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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 16, 2014

July 28, 2022

Registration No. 333-194933

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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
Washington, D.C. 20549

Form S-1
Amendment No. 4
To
FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Kaspien Holdings Inc.
TRANS WORLD ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION(
(Exact Namename of Registrantregistrant as Specifiedspecified in Its Charter)its charter

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New York

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454110

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14-1541629

New York

(State or Other Jurisdictionother jurisdiction of
Incorporation
incorporation or Organization)

organization)
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451220
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(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)

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14-1541629
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

2818 N. Sullivan Rd. Ste 130
Spokane Valley, WA 99216
Telephone: (855) 300-2710
38 Corporate Circle
Albany, New York 12203
(518) 452-1242(
(Address, Including Zip Code,including zip code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code,telephone number, including area code, of Registrant’s Principalregistrant’s principal executive offices)
Brock Kowalchuk
Chief Executive Offices)

Officer

Kaspien Holdings Inc.
2818 N. Sullivan Rd. Ste 130
Spokane Valley, WA 99216
Telephone: (855) 300-2710
John Anderson
Trans World Entertainment Corporation
38 Corporate Circle
Albany, New York 12203
(518) 452-1242(
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code,address, including zip code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code,telephone number, including area code, of Agent For Service)agent for service

With)

Please send a copy of all communications to:

William M. Hartnett

Kimberly C. Petillo-Décossard
Ross Sturman
Cahill Gordon & ReindelLLP
80 Pine Street
32 Old Slip
New York, New York 10005
Telephone: (212) 701-3000

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:As soon as practicableFrom time to time after this Registration Statementregistration statement becomes effective.

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The registrant hereby amends this Registration Statementregistration 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 Statementregistration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Sectionsection 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until this Registration Statementthe registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission acting pursuant to said Sectionsection 8(a), may determine.

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Title of Each Class of
Securities to be Registered

 

Amount to be
Registered

 

Proposed
Maximum Offering
Price per Share(1)

 

Proposed
Maximum Aggregate
Offering Price(2)

 

Amount of
Registration
Fee(3)(4)

 

Common Stock,
0.01 par value per share

 

83,389 shares

 

$5.26

 

$438,626.14

 

$56.50

 

(1)

Highest price paid per share in connection with the original sale of the securities subject to the rescission offer covered by this registration statement.

(2)

Represents the product of the amount to be registered and the proposed maximum offering price per share.

(3)

Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(j) on the basis of the proposed maximum offering price described in Note 2.

(4)

Previously paid.

PROSPECTUS

Trans World Entertainment Corporation

83,389 Shares

Trans World Entertainment Corporation 401(k) Savings Trust
Trans World Entertainment Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan
Rescission Offer

Under the terms and conditions described

The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. The selling shareholders may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This 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 JULY 28, 2022.
PROSPECTUS

Kaspien Holdings Inc.
4,275,342 shares of Common Stock Issuable upon
Exercise of Pre-Funded Warrants and Warrants
This prospectus relates to 4,275,342 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of pre-funded warrants and warrants to purchase shares of common stock of Kaspien Holdings Inc., a New York corporation, that may be sold from time to time by the Selling Shareholders set forth in this prospectus under the heading “Selling Shareholders” beginning on page 14, which we are offeringrefer to rescind (the “Rescission Offer”)as the previous purchase“Selling Shareholders”.
We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the securities under this prospectus, although we could receive up to $7,692,729 upon the exercise of all of the pre-funded warrants and warrants. Any amounts we receive from such exercises will be used for working capital and other general corporate purposes.
Information regarding the Selling Shareholders, the amounts of shares of Trans World Entertainment Corporation common stock par value $0.01 per share,that may be sold by persons who acquired suchthem and the times and manner in which they may offer and sell the shares (the “Shares”)of common stock under this prospectus is provided under the Trans World Entertainment Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan (the “Plan”) between November 1, 2012sections titled “Selling Shareholders” and November 15, 2013 (the “Purchase Period”).

The Rescission Offer applies to Shares purchased during the Purchase Period at prices ranging from $3.29 per Share to $5.26 per Share. For purposes“Plan of Distribution,” respectively, in this prospectus. We have not been informed by any of the Rescission OfferSelling Shareholders that they intend to sell the price paidcommon stock covered by this prospectus and do not know when or receivedin what amount the Selling Shareholders may offer the common stock for sale. The Selling Shareholders may sell any, all, or none of the purchase or salecommon stock offered by this prospectus.

The Selling Shareholders and intermediaries through whom such common stock are sold may be deemed “underwriters” within the meaning of Shares during the Purchase Period is netSecurities Act of commissions1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to the securities offered hereby, and any other applicable fee.

If you purchased Shares pursuantprofits realized or commissions received may be deemed underwriting compensation. We have agreed to indemnify the Plan duringSelling Shareholders against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Purchase Period and accept the Rescission Offer, you will receive:

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In the event you sold such Shares at a loss, an amount equal to the excess of the amount you paid for such Shares over the proceeds from your sale of the Shares, plus interest.

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In the event you currently hold such Shares, upon your tender of such Shares to us by accepting the Rescission Offer, the amount you paid for such Shares, plus interest from the date of the purchase. However, we will not repurchase the Shares if the amount you paid for the Shares, plus interest, is less than the closing price of the Shares on the date of expiration of this Rescission Offer.

Although this prospectus uses the term “interest” when describing the calculation of the Rescission Offer price, the term is only intended to describe the method used to calculate the payment amount, and the payment is not considered interest for federal income tax purposes. Instead, the entire amount will be considered as a payment for the sale of your Shares.

The Rescission Offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on October 21, 2014 (the “Expiration Date”), which is 35 days from the date of this prospectus.

Securities Act.

Our common stock is listed on The NASDAQ Global Selectthe Nasdaq Capital Market under the trading symbol “TWMC.” The“KSPN”. On July 27, 2022, the last reported sale price of our common stock (as reported on The NASDAQ Global Market) on September 15, 2014, was $3.62$2.60 per share. Our principal executive offices are located at 38 Corporate Circle, Albany, New York 12203. Our telephone number is (518) 452-1242.

You may elect to acceptInvesting in our securities involves a high degree of risk. See the Rescission Offer by submitting a Rescission Offer Acceptance Form to us on or before the Expiration Date as set forth in this prospectus. You do not need to take any action to reject the Rescission Offer. If you fail to return the Rescission Offer Acceptance Form by the Expiration Date, you will be deemed by us to have rejected the Rescission Offer. Acceptance or rejection of the Rescission Offer may prevent you from maintaining any action against us based on a claim that we failed to register shares of our common stock purchased pursuant to the Plan during the Purchase Period. In any event, any such claim may be barred by applicable statutes of limitations. Seesection titled “Risk Factors—Your right of rescission, if any, under federal and state law may not survive if you affirmatively reject or fail to accept the Rescission Offer”Factors,” which begins on page 8.

Investing in shares of our common stock involves risks. See “Risk Factors” on page 8.

The Shares subject to the Rescission Offer may be deemed not to have been properly registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), because we never registered shares of our common stock with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for offer and sale to participants under the Plan.

The Staff of the SEC takes the position that an offer to rescind a sale of securities constitutes a new offer to sell the securities. Consequently, absent an applicable exemption, the new offer is subject to the registration provisions of the Securities Act. This prospectus is part of a Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC to register these shares, regardless of whether or not you accept the Rescission Offer.

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

The date of this prospectus is September 16, 2014.

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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE RESCISSION OFFER

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RISK FACTORS

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OUR COMPANY

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THE RESCISSION OFFER

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MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES

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USE OF PROCEEDS

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NOTICE OF BLACKOUT PERIOD

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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

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INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

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LEGAL MATTERS

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EXPERTS

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You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. We have not authorized anyoneany dealer, salesperson or other person to provide you with additionalinformation concerning us, except for the information contained in this prospectus. The information contained in this prospectus is complete and accurate only as of the date on the front cover page of this prospectus, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or different information. If anyone provides you with additional or different information, you should not rely on it.the sale of any securities. This prospectus is not an offer to sell or purchase nor is itthese securities and we are not soliciting an offer to buy or sell these securities in any jurisdictionstate where suchthe offer solicitation or sale is not permitted. You should assume that the information contained in
The date of this prospectus is     accurate only as of its date and that any information incorporated by reference is accurate only as of the date of the document incorporated by reference. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since those dates., 2022

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
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THE OFFERING
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RISK FACTORS
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USE OF PROCEEDS
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SELLING SHAREHOLDERS
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MARKET PRICE AND DIVIDENDS ON COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
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DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED
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LEGAL MATTERS
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EXPERTS
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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
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About this prospectus to “Trans World,” the “Company,” “we” “us,” and “our” refer to Trans World Entertainment Corporation and its subsidiaries.

