent for the Company hereunder, the Company shall pay to the Warrant Agent such fees as may be separately agreed between the Company and Warrant Agent and the Warrant Agent’s out of pocket expenses in connection with this Warrant Agreement, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of the Warrant Agent’s counsel. While the Warrant Agent endeavors to maintain out-of-pocket charges (both internal and external) at competitive rates, these charges may not reflect actual out-of-pocket costs, and may include handling charges to cover internal processing and use of the Warrant Agent’s billing systems. (b) All amounts owed by the Company to the Warrant Agent under this Warrant Agreement are due within 30 days of the invoice date. Delinquent payments are subject to a late payment charge of one and one-half percent (1.5%) per month commencing 45 days from the invoice date. The Company agrees to reimburse the Warrant Agent for any reasonable attorney’s fees and any other costs associated with collecting delinquent payments. (c) No provision of this Warrant Agreement shall require Warrant Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties under this Warrant Agreement or in the exercise of its rights.

 

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7.3. As agent for the Company hereunder the Warrant Agent: (a) shall have no duties or obligations other than those specifically set forth herein or as may subsequently be agreed to in writing by the Warrant Agent and the Company; (b) shall be regarded as making no representations and having no responsibilities as to the validity, sufficiency, value, or genuineness of the Warrants or any Warrant Shares; (c) shall not be obligated to take any legal action hereunder; if, however, the Warrant Agent determines to take any legal action hereunder, and where the taking of such action might, in its judgment, subject or expose it to any expense or liability it shall not be required to act unless it has been furnished with an indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it; (d) may rely on and shall be fully authorized and protected in acting or failing to act upon any certificate, instrument, opinion, notice, letter, electronic document transmission or other document or security delivered to the Warrant Agent and believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed by the proper party or parties; (e) shall not be liable or responsible for any recital or statement contained in the Registration Statement or any other documents relating thereto; (f) shall not be liable or responsible for any failure on the part of the Company to comply with any of its covenants and obligations relating to the Warrants, including without limitation obligations under applicable securities laws; (g) may rely on and shall be fully authorized and protected in acting or failing to act upon the written, telephonic or oral instructions with respect to any matter relating to its duties as Warrant Agent covered by this Warrant Agreement (or supplementing or qualifying any such actions) of officers of the Company, and is hereby authorized and directed to accept instructions with respect to the performance of its duties hereunder from the Company or counsel to the Company, and may apply to the Company, for advice or instructions in connection with the Warrant Agent’s duties hereunder, and the Warrant Agent shall not be liable for any delay in acting while waiting for those instructions; any applications by the Warrant Agent for written instructions from the Company may, at the option of the Agent, set forth in writing any action proposed to be taken or omitted by the Warrant Agent under this Warrant Agreement and the date on or after which such action shall be taken or such omission shall be effective; the Warrant Agent shall not be liable for any action taken by, or omission of, the Warrant Agent in accordance with a proposal included in such application on or after the date specified in such application (which date shall not be less than five business days after the date such application is sent to the Company, unless the Company shall have consented in writing to any earlier date) unless prior to taking any such action, the Warrant Agent shall have received written instructions in response to such application specifying the action to be taken or omitted; (h) may consult with counsel satisfactory to the Warrant Agent, including its in-house counsel, and the advice of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered, or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice of such counsel; (i) may perform any of its duties hereunder either directly or by or through nominees, correspondents, designees, or subagents, and it shall not be liable or responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any nominee, correspondent, designee, or subagent appointed with reasonable care by it in connection with this Warrant Agreement; (j) is not authorized, and shall have no obligation, to pay any brokers, dealers, or soliciting fees to any person; and (k) shall not be required hereunder to comply with the laws or regulations of any country other than the United States of America or any political subdivision thereof.

 

7.4. (a) In the absence of gross negligence or willful or illegal misconduct on its part, the Warrant Agent shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted by it or for any error of judgment made by it in the performance of its duties under this Warrant Agreement. Anything in this Warrant Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall Warrant Agent be liable for special, indirect, incidental, consequential or punitive losses or damages of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits, liquidated damages or buy-in claims), even if the Warrant Agent has been advised of the possibility of such losses or damages and regardless of the form of action. The Warrant Agent shall not be liable for any failures, delays or losses, arising directly or indirectly out of conditions beyond its reasonable control including, but not limited to, acts of government, exchange or market ruling, suspension of trading, work stoppages or labor disputes, fires, civil disobedience, riots, rebellions, storms, electrical or mechanical failure, computer hardware or software failure, communications facilities failures including telephone failure, war, terrorism, insurrection, earthquakes, floods, acts of God or similar occurrences. (b) In the event any question or dispute arises with respect to the proper interpretation of the Warrants or the Warrant Agent’s duties under this Warrant Agreement or the rights of the Company or of any Holder, the Warrant Agent shall not be required to act and shall not be held liable or responsible for its refusal to act until the question or dispute has been judicially settled (and, if appropriate, it may file a suit in interpleader or for a declaratory judgment for such purpose) by final judgment rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction, binding on all persons interested in the matter which is no longer subject to review or appeal, or settled by a written document in form and substance satisfactory to Warrant Agent and executed by the Company and each such Holder. In addition, the Warrant Agent may require for such purpose, but shall not be obligated to require, the execution of such written settlement by all the Holders and all other persons that may have an interest in the settlement.

 

7.5. The Company covenants to indemnify the Warrant Agent and hold it harmless from and against any loss, liability, claim or expense (“Loss”) arising out of or in connection with the Warrant Agent’s duties under this Warrant Agreement, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any Loss, unless such Loss shall have been determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be a result of the Warrant Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.

 

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7.6. Unless terminated earlier by the parties hereto, this Agreement shall terminate 90 days after the earlier of the Termination Date and the date on which no Warrants remain outstanding (the “Termination Date”). On the business day following the Agreement Termination Date, the Agent shall deliver to the Company any entitlements, if any, held by the Warrant Agent under this Warrant Agreement. The Agent’s right to be reimbursed for fees, charges and out-of-pocket expenses as provided in this Section 8 shall survive the termination of this Warrant Agreement.

 

7.7. If any provision of this Warrant Agreement shall be held illegal, invalid, or unenforceable by any court, this Warrant Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if such provision had not been contained herein and shall be deemed an Agreement among the parties to it to the full extent permitted by applicable law.

 

7.8. The Company represents and warrants that: (a) it is duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation; (b) the offer and sale of the Warrants and the execution, delivery and performance of all transactions contemplated thereby (including this Warrant Agreement) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and will not result in a breach of or constitute a default under the articles of association, bylaws or any similar document of the Company or any indenture, agreement or instrument to which it is a party or is bound; (c) this Warrant Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes the legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligation of the Company; (d) the Warrants will comply in all material respects with all applicable requirements of law; and (e) to the best of its knowledge, there is no litigation pending or threatened as of the date hereof in connection with the offering of the Warrants.

 

7.9. In the event of inconsistency between this Warrant Agreement and the descriptions in the Warrant, as it may from time to time be amended, the terms of the Warrant shall control.

 

7.10. Set forth in Exhibit C hereto is a list of the names and specimen signatures of the persons authorized to act for the Company under this Warrant Agreement (the “Authorized Representatives”). The Company shall, from time to time, certify to you the names and signatures of any other persons authorized to act for the Company under this Warrant Agreement.

 

7.11. Except as expressly set forth elsewhere in this Warrant Agreement, all notices, instructions and communications under this Agreement shall be in writing, shall be effective upon receipt and shall be addressed, if to the Company, to its address set forth beneath its signature to this Agreement, or, if to the Warrant Agent, to ClearTrust, LLC, 16540 Pointe Village Drive, Suite 205, Lutz, Florida 33558, or to such other address of which a party hereto has notified the other party.

 

7.12. (a) This Warrant Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. All actions and proceedings relating to or arising from, directly or indirectly, this Warrant Agreement may be litigated in courts located within the City, County and State of New York. The Company hereby submits to the personal jurisdiction of such courts and consents that any service of process may be made by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, directed to the Company at its address last specified for notices hereunder. Each of the parties hereto hereby waives the right to a trial by jury in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Warrant Agreement. Nothing in this Section 7.12 shall limit or restrict the federal district court in which a party may bring a claim under the U.S. federal securities laws. (b) This Warrant Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of the parties hereto. This Warrant Agreement may not be assigned, or otherwise transferred, in whole or in part, by either party without the prior written consent of the other party, which the other party will not unreasonably withhold, condition or delay; except that (i) consent is not required for an assignment or delegation of duties by Warrant Agent to any affiliate of Warrant Agent and (ii) any reorganization, merger, consolidation, sale of assets or other form of business combination by Warrant Agent or the Company shall not be deemed to constitute an assignment of this Warrant Agreement. (c) No provision of this Warrant Agreement may be amended, modified or waived, except in a written document signed by both parties. The Company and the Warrant Agent may amend or supplement this Warrant Agreement without the consent of any Holder for the purpose of curing any ambiguity, or curing, correcting or supplementing any defective provision contained herein or adding or changing any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement as the parties may deem necessary or desirable and that the parties determine, in good faith, shall not adversely affect the interest of the Holders. All other amendments and supplements shall require the vote or written consent of Holders of at least 50.1% of the then outstanding Warrants, provided that adjustments may be made to the Warrant terms and rights in accordance with Section 4 without the consent of the Holders.

 

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7.13. Payment of Taxes. The Company will from time to time promptly pay all taxes and charges that may be imposed upon the Company or the Warrant Agent in respect of the issuance or delivery of Warrant Shares upon the exercise of Warrants, but the Company may require the Holders to pay any transfer taxes in respect of the Warrants or such shares. The Warrant Agent may refrain from registering any transfer of Warrants or any delivery of any Warrant Shares unless or until the persons requesting the registration or issuance shall have paid to the Warrant Agent for the account of the Company the amount of such tax or charge, if any, or shall have established to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company and the Warrant Agent that such tax or charge, if any, has been paid.

 

7.14. Resignation of Warrant Agent.

 

7.14.1. Appointment of Successor Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent, or any successor to it hereafter appointed, may resign its duties and be discharged from all further duties and liabilities hereunder after giving thirty (30) days’ notice in writing to the Company, or such shorter period of time agreed to by the Company. The Company may terminate the services of the Warrant Agent, or any successor Warrant Agent, after giving thirty (30) days’ notice in writing to the Warrant Agent or successor Warrant Agent, or such shorter period of time as agreed. If the office of the Warrant Agent becomes vacant by resignation, termination or incapacity to act or otherwise, the Company shall appoint in writing a successor Warrant Agent in place of the Warrant Agent. If the Company shall fail to make such appointment within a period of 30 days after it has been notified in writing of such resignation or incapacity by the Warrant Agent, then the Warrant Agent or any Holder may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Warrant Agent at the Company’s cost. Pending appointment of a successor to such Warrant Agent, either by the Company or by such a court, the duties of the Warrant Agent shall be carried out by the Company. Any successor Warrant Agent (but not including the initial Warrant Agent), whether appointed by the Company or by such court, shall be a person organized and existing under the laws of any state of the United States of America, in good standing, and authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority. After appointment, any successor Warrant Agent shall be vested with all the authority, powers, rights, immunities, duties, and obligations of its predecessor Warrant Agent with like effect as if originally named as Warrant Agent hereunder, without any further act or deed, and except for executing and delivering documents as provided in the sentence that follows, the predecessor Warrant Agent shall have no further duties, obligations, responsibilities or liabilities hereunder, but shall be entitled to all rights that survive the termination of this Warrant Agreement and the resignation or removal of the Warrant Agent, including but not limited to its right to indemnity hereunder. If for any reason it becomes necessary or appropriate or at the request of the Company, the predecessor Warrant Agent shall execute and deliver, at the expense of the Company, an instrument transferring to such successor Warrant Agent all the authority, powers, and rights of such predecessor Warrant Agent hereunder; and upon request of any successor Warrant Agent the Company shall make, execute, acknowledge, and deliver any and all instruments in writing for more fully and effectually vesting in and confirming to such successor Warrant Agent all such authority, powers, rights, immunities, duties, and obligations.

 

7.14.2. Notice of Successor Warrant Agent. In the event a successor Warrant Agent shall be appointed, the Company shall give notice thereof to the predecessor Warrant Agent and the transfer agent for the Common Stock not later than the effective date of any such appointment.

 

7.14.3. Merger or Consolidation of Warrant Agent. Any person into which the Warrant Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated or any person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Warrant Agent shall be a party or any person succeeding to the shareowner services business of the Warrant Agent or any successor Warrant Agent shall be the successor Warrant Agent under this Warrant Agreement, without any further act or deed. For purposes of this Warrant Agreement, “person” shall mean any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, trust or other entity, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) thereof or thereto.

 

8. Miscellaneous Provisions.

 

8.1. Persons Having Rights under this Warrant Agreement. Nothing in this Warrant Agreement expressed and nothing that may be implied from any of the provisions hereof is intended, or shall be construed, to confer upon, or give to, any person or corporation other than the parties hereto any right, remedy, or claim under or by reason of this Warrant Agreement or of any covenant, condition, stipulation, promise, or agreement hereof.

 

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8.2. Examination of the Warrant Agreement. A copy of this Warrant Agreement shall be available at all reasonable times at the office of the Warrant Agent designated for such purpose for inspection by any Holder. Prior to such inspection, the Warrant Agent may require any such holder to provide reasonable evidence of its interest in the Warrants.

 

8.3. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, and each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument and notwithstanding their date of execution they shall be deemed to be dated as of the date hereof. Delivery of an executed copy of the Agreement by electronic document transmission or other means of electronic communication capable of producing a printed copy will be deemed to be execution and delivery of this Agreement as of the date hereof.

 

8.4. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and are not part of this Warrant Agreement and shall not affect the interpretation thereof.

 

9. Certain Definitions. As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

(a) “Trading Day” means any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Trading Market, or, if the Trading Market is not the principal trading market for the shares of Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market in the United States on which the shares of Common Stock are then traded, provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the shares of Common Stock are scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the shares of Common Stock are suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00 P.M., Eastern Standard Time).

 

(b) “Trading Market” means NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the New York Stock Exchange.

 

10. General.

 

10.1. Severability. If, in any jurisdiction, any provision of this Agreement or its application to any party or circumstance is restricted, prohibited or unenforceable, such provision will, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective only to the extent of such restriction, prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement and without affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction or without affecting its application to other parties or circumstances.

 

10.2. Force Majeure. No party shall be liable to the other, or held in breach of this Agreement, if prevented, hindered, or delayed in the performance or observance of any provision contained herein by reason of act of God, riots, terrorism, acts of war, epidemics, governmental action or judicial order, earthquakes, or any other similar causes (including, but not limited to, mechanical, electronic or communication interruptions, disruptions, or failures). Performance times under this Agreement shall be extended for a period of time equivalent to the time lost because of any delay that is excusable under this Section 10.2.

 

10.3. Successor Entities. In the case of the consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement, merger or transfer of the undertaking or assets of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to or with another entity (“successor entity”), the successor entity resulting from such consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement, merger, or transfer (if not the Company) shall expressly assume, by supplemental agreement satisfactory in form to the Warrant Agent and executed and delivered to the Warrant Agent, the due and punctual performance and observance of each and every covenant and condition of this Agreement to be performed and observed by the Company.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Warrant Agent Agreement has been duly executed by the parties hereto as of the day and year first above written.

 

  BIOLIFE4D CORPORATION
     
  By:  
  Name: Steven Morris
  Title: CEO

 

  CLEARTRUST, LLC
     
  By:           
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

[GLOBAL WARRANT – WARRANT]

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

WARRANT CERTIFICATE REQUEST NOTICE

 

To: ___________ as Warrant Agent for __________ (the “Company”)

 

The undersigned Holder of Common Stock Purchase Warrants (“Warrants”) in the form of Global Warrants issued by the Company hereby elects to receive a Warrant Certificate evidencing the Warrants held by the Holder as specified below:

 

1. Name of Holder of Warrants in form of Global Warrants: _____________________________
   
2. Name of Holder in Warrant Certificate (if different from name of Holder of Warrants in form of Global Warrants): ___________________
   
3. Number of Warrants in name of Holder in form of Global Warrants: ___________________
   
4. Number of Warrants for which Warrant Certificate shall be issued: __________________
   
5. Number of Warrants in name of Holder in form of Global Warrants after issuance of Warrant Certificate, if any: ___________
   
6. Warrant Certificate shall be delivered to the following address:

 

______________________________

 

______________________________

 

______________________________

 

______________________________

 

The undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees that, in connection with this Warrant Exchange and the issuance of the Warrant Certificate, the Holder is deemed to have surrendered the number of Warrants in form of Global Warrants in the name of the Holder equal to the number of Warrants evidenced by the Warrant Certificate.

 

[SIGNATURE OF HOLDER]

 

Name of Investing Entity: ____________________________________________________

 

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity: ______________________________

 

Name of Authorized Signatory: ________________________________________________

 

Title of Authorized Signatory: _________________________________________________

 

Date: _______________________________________________________________

 

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EXHIBIT C

 

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES

 

Name   Title   Signature
         
Steven Morris   Chief Executive Officer    
         
Wesley Ramjeet   Chief Financial Officer    

 

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EX-4.3 6 ex4-3.htm

 

Exhibit 4.3

 

COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

 

BIOLIFE4D CORPORATION

 

Warrant Certificate No.: [●]   Issue Date: [●], 2022
     
Certificate for [●] Warrants, each entitling the holder to acquire one (1) Warrant Share (subject to adjustment as provided herein)   Initial Exercise Date: [●], 2022

 

CUSIP: [●]

ISIN: [●]

 

THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the “Warrant”) certifies that [●] or its registered assigns (the “Holder”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after the date hereof (the “Initial Exercise Date”) and on or prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on _____________, 2027 (the “Termination Date”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from BioLife4D Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), up to _________________ shares of Common Stock (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “Warrant Shares”). The purchase price of one share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b). This Warrant shall initially be issued and maintained in the form of a security held in book-entry form and the Depository Trust Company or its nominee (“DTC”) shall initially be the sole registered holder of this Warrant, subject to a Holder’s right to elect to receive a Warrant in certificated form pursuant to the terms of the Warrant Agent Agreement.

 

Section 1. Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Warrant, the following terms have the meanings indicated in this Section 1:

 

Affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

 

Bid Price” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the shares of Common Stock are then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the bid price of a share of Common Stock for the time in question (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the shares of Common Stock are then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average per share price of the shares of Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the shares of Common Stock are not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the shares of Common Stock are then reported on the Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of an share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Holders of a majority in interest of the Warrants then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company.

 

Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided, however, for clarification, commercial banks shall not be deemed to be authorized or required by law to remain closed due to “stay at home”, “shelter-in-place”, “non-essential employee” or any other similar orders or restrictions or the closure of any physical branch locations at the direction of any governmental authority so long as the electronic funds transfer systems (including for wire transfers) of commercial banks in The City of New York generally are open for use by customers on such day.

 

Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of the Company, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.

 

 
 

 

Common Stock Equivalents” means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time shares of Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, right, option, warrant or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock.

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Equity Conditions” means, with respect to any Redemption Notice Date: (i) on such date one or more registration statements (each, the “Redemption Registration Statement”) shall be effective and the prospectus contained therein shall be available on such date (with, for the avoidance of doubt, any shares of Common Stock previously issued pursuant to such prospectus deemed unavailable) for the issuance of all the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant and other warrants issued pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement (collectively, the “Registered Warrants”) in connection with the Redemption (such applicable aggregate number of shares of Common Stock, each, a “Required Minimum Securities Amount”); (ii) on each day during the period beginning thirty (30) calendar days prior to the applicable Redemption Notice Date and ending on and including the applicable Redemption Notice Date (the “Equity Conditions Measuring Period”), the shares of Common Stock (including the shares of Common Stock to be issued in the Redemption) is listed or designated for quotation (as applicable) on a Trading Market and shall not have been suspended from trading on a Trading Market (other than suspensions of not more than two (2) days and occurring prior to the applicable date of determination due to business announcements by the Company) nor shall delisting or suspension by a Trading Market have been threatened (with a reasonable prospect of delisting occurring after giving effect to all applicable notice, appeal, compliance and hearing periods) or reasonably likely to occur or pending as evidenced by (A) a writing by such Trading Market or (B) the Company falling below the minimum listing maintenance requirements of the Trading Market on which the shares of Common Stock is then listed or designated for quotation (as applicable); (iii) during the Equity Conditions Measuring Period, the Company shall have delivered all Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant on a timely basis as set forth in Section 2 hereof and all other share capital required to be delivered by the Company on a timely basis as set forth in the Underwriting Agreement; (iv) the Required Minimum Securities Amount of shares of Common Stock to be issued in connection with the Redemption may be issued in full without violating the rules or regulations of the Trading Market on which the shares of Common Stock is then listed or designated for quotation (as applicable); (v) on each day during the Equity Conditions Measuring Period, no public announcement of a pending, proposed or intended Fundamental Transaction shall have occurred which has not been abandoned, terminated or consummated; (vi) the Company shall have no knowledge of any fact that would reasonably be expected to cause the applicable Redemption Registration Statement to not be effective or the prospectus contained therein to not be available for the issuance of the Required Minimum Securities Amount of shares of Common Stock in connection with the event requiring such determination; (vii) the Holder shall not be in possession of any material, non-public information provided to any of them by the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective affiliates, employees, officers, representatives, agents or the like; (viii) on each day during the Equity Conditions Measuring Period, the Company otherwise shall have been in compliance with each, and shall not have breached any representation or warranty in any material respect (other than representations or warranties subject to material adverse effect or materiality, which may not be breached in any respect) or any covenant or other term or condition of this Warrant or the Underwriting Agreement, including, without limitation, the Company shall not have failed to timely make any payment pursuant to this Warrant or the Underwriting Agreement; (ix) on the applicable Redemption Notice Date (A) a sufficient number of shares shall be authorized and reserved in accordance with Section 6(d) and (B) all Warrant Shares to be issued in connection with the event requiring this determination may be issued in full without resulting in a violation of Section 6(d); (x) the issuance of Required Minimum Securities Amount of shares of Common Stock to be issued in connection with the Redemption will not result in a violation of Section 6(d); (xi) any shares of Common Stock to be issued in connection with the Redemption may be issued in full without violating Section 2(e) hereof (or the equivalent provisions of any other applicable Registered Warrants), (xii) no bone fide dispute shall exist, by and between any of holder of the Registered Warrants, the Company, the principal Trading Market and/or FINRA with respect to any term or provision of this Warrant or the Underwriting Agreement and (xiii) no Redemption hereunder shall have occurred during the twenty (20) Trading Day period immediately prior to Redemption Notice Date, and (xiv) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Registered Warrants are duly authorized and listed and eligible for trading without restriction on a Trading Market.

 

 
 

 

Equity Conditions Failure” means that on any day during the period commencing ten (10) Trading Days prior to the applicable Redemption Notice Date through and including the applicable Redemption Date, the Equity Conditions have not been satisfied (or waived in writing by the Holder).

 

Person” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.

 

Qualified Holder” means each Holder, including each “beneficial holder”, together with all Affiliates of such Holder and/or “beneficial holder”, that purchased Qualified Warrants in connection with the Offering, provided such Qualified Holder continues to hold any Warrants as of the event described herein to which Qualified Holder status applies. For the sake of clarity, no holder shall be considered to be a Qualified Holder for more Warrants than the number of Qualified Warrants purchased by such Qualified Holder in the Company’s initial public offering; provided, however, that a Qualified Holder may sell and buy Warrants following completion of the Offering, and such Warrants shall benefit from adjustments hereunder up to the number of Qualified Warrants for such Qualified Holder.

 

Qualified Warrants” means [●] Warrants purchased in connection with the Offering by any Holder, including each “beneficial holder” of Warrants, taken together with all Affiliates of such Holder and/or “beneficial holder”. Qualified Warrants shall not include Pre-funded Warrants. The number of Qualified Warrants shall be fixed at completion of the Offering.

 

“Registered Warrants” means this Warrant and any other warrants issued pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.

 

Registration Statement” means the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-265400), as amended.

 

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Company and shall, where applicable, also include any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof.

 

Trading Day” means a day on which the shares of Common Stock are traded on a Trading Market.

 

Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the shares of Common Stock are listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange, OTCQB or OTCQX (or any successors to any of the foregoing).

 

Transfer Agent” means ClearTrust, LLC, and any successor transfer agent of the Company.

 

Underwriting Agreement” means the underwriting agreement, dated as of [●], 2022, between the Company and Aegis Capital Corp., as the underwriter named therein, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.

 

 
 

 

VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the shares of Common Stock are then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price per share of the shares of Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the shares of Common Stock are then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price per share of shares of Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the shares of Common Stock are not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for shares of Common Stock are then reported on the OTC Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the holders of a majority in interest of the Warrants then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

Warrant Agent Agreement” means that certain warrant agent agreement, dated __________, 2022, between the Company and the Warrant Agent.

 

Warrant Agent” means the Transfer Agent and any successor warrant agent of the Company.

 

Warrants” means this Warrant and other common stock purchase warrants issued to investors by the Company pursuant to the Registration Statement, other than any additional warrant issued in connection with Section 3(f)(vi) hereof or any pre-funded warrant issued pursuant to the Registration Statement, each of which shall be subject to the terms of such form of additional warrant or pre-funded warrant, as applicable.

 

Section 2. Exercise.

 

a) Exercise of Warrant. Subject to the provisions of Section 2(e) herein, exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Initial Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date, by delivery to the Warrant Agent of a duly executed Notice of Exercise in the form annexed hereto as Annex A (the “Notice of Exercise”) together with the Warrant Certificate, and, unless the cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 2(c) below is specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise, delivery to the Company of the aggregate Exercise Price of the Warrant Shares specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise as specified in this Section 2(a). Within the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period (as defined in Section 2(d)(i) herein) following the date of exercise as aforesaid, the Holder shall deliver the aggregate Exercise Price for the Warrant Shares specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise by wire transfer of immediately available funds or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank unless the cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 2(c) below is specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise. No ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise be required. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise within one (1) Trading Day of receipt of such notice. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Notice(s) of Exercise delivered on or prior to 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Trading Date prior to the Initial Exercise Date, which may be delivered at any time after the time of execution of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company agrees to deliver the Warrant Shares subject to such notice(s) by 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Initial Exercise Date and the Initial Exercise Date shall be the Warrant Share Delivery Date for purposes hereunder, provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the case of a cashless exercise) is received by such Warrant Share Delivery Date. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

 

 
 

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing in this Section 2(a), a holder whose interest in this Warrant is a beneficial interest in certificate(s) representing this Warrant held in book-entry form through DTC (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions), shall effect exercises made pursuant to this Section 2(a) by delivering to DTC (or such other clearing corporation, as applicable) the appropriate instruction form for exercise, complying with the procedures to effect exercise that are required by DTC (or such other clearing corporation, as applicable), subject to a Holder’s right to elect to receive a Warrant in certificated form pursuant to the terms of the Warrant Agent Agreement.

 

b) Exercise Price. The exercise price per share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be $_________ (the “Initial Exercise Price”), subject to adjustment hereunder (as in effect from time to time, the “Exercise Price”).

 

c) Cashless Exercise. The Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to remain effective with a current prospectus and to maintain the registration of the shares of Common Stock and of the Warrants under the Exchange Act. If at any time after the Initial Exercise Date, there is no effective registration statement registering, or no current prospectus available for the issuance of the Warrant Shares to the Holder, then this Warrant may also be exercised, in whole or in part, at such time by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:

 

  (A)= as applicable: (i) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b)(68) of Regulation NMS) on such Trading Day, (ii) at the option of the Holder, either (y) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise or (z) the Bid Price of the shares of Common Stock on the principal Trading Market as reported by Bloomberg L.P. as of the time of the Holder’s execution of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is executed during “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter (including until two (2) hours after the close of “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day) pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof or (iii) the VWAP on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if the date of such Notice of Exercise is a Trading Day and such Notice of Exercise is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day;
     
  (B)= the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder; and
     
  (X)= the number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.

 

If Warrant Shares are issued in such a cashless exercise, the parties acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, the Warrant Shares shall take on the registered characteristics of the Warrants being exercised. The Company agrees not to take any position contrary to this Section 2(c).

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event that, on the Termination Date, there is no effective registration statement registering, or no current prospectus available for the issuance of, the Warrant Shares to the Holder, this Warrant shall be automatically exercised via cashless exercise pursuant to this Section 2(c) on such Termination Date.

 

 
 

 

d) Mechanics of Exercise.

 

i. Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. The Company shall cause the Warrant Shares purchased hereunder to be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by Holder or (B) this Warrant is being exercised via cashless exercise, and otherwise by physical delivery of a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is the earliest of (i) two (2) Trading Days after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise, (ii) one (1) Trading Day after delivery of the aggregate Exercise Price to the Company and (iii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”). Upon delivery of the Notice of Exercise, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the Warrant Shares, provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the case of a cashless exercise) is received within the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period following delivery of the Notice of Exercise. If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder the Warrant Shares subject to a Notice of Exercise by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the shares of Common Stock on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the fifth Trading Day after such liquidated damages begin to accrue) for each Trading Day after such Warrant Share Delivery Date until such Warrant Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such exercise. The Company agrees to maintain a transfer agent that is a participant in the FAST program so long as this Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable. As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Trading Market with respect to the shares of Common Stock as in effect on the date of delivery of the Notice of Exercise.

 

ii. Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise. If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, upon surrender of this Warrant certificate, at the time of delivery of the Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.

 

iii. Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise; provided, however, that the Holder shall be required to return any Warrant Shares subject to any such rescinded exercise notice concurrently with the return to Holder of the aggregate Exercise Price paid to the Company for such Warrant Shares and the restoration of Holder’s right to acquire such Warrant Shares pursuant to this Warrant (including, issuance of a replacement warrant certificate evidencing such restored right).

 

 
 

 

iv. Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 2(d)(i) above pursuant to an exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after such date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Holder purchases shares of Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

v. No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.

 

vi. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that, in the event that Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto as Annex B duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Exercise and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Warrant Shares.

 

vii. Closing of Books. The Company will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

 
 

 

e) Holder’s Exercise Limitations. The Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and a Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any other Persons acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates (such Persons, “Attribution Parties”)), would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates and Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, non-exercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or non-converted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any other shares of Common Stock Equivalents) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 2(e), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged by the Holder that the Company is not representing to the Holder that such calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 2(e) applies, the determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 2(e), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (A) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (B) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (C) a more recent written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within one Trading Day confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder or its Affiliates or Attribution Parties since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 4.99% (or, upon election by a Holder prior to the issuance of any Warrants, 9.99%) of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. The Holder, upon notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 2(e), provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant held by the Holder and the provisions of this Section 2(e) shall continue to apply. Any increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 2(e) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.

 

Section 3. Certain Adjustments.

 

a) Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on its shares of Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issues by reclassification of shares of Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event, and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.

 

 
 

 

b) Reserved.

 

c) Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 3(a) above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any share of Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to all (or substantially all) of the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, that, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).

 

d) Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as this Warrant is outstanding, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to all (or substantially all) of holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution (provided, however, that, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).

 

e) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company or any Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (approved or recommended by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof) is completed pursuant to which holders of shares of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock or 50% or more of the voting power of the common equity of the Company, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of shares of Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the shares of Common Stock are effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, merger or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock or 50% or more of the voting power of the common equity in the Company (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the Holder (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant), the number of shares of Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the “Alternate Consideration”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant). For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of shares of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction.