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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Prospectus

This prospectus the documents incorporated by reference herein and the documents to which we refer you contain certain forward-looking information about the Company. These statements may be made directly in this prospectus or may be incorporated into this document by reference to other documents. Representativesis part of the Company may also make forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical information are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are predictive in nature and can be identified by the use of forward-looking words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “goal,” “objective,” “potential,” “project,” “should,” “will” and “would,” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. Statements concerning projections, future performance developments, events, revenues, expenses, earnings, run rates and any other guidance on present or future periods constitute forward-looking statements. Such statements include, but are not limited to, those relating to the effects of growth, our principal investing activities, levels of assets under management and our current equity capital levels. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. You should be aware that a number of important factors could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to:

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our expectations regarding the effect of the Rescission Offer on the rescission or damage rights of Plan participants;

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the applicability of exemptions from state law with respect to the sale and issuance of the Shares and to the Rescission Offer;

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new product introductions;

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accelerated declines in compact disc and DVD industry sales;

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the highly competitive nature of the retail entertainment business;

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new technology, including digital downloading;

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competitive pricing;

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current economic conditions;

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dependence on key employees and the ability to hire new employees;

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the Company’s level of debt and related restrictions and limitations;

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future cash flows;

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availability of real estate;

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vendor terms;

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interest rate fluctuations;

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adverse publicity;

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product liability claims; and

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changes in laws.

In addition, please refer to our Annual Reportregistration statement on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 1, 2014, including Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” in such report, as well as our other filingsS-1 that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”“SEC”), for using a more detailed discussion“shelf” registration process. Under this shelf registration process, the Selling Shareholders and their permitted transferees may, from time to time, offer and sell, as applicable, any of these risks and uncertainties and other factors. Any forward-looking statements should be read and interpreted together with these and other filings. There can be no assurance that the Company has correctly identified and appropriately assessed all factors affecting its business. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to the Company also may adversely affect the Company. Should any risks and uncertainties develop into actual events, these developments could have material adverse effects on the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations. For these reasons, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the Company’s forward-looking statements. Except as required by law, Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE RESCISSION OFFER

The following questions and answers are intended to address briefly some commonly asked questions regarding the Rescission Offer. These questions and answers do not address all questions that may be important to you as a participant in the Plan who acquired Shares between November 1, 2012, and November 15, 2013. Please refer to “The Rescission Offer” beginning on page 11 and the more detailed information contained elsewheresecurities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings. The Selling Shareholders and their permitted transferees may use the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus, which youshelf registration statement to sell such securities from time to time through any means described in the section entitled “Plan of Distribution.”

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
This summary does not contain all of the information that is important to you. You should read carefully.

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Why are you making the Rescission Offer?

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Prior to November 15, 2013, participants could purchase interests in Trans World Entertainment Corporation common stock through the Plan. The directed Trustee of the Plan, T. Rowe Price Trust Company (the “Trustee”), purchased shares of Trans World Entertainment Corporation common stock pursuant to the direction of Plan participants. Although the shares of Trans World Entertainment Corporation common stock held by the Trustee may have been purchased in the open market by the Trustee, the SEC takes the position that we are required to register with the SEC the deemed sale of these shares, as well as the sale of shares we have contributed directly to the Plan. We have discovered that we inadvertently never registered shares of our common stock for sale to Plan participants in connection with the Plan.

We are making the Rescission Offer with respect to 83,389 Shares sold pursuant to the Plan from November 1, 2012, through November 15, 2013. We are making the Rescission Offer to ensure compliance with the Securities Act and to limit any contingent liability we may have as a result of inadvertently not having registered shares of common stock for sale to Plan participants in accordance with applicable federal registration requirements. We believe that the statute of limitations period applicable to potential claims for rescission under the Securities Act is one year. In determining the Purchase Period, we selected a date after which no unregistered sales of Shares were made under the Plan as the ending date of the Purchase Period, and the date that is twelve months prior to that date. Non-employee members of our Board of Directors were not eligible to participate in the Plan and therefore are not eligible to participate in the Rescission Offer. Our current executive officers and employee members of our Board of Directors who purchased Shares pursuant to the Plan during the Purchase Period have informed us that they do not intend to participate in the Rescission Offer.

The Rescission Offer covers only the 83,389 Shares issued between November 1, 2012 and November 15, 2013. The Rescission Offer does not cover Shares issued prior to November 1, 2012 because we believe that the applicable statute of limitations has already expired with respect to shares issued prior to November 1, 2012 when we discovered that we never registered shares of our common stock for sale to Plan participants in connection with the Plan. The Rescission Offer does not cover Shares issued after November 15, 2013 because we no longer offered Plan participants the option to purchase Shares pursuant to the Plan after that date.

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What will I receive if I accept the Rescission Offer?

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The answer to this question depends on whether you still hold the Shares purchased pursuant to the Plan during the Purchase Period:

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If you have sold such Shares at a loss, we will pay you an amount equal to the amount of the loss, plus interest at a rate of 0.19% per year. Interest will be paid on the amount you originally paid for the Shares during the period from the date of your purchase of the Shares through the Expiration Date. Interest will also be paid on the loss you realized from your sale of the Shares from the date of your sale through the date that payment is made by us.

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If you currently hold such Shares, we will repurchase such Shares for the amount you paid for such Shares, plus interest at a rate of 0.19% per year from the date you purchased the Shares through the Expiration Date. However, we will not repurchase the Shares if the amount you paid for the Shares, plus interest (to the Expiration Date), is less than the closing price of the Shares as of the Expiration Date, as it would not be economically beneficial to you.

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When and how will I receive payment for my Shares if I properly accept the Rescission Offer?

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If we receive a legible, properly completed Rescission Offer Acceptance Form from you on or before 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the Expiration Date and we determine that you are eligible to accept the Rescission Offer, we expect that on or before October 29, 2014:

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If you still have a Plan account, whether or not you are an active employee of Trans World Entertainment Corporation, all proceeds to which you are entitled by accepting the Rescission Offer will be credited to your Plan account and invested in the T. Rowe Price Stable Value Fund. You may exchange the amount invested in the T. Rowe Price Stable Value Fund into other investment funds available under the Plan in accordance with the Plan’s normal procedures.

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If you no longer have a Plan account, a Plan account will be established for you and all proceeds to which you are entitled by accepting the Rescission Offer will be credited to your account and invested in the T. Rowe Price Stable Value Fund You may exchange the amount invested in the T. Rowe Price Stable Value Fund into other investment funds available under the Plan in accordance with the Plan’s normal procedures. Distributions from your Plan account will be managed in accordance with the terms of the Plan as follows:

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Plan account balance greater than $5,000.If your Plan account balance is greater than $5,000 and you are currently not employed by Trans World Entertainment Corporation, your assets will remain in the plan until you choose a distribution from the following options: (1) a direct rollover to an IRA or another qualified plan, (2) a lump sum payment, or (3) installment payments. Absent a consent to a distribution by you, your account balance will remain in the Plan until a distribution is required by the Plan’s mandatory distribution rules. You should review the Plan Summary Plan Description for more information on mandatory distribution events.

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Plan account balance of $5,000 or less. If your Plan account balance is less than or equal to $5,000 and you are currently not employed by Trans World Entertainment Corporation, your account balance will automatically be distributed to you at the end of the year, and you may elect one of the following: (1) direct rollover to an IRA or another qualified plan, or (2) lump sum payment. You will receive notification and information about distribution options after the date your rescission proceeds are credited to your Plan account and before the distribution is made. If you do not make an election within 90 days following that notification, your account balance will be distributed to you in a lump sum or, if your account balance is greater than $1,000 but less than or equal to $5,000, your account balance will automatically be directed to a rollover IRA.

To make any of the above elections, contact Edwin Sapienza (518) 452-1242. Proceeds will be transferred to your Plan account within approximately five business days following the Expiration Date.

We strongly encourage you to review the Plan’s Summary Plan Description that contains additional information on distribution of account balances. To obtain a copy of the Plan’s Summary Plan Description, contact Edwin Sapienza at (518) 452-1242. Payment of proceeds directly to you may result in adverse tax consequences. See “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations.”

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What interest rate will be used in calculating any amounts owed to me?

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We will use an annual interest rate of 0.19%, which is calculated on the basis of the highest weekly average one-year constant maturity Treasury yield in effect at any time during the Purchase Period.

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Does it matter whether I purchased Shares through salary deferrals, rollover contributions, loan repayments, company contributions or transfers between investment funds?

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No. All purchases of Shares made pursuant to the Plan during the Purchase Period will be considered when determining whether you are eligible to accept the Rescission Offer.

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Am I required to accept the Rescission Offer?

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No. You are not required to accept the Rescission Offer. Your decision to accept or reject the Rescission Offer is completely voluntary. If you are an employee of Trans World Entertainment Corporation, acceptance or rejection of the Rescission Offer will not have any bearing or effect on your employment status.

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Should I accept the Rescission Offer?

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You must make your own decision whether to accept the Rescission Offer. In making your decision whether to accept the Rescission Offer, you should consider all relevant factors in light of your particular circumstances, including the potential tax consequences of accepting the Rescission Offer (see “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences”) and, if you now hold Shares you purchased during the Purchase Period, the possibility that the value of such Shares may increase or decrease after the Expiration Date.

You should note, however, that under the terms of the Rescission Offer, we will not repurchase any Shares unless our records indicate that (1) you sold Shares you purchased during the Purchase Period for less than you paid for them and/or (2) you now hold Shares you purchased during the Purchase Period that on the Expiration Date are worth less than the Rescission Offer price. In applying those criteria, we will use a “first-in, first-out,” or “FIFO,” principle in determining whether Shares were sold at a loss and whether you now hold Shares eligible for repurchase pursuant to the Rescission Offer. You should apply the same principle in determining whether or not to accept the Rescission Offer. An example calculation using the FIFO principle is included with the Rescission Offer Acceptance Form that accompanies this prospectus.

WE URGE YOU TO REVIEW THIS PROSPECTUS CAREFULLY BEFORE DECIDING WHETHER TO ACCEPT OR REJECT THE RESCISSION OFFER.

If you have questions about the Rescission Offer acceptance process, you can call Edwin Sapienza (518) 452-1242, Monday through Friday between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time.

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Will there be any restrictions on the future transfer of my shares if I do not accept the Rescission Offer?

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The shares of common stock which are the subject of this Rescission Offer have now been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 by virtue of the registration statement of which thisthe entire prospectus, is a part. We believe that these shares are transferable by plan participants in the ordinary course, subject to restrictions on trading that may be applicable from time to time (as in the case of the Company’s customary “blackout” periods).

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Where can I find information about my purchases and sales of Shares?

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Detailed information about your purchases of Shares during the Purchase Period and any subsequent sales of such Shares is available to you through your online account. You can access your online account through www.rps.troweprice.com.

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Will the Rescission Offer affect my ability to direct transactions in my account?

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Yes. In order to ensure smooth processing of the Rescission Offer, if you hold Shares in the Plan as of the Expiration Date, all transactions relating to Shares in your Plan account will be temporarily suspended on the Expiration Date whether or not you accept the Rescission Offer and whether or not we repurchase your Shares. This temporary suspension is called a “blackout period.” As a result, you will be subject to the risk that, due to events in the securities markets, the value of your Plan account could significantly decline during this period and you would not be able to sell Shares under the Plan to avoid this result. For more information about the blackout period, see “Notice of Blackout Period.” The blackout period will commence at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the Expiration Date and is anticipated to end at 12:01 a.m., Eastern Time, on October 29, 2014. You will be notified in the event that the blackout date is extended past such date.

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What is the effect of the Rescission Offer on my ability to assert claims?

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The rights remaining to the recipients of a rescission offer are not clearly delineated under federal or certain state securities laws. The staff of the SEC takes the position that a rescission offer does not alter a person’s remedies under the Securities Act.

For a more detailed description of the effect of the Rescission Offer on any applicable federal securities law claims, see “Risk Factors—The Rescission Offer may not bar claims relating to our issuance of shares in excess of the number registered, and we may continue to be contingently liable for rescission or damages in an indeterminate amount” and “Risk Factors—Your right of rescission, if any, under federal and state law may not survive if you affirmatively reject or fail to accept the Rescission Offer.”

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May I accept the Rescission Offer in part?

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No. If you accept the Rescission Offer, then you must accept it for all Shares that were purchased during the Purchase Period that you still hold as well as all Shares that you purchased during the Purchase Period that were sold at a loss. As described above, however, if you accept the Rescission Offer, we will only repurchase those Shares that, as of the Expiration Date, have a value less than the price you paid for the Shares, plus interest (to the Expiration Date).

If you do not accept the Rescission Offer, you will retain ownership of all of your Shares and will not receive any payment for the Shares subject to the Rescission Offer.

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What happens if I accept the Rescission Offer for Shares that I currently hold in my account but the amount I would receive for the Shares is less than the closing price of the Shares on the Expiration Date?

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If you submit a Rescission Offer Acceptance Form, we will not repurchase those Shares for which the price per Share that you paid, plus interest (to the Expiration Date), is less than the closing price of a Share as of the Expiration Date. Accordingly, those Shares will remain in your Plan account.

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What are the tax consequences if I accept the Rescission Offer?

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The federal tax consequences to you depend on your specific circumstances, including whether you currently have a Plan account.

If you currently have a Plan account, in general, the sale to us of Shares and the Plan’s receipt of any funds pursuant to your acceptance of the Rescission Offer will not be considered taxable events for federal income tax purposes. This is because all the funds we pay as a result of your acceptance of the Rescission Offer will be paid to the Plan Trustee and not directly to you. However, upon any later withdrawal or distribution of funds from your Plan account, the distributed funds, including amounts attributable to the Rescission Offer generally will be taxable as ordinary income to you. Furthermore, an additional ten percent federal income tax may be imposed, depending on your age. See the section of this Prospectus entitled “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences” for more information.

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If you do not currently have an individual Plan account because you have directed and caused a full distribution from the Plan, any amounts paid in respect of the Rescission Offer will be paid to a new Plan account established for you and will not be considered a taxable event for federal income tax purposes. These amounts will be distributed to you under the Plan’s distribution rules, which vary based on your personal circumstances, such as your Plan account balance, age, and employment. Thus, you should review the Plan’s Summary Plan Description for more information on your distribution options. A direct rollover into an individual retirement account or other qualified retirement plan is not considered to be a taxable event for federal income tax purposes. If the proceeds from the Rescission Offer are not rolled over, however, and you receive a distribution from the Plan, such distribution will generally be taxable as ordinary income to you. An additional ten percent federal income tax may be imposed depending on your age. See the section of this Prospectus entitled “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences” for more information.

You should also consult with your own tax advisor regarding the specific consequences to you of the Rescission Offer, including the U.S. federal, state, local, foreign and other tax consequences and the potential changes in applicable tax law.

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When does the Rescission Offer expire?

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The Rescission Offer expires at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on October 21, 2014.

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What do I need to do now to accept the Rescission Offer?

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You may mail or fax to us your Rescission Offer Acceptance Form or send it by overnight delivery service. In order to accept the Rescission Offer, you must complete, sign and date the Rescission Offer Acceptance Form and return it by mail, fax or overnight delivery service so that it is received by us on orRisk Factors, before 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on October 21, 2014. The Rescission Offer Acceptance Form must be legible. You may mail or deliver by overnight delivery service your Rescission Offer Acceptance Form to:

making an investment decision.

Company History
Kaspien Holdings Inc. (f/k/a Trans World Entertainment Corporation Rescission Offer
38 Corporate Circle
Albany, New York 12203

You may fax your Rescission Offer Acceptance FormCorporation) (“Kaspien”), which, together with its consolidated subsidiaries, is referred to (518) 862-9747.

If you choose to acceptherein as the Rescission Offer, we recommend that you send or fax the Rescission Offer Acceptance Form sufficiently in advance of the Expiration Date to ensure its receipt by the deadline specified above. The method for returning the Rescission Offer Acceptance Form is at your option“Company”, “we”, “us” and risk, and delivery will be deemed made only when actually received by us at the address or fax indicated above. If delivery is by mail, we recommend using registered mail with return receipt requested.

WE MUST RECEIVE YOUR LEGIBLE AND PROPERLY COMPLETED RESCISSION OFFER ACCEPTANCE FORM ON OR BEFORE 5:00 P.M.“our”, EASTERN TIME, ON THE EXPIRATION DATE OF OCTOBER 21, 2014. OTHERWISE, YOU WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REJECTED THE RESCISSION OFFER. WE WILL, IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION, DETERMINE WHETHER YOUR RESCISSION OFFER ACCEPTANCE FORM HAS BEEN PROPERLY COMPLETED AND WHETHER YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO ACCEPT THE RESCISSION OFFER.

Proceeds, if any, will be disbursed to your 401(k) Plan account within approximately 5 business days following the Expiration Date of the Rescission Offer.

We recommend that you write down your identification number printed on your Rescission Offer acceptance form. You will need to provide that identification number if you change your mind and decide to revoke your acceptance of the offer prior to the Expiration Date.

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What do I need to do now to reject the Rescission Offer and keep the Shares in my Plan account?

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You do not need to take any action to reject the Rescission Offer.

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What happens if I do not return the Rescission Offer Acceptance Form?

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If you do not return the Rescission Offer Acceptance Form on or before 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the Expiration Date, you will be deemed to have rejected the Rescission Offer, and any Shares you hold in your Plan account will remain in your account. In addition, the Shares that you now own and that are subject to the Rescission Offer, for purposes of applicable federal securities law, will be registered securities as of the date of this prospectus.

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What happens to my Plan account if I reject the Rescission Offer?