 

 
 

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in the event of a Fundamental Transaction, the Company or any Successor Entity (as defined below) shall, at the Holder’s option, exercisable at any time concurrently with, or within 30 days after, the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction (or, if later, the date of the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction), purchase this Warrant from the Holder by paying to the Holder an amount of cash equal to the Black Scholes Value (as defined below) of the remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant on the date of the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction; provided, however, that, if the Fundamental Transaction is not within the Company’s control, including not approved by the Company’s Board of Directors, Holder shall only be entitled to receive from the Company or any Successor Entity the same type or form of consideration (and in the same proportion), at the Black Scholes Value of the unexercised portion of this Warrant, that is being offered and paid to the holders of shares of Common Stock of the Company in connection with the Fundamental Transaction, whether that consideration be in the form of cash, stock or any combination thereof, or whether the holders of shares of Common Stock are given the choice to receive from among alternative forms of consideration in connection with the Fundamental Transaction; provided, further, that if holders of shares of Common Stock of the Company are not offered or paid any consideration in such Fundamental Transaction, such holders will be deemed to have received shares of Common Stock of the Successor Entity (which Entity may be the Company following such Fundamental Transaction) in such Fundamental Transaction.

 

Black Scholes Value” means the value of this Warrant based on the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg determined as of the day of consummation of the applicable contemplated Fundamental Transaction for pricing purposes and reflecting (A) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the time between the date of the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction and the Termination Date, (B) an expected volatility equal to the greater of 100% and the 100 day volatility obtained from the “HVT” function on Bloomberg (determined utilizing a 365 day annualization factor) as of the Trading Day immediately following the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, (C) the underlying price per share used in such calculation shall be the greater of (i) the sum of the price per share being offered in cash, if any, plus the value of any non-cash consideration, if any, being offered in such Fundamental Transaction and (ii) the highest VWAP during the period beginning on the Trading Day immediately preceding the announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction (or the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, if earlier) and ending on the Trading Day of the Holder’s request pursuant to this Section 3(d) and (D) a remaining option time equal to the time between the date of the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction and the Termination Date and (E) a zero cost of borrow. The payment of the Black Scholes Value will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds (or such other consideration) within the later of (i) five (5) Business Days of the Holder’s election and (ii) the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.

 

 
 

 

The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “Successor Entity”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3(e) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the Holder, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant which is exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account the relative value of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall be added to the term “Company” under this Warrant (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, each and every provision of this Warrant referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to each of the Company and the Successor Entity or Successor Entities, jointly and severally with the Company), and may exercise every right and power of the Company prior thereto and the Successor Entity or Successor Entities shall assume all of the obligations of the Company prior thereto under this Warrant with the same effect as if the Company and such Successor Entity or Successor Entities, jointly and severally, had been named as the Company herein.

 

f) Adjustment Upon Issuance of shares of Common Stock. From the date hereof until the later of (a) two (2) years after the Issuance Date or (b) the date no Qualified Holders hold any Warrants (such period, the “Adjustment Period”), the Company issues or sells, or, in accordance with this Section 3(f), is deemed to have issued or sold, any shares of Common Stock (excluding any Excluded Securities (as defined below) issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold) for a consideration per share (the “New Issuance Price”) less than a price equal to the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such issue or sale or deemed issuance or sale (such Exercise Price then in effect is referred to as the “Applicable Price”) (the foregoing a “Dilutive Issuance”), then immediately after such Dilutive Issuance, the Exercise Price then in effect shall be reduced to an amount equal to the New Issuance Price. “Excluded Securities” means any issuance of shares of Common Stock, restricted share units, Options and/or Convertible Securities (i) under the Company’s current or future equity incentive plans or issued to employees, directors, consultants or officers as compensation or consideration in the ordinary course of business, including any issuance of Options (and the underlying shares of Common Stock) in exchange for Options issued under the Company’s equity incentive plans, subject to a limitation of 15% of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the Issuance Date, (ii) issued pursuant to agreements, Options, restricted share units, Convertible Securities or Adjustment Rights (as defined below) existing as of the date hereof, provided that such agreements, Options, Convertible Securities or Adjustment Rights have not been amended since the initial issuance date of this Warrant to increase the number of such securities or decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of such securities, (iii) issued pursuant to acquisitions (whether by merger, consolidation, purchase of equity, purchase of assets, reorganization or otherwise), mergers, consolidations, reorganizations or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person (or to the equity holders of a Person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an asset in a business complementary with the business of the Company and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities, or (iv) to which the Holder consents in writing. “Adjustment Right” means any right granted with respect to any securities issued in connection with, or with respect to, any issuance or sale (or deemed issuance or sale in accordance with this Section 3(f)) of shares of Common Stock (other than rights of the type described in Sections 3(a) through (e)) that could result in a decrease in the net consideration received by the Company in connection with, or with respect to, such securities (including, without limitation, any cash settlement rights, cash adjustment or other similar rights). For all purposes of the foregoing, the following shall be applicable:

 

 
 

 

i. Issuance of Options. If, during the Adjustment Period, the Company in any manner grants or sells any Options (other than Excluded Securities) and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of any such Option or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option (such shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise of any Option or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities, the “Convertible Securities Shares”) is less than the Applicable Price, then such shares of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the granting or sale of such Option for such price per share. For purposes of this Section 3(f)(i), the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of any such Option or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option” shall be equal to (A) the sum of (1) the lowest amount of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to any one Convertible Securities Share upon the granting or sale of such Option, upon exercise of such Option and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option and (2) the lowest exercise price set forth in such Option for which one Convertible Securities Share is issuable upon the exercise of any such Option or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option, minus (B) the sum of all amounts paid or payable to the holder of such Option (or any other Person), with respect to any one Convertible Securities Share, upon the granting or sale of such Option, upon exercise of such Option and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option plus the value of any other consideration received or receivable by, or benefit conferred on, the holder of such Option (or any other Person), with respect to any one Convertible Securities Share. Except as contemplated below, no further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such Convertible Securities Share or of such Convertible Securities upon the exercise of such Options or upon the actual issuance of such Convertible Securities Share upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities.

 

ii. Issuance of Convertible Securities. If, during the Adjustment Period, the Company in any manner issues or sells any Convertible Securities (other than Excluded Securities) and the lowest price per share for which one Convertible Securities Share is issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof is less than the Applicable Price, then such Convertible Securities Share shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities for such price per share. For the purposes of this Section 3(f)(ii), the “lowest price per share for which one Convertible Securities Share is issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof” shall be equal to (A) the sum of (1) the lowest amount of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to one Convertible Securities Share upon the issuance or sale of the Convertible Security and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Security and (2) the lowest conversion price set forth in such Convertible Security for which one Convertible Securities Share is issuable upon conversion, exercise or exchange thereof, minus (B) the sum of all amounts paid or payable to the holder of such Convertible Security (or any other Person), with respect to any one Convertible Securities Share, upon the issuance or sale of such Convertible Security plus the value of any other consideration received or receivable by, or benefit conferred on, the holder of such Convertible Security (or any other Person), with respect to any one Convertible Securities Share. Except as contemplated below, no further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such Convertible Securities Share upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities, and if any such issue or sale of such Convertible Securities is made upon exercise of any Options for which adjustment of the Exercise Price has been or is to be made pursuant to other provisions of this Section 3(f), except as contemplated below, no further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made by reason of such issue or sale.

 

 
 

 

iii. Change in Option Price or Rate of Conversion. If, during the Adjustment Period, the purchase or exercise price provided for in any Options, the additional consideration, if any, payable upon the issue, conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities, or the rate at which any Convertible Securities are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock increases or decreases at any time (other than proportional changes in conversion or exercise prices, as applicable, in connection with an event referred to in Section 3(a)), the Exercise Price in effect at the time of such increase or decrease shall be adjusted to the Exercise Price which would have been in effect at such time had such Options or Convertible Securities provided for such increased or decreased purchase price, additional consideration or increased or decreased conversion rate, as the case may be, at the time initially granted, issued or sold. For purposes of this Section 3(f)(iii), if the terms of any Option or Convertible Security that was outstanding as of the date of issuance of this Warrant are increased or decreased in the manner described in the immediately preceding sentence, then such Option or Convertible Security and the Convertible Securities Shares deemed issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange thereof shall be deemed to have been issued as of the date of such increase or decrease. No adjustment pursuant to this Section 3(f) shall be made if such adjustment would result in an increase of the Exercise Price then in effect.

 

iv. Calculation of Consideration Received. If any Option or Convertible Security is issued in connection with the issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of any other securities of the Company (the “Primary Security”, and such Option or Convertible Security, the “Secondary Securities” and together with the Primary Security, each a “Unit”), together comprising one integrated transaction, the aggregate consideration per share of Common Stock with respect to such Primary Security shall be deemed to be the lowest of (x) the purchase price of such Unit, (y) if such Primary Security is an Option and/or Convertible Security, the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is at any time issuable upon the exercise or conversion of the Primary Security in accordance with Section 3(f)(i) or 3(f)(ii) above and (z) the lowest VWAP of the shares of Common Stock on any Trading Day during the five Trading Day period immediately following the public announcement of such Dilutive Issuance (for the avoidance of doubt, if such public announcement is released prior to the opening of the Principal Market on a Trading Day, such Trading Day shall be the first Trading Day in such five Trading Day period); provided. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold for cash, the consideration received therefor will be deemed to be the net amount of cash received by the Company therefor. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold for a consideration other than cash, the amount of such consideration received by the Company will be the fair value of such consideration, except where such consideration consists of publicly traded securities, in which case the amount of consideration received by the Company for such securities will be the arithmetic average of the VWAPs of such security for each of the five (5) Trading Days immediately preceding the date of receipt. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued to the owners of the non-surviving entity in connection with any merger in which the Company is the surviving entity, the amount of consideration therefor will be deemed to be the fair market value of such portion of the net assets and business of the non-surviving entity as is attributable to such shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities (as the case may be). The fair market value of any consideration other than cash or publicly traded securities will be determined jointly by the Company and the Holder. If such parties are unable to reach agreement within ten (10) days after the occurrence of an event requiring valuation (the “Valuation Event”), the fair market value of such consideration will be determined within five (5) Trading Days after the tenth (10th) day following such Valuation Event by an independent, reputable appraiser jointly selected by the Company and the Holder. The determination of such appraiser shall be final and binding upon all parties absent manifest error and the fees and expenses of such appraiser shall be borne by the Company.

 

v. Record Date. If, during the Adjustment Period, the Company takes a record of the holders of the shares of Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (A) to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in shares of Common Stock, Options or in Convertible Securities or (B) to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, then such record date will be deemed to be the date of the issue or sale of shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or purchase (as the case may be).

 

 
 

 

vi. Adjustment to Warrant Shares. In the event any adjustment under this Section 3(f), 3(i) or 3(j) results in a reduction of the Exercise Price, in aggregate, to 50% of the Initial Exercise Price then in connection with such adjustment, each Qualified Holder shall receive two (2) additional warrants for each one (1) Qualified Warrant held by such Qualified Holder on the date of adjustment. Such additional warrants shall be on substantially the same terms as the as-adjusted Warrant; provided, however, that the term of the additional warrant shall be five (5) years from the issuance date and such additional warrant will not be a tradable warrant.

 

vii. Exercise Floor Price. No adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to Section 3(f) of this Warrant shall cause the Exercise Price to be less than 50% of the Initial Exercise Price of warrants issued in the Company’s initial public offering (as adjusted pursuant to Section 3(a) hereof for share splits, share dividends, recapitalizations and similar events, the “Exercise Floor Price”). For the avoidance of doubt, if a Dilutive Issuance would cause the Exercise Price to be lower than the Exercise Floor Price but for the immediately preceding sentence, then the Exercise Price shall be equal to the Exercise Floor Price.

 

g) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 3, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.

 

h) Notice to Holder.

 

i. Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall promptly deliver to the Holder by facsimile or email a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and any resulting adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.

 

ii. Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the shares of Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the shares of Common Stock, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the shares of Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the shares of Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of its assets, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the shares of Common Stock are converted into other securities, cash or property, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be delivered by facsimile or email to the Holder at its last facsimile number or email address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company, at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice (unless such information is filed with the Commission, in which case a notice shall not be required) stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the shares of Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the shares of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided in this Warrant constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.

 

 
 

 

i) Reset of Exercise Price. If, on the date that is ninety (90) calendar days immediately following the Issuance Date of this Warrant, the Reset Price, as defined below, is less than the Exercise Price at such time, the Exercise Price shall be decreased to the Reset Price. “Reset Price” shall mean the greater of (i) 50% of the Initial Exercise Price (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, recapitalizations and similar events pursuant to Section 3(a) hereof) and (ii) 100% of the lowest VWAP occurring on any day between the Initial Exercise Date and ninety (90) calendar days following the Issuance Date.

 

j) Voluntary Adjustment by Company. Subject to the rules and regulations of the Trading Market, the Company may at any time during the term of this Warrant, subject to the prior written consent of the Holder, reduce the then current Exercise Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the board of directors of the Company.

 

Section 4. Transfer of Warrant.

 

a) Transferability. This Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company unless the Holder has assigned this Warrant in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the Holder delivers an assignment form to the Company assigning this Warrant in full. The Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.

 

b) New Warrants. If this Warrant is not held in global form through DTC (or any successor depositary), this Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the initial issuance date of this Warrant and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto.

 

c) Warrant Register. The Warrant Agent shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Warrant Agent for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.

 

 
 

 

Section 5. Participation Right. Until six (6) months following [●], 2022, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, directly or indirectly, issue, offer, sell, grant any option or right to purchase, or otherwise dispose of (or announce any issuance, offer, sale, grant of any option or right to purchase or other disposition of) any equity security or any equity-linked or related security (including, without limitation, any “equity security” (as that term is defined under Rule 405 promulgated under the 1933 Act)), any Convertible Securities (as defined below), any debt, any preferred shares or any purchase rights (any such issuance, offer, sale, grant, disposition or announcement is referred to as a “Subsequent Placement”) unless the Company shall have first complied with this Section 5. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the right set forth in this Section 5 is a right granted by the Company, separately, to each Qualified Holder.

 

a) Between the time period of 4:00 pm (New York City time) and 6:00 pm (New York City time) on the Trading Day immediately prior to the Trading Day of the expected announcement of the Subsequent Placement (or, if the Trading Day of the expected announcement of the Subsequent Placement is the first Trading Day following a holiday or a weekend (including a holiday weekend), between the time period of 4:00 pm (New York City time) on the Trading Day immediately prior to such holiday or weekend and 2:00 pm (New York City time) on the day immediately prior to the Trading Day of the expected announcement of the Subsequent Placement), the Company shall deliver to each Qualified Holder a written notice (each such notice, a “Pre-Notice”), which Pre-Notice shall not contain any information (including, without limitation, material, non-public information) other than: (A) if the proposed Offer Notice (as defined below) constitutes or contains material, non-public information, a statement asking whether the Investor is willing to accept material non-public information or (B) if the proposed Offer Notice does not constitute or contain material, non-public information, (x) a statement that the Company proposes or intends to effect a Subsequent Placement, (y) a statement that the statement in clause (x) above does not constitute material, non-public information and (z) a statement informing such Qualified Holder that it is entitled to receive an Offer Notice (as defined below) with respect to such Subsequent Placement upon its written request. Upon the written request of a Qualified Holder prior to 5:30 am (New York City time) on the Trading Day following the date on which such Pre-Notice is delivered to such Qualified Holder, and only upon a written request by such Qualified Holder, the Company shall promptly, but no later than one (1) Trading Day after such request, deliver to such Qualified Holder an irrevocable written notice (the “Offer Notice”) of any proposed or intended issuance or sale or exchange (the “Offer”) of the securities being offered (the “Offered Securities”) in a Subsequent Placement, which Offer Notice shall (A) identify and describe the Offered Securities, (B) describe the price and other terms upon which they are to be issued, sold or exchanged, and the number or amount of the Offered Securities to be issued, sold or exchanged, (C) identify the Persons (if known) to which or with which the Offered Securities are to be offered, issued, sold or exchanged and (D) offer to issue and sell to or exchange with such Qualified Holder in accordance with the terms of the Offer such Qualified Holder’s pro rata portion of 30% of the Offered Securities, provided that the number of Offered Securities which such Qualified Holder shall have the right to subscribe for under this Section 5 shall be (x) based on such Qualified Holder’s pro rata purchased portion of the aggregate number of Qualified Warrants purchased by all Qualified Holders on the date of such Offer Notice (the “Initial Amount”), and (y) with respect to each Qualified Holder that elects to purchase its Initial Amount, any additional portion of the Offered Securities attributable to the Initial Amounts of other Qualified Holders as such Qualified Holder shall indicate it will purchase or acquire should the other Qualified Holders subscribe for less than their Initial Amounts (the “Undersubscription Amount”), which process shall be repeated until each Qualified Holder shall have an opportunity to subscribe for any remaining Undersubscription Amount.

 

b) To accept an Offer, in whole or in part, such Qualified Holder must deliver a written notice to the Company prior to 6:30 am (New York City time) on the Trading Day following the date on which the Offer Notice is delivered to such Qualified Holder (the “Offer Period”), setting forth the portion of such Qualified Holder’s Initial Amount that such Qualified Holder elects to purchase and, if such Qualified Holder shall elect to purchase all of its Initial Amount, the Undersubscription Amount, if any, that such Qualified Holder elects to purchase (in either case, the “Notice of Acceptance”). If the Initial Amounts subscribed for by all Qualified Holders are less than the total of all of the Initial Amounts, then each Qualified Holder that has set forth an Undersubscription Amount in its Notice of Acceptance shall be entitled to purchase, in addition to the Initial Amounts subscribed for, the Undersubscription Amount it has subscribed for; provided, however, if the Undersubscription Amounts subscribed for exceed the difference between the total of all the Initial Amounts and the Initial Amounts subscribed for (the “Available Undersubscription Amount”), each Qualified Holder that has subscribed for any Undersubscription Amount shall be entitled to purchase only that portion of the Available Undersubscription Amount as the Initial Amount of such Qualified Holder bears to the total Initial Amounts of all Qualified Holders that have subscribed for Undersubscription Amounts, subject to rounding by the Company to the extent it deems reasonably necessary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company desires to modify or amend the terms and conditions of the Offer prior to the expiration of the Offer Period, the Company may deliver to each Qualified Holder a new Offer Notice and the Offer Period shall expire at 6:30 am (New York City time) on the Trading Day following the date after such Qualified Holder’s receipt of such new Offer Notice.

 

 
 

 

c) The Company shall have two (2) Business Days from the expiration of the Offer Period above (A) to offer, issue, sell or exchange all or any part of such Offered Securities as to which a Notice of Acceptance has not been given by a Qualified Holder (the “Refused Securities”) pursuant to a definitive agreement(s) (the “Subsequent Placement Agreement”), but only to the offerees described in the Offer Notice (if so described therein) and only upon terms and conditions (including, without limitation, unit prices and interest rates) that are not more favorable to the acquiring Person or Persons or less favorable to the Company than those set forth in the Offer Notice and (B) to publicly announce (x) the execution of such Subsequent Placement Agreement, and (y) either (I) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such Subsequent Placement Agreement or (II) the termination of such Subsequent Placement Agreement, which shall be filed with the SEC on a Current Report on Form 8-K with such Subsequent Placement Agreement and any documents contemplated therein filed as exhibits thereto.

 

d) In the event the Company shall propose to sell less than all the Refused Securities (any such sale to be in the manner and on the terms specified in Section 5(c) above), then each Qualified Holder may, at its sole option and in its sole discretion, reduce the number or amount of the Offered Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance to an amount that shall be not less than the number or amount of the Offered Securities that such Qualified Holder elected to purchase pursuant to Section 5(b) above multiplied by a fraction, (A) the numerator of which shall be the number or amount of Offered Securities the Company actually proposes to issue, sell or exchange (including Offered Securities to be issued or sold to Qualified Holders pursuant to this Section 5 prior to such reduction) and (B) the denominator of which shall be the original amount of the Offered Securities. In the event that any Qualified Holder so elects to reduce the number or amount of Offered Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance, the Company may not issue, sell or exchange more than the reduced number or amount of the Offered Securities unless and until such securities have again been offered to the Qualified Holders in accordance with Section 5(a) above.

 

e) Upon the closing of the issuance, sale or exchange of all or less than all of the Refused Securities, such Qualified Holder shall acquire from the Company, and the Company shall issue to such Qualified Holder, the number or amount of Offered Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance, as reduced pursuant to Section 5(d) above if such Qualified Holder has so elected, upon the terms and conditions specified in the Offer. The purchase by such Qualified Holder of any Offered Securities is subject in all cases to the preparation, execution and delivery by the Company and such Qualified Holder of a separate purchase agreement relating to such Offered Securities reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to such Qualified Holder and its counsel.

 

f) Any Offered Securities not acquired by a Qualified Holder or other Persons in accordance with this Section 5 may not be issued, sold or exchanged until they are again offered to such Qualified Holder under the procedures specified in this Agreement.

 

g) The Company and each Qualified Holder agree that if any Qualified Holder elects to participate in the Offer, neither the Subsequent Placement Agreement with respect to such Offer nor any other transaction documents related thereto (collectively, the “Subsequent Placement Documents”) shall include any term or provision whereby such Qualified Holder shall be required to agree to any restrictions on trading as to any securities of the Company or be required to consent to any amendment to or termination of, or grant any waiver, release or the like under or in connection with, any agreement previously entered into with the Company or any instrument received from the Company.

 

 
 

 

h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5 and unless otherwise agreed to by such Qualified Holder, the Company shall either confirm in writing to such Qualified Holder that the transaction with respect to the Subsequent Placement has been abandoned or shall publicly disclose its intention to issue the Offered Securities, in either case, in such a manner such that such Qualified Holder will not be in possession of any material, non-public information, by the 9:30 am (New York City time) second (2nd) Business Day following delivery of the Offer Notice. If by 9:30 am (New York City time) on such second (2nd) Business Day, no public disclosure regarding a transaction with respect to the Offered Securities has been made, and no notice regarding the abandonment of such transaction has been received by such Qualified Holder, such transaction shall be deemed to have been abandoned and such Qualified Holder shall not be in possession of any material, non-public information with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Should the Company decide to pursue such transaction with respect to the Offered Securities, the Company shall provide such Qualified Holder with another Offer Notice and such Qualified Holder will again have the right of participation set forth in this Section 5. The Company shall not be permitted to deliver more than one such Offer Notice to such Qualified Holder in any sixty (60) day period, except as expressly contemplated by the last sentence of Section 5(b).

 

i) The restrictions contained in this Section 5 shall not apply in connection with the issuance of any Exempt Issuance. The Company shall not circumvent the provisions of this Section 5 by providing terms or conditions to one Qualified Holder that are not provided to all Qualified Holders.

 

Section 6. Redemption.

 

a) Redemption. Subject to Section 2(e), at any time after the six-month anniversary of the Issue Date and prior to the expiration of the Warrants, upon notice to the Holders, the Company may redeem, at the price of $0.01 per Warrant (the “Redemption Price”), up to such aggregate number of fully paid, validly issued and non-assessable Warrant Shares equal to the least of (i) the aggregate number of all remaining Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder, (ii) the aggregate number of Warrant Shares then permitted to be issued to the Holder in compliance with Section 2(e) above, and (iii) the Holder’s Redemption Limitation (such lesser number of Warrant Shares, the “Maximum Redemption Share Amount”) as designated in the applicable Redemption Notice (as defined below) to be issued and delivered in accordance with Section 1(a) hereof (each, a “Redemption”). Redemption shall be permitted under this Section 6 provided that (i) no Equity Conditions Failure exists (unless waived, in whole or in part, in writing by the Holder (and, if in part, only to the extent of the Warrant Shares applicable to such partial waiver)); (ii) the VWAP of the shares of Common Stock listed on the principal Trading Market has been at least $[●] per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, recapitalizations and similar events) (the “Redemption Trigger Price”), on each of twenty (20) consecutive Trading Days prior to the Redemption Notice Date; (iii) either (x) there is an effective registration statement covering the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, and a current prospectus relating thereto, available throughout the Redemption Period (as defined below) or (y) the Company has elected to require the exercise of the Warrants via cashless exercise; and (iv) if and when the Warrants become redeemable by the Company, the Company may not exercise such redemption right if the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrants is (a) not exempt from registration or qualification under applicable state blue sky laws or the Company is unable to effect such registration or qualification or (b) would cause the Holder to exceed the Redemption Limitation (collectively, the “Redemption Conditions”).

 

b) Mechanics. The Company may exercise its right to Redemption under this Section 6 on the Trading Day immediately following any Equity Conditions Measuring Period by delivering a written notice thereof, by electronic mail to all, but not less than all, of the holders of the Registered Warrants (each, a “Redemption Notice”, and the date thereof, each a “Redemption Notice Date”). For purposes of Section 2(a) hereof, “Redemption Notice” shall be deemed to replace “Exercise Notice” for all purposes thereunder as if the Holder delivered an Exercise Notice to the Company on the Redemption Notice Date, mutatis mutandis. Each Redemption Notice shall be irrevocable. The Company may only deliver one Redemption Notice in any given twenty (20) Trading Day period. Each Redemption Notice shall (x) state that the Company is electing to effect a Redemption on the thirtieth (30th) day (the “Redemption Date”) following the applicable Redemption Notice Date (such 30-day period, the “Redemption Period”), (y) state the aggregate number of Warrant Shares to be exercised by the Holder (not in excess of the Maximum Redemption Share Amount) and all of the holders of the Registered Warrants on the Redemption Date (subject to any adjustments thereto pursuant to Section 3 that may occur prior to the Redemption Date), and (z) contain a certification from an officer or director of the Company that the Redemption Conditions shall have been satisfied as of the Redemption Notice Date.

 

 
 

 

c) Pro Rata Exercise Requirement. If the Company elects to cause a Redemption of this Warrant pursuant to this Section 6, then it must simultaneously take the same action in the same proportion with respect to all of the Registered Warrants.

 

d) Exercise After Notice of Redemption. The Warrants may be exercised, for cash (or via cashless exercise) at any time during the Redemption Period. The Redemption Notice shall contain the information necessary to calculate the number of shares of Common Stock to be received via cashless exercise of the Warrants, including the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Redemption Notice Date. After 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Redemption Date, the record holder of the Warrants shall have no further rights except to receive, upon surrender of the Warrants, the Redemption Price.

 

Section 7. Miscellaneous.

 

a) No Rights as Stockholder until Exercise; No Settlement in Cash. This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(d)(i), except as expressly set forth in Section 3. Without limiting any rights of a Holder to receive Warrant Shares on a “cashless exercise” pursuant to Section 2(c) or to receive cash payments pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) and Section 2(d)(iv) herein, including if the Company is for any reason unable to issue and deliver Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof, in no event shall the Company be required to net cash settle an exercise of this Warrant or cash settle in any other form.

 

b) Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.

 

c) Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.

 

d) Authorized Shares.

 

The Company covenants that, during the period the Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of issuing the necessary Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which the shares of Common Stock may be listed. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).

 

 
 

 

Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its certificate of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (i) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (ii) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.

 

Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.

 

e) Governing Law. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Warrant (whether brought against a party hereto or their respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City and County of New York for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Warrant and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. If either party shall commence an action, suit or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Warrant, the prevailing party in such action, suit or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for their reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this paragraph shall limit or restrict the federal district court in which a Holder may bring a claim under the U.S. federal securities laws.

 

f) Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, and the Holder does not utilize cashless exercise, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.

 

g) Non-Waiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Holder’s rights, powers or remedies. No provision of this Warrant shall be construed as a waiver by the Holder of any rights which the Holder may have under the U.S. federal securities laws and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Without limiting any other provision of this Warrant, if the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.

 

 
 

 

h) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holders hereunder including, without limitation, any Notice of Exercise, shall be in writing and delivered personally, by e-mail, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to (A) the Company, at 318 Half Day Road, Suite 201, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089, Attention: Chief Executive Officer, email address: smorris@biolife4d.com, or such other email address or address as the Company may specify for such purposes by notice to the Holders; and (B) the Warrant Agent, at ClearTrust, LLC, 16540 Pointe Village Drive, Suite 205, Lutz, Florida 33558, Attention: Securities Processing, email address: inbox@cleartrusttransfer.com. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Company hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by e-mail, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed to each Holder at the e-mail address or address of such Holder appearing on the books of the Company. Any notice or other communication or deliveries hereunder shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via e-mail at the e-mail address set forth in this Section prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any date, (ii) the next Trading Day after the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via e-mail at the e-mail address set forth in this Section on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (iii) the second Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. To the extent that any notice provided hereunder constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

i) Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the Holder for the purchase price of any shares of Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

 

j) Remedies. The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

k) Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.

 

l) Amendment. This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company and the Holder.

 

m) Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.

 

n) Headings. The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.

 

o) Warrant Agent Agreement. If this Warrant is held in global form through DTC (or any successor depositary), this Warrant is issued subject to the Warrant Agent Agreement. To the extent any provision of this Warrant conflicts with the express provisions of the Warrant Agent Agreement, the provisions of this Warrant shall govern and be controlling.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above indicated.

 

  BioLife4D Corporation
     
  By:  
    Steven Morris
    Chief Executive Officer

 

 
 

 

ANNEX A

 

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

TO: BIOLIFE4D CORPORATION

 

(1) The undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________ Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant (only if exercised in full), and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.

 

(2) Payment shall take the form of (check applicable box):

 

  in lawful money of the United States; or

 

  if permitted the cancellation of such number of Warrant Shares as is necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in subsection 2(c), to exercise this Warrant with respect to the maximum number of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in subsection 2(c).

 

(3) Please issue said Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:

 

     

 

The Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account Number:

 

     
     
     

 

[SIGNATURE OF HOLDER]

 

Name of Investing Entity: _______________________________________________________________________

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity: _________________________________________________

Name of Authorized Signatory: ___________________________________________________________________

Title of Authorized Signatory: ____________________________________________________________________

Date: _______________________________________________________________________________________

 

 
 

 

ANNEX B

 

ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

(To assign the foregoing Warrant, execute this form and supply required information. Do not use this form to purchase shares.)

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to:

 

Name:  
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Address:  
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Phone Number:  
   
Email Address:  
   
Dated: _______________ __, ______  

 

Holder’s Signature:    
     
Holder’s Address:    

 

(Signature Guaranteed): Date: ___________________, _____

 

Signature to be guaranteed by an authorized officer of a chartered bank, trust company or medallion guaranteed by an investment dealer who is a member of a recognized stock exchange.

 

 

 

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Exhibit 4.4

 

Warrant Agent Agreement

 

This WARRANT AGENT AGREEMENT (this “Warrant Agreement”) dated as of [●], 2022 (the “Issuance Date”) is between BioLife4D Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and ClearTrust, LLC (the “Warrant Agent”).