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If you hold Shares under the Plan as of the Expiration Date, you will be subject to the blackout period even if you reject the Rescission Offer. This temporary suspension is called a “blackout period,” which will begin at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the Expiration Date. We currently anticipate the blackout period will end at 12:01 a.m., Eastern Time, on October 29, 2014. You will be notified in the event that the blackout period is extended past such date. The Shares will remain in your account and this Rescission Offer will not affect your ability to sell Shares once the blackout period ends.

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Can I change my mind after I have mailed my signed Rescission Offer Acceptance Form?

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Yes. You can change your decision about accepting or rejecting the Rescission Offer by delivering notice of the change to us as described below at any time before 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the Expiration Date.

If you change your decision and want to reject the Rescission Offer after having submitted the Rescission Offer Acceptance Form, then you may reject the Rescission Offer by sending a notice via mail, overnight delivery service or fax that includes your name, your identification number located on your Rescission Offer Acceptance Form, and a clear indication that you are rejecting the Rescission Offer. You may send your notice of rejection to:

Trans World Entertainment Corporation Rescission Offer
38 Corporate Circle
Albany, New York 12203

You may fax your notice of rejection to (518) 862-9747.

THIS NOTICE OF REJECTION MUST BE LEGIBLE AND RECEIVED BY MAIL, OVERNIGHT DELIVERY SERVICE OR FAX AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS ON OR BEFORE 5:00 P.M., EASTERN TIME, ON THE EXPIRATION DATE OF OCTOBER 21, 2014. OTHERWISE YOU WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE ACCEPTED THE RESCISSION OFFER PURSUANT TO YOUR ELECTION ON THE ORIGINAL RESCISSION OFFER ACCEPTANCE FORM(S).

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Does the Rescission Offer affect any loan repayments I am currently making to the Plan?

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If you have an outstanding loan from the Plan, the amount that you are required to repay will not change as a result of your acceptance or rejection of the Rescission Offer.

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Who can help answer my questions?

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If you have any questions about accessing your Plan transaction history, you can find more information by accessing your account at www.rps.troweprice.com. If you need further assistance or if you do not have access to your online account, you should call Edwin Sapienza at (518) 452-1242 to request a detailed listing of your transactions by mail or fax. Please allow 13 days to receive your records.

If you have questions regarding the Rescission Offer, you may call Edwin Sapienza at (518) 452-1242, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time.

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RISK FACTORS

An investment in our common stock involves risks. You should carefully consider the following risk factors relating to the Rescission Offer in addition to the risks identified in “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” above and the risks identified in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 1, 2014, including those risks identified under the caption “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K. Please see “Where You Can Find More Information” on page 17.

The Rescission Offer may not bar claims relating to our issuance of shares in excess of the number registered, and we may continue to be contingently liable for rescission or damages in an indeterminate amount.

It is not certain that the Rescission Offer will have the effect of barring claims relating to our issuance of shares of common stock in excess of the number we registered. If a person accepts the Rescission Offer, but subsequently asserts a claim against us for an additional remedy, we would expect to assert that the person’s acceptance of the Rescission Offer eliminated any liability we might have had to that person under section 12 of the Securities Act. We do not believe that the original issuance of the Shares violated the registration requirements of any state securities laws. Should the Rescission Offer be rejected, we may continue to be contingently liable for rescission or damages under federal law. In addition, the Rescission Offer will not prevent regulators from pursuing enforcement actions or imposing penalties and fines against us with respect to any violations of securities laws. In any event, we do not expect the Rescission Offer to have a material impact on our financial condition or liquidity.

Your right of rescission, if any, under federal and state law may not survive if you affirmatively reject or fail to accept the Rescission Offer.

The rights remaining to the recipients of a rescission offer are not clearly delineated under federal or certain state securities laws. If you affirmatively reject or fail to accept the Rescission Offer, it is unclear whether your federal right of rescission, if any, will be preserved. The staff of the SEC takes the position that a rescission offer does not alter a person’s remedies under the Securities Act. However, the few federal courts that have addressed this issue in the past have suggested that, at least in certain circumstances, a person who rejects or fails to accept a rescission offer may be precluded from later seeking similar relief. The Rescission Offer may also affect your right of rescission and your right to damages, if any, under state law. We believe that the sale of the Shares that are the subject of the Rescission Offer were exempt from registration under state laws. Furthermore, we believe that the Rescission Offer is exempt from registration under the laws of such states and thus need not comply with the laws of such states regulating such offers. However, we do not make any representation as to the compliance of this Rescission Offer with applicable state law. Under most state laws, acceptance or rejection of rescission offers may preclude offerees from initiating an action against the rescission offeror in connection with the registration of securities that are the subject of the rescission offer. We may assert, among other defenses, in any litigation initiated by a person eligible to participate in the Rescission Offer who accepts or rejects the Rescission Offer, that such person is estopped from asserting such claims as a result of the Rescission Offer.

Generally, the statute of limitations for enforcement of federal statutory rescission rights by a security holder is one year commencing on the date of the sale of the security sold in violation of the federal registration requirements. Statutes of limitations under state laws vary by state, with the limitation time period under many state statutes not typically beginning until the facts giving rise to a violation are known. Our Rescission Offer is not an admission that we did not comply with any federal and state registration or disclosure requirements nor is it a waiver by us of any applicable statute of limitations or any potential defense we may have. Determining when a statute of limitations expires under federal or state law can be a difficult issue, and you should consult with an attorney if you have any questions regarding how federal or state statutes of limitations may apply to any claims you have.

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You will not be permitted to conduct any transactions relating to the Shares within your Plan account for a period of time following the Expiration Date.

Because you will not be permitted to conduct any transactions with respect to Shares in your Plan account during this period, you will be subject to the risk that due to events in the securities markets, the value of your account could significantly decline during this period and you would not be able to make transfers to avoid or mitigate this result. In addition, any proceeds you receive for the sale of Shares in the Rescission Offer will not be deposited into your Plan account for up to approximately five business days following the Expiration Date. If you still have a Plan account, whether or not you are an active employee of Trans World Entertainment Corporation, these proceeds will be allocated to your Plan account and invested in T. Rowe Price Stable Value Fund. If you do not have a Plan account, a Plan account will be created for you and the funds will be invested in the T. Rowe Price Stable Value Fund. In all cases, you will be subject to the risk that the purchase price of the applicable investment could increase in value prior to the reinvestment of proceeds in your account, resulting in a higher Share cost for such investment. See “Notice of Blackout Period” for additional information.

Holders who do not accept the Rescission Offer may exercise their legal rights even after the end of the Rescission Offer.

An eligible holder who does not accept the Rescission Offer may assert his or her legal rights under section 12 of the Securities Act throughout the remaining statutory period, although in that case we would expect to assert, among other defenses, that the holder is estopped from asserting claims at that point.

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OUR COMPANY

We werewas incorporated in New York in 1972. We own 100% of the outstanding common stockCommon Stock of Record Town,Kaspien Inc., See below for additional information.

Kaspien provides a platform of software and services to empower brands to grow their online distribution channels on digital marketplaces such as Amazon, Walmart and Target, among others. The Company helps brands achieve their online retail goals through whichits innovative and proprietary technology, tailored strategies and mutually beneficial partnerships.
We are guided by 5 core principles:
We are partner obsessed. Our customers are our principal operationspartners. Every decision is focused on building mutually beneficial relationships that deliver results.
We are conducted.insights driven. We operate retail storesmake data actionable. Our curiosity drives us to discover opportunities early and three e-commerce sitesoften.
We create simplicity. We challenge the status quo. We take the complicated and we are one of the largest specialty retailers of entertainment products, including video, music, electronics, trend, video gamessimplify it.
We take ownership. We make things happen. We hold ourselves accountable and related productshave a bias for action.
We empower each other. We welcome and learn from diverse experiences. Our empathy ignites innovation and empowers meaningful change.
Our Business
Kaspien’s mission is to accelerate partner brand growth on today’s leading online marketplaces. Our vision is to become a global leader in the United States.brand accelerator industry by improving partner efficiency and profitability. Our marketplace as a service (“MaaS”) approach consists of delivering technology-enabled services to our partners, including software and associated support services. Our primary focus marketplaces are Amazon US, Amazon CA, Amazon DE and Amazon EU (including UK), with additional service and support available for Target+ and Walmart marketplaces.
Kaspien leverages its 13 years of ecommerce and online brand management experience to provide tech-enabled, partner-specific recommendations—resulting in a clear plan of action, pricing, and timeline. Our team of ecommerce experts use internal and external software to deliver insights and results in the areas of listing creation, content optimization, paid advertising, campaign management and supply chain / logistical support.
Our MaaS business delivers blended contribution margin across retail and agency models. This marketplace growth platform allows for a diversified go-to-market approach, enabling economies of scale for multiple operations.
Retail business model: We buy inventory and use our expertise, technology, and services to generate revenue through marketplace transactions. Kaspien provides account management, brand communications, listings management, data reporting, joint business planning and comprehensive marketing support services. Our target partners are enterprise-level and other large growth brands, and derive margin based on pricing.
Agency business model: We use our expertise, technology, and services to manage our partners’ marketplace presence through channel management with no inventory position. Kaspien provides account management, media planning, media analytics, search strategy, business planning and data reporting support services. Our target partners in this space range from small, first-to-market brands to full-scale, enterprise brands. We derive margin based on a percentage of ad spend, commissions, and/or specific service fees.
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Kaspien provides all the software and services required to drive brand growth and achieve a brand’s goals on Amazon, Walmart, and Target through multiple business models—namely, Retail and Agency services. We are a technology enabled services company built for marketplace growth. A high-level visualization of our business model is shown in Figure 1 below.

Our principal executive office is 38 Corporate Circle, Albany, New York 12203,offices are located at 2818 N. Sullivan Rd. Ste 130, Spokane Valley, WA 99216, and our telephone number is (518) 452-1242. Our internet address is www.twec.com. The information contained on our website is not part(855) 300-2710.
Private Placement of this prospectus.

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THE RESCISSION OFFER

BackgroundShares of Common Stock and ReasonsWarrants

On July 12, 2022, we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “PIPE Purchase Agreement”) with the Selling Shareholders for the Rescission Offer

The Plan is a qualified defined contribution plan under Section 401(a)private placement offering (“Private Placement”) of the Internal Revenue CodeCompany’s common stock or pre-funded warrants (with each pre-funded warrant exercisable for one share of 1986, as amended. common stock) in lieu thereof, and warrants exercisable for one share of common stock. Pursuant to the PIPE Purchase Agreement, the Company agreed to issue and sell 1,818,182 shares of its common stock or pre-funded warrants in lieu thereof together with warrants to purchase up to 2,457,160 shares of common stock. Each share of common stock and accompanying warrant was sold together at a combined offering price of $3.30 per share.

The purposepre-funded warrants are immediately exercisable, at a nominal exercise price of $0.001, and may be exercised at any time until all of the Plan is to provide a voluntary, systematic method for participants to save a specified percentagepre-funded warrants are exercised in full. Under the terms of the participant’s compensationpre-funded warrants, the Company may not effect the exercise of any such warrant, and a holder will not be entitled to exercise any portion of any such warrant, if, upon giving effect to such exercise, the aggregate number of shares of common stock beneficially owned by the holder (together with its affiliates, any other persons acting as a group together with the holder or any of the holder’s affiliates, and any other persons whose beneficial ownership of common stock would or could be aggregated with the holder’s for retirementpurposes of Section 13(d) or Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) would exceed 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 such warrant, which percentage may be increased or decreased at the holder’s election upon 61 days’ notice to the Company subject to the terms of such warrants, provided that such percentage may in no event exceed 9.99%.
The warrants have an exercise price of $3.13 per share (subject to adjustment as set forth in the warrant), are exercisable upon issuance and will expire five years from the date of issuance. The warrants contain standard adjustments to defer federal income taxthe exercise price including for stock splits, stock dividend, rights offerings and where allowed, state, citypro rata distributions.
The Private Placement closed on July 14, 2022. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the private placement for working capital and county income tax, on such compensation. T. Rowe Price Trustother general corporate purposes. See “Use of Proceeds.”
In connection with the PIPE Purchase Agreement, the Company entered into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with the Selling Shareholders. Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company is required to file a resale registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) with the directed TrusteeSecurities and exchange Commission (the “SEC”) to register for resale of the Plan.Shares, the shares issuable upon exercise of the pre-funded warrants and the warrants within twenty (20) days after the Closing Date (the
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“Filing Date”). Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Registration Statement shall be declared effective within 30 days after the Filing Date or 60 days following the Filing Date if the Registration Statement is reviewed by the SEC. The Company will be obligated to pay certain liquidated damages to the investor if the Company fails to file the resale registration statement when required, fails to cause the Registration Statement to be declared effective by the SEC when required, of if the Company fails to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.
Additionally, all of the Company’s executive officers, directors and holders of more than 10% of the Company’s common stock entered into a Lock-Up Agreement (the “Lock-Up Agreement”) pursuant to which they agreed not to sell or transfer any securities of the Company held by them for a period of 90 days from the effective date of the Registration Statement, subject to limited exceptions.
Aegis Capital Corp. acted as the placement agent in participants’ accounts are held inconnection with the Private Placement. Pursuant to the engagement agreement, Aegis was paid a trust fund maintained forcommission equal to 7% of the benefit of participantsgross proceeds received by the Company in the Plan. TherePrivate Placement. The Company paid Aegis $75,000 for fees and expenses including attorney fees.
Registered Direct Offering of Common Stock and Warrants
On July 12, 2022, the Company also entered into an Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Registered Purchase Agreement”) with the Selling Shareholders, pursuant to which the Company issued and sold 638,978 shares of its common stock or pre-funded warrants in lieu thereof, with each pre-funded warrant exercisable for one share of common stock (the “Registered Offering”). The Company received approximately $2 million in gross proceeds from the Registered Offering, before deducting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses. The shares were offered and sold pursuant to the Company’s effective registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-252911), which was declared effective by the Securities Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 11, 2021, and the base prospectus included therein, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement filed with the SEC on July 14, 2022.
The Registered Offering closed on July 14, 2022. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Registered Offering for working capital and other general corporate purposes. See “Use of Proceeds.”
Aegis Capital Corp. also acted as the placement agent in connection with the Registered Offering. Pursuant to the engagement agreement, Aegis was paid a commission equal to 7% of the gross proceeds received by the Company in the Registered Offering.
The foregoing descriptions of the PIPE Purchase Agreement, Registered Purchase Agreement, pre-funded warrants, warrants, Registration Rights Agreement, Lock-Up Agreement and the placement agent engagement agreement described herein are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by, such documents, which are incorporated herein by reference.
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THE OFFERING
Outstanding Shares of Common Stock immediately prior to the Private Placement
3,140,471
Shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of all pre-funded warrants and warrants
4,275,342
Use of Proceeds
We are not selling any securities under this prospectus and we will not receive any proceeds from the sale of securities by the Selling Shareholders, although we could receive up to $7,692,729 upon the exercise of all of the warrants. Any amounts we receive from such exercises, along with approximately $7 million in net proceeds received in the Private Placement and Registered Offering, will be used for working capital to implement our strategic plans focused on brand acquisition, investments in technology to enhance our scalable platform and our core retail business. The holders of the warrants are not currently 13 funds availableobligated to participantsexercise the warrants and we cannot assure you that the holders of the warrants will choose to exercise all or any of the warrants. See “Use of Proceeds.”
Nasdaq Capital Market Symbol for Common Stock
Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the Plan.symbol “KSPN.”
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RISK FACTORS
Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Investors should carefully consider the risks described below and all of the other information set forth in this Registration Statement on Form S-1 before deciding to November 15, 2013, plan participantsinvest in our common stock. If any of the events or developments described below occur, our business, financial condition, or results of operations could purchase sharesbe materially or adversely affected. As a result, the market price of our common stock could decline, and investors could lose part or all of their investment.
Risks Related to Our Business
If we cannot successfully implement our business strategy our growth and profitability could be adversely impacted.
Our future results will depend, among other things, on our success in implementing our business strategy. The ability of the Company to meet its liabilities and to continue as a going concern is dependent on improved profitability, the continued implementation of the strategic initiative to reposition Kaspien as a platform of software and services, the availability of future funding and overcoming the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
There can be no assurance that we will be successful in further implementing our business strategy or that the strategy, including the completed initiatives, will be successful in sustaining acceptable levels of sales growth and profitability. Based on recurring losses from operations, negative cash flows from operations, the expectation of continuing operating losses for the foreseeable future, negative cash flows for operations and uncertainty with respect to any available future funding, the Company has concluded that there is substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Our financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Continued increases in Amazon Marketplace fulfillment and storage fees could have an adverse impact on our profit margin and results of operations.
The Company utilizes Amazon’s Freight by Amazon (“FBA”) platform to store their products at the Amazon fulfillment center and to pack and distribute these products to customers. If Amazon continues to increase its FBA fees, our profit margin could be adversely affected.
Our business depends on our ability to build and maintain strong product listings on e-commerce platforms. We may not be able to maintain and enhance our product listings if we receive unfavorable customer complaints, negative publicity, or otherwise fail to live up to consumers’ expectations, which could materially adversely affect our business, results of operations and growth prospects.
Maintaining and enhancing our product listings is critical in expanding and growing our business. However, a significant portion of our perceived performance to the customer depends on third parties outside of our control, including suppliers and third-party delivery agents as well as online retailers such as Amazon and Walmart. Because our agreements with our online retail partners are generally terminable at will, we may be unable to maintain these relationships, and our results of operations could fluctuate significantly from period to period. Because we rely on third parties to deliver our products, we are subject to shipping delays or disruptions caused by inclement weather, natural disasters, labor activism, health epidemics or bioterrorism. We may also experience shipping delays or disruptions due to other carrier-related issues relating to their own internal operational capabilities. Further, we rely on the business continuity plans of these third parties to operate during pandemics, like the COVID-19 pandemic, and we have limited ability to influence their plans, prevent delays, and/or cost increases due to reduced availability and capacity and increased required safety measures.
Customer complaints or negative publicity about our products, delivery times, or marketing strategies, even if not accurate, especially on blogs, social media websites and third-party market sites, could rapidly and severely diminish consumer view of our product listings and result in harm to our brands. Customers may also make safety-related claims regarding products sold through our online retail partners, such as Amazon, which may result in an online retail partner removing the Plan. To effectuate purchases and sales of shares by participants, the Trusteeproduct from its marketplace. We have from time to time purchasedexperienced such removals and soldsuch removals may materially impact our common stockfinancial results depending on the product that is removed and length of time that it is removed. We also use and rely on other services from third parties, such as our telecommunications services, and those services may be subject to outages and interruptions that are not within our control.