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of that certain Underwriting Agreement (“Underwriting Agreement”), dated [●], 2022, by and between the Company and Aegis Capital Corp., as the underwriter (the “Underwriter”), the Company is engaged in a public offering of (i) up to [●] closing units (the “Closing Units”), with each Closing Unit consisting of: either (A) one (1) share of Common Stock, $0.00001 par value per share of the Company (the “Common Stock”), and one (1) warrant (each, a “Tradeable Warrant”) to purchase one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $[●] (representing 100% of the per Unit offering price); or (B) one (1) pre-funded warrant to purchase one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.001 per share of Common Stock (a “Pre-Funded Warrant”), and one (1) Tradeable Warrant; and (ii) up to [●] shares of Common Stock, Pre-funded Warrants and/or Tradeable Warrants issuable pursuant to the Underwriter’s over-allotment option granted pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.

 

WHEREAS, the Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-265400) (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “Registration Statement”), for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of the Closing Units, Common Stock, Pre-Funded Warrants, Tradeable Warrants, and shares underlying Pre-Funded Warrants and Tradeable Warrants, and such Registration Statement was declared effective on [●], 2022; and

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the Company, and the Warrant Agent is willing to so act, in accordance with the terms set forth in this Warrant Agreement in connection with the issuance, registration, transfer, exchange and exercise of the Pre-funded Warrants;

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to provide for the provisions of the Pre-funded Warrants, the terms upon which they shall be issued and exercised, and the respective rights, limitation of rights, and immunities of the Company, the Warrant Agent, and the holders of the Pre-funded Warrants; and

 

WHEREAS, all acts and things have been done and performed which are necessary to make the Pre-funded Warrants the valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company, and to authorize the execution and delivery of this Warrant Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1. Appointment of Warrant Agent. The Company hereby appoints the Warrant Agent to act as agent for the Company with respect to the Pre-funded Warrants, and the Warrant Agent hereby accepts such appointment and agrees to perform the same in accordance with the express terms and conditions set forth in this Warrant Agreement (and no implied terms or conditions).

 

2. Pre-funded Warrants.

 

2.1. Form of Pre-funded Warrants. The Pre-funded Warrants shall be registered securities and shall be evidenced by a global pre-funded warrant (“Global Pre-funded Warrant”) in the form of Exhibit A to this Warrant Agreement, which shall be deposited on behalf of the Company with a custodian for The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) and registered in the name of Cede & Co., a nominee of DTC. The terms of the Global Pre-funded Warrant are incorporated herein by reference. If DTC subsequently ceases to make its book-entry settlement system available for the Pre-funded Warrants, the Company may instruct the Warrant Agent regarding making other arrangements for book-entry settlement. In the event that the Pre-funded Warrants are not eligible for, or it is no longer necessary to have the Pre-funded Warrants available in, book-entry form, the Company may instruct the Warrant Agent to provide written instructions to DTC to deliver to the Warrant Agent for cancellation the Global Pre-funded Warrant, and the Company shall instruct the Warrant Agent to deliver to DTC separate certificates evidencing Pre-funded Warrants (“Definitive Certificates” and, together with the Global Pre-funded Warrant, “Warrant Certificates”) registered as requested through the DTC system.

 

 
 

 

2.2. Issuance and Registration of Pre-funded Warrants.

 

2.2.1. Warrant Register. The Warrant Agent shall maintain books (“Warrant Register”) for the registration of original issuance and the registration of transfer of the Pre-funded Warrants.

 

2.2.2. Issuance of Pre-funded Warrants. Upon the initial issuance of the Pre-funded Warrants, the Warrant Agent shall issue the Global Warrant and deliver the Pre-funded Warrants in the DTC book-entry settlement system in accordance with written instructions delivered to the Warrant Agent by the Company. Ownership of security entitlements in the Pre-funded Warrants shall be shown on, and the transfer of such ownership shall be effected through, records maintained (i) by DTC and (ii) by institutions that have accounts with DTC (each, a “Participant”).

 

2.2.3. Beneficial Owner; Holder. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any Pre-funded Warrant, the Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the person in whose name that Pre-funded Warrant shall be registered on the Warrant Register (the “Holder”) as the absolute owner of such Pre-funded Warrant for purposes of any exercise thereof, and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Warrant Agent or any agent of the Company or the Warrant Agent from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by DTC governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of a beneficial interest in any Pre-funded Warrant. The rights of beneficial owners in a Pre-funded Warrant evidenced by the Global Pre-funded Warrant shall be exercised by the Holder or a Participant through the DTC system, except to the extent set forth herein or in the Global Pre-funded Warrant.

 

2.2.4. Delivery of Warrant Certificate. A Holder has the right to elect at any time or from time to time a Warrant Exchange (as defined below) pursuant to a Warrant Certificate Request Notice (as defined below). Upon written notice by a Holder to the Warrant Agent for the exchange of some or all of such Holder’s Global Pre-funded Warrants for a Warrant Certificate evidencing the same number of Pre-funded Warrants, which request shall be in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (a “Warrant Certificate Request Notice” and the date of delivery of such Warrant Certificate Request Notice by the Holder, the “Warrant Certificate Request Notice Date” and the deemed surrender upon delivery by the Holder of a number of Global Pre-funded Warrants for the same number of Pre-funded Warrants evidenced by a Warrant Certificate, a “Warrant Exchange”), the Warrant Agent shall promptly effect the Warrant Exchange and shall promptly issue and deliver to the Holder a Warrant Certificate for such number of Pre-funded Warrants in the name set forth in the Warrant Certificate Request Notice. Such Warrant Certificate shall be dated the date of issuance of the Warrant Certificate, shall include the initial exercise date of the Pre-funded Warrants, shall be executed by an authorized signatory of the Company and shall be reasonably acceptable in all respects to such Holder. In connection with a Warrant Exchange, the Company agrees to deliver, or to direct the Warrant Agent to deliver, the Warrant Certificate to the Holder within three (3) Business Days of the Warrant Certificate Request Notice pursuant to the delivery instructions in the Warrant Certificate Request Notice (“Warrant Certificate Delivery Date”). If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder the Warrant Certificate subject to the Warrant Certificate Request Notice by the Warrant Certificate Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Pre-funded Warrants (the “Warrant Shares”) evidenced by such Warrant Certificate (based on the VWAP (as defined in the Pre-funded Warrants) of the Common Stock on the Warrant Certificate Request Notice Date), $10 per Business Day for each Business Day after such Warrant Certificate Delivery Date until such Warrant Certificate is delivered or, prior to delivery of such Warrant Certificate, the Holder rescinds such Warrant Exchange. The Company covenants and agrees that, upon the date of delivery of the Warrant Certificate Request Notice, the Holder shall be deemed to be the holder of the Warrant Certificate and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the Warrant Certificate shall be deemed for all purposes to contain all of the terms and conditions of the Pre-funded Warrants evidenced by such Warrant Certificate and the terms of this Agreement.

 

 
 

 

2.2.5. Execution. The Warrant Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Company by any authorized officer of the Company (an “Authorized Officer”), which need not be the same authorized signatory for all of the Warrant Certificates, either manually or by electronic signature. The Warrant Certificates shall be countersigned by an authorized signatory of the Warrant Agent, which need not be the same signatory for all of the Warrant Certificates, and no Warrant Certificate shall be valid for any purpose unless so countersigned. In case any Authorized Officer of the Company that signed any of the Warrant Certificates ceases to be an Authorized Officer of the Company before countersignature by the Warrant Agent and issuance and delivery by the Company, such Warrant Certificates, nevertheless, may be countersigned by the Warrant Agent, issued and delivered with the same force and effect as though the person who signed such Warrant Certificates had not ceased to be such officer of the Company; and any Warrant Certificate may be signed on behalf of the Company by any person who, at the actual date of the execution of such Warrant Certificate, shall be an Authorized Officer of the Company authorized to sign such Warrant Certificate, although at the date of the execution of this Warrant Agreement any such person was not such an Authorized Officer.

 

2.2.6. Registration of Transfer. At any time at or prior to the Termination Date, a transfer of any Pre-funded Warrants may be registered and any Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates may be split up, combined or exchanged for another Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates evidencing the same number of Pre-funded Warrants as the Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates surrendered. Any Holder desiring to register the transfer of Pre-funded Warrants or to split up, combine or exchange any Warrant Certificate shall make such request in writing delivered to the Warrant Agent, and shall surrender to the Warrant Agent the Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates evidencing the Pre-funded Warrants the transfer of which is to be registered or that is or are to be split up, combined or exchanged and, in the case of registration of transfer, shall provide a signature guarantee. Thereupon, the Warrant Agent shall countersign and deliver to the person entitled thereto a Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates, as the case may be, as so requested. The Company and the Warrant Agent may require payment, by the Holder requesting a registration of transfer of Pre-funded Warrants or a split-up, combination or exchange of a Warrant Certificate (but, for purposes of clarity, not upon the exercise of the Pre-funded Warrants and issuance of Warrant Shares to the Holder), of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with such registration of transfer, split-up, combination or exchange, together with reimbursement to the Company and the Warrant Agent of all reasonable expenses incidental thereto.

 

2.2.7. Loss, Theft and Mutilation of Warrant Certificates. Upon receipt by the Company and the Warrant Agent of evidence reasonably satisfactory to them of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of a Warrant Certificate, and, in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security in customary form and amount, and reimbursement to the Company and the Warrant Agent of all reasonable expenses incidental thereto, and upon surrender to the Warrant Agent and cancellation of the Warrant Certificate if mutilated, the Warrant Agent shall, on behalf of the Company, countersign and deliver a new Warrant Certificate of like tenor to the Holder in lieu of the Warrant Certificate so lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated. The Warrant Agent may charge the Holder an administrative fee for processing the replacement of lost Warrant Certificates. The Warrant Agent may receive compensation from the surety companies or surety agents for administrative services provided to them.

 

2.2.8. Proxies. The Holder of a Pre-funded Warrant may grant proxies or otherwise authorize any person, including the Participants and beneficial holders that may own interests through the Participants, to take any action that a Holder is entitled to take under this Agreement or the Pre-funded Warrants; provided, however, that at all times that Pre-funded Warrants are evidenced by a Global Pre-funded Warrant, exercise of those Pre-funded Warrants shall be effected on their behalf by Participants through DTC in accordance the procedures administered by DTC.

 

3. Terms and Exercise of Pre-funded Warrants.

 

3.1. Exercise Price. Each Pre-funded Warrant shall entitle the Holder, subject to the provisions of the applicable Warrant Certificate and of this Warrant Agreement, to purchase from the Company the number of shares of Common Stock stated therein, at the price of $0.001 per whole share, subject to the subsequent adjustments provided in the Global Pre-funded Warrant. The term “Exercise Price” as used in this Warrant Agreement refers to the price per share at which Common Stock may be purchased at the time a Pre-funded Warrant is exercised.

 

 
 

 

3.2. Duration of Pre-funded Warrants. A Pre-funded Warrant may be exercised only during the period (“Exercise Period”) commencing on the date of issuance and ending on the Termination Date. For purposes of this Warrant Agreement, the “Termination Date” shall have the meaning set forth in the Global Pre-funded Warrant (Exhibit A). Each Pre-funded Warrant not exercised on or before the Termination Date shall become void, and all rights thereunder and all rights in respect thereof under this Agreement shall cease at the close of business on the Termination Date.

 

3.3. Exercise of Pre-funded Warrants.

 

3.3.1. Exercise. Subject to the provisions of the Global Pre-funded Warrant, a Holder (or a Participant or a designee of a Participant acting on behalf of a Holder) may exercise Pre-funded Warrants by (i) (A) in the case of a holder registered with the Warrant Agent, delivering to the Warrant Agent a notice of exercise of the Pre-funded Warrants to be exercised in the form attached to the Global Pre-funded Warrant or (B) in the case of an DTC settlement, via an electronic warrant exercise through the DTC system (each, an “Election to Purchase”), in each case not later than 5:00 P.M., Eastern Standard Time, on any business day during the Exercise Period, and (ii) within one (1) Trading Day of the Date of Exercise, delivering Pre-funded Warrants to be exercised by (A) surrender of the Warrant Certificate evidencing the Pre-funded Warrants to the Warrant Agent at its office designated for such purpose or (B) delivery of the Warrants to an account of the Warrant Agent at DTC designated for such purpose in writing by the Warrant Agent to DTC from time to time. Partial exercises of a Pre-funded Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available thereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. In the case where the Holder does not purchase all of the Warrant Shares available under the Warrant Certificate, the Holder shall be required to physically surrender the Warrant Certificate to the Warrant Agent, and the remaining balance of Warrant Shares shall be evidenced by a new Warrant Certificate. All other requirements for the exercise of a Pre-funded Warrant shall be as set forth in the Pre-funded Warrant.

 

3.3.2. The Warrant Agent shall, by 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Trading Day following the Exercise Date of any Pre-funded Warrant, advise the Company, the transfer agent and registrar for the Company’s Common Stock, in respect of (i) the number of Warrant Shares indicated on the Notice of Exercise as issuable upon such exercise with respect to such exercised Pre-funded Warrants, (ii) the instructions of the Holder or Participant, as the case may be, provided to the Warrant Agent with respect to the delivery of the Warrant Shares and the number of Pre-funded Warrants that remain outstanding after such exercise and (iii) such other information as the Company or such transfer agent and registrar shall reasonably request. The Company shall issue the Warrant Shares in compliance with the terms of the Pre-funded Warrant.

 

3.3.3. Valid Issuance. All Warrant Shares issued by the Company upon the proper exercise of a Pre-funded Warrant in conformity with this Warrant Agreement shall be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

3.3.4. No Fractional Exercise. Notwithstanding any provision contained in this Warrant Agreement to the contrary, no fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of the Pre-funded Warrants. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.

 

3.3.5. No Transfer Taxes. The Company shall not be required to pay any stamp or other tax or governmental charge required to be paid in connection with any transfer involved in the issue of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of Pre-funded Warrants; and in the event that any such transfer is involved, the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any Warrant Shares until such tax or other charge shall have been paid or it has been established to the Company’s satisfaction that no such tax or other charge is due.

 

3.3.6. Date of Issuance. The Company will treat an exercising Holder as a beneficial owner of the Warrant Shares as of the Exercise Date, and for purposes of Regulation SHO, a holder whose interest in the Pre-funded Warrant is a beneficial interest in certificate(s) representing the Pre-funded Warrant held in book-entry form through DTC shall be deemed to have exercised its interest in the Pre-funded Warrant upon instructing its broker that is a DTC participant to exercise its interest in the Pre-funded Warrant, except that, if the Exercise Date is a date when the stock transfer books of the Company are closed, such person shall be deemed to have become the holder of such shares at the open of business on the next succeeding date on which the stock transfer books are open.

 

 
 

 

4. Adjustments. Upon every adjustment of the Exercise Price or the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of a Pre-funded Warrant, the Company shall give written notice thereof to the Warrant Agent, which notice shall state the Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment and the increase or decrease, if any, in the number of Warrant Shares purchasable at such price upon the exercise of a Pre-funded Warrant, setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based. Upon the occurrence of any event specified in Section 3 of the Pre-funded Warrant, then, in any such event, the Company shall give written notice to the Warrant Agent. Failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of such event. The Warrant Agent shall be entitled to rely conclusively on, and shall be fully protected in relying on, any certificate, notice or instructions provided by the Company with respect to any adjustment of the Exercise Price or the number of shares issuable upon exercise of a Pre-funded Warrant, or any related matter, and the Warrant Agent shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in accordance with any such certificate, notice or instructions or pursuant to this Warrant Agreement. The Warrant Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any such adjustment unless and until it shall have received written notice thereof from the Company.

 

5. Restrictive Legends; Fractional Pre-funded Warrants. In the event that a Warrant Certificate surrendered for transfer bears a restrictive legend, the Warrant Agent shall not register that transfer until the Warrant Agent has received an opinion of counsel for the Company stating that such transfer may be made and indicating whether the Pre-funded Warrants must also bear a restrictive legend upon that transfer. The Warrant Agent shall not be required to effect any registration of transfer or exchange which will result in the transfer of or delivery of a Warrant Certificate for a fraction of a Pre-funded Warrant.

 

6. Other Provisions Relating to Rights of Holders of Pre-funded Warrants.

 

6.1. No Rights as Shareholder. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, a Holder, solely in its capacity as a holder of Pre-funded Warrants, shall not be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of share capital of the Company for any purpose, nor shall anything contained in this Warrant Agreement be construed to confer upon a Holder, solely in its capacity as the registered holder of Pre-funded Warrants, any of the rights of a shareholder of the Company or any right to vote, give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether any reorganization, issue of shares, reclassification of share capital, consolidation, merger, conveyance or otherwise), receive notice of meetings, receive dividends or subscription rights or rights to participate in new issues of shares, or otherwise, prior to the issuance to the Holder of the Warrant Shares which it is then entitled to receive upon the due exercise of Pre-funded Warrants.

 

6.2. Reservation of Common Stock. The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available a number of its authorized but unissued Common Stock that will be sufficient to permit the exercise in full of all outstanding Pre-funded Warrants issued pursuant to this Warrant Agreement.

 

7. Concerning the Warrant Agent and Other Matters.

 

7.1. Any instructions given to the Warrant Agent orally, as permitted by any provision of this Warrant Agreement, shall be confirmed in writing by the Company as soon as practicable. The Warrant Agent shall not be liable or responsible and shall be fully authorized and protected for acting, or failing to act, in accordance with any oral instructions which do not conform with the written confirmation received in accordance with this Section 7.1.

 

7.2. (a) Whether or not any Pre-funded Warrants are exercised, for the Warrant Agent’s services as agent for the Company hereunder, the Company shall pay to the Warrant Agent such fees as may be separately agreed between the Company and Warrant Agent and the Warrant Agent’s out of pocket expenses in connection with this Warrant Agreement, including, without limitation, the fees and expenses of the Warrant Agent’s counsel. While the Warrant Agent endeavors to maintain out-of-pocket charges (both internal and external) at competitive rates, these charges may not reflect actual out-of-pocket costs, and may include handling charges to cover internal processing and use of the Warrant Agent’s billing systems. (b) All amounts owed by the Company to the Warrant Agent under this Warrant Agreement are due within 30 days of the invoice date. Delinquent payments are subject to a late payment charge of one and one-half percent (1.5%) per month commencing 45 days from the invoice date. The Company agrees to reimburse the Warrant Agent for any attorney’s fees and any other costs associated with collecting delinquent payments. (c) No provision of this Warrant Agreement shall require Warrant Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties under this Warrant Agreement or in the exercise of its rights.

 

 
 

 

7.3. As agent for the Company hereunder the Warrant Agent: (a) shall have no duties or obligations other than those specifically set forth herein or as may subsequently be agreed to in writing by the Warrant Agent and the Company; (b) shall be regarded as making no representations and having no responsibilities as to the validity, sufficiency, value, or genuineness of the Pre-funded Warrants or any Warrant Shares; (c) shall not be obligated to take any legal action hereunder; if, however, the Warrant Agent determines to take any legal action hereunder, and where the taking of such action might, in its judgment, subject or expose it to any expense or liability it shall not be required to act unless it has been furnished with an indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it; (d) may rely on and shall be fully authorized and protected in acting or failing to act upon any certificate, instrument, opinion, notice, letter, telegram, telex, electronic document transmission or other document or security delivered to the Warrant Agent and believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed by the proper party or parties; (e) shall not be liable or responsible for any recital or statement contained in the Registration Statement or any other documents relating thereto; (f) shall not be liable or responsible for any failure on the part of the Company to comply with any of its covenants and obligations relating to the Pre-funded Warrants, including without limitation obligations under applicable securities laws; (g) may rely on and shall be fully authorized and protected in acting or failing to act upon the written, telephonic or oral instructions with respect to any matter relating to its duties as Warrant Agent covered by this Warrant Agreement (or supplementing or qualifying any such actions) of officers of the Company, and is hereby authorized and directed to accept instructions with respect to the performance of its duties hereunder from the Company or counsel to the Company, and may apply to the Company, for advice or instructions in connection with the Warrant Agent’s duties hereunder, and the Warrant Agent shall not be liable for any delay in acting while waiting for those instructions; any applications by the Warrant Agent for written instructions from the Company may, at the option of the Agent, set forth in writing any action proposed to be taken or omitted by the Warrant Agent under this Warrant Agreement and the date on or after which such action shall be taken or such omission shall be effective; the Warrant Agent shall not be liable for any action taken by, or omission of, the Warrant Agent in accordance with a proposal included in such application on or after the date specified in such application (which date shall not be less than five business days after the date such application is sent to the Company, unless the Company shall have consented in writing to any earlier date) unless prior to taking any such action, the Warrant Agent shall have received written instructions in response to such application specifying the action to be taken or omitted; (h) may consult with counsel satisfactory to the Warrant Agent, including its in-house counsel, and the advice of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered, or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice of such counsel; (i) may perform any of its duties hereunder either directly or by or through nominees, correspondents, designees, or subagents, and it shall not be liable or responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any nominee, correspondent, designee, or subagent appointed with reasonable care by it in connection with this Warrant Agreement; (j) is not authorized, and shall have no obligation, to pay any brokers, dealers, or soliciting fees to any person; and (k) shall not be required hereunder to comply with the laws or regulations of any country other than the United States of America or any political subdivision thereof.

 

7.4. (a) In the absence of gross negligence or willful or illegal misconduct on its part, the Warrant Agent shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted by it or for any error of judgment made by it in the performance of its duties under this Warrant Agreement. Anything in this Warrant Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall Warrant Agent be liable for special, indirect, incidental, consequential or punitive losses or damages of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits, liquidated damages or buy-in claim), even if the Warrant Agent has been advised of the possibility of such losses or damages and regardless of the form of action. Any liability of the Warrant Agent will be limited in the aggregate to the amount of fees paid by the Company hereunder. The Warrant Agent shall not be liable for any failures, delays or losses, arising directly or indirectly out of conditions beyond its reasonable control including, but not limited to, acts of government, exchange or market ruling, suspension of trading, work stoppages or labor disputes, fires, civil disobedience, riots, rebellions, storms, electrical or mechanical failure, computer hardware or software failure, communications facilities failures including telephone failure, war, terrorism, insurrection, earthquakes, floods, acts of God or similar occurrences. (b) In the event any question or dispute arises with respect to the proper interpretation of the Pre-funded Warrants or the Warrant Agent’s duties under this Warrant Agreement or the rights of the Company or of any Holder, the Warrant Agent shall not be required to act and shall not be held liable or responsible for its refusal to act until the question or dispute has been judicially settled (and, if appropriate, it may file a suit in interpleader or for a declaratory judgment for such purpose) by final judgment rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction, binding on all persons interested in the matter which is no longer subject to review or appeal, or settled by a written document in form and substance satisfactory to Warrant Agent and executed by the Company and each such Holder. In addition, the Warrant Agent may require for such purpose, but shall not be obligated to require, the execution of such written settlement by all the Holders and all other persons that may have an interest in the settlement.

 

 
 

 

7.5. The Company covenants to indemnify the Warrant Agent and hold it harmless from and against any loss, liability, claim or expense (“Loss”) arising out of or in connection with the Warrant Agent’s duties under this Warrant Agreement, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any Loss, unless such Loss shall have been determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be a result of the Warrant Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.

 

7.6. Unless terminated earlier by the parties hereto, this Agreement shall terminate 90 days after the earlier of the Termination Date and the date on which no Pre-funded Warrants remain outstanding (the “Agreement Termination Date”). On the business day following the Agreement Termination Date, the Agent shall deliver to the Company any entitlements, if any, held by the Warrant Agent under this Warrant Agreement. The Agent’s right to be reimbursed for fees, charges and out-of-pocket expenses as provided in this Section 8 shall survive the termination of this Warrant Agreement.

 

7.7. If any provision of this Warrant Agreement shall be held illegal, invalid, or unenforceable by any court, this Warrant Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if such provision had not been contained herein and shall be deemed an Agreement among the parties to it to the full extent permitted by applicable law.

 

7.8. The Company represents and warrants that: (a) it is duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation; (b) the offer and sale of the Pre-funded Warrants and the execution, delivery and performance of all transactions contemplated thereby (including this Warrant Agreement) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and will not result in a breach of or constitute a default under the articles of association, bylaws or any similar document of the Company or any indenture, agreement or instrument to which it is a party or is bound; (c) this Warrant Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes the legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligation of the Company; (d) the Pre-funded Warrants will comply in all material respects with all applicable requirements of law; and (e) to the best of its knowledge, there is no litigation pending or threatened as of the date hereof in connection with the offering of the Pre-funded Warrants.

 

7.9. In the event of inconsistency between this Warrant Agreement and the descriptions in the Warrant, as it may from time to time be amended, the terms of this Warrant Agreement shall control.

 

7.10. Set forth in Exhibit C hereto is a list of the names and specimen signatures of the persons authorized to act for the Company under this Warrant Agreement (the “Authorized Representatives”). The Company shall, from time to time, certify to the Warrant Agent the names and signatures of any other persons authorized to act for the Company under this Warrant Agreement.

 

7.11. Except as expressly set forth elsewhere in this Warrant Agreement, all notices, instructions and communications under this Agreement shall be in writing, shall be effective upon receipt and shall be addressed, if to the Company, to its address set forth beneath its signature to this Agreement, or, if to the Warrant Agent, to ClearTrust, LLC, 16540 Pointe Village Dr., Suite 205, Lutz, Florida 33558, or to such other address of which a party hereto has notified the other party.

 

 
 

 

7.12. (a) This Warrant Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. All actions and proceedings relating to or arising from, directly or indirectly, this Warrant Agreement may be litigated in courts located within the City, County and State of New York. The Company hereby submits to the personal jurisdiction of such courts and consents that any service of process may be made by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, directed to the Company at its address last specified for notices hereunder. Each of the parties hereto hereby waives the right to a trial by jury in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Warrant Agreement. (b) This Warrant Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of the parties hereto. This Warrant Agreement may not be assigned, or otherwise transferred, in whole or in part, by either party without the prior written consent of the other party, which the other party will not unreasonably withhold, condition or delay; except that (i) consent is not required for an assignment or delegation of duties by Warrant Agent to any affiliate of Warrant Agent and (ii) any reorganization, merger, consolidation, sale of assets or other form of business combination by Warrant Agent or the Company shall not be deemed to constitute an assignment of this Warrant Agreement. (c) No provision of this Warrant Agreement may be amended, modified or waived, except in a written document signed by both parties. The Company and the Warrant Agent may amend or supplement this Warrant Agreement without the consent of any Holder for the purpose of curing any ambiguity, or curing, correcting or supplementing any defective provision contained herein or adding or changing any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement as the parties may deem necessary or desirable and that the parties determine, in good faith, shall not adversely affect the interest of the Holders. All other amendments and supplements shall require the vote or written consent of Holders of at least 50.1% of the then outstanding Pre-funded Warrants, provided that adjustments may be made to the Pre-funded Warrant terms and rights in accordance with Section 4 without the consent of the Holders. Nothing in this Section 7.12 shall limit or restrict the federal district court in which a party may bring a claim under the U.S. federal securities laws.

 

7.13. Payment of Taxes. The Company will from time to time promptly pay all taxes and charges that may be imposed upon the Company or the Warrant Agent in respect of the issuance or delivery of Warrant Shares upon the exercise of Pre-funded Warrants, but the Company may require the Holders to pay any transfer taxes in respect of the Pre-funded Warrants or such shares. The Warrant Agent may refrain from registering any transfer of Pre-funded Warrants or any delivery of any Warrant Shares unless or until the persons requesting the registration or issuance shall have paid to the Warrant Agent for the account of the Company the amount of such tax or charge, if any, or shall have established to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company and the Warrant Agent that such tax or charge, if any, has been paid.

 

7.14. Resignation of Warrant Agent.

 

7.14.1. Appointment of Successor Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent, or any successor to it hereafter appointed, may resign its duties and be discharged from all further duties and liabilities hereunder after giving thirty (30) days’ notice in writing to the Company, or such shorter period of time agreed to by the Company. The Company may terminate the services of the Warrant Agent, or any successor Warrant Agent, after giving thirty (30) days’ notice in writing to the Warrant Agent or successor Warrant Agent, or such shorter period of time as agreed. If the office of the Warrant Agent becomes vacant by resignation, termination or incapacity to act or otherwise, the Company shall appoint in writing a successor Warrant Agent in place of the Warrant Agent. If the Company shall fail to make such appointment within a period of 30 days after it has been notified in writing of such resignation or incapacity by the Warrant Agent, then the Warrant Agent or any Holder may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Warrant Agent at the Company’s cost. Pending appointment of a successor to such Warrant Agent, either by the Company or by such a court, the duties of the Warrant Agent shall be carried out by the Company. Any successor Warrant Agent (but not including the initial Warrant Agent), whether appointed by the Company or by such court, shall be a person organized and existing under the laws of any state of the United States of America, in good standing, and authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority. After appointment, any successor Warrant Agent shall be vested with all the authority, powers, rights, immunities, duties, and obligations of its predecessor Warrant Agent with like effect as if originally named as Warrant Agent hereunder, without any further act or deed, and except for executing and delivering documents as provided in the sentence that follows, the predecessor Warrant Agent shall have no further duties, obligations, responsibilities or liabilities hereunder, but shall be entitled to all rights that survive the termination of this Warrant Agreement and the resignation or removal of the Warrant Agent, including but not limited to its right to indemnity hereunder. If for any reason it becomes necessary or appropriate or at the request of the Company, the predecessor Warrant Agent shall execute and deliver, at the expense of the Company, an instrument transferring to such successor Warrant Agent all the authority, powers, and rights of such predecessor Warrant Agent hereunder; and upon request of any successor Warrant Agent the Company shall make, execute, acknowledge, and deliver any and all instruments in writing for more fully and effectually vesting in and confirming to such successor Warrant Agent all such authority, powers, rights, immunities, duties, and obligations.

 

 
 

 

7.14.2. Notice of Successor Warrant Agent. In the event a successor Warrant Agent shall be appointed, the Company shall give notice thereof to the predecessor Warrant Agent and the transfer agent for the Common Stock not later than the effective date of any such appointment.

 

7.14.3. Merger or Consolidation of Warrant Agent. Any person into which the Warrant Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated or any person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Warrant Agent shall be a party or any person succeeding to the shareowner services business of the Warrant Agent or any successor Warrant Agent shall be the successor Warrant Agent under this Warrant Agreement, without any further act or deed. For purposes of this Warrant Agreement, “person” shall mean any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, trust or other entity, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) thereof or thereto.

 

8. Miscellaneous Provisions.

 

8.1. Persons Having Rights under this Warrant Agreement. Nothing in this Warrant Agreement expressed and nothing that may be implied from any of the provisions hereof is intended, or shall be construed, to confer upon, or give to, any person or corporation other than the parties hereto any right, remedy, or claim under or by reason of this Warrant Agreement or of any covenant, condition, stipulation, promise, or agreement hereof.

 

8.2. Examination of the Warrant Agreement. A copy of this Warrant Agreement shall be available at all reasonable times at the office of the Warrant Agent designated for such purpose for inspection by any Holder. Prior to such inspection, the Warrant Agent may require any such holder to provide reasonable evidence of its interest in the Pre-funded Warrants.

 

8.3. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, and each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument and notwithstanding their date of execution they shall be deemed to be dated as of the date hereof. Delivery of an executed copy of the Agreement by electronic document transmission or other means of electronic communication capable of producing a printed copy will be deemed to be execution and delivery of this Agreement as of the date hereof.

 

8.4. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and are not part of this Warrant Agreement and shall not affect the interpretation thereof.

 

9. Certain Definitions. As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

(a) “Trading Day” means any day on which the Common Stock are traded on the Trading Market, or, if the Trading Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market in the United States on which the Common Stock are then traded, provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the Common Stock are scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock are suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00 P.M., Eastern Standard Time).