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A change in one or more of the Company’s partners’ policies or the Company’s relationship with those partners could adversely affect the Company’s results of operations.
The Company is dependent on its partners to supply merchandise in a timely and efficient manner. If a partner fails to deliver on its commitments, whether due to financial difficulties or other reasons, the Company could experience merchandise shortages that could lead to lost sales.
Historically, the Company has not experienced difficulty in obtaining satisfactory sources of supply and management believes that it will continue to have access to adequate sources of supply. The Company had one vendor that represented 11.0% of net revenue in fiscal 2021.
Our revenue is dependent upon maintaining our relationship with Amazon and failure to do so, or any restrictions on our ability to offer products on the Amazon Marketplace, could have an adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
The Company generates substantially all its revenue through the Amazon Marketplace. Therefore, we depend in large part on our relationship with Amazon for growth. In particular, we depend on our ability to offer products on the Amazon Marketplace. We also depend on Amazon for the timely delivery of products to customers. Any adverse change in our relationship with Amazon, including restrictions on the ability to offer products or termination of the relationship, could adversely affect our continued growth and financial condition and results of operations.
We have substantial indebtedness, which could adversely affect our business.
We have a significant amount of debt and we may continue to incur additional debt in the open marketfuture. As of January 29, 2022 (the end of our last fiscal year), the Company had borrowings of $10.0 million under our credit facility with Eclipse. We also had borrowings of $4.4 million under our Subordinated Debt facility, with interest accruing at market prices. Although the sharesrate of twelve percent (12%) per annum and compounded on the last day of each calendar quarter by becoming a part of the principal amount. On March 2, 2022, we incurred an additional $5.0 million under our Subordinated Debt Facility, with interest accruing at the rate of fifteen percent (15%) per annum and compounded on the last day of each calendar quarter by becoming a part of the principal amount. Substantially all of our assets, including the capital stock of Kaspien is pledged to secure our indebtedness. This leverage also exposes us to significant risk by limiting our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business (whether through competitive pressure or otherwise), our industry and the economy at large. In addition, our ability to make payments on, or repay or refinance, such debt, and to fund our operating and capital expenditures, depends largely upon our future operating performance. Our future operating performance, to a certain extent, is subject to general economic, financial, competitive, regulatory and other factors that are beyond our control.
The terms of our asset-based revolving credit agreement and subordinated debt agreement impose certain restrictions on us that may impair our ability to respond to changing business and economic conditions, which could have a significant adverse impact on our business. Additionally, our business could suffer if our ability to acquire financing is reduced or eliminated.
On February 20, 2020, Kaspien entered into a Loan and Security Agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) with Eclipse, as administrative agent, under which the lenders committed to provide up to $25 million in loans under a four-year, secured revolving credit facility (the “Credit Facility”). On March 30, 2020, we entered into a Subordinated Loan and Security Agreement (the “Subordinated Loan Agreement”) with the lenders party thereto from time to time (the “Lenders”) and TWEC Loan Collateral Agent, LLC (“Collateral Agent”), as collateral agent for the Lenders, pursuant to which the Lenders made a $5.2 million secured term loan (the “Subordinated Loan”) to Kaspien. We subsequently amended the Subordinated Loan to add an additional $5.0 million secured term loan.
Among other things, the Loan Agreement and Subordinated Loan Agreement limit Kaspien’s ability to incur additional indebtedness, create liens, make investments, make restricted payments or specified payments and merge or acquire assets. The Loan Agreement also requires Kaspien to comply with a financial maintenance covenant.
The Loan Agreement and Subordinated Loan Agreement contains customary events of default, including, but not limited to, payment defaults, breaches of representations and warranties, covenant defaults, cross-defaults to
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other obligations, customary ERISA defaults, certain events of bankruptcy and insolvency, judgment defaults, the invalidity of liens on collateral, change in control, cessation of business or the liquidation of material assets of the borrowers and guarantors taken as a whole, the occurrence of an uninsured loss to a material portion of collateral and, in the case of the Credit Facility, failure of the obligations to constitute senior indebtedness under any applicable subordination or intercreditor agreements, including our Subordinated Debt.
Risks Related to Information Technology and Intellectual Property
Breach of data security could harm our business and standing with our customers.
The protection of our partner, employee and business data is critical to us. Our business, like that of most companies, involves confidential information about our employees, our suppliers and our Company. We rely on commercially available systems, software, tools and monitoring to provide security for processing, transmission and storage of all such data, including confidential information. Despite the security measures we have in place, our facilities and systems, and those of our third-party service providers, may be vulnerable to security breaches, acts of vandalism, computer viruses, misplaced or lost data, programming or human errors, or other similar events. Unauthorized parties may attempt to gain access to our systems or information through fraud or other means, including deceiving our employees or third-party service providers. The methods used to obtain unauthorized access, disable or degrade service, or sabotage systems are also constantly changing and evolving, and may be difficult to anticipate or detect. We have implemented and regularly review and update our control systems, processes and procedures to protect against unauthorized access to or use of secured data and to prevent data loss. However, the ever-evolving threats mean we must continually evaluate and adapt our systems and processes, and there is no guarantee that they will be adequate to safeguard against all data security breaches or misuses of data. Any security breach involving the misappropriation, loss or other unauthorized disclosure of customer payment card or personal information or employee personal or confidential information, whether by us or our vendors, could damage our reputation, expose us to risk of litigation and liability, disrupt our operations, harm our business and have an adverse impact upon our net sales and profitability. As the regulatory environment related to information security, data collection and use, and privacy becomes increasingly rigorous, with new and changing requirements applicable to our business, compliance with those requirements could also result in additional costs. Further, if we are unable to comply with the security standards established by banks and the credit card industry, we may be subject to fines, restrictions and expulsion from card acceptance programs, which could adversely affect our retail operations.
Our hardware and software systems are vulnerable to damage, theft or intrusion that could harm our business.
Any failure of our computer hardware or software systems that causes an interruption in our operations or a decrease in inventory tracking could result in reduced net sales and profitability. Additionally, if any data intrusion, security breach, misappropriation or theft were to occur, we could incur significant costs in responding to such event, including responding to any resulting claims, litigation or investigations, which could harm our operating results.
Our inability or failure to protect our intellectual property rights, or any claimed infringement by us of third-party intellectual rights, could have a negative impact on our operating results.
Our trademark, trade secrets and other intellectual property, including proprietary software, are valuable assets that are critical to our success. The unauthorized reproduction or other misappropriation of our intellectual property could cause a decline in our revenue. In addition, any infringement or other intellectual property claim made against us could be time-consuming to address, result in costly litigation, cause product delays, require us to enter into royalty or licensing agreements or result in our loss of ownership or use of the intellectual property.
Risks Related to Human Capital
Loss of key personnel or the inability to attract, train and retain qualified employees could adversely affect the Company’s results of operations.
The Company believes that its future prospects depend, to a significant extent, on the services of its executive officers. Our future success will also depend on our ability to attract and retain qualified key personnel. The loss of the services of certain of the Company’s executive officers and other key management personnel could adversely affect the Company’s results of operations.
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In addition to our executive officers, the Company’s business is dependent on our ability to attract, train and retain qualified team members. Our ability to meet our labor needs while controlling our costs is subject to external factors such as unemployment levels, health care costs and changing demographics. If we are unable to attract and retain adequate numbers of qualified team members, our operations and support functions could suffer. Those factors, together with increased wage and benefit costs, could adversely affect our results of operations.
We may face difficulties in meeting our labor needs to effectively operate our business.
We are heavily dependent upon our labor workforce. Our compensation packages are designed to provide benefits commensurate with our level of expected service. However, we face the challenge of filling many positions at wage scales that are appropriate to the industry and competitive factors. We also face other risks in meeting our labor needs, including competition for qualified personnel, overall unemployment levels, and increased costs associated with complying with regulations relating to COVID-19. Changes in any of these factors, including a shortage of available workforce, could interfere with our ability to adequately service our customers and could result in increasing labor costs.
Our business could be adversely affected by increased labor costs, including costs related to an increase in minimum wage and health care.
Labor is one of the primary components in the cost of operating our business. Increased labor costs, whether due to competition, unionization, increased minimum wage, state unemployment rates, health care, or other employee benefits costs may adversely impact our operating expenses. Additionally, there is no assurance that future health care legislation will not adversely impact our results or operations.
Risks Related to Ownership of Our Common Stock.
The ownership of our common stock held by the Trustee were purchased in the open market by the Trustee, the SEC takes the position that we are required to register the deemed sale of these shares, as well as shares we contribute directly, to Plan participantsis concentrated, and entities affiliated with the SEC. In late October, 2013 we discovered that we had never filed a Form S-8 to register Shares under the Plan. Our inadvertent failure to register with the SEC the sale of certain shares of our common stock under the Plan may have constituted a violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act (which generally requires registration of offers and sales of securities) and may give rise to liability under Section 12 of the Securities Act (which generally provides a rescission remedy for offers and sales of securities in violation of Section 5).

We are making the Rescission Offer with respect to 83,389 Shares sold pursuant to the Plan during the Purchase Period. We are making the Rescission Offer to ensure compliance with the Securities Act and to limit any contingent liability we may have as a result of possible noncompliance with applicable federal registration requirements in connection with the purchase of Shares by Plan participants. Non-employee members of our Board of Directors were not eligible to participatehave significant influence and control over the outcome of any vote of the Company’s shareholders and may have competing interests.

Assuming (1) the issuance of all of the common stock issuable upon exercise of the pre-funded warrants and warrants, (2) the removal of all restrictions on ownership set forth in the Planpre-funded warrants and therefore are not eligiblewarrants (see “Description of Securities to participate inbe Registered”), (3) the Rescission Offer. Our current executive officers and employee directors who purchased Sharesissuance of common stock pursuant to the Plan duringRegistered Offering, and (4) exercise of all outstanding warrants issued to Neil Subin and his affiliated entities, the Purchase Period do not intendSelling Shareholders will own approximately 55.2% of the outstanding common stock, the Robert J. Higgins TWMC Trust (the “Trust”) will own approximately 9.2% of the outstanding common stock and Mr. Subin will own approximately 9.9% of the outstanding common stock, and as a result can significantly influence the outcome of most actions requiring shareholder approval. In addition, the Selling Shareholders and entities affiliated with each of the Trust and Mr. Subin, as well as one of our directors, Mr. Simpson, and certain of his affiliated entities, will collectively hold approximately 77.1% of the outstanding common stock, and as a result can control the outcome of most actions requiring shareholder approval.
The Trust, Mr. Subin, Mr. Simpson and their affiliated entities entered into a voting agreement and agreed to participate inhow their respective shares of the Rescission Offer.

The Rescission Offer covers onlyCompany’s Common Stock held by the 83,389 Shares issued between November 1, 2012 and November 15, 2013. The Rescission Offer does not cover Shares issued prior to November 1, 2012 because we believe that the applicable statute of limitations has already expiredparties will be voted with respect to the designation, election, removal, and replacement of members of the Board. Pursuant to the voting agreement, Messrs. Marcus and Simpson were appointed as directors of the Company, and Mr. Reickert, a trustee of the Trust, remained as a director of the Company. Mr. Subin was also granted board observer rights.