 

(b) “Trading Market” means NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the New York Stock Exchange.

 

 
 

 

10. General.

 

10.1. Severability. If, in any jurisdiction, any provision of this Agreement or its application to any party or circumstance is restricted, prohibited or unenforceable, such provision will, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective only to the extent of such restriction, prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement and without affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction or without affecting its application to other parties or circumstances.

 

10.2. Force Majeure. No party shall be liable to the other, or held in breach of this Agreement, if prevented, hindered, or delayed in the performance or observance of any provision contained herein by reason of act of God, riots, terrorism, acts of war, epidemics, governmental action or judicial order, earthquakes, or any other similar causes (including, but not limited to, mechanical, electronic or communication interruptions, disruptions, or failures). Performance times under this Agreement shall be extended for a period of time equivalent to the time lost because of any delay that is excusable under this Section 10.2.

 

10.3. Successor Entities. In the case of the consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement, merger or transfer of the undertaking or assets of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to or with another entity (“successor entity”), the successor entity resulting from such consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement, merger or transfer (if not the Company) shall expressly assume, by supplemental agreement satisfactory in form to the Warrant Agent and executed and delivered to the Warrant Agent, the due and punctual performance and observance of each and every covenant and condition of this Agreement to be performed and observed by the Corporation.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

 
 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Warrant Agent Agreement has been duly executed by the parties hereto as of the day and year first above written.

 

  BIOLIFE4D CORPORATION
     
  By:                                
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

  CLEARTRUST, LLC
     
  By:                                             
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

 

 
 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

[GLOBAL PRE-FUNDED WARRANT]

 

 
 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

WARRANT CERTIFICATE REQUEST NOTICE

 

To: ___________ as Warrant Agent for __________ (the “Company”)

 

The undersigned Holder of Common Stock Purchase Pre-funded Warrants (“Pre-funded Warrants”) in the form of Global Pre-funded Warrants issued by the Company hereby elects to receive a Warrant Certificate evidencing the Pre-funded Warrants held by the Holder as specified below:

 

1. Name of Holder of Pre-funded Warrants in form of Global Pre-funded Warrants: _____________________________
   
2. Name of Holder in Warrant Certificate (if different from name of Holder of Warrants in form of Global Pre-funded Warrants): ________________________________
   
3. Number of Pre-funded Warrants in name of Holder in form of Global Pre-funded Warrants: ___________________
   
4. Number of Pre-funded Warrants for which Warrant Certificate shall be issued: __________________
   
5. Number of Pre-funded Warrants in name of Holder in form of Global Pre-funded Warrants after issuance of Warrant Certificate, if any: ___________
   
6. Warrant Certificate shall be delivered to the following address:

 

______________________________

 

______________________________

 

______________________________

 

______________________________

 

The undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees that, in connection with this Warrant Exchange and the issuance of the Warrant Certificate, the Holder is deemed to have surrendered the number of Pre-funded Warrants in form of Global Pre-funded Warrants in the name of the Holder equal to the number of Pre-funded Warrants evidenced by the Warrant Certificate.

 

[SIGNATURE OF HOLDER]

 

Name of Investing Entity: ____________________________________________________

 

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity: ______________________________

 

Name of Authorized Signatory: ________________________________________________

 

Title of Authorized Signatory: _________________________________________________

 

Date: _______________________________________________________________

 

 
 

 

EXHIBIT C

 

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES

 

Name   Title   Signature
         
Steven Morris   Chief Executive Officer    
         
Wesley Ramjeet   Chief Financial Officer    

 

 

 

EX-4.5 8 ex4-5.htm

 

Exhibit 4.5

 

PRE-FUNDED COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

 

BIOLIFE4D CORPORATION

 

Warrant Certificate No.: [●] Issue Date: [●], 2022
   
Certificate for [●] Pre-funded Warrants, each entitling the holder to acquire one (1) Warrant Share (subject to adjustment as provided herein) Initial Exercise Date: [●], 2022

 

 

CUSIP: [●]

 

ISIN: [●]

 

THIS PRE-FUNDED COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the “Warrant”) certifies that, for value received, _____________ or its registered assigns (the “Holder”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after the date hereof (the “Initial Exercise Date”) and until this Warrant is exercised in full (the “Termination Date”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from BioLife4D Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), up to ______ shares of Common Stock (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “Warrant Shares”). The purchase price of one share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b). This Warrant shall initially be issued and maintained in the form of a security held in book-entry form and the Depository Trust Company or its nominee (“DTC”) shall initially be the sole registered holder of this Warrant, subject to a Holder’s right to elect to receive a Warrant in certificated form pursuant to the terms of the Warrant Agent Agreement, in which case this sentence shall not apply.

 

Section 1. Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Warrant, the following terms have the meanings indicated in this Section 1:

 

Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

 

Bid Price” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the shares of Common Stock are then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the bid price of the shares of Common Stock for the time in question (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the shares of Common Stock are then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the shares of Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the shares of Common Stock are not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the shares of Common Stock are then reported on the Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of an share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Holders of a majority in interest of the Warrants then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided, however, for clarification, commercial banks shall not be deemed to be authorized or required by law to remain closed due to “stay at home”, “shelter-in-place”, “non-essential employee” or any other similar orders or restrictions or the closure of any physical branch locations at the direction of any governmental authority so long as the electronic funds transfer systems (including for wire transfers) of commercial banks in The City of New York generally are open for use by customers on such day.

 

Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

 
 

 

Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of the Company, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.

 

Common Stock Equivalents” means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time shares of Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, right, option, warrant or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, shares of Common Stock.

 

Person” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.

 

Registration Statement” means the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-265400), as amended.

 

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Company and shall, where applicable, also include any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof.

 

Trading Day” means a day on which the shares of Common Stock are traded on a Trading Market.

 

Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the shares of Common Stock are listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange, OTCQB or OTCQX (or any successors to any of the foregoing).

 

Transfer Agent” means ClearTrust, LLC, and any successor transfer agent of the Company.

 

VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the shares of Common Stock are then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the shares of Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the shares of Common Stock are then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the shares of Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the shares of Common Stock are not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the shares of Common Stock are then reported on the OTC Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of an share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the holders of a majority in interest of the Warrants then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

Warrant Agent Agreement” means that certain warrant agent agreement, dated on or about the Initial Exercise Date, between the Company and the Warrant Agent.

 

Warrant Agent” means the Transfer Agent and any successor warrant agent of the Company.

 

Warrants” means this Warrant and other Pre-Funded Common Stock purchase warrants issued by the Company pursuant to the Registration Statement.

 

 
 

 

Section 2. Exercise.

 

a) Exercise of Warrant. Subject to the provisions of Section 2(e) herein, exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Initial Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Warrant Agent of a duly executed facsimile copy or PDF copy submitted by e-mail (or e-mail attachment) of the Notice of Exercise in the form annexed hereto as Annex A (the “Notice of Exercise”) together with the Warrant Certificate, provided, however that a Notice of Exercise shall only be deemed to have been delivered to the Warrant Agent upon the delivery, to the Company, of the aggregate Exercise Price of the Warrant Shares specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise as specified in this Section 2(a). Within the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period (as defined in Section 2(d)(i) herein) following the date of exercise as aforesaid, the Holder shall deliver the aggregate Exercise Price for the Warrant Shares specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise by wire transfer of immediately available funds or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank unless the cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 2(c) below is specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise. No ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise be required. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise within one (1) Trading Day of receipt of such notice. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing in this Section 2(a), a holder whose interest in this Warrant is a beneficial interest in certificate(s) representing this Warrant held in book-entry form through DTC (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions), shall effect exercises made pursuant to this Section 2(a) by delivering to DTC (or such other clearing corporation, as applicable) the appropriate instruction form for exercise, complying with the procedures to effect exercise that are required by DTC (or such other clearing corporation, as applicable), subject to a Holder’s right to elect to receive a Warrant in certificated form pursuant to the terms of the Warrant Agent Agreement, in which case this sentence shall not apply.

 

b) Exercise Price. The aggregate exercise price of this Warrant, except for a nominal exercise price of $0.001 per Warrant Share, was pre-funded to the Company on or prior to the Initial Exercise Date and, consequently, no additional consideration (other than the nominal exercise price of $0.001 per Warrant Share) shall be required to be paid by the Holder to any Person to effect any exercise of this Warrant. The Holder shall not be entitled to the return or refund of all, or any portion, of such pre-paid aggregate exercise price under any circumstance or for any reason whatsoever, including in the event this Warrant shall not have been exercised prior to the Termination Date. The remaining unpaid exercise price per share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be $0.001, subject to adjustment hereunder (the “Exercise Price”).

 

 
 

 

c) Cashless Exercise. If at the time of exercise hereof there is no effective registration statement registering, or the prospectus contained therein is not available for the issuance of the Warrant Shares to the Holder, then this Warrant may also be exercised, in whole or in part, at such time by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:

 

  (A) = as applicable: (i) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b)(64) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, (ii) at the option of the Holder, either (y) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise or (z) the Bid Price of the shares of Common Stock on the principal Trading Market as reported by Bloomberg L.P. as of the time of the Holder’s execution of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is executed during “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter (including until two (2) hours after the close of “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day) pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof or (iii) the VWAP on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if the date of such Notice of Exercise is a Trading Day and such Notice of Exercise is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day;
     
  (B) = the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder; and
     
  (X) = the number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.

 

If Warrant Shares are issued in such a cashless exercise, the parties acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, the Warrant Shares shall take on the registered characteristics of the Warrants being exercised. The Company agrees not to take any position contrary to this Section 2(c).

 

d) Mechanics of Exercise.

 

i. Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. The Company shall cause the Warrant Shares purchased hereunder to be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder or (B) this Warrant is being exercised via cashless exercise, and otherwise by physical delivery of a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is the earliest of (i) two (2) Trading Days after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise, (ii) one (1) Trading Day after delivery of the aggregate Exercise Price to the Company and (iii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”). Upon delivery of the Notice of Exercise, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the Warrant Shares; provided, that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the case of a cashless exercise) is received within the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period following delivery of the Notice of Exercise. If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder the Warrant Shares subject to a Notice of Exercise by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the shares of Common Stock on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the fifth (5th) Trading Day after such liquidated damages begin to accrue) for each Trading Day after such Warrant Share Delivery Date until such Warrant Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such exercise. The Company agrees to maintain a transfer agent that is a participant in the FAST program so long as this Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable. As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Trading Market with respect to the shares of Common Stock as in effect on the date of delivery of the Notice of Exercise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Notice(s) of Exercise delivered on or prior to 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Initial Exercise Date, which may be delivered at any time after the time of execution of the Underwriting Agreement, dated [●], 2022 between the Company and Aegis Capital Corp., the Company agrees to deliver the Warrant Shares subject to such notice(s) by 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Initial Exercise Date.

 

 
 

 

ii. Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise. If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, upon surrender of this Warrant certificate, at the time of delivery of the Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.

 

iii. Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.

 

iv. Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 2(d)(i) above pursuant to an exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after such date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Holder purchases shares of Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

v. No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.

 

 
 

 

vi. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that in the event that Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto as Annex B duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Exercise and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Warrant Shares.

 

vii. Closing of Books. The Company will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

e) Holder’s Exercise Limitations. The Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and a Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any other Persons acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates (such Persons, “Attribution Parties”)), would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates and Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, unexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any other shares of Common Stock Equivalents) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 2(e), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged by the Holder that the Company is not representing to the Holder that such calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 2(e) applies, the determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 2(e), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (A) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (B) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (C) a more recent written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within one Trading Day confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder or its Affiliates or Attribution Parties since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 4.99% (or, upon election by a Holder prior to the issuance of any Warrants, 9.99%) of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. The Holder, upon notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 2(e), provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant held by the Holder and the provisions of this Section 2(e) shall continue to apply. Any increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 2(e) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.

 

 
 

 

Section 3. Certain Adjustments.

 

a) Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on its shares of Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issues by reclassification of shares of Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event, and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.

 

b) Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 3(a) above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any shares of Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to all (or substantially all) of the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).

 

c) Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as this Warrant is outstanding, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to all (or substantially all) of holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution (provided, however, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).

 

 
 

 

d) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company or any Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (approved or recommended by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof) is completed pursuant to which holders of shares of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the shares of Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the shares of Common Stock are effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, merger or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the Holder (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant), the number of shares of Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the “Alternate Consideration”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant). For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of shares of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction. The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “Successor Entity”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3(d) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the Holder, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant which is exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account the relative value of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.

 

 
 

 

e) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 3, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.

 

f) Notice to Holder.

 

i. Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall promptly deliver to the Holder by facsimile or email a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and any resulting adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.

 

ii. Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the shares of Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the shares of Common Stock, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the shares of Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any share capital of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the shares of Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of its assets, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the shares of Common Stock are converted into other securities, cash or property, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be delivered by facsimile or email to the Holder at its last facsimile number or email address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company, at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice (unless such information is filed with the Commission, in which case a notice shall not be required) stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the shares of Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the shares of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided in this Warrant constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.

 

 
 

 

Section 4. Transfer of Warrant.

 

a) Transferability. This Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company unless the Holder has assigned this Warrant in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the Holder delivers an assignment form to the Company assigning this Warrant in full. The Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.

 

b) New Warrants. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the initial issuance date of this Warrant and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto.

 

c) Warrant Register. The Warrant Agent shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Warrant Agent for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.

 

Section 5. Miscellaneous.

 

a) No Rights as Stockholder until Exercise; No Settlement in Cash. This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(d)(i), except as expressly set forth in Section 3. Without limiting the rights of a Holder to receive Warrant Shares on a “cashless exercise” pursuant to Section 2(c) or to receive cash payments contemplated pursuant to Sections 2(d)(i) and 2(d)(iv), in no event, including if the Company is for any reason unable to issue and deliver Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof, shall the Company be required to net cash settle an exercise of this Warrant or cash settle in any other form.

 

b) Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (including the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.

 

c) Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then, such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.

 

 
 

 

d) Authorized Shares.

 

The Company covenants that, during the period the Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of issuing the necessary Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which the shares of Common Stock may be listed. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).

 

Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its certificate of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (i) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (ii) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.

 

Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.

 

e) Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Warrant (whether brought against a party hereto or their respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City and County of New York for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Warrant and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. If either party shall commence an action, suit or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Warrant, the prevailing party in such action, suit or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for their reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this paragraph shall limit or restrict the federal district court in which a Holder may bring a claim under the federal securities laws.

 

 
 

 

f) Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, and the Holder does not utilize cashless exercise, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.

 

g) Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Holder’s rights, powers or remedies. No provision of this Warrant shall be construed as a waiver by the Holder of any rights which the Holder may have under the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Without limiting any other provision of this Warrant, if the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.

 

h) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holders hereunder including, without limitation, any Notice of Exercise, shall be in writing and delivered personally, by e-mail, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to (A) the Company, at 318 Half Day Road, Suite 201, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089, Attention: Chief Executive Officer, email address: smorris@biolife4d.com, or such other email address or address as the Company may specify for such purposes by notice to the Holders; and (B) the Warrant Agent, at ClearTrust, LLC, 16540 Pointe Village Drive, Suite 205, Lutz, Florida 33558, Attention: Securities Processing, email address: inbox@cleartrusttransfer.com. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Company hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by e-mail, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed to each Holder at the e-mail address or address of such Holder appearing on the books of the Company. Any notice or other communication or deliveries hereunder shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via e-mail at the e-mail address set forth in this Section prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any date, (ii) the next Trading Day after the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via e-mail at the e-mail address set forth in this Section on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (iii) the second Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. To the extent that any notice provided hereunder constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

i) Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the Holder for the purchase price of any shares of Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

 

j) Remedies. The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

k) Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.

 

 
 

 

l) Amendment. This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company, on the one hand, and the Holder, on the other hand.

 

m) Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.

 

n) Headings. The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.

 

o) Warrant Agent Agreement. If this Warrant is held in global form through DTC (or any successor depositary), this Warrant is issued subject to the Warrant Agent Agreement. To the extent any provision of this Warrant conflicts with the express provisions of the Warrant Agent Agreement, the provisions of this Warrant shall govern and be controlling.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above indicated.

 

  BIOLIFE4D CORPORATION
     
  By:  
    Steven Morris
    Chief Executive Officer

 

  ClearTrust, LLC
     
  By:  
    [●]
    Chief Executive Officer

 

 
 

 

ANNEX A

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

TO: BIOLIFE4D CORPORATION

 

(1) The undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________ Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant (only if exercised in full), and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.

 

(2) Payment shall take the form of (check applicable box):

 

☐ in lawful money of the United States; or

 

☐ if permitted the cancellation of such number of Warrant Shares as is necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in subsection 2(c), to exercise this Warrant with respect to the maximum number of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in subsection 2(c).

 

(3) Please issue said Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:

 

_______________________________

 

The Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account Number:

 

_______________________________

 

_______________________________

 

_______________________________

 

[SIGNATURE OF HOLDER]

 

Name of Investing Entity: _______________________________________________________________________

 

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity: _________________________________________________

 

Name of Authorized Signatory: ___________________________________________________________________

 

Title of Authorized Signatory: ____________________________________________________________________

 

Date: _______________________________________________________________________________________

 

 
 

 

ANNEX B

ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

(To assign the foregoing Warrant, execute this form and supply required information. Do not use this form to purchase shares.)

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to

 

Name:  
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Address:  
  (Please Print)
   
Phone Number:  
   
Email Address:  
   
Dated: _______________ __, ______  

 

Holder’s Signature:

__________________________________ 
   
Holder’s Address:  __________________________________

 

(Signature Guaranteed): Date: ___________________, _____

 

Signature to be guaranteed by an authorized officer of a chartered bank, trust company or medallion guaranteed by an investment dealer who is a member of a recognized stock exchange.

 

 

 

EX-4.6 9 ex4-6.htm

 

Exhibit 4.6

 

COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

 

BIOLIFE4D CORPORATION

 

Warrant Shares: ______________ Issue Date: _____________, 202[●]

 

THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the “Warrant”) certifies that, for value received, [●] or its registered assigns (the “Holder”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after the date hereof (the “Issue Date”) and on or prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on _____________, 2027 (the “Termination Date”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from BioLife4D Corporation (the “Company”), up to _________________ shares of the Company’s Common Stock (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “Warrant Shares”). The purchase price of one share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b).

 

Section 1. Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Warrant, the following terms have the meanings indicated in this Section 1:

 

Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

 

Bid Price” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the shares of Common Stock are then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the bid price of one share of Common Stock for the time in question (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the shares of Common Stock are then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average per share price of the shares of Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the shares of Common Stock are not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the shares of Common Stock are then reported on the Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of one share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Holders of a majority in interest of the Warrants then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company.

 

Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided, however, for clarification, commercial banks shall not be deemed to be authorized or required by law to remain closed due to “stay at home”, “shelter-in-place”, “non-essential employee” or any other similar orders or restrictions or the closure of any physical branch locations at the direction of any governmental authority so long as the electronic funds transfer systems (including for wire transfers) of commercial banks in The City of New York generally are open for use by customers on such day.

 

Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

 

 

 

Equity Conditions” means, with respect to any given date of determination: (i) on such applicable date of determination one or more registration statements (each, the “Redemption Registration Statement”) shall be effective and the prospectus contained therein shall be available on such applicable date of determination (with, for the avoidance of doubt, any shares of Common Stock previously issued pursuant to such prospectus deemed unavailable) for the issuance of all the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant and other warrants issued pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement (collectively, the “Registered Warrants”) in connection with the event requiring determination (such applicable aggregate number of shares of Common Stock , each, a “Required Minimum Securities Amount”); (ii) on each day during the period beginning thirty (30) calendar days prior to the applicable date of determination and ending on and including the applicable date of determination (the “Equity Conditions Measuring Period”), the shares of Common Stock (including the shares of Common Stock to be issued in the event requiring this determination) is listed or designated for quotation (as applicable) on a Trading Market and shall not have been suspended from trading on a Trading Market (other than suspensions of not more than two (2) days and occurring prior to the applicable date of determination due to business announcements by the Company) nor shall delisting or suspension by a Trading Market have been threatened (with a reasonable prospect of delisting occurring after giving effect to all applicable notice, appeal, compliance and hearing periods) or reasonably likely to occur or pending as evidenced by (A) a writing by such Trading Market or (B) the Company falling below the minimum listing maintenance requirements of the Trading Market on which the shares of Common Stock is then listed or designated for quotation (as applicable); (iii) during the Equity Conditions Measuring Period, the Company shall have delivered all Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant on a timely basis as set forth in Section 2 hereof and all other share capital required to be delivered by the Company on a timely basis as set forth in the Underwriting Agreement; (iv) the Required Minimum Securities Amount of shares of Common Stock to be issued in connection with the event requiring determination may be issued in full without violating the rules or regulations of the Trading Market on which the shares of Common Stock is then listed or designated for quotation (as applicable); (v) on each day during the Equity Conditions Measuring Period, no public announcement of a pending, proposed or intended Fundamental Transaction shall have occurred which has not been abandoned, terminated or consummated; (vi) the Company shall have no knowledge of any fact that would reasonably be expected to cause the applicable Redemption Registration Statement to not be effective or the prospectus contained therein to not be available for the issuance of the Required Minimum Securities Amount of shares of Common Stock in connection with the event requiring such determination; (vii) the Holder shall not be in possession of any material, non-public information provided to any of them by the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective affiliates, employees, officers, representatives, agents or the like; (viii) on each day during the Equity Conditions Measuring Period, the Company otherwise shall have been in compliance with each, and shall not have breached any representation or warranty in any material respect (other than representations or warranties subject to material adverse effect or materiality, which may not be breached in any respect) or any covenant or other term or condition of this Warrant or the Underwriting Agreement, including, without limitation, the Company shall not have failed to timely make any payment pursuant to this Warrant or the Underwriting Agreement; (ix) on the applicable date of determination (A) a sufficient number of shares shall be authorized and reserved in accordance with Section 6(d) and (B) all Warrant Shares to be issued in connection with the event requiring this determination may be issued in full without resulting in a violation of Section 6(d); (x) the issuance of Required Minimum Securities Amount of shares of Common Stock to be issued in connection with the event requiring determination will not result in an violation of Section 6(d); (xi) any shares of Common Stock to be issued in connection with the event requiring determination may be issued in full without violating Section 2(e) hereof (or the equivalent provisions of any other applicable Registered Warrants), (xii) no bone fide dispute shall exist, by and between any of holder of the Registered Warrants, the Company, the principal Trading Market and/or FINRA with respect to any term or provision of this Warrant or the Underwriting Agreement and (xiii) no Redemption hereunder shall have occurred during the seven (7) Trading Day period immediately prior to such date of determination, and (xiv) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Registered Warrants are duly authorized and listed and eligible for trading without restriction on an Trading Market.

 

Equity Conditions Failure” means that any each day during the period commencing ten (10) Trading Days prior to the applicable Redemption Notice Date through and including the applicable Redemption Date, the Equity Conditions have not been satisfied (or waived in writing by the Holder).

 

Offering Warrants” means the Common Stock purchase warrants issued by the Company pursuant to the Registration Statement at closing of the Company’s public offering or in connection with the exercise of the overallotment option included therein.

 

 

 

 

Common Stock” means shares of common stock, par value 0.00001 per share, of the Company, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.

 

Common Stock Equivalents” means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time shares of Common Stock , including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, right, option, warrant or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, shares of Common Stock .

 

Person” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.

 

Qualified Holder” means each Holder, including each “beneficial holder”, together with all Affiliates of such Holder and/or “beneficial holder”, that purchased Qualified Warrants in connection with the Offering, provided such Qualified Holder continues to hold any Offering Warrants as of the event described herein to which Qualified Holder status applies. For the sake of clarity, no holder shall be considered to be a Qualified Holder for more Offering Warrants than the number of Qualified Warrants purchased by such Qualified Holder in the Company’s initial public offering; provided, however, that a Qualified Holder may sell and buy Offering Warrants following completion of the Offering, and such Offering Warrants shall benefit from adjustments hereunder up to the number of Qualified Warrants for such Qualified Holder.

 

Qualified Warrants” means at least $[●] Offering Warrants purchased in connection with the Offering by any Holder, including each “beneficial holder” of Warrants, taken together with all Affiliates of such Holder and/or “beneficial holder”. Qualified Warrants shall not include Pre-funded Warrants. The number of Qualified Warrants shall be fixed at completion of the Offering.

 

“Registered Warrants” means this Warrant and any other warrants issued pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.

 

Registration Statement” means the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-[●]), as amended.

 

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Company and shall, where applicable, also include any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof.

 

Trading Day” means a day on which the shares of Common Stock are traded on a Trading Market.

 

Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the shares of Common Stock are listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange, OTCQB or OTCQX (or any successors to any of the foregoing).

 

Transfer Agent” means [●], and any successor transfer agent of the Company.

 

Underwriting Agreement” means the underwriting agreement, dated as of [●], 2022, between the Company and Aegis Capital Corp. as the underwriter named therein, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.

 

VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the shares of Common Stock are then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price per share of the shares of Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the shares of Common Stock are then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price per share of shares of Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the shares of Common Stock are not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for shares of Common Stock are then reported on the OTC Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of one share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the holders of a majority in interest of the Warrants then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

 

 

 

Warrant Agent Agreement” means that certain warrant agent agreement, dated on or about the [●], 2022, between the Company and the Warrant Agent.

 

Warrant Agent” means the Transfer Agent and any successor warrant agent of the Company.

 

Warrants” means this Warrant and other Common Stock purchase warrants issued by the Company pursuant to Section 3(f)(vi) of the Offering Warrants.

 

Section 2. Exercise.

 

a) Exercise of Warrant. Subject to the provisions of Section 2(e) herein, exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Issue Date and on or before the Termination Date, by delivery to the Company of a duly executed PDF copy submitted by e-mail (or e-mail attachment) of the Notice of Exercise in the form annexed hereto as Annex A (the “Notice of Exercise”), and, unless the cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 2(c) below is specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise, delivery of the aggregate Exercise Price of the Warrant Shares specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise as specified in this Section 2(a). Within the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period (as defined in Section 2(d)(i) herein) following the date of exercise as aforesaid, the Holder shall deliver the aggregate Exercise Price for the Warrant Shares specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise by wire transfer of immediately available funds or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank unless the cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 2(c) below is specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise. No ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise be required. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise within one (1) Trading Day of receipt of such notice. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing in this Section 2(a), a holder whose interest in this Warrant is a beneficial interest in certificate(s) representing this Warrant held in book-entry form through DTC (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions), shall effect exercises made pursuant to this Section 2(a) by delivering to DTC (or such other clearing corporation, as applicable) the appropriate instruction form for exercise, complying with the procedures to effect exercise that are required by DTC (or such other clearing corporation, as applicable), subject to a Holder’s right to elect to receive a Warrant in certificated form pursuant to the terms of the Warrant Agent Agreement, in which case this sentence shall not apply.

 

 

 

 

b) Exercise Price. The exercise price per share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be $_________ (the “Initial Exercise Price”), subject to adjustment hereunder (as in effect from time to time, the “Exercise Price”).

 

c) Cashless Exercise. The Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to remain effective with a current prospectus and to maintain the registration of the shares of Common Stock and of the Warrants under the Exchange Act. If at any time after the Issue Date, there is no effective registration statement registering, or no current prospectus available for the issuance of the Warrant Shares to the Holder, then this Warrant may also be exercised, in whole or in part, at such time by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:

 

  (A) = as applicable: (i) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b)(68) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, (ii) at the option of the Holder, either (y) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise or (z) the Bid Price of the shares of Common Stock on the principal Trading Market as reported by Bloomberg L.P. as of the time of the Holder’s execution of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is executed during “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter (including until two (2) hours after the close of “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day) pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof or (iii) the VWAP on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if the date of such Notice of Exercise is a Trading Day and such Notice of Exercise is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day;
     
  (B) = the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder; and
     
  (X) = the number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.

 

If Warrant Shares are issued in such a cashless exercise, the parties acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, the Warrant Shares shall take on the registered characteristics of the Warrants being exercised. The Company agrees not to take any position contrary to this Section 2(c).

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event that, on the Termination Date, there is no effective registration statement registering, or no current prospectus available for the issuance of, the Warrant Shares to the Holder, this Warrant shall be automatically exercised via cashless exercise pursuant to this Section 2(c) on such Termination Date.

 

 

 

 

d) Mechanics of Exercise.

 

i. Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. The Company shall cause the Warrant Shares purchased hereunder to be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by Holder or (B) this Warrant is being exercised via cashless exercise, and otherwise by physical delivery of a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is the earliest of (i) two (2) Trading Days after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise, (ii) one (1) Trading Day after delivery of the aggregate Exercise Price to the Company and (iii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”). Upon delivery of the Notice of Exercise, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the Warrant Shares, provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the case of a cashless exercise) is received within the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period following delivery of the Notice of Exercise. If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder the Warrant Shares subject to a Notice of Exercise by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the shares of Common Stock on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the fifth Trading Day after such liquidated damages begin to accrue) for each Trading Day after such Warrant Share Delivery Date until such Warrant Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such exercise. The Company agrees to maintain a transfer agent that is a participant in the FAST program so long as this Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable. As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Trading Market with respect to the shares of Common Stock as in effect on the date of delivery of the Notice of Exercise.

 

ii. Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise. If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant certificate, at the time of delivery of the Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.

 

iii. Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise; provided, however, that the Holder shall be required to return any Warrant Shares subject to any such rescinded exercise notice concurrently with the return to Holder of the aggregate Exercise Price paid to the Company for such Warrant Shares and the restoration of Holder’s right to acquire such Warrant Shares pursuant to this Warrant (including, issuance of a replacement warrant certificate evidencing such restored right).

 

iv. Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 2(d)(i) above pursuant to an exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after such date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Holder purchases shares of Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

 

 

 

v. No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.

 

vi. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that, in the event that Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto as Annex B duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Exercise and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Warrant Shares.

 

vii. Closing of Books. The Company will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

e) Holder’s Exercise Limitations. The Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and a Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any other Persons acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates (such Persons, “Attribution Parties”)), would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates and Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, non-exercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or non-converted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any other shares of Common Stock Equivalents) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 2(e), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged by the Holder that the Company is not representing to the Holder that such calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 2(e) applies, the determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 2(e), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock , a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (A) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (B) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (C) a more recent written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within one Trading Day confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder or its Affiliates or Attribution Parties since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 4.99% (or, upon election by a Holder prior to the issuance of any Warrants, 9.99%) of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. The Holder, upon notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 2(e), provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant held by the Holder and the provisions of this Section 2(e) shall continue to apply. Any increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 2(e) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.

 

 

 

 

Section 3. Certain Adjustments.

 

a) Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on its shares of Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issues by reclassification of shares of Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event, and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.

 

b) Reserved.

 

c) Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 3(a) above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to all (or substantially all) of the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, that, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).

 

 

 

 

d) Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as this Warrant is outstanding, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to all (or substantially all) of holders of shares of Common Stock , by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution (provided, however, that, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).

 

e) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company or any Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (approved or recommended by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof) is completed pursuant to which holders of shares of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock , (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of shares of Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the shares of Common Stock are effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, merger or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the Holder (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant), the number of shares of Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the “Alternate Consideration”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant). For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of shares of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction.

 

 

 

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in the event of a Fundamental Transaction, the Company or any Successor Entity (as defined below) shall, at the Holder’s option, exercisable at any time concurrently with, or within 30 days after, the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction (or, if later, the date of the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction), purchase this Warrant from the Holder by paying to the Holder an amount of cash equal to the Black Scholes Value (as defined below) of the remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant on the date of the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction; provided, however, that, if the Fundamental Transaction is not within the Company’s control, including not approved by the Company’s Board of Directors, Holder shall only be entitled to receive from the Company or any Successor Entity the same type or form of consideration (and in the same proportion), at the Black Scholes Value of the unexercised portion of this Warrant, that is being offered and paid to the holders of shares of Common Stock of the Company in connection with the Fundamental Transaction, whether that consideration be in the form of cash, stock or any combination thereof, or whether the holders of shares of Common Stock are given the choice to receive from among alternative forms of consideration in connection with the Fundamental Transaction; provided, further, that if holders of shares of Common Stock of the Company are not offered or paid any consideration in such Fundamental Transaction, such holders will be deemed to have received shares of Common Stock of the Successor Entity (which Entity may be the Company following such Fundamental Transaction) in such Fundamental Transaction.

 

Black Scholes Value” means the value of this Warrant based on the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg determined as of the day of consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction for pricing purposes and reflecting (A) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the time between the date of the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction and the Termination Date, (B) an expected volatility equal to the greater of 100% and the 100 day volatility obtained from the HVT function on Bloomberg (determined utilizing a 365 day annualization factor) as of the Trading Day immediately following the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, (C) the underlying price per share used in such calculation shall be the greater of (i) the sum of the price per share being offered in cash, if any, plus the value of any non-cash consideration, if any, being offered in such Fundamental Transaction and (ii) the highest VWAP during the period beginning on the Trading Day immediately preceding the announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction (or the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, if earlier) and ending on the Trading Day of the Holder’s request pursuant to this Section 3(d) and (D) a remaining option time equal to the time between the date of the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction and the Termination Date and (E) a zero cost of borrow. The payment of the Black Scholes Value will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds (or such other consideration) within the later of (i) five (5) Business Days of the Holder’s election and (ii) the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.

 

The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “Successor Entity”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3(e) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the Holder, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant which is exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account the relative value of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.

 

 

 

 

f) Adjustment Upon Issuance of shares of Common Stock . From the date hereof until the later of (a) two (2) years after the Issuance Date or (b) the date there are no Qualified Holders (such period, the “Adjustment Period”), the Company issues or sells, or, in accordance with this Section 3(f), is deemed to have issued or sold, any shares of Common Stock (excluding any Excluded Securities (as defined below) issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold) for a consideration per share (the “New Issuance Price”) less than a price equal to the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such issue or sale or deemed issuance or sale (such Exercise Price then in effect is referred to as the “Applicable Price”) (the foregoing a “Dilutive Issuance”), then immediately after such Dilutive Issuance, the Exercise Price then in effect shall be reduced to an amount equal to the New Issuance Price. “Excluded Securities” means any issuance of shares of Common Stock , restricted share units, Options and/or Convertible Securities (i) under the Company’s current or future equity incentive plans or issued to employees, directors, consultants or officers as compensation or consideration in the ordinary course of business, including any issuance of Options (and the underlying shares of Common Stock ) in exchange for Options issued under the Company’s equity incentive plans, subject to a limitation of 15% of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the Issuance Date, (ii) issued pursuant to agreements, Options, restricted share units, Convertible Securities or Adjustment Rights (as defined below) existing as of the date hereof, provided that such agreements, Options, Convertible Securities or Adjustment Rights have not been amended since the initial issuance date of this Warrant to increase the number of such securities or decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of such securities, (iii) issued pursuant to acquisitions (whether by merger, consolidation, purchase of equity, purchase of assets, reorganization or otherwise), mergers, consolidations, reorganizations or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person (or to the equity holders of a Person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an asset in a business complementary with the business of the Company and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities, or (iv) to which the Holder consents in writing. “Adjustment Right” means any right granted with respect to any securities issued in connection with, or with respect to, any issuance or sale (or deemed issuance or sale in accordance with this Section 3(f)) of shares of Common Stock (other than rights of the type described in Sections 3(a) through (e)) that could result in a decrease in the net consideration received by the Company in connection with, or with respect to, such securities (including, without limitation, any cash settlement rights, cash adjustment or other similar rights). For all purposes of the foregoing, the following shall be applicable:

 

i. Issuance of Options. If, during the Adjustment Period, the Company in any manner grants or sells any Options (other than Excluded Securities) and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of any such Option or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option (such shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise of any Option or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities, the “Convertible Securities Shares”) is less than the Applicable Price, then such shares of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the granting or sale of such Option for such price per share. For purposes of this Section 3(f)(i), the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of any such Option or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option” shall be equal to (A) the sum of (1) the lowest amount of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to any one Convertible Securities Share upon the granting or sale of such Option, upon exercise of such Option and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option and (2) the lowest exercise price set forth in such Option for which one Convertible Securities Share is issuable upon the exercise of any such Option or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option, minus (B) the sum of all amounts paid or payable to the holder of such Option (or any other Person), with respect to any one Convertible Securities Share, upon the granting or sale of such Option, upon exercise of such Option and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option plus the value of any other consideration received or receivable by, or benefit conferred on, the holder of such Option (or any other Person), with respect to any one Convertible Securities Share. Except as contemplated below, no further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such Convertible Securities Share or of such Convertible Securities upon the exercise of such Options or upon the actual issuance of such Convertible Securities Share upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities.

 

 

 

 

ii. Issuance of Convertible Securities. If, during the Adjustment Period, the Company in any manner issues or sells any Convertible Securities (other than Excluded Securities) and the lowest price per share for which one Convertible Securities Share is issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof is less than the Applicable Price, then such Convertible Securities Share shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities for such price per share. For the purposes of this Section 3(f)(ii), the “lowest price per share for which one Convertible Securities Share is issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof” shall be equal to (A) the sum of (1) the lowest amount of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to one Convertible Securities Share upon the issuance or sale of the Convertible Security and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Security and (2) the lowest conversion price set forth in such Convertible Security for which one Convertible Securities Share is issuable upon conversion, exercise or exchange thereof, minus (B) the sum of all amounts paid or payable to the holder of such Convertible Security (or any other Person), with respect to any one Convertible Securities Share, upon the issuance or sale of such Convertible Security plus the value of any other consideration received or receivable by, or benefit conferred on, the holder of such Convertible Security (or any other Person), with respect to any one Convertible Securities Share. Except as contemplated below, no further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such Convertible Securities Share upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities, and if any such issue or sale of such Convertible Securities is made upon exercise of any Options for which adjustment of the Exercise Price has been or is to be made pursuant to other provisions of this Section 3(f), except as contemplated below, no further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made by reason of such issue or sale.

 

iii. Change in Option Price or Rate of Conversion. If, during the Adjustment Period, the purchase or exercise price provided for in any Options, the additional consideration, if any, payable upon the issue, conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities, or the rate at which any Convertible Securities are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock increases or decreases at any time (other than proportional changes in conversion or exercise prices, as applicable, in connection with an event referred to in Section 3(a)), the Exercise Price in effect at the time of such increase or decrease shall be adjusted to the Exercise Price which would have been in effect at such time had such Options or Convertible Securities provided for such increased or decreased purchase price, additional consideration or increased or decreased conversion rate, as the case may be, at the time initially granted, issued or sold. For purposes of this Section 3(f)(iii), if the terms of any Option or Convertible Security that was outstanding as of the date of issuance of this Warrant are increased or decreased in the manner described in the immediately preceding sentence, then such Option or Convertible Security and the Convertible Securities Shares deemed issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange thereof shall be deemed to have been issued as of the date of such increase or decrease. No adjustment pursuant to this Section 3(f) shall be made if such adjustment would result in an increase of the Exercise Price then in effect.

 

 

 

 

iv. Calculation of Consideration Received. If any Option or Convertible Security is issued in connection with the issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of any other securities of the Company (the “Primary Security”, and such Option or Convertible Security, the “Secondary Securities” and together with the Primary Security, each a “Unit”), together comprising one integrated transaction, the aggregate consideration per share of Common Stock with respect to such Primary Security shall be deemed to be the lowest of (x) the purchase price of such Unit, (y) if such Primary Security is an Option and/or Convertible Security, the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is at any time issuable upon the exercise or conversion of the Primary Security in accordance with Section 3(f)(i) or 3(f)(ii) above and (z) the lowest VWAP of the shares of Common Stock on any Trading Day during the five Trading Day period immediately following the public announcement of such Dilutive Issuance (for the avoidance of doubt, if such public announcement is released prior to the opening of the Principal Market on a Trading Day, such Trading Day shall be the first Trading Day in such five Trading Day period); provided. If any shares of Common Stock , Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold for cash, the consideration received therefor will be deemed to be the net amount of cash received by the Company therefor. If any shares of Common Stock , Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold for a consideration other than cash, the amount of such consideration received by the Company will be the fair value of such consideration, except where such consideration consists of publicly traded securities, in which case the amount of consideration received by the Company for such securities will be the arithmetic average of the VWAPs of such security for each of the five (5) Trading Days immediately preceding the date of receipt. If any shares of Common Stock , Options or Convertible Securities are issued to the owners of the non-surviving entity in connection with any merger in which the Company is the surviving entity, the amount of consideration therefor will be deemed to be the fair market value of such portion of the net assets and business of the non-surviving entity as is attributable to such shares of Common Stock , Options or Convertible Securities (as the case may be). The fair market value of any consideration other than cash or publicly traded securities will be determined jointly by the Company and the Holder. If such parties are unable to reach agreement within ten (10) days after the occurrence of an event requiring valuation (the “Valuation Event”), the fair market value of such consideration will be determined within five (5) Trading Days after the tenth (10th) day following such Valuation Event by an independent, reputable appraiser jointly selected by the Company and the Holder. The determination of such appraiser shall be final and binding upon all parties absent manifest error and the fees and expenses of such appraiser shall be borne by the Company.

 

v. Record Date. If, during the Adjustment Period, the Company takes a record of the holders of the shares of Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (A) to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in shares of Common Stock , Options or in Convertible Securities or (B) to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock , Options or Convertible Securities, then such record date will be deemed to be the date of the issue or sale of shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or purchase (as the case may be).

 

vi. Exercise Floor Price. No adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to Section 3(f) of this Warrant shall cause the Exercise Price to be less than 50% of the Initial Exercise Price of warrants issued in the Company’s public offering (as adjusted pursuant to Section 3(a) for share splits, share dividends, recapitalizations and similar events, the “Exercise Floor Price”). For the avoidance of doubt, if a Dilutive Issuance would cause the Exercise Price to be lower than the Exercise Floor Price but for the immediately preceding sentence, then the Exercise Price shall be equal to the Exercise Floor Price.

 

 

 

 

g) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 3, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.

 

h) Notice to Holder.

 

i. Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall promptly deliver to the Holder by facsimile or email a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and any resulting adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.

 

ii. Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the shares of Common Stock , (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the shares of Common Stock , (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the shares of Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the shares of Common Stock , any consolidation or merger to which the Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of its assets, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the shares of Common Stock are converted into other securities, cash or property, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be delivered by facsimile or email to the Holder at its last facsimile number or email address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company, at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice (unless such information is filed with the Commission, in which case a notice shall not be required) stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the shares of Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the shares of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided in this Warrant constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Report on Form 6-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.

 

i) Voluntary Adjustment by Company. Subject to the rules and regulations of the Trading Market, the Company may at any time during the term of this Warrant, subject to the prior written consent of the Holder, reduce the then current Exercise Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the board of directors of the Company.

 

j) Home Country Practice. For so long as this Warrant remains outstanding, the Company shall elect to follow home country practice in lieu of any rules and regulations of the Trading Market that would limit the Company’s ability to effect the provisions of this Warrant, including but not limited to shareholder approval rules related to the issuance of securities or adjustment of terms of this Warrant for the benefit of Holders.

 

 

 

 

Section 4. Transfer of Warrant.

 

a) Transferability. This Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company unless the Holder has assigned this Warrant in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the Holder delivers an assignment form to the Company assigning this Warrant in full. The Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.

 

b) New Warrants. If this Warrant is not held in global form through DTC (or any successor depositary), this Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the initial issuance date of this Warrant and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto.

 

c) Warrant Register. The Warrant Agent shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Warrant Agent for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.

 

Section 5. Participation Right. Until six (6) months following [●], 2022 [date of the closing of the Company’s initial public offering], neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, directly or indirectly, issue, offer, sell, grant any option or right to purchase, or otherwise dispose of (or announce any issuance, offer, sale, grant of any option or right to purchase or other disposition of) any equity security or any equity-linked or related security (including, without limitation, any “equity security” (as that term is defined under Rule 405 promulgated under the 1933 Act)), any Convertible Securities (as defined below), any debt, any preferred shares or any purchase rights (any such issuance, offer, sale, grant, disposition or announcement is referred to as a “Subsequent Placement”) unless the Company shall have first complied with this Section 5. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the right set forth in this Section 5 is a right granted by the Company, separately, to each Qualified Holder.

 

a) Between the time period of 4:00 pm (New York City time) and 6:00 pm (New York City time) on the Trading Day immediately prior to the Trading Day of the expected announcement of the Subsequent Placement (or, if the Trading Day of the expected announcement of the Subsequent Placement is the first Trading Day following a holiday or a weekend (including a holiday weekend), between the time period of 4:00 pm (New York City time) on the Trading Day immediately prior to such holiday or weekend and 2:00 pm (New York City time) on the day immediately prior to the Trading Day of the expected announcement of the Subsequent Placement), the Company shall deliver to each Qualified Holder a written notice (each such notice, a “Pre-Notice”), which Pre-Notice shall not contain any information (including, without limitation, material, non-public information) other than: (A) if the proposed Offer Notice (as defined below) constitutes or contains material, non-public information, a statement asking whether the Investor is willing to accept material non-public information or (B) if the proposed Offer Notice does not constitute or contain material, non-public information, (x) a statement that the Company proposes or intends to effect a Subsequent Placement, (y) a statement that the statement in clause (x) above does not constitute material, non-public information and (z) a statement informing such Qualified Holder that it is entitled to receive an Offer Notice (as defined below) with respect to such Subsequent Placement upon its written request. Upon the written request of a Qualified Holder prior to 5:30 am (New York City time) on the Trading Day following the date on which such Pre-Notice is delivered to such Qualified Holder, and only upon a written request by such Qualified Holder, the Company shall promptly, but no later than one (1) Trading Day after such request, deliver to such Qualified Holder an irrevocable written notice (the “Offer Notice”) of any proposed or intended issuance or sale or exchange (the “Offer”) of the securities being offered (the “Offered Securities”) in a Subsequent Placement, which Offer Notice shall (A) identify and describe the Offered Securities, (B) describe the price and other terms upon which they are to be issued, sold or exchanged, and the number or amount of the Offered Securities to be issued, sold or exchanged, (C) identify the Persons (if known) to which or with which the Offered Securities are to be offered, issued, sold or exchanged and (D) offer to issue and sell to or exchange with such Qualified Holder in accordance with the terms of the Offer such Qualified Holder’s pro rata portion of 30% of the Offered Securities, provided that the number of Offered Securities which such Qualified Holder shall have the right to subscribe for under this Section 5 shall be (x) based on such Qualified Holder’s pro rata purchased portion of the aggregate number of Qualified Warrants purchased by all Qualified Holders on the date of such Offer Notice (the “Initial Amount”), and (y) with respect to each Qualified Holder that elects to purchase its Initial Amount, any additional portion of the Offered Securities attributable to the Initial Amounts of other Qualified Holders as such Qualified Holder shall indicate it will purchase or acquire should the other Qualified Holders subscribe for less than their Initial Amounts (the “Undersubscription Amount”), which process shall be repeated until each Qualified Holder shall have an opportunity to subscribe for any remaining Undersubscription Amount.

 

 

 

 

b) To accept an Offer, in whole or in part, such Qualified Holder must deliver a written notice to the Company prior to 6:30 am (New York City time) on the Trading Day following the date on which the Offer Notice is delivered to such Qualified Holder (the “Offer Period”), setting forth the portion of such Qualified Holder’s Initial Amount that such Qualified Holder elects to purchase and, if such Qualified Holder shall elect to purchase all of its Initial Amount, the Undersubscription Amount, if any, that such Qualified Holder elects to purchase (in either case, the “Notice of Acceptance”). If the Initial Amounts subscribed for by all Qualified Holders are less than the total of all of the Initial Amounts, then each Qualified Holder that has set forth an Undersubscription Amount in its Notice of Acceptance shall be entitled to purchase, in addition to the Initial Amounts subscribed for, the Undersubscription Amount it has subscribed for; provided, however, if the Undersubscription Amounts subscribed for exceed the difference between the total of all the Initial Amounts and the Initial Amounts subscribed for (the “Available Undersubscription Amount”), each Qualified Holder that has subscribed for any Undersubscription Amount shall be entitled to purchase only that portion of the Available Undersubscription Amount as the Initial Amount of such Qualified Holder bears to the total Initial Amounts of all Qualified Holders that have subscribed for Undersubscription Amounts, subject to rounding by the Company to the extent it deems reasonably necessary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company desires to modify or amend the terms and conditions of the Offer prior to the expiration of the Offer Period, the Company may deliver to each Qualified Holder a new Offer Notice and the Offer Period shall expire at 6:30 am (New York City time) on the Trading Day following the date after such Qualified Holder’s receipt of such new Offer Notice.

 

c) The Company shall have two (2) Business Days from the expiration of the Offer Period above (A) to offer, issue, sell or exchange all or any part of such Offered Securities as to which a Notice of Acceptance has not been given by a Qualified Holder (the “Refused Securities”) pursuant to a definitive agreement(s) (the “Subsequent Placement Agreement”), but only to the offerees described in the Offer Notice (if so described therein) and only upon terms and conditions (including, without limitation, unit prices and interest rates) that are not more favorable to the acquiring Person or Persons or less favorable to the Company than those set forth in the Offer Notice and (B) to publicly announce (x) the execution of such Subsequent Placement Agreement, and (y) either (I) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such Subsequent Placement Agreement or (II) the termination of such Subsequent Placement Agreement, which shall be filed with the SEC on a Report on Form 6-K with such Subsequent Placement Agreement and any documents contemplated therein filed as exhibits thereto.

 

 

 

 

d) In the event the Company shall propose to sell less than all the Refused Securities (any such sale to be in the manner and on the terms specified in Section 5(c) above), then each Qualified Holder may, at its sole option and in its sole discretion, reduce the number or amount of the Offered Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance to an amount that shall be not less than the number or amount of the Offered Securities that such Qualified Holder elected to purchase pursuant to Section 5(b) above multiplied by a fraction, (A) the numerator of which shall be the number or amount of Offered Securities the Company actually proposes to issue, sell or exchange (including Offered Securities to be issued or sold to Qualified Holders pursuant to this Section 5 prior to such reduction) and (B) the denominator of which shall be the original amount of the Offered Securities. In the event that any Qualified Holder so elects to reduce the number or amount of Offered Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance, the Company may not issue, sell or exchange more than the reduced number or amount of the Offered Securities unless and until such securities have again been offered to the Qualified Holders in accordance with Section 5(a) above.

 

e) Upon the closing of the issuance, sale or exchange of all or less than all of the Refused Securities, such Qualified Holder shall acquire from the Company, and the Company shall issue to such Qualified Holder, the number or amount of Offered Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance, as reduced pursuant to Section 5(d) above if such Qualified Holder has so elected, upon the terms and conditions specified in the Offer. The purchase by such Qualified Holder of any Offered Securities is subject in all cases to the preparation, execution and delivery by the Company and such Qualified Holder of a separate purchase agreement relating to such Offered Securities reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to such Qualified Holder and its counsel.

 

f) Any Offered Securities not acquired by a Qualified Holder or other Persons in accordance with this Section 5 may not be issued, sold or exchanged until they are again offered to such Qualified Holder under the procedures specified in this Agreement.

 

g) The Company and each Qualified Holder agree that if any Qualified Holder elects to participate in the Offer, neither the Subsequent Placement Agreement with respect to such Offer nor any other transaction documents related thereto (collectively, the “Subsequent Placement Documents”) shall include any term or provision whereby such Qualified Holder shall be required to agree to any restrictions on trading as to any securities of the Company or be required to consent to any amendment to or termination of, or grant any waiver, release or the like under or in connection with, any agreement previously entered into with the Company or any instrument received from the Company.

 

h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5 and unless otherwise agreed to by such Qualified Holder, the Company shall either confirm in writing to such Qualified Holder that the transaction with respect to the Subsequent Placement has been abandoned or shall publicly disclose its intention to issue the Offered Securities, in either case, in such a manner such that such Qualified Holder will not be in possession of any material, non-public information, by the 9:30 am (New York time) second (2nd) Business Day following delivery of the Offer Notice. If by 9:30 am (New York time) on such second (2nd) Business Day, no public disclosure regarding a transaction with respect to the Offered Securities has been made, and no notice regarding the abandonment of such transaction has been received by such Qualified Holder, such transaction shall be deemed to have been abandoned and such Qualified Holder shall not be in possession of any material, non-public information with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Should the Company decide to pursue such transaction with respect to the Offered Securities, the Company shall provide such Qualified Holder with another Offer Notice and such Qualified Holder will again have the right of participation set forth in this Section 5. The Company shall not be permitted to deliver more than one such Offer Notice to such Qualified Holder in any sixty (60) day period, except as expressly contemplated by the last sentence of Section 5(b).

 

i) The restrictions contained in this Section 5 shall not apply in connection with the issuance of any Exempt Issuance. The Company shall not circumvent the provisions of this Section 5 by providing terms or conditions to one Qualified Holder that are not provided to all Qualified Holders.

 

 

 

 

Section 5. Redemption.

 

(a) Redemption. Subject to Section 2(e), at any time after the six-month anniversary of the Issue Date and prior to the expiration of the Warrants, upon notice to the Holders, the Company may redeem, at the price of $0.01 per Warrant (the “Redemption Price”), up to such aggregate number of fully paid, validly issued and non-assessable Warrant Shares equal to the least of (i) the aggregate number of all remaining Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder, (ii) the aggregate number of Warrant Shares then permitted to be issued to the Holder in compliance with Section 2(e) above, and (iii) the Holder’s Redemption Limitation (such lesser number of Warrant Shares, the “Maximum Redemption Share Amount”) as designated in the applicable Redemption Notice (as defined below) to be issued and delivered in accordance with Section 1(a) hereof (each, a “Redemption”). Redemption shall be permitted under this Section 5 provided that (i) no Equity Conditions Failure exists (unless waived, in whole or in part, in writing by the Holder (and, if in part, only to the extent of the Warrant Shares applicable to such partial waiver)); (ii) the VWAP of the shares of Common Stock listed on the principal Trading Market has been at least $[●] per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, recapitalizations and similar events) (the “Redemption Trigger Price”), on each of thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days prior to the date on which notice of the redemption is given; (iii) either (x) there is an effective registration statement covering the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, and a current prospectus relating thereto, available throughout the 30-day Redemption Period (as defined in Section 6(b) below) or (y) the Company has elected to require the exercise of the Warrants via cashless exercise; and (iv) if and when the Warrants become redeemable by the Company, the Company may not exercise such redemption right if the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrants is (a) not exempt from registration or qualification under applicable state blue sky laws or the Company is unable to effect such registration or qualification or (b) would cause the Holder to exceed the Redemption Limitation (collectively, the “Redemption Conditions”).

 

(b) Mechanics. The Company may exercise its right to require a Redemption under this Section 5 on the Trading Day immediately following any Redemption Measuring Period by delivering a written notice thereof, by electronic mail to all, but not less than all, of the holders of the Registered Warrants (each, a “Redemption Notice”, and the date thereof, each a “Redemption Notice Date”). For purposes of Section 2(a) hereof, “Redemption Notice” shall be deemed to replace “Exercise Notice” for all purposes thereunder as if the Holder delivered an Exercise Notice to the Company on the Forced Exercise Notice Date, mutatis mutandis. Each Redemption Notice shall be irrevocable. The Company may only deliver one Redemption Notice in any given twenty (20) Trading Day period. Each Redemption Notice shall (x) state that the Company is electing to effect a Forced Exercise on the second (2nd) Trading Day following the applicable Redemption Notice Date (the “Redemption Date”), (y) state the aggregate number of Warrant Shares to be exercised by the Holder (not in excess of the Maximum Redemption Share Amount) and all of the holders of the Registered Warrants on the Redemption Date (subject to any adjustments thereto pursuant to Section 3 that may occur prior to the Redemption Date), and (z) contain a certification from an officer or director of the Company that the Redemption Conditions shall have been satisfied as of the Redemption Notice Date.

 

(c) Pro Rata Exercise Requirement. If the Company elects to cause a Redemption of this Warrant pursuant to this Section 5, then it must simultaneously take the same action in the same proportion with respect to all of the Registered Warrants .

 

(d) Exercise After Notice of Redemption. The Warrants may be exercised, for cash (or via cashless exercise) at any time after notice of redemption shall have been given by the Company pursuant to Section 5(b) hereof and prior to the Redemption Date. The notice of redemption shall contain the information necessary to calculate the number of shares of Common Stock to be received via cashless exercise of the Warrants, including the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date on which notice of the redemption is given. After 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Redemption Date, the record holder of the Warrants shall have no further rights except to receive, upon surrender of the Warrants, the Redemption Price.

 

 

 

 

 

Section 6. Miscellaneous.

 

a) No Rights as Stockholder until Exercise; No Settlement in Cash. This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(d)(i), except as expressly set forth in Section 3. Without limiting any rights of a Holder to receive Warrant Shares on a “cashless exercise” pursuant to Section 2(c) or to receive cash payments pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) and Section 2(d)(iv) herein, including if the Company is for any reason unable to issue and deliver Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof, in no event shall the Company be required to net cash settle an exercise of this Warrant or cash settle in any other form.

 

b) Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.

 

c) Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.

 

d) Authorized Shares.

 

The Company covenants that, during the period the Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of issuing the necessary Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which the shares of Common Stock may be listed. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).

 

Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its certificate of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (i) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (ii) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.

 

Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.

 

 

 

 

e) Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Warrant (whether brought against a party hereto or their respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Warrant and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. If either party shall commence an action, suit or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Warrant, the prevailing party in such action, suit or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for their reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this paragraph shall limit or restrict the federal district court in which a Holder may bring a claim under the U.S. federal securities laws.

 

f) Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, and the Holder does not utilize cashless exercise, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.

 

g) Non-waiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Holder’s rights, powers or remedies. No provision of this Warrant shall be construed as a waiver by the Holder of any rights which the Holder may have under the U.S. federal securities laws and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Without limiting any other provision of this Warrant, if the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.

 

h) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holders hereunder including, without limitation, any Notice of Exercise, shall be in writing and delivered personally, by e-mail, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Company, at 318 Half Day Road, Suite 201, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089, Attention: Chief Executive Officer, email address: [*], or such other email address or address as the Company may specify for such purposes by notice to the Holders. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Company hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by e-mail, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed to each Holder at the e-mail address or address of such Holder appearing on the books of the Company. Any notice or other communication or deliveries hereunder shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via e-mail at the e-mail address set forth in this Section prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any date, (ii) the next Trading Day after the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via e-mail at the e-mail address set forth in this Section on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (iii) the second Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. To the extent that any notice provided hereunder constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Report on Form 6-K.

 

 

 

 

i) Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the Holder for the purchase price of any shares of Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

 

j) Remedies. The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

k) Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.

 

l) Amendment. This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company, on the one hand, and the Holder, on the other hand.

 

m) Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.

 

n) Headings. The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.

 

o) Warrant Agent Agreement. If this Warrant is held in global form through DTC (or any successor depositary), this Warrant is issued subject to the Warrant Agent Agreement. To the extent any provision of this Warrant conflicts with the express provisions of the Warrant Agent Agreement, the provisions of this Warrant shall govern and be controlling.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above indicated.

 

  BIOLIFE4D CORPORATION
     
  By:
    Steven Morris
    Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

ANNEX A

 

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

TO: BioLife4D Corporation

 

(1) The undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________ Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant (only if exercised in full), and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.

 

(2) Payment shall take the form of (check applicable box):

 

in lawful money of the United States; or

 

if permitted the cancellation of such number of Warrant Shares as is necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in subsection 2(c), to exercise this Warrant with respect to the maximum number of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in subsection 2(c).

 

(3) Please issue said Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:

_______________________________

 

The Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account Number:

_______________________________

_______________________________

_______________________________

 

[SIGNATURE OF HOLDER]

 

Name of Investing Entity: ___________________________________________________________________________

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity: _____________________________________________________

Name of Authorized Signatory: _______________________________________________________________________

Title of Authorized Signatory: ________________________________________________________________________

Date: ___________________________________________________________________________________________

 

 

 

 

ANNEX B

 

ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

(To assign the foregoing Warrant, execute this form and supply required information. Do not use this form to purchase shares.)

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to:

 

Name:
  (Please Print)
   
Address:
  (Please Print)
   
Phone Number:
   
Email Address:
   
Dated: _______________ __, ______  

 

Holder’s Signature:    
     
Holder’s Address:  
   
(Signature Guaranteed): Date:___________________, _____

 

Signature to be guaranteed by an authorized officer of a chartered bank, trust company or medallion guaranteed by an investment dealer who is a member of a recognized stock exchange.

 

 

 

EX-10.43 10 ex10-43.htm

 

Exhibit 10.43

 

AMENDMENT TO CFO AGREEMENT

 

This Amendment to CFO Agreement (this “Amendment”) is executed this 11th day of August, 2022 (the “Effective Date”), by and between BioLife4D Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and Wesley Ramjeet (“CFO” and collectively with the Company, the “Parties”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company and CFO are parties to that certain CFO Agreement, dated February 1, 2022 (the “Agreement”) (all capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Agreement); and

 

WHEREAS, the Company and CFO desire to amend certain provisions of the Agreement as set forth in this Amendment.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the provisions and undertakings set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and CFO, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

1.Full-time Availability. The Parties hereby agree that the CFO will be available to provide services to the Company pursuant to the Agreement for 40 hours every week.

 

2.Services with Respect to and Certification of Periodic Reports. In addition to the services described in the Agreement, the CFO hereby agrees that he will provide the following services to the Company and certify as to those services in all of the Company’s periodic reports filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (collectively, the “Reports”) as follows:

 

  a. Review of the Reports;
     
  b. Determination, based upon knowledge, of whether the Reports contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by the Reports;
     
  c. Determination, based upon knowledge, of whether the financial statements, and other financial information included in the Reports, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of, and for, the periods presented in the Reports;
     
  d. Along with the Company CEO, establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) for the Company and:

 

  i. Designing such disclosure controls and procedures, or causing such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Company, is made known to me by others, particularly during the period in which the Reports are being prepared;

 

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  ii. Designing such internal control over financial reporting, or causing such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
     
  iii. Evaluating the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures and presenting in the Reports my conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by the Reports based on such evaluation; and
     
  iv. Disclosing in the Reports any change in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the Company’s period covered by the Reports that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting; and;

 

e.Disclosing, based on my most recent evaluation, to the Company’s auditors and the audit committee of the Company’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  i. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
     
  ii. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls; and

 

f.Pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of section 1350, chapter 63 of title 18, United States Code), certifying, to my knowledge, that whether the Reports fully comply with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and the information contained in the Reports fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

3.Force and Effect of Agreement. Except as expressly modified hereby, the Agreement is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and all of the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Amendment shall be effective upon the Effective Date. From and after the Effective Date, any reference to the Agreement, as the case may be, shall be deemed a reference to the Agreement as amended hereby.

 

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4.Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, including facsimile or electronic counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original copy of this Amendment, and all of which, when taken together, shall be deemed to constitute one and the same agreement. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including PDF, .tiff or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Amendment by affixing their signatures where indicated below.

 

COMPANY:   CFO:
       
BIOLIFE4D CORPORATION      
       
By: /s/ Steven Morris   By: /s/ Wesley Ramjeet
Name: Steven Morris   Name: Wesley Ramjeet
Its: Chief Executive Officer      

 

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EX-10.44 11 ex10-44.htm

 

Exhibit 10.44

 

Executive Employment Agreement

 

This EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made by and between BIOLIFE4D CORPORATION (together with its successors and assigns, the “Company”), and Steven Morris (“Executive”) and is made as of September 2, 2022, to become effective upon a successful closing of the Company’s initial public offering (“IPO”) (the “Effective Date”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to employ Executive, and Executive desires to be employed by the Company, as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals, the mutual covenants and conditions herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

AGREEMENT

 

1. Employment and Term. The Company hereby agrees to employ Executive, and Executive hereby accepts employment by the Company, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth. Executive’s term of employment by the Company under this Agreement (the “Term”) shall commence on the Effective Date and end on the second anniversary thereof, subject to automatic renewal of the Term for additional one-year periods unless either the Company or Executive gives the other party written notice of intent not to renew the Term not less than 60 days before the date on which the Term otherwise would automatically renew. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Term may be terminated earlier in accordance with Section 5.

 

2. Position, Duties and Responsibilities, Location, and Commuting.

 

  (a) Position and Duties. During the Term, the Company shall employ Executive as Chief Executive Officer. Executive shall have, subject to the general direction of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), such duties, powers, and authority as are commensurate with his position as Chief Executive Officer and such duties and responsibilities that are commensurate with his positions as reasonably delegated to him from time to time by the Board. In this position, Executive shall report directly to the Board.
     
  (b) Exclusive Services and Efforts. Executive agrees to devote his efforts, energies, and skill to the discharge of the duties and responsibilities attributable to his position and, except as set forth herein, agrees to devote substantially all of his professional time and attention to the business and affairs of the Company. Executive shall be allowed to serve on the board of directors for (a) not-for-profit organizations (b) other charitable activities and community affairs, (c) for the management of his personal and family investments and affairs, and (d) to participate in industry and trade associations and other similar organizations, in each case to the extent such activities do not, either individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the performance of his duties and responsibilities to the Company.

 

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  (c) Compliance with Company Policies. To the extent not inconsistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and with due regard for his position, Executive shall be subject to the Bylaws, policies, practices, procedures, and rules of the Company, including those policies and procedures set forth in the Company’s Code of Conduct and Ethics, but in no event shall anything in such documents be construed to expand the definition of Cause hereunder.
     
  (d) Location of Employment and Commuting. Executive’s principal office, and principal place of employment, shall be at the Company’s offices in Lincolnshire, IL. The Company shall reimburse Executive for any and all costs of commuting to any other location(s). The Company shall reimburse Executive’s monthly leasing and other related costs for a car (including, without limitation, gas, maintenance, and insurance) up to but not to exceed $1,000 per month.

 

3. Compensation.

 

  (a) Base Salary. During the first year of the Term, the Company shall pay to the Executive an annual salary of $300,000.00 (“Base Salary”). Thereafter, the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Committee”) shall consider increases in Base Salary for subsequent years in connection with performance, taking into account Company and individual performance objectives. Executive’s Base Salary shall not be decreased (including after any increases pursuant to this Section 3(a)) without Executive’s written consent.
     
  (b) Annual Cash Bonus. During the Term, Executive shall have an annual target, but not guaranteed, cash bonus opportunity of 20% of one year’s Base Salary. The Committee shall award Executive’s annual cash bonus based on an evaluation of performance and compensation practices, taking into account Company and individual performance objectives, as agreed between the Board and CEO prior to the relevant period. In its sole discretion, the Committee may award an annual cash bonus in excess of the annual cash bonus opportunity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may grant a special bonus at any time.

 

4. Employee Benefits and Perquisites.

 

  (a) Benefits. Executive shall be entitled to participate in such health, group insurance, welfare, pension, and other employee benefit plans, programs, and arrangements as are made generally available from time to time to senior executives of the Company (which may include health, life insurance, and disability plans), such participation in each case to be on terms and conditions no less favorable to Executive than to other senior executives of the Company generally. Company shall pay a minimum of 80 percent of the premiums for health insurance for Executive and Executive’s spouse and covered dependents, life insurance for Executive, and disability insurance for Executive. If the Company does not obtain or maintain health, life, or disability insurance, Executive may obtain those coverages as described in the immediately preceding sentence and Company shall reimburse Executive a minimum of 80% of the cost of such insurance, at a level of insurance and premiums materially similar to Executive’s current coverage.

 

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  (b) Fringe Benefits, Perquisites, and Paid Time Off. During the Term, Executive shall be entitled to participate in all fringe benefits, perquisites, and paid time off (“PTO”) made available to other senior executives of the Company, such participation to be at levels, and on terms and conditions, that are commensurate with his position and responsibilities at the Company and that are no less favorable than those applicable to other senior executives of the Company, but in no case will Executive be entitled to less than 30 days of PTO per calendar year, inclusive of vacation days, personal days, and sick days, and excluding standard paid Company holidays.
     
  (c) Reimbursement of Expenses. The Company shall reimburse Executive for all reasonable business related and travel expenses (including coach class travel domestically and business class air travel internationally) incurred in the performance of his job duties and the promotion of the Company’s business, promptly upon presentation of appropriate supporting documentation and otherwise in accordance with the expense reimbursement policy of the Company. Company shall reimburse Executive for Executives cellular expenses.
     
  (d) Attorney’s Fees. The Company will pay for the cost of preparing, negotiating and executing this Agreement by either of the Company’s law firm, FKBR or HMB. If Executive uses an additional attorney, he will be responsible for those expenses.

 

5. Termination; Change in Control.

 

  (a) General. The Company may terminate Executive’s employment for Cause. The Company may terminate Executive’s employment without Cause. Executive may terminate Executive’s employment with or without Good Reason. In each case, the terminating party shall provide the other party at least 60 days’ written notice thereof. Upon termination of Executive’s employment, Executive shall be entitled to the compensation and benefits described in this Section 5 to the extent applicable and shall have no further rights to any compensation or benefits from the Company. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:

 

  (i) Accrued Benefits” shall mean: (i) accrued but unpaid Base Salary through the Termination Date, payable within 30 days following the Termination Date; (ii) any annual cash bonus earned but unpaid with respect to the year preceding the year in which the Termination Date occurs, payable in accordance with Section 3(b) above; (iii) reimbursement for any unreimbursed business expenses incurred through the Termination Date, payable within thirty days following the Termination Date; and (v) all other payments, benefits, or fringe benefits to which Executive shall be entitled as of the Termination Date under the terms of this Agreement or any other applicable compensation arrangement or benefit, equity, or fringe benefit plan or program or grant.

 

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  (ii) Cause” shall mean: (i) Executive’s refusal to perform, or repeated failure to perform the duties or responsibilities reasonably assigned to Executive by the Board, which, if curable, is not cured within thirty days after Executive’s written receipt of notice thereof from the Company; (ii) Executive’s engagement in willful gross misconduct or willful gross negligence in the course of carrying out his duties that results in material economic or reputational harm to the Company; or (iii) a material breach by Executive of Section 5(b) of this Agreement, which, if curable, is not cured within 30 days after Executive’s receipt of written notice thereof from the Company.
     
  (iii) Good Reason” shall mean any of the following that has not been approved in writing in advance by Executive: (i) a diminution of Executive’s titles, duties, responsibilities, or authorities as set forth in this Agreement or Executive being required to report to another person other than the Board; (ii) a reduction in Executive’s Base Salary, annual cash bonus opportunity; (iii) relocation of the Company’s offices; or (iv) a material breach by the Company of this Agreement or any equity award agreement. A termination of employment by Executive during the six-month period following the occurrence of an event or circumstance constituting Good Reason shall be deemed a termination for Good Reason under this Agreement. In addition, any termination of employment by Executive during the one-year period following a Change in Control shall be deemed to be a termination for Good Reason under this Agreement.
     
  (iv) Change in Control” shall mean a liquidation, merger, acquisition, transfer (by sale or otherwise) of voting control, or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in which the shareholders of the Company do not own a majority of the outstanding shares of the surviving corporation. For clarity this provision excludes the initial IPO transaction currently being undertaken.
     
  (v) Change-in-Control Severance Payments” shall mean (i) a lump sum cash payment, payable on the Termination Date, equal to two times the sum of the following: (x) one year’s Base Salary at the annualized rate then in effect (or the rate that should be in effect but for any Base Salary diminution), (y) the annual target cash bonus opportunity for the year of termination; (ii) Medical Payment Amounts, payable each month, commencing on the first day of the month following the Termination Date and continuing until the earlier of 24 months following the Termination Date or the date on which Executive becomes employed by a third party and becomes eligible to participate in such third party’s group health plan; and (iii) to the extent permissible under applicable law and under any insurance policy insuring the Company’s health plan (if any), access to continued coverage under the Company’s medical plan for a period of up to 24 months commencing on the first day of the month following the Termination Date.

 

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  (vi) Disability” shall mean that Executive has been unable, with or without reasonable accommodation and due to physical or mental incapacity, to substantially perform his duties and responsibilities hereunder for 90 consecutive days.
     
  (vii) Medical Payment Amounts” shall mean an amount, payable on a monthly basis commencing on the first day of the month following the Termination Date, equal to (i) the monthly amount of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act continuation coverage premium for such month under the Company’s group medical plans for executives of the Company less the monthly amount of Executive’s portion of the premium for such month as if Executive was still an active employee.
     
  (viii) Severance Payments” shall mean (i) a lump sum cash payment, payable on the Termination Date, equal to one and one-half (1-1/2) times the sum of the following: (x) one year’s Base Salary at the annualized rate then in effect (or the rate that should be in effect but for any Base Salary diminution), (ii) Medical Payment Amounts payable each month and continuing until the earlier of 18 months following the Termination Date or the date on which Executive becomes employed by a third party and becomes eligible to participate in such third party’s group health plan.
     
  (ix) Termination Date” shall mean the date on which Executive’s employment hereunder terminates in accordance with this Agreement (which, in the case of a notice of non-renewal of the Term in accordance with Section 1 hereof, shall mean the date on which the Term expires).

 

  (b) Termination for Cause. In the event that Executive’s employment hereunder is terminated by the Company for Cause, Executive shall be entitled to receive the Accrued Benefits.
     
  (c) Termination without Cause. In the event that Executive’s employment hereunder is terminated by the Company without Cause (which shall include a non-renewal of the Term by the Company), Executive shall be entitled to receive the Accrued Benefits and Severance Payments.
     
  (d) Termination by Executive without Good Reason. In the event that Executive’s employment hereunder is terminated by Executive without Good Reason, Executive shall be entitled to receive the Accrued Benefits.
     
  (e) Termination by Executive with Good Reason. In the event that Executive’s employment hereunder is terminated by Executive with Good Reason, Executive shall be entitled to receive the Accrued Benefits and Severance payments.

 

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  (f) Termination Without Cause After a Change in Control or Termination by Executive for Good Reason After a Change in Control. In the event that Executive’s employment hereunder is terminated by the Company without Cause within two years following a Change in Control, Executive shall receive accrued benefits and the Change in Control Severance Payments. In the event that Executive’s employment hereunder is terminated by Executive for Good Reason within one year following a Change in Control, Executive shall receive accrued benefits and the Change in Control Severance Payments.
     
  (g) Termination Due to Death or Disability. In the event that Executive’s employment hereunder is terminated due to Executive’s death or Disability, Executive shall receive the Accrued Benefits.
     
  (h) Return of Company Property. Upon termination of Executive’s employment for any reason or under any circumstances, Executive shall promptly return any and all of the property of the Company and any Affiliates (including, without limitation, all computers, keys, credit cards, identification tags, documents, data, confidential information, work product, and other proprietary materials), and other materials. Executive may retain Executive’s rolodex and similar address books provided that such items only include contact information.
     
  (i) Post-Termination Reasonable Cooperation. Executive agrees and covenants that, following the Term, he shall, to the extent reasonably requested by the Company, cooperate in good faith with the Company to assist the Company in the pursuit or defense of (except if Executive is adverse with respect to) any claim, administrative charge, or cause of action by or against the Company as to which Executive, by virtue of his employment with the Company or any other position that Executive holds that is affiliated with or was held at the request of the Company or its Affiliates, has relevant knowledge or information, including by acting as the Company’s representative in any such proceeding and, without the necessity of a subpoena, providing truthful testimony in any jurisdiction or forum. The Company shall reimburse Executive for his reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in compliance with this Section 5(i), including any reasonable travel expenses and reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred by Executive. The Company shall provide Executive with reasonable advance written notice of its need for Executive’s reasonable cooperation and shall coordinate with Executive the time and place at which Executive’s reasonable cooperation shall be provided with the goal of minimizing the impact of such reasonable cooperation on any other material pre-scheduled business commitment that Executive may have. Executive’s cooperation described in this Section 5(i) shall be subject to the maintenance of the indemnification and D&O insurance policy provided under Sections 6(a) and 6(b) hereof.

 

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6. Indemnification; D&O Insurance.

 

  (a) Indemnification. If Executive is made a party, is threatened to be made a party, or reasonably anticipates being made a party, to any Proceeding (as hereinafter defined) by reason of the fact that Executive is or was a director, officer, employee, agent, trustee, consultant, or representative of the Company or any of its Affiliates or is or was serving at the request of the Company or any of its Affiliates, or in connection with his service hereunder as a director, officer, employee, agent, trustee, consultant, or representative of another Person, or if any Claim (as hereinafter defined) is made, is threatened to be made, or is reasonably anticipated to be made, that arises out of or relates to Executive’s service in any of the foregoing capacities, then Executive shall promptly be indemnified and held harmless to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, against any and all costs, expenses, liabilities, and losses (including, without limitation, advancement and payment of attorney’s and other professional fees and charges, judgments, interest, expenses of investigation, penalties, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement, with such legal fees advanced to the maximum extent permitted by law) incurred or suffered by Executive in connection therewith or in connection with seeking to enforce his rights under this Section 6(a), and such indemnification shall continue even if Executive has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, agent, trustee, consultant, or representative of the Company or other Person and shall inure to the benefit of his heirs, executors, and administrators.
     
  (b) D&O Insurance. A directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (or policies) shall be kept in place, during the Term and thereafter until the sixth anniversary of the Termination Date, providing coverage to Executive that is no less favorable to him in any respect than the coverage then being provided to any other current or former director or officer of the Company.

 

7. Inventions. Executive agrees that all Inventions (as defined below) Executive makes, conceives, reduces to practice or authors (either alone or with others) during or within one year after the Term of this Agreement will be the Company’s sole and exclusive property. Executive will, with respect to any such Invention: (i) keep current, accurate, and complete records, which will belong to the Company and be kept and stored on the Company’s premises while you are employed by the Company; (ii) promptly and fully disclose the existence and describe the nature of the Invention to the Company in writing (and without request); (iii) assign (and you do hereby assign) to the Company all of your rights to the Invention, any applications you make for patents or copyrights in any country, and any patents or copyrights granted to you in any country; and (iv) acknowledge and deliver promptly to the Company any written instruments, and perform any other reasonable acts necessary in the Company’s opinion to preserve property rights in the Invention against forfeiture, abandonment, or loss and to obtain and maintain patents and/or copyrights on the Invention and to vest the entire right and title to the Invention in the Company. “Inventions,” as used in this Section 7, means any discoveries, improvements, creations, ideas and inventions, including without limitation software and artistic and literary works (whether or not they are described in writing or reduced to practice) or other works of authorship (whether or not they can be patented or copyrighted) that: (i) relate directly to the Company’s business or the Company’s research or development during the term of this Agreement; (ii) result from any work Executive performs for the Company; (iii) use the Company’s equipment, supplies, facilities or trade secret information; or (iv) Executive develop during any time during the Term obligates Executive to perform your employment duties. The requirements of this Section 7 do not apply to an Invention for which no equipment, supplies, facility or trade secret information of the Company was used and which was developed entirely on Executive’s own time, and which neither (1) relates directly to the Company’s business or to the Company’s actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development, nor (2) results from any work Executive performed for the Company. Except as previously disclosed to the Company in writing, Executive does not have, and will not assert, any claims to or rights under any Inventions as having been made, conceived, authored or acquired by you prior to Executive’s employment by the Company.

 

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8. Proprietary Information. Except as required in Executive’s duties to the Company, Executive will never, either during or after Executive’s employment by the Company, knowingly use or disclose Proprietary Information to any person not authorized by the Company to receive it. When Executive’s employment with the Company ends, Executive will promptly turn over to the Company all records and any compositions, articles, devices, apparatus and other items that disclose, describe or embody Proprietary Information, including all copies, reproductions and specimens of the Proprietary Information in Executive’s possession, regardless of who prepared them. “Proprietary Information,” as used in this Section 8, means any nonpublic information concerning the Company, including information relating to the Company’s research, product development, engineering, purchasing, product costs, accounting, leasing, servicing, manufacturing, sales, marketing, administration and finances. This information includes, without limitation: (i) trade secret information about the Company and its products; (ii) “Inventions,” as defined in Section 7; (iii) information concerning any of the Company’s past, current or possible future products. Proprietary Information or confidential information also includes any information which is not generally disclosed and which is useful or helpful to the Company and/or which would be useful or helpful to competitors. More specific examples include financial data, sales figures for individual projects or groups of projects, planned new projects or planned advertising programs, areas where the Company intends to expand, lists of suppliers, lists of customers, wage and salary data, capital investment plans, projected earnings, changes in management or policies of the Company, testing data, manufacturing methods, suppliers’ prices to us, or any plans we may have for improving any of our products. This information is confidential or Proprietary Information regardless of its form, e.g. oral, written, electronic or other, and whether or not it is labeled as “proprietary” or “confidential.” The Company’s Proprietary Information or confidential information includes our information and that of our affiliates and third parties concerning or relating to the Company.

 

9. Competitive Activities. Executive agrees that during your employment with the Company, Executive will not alone, or in any capacity with another person or entity, (a) directly or indirectly engage in any employment or activity that competes with the Company’s business at the time your employment with the Company ends, within any state in the United States or within Canada, (b) interfere with the Company’s relationships with any of its current or potential customers. Executive also agrees that for a period of one year after the termination of this Agreement for any one of the following reasons: (i) for Cause; (ii) voluntarily by Executive without Good Reason; or (iii) in the event of a non-renewal of the Agreement by Executive other than for Good Reason, Executive will abide by clauses (a) and (b) above.

 

10. Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

  (i) Affiliate” of a Person shall mean any Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person;
     
  (ii) Claim” shall mean any claim, demand, request, investigation, dispute, controversy, threat, discovery request, or request for testimony or information;

 

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  (iii) Person” shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, estate, board, committee, agency, body, employee benefit plan, or other person or entity; and
     
  (iv) Proceeding” shall mean any threatened or actual action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative, appellate, formal, informal, or other.

 

11. Other Tax Matters.

 

  (a) Withholding. The Company shall withhold all applicable federal, state, and local taxes, social security, and workers’ compensation contributions and other amounts as may be required by law with respect to compensation and other benefits payable to Executive pursuant to this Agreement.
     
  (b) Section 409A. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Agreement is intended to be interpreted and applied so that the payment of the benefits set forth herein shall either be exempt from, or in the alternative, comply with, the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the published guidance thereunder (“Section 409A”). A termination of employment shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of any provision of this Agreement providing for the payment of any amounts or benefits upon or following a termination of employment that are considered “nonqualified deferred compensation” under Section 409A unless such termination is also a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A and, for purposes of any such provision of this Agreement, references to a “termination,” “Termination Date” or like terms shall mean “separation from service.” Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if Executive is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A on the date of his “separation from service,” any payments or arrangements due upon a termination of Executive’s employment under any arrangement that constitutes a “nonqualified deferral of compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A and which do not otherwise qualify under the exemptions under Treas. Regs. Section 1.409A-1 (including without limitation, the short-term deferral exemption or the permitted payments under Treas. Regs. Section 1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii)(A)), shall be delayed and paid or provided on the earlier of (a) the date which is six months after Executive’s “separation from service” for any reason other than death, or (b) the date of Executive’s death.
     
  (c) Separation from Service. After any Termination Date, Executive shall have no duties or responsibilities that are inconsistent with having a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A as of the Termination Date and, notwithstanding anything in the Agreement to the contrary, distributions upon termination of employment of nonqualified deferred compensation may only be made upon a “separation from service” as determined under Section 409A and such date shall be the Termination Date for purposes of this Agreement. Each payment under this Agreement or otherwise shall be treated as a separate payment for purposes of Section 409A. In no event may Executive, directly or indirectly, designate the calendar year of any payment to be made under this Agreement which constitutes a “nonqualified deferral of compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A and to the extent an amount is payable within a time period, the time during which such amount is paid shall be in the discretion of the Company.

 

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  (d) Reimbursements. All reimbursements and in-kind benefits provided under this Agreement shall be made or provided in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A. To the extent that any reimbursements are taxable to Executive, such reimbursements shall be paid to Executive on or before the last day of Executive’s taxable year following the taxable year in which the related expense was incurred. Reimbursements shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit and the amount of such reimbursements that Executive receives in one taxable year shall not affect the amount of such reimbursements that Executive receives in any other taxable year.

 

12. Notices. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, any notice, consent, demand, or other communication to be given under or in connection with this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given when delivered personally, when transmitted by facsimile transmission, one day after being deposited with Federal Express or other nationally recognized overnight delivery service, or three days after being mailed by first class mail, charges or postage prepaid, properly addressed, if to the Company, at its principal office with a copy to company’s counsel, and, if to Executive, at his address set forth following his signature below. Either party may change such address from time to time by notice to the other.

 

13. Governing Law; Forum; Attorneys’ Fees and Costs. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of Illinois, without giving effect to any choice of law rules or other conflicting provision or rule that would cause the laws of any jurisdiction to be applied. The parties each submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal courts (or state courts if federal jurisdiction is lacking) located within Chicago, Illinois. In the event of a lawsuit or other legal proceeding arising out of or related to this Agreement in which Executive prevails (as determined by the deciding court), the Company shall reimburse Executive for his reasonable attorney’s fees and costs incurred in connection with such lawsuit or legal proceeding, in addition to any other relief to which Executive may be entitled.

 

14. Amendments; Waivers. This Agreement may not be modified or amended or terminated except by an instrument in writing, signed by Executive and a duly authorized Director of the Company (other than Executive). By an instrument in writing similarly executed (and not by any other means), either party may waive compliance by the other party with any provision of this Agreement that such other party was or is obligated to comply with or perform; provided, however, that such waiver shall not operate as a waiver of, or estoppel with respect to, any other or subsequent failure. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising (of up to three months) any right, remedy, or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, or power hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, or power provided herein or by law or in equity. To be effective, any written waiver must specifically refer to the condition(s) or provision(s) of this Agreement being waived.

 

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15. Inconsistencies. In the event of any inconsistency between any provision of this Agreement and any provision of any Company arrangement, the provisions of this Agreement shall control, unless Executive and the Company otherwise agree in a writing that expressly refers to the provision of this Agreement that is being waived.

 

16. Assignment. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, neither party shall assign or transfer this Agreement nor any rights hereunder without the consent of the other party, and any attempted or purported assignment without such consent shall be void; provided, however, that any assignment or transfer pursuant to a merger or consolidation, or the sale or liquidation of all or substantially all of the business and assets of the Company shall be valid, so long as the assignee or transferee (a) is the successor to all or substantially all of the business and assets of the Company, and (b) assumes the liabilities, obligations and duties of the Company, as contained in this Agreement, either contractually or as a matter of law. Executive’s consent shall be required for any such transaction. This Agreement shall otherwise bind and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors, penalties, assigns, heirs, legatees, devisees, executors, administrators, and legal representatives.

 

17. Voluntary Execution; Representations. Executive acknowledges that (a) he has consulted with or has had the opportunity to consult with independent counsel of his own choosing at his expense concerning this Agreement and has been advised to do so by the Company, and (b) he has read and understands this Agreement, is competent and of sound mind to execute this Agreement, is fully aware of the legal effect of this Agreement, and has entered into it freely based on his own judgment and without duress. The Company represents and warrants that it is fully authorized, by any person or body whose authorization is required, to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder.

 

18. Headings. The headings of the Sections and subsections contained in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be deemed to control or affect the meaning or construction of any provision of this Agreement.

 

19. Construction. The language used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any party.

 

20. Beneficiaries/References. Executive shall be entitled, to the extent permitted under applicable law, to select and change a beneficiary or beneficiaries to receive any compensation or benefit hereunder following Executive’s death by giving written notice thereof. In the event of Executive’s death or a judicial determination of his incompetence, references in this Agreement to Executive shall be deemed, where appropriate, to refer to his beneficiary, estate, or other legal representative.

 

21. Survivorship. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, the respective rights and obligations of the parties shall survive any termination of Executive’s employment.

 

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22. Severability. It is the desire and intent of the parties hereto that the provisions of this Agreement be enforced to the fullest extent permissible under the laws and public policies applied in each jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought. Accordingly, if any particular provision of this Agreement shall be adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction or arbitrator to be invalid, prohibited, or unenforceable for any reason, such provision, as to such jurisdiction, shall be ineffective, without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such provision could be more narrowly drawn so as not to be invalid, prohibited, or unenforceable in such jurisdiction, it shall, as to such jurisdiction, be so narrowly drawn, without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

23. No Mitigation/No Offset. Executive shall be under no obligation to seek other employment or to otherwise mitigate the obligations of the Company under this Agreement, and there shall be no offset against amounts or benefits due to Executive under this Agreement or otherwise on account of any claim (other than any preexisting debts then due in accordance with their terms) the Company may have against him or any remuneration or other benefit earned or received by Executive after such termination.

 

24. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Signatures delivered by facsimile or PDF shall be effective for all purposes.

 

25. Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire agreement of the parties and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous negotiations, correspondence, understandings, and agreements between the parties, regarding the subject matter of this Agreement.

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO FOLLOW]

 

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BIOLIFE4D CORPORATION

 

By: /s/ Lisa Kelley  
  Lisa Kelley  
  Committee and Board Director  
  Chair of the Compensation  
     
Dated: September 2, 2022  

 

Address for Notices: BIOLIFE4D CORPORATION
  318 Half Day Road, Suite 201
  Buffalo Grove, IL 60089

 

EXECUTIVE

 

By: /s/ Steven Morris  
  Steven Morris  
     
Dated: September 2, 2022  

 

Address for Notices: 318 Half Day Road, Suite 201
  Buffalo Grove, IL 60089
  smorris@biolife4d.com

 

With a Copy to: FitzGerald Kreditor Bolduc Risbrough LLP
  Attn: Lynne Bolduc, Esq.
  2 Park Plaza, Suite 850
  Irvine, CA 92614
  Email: lbolduc@fkbrlegal.com

 

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EX-10.45 12 ex10-45.htm

 

Exhibit 10.45

 

OPTION AGREEMENT

 

THIS OPTION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is dated as of January 26, 2022 but effective as of August 1, 2020 (the “Effective Date”), by and among BioLife4D Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Dr. Jeffrey Morgan, an individual (the “Optionholder”).

 

R E C I T A L S:

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Optionholder’s advisory role with the Company, the Company desires to grant to the Optionholder an option to purchase 40,000 shares of non-voting common stock of the Company, with a $0.00001 par value (“Common Stock”), from the Company (the “Subject Shares”).

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to enter into this Agreement to reflect the Optionholder’s right to purchase the Subject Shares from the Company on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants set forth in this Agreement and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1. Option. The Company hereby grants the Optionholder an option (the “Option”) to purchase the Subject Shares that have become Vested Subject Shares (as defined below) from the Company at a purchase price of $13.50 (the “Exercise Price”) , which has been determined by the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”). Subject Shares purchased pursuant to the Option are referred to as “Purchased Shares.” The Optionholder may (but shall not be obligated to) exercise the Option, in its sole discretion, as provided in Section 2.

 

2. Manner of Exercise.

 

(a) Period for Exercise. Subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Optionholder may exercise the Option at any time or from time to time, on or before the date five years from the Vesting Commencement Date (as defined on Schedule 2 attached hereto) (the “Termination Date”).

 

(b) Method of Exercise. At any time on or before the Termination Date, the Optionholder may exercise the Option with respect to any or all Vested Subject Shares by delivering to the Company:

 

  (i) a written notice of exercise stating:

 

  (A) that the Optionholder elects to exercise the Option;
     
  (B) the number of Vested Subject Shares for which the Optionholder is then exercising the Option;
     
  (C) that the Optionholder makes the representations and warranties set out in Section 5 below, effective as of the date of the notice of exercise and again as of the date of exercise; and
     
  (D) subject to Section 8 below, the name or names in which the Optionholder wishes the Purchased Shares then issuable to be issued.

 

 
 

 

(c) Method of Payment. The Optionholder must pay the full amount of the exercise price for the Vested Subject Shares described in the notice; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Optionholder shall not be able to exercise the Option for (i) less than 20% of the Subject Shares granted under this Agreement at any one time or (ii) any fractional amount of Subject Shares. The Optionholder may pay the exercise price in cash or by check, bank draft or money order payable to the Company or in one or more of the following manners:

 

(i) Provided that at the time of exercise the Common Stock is publicly traded, pursuant to a program developed under Regulation T as promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board that, prior to the issuance of Common Stock, results in either the receipt of cash (or check) by the Company or the receipt of irrevocable instructions to pay the aggregate exercise price to the Company from the sales proceeds. This manner of payment is also known as a “broker-assisted exercise”, “same day sale”, or “sell to cover”.

 

(ii) If the Fair Market Value (as defined below) of one share of the Company’s Common Stock is greater than the Exercise Price (at the date of calculation as set forth below), in lieu of exercising this Option by payment of cash, the Optionholder may elect to receive shares equal to the value (as determined below) of this Option (or the portion thereof being canceled) by surrender of this Option at the principal office of the Company together with the properly endorsed Notice of Exercise in which event the Company shall issue to the Optionholder a number of shares of Common Stock computed using the following formula:

 

X = Y (A-B)

A

 

Where X = the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Optionholder;

 

Y = the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under the Option or, if only a portion of the Option is being exercised, the portion of the Option being canceled (at the date of such calculation);

 

A = the Fair Market Value of one share of the Company’s Common Stock (at the date of such calculation); and

 

B = Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such calculation).

 

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For the purposes of this Section 2(c)(ii), the term “Fair Market Value” shall mean: (A) if the stock is then Publicly Traded, the closing price of stock of that class as of the day in question (or, if such day is not a trading day in the principal securities market or markets for such stock, on the nearest preceding trading day), as reported with respect to the market (or the composite of markets, if more than one) in which shares of such stock are then traded, or, if no such closing prices are reported, on the basis of the mean between the high bid and low asked prices that day on the principal market or quotation system on which shares of such stock are then quoted, or, if not so quoted, as furnished by a professional securities dealer making a market in such stock selected by the Board, or (B) if the stock is then not Publicly Traded, the price at which one could reasonably expect such stock to be sold in an arm’s length transaction, for cash, other than on an installment basis, to a person not employed by, controlled by, in control of or under common control with the issuer of such stock. Such Fair Market Value shall be that which has currently or most recently been determined for this purpose by the Board, or at the discretion of the Board by an independent appraiser or appraisers selected by the Board, in either case giving due consideration to recent transactions involving shares of such stock, if any, the issuer’s net worth, prospective earning power and dividend-paying capacity, the goodwill of the issuer’s business, the issuer’s industry position and its management, that industry’s economic outlook, the values of securities of issuers whose stock is Publicly Traded and which are engaged in similar businesses, the effect of transfer restrictions to which such stock may be subject under law and under the applicable terms of any contract governing such stock, the absence of a public market for such stock and such other matters as the Board or its appraiser or appraisers deem pertinent. The determination by the Board or its appraiser or appraisers of the Fair Market Value shall, if not unreasonable, be conclusive and binding notwithstanding the possibility that other persons might make a different, and also reasonable, determination. If the Fair Market Value to be used was thus fixed more than sixteen months prior to the day as of which Fair Market Value is being determined, it shall in any event be no less than the book value of the stock being valued at the end of the most recent period for which financial statements of the issuer are available.

 

For the purposes of this Section 2(c)(ii), stock is “Publicly Traded” if stock of that class is quoted on an over-the-counter stock trading system such as the OTC Markets or is listed for trading on a national securities exchange such as the NYSE American (NYSE MKT), the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (NASDAQ), or the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

 

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(d) When Exercise Effective. Each exercise of the Option shall be deemed to have been effected immediately prior to the close of business on the business day (each a “Closing Date”) on which:

 

(i) the Company shall have received both the notice and the payment described in Section 2(b); and

 

(ii) there shall have been compliance with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations and all applicable national securities exchange requirements (which compliance the Company will use its best efforts to obtain).

 

At such time as any Purchased Shares, or any certificate for Purchased Shares, shall be issuable, the person or persons in whose name such Shares are to be issued shall be deemed the holder of record of such Purchased Shares for all corporate purposes.

 

(e) Issuance of Stock.

 

(i) Currently, the Company’s stock certificates are provided in electronic format with a third-party provider and custodian of the Company’s capital stock, and the Optionholder agrees to such electronic format as the method and form thereof and forfeits any right to receipt of a stock certificate.

 

(ii) In the event the Company decides to issue physical stock certificates, as soon as practicable after Purchased Shares are issued in accordance with Section 2(c) above, the Company will cause to be issued one or more certificates for such shares, bearing the legends required by law and by this Agreement, in the Optionholder’s name or, subject to Section 8 below, as the Optionholder directs. The Optionholder agrees that the certificate representing the Purchased Shares shall be maintained in the Company’s minute book for safe keeping.

 

3. Vesting of Subject Shares.

 

(a) Vested Subject Shares. Subject to the provisions of this Section 3, the Subject Shares shall become “Vested Subject Shares” as set forth under “Vesting Schedule” in Schedule 2 attached hereto. The Vesting Schedule is hereby incorporated by reference herein. The period starting on the “Vesting Commencement Date” and lasting until the final vesting date shall be referred to as the “Vesting Period.”

 

(b) Termination of Vesting. Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of Section 3(a), no shares of Common Stock shall become Vested Subject Shares after the date on which the Optionholder dies, suffers a Disability, or for any other reason, regardless of cause, is no longer an employee or service provider of the Company (“Separation Event”). A “Disability” shall be deemed to have occurred if, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, the Optionholder has failed to or is unable to perform fully his or her duties to the Company on account of illness or physical or mental incapacity and such illness or incapacity continues for a period of at least 90 consecutive days in any period of 365 consecutive days.

 

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(c) Termination of Exercise Rights.

 

(i) If the Optionholder’s service as an employee or service provider of the Company is terminated for any reason other than death or Disability, the Option may not be exercised after the earlier of: (x) 30 days from the date of termination as an employee or service provider of the Company or (y) the Termination Date, and may not be exercised for more than the number of shares of Common Stock which are Vested Subject Shares as of either such date.

 

(ii) If the Optionholder dies while the Option is exercisable, the Option may be exercised by the duly authorized executor of the Optionholder’s last will or by the Optionholder’s duly authorized personal representative, but may not be exercised after earlier of: (x) 120 days after the date of death, or (y) the Termination Date, and may not be exercised for more than the number of shares of Common Stock which are Vested Subject Shares as of either such date.

 

(iii) If the Optionholder’s service as an employee or service provider of the Company is terminated as a result of Disability during the Vesting Period while the Option is exercisable, the Option may not be exercised after the earlier of: (i) 120 days after the date of such termination, or (ii) the Termination Date, and may not be exercised for more than the number of Vested Subject Shares as of such date. If the Optionholder suffers a Disability during the Vesting Period and subsequently dies prior to the date that is 120 days after the date of such Disability, the provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph shall apply.

 

(d) Reservation of Shares. The Company will take such corporate actions as may be necessary from time to time so that at all times it will have authorized and reserved out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, for the sole purpose of issuance upon exercise of the Option, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to permit the exercise of the Option as to all Vested Subject Shares and all potential Vested Subject Shares.

 

(e) Repurchase of Shares. Beginning on the Separation Event and continuing for two years thereafter, if any, the Company has the right (the “Repurchase Right”), but not the obligation, to repurchase from the Optionholder any (including only a portion of) Purchased Shares at the then prevailing Fair Market Value by providing written notice to the Optionholder of the Company’s intent to so repurchase any Purchased Shares (“Repurchase Notice”). Such Repurchase Notice shall include (a) the proposed date for such repurchase (the “Repurchase Date”), which shall not be more than 120 days after the date that the Repurchase Notice is delivered to the Optionholder, which may be extended to such longer period as may be agreed to by the Company and the Optionholder or as needed to ensure the stock issued by the Company does not lose its status as “qualified small business stock” under Section 1202 of the Code, if applicable, (b) the amount of Purchased Shares to be repurchased, and (c) the Fair Market Value to be repaid therefor. The Optionholder agrees to take all action necessary to assist the Company and ensure that the foregoing repurchase is consummated so long as the Company complies with the terms of this Section 3(e) and is prepared to make payment as described herein. The Optionholder further agrees not to take any action to prevent, inhibit or circumvent the consummation of any properly executed repurchase transaction. On the Repurchase Date, the Company shall pay the Optionholder for such repurchased Purchased Shares at the closing therefor in cash or by wire transfer of immediately available funds, and the Optionholder shall transfer the Purchased Shares to the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, the Repurchase Right shall apply to all Purchased Shares, including, without limitation, those held or transferred by Optionholder.

 

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(f) Termination of Rights as Stockholder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the parties agree that immediately upon the payment by the Company for any repurchased Purchased Shares, the Optionholder shall no longer have any rights as a stockholder as to the Purchased Shares that were the subject of the repurchase. Such repurchased Purchased Shares shall be deemed to have been repurchased in accordance with the applicable provisions hereof, regardless of whether the Optionholder has executed and/or delivered such documents and other instruments as may be reasonably requested by the Company in connection with such transfer and whether or not the Optionholder accepts payment therefor. The Optionholder hereby appoints the Company as Optionholder’s attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, to execute and deliver such documents on Optionholder’s behalf and the Optionholder further agrees and provides assurances that he will act in good faith to carry out the agreements contained herein and not work in contravention thereof or to circumvent them. The power of attorney granted pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence is given in consideration of the agreements and covenants of the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and, as such, is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable unless and until this Agreement terminates.

 

4. Adjustments. In the event of a reorganization, recapitalization, stock dividend or stock split, or combination or other change in the shares of Common Stock or any merger, consolidation or exchange of shares, the Board may but is not required to, in order to prevent the dilution or enlargement of rights under the Option and other outstanding options or other equity awards, make such adjustments in the number and type of shares covered by the Option and other outstanding options or other equity awards and the exercise prices specified therein as may be determined to be appropriate and equitable.

 

5. Representation and Warranties of Optionholder. Upon each exercise of the Option, the Optionholder shall represent and warrant to the Company, and by such exercise, the Optionholder shall be deemed to have represented and warranted to the Company, that:

 

(a) the Optionholder is acquiring the Purchased Shares for its own account, for investment and not with a view to, or for sale or other disposition in connection with, any distribution of the Purchased Shares, nor with any present intention of selling or otherwise disposing of the Purchased Shares;

 

(b) the Optionholder has had the opportunity to discuss the Company and its plans, operations and financial condition with its officers and the Optionholder has received all information which the Optionholder deems necessary to enable the Optionholder to evaluate the risks, financial and otherwise, inherent in making an investment in the Purchased Shares;

 

(c) the Optionholder understands that an investment in the Purchased Shares is highly speculative, and the Optionholder is able, without impairing Optionholder’s financial position, to hold the Purchased Shares for an indefinite period of time and to suffer a complete loss on Optionholder’s investment in the Purchased Shares; and

 

(d) the Optionholder hereby acknowledges and states its understanding that transfer of the Purchased Shares is restricted by law and by the terms of the Company’s Bylaws and this Agreement, and the Optionholder must therefore hold the Purchased Shares indefinitely, unless a subsequent disposition of the Purchased Shares is permitted under the terms of applicable law, the Company’s Bylaws and this Agreement.

 

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6. Bring-Down of Representations and Warranties. The Optionholder hereby agrees that the representations and warranties set forth above in Section 5 shall be true and correct as of each Closing Date as though then made and as though such date was substituted for the date of this Agreement throughout such representations and warranties.

 

7. Transfer/Assignment Restrictions for Option. The Optionholder shall not transfer, sell or convey the Option, or assign its rights or obligations under this Agreement, to any person. Any transfer in contravention of this Section 7 shall be void ab initio.

 

8. Transfer/Assignment Restrictions for Purchased Shares.

 

(a) Transfer Restrictions.

 

(i) No interest in any Purchased Shares may be transferred, assigned, encumbered or otherwise disposed of except in compliance with and subject to applicable law and all of the terms and conditions of the Company’s Bylaws and this Section 8 or Section 3(e).

 

(ii) The Purchased Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or under any applicable state securities laws, and will be issued to the Optionholder in reliance on applicable exemptions from such registration. No Purchased Shares may be resold or otherwise transferred unless they are first registered or an exemption from such registration is available.

 

(iii) In the event the Company issues physical stock certificates, in addition to any other legends, and unless and until otherwise permitted by this Article, each certificate for Purchased Shares issued to the Optionholder or any subsequent transferee of any such certificate shall be imprinted with substantially the following legend:

 

“The shares represented by this certificate have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, and thus may not be transferred unless registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or unless an exemption from registration is available. The transfer of the shares is also subject to the satisfaction of other conditions set forth in the Company’s Bylaws and an Option Agreement between the issuer and the original holder of the shares, a copy of which may be obtained from the issuer upon demand and free of charge by the registered holder hereof.”

 

Each certificate for Purchased Shares issued to the Optionholder or any subsequent transferee shall also be imprinted with any legend required pursuant to applicable state corporation and securities laws.

 

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(iv) The Company may decline to acknowledge or register a transfer of any Purchased Shares bearing any legends required by this Agreement, and may instruct any transfer agent for its securities to decline the same, until the conditions with respect to transfer of such shares referred to in such legends have been satisfied.

 

(b) Notice of Proposed Transfer. Prior to any proposed sale or other transfer of any interest in any Purchased Shares, the Optionholder shall deliver to the Company: (a) a written notice (a “Transfer Proposal”) describing the manner of such transfer, setting out the terms of the transfer, including the identity of the proposed transferee, the number of shares to be transferred, the price per share, if any, and the terms of payment, and (b) a written opinion, satisfactory in form and substance to the Company, of counsel satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that either the securities proposed to be transferred have been effectively registered under all applicable securities laws or such transfer may be effected without the registration of such shares under any applicable securities law. Except as the Company may otherwise agree, a Transfer Proposal must be delivered to the Company at least 45 days before the date specified in the Transfer Proposal as the closing date for the proposed transfer. Upon receipt of a Transfer Proposal and the opinion described in clause (b) above, and subject to the satisfaction of the other requirements of this Agreement, including without limitation, Section 8(c) herein, the Company shall permit the transfer of the Purchased Shares described in the Transfer Proposal.

 

(c) Right of First Refusal.

 

(i) Within 30 days after it receives a Transfer Proposal, the Company shall have the right (a “Refusal Right”) to elect to purchase the Purchased Shares subject to the Transfer Proposal from the holder thereof, at the price per share specified in the Transfer Proposal in the case of a sale for cash, and at the fair market value of such other property or consideration, in the case of a transfer other than a sale for cash. For purposes of the preceding sentence, “fair market value” shall be determined in good faith by the Board, whose determination in this regard shall be binding and conclusive on the parties hereto.

 

(ii) A Refusal Right shall be exercised by written notice to the Optionholder of the shares subject to the Transfer Proposal, signed by an officer of the Company. The purchase price shall be paid on the date specified in the Transfer Proposal as the closing date for the proposed transfer, and shall be paid, in the Company’s discretion, in cash or, if the Optionholder shall then owe the Company any amount, by cancellation of indebtedness, or both.

 

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(iii) If the Company fails to exercise its Refusal Right after it receives a Transfer Proposal, or fails to close the purchase of the Purchased Shares subject to a Transfer Proposal, the holder may transfer the Purchased Shares subject to the Transfer Proposal at the price specified in the Transfer Proposal or a higher price, in the case of a sale, or otherwise on the terms and in the circumstances specified in the Transfer Proposal, in the case of a transfer other than a sale, provided that such sale or other transfer is consummated within three months after the date of the Transfer Proposal, and provided that the transferee agrees in writing, in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

(iv) The provisions of this Section 8(c) shall not apply to a transfer, either during Optionholder’s lifetime or upon death by will or intestacy, to the Optionholder or any of Optionholder’s ancestors, siblings, descendants, spouse, heirs or legatees, or to any custodian or trustee for the benefit of the Optionholder or any of Optionholder’s ancestors, siblings, descendants, spouse, heirs or legatees; provided that the transferee agrees in writing, in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

(v) In the event the Company issues physical stock certificates, in addition to any other legends, each certificate evidencing any Purchased Shares shall be imprinted with the following legend:

 

“The shares represented by this certificate are subject to certain restrictions set forth in an Option Agreement between the issuer and the original holder of the shares, a copy of which may be obtained from the issuer on demand and free of charge by the registered holder hereof.”

 

(vi) The provisions of this Section 8(c) shall no longer apply after the sale to the public of any securities of the Company by the holder thereof pursuant to an effective registration statement with respect thereto filed under the Securities Act of 1933.

 

(d) Drag-Along Rights. If the holders of a majority of the shares of Common Stock then issued or issuable upon conversion of the shares of the Company’s preferred stock approve a Sale of the Company (as defined below) in writing (the “Approved Sale”), the Optionholder will consent to and raise no objections against the Approved Sale, and if the Approved Sale is structured as a sale of stock, the Optionholder will agree to sell all of its shares of Common Stock and rights to acquire shares of Common Stock on the terms and conditions approved in the manner set forth above. The Optionholder will take all necessary and desirable actions in connection with the consummation of the Approved Sale and will not exercise any dissenters’ rights in connection therewith. The Optionholder hereby appoints the Company as Optionholder’s attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, to execute and deliver such documents on Optionholder’s behalf and the Optionholder further agrees and provides assurances that he will act in good faith to carry out the agreements contained herein and not work in contravention thereof or to circumvent them. The power of attorney granted pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence is given in consideration of the agreements and covenants of the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and, as such, is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable unless and until this Agreement terminates.

 

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A “Sale of the Company” shall mean a transaction or series of related transactions in which a person, or a group of related persons, acquires from stockholders of the Company shares representing more than 50% of the outstanding voting power of the Company.

 

(e) Termination of Restriction. In the event the Company issues physical stock certificates, whenever any restrictions imposed by this Agreement shall terminate with respect to any Purchased Shares, the Optionholder shall be entitled to receive from the Company, without expense to him, one or more new certificates for such particular shares not bearing those restrictive legends set forth in this Agreement which are no longer applicable.

 

(f) “Market Stand-Off”Agreement.

 

(i) Optionholder hereby agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent of the managing underwriter, during the period commencing on the date of the final prospectus relating to the Company’s initial public offering (“IPO”) and ending on the date specified by the Company and the managing underwriter (such period not to exceed 180 days plus such additional period as may be requested by the Company or an underwriter to accommodate regulatory restrictions on (i) the publication or other distribution of research reports, and (ii) analyst recommendations and opinions, including but not limited to, the restrictions contained in FINRA Rule 2711(f)(4) or NYSE Rule 472(f)(4), or any successor provisions or amendments thereto) (i) lend, offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock held immediately prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement for such offering, or (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the shares of Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of shares of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing provisions of this Section 8(f) shall not apply to the sale of any shares to an underwriter pursuant to an underwriting agreement. The underwriters in connection with the IPO are intended third-party beneficiaries of this Section 8(f) and shall have the right, power and authority to enforce the provisions hereof as though they were a party hereto. The Optionholder further agrees to execute such agreements as may be reasonably requested by the underwriters in the IPO that are consistent with this Section 8(f) or that are necessary to give further effect thereto.

 

In order to enforce the foregoing covenant, the Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to the shares of Optionholder’s Common Stock (and transferees and assignees thereof) until the end of such restricted period.

 

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(ii) In the event the Company issues physical stock certificates, in the Optionholder agrees that a legend reading substantially as follows shall be placed on any certificates representing any of Optionholder’s shares of Common Stock:

 

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO A LOCK-UP PERIOD AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ISSUER’S REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILED UNDER THE ACT, AS AMENDED, AS SET FORTH IN AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THE ORIGINAL HOLDER OF THESE SECURITIES, A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE ISSUER’S PRINCIPAL OFFICE. SUCH LOCK-UP PERIOD IS BINDING ON TRANSFEREES OF THESE SHARES.”

 

9. Confidentiality. The Optionholder acknowledges that, in the course of being a stockholder of the Company, it may from time to time be furnished information about the Company, its business, assets, plans, customers, clients, business partners and financial circumstances that is confidential in nature (collectively called “Information”). The Optionholder agrees that it will not use or disclose any Information in any manner without the Company’s written permission, unless and until such Information has become generally known to the public other than through the Optionholder, except (i) necessary in connection with the services it provides the Company during Optionholder’s engagement or employment with the Company or (ii) as required by law. Optionholder’s obligations under this Section 9 shall continue in force both during and after the period that the Optionholder owns any or all of the Purchased Shares.

 

10. Notices. All notices and other communications required or permitted to be given or sent hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed properly served when (a) delivered personally, (b) on the third business day after being deposited in the United States registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, specifically utilizing less than three-day delivery, (c) on the first business day after being delivered to a nationally recognized overnight courier for next business day delivery, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or (d) if sent by e-mail, upon receipt as indicated by the party giving the notice of a “sent” e-mail evidencing that the e-mail was sent to the proper e-mail address, in each case addressed as follows:

 

If to Optionholder, then to the address listed on the signature page. If to the

 

  Company: BioLife4d Corporation
    318 Half Day Road, Suite 201
    Buffalo Grove, Illinois 60089
    Attention: Steven Morris
    E-mail: smorris@biolife4d.com
     
  With a copy to: Horwood Marcus & Berk, Chartered
    500 West Madison, Suite 3700
    Chicago, IL 60661
    Attention: Jeffrey A. Hechtman
    E-mail: jhechtman@hmblaw.com

 

Or to such other address as the respective party may specify by notice given to the other party hereto in accordance with this paragraph.

 

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11. Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to agreements between Delaware residents entered into and to be performed entirely within Delaware. The parties hereby agree that (i) any and all litigation arising out of this instrument shall be conducted only in state or federal courts located in Cook County, Illinois and (ii) such courts shall have the exclusive jurisdiction to hear and decide such matters. Each party hereby submits to the personal jurisdiction of such courts and waives any objection such party may have to venue or that such courts are an inconvenient forum. The parties agree that they shall not assert any claim that they are not subject to the jurisdiction of such courts, that the venue is improper, that the forum is inconvenient or any similar objection, claim or argument. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the notice provisions of this Agreement shall apply to service of process with respect to any action brought in accordance with the terms of this Section 11. Each party shall bear its own attorneys’ fees

 

12. Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the transactions contemplated herein and supersedes any language in the Optionholder’s Advisory Board Agreement with respect to any grant to options in the Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Optionholder’s Advisory Board Agreement, this Agreement shall constitute the “Options” that the Company was required to grant the Optionholder pursuant Exhibit A of the Optionholder’s Advisory Board Agreement.

 

13. Amendment; Waiver. This Agreement cannot be terminated, altered or amended except pursuant to an instrument in writing signed by the each of the Company and the Optionholder, except that any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement may be waived in writing at any time by the party which is entitled to the benefits of such waived terms or provisions. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to or shall constitute a waiver or any other provision hereof (whether or not similar).

 

14. Third Parties. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, and their respective heirs, personal representatives, successors and permitted assigns.

 

15. Enforceability. If any provision of the Agreement shall be held invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall attach only to such provision and shall not in any manner affect or render invalid or unenforceable any other provision of this Agreement, and the Agreement shall be carried out as if any such invalid or unenforceable provision were not contained herein.

 

16. Headings. The headings of sections and subsections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute part of this Agreement or to affect the construction hereof.

 

17. Counterparts. This instrument may be executed in counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original, but all of which together will be deemed to be one and the same instrument. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including PDF or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission method, and any counterpart so delivered will be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.

 

[signature page follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed effective as of the date first above written.

 

  COMPANY:
   
  BIOLIFE4D CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
     
  By: /s/ Steven Morris
  Name: Steven Morris
  Title: CEO
     
  OPTIONHOLDER:
   
  Dr. Jeffrey Morgan, an individual
     
  /s/ Jeffrey Morgan
     
  Address: 1940 Fountain view Dr.
    Houston, TX 77057
     

 

 
 

 

SCHEDULE 2

 

Capitalized terms used without definition in this Schedule 2 are used as defined in the Option Agreement (the “Agreement”) of which this Schedule 2 is part.

 

  Optionholder: Dr. Jeffrey Morgan
  Vesting Commencement Date: August 1, 2020
  Term: Five years from the Vesting Commencement Date, subject to adjustment downward pursuant to the Agreement.

 

Vesting Schedule: Subject to Section 3 of the Agreement and the other requirements thereof, the Option may be exercised only upon and after, and to the extent of, vesting. The portion of the Option listed below shall vest on each of the dates listed below, provided in each case the Optionholder’s service as an advisor of the Company continues on such date:

 

Shares Vesting   Date
     
50% of the Subject Shares   One-year anniversary of the Vesting Commencement
(rounded down to the nearest whole number of Subject Shares)   Date
     
50% of the Subject Shares   Two-year anniversary of the Vesting Commencement
(rounded down to the nearest whole number of Subject Shares)   Date

 

 

 

EX-10.46 13 ex10-46.htm

 

Exhibit 10.46

 

OPTION AGREEMENT

 

THIS OPTION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is dated as of January 26, 2022 but effective as of August 6, 2021 (the “Effective Date”), by and among BioLife4D Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Dr. Jeffrey Morgan, an individual (the “Optionholder”).

 

R E C I T A L S:

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Optionholder’s advisory role with the Company, the Company desires to grant to the Optionholder an option to purchase 30,000 shares of non-voting common stock of the Company, with a $0.00001 par value (“Common Stock”), from the Company (the “Subject Shares”).

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to enter into this Agreement to reflect the Optionholder’s right to purchase the Subject Shares from the Company on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants set forth in this Agreement and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1. Option. The Company hereby grants the Optionholder an option (the “Option”) to purchase the Subject Shares that have become Vested Subject Shares (as defined below) from the Company at a purchase price of $13.50 (the “Exercise Price”) , which has been determined by the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”). Subject Shares purchased pursuant to the Option are referred to as “Purchased Shares.” The Optionholder may (but shall not be obligated to) exercise the Option, in its sole discretion, as provided in Section 2.

 

2. Manner of Exercise.

 

(a) Period for Exercise. Subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Optionholder may exercise the Option at any time or from time to time, on or before the date five years from the Vesting Commencement Date (as defined on Schedule 2 attached hereto) (the “Termination Date”).

 

(b) Method of Exercise. At any time on or before the Termination Date, the Optionholder may exercise the Option with respect to any or all Vested Subject Shares by delivering to the Company:

 

  (i) a written notice of exercise stating:

 

  (A) that the Optionholder elects to exercise the Option;

 

 

 

 

  (B) the number of Vested Subject Shares for which the Optionholder is then exercising the Option;
     
  (C) that the Optionholder makes the representations and warranties set out in Section 5 below, effective as of the date of the notice of exercise and again as of the date of exercise; and
     
  (D) subject to Section 8 below, the name or names in which the Optionholder wishes the Purchased Shares then issuable to be issued.

 

(c) Method of Payment. The Optionholder must pay the full amount of the exercise price for the Vested Subject Shares described in the notice; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Optionholder shall not be able to exercise the Option for (i) less than 20% of the Subject Shares granted under this Agreement at any one time or (ii) any fractional amount of Subject Shares. The Optionholder may pay the exercise price in cash or by check, bank draft or money order payable to the Company or in one or more of the following manners:

 

(i) Provided that at the time of exercise the Common Stock is publicly traded, pursuant to a program developed under Regulation T as promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board that, prior to the issuance of Common Stock, results in either the receipt of cash (or check) by the Company or the receipt of irrevocable instructions to pay the aggregate exercise price to the Company from the sales proceeds. This manner of payment is also known as a “broker-assisted exercise”, “same day sale”, or “sell to cover”.

 

(ii) If the Fair Market Value (as defined below) of one share of the Company’s Common Stock is greater than the Exercise Price (at the date of calculation as set forth below), in lieu of exercising this Option by payment of cash, the Optionholder may elect to receive shares equal to the value (as determined below) of this Option (or the portion thereof being canceled) by surrender of this Option at the principal office of the Company together with the properly endorsed Notice of Exercise in which event the Company shall issue to the Optionholder a number of shares of Common Stock computed using the following formula:

 

X = Y (A-B)

     A

 

Where X = the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Optionholder;

 

Y = the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under the Option or, if only a portion of the Option is being exercised, the portion of the Option being canceled (at the date of such calculation);

 

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A = the Fair Market Value of one share of the Company’s Common Stock (at the date of such calculation); and

 

B = Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such

calculation).

 

For the purposes of this Section 2(c)(ii), the term “Fair Market Value” shall mean: (A) if the stock is then Publicly Traded, the closing price of stock of that class as of the day in question (or, if such day is not a trading day in the principal securities market or markets for such stock, on the nearest preceding trading day), as reported with respect to the market (or the composite of markets, if more than one) in which shares of such stock are then traded, or, if no such closing prices are reported, on the basis of the mean between the high bid and low asked prices that day on the principal market or quotation system on which shares of such stock are then quoted, or, if not so quoted, as furnished by a professional securities dealer making a market in such stock selected by the Board, or (B) if the stock is then not Publicly Traded, the price at which one could reasonably expect such stock to be sold in an arm’s length transaction, for cash, other than on an installment basis, to a person not employed by, controlled by, in control of or under common control with the issuer of such stock. Such Fair Market Value shall be that which has currently or most recently been determined for this purpose by the Board, or at the discretion of the Board by an independent appraiser or appraisers selected by the Board, in either case giving due consideration to recent transactions involving shares of such stock, if any, the issuer’s net worth, prospective earning power and dividend-paying capacity, the goodwill of the issuer’s business, the issuer’s industry position and its management, that industry’s economic outlook, the values of securities of issuers whose stock is Publicly Traded and which are engaged in similar businesses, the effect of transfer restrictions to which such stock may be subject under law and under the applicable terms of any contract governing such stock, the absence of a public market for such stock and such other matters as the Board or its appraiser or appraisers deem pertinent. The determination by the Board or its appraiser or appraisers of the Fair Market Value shall, if not unreasonable, be conclusive and binding notwithstanding the possibility that other persons might make a different, and also reasonable, determination. If the Fair Market Value to be used was thus fixed more than sixteen months prior to the day as of which Fair Market Value is being determined, it shall in any event be no less than the book value of the stock being valued at the end of the most recent period for which financial statements of the issuer are available.

 

For the purposes of this Section 2(c)(ii), stock is “Publicly Traded” if stock of that class is quoted on an over-the-counter stock trading system such as the OTC Markets or is listed for trading on a national securities exchange such as the NYSE American (NYSE MKT), the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (NASDAQ), or the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

 

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(d) When Exercise Effective. Each exercise of the Option shall be deemed to have been effected immediately prior to the close of business on the business day (each a “Closing Date”) on which:

 

(i) the Company shall have received both the notice and the payment described in Section 2(b); and

 

(ii) there shall have been compliance with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations and all applicable national securities exchange requirements (which compliance the Company will use its best efforts to obtain).

 

At such time as any Purchased Shares, or any certificate for Purchased Shares, shall be issuable, the person or persons in whose name such Shares are to be issued shall be deemed the holder of record of such Purchased Shares for all corporate purposes.

 

(e) Issuance of Stock.

 

(i) Currently, the Company’s stock certificates are provided in electronic format with a third-party provider and custodian of the Company’s capital stock, and the Optionholder agrees to such electronic format as the method and form thereof and forfeits any right to receipt of a stock certificate.

 

(ii) In the event the Company decides to issue physical stock certificates, as soon as practicable after Purchased Shares are issued in accordance with Section 2(c) above, the Company will cause to be issued one or more certificates for such shares, bearing the legends required by law and by this Agreement, in the Optionholder’s name or, subject to Section 8 below, as the Optionholder directs. The Optionholder agrees that the certificate representing the Purchased Shares shall be maintained in the Company’s minute book for safe keeping.

 

3. Vesting of Subject Shares.

 

(a) Vested Subject Shares. Subject to the provisions of this Section 3, the Subject Shares shall become “Vested Subject Shares” as set forth under “Vesting Schedule” in Schedule 2 attached hereto. The Vesting Schedule is hereby incorporated by reference herein. The period starting on the “Vesting Commencement Date” and lasting until the final vesting date shall be referred to as the “Vesting Period.”

 

(b) Termination of Vesting. Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of Section 3(a), no shares of Common Stock shall become Vested Subject Shares after the date on which the Optionholder dies, suffers a Disability, or for any other reason, regardless of cause, is no longer an employee or service provider of the Company (“Separation Event”). A “Disability” shall be deemed to have occurred if, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, the Optionholder has failed to or is unable to perform fully his or her duties to the Company on account of illness or physical or mental incapacity and such illness or incapacity continues for a period of at least 90 consecutive days in any period of 365 consecutive days.

 

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(c) Termination of Exercise Rights.

 

(i) If the Optionholder’s service as an employee or service provider of the Company is terminated for any reason other than death or Disability, the Option may not be exercised after the earlier of: (x) 30 days from the date of termination as an employee or service provider of the Company or (y) the Termination Date, and may not be exercised for more than the number of shares of Common Stock which are Vested Subject Shares as of either such date.

 

(ii) If the Optionholder dies while the Option is exercisable, the Option may be exercised by the duly authorized executor of the Optionholder’s last will or by the Optionholder’s duly authorized personal representative, but may not be exercised after earlier of: (x) 120 days after the date of death, or (y) the Termination Date, and may not be exercised for more than the number of shares of Common Stock which are Vested Subject Shares as of either such date.

 

(iii) If the Optionholder’s service as an employee or service provider of the Company is terminated as a result of Disability during the Vesting Period while the Option is exercisable, the Option may not be exercised after the earlier of: (i) 120 days after the date of such termination, or (ii) the Termination Date, and may not be exercised for more than the number of Vested Subject Shares as of such date. If the Optionholder suffers a Disability during the Vesting Period and subsequently dies prior to the date that is 120 days after the date of such Disability, the provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph shall apply.

 

(d) Reservation of Shares. The Company will take such corporate actions as may be necessary from time to time so that at all times it will have authorized and reserved out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, for the sole purpose of issuance upon exercise of the Option, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to permit the exercise of the Option as to all Vested Subject Shares and all potential Vested Subject Shares.

 

(e) Repurchase of Shares. Beginning on the Separation Event and continuing for two years thereafter, if any, the Company has the right (the “Repurchase Right”), but not the obligation, to repurchase from the Optionholder any (including only a portion of) Purchased Shares at the then prevailing Fair Market Value by providing written notice to the Optionholder of the Company’s intent to so repurchase any Purchased Shares (“Repurchase Notice”). Such Repurchase Notice shall include (a) the proposed date for such repurchase (the “Repurchase Date”), which shall not be more than 120 days after the date that the Repurchase Notice is delivered to the Optionholder, which may be extended to such longer period as may be agreed to by the Company and the Optionholder or as needed to ensure the stock issued by the Company does not lose its status as “qualified small business stock” under Section 1202 of the Code, if applicable, (b) the amount of Purchased Shares to be repurchased, and (c) the Fair Market Value to be repaid therefor. The Optionholder agrees to take all action necessary to assist the Company and ensure that the foregoing repurchase is consummated so long as the Company complies with the terms of this Section 3(e) and is prepared to make payment as described herein. The Optionholder further agrees not to take any action to prevent, inhibit or circumvent the consummation of any properly executed repurchase transaction. On the Repurchase Date, the Company shall pay the Optionholder for such repurchased Purchased Shares at the closing therefor in cash or by wire transfer of immediately available funds, and the Optionholder shall transfer the Purchased Shares to the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, the Repurchase Right shall apply to all Purchased Shares, including, without limitation, those held or transferred by Optionholder.

 

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(f) Termination of Rights as Stockholder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the parties agree that immediately upon the payment by the Company for any repurchased Purchased Shares, the Optionholder shall no longer have any rights as a stockholder as to the Purchased Shares that were the subject of the repurchase. Such repurchased Purchased Shares shall be deemed to have been repurchased in accordance with the applicable provisions hereof, regardless of whether the Optionholder has executed and/or delivered such documents and other instruments as may be reasonably requested by the Company in connection with such transfer and whether or not the Optionholder accepts payment therefor. The Optionholder hereby appoints the Company as Optionholder’s attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, to execute and deliver such documents on Optionholder’s behalf and the Optionholder further agrees and provides assurances that he will act in good faith to carry out the agreements contained herein and not work in contravention thereof or to circumvent them. The power of attorney granted pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence is given in consideration of the agreements and covenants of the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and, as such, is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable unless and until this Agreement terminates.

 

4. Adjustments. In the event of a reorganization, recapitalization, stock dividend or stock split, or combination or other change in the shares of Common Stock or any merger, consolidation or exchange of shares, the Board may but is not required to, in order to prevent the dilution or enlargement of rights under the Option and other outstanding options or other equity awards, make such adjustments in the number and type of shares covered by the Option and other outstanding options or other equity awards and the exercise prices specified therein as may be determined to be appropriate and equitable.

 

5. Representation and Warranties of Optionholder. Upon each exercise of the Option, the Optionholder shall represent and warrant to the Company, and by such exercise, the Optionholder shall be deemed to have represented and warranted to the Company, that:

 

(a) the Optionholder is acquiring the Purchased Shares for its own account, for investment and not with a view to, or for sale or other disposition in connection with, any distribution of the Purchased Shares, nor with any present intention of selling or otherwise disposing of the Purchased Shares;

 

(b) the Optionholder has had the opportunity to discuss the Company and its plans, operations and financial condition with its officers and the Optionholder has received all information which the Optionholder deems necessary to enable the Optionholder to evaluate the risks, financial and otherwise, inherent in making an investment in the Purchased Shares;

 

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(c) the Optionholder understands that an investment in the Purchased Shares is highly speculative, and the Optionholder is able, without impairing Optionholder’s financial position, to hold the Purchased Shares for an indefinite period of time and to suffer a complete loss on Optionholder’s investment in the Purchased Shares; and

 

(d) the Optionholder hereby acknowledges and states its understanding that transfer of the Purchased Shares is restricted by law and by the terms of the Company’s Bylaws and this Agreement, and the Optionholder must therefore hold the Purchased Shares indefinitely, unless a subsequent disposition of the Purchased Shares is permitted under the terms of applicable law, the Company’s Bylaws and this Agreement.

 

6. Bring-Down of Representations and Warranties. The Optionholder hereby agrees that the representations and warranties set forth above in Section 5 shall be true and correct as of each Closing Date as though then made and as though such date was substituted for the date of this Agreement throughout such representations and warranties.

 

7. Transfer/Assignment Restrictions for Option. The Optionholder shall not transfer, sell or convey the Option, or assign its rights or obligations under this Agreement, to any person. Any transfer in contravention of this Section 7 shall be void ab initio.

 

8. Transfer/Assignment Restrictions for Purchased Shares.

 

(a) Transfer Restrictions.

 

(i) No interest in any Purchased Shares may be transferred, assigned, encumbered or otherwise disposed of except in compliance with and subject to applicable law and all of the terms and conditions of the Company’s Bylaws and this Section 8 or Section 3(e).

 

(ii) The Purchased Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or under any applicable state securities laws, and will be issued to the Optionholder in reliance on applicable exemptions from such registration. No Purchased Shares may be resold or otherwise transferred unless they are first registered or an exemption from such registration is available.

 

(iii) In the event the Company issues physical stock certificates, in addition to any other legends, and unless and until otherwise permitted by this Article, each certificate for Purchased Shares issued to the Optionholder or any subsequent transferee of any such certificate shall be imprinted with substantially the following legend:

 

“The shares represented by this certificate have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, and thus may not be transferred unless registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or unless an exemption from registration is available. The transfer of the shares is also subject to the satisfaction of other conditions set forth in the Company’s Bylaws and an Option Agreement between the issuer and the original holder of the shares, a copy of which may be obtained from the issuer upon demand and free of charge by the registered holder hereof.”

 

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Each certificate for Purchased Shares issued to the Optionholder or any subsequent transferee shall also be imprinted with any legend required pursuant to applicable state corporation and securities laws.

 

(iv) The Company may decline to acknowledge or register a transfer of any Purchased Shares bearing any legends required by this Agreement, and may instruct any transfer agent for its securities to decline the same, until the conditions with respect to transfer of such shares referred to in such legends have been satisfied.

 

(b) Notice of Proposed Transfer. Prior to any proposed sale or other transfer of any interest in any Purchased Shares, the Optionholder shall deliver to the Company: (a) a written notice (a “Transfer Proposal”) describing the manner of such transfer, setting out the terms of the transfer, including the identity of the proposed transferee, the number of shares to be transferred, the price per share, if any, and the terms of payment, and (b) a written opinion, satisfactory in form and substance to the Company, of counsel satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that either the securities proposed to be transferred have been effectively registered under all applicable securities laws or such transfer may be effected without the registration of such shares under any applicable securities law. Except as the Company may otherwise agree, a Transfer Proposal must be delivered to the Company at least 45 days before the date specified in the Transfer Proposal as the closing date for the proposed transfer. Upon receipt of a Transfer Proposal and the opinion described in clause (b) above, and subject to the satisfaction of the other requirements of this Agreement, including without limitation, Section 8(c) herein, the Company shall permit the transfer of the Purchased Shares described in the Transfer Proposal.

 

(c) Right of First Refusal.

 

(i) Within 30 days after it receives a Transfer Proposal, the Company shall have the right (a “Refusal Right”) to elect to purchase the Purchased Shares subject to the Transfer Proposal from the holder thereof, at the price per share specified in the Transfer Proposal in the case of a sale for cash, and at the fair market value of such other property or consideration, in the case of a transfer other than a sale for cash. For purposes of the preceding sentence, “fair market value” shall be determined in good faith by the Board, whose determination in this regard shall be binding and conclusive on the parties hereto.

 

(ii) A Refusal Right shall be exercised by written notice to the Optionholder of the shares subject to the Transfer Proposal, signed by an officer of the Company. The purchase price shall be paid on the date specified in the Transfer Proposal as the closing date for the proposed transfer, and shall be paid, in the Company’s discretion, in cash or, if the Optionholder shall then owe the Company any amount, by cancellation of indebtedness, or both.

 

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(iii) If the Company fails to exercise its Refusal Right after it receives a Transfer Proposal, or fails to close the purchase of the Purchased Shares subject to a Transfer Proposal, the holder may transfer the Purchased Shares subject to the Transfer Proposal at the price specified in the Transfer Proposal or a higher price, in the case of a sale, or otherwise on the terms and in the circumstances specified in the Transfer Proposal, in the case of a transfer other than a sale, provided that such sale or other transfer is consummated within three months after the date of the Transfer Proposal, and provided that the transferee agrees in writing, in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

(iv) The provisions of this Section 8(c) shall not apply to a transfer, either during Optionholder’s lifetime or upon death by will or intestacy, to the Optionholder or any of Optionholder’s ancestors, siblings, descendants, spouse, heirs or legatees, or to any custodian or trustee for the benefit of the Optionholder or any of Optionholder’s ancestors, siblings, descendants, spouse, heirs or legatees; provided that the transferee agrees in writing, in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

(v) In the event the Company issues physical stock certificates, in addition to any other legends, each certificate evidencing any Purchased Shares shall be imprinted with the following legend:

 

“The shares represented by this certificate are subject to certain restrictions set forth in an Option Agreement between the issuer and the original holder of the shares, a copy of which may be obtained from the issuer on demand and free of charge by the registered holder hereof.”

 

(vi) The provisions of this Section 8(c) shall no longer apply after the sale to the public of any securities of the Company by the holder thereof pursuant to an effective registration statement with respect thereto filed under the Securities Act of 1933.

 

(d) Drag-Along Rights. If the holders of a majority of the shares of Common Stock then issued or issuable upon conversion of the shares of the Company’s preferred stock approve a Sale of the Company (as defined below) in writing (the “Approved Sale”), the Optionholder will consent to and raise no objections against the Approved Sale, and if the Approved Sale is structured as a sale of stock, the Optionholder will agree to sell all of its shares of Common Stock and rights to acquire shares of Common Stock on the terms and conditions approved in the manner set forth above. The Optionholder will take all necessary and desirable actions in connection with the consummation of the Approved Sale and will not exercise any dissenters’ rights in connection therewith. The Optionholder hereby appoints the Company as Optionholder’s attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, to execute and deliver such documents on Optionholder’s behalf and the Optionholder further agrees and provides assurances that he will act in good faith to carry out the agreements contained herein and not work in contravention thereof or to circumvent them. The power of attorney granted pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence is given in consideration of the agreements and covenants of the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and, as such, is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable unless and until this Agreement terminates.

 

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A “Sale of the Company” shall mean a transaction or series of related transactions in which a person, or a group of related persons, acquires from stockholders of the Company shares representing more than 50% of the outstanding voting power of the Company.

 

(e) Termination of Restriction. In the event the Company issues physical stock certificates, whenever any restrictions imposed by this Agreement shall terminate with respect to any Purchased Shares, the Optionholder shall be entitled to receive from the Company, without expense to him, one or more new certificates for such particular shares not bearing those restrictive legends set forth in this Agreement which are no longer applicable.

 

(f) “Market Stand-Off”Agreement.

 

(i) Optionholder hereby agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent of the managing underwriter, during the period commencing on the date of the final prospectus relating to the Company’s initial public offering (“IPO”) and ending on the date specified by the Company and the managing underwriter (such period not to exceed 180 days plus such additional period as may be requested by the Company or an underwriter to accommodate regulatory restrictions on (i) the publication or other distribution of research reports, and (ii) analyst recommendations and opinions, including but not limited to, the restrictions contained in FINRA Rule 2711(f)(4) or NYSE Rule 472(f)(4), or any successor provisions or amendments thereto) (i) lend, offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock held immediately prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement for such offering, or (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the shares of Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of shares of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing provisions of this Section 8(f) shall not apply to the sale of any shares to an underwriter pursuant to an underwriting agreement. The underwriters in connection with the IPO are intended third-party beneficiaries of this Section 8(f) and shall have the right, power and authority to enforce the provisions hereof as though they were a party hereto. The Optionholder further agrees to execute such agreements as may be reasonably requested by the underwriters in the IPO that are consistent with this Section 8(f) or that are necessary to give further effect thereto.

 

In order to enforce the foregoing covenant, the Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to the shares of Optionholder’s Common Stock (and transferees and assignees thereof) until the end of such restricted period.

 

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(ii) In the event the Company issues physical stock certificates, in the Optionholder agrees that a legend reading substantially as follows shall be placed on any certificates representing any of Optionholder’s shares of Common Stock:

 

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO A LOCK-UP PERIOD AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ISSUER’S REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILED UNDER THE ACT, AS AMENDED, AS SET FORTH IN AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THE ORIGINAL HOLDER OF THESE SECURITIES, A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE ISSUER’S PRINCIPAL OFFICE. SUCH LOCK-UP PERIOD IS BINDING ON TRANSFEREES OF THESE SHARES.”

 

9. Confidentiality. The Optionholder acknowledges that, in the course of being a stockholder of the Company, it may from time to time be furnished information about the Company, its business, assets, plans, customers, clients, business partners and financial circumstances that is confidential in nature (collectively called “Information”). The Optionholder agrees that it will not use or disclose any Information in any manner without the Company’s written permission, unless and until such Information has become generally known to the public other than through the Optionholder, except (i) necessary in connection with the services it provides the Company during Optionholder’s engagement or employment with the Company or (ii) as required by law. Optionholder’s obligations under this Section 9 shall continue in force both during and after the period that the Optionholder owns any or all of the Purchased Shares.

 

10. Notices. All notices and other communications required or permitted to be given or sent hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed properly served when (a) delivered personally, (b) on the third business day after being deposited in the United States registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, specifically utilizing less than three-day delivery, (c) on the first business day after being delivered to a nationally recognized overnight courier for next business day delivery, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or (d) if sent by e-mail, upon receipt as indicated by the party giving the notice of a “sent” e-mail evidencing that the e-mail was sent to the proper e-mail address, in each case addressed as follows:

 

If to Optionholder, then to the address listed on the signature page.

 

  If to the Company: BioLife4d Corporation
     
    318 Half Day Road, Suite 201
    Buffalo Grove, Illinois 60089
    Attention: Steven Morris
    E-mail: smorris@biolife4d.com
     
  With a copy to: Horwood Marcus & Berk, Chartered
    500 West Madison, Suite 3700
    Chicago, IL 60661
    Attention: Jeffrey A. Hechtman
    E-mail: jhechtman@hmblaw.com

 

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Or to such other address as the respective party may specify by notice given to the other party hereto in accordance with this paragraph.

 

11. Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to agreements between Delaware residents entered into and to be performed entirely within Delaware. The parties hereby agree that (i) any and all litigation arising out of this instrument shall be conducted only in state or federal courts located in Cook County, Illinois and (ii) such courts shall have the exclusive jurisdiction to hear and decide such matters. Each party hereby submits to the personal jurisdiction of such courts and waives any objection such party may have to venue or that such courts are an inconvenient forum. The parties agree that they shall not assert any claim that they are not subject to the jurisdiction of such courts, that the venue is improper, that the forum is inconvenient or any similar objection, claim or argument. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the notice provisions of this Agreement shall apply to service of process with respect to any action brought in accordance with the terms of this Section 11. Each party shall bear its own attorneys’ fees

 

12. Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the transactions contemplated herein and supersedes any language in the Optionholder’s Advisory Board Agreement with respect to any grant to options in the Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Optionholder’s Advisory Board Agreement, this Agreement shall constitute the “Options” that the Company was required to grant the Optionholder pursuant Exhibit A of the Optionholder’s Advisory Board Agreement.

 

13. Amendment; Waiver. This Agreement cannot be terminated, altered or amended except pursuant to an instrument in writing signed by the each of the Company and the Optionholder, except that any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement may be waived in writing at any time by the party which is entitled to the benefits of such waived terms or provisions. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to or shall constitute a waiver or any other provision hereof (whether or not similar).

 

14. Third Parties. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, and their respective heirs, personal representatives, successors and permitted assigns.

 

15. Enforceability. If any provision of the Agreement shall be held invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall attach only to such provision and shall not in any manner affect or render invalid or unenforceable any other provision of this Agreement, and the Agreement shall be carried out as if any such invalid or unenforceable provision were not contained herein.

 

16. Headings. The headings of sections and subsections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute part of this Agreement or to affect the construction hereof.

 

17. Counterparts. This instrument may be executed in counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original, but all of which together will be deemed to be one and the same instrument. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including PDF or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission method, and any counterpart so delivered will be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.

 

[signature page follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed effective as of the date first above written.

 

  COMPANY:
   
  BIOLIFE4D CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
                       
  By: /s/ Steven Morris
  Name: Steven Morris
  Title: CEO
     
  OPTIONHOLDER:
     
  Dr. Jeffrey Morgan, an individual
     
  /s/ Jeffrey Morgan
  Address: 1940 Fountain view Dr.
    Houston, TX 77057
     

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 2

 

Capitalized terms used without definition in this Schedule 2 are used as defined in the Option Agreement (the “Agreement”) of which this Schedule 2 is part.

 

  Optionholder:   Dr. Jeffrey Morgan
  Vesting Commencement Date:   August 6, 2021
  Term:   Five years from the Vesting Commencement Date, subject to adjustment downward pursuant to the Agreement.

 

Vesting Schedule: Subject to Section 3 of the Agreement and the other requirements thereof, the Option may be exercised only upon and after, and to the extent of, vesting. The portion of the Option listed below shall vest on each of the dates listed below, provided in each case the Optionholder’s service as an advisor of the Company continues on such date:

 

Shares Vesting   Date
100% of the Subject Shares   August 6, 2021

 

 

EX-23.1 14 ex23-1.htm

 

Exhibit 23.1

 

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm’s Consent

 

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Experts” and to the inclusion in Amendment #3 to the Registration Statement of BioLife4D Corporation on Form S-1 (file #333-265400) of our report, which includes an explanatory paragraph as to the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, dated February 28, 2022, except for the effects of the restatement for all share and per share amounts for the 1:3 reverse stock split, to which is September 2, 2022 and with respect to our audit of the financial statements of BioLife4D Corporation as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 and for the years then ended.

 

/s/ L J Soldinger Associates, LLC

 

Deer Park, Illinois

United States of America

September 7, 2022

 

 

 

EX-99.2 15 ex99-2.htm

 

Exhibit 99.2

 

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE CHARTER

OF BIOLIFE4D CORPORATION

 

August 23, 2022

 

I. PURPOSE

 

The Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of BioLife4D Corporation (the “Company”) is appointed annually by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) for the purpose of assisting the Board in discharging its responsibilities relating to compensation for the Company’s officers and directors.

 

II. MEMBERSHIP

 

The Committee shall consist of at least three directors. Each member of the Committee shall be independent in accordance with the independence requirements of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (“Dodd-Frank”) and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), as well as the rules and listing requirements of the stock exchanges on which the Company’s common stock may be listed or approved for quotation.

 

The Committee membership may follow phase in provisions of the applicable stock exchanges, so that the Committee shall initially have one independent director; a majority of independent committee members within 90 days of the date of the effective date of the Company’s initial public offering (“IPO”) registration statement; and all independent members within one year of its IPO registration statement effective date.

 

All Committee members, within one year of the IPO registration effective date, must qualify as “non-employee directors” for the purposes of Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

The members and Chairperson of the Committee shall be appointed by the Board annually with a term of one year or until their successors shall be duly appointed and qualified by the Board. The Board shall appoint a new member or members in the event of a vacancy on the Committee that reduces the number of members below three, or in the event that the Board determines that the number of Committee should be increased. The Board may remove any member from the Committee at any time with or without cause.

 

III. AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITIES

 

The Committee has overall responsibility for evaluating and approving the structure, operation, and effectiveness of the Company’s compensation plans, policies and programs for officers and directors, including:

 

1. Approving all employment agreements for the Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), and other executives required to be named in the Company’s proxy statements (collectively, the “Executives”);

 

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2. Annually reviewing, evaluating, and approving individual and corporate goals and objectives relevant to the Chairman’s and the CEO’s compensation; evaluating the Chairman’s and the CEO’s performance in light of those goals and objectives; and determining and approving the CEO’s and Chairman’s compensation based on this evaluation in accordance with their employment agreements, if any. In determining the long-term incentive component of Chairman and CEO compensation, the Committee will consider the Company’s and the individual’s performance, relative shareholder return, the value of similar incentive awards to Chairmen and CEOs at comparable companies, and awards given in past years, among other factors;

 

3. Reviewing annually and approving for the other Executives: (a) the annual base salary level; (b) the annual incentive opportunity level including individual and corporate goals and objectives relevant to each individual Executive; (c) the long-term incentive opportunity level; (d) severance arrangements and change in control agreements/provisions in each case as, when, and if appropriate; and (e) any special or supplemental benefits all in accordance with their employment agreements, if any;

 

4. Annually reviewing management’s recommendations and making its own recommendations to the Board with respect to the compensation of all Executives, including all compensation, incentive compensation plans, equity-based plans, as well as the individuals or groups of individuals receiving awards under incentive-based compensation plans, such as cash bonuses, and equity-based plans such as a long term incentive plan;

 

5. Approving grants, as appropriate, under the Company’s long-term incentive plan for all Executives;

 

6. Reviewing the Company’s incentive compensation arrangements to determine whether they encourage excessive risk-taking; reviewing and discussing the relationship between risk management policies and practices and compensation; and evaluating compensation policies and practices that could mitigate any such risk;

 

7. Making recommendations to the Board regarding director compensation;

 

8. Making regular reports to the Board;

 

9. If required by SEC rules, producing an annual report on executive compensation stating whether the Committee reviewed the Compensation Discussion and Analysis prepared by management and discussed it with management, and whether, based on such review and discussions, the Committee recommended to the Board that such Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in the Company’s annual proxy statement and/or annual report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC, as well as any other disclosure required in accordance with applicable laws, rules, regulations, and listing standards; and

 

10. Performing an annual performance evaluation of the Committee.

 

The Committee shall also perform such additional duties and have such additional functions and responsibilities as the Board may determine from time to time.

 

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IV. OUTSIDE ADVISORS

 

The Committee shall have the authority, in its sole discretion, to select, retain and obtain the advice of compensation consultants, legal counsel, and other advisers as necessary to assist with the execution of its duties and responsibilities as set forth in this Charter. The Committee shall set the compensation, and oversee the work, of such compensation consultant, legal counsel, and other advisers. The compensation consultants, legal, and any other advisors except legal counsel, retained by the Committee shall be independent in accordance with the independence requirements of Dodd-Frank and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the SEC as well as any applicable listing standards and rules of stock exchanges on which the Company’s common stock is listed or approved for quotation. In determining the independence of its advisers, the Committee must consider the following independence factors:

 

  1. Other services provided to the Company by the advisory firm;
     
  2. Fees paid by the Company to the advisory firm as a percentage of the firm’s total revenues;
     
  3. The policies and procedures of the advisory firm that are designed to prevent conflicts of interest;
     
  4. Any business or personal relationship between the advisory firm and a member of the Committee or any executive officer of the advisory firm; and
     
  5. Any stock of the Company owned by the individual member of the advisory firm.

 

The Committee may use legal counsel who is not independent if it so desires.

 

The Committee shall receive appropriate funding from the Company, as determined by the Committee in its capacity as a committee of the Board, for the payment of compensation to its compensation consultants, legal counsel, and any other advisors.

 

V. OPERATIONS

 

The Committee shall meet as often as it deems desirable. The Committee shall take written minutes of its meetings and activities and submit such minutes to the recording secretary of the Company for filing. The Chairperson of the Committee shall report to the Board as requested by the Chairman of the Board.

 

The Committee shall be governed by the same rules regarding meetings (including meetings in person or by telephone or other similar communications equipment), action without meetings, notice, waiver of notice, and quorum and voting requirements as are applicable to the Board.

 

The Committee may invite such members of management to its meetings as it deems appropriate. However, the Committee shall meet regularly without such members present, including employee members of the Committee, and such management members shall not be present at meetings at which their compensation or performance is discussed or determined or under circumstances when the independence of Committee determinations may be compromised.

 

VI. DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY

 

The Committee shall have the authority to delegate any of its responsibilities, along with the authority to take action in relation to such responsibilities, to one or more subcommittees as the Committee may deem appropriate in its sole discretion.

 

VII. PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

 

The Committee shall perform a periodic review and evaluation of the performance of the Committee and its members, including the compliance of the Committee with this Charter. In addition, the Committee shall review and reassess periodically the adequacy of this Charter and recommend to the Board any improvements to this Charter that the Committee considers necessary or desirable. The Committee shall conduct such evaluations and reviews in such manner, and at such times, as it deems appropriate

 

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EX-99.3 16 ex99-3.htm

 

Exhibit 99.3

 

NOMINATING AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE CHARTER

OF BIOLIFE4D CORPORATION

 

August 23, 2022

 

I. PURPOSE

 

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (the “Committee”) of BioLife4D Corporation (the “Company”) is responsible for providing leadership with respect to the corporate governance of the Company and advising and making recommendations to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) regarding candidates for election as directors of the Company.

 

II. MEMBERSHIP

 

The Committee shall consist of at least three members, each of whom shall meet the independence requirements of the stock exchanges on which the Company’s common stock is listed or approved for quotation and applicable laws.

 

The Committee’s membership may follow phase in provisions of the applicable stock exchanges, so that the Committee shall initially have one independent director; a majority of independent committee members within 90 days of the effective date of the Company’s initial public offering (“IPO”) registration statement; and all independent members within one year of the IPO registration statement effective date.

 

The Chairperson and members of the Committee shall be appointed, annually for a term of one year or until their successors are duly appointed and qualified by the Board. The Board shall appoint a new member or members in the event of a vacancy on the Committee that reduces the number of members below three, or in the event that the Board determines that the number of members on the Committee should be increased. The Board may remove any member of the Committee with or without cause at any time.

 

III. MEETINGS

 

The Committee shall meet in person at least once a year, and may hold additional meetings in person or telephonically or other similar communications equipment, as often as may be necessary or appropriate, in the discretion of the Chairperson of the Committee. The Chairperson of the Committee, to the extent feasible, will circulate or discuss the agenda for the meeting in advance with each member of the Committee.

 

The Chairperson of the Committee may also request that members of management, legal counsel, or other advisors attend the meetings of the Committee.

 

IV. COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITY

 

The specific responsibilities of the Committee shall include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

1. Develop recommendations to the Board as to the skills and qualifications required of directors and other criteria to be considered in selecting potential candidates for Board membership.

 

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2. Identify recruits and screen candidates for future Board membership.

 

3. Annually evaluate candidates to be nominated to serve on the Board and recommend the slate of nominees for election at the annual meeting of shareholders and to fill vacancies or new positions on the Board, as necessary or advisable.

 

4. Establish procedures for consideration of, and consider any nominations of, director candidates validly made by the shareholders in accordance with applicable laws, rules, or regulations and for recommendation to the Board.

 

5. Review and recommend to the Board, retirement and other tenure policies for directors.

 

6. Review and make recommendations to the Board with respect to proposals properly presented by shareholders for inclusion in the Company’s annual proxy statement. The Committee may, as appropriate in light of the proposal’s subject matter, refer any proposal to any other committee of the Board for purposes of review and recommendations.

 

7. Annually recommend to the Board for approval the appointment of directors to Board committees and the selection of a Chairperson for each Board committee. Annually evaluate existing board member performance and effectiveness. Review and make recommendations to the Board concerning any removal of committee members.

 

8. Annually recommend to the other independent directors for their selection the independent director who will preside at all meetings of the independent directors and exercise such other responsibilities as may be determined by a majority of the independent directors.

 

9. Annually review the Company’s corporate governance principles and practices in light of changing conditions and shareholders’ interests and make recommendations to the Board regarding appropriate modifications.

 

10. Annually evaluate the overall effectiveness of the organization of the Board (including the effectiveness of the committee structure) and the Board’s (and committees’) effectiveness in the performance of its governance responsibilities and report such findings to the Board.

 

11. Adopt and implement a policy or policies, as appropriate, governing service on the Board of other companies, charities, and institutions applicable to members of the Board and executive officers of the Company.

 

12. Annually review the Company’s corporate charitable and political contributions and expenditures to ensure alignment with Company policies and values.

 

13. Annually review and assess the effectiveness of the Company’s environmental and social responsibility policies, goals, and programs and make recommendations as deemed appropriate based on such review and assessment.

 

14. Review the Company’s succession plans for the CEO and other executive officers and update or revise such plans as appropriate.

 

15. Review the adequacy of this Charter annually, or more often as circumstances dictate, and update or revise the Charter as appropriate.

 

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16. Annually evaluate and take steps to improve the effectiveness of the Committee in meeting its responsibilities under this Charter.

 

17. The Committee shall have the authority in the performance of its responsibilities to:

 

  a. Retain, at the Company’s expense, and terminate any search firm or firms to be used to identify director candidates and authority to approve any such firm’s fees and other retention terms; and
     
  b. Retain, at the Company’s expense, legal counsel, accounting, or other advisors as appropriate to assist in the performance of its duties hereunder, and approve the fees and other retention terms of such advisors.

 

V. OPERATIONS

 

The Committee shall meet as often as it deems desirable. The Committee shall take written minutes of its meetings and activities and circulate it to each member of the Committee and to the full Board. The Committee shall submit such minutes to the recording secretary of the Company for filing. The Chairperson of the Committee shall report to the Board as requested by the Chairman of the Board.

 

The Committee shall be governed by the same rules regarding meetings (including meetings in person or by telephone or other similar communications equipment), action without meetings, notice, waiver of notice, and quorum and voting requirements as are applicable to the Board.

 

The Committee may invite such members of management to its meetings as it deems appropriate. However, the Committee shall meet regularly without such members present (including employee members of the Committee), and such management members shall not be present at meetings at which their nomination or performance is discussed or determined or under circumstances when the independence of Committee determinations may be compromised.

 

VI. DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY

 

The Committee shall have the authority to delegate any of its responsibilities, along with the authority to take action in relation to such responsibilities, to one or more subcommittees as the Committee may deem appropriate in its sole discretion.

 

VII. PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

 

The Committee shall perform a periodic review and evaluation of the performance of the Committee and its members, including the compliance of the Committee with this Charter. In addition, the Committee shall review and reassess periodically the adequacy of this Charter and recommend to the Board any improvements to this Charter that the Committee considers necessary or desirable. The Committee shall conduct such evaluations and reviews in such manner, and at such times, as it deems appropriate.

 

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