Entities affiliated with the Trust and Messrs. Marcus and Simpson are also lenders under our subordinated loan and security agreement, have received warrants to purchase shares issued priorof the Company’s common stock and received contingent value rights (“CVRs”) representing the contractual right to November 1, 2012 when we discovered that we neverreceive cash payments from the Company in an amount equal, in the aggregate, to 19.9% of the proceeds received by the Company in respect of certain intercompany indebtedness owing to it by Kaspien and/or its equity interest in Kaspien. In addition, entities affiliated with Mr. Marcus received an additional CVR representing the contractual right to receive cash payments from the Company in an amount equal to 9.0% of the proceeds received by the Company in respect of certain distributions by the Company or Kaspien; recapitalizations or financings of the Company or Kaspien (with appropriate carve out for trade financing in the ordinary course); repayment of intercompany indebtedness owing to the Company by Kaspien; or sale or transfer of any stock of the Company or Kaspien. As a result,
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there may be instances in which the interest of Mr. Reickert, the Trust and its affiliated entities, Messrs. Marcus and Subin and their respective affiliated entities, and Mr. Simpson and his affiliated entities may conflict or be perceived as being in conflict with the interest of a holder of our securities or the interest of the Company.
The holders of our common stock will suffer, and may in the future suffer, substantial dilution due to the Private Placement, Registered Offering and our corporate financing practices.
Assuming the issuance of all of the common stock issuable upon exercise of the pre-funded warrants and warrants, together with the issuance of common stock pursuant to the Registered Offering, the holders of our common stock will suffer substantial dilution. Holders of our common stock could suffer additional, substantial dilution in the future due to our corporate financing practices, which, in the past few years, have included a previous registered direct offering, the issuance of warrants and the issuance of contingent value rights. These additional issuances of shares of common stock could also cause a significant reduction in the market price of our common stock.
Additionally, lenders under our subordinated loan and security agreement, have received contingent value rights (“CVRs”) representing the contractual right to receive cash payments from the Company in an amount equal, in the aggregate, to 19.9% of the proceeds received by the Company in respect of certain intercompany indebtedness owing to it by Kaspien and/or its equity interest in Kaspien. In addition, certain lenders received an additional CVR representing the contractual right to receive cash payments from the Company in an amount equal to 9.0% of the proceeds received by the Company in respect of certain distributions by the Company or Kaspien; recapitalizations or financings of the Company or Kaspien (with appropriate carve out for trade financing in the ordinary course); repayment of intercompany indebtedness owing to the Company by Kaspien; or sale or transfer of any stock of the Company or Kaspien. If events triggering these payments occur, the amount of consideration received by the Company will be reduced, thereby reducing any amounts distributable or attributable to shareholders or their shares.
The issuance of any securities for acquisition or financing efforts, upon exercise of warrants, pursuant to our equity compensation plans, or otherwise may result in a reduction of the market price of the outstanding shares of our common stock. If we issue any such additional securities, such issuance will cause a reduction in the proportionate ownership and voting power of all current shareholders. Further, such issuance may result in a change in control of our Company.
The Company’s stock price has experienced and could continue to experience volatility and could decline, resulting in a substantial loss on your investment.
Our stock price has experienced, and could continue to experience in the future, substantial volatility as a result of many factors, including global economic conditions, broad market fluctuations and public perception of the prospects for the industries in which we operate and the value of our assets. We are reliant on the performance of Kaspien, and a failure to meet market expectations, particularly with respect to net revenues, operating margins and earnings per share, would likely result in a further decline in the market price of our stock.
If we do not meet the continued listing standards of the NASDAQ, our common stock could be delisted from trading, which could limit investors’ ability to make transactions in our common stock and subject us to additional trading restrictions.
Our common stock is listed on NASDAQ, which imposes continued listing requirements with respect to listed shares. If we fail to maintain compliance with the continued listing requirements in the future and NASDAQ determines to delist our common stock, the delisting could adversely affect the market price and liquidity of our common stock and reduce our ability to raise additional capital.
The limited public float and trading volume for our common stock may have an adverse impact and cause significant fluctuation of market price.
Historically, ownership of a significant portion of our outstanding shares of common stock has been concentrated in a small number of shareholders. Consequently, our common stock has a relatively small float and low average daily trading volume, which could affect a shareholder’s ability to sell our stock or the price at
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which it can be sold. In addition, future sales of substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market by those larger shareholders, or the perception that these sales could occur, may adversely impact the market price of the stock and our stock could be difficult for a shareholder to liquidate.
General Risk Factors
The Company’s business is influenced by general economic conditions.
The Company’s performance is subject to general economic conditions and their impact on levels of discretionary consumer spending. General economic conditions impacting discretionary consumer spending include, among others, wages and employment, consumer debt, reductions in net worth, residential real estate and mortgage markets, taxation, fuel and energy prices, interest rates, consumer confidence and other macroeconomic factors.
Consumer purchases of discretionary items generally decline during recessionary periods and other periods where disposable income is adversely affected. A downturn in the economy affects retailers disproportionately, as consumers may prioritize reductions in discretionary spending, which could have a direct impact on purchases of our products and services and adversely impact our results of operations. In addition, reduced consumer spending may drive us and our competitors to offer additional products at promotional prices, which would have a negative impact on gross profit.
Disruption of global capital and credit markets may have a material adverse effect on the Company’s liquidity and capital resources.
Distress in the financial markets has in the past and can in the future result in extreme volatility in security prices, diminished liquidity and credit availability. There can be no assurance that our liquidity will not be affected by changes in the financial markets and the global economy or that our capital resources will at all times be sufficient to satisfy our liquidity needs.
Because of our floating rate credit facility, we may be adversely affected by interest rate changes.
Our financial position may be affected by fluctuations in interest rates, as our credit facility is subject to floating interest rates. Interest rates are highly sensitive to many factors, including governmental monetary policies, domestic and international economic and political conditions and other factors beyond our control. As we borrow against our credit facility, a significant increase in interest rates could have an adverse effect on our financial position and results of operations.
The Company is dependent upon access to capital, including bank credit facilities and short-term vendor financing, for its liquidity needs.
The Company must have sufficient sources of liquidity to fund its working capital requirements and indebtedness. The future availability of financing will depend on a variety of factors, such as economic and market conditions, permissibility under our existing financing arrangements, the availability of credit and the Company’s credit rating, as well as the Company’s reputation with potential lenders. These factors could materially adversely affect the Company’s ability to fund its working capital requirements, costs of borrowing, and the Company’s financial position and results of operations would be adversely impacted.
We may complete a future significant strategic transaction that may not achieve intended results or could increase the number of our outstanding shares or amount of outstanding debt or result in a change of control.
We will evaluate and may in the future enter into strategic transactions. Any such transaction could happen at any time following the closing of the merger, could be material to our business and could take any number of forms, including, for example, an acquisition, merger or a sale of all or substantially all of our assets.
Evaluating potential transactions and integrating completed ones may divert the attention of our management from ordinary operating matters. The success of these potential transactions will depend, in part, on our ability to realize the anticipated growth opportunities and cost synergies through the successful integration of the businesses we acquire with our existing business. Even if we are successful in integrating the acquired
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businesses, we cannot assure you that these integrations will result in the realization of the full benefit of any anticipated growth opportunities or cost synergies or that these benefits will be realized within the expected time frames. In addition, acquired businesses may have unanticipated liabilities or contingencies.
If we complete an acquisition, investment or other strategic transaction, we may require additional financing that could result in an increase in the number of our outstanding shares or the aggregate principal amount of our debt. A strategic transaction may result in a change in control of our company or otherwise materially and adversely affect our business.
Historically, we have experienced declines, and we may continue to experience fluctuation in our level of sales and results from operations.
A variety of factors has historically affected, and will continue to affect, our sales results and profit margins. These factors include general economic conditions; competition; actions taken by our competitors; consumer trends and preferences; access to third party marketplaces; and new product introductions and changes in our product mix.
There is no assurance that we will achieve positive levels of sales and earnings growth, and any decline in our future growth or performance could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.
Parties with whom the Company does business may be subject to insolvency risks or may otherwise become unable or unwilling to perform their obligations to the Company.
The Company is a party to contracts, transactions and business relationships with various third parties, including partners, vendors, suppliers, service providers and lenders, pursuant to which such third parties have performance, payment and other obligations to the Company. In some cases, the Company depends upon such third parties to provide essential products, services or other benefits, including with respect to merchandise, advertising, software development and support, logistics, other agreements for goods and services in order to operate the Company’s business in the ordinary course, extensions of credit, credit card accounts and related receivables, and other vital matters. Economic, industry and market conditions, including as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, could result in increased risks to the Company associated with the potential financial distress or insolvency of such third parties. The Company is not currently able to accurately determine the extent and scope of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on such third parties. If any of these third parties were to become subject to bankruptcy, receivership or similar proceedings, the rights and benefits of the Company in relation to its contracts, transactions and business relationships with such third parties could be terminated, modified in a manner adverse to the Company, or otherwise impaired. The Company cannot make any assurances that it would be able to arrange for alternate or replacement contracts, transactions or business relationships on terms as favorable as the Company’s existing contracts, transactions or business relationships, if at all. Any inability on the part of the Company to do so could negatively affect the Company’s cash flows, financial condition and results of operations.
Failure to comply with legal and regulatory requirements could adversely affect the Company’s results of operations.
The Company’s business is subject to a wide array of laws and regulations. Significant legislative changes that impact our relationship with our workforce (none of which is represented by unions) could increase our expenses and adversely affect our operations. Examples of possible legislative changes impacting our relationship with our workforce include changes to an employer’s obligation to recognize collective bargaining units, the process by which collective bargaining units are negotiated or imposed, minimum wage requirements, health care mandates, and changes in overtime regulations.
Our policies, procedures and internal controls are designed to comply with all applicable laws and regulations, including those imposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the NASDAQ Capital Market, as well as applicable employment laws. Additional legal and regulatory requirements increase the complexity of the regulatory environment in which we operate and the related cost of compliance. Failure to comply with such laws and regulations may result in damage to our reputation, financial condition and market price of our stock.
Litigation may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our business is subject to the risk of litigation by employees, consumers, partners, suppliers, competitors, stockholders, government agencies or others through private actions, class actions, administrative proceedings,
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regulatory actions or other litigation. The outcome of litigation, particularly class action lawsuits and regulatory actions, is difficult to assess or quantify. We may incur losses relating to these claims, and in addition, these proceedings could cause us to incur costs and may require us to devote resources to defend against these claims that could adversely affect our results of operations.
The effects of natural disasters, terrorism, acts of war, and public health issues may adversely affect our business.
Natural disasters, including earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, and tornadoes may affect store and distribution center operations. In addition, acts of terrorism, acts of war, and military action both in the United States and abroad can have a significant effect on economic conditions and may negatively affect our ability to purchase merchandise from suppliers for sale to Plan participantsour customers. Public health issues, such as flu or other pandemics, whether occurring in connectionthe United States or abroad, could disrupt our operations and result in a significant part of our workforce being unable to operate or maintain our infrastructure or perform other tasks necessary to conduct our business. Additionally, public health issues may disrupt, or have an adverse effect on, our suppliers’ operations, our operations, our customers, or customer demand. Our ability to mitigate the adverse effect of these events depends, in part, upon the effectiveness of our disaster preparedness and response planning as well as business continuity planning. However, we cannot be certain that our plans will be adequate or implemented properly in the event of an actual disaster. We may be required to suspend operations in some or all our locations, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations. Any significant declines in public safety or uncertainties regarding future economic prospects that affect customer spending habits could have a material adverse effect on customer purchases of our products.
A pandemic, epidemic or outbreak of an infectious disease, such as COVID-19, may materially and adversely affect our business.
Our business, results of operations, and financial condition may be materially adversely impacted if a public health outbreak, including the recent COVID-19 pandemic, interferes with our ability, or the ability of our employees, contractors, suppliers, and other business partners to perform our and their respective responsibilities and obligations relative to the conduct of our business.
The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected and may continue to adversely affect the economies and financial markets worldwide, resulting in an economic downturn that could impact our business, financial condition and results of operations. As a result, our ability to fund through public or private equity offerings, debt financings, and through other means at acceptable terms, if at all, may be disrupted, in the event our financing needs for the foreseeable future are not able to be met by our Credit Facility, balances of cash, cash equivalents and cash generated from operations.
In addition, the continuation of the COVID-19 pandemic and various governmental responses in the United States has adversely affected and may continue to adversely affect our business operations, including our ability to carry on business development activities, restrictions in business-related travel, delays or disruptions in our on-going projects, and unavailability of the employees of the Company or third parties with whom we conduct business, due to illness or quarantines, among others. Our business was negatively impacted by disruptions in our supply chain, which limited our ability to source merchandise, and limits on products fulfillment placed by Amazon. For example, we may be unable to launch new products, replenish inventory for existing products, ship into or receive inventory in our third-party warehouses in each case on a timely basis or at all. During fiscal 2021, we experienced production and shipment delays for certain of our products that resulted in stock outs on the Amazon marketplace resulting in a decrease of net revenue. During 2021, the global shipping disruption led to substantial increases in supply chain costs and reduced the reliability and timely delivery of our shipping containers. The extent to which COVID-19 could impact our business will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence, and will depend on many factors, including the duration of the outbreak, the effect of travel restrictions and social distancing efforts in the United States and other countries, the scope and length of business closures or business disruptions, and the actions taken by governments to contain and treat the disease. As such, we cannot presently predict the scope and extent of any potential business shutdowns or disruptions. Possible effects may include, but are not limited to, disruption to our customers and revenue, absenteeism in our labor workforce, unavailability of products and supplies used in our operations, shutdowns that may be mandated or requested by governmental authorities, and a decline in the value of our assets, including various long-lived assets.
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USE OF PROCEEDS
We are not selling any securities under this prospectus and we will not receive any proceeds from the sale of securities by the Selling Shareholders, although we could receive up to $7,692,729 upon the exercise of all of the warrants. Any amounts we receive from such exercises, along with approximately $7 million in net proceeds received in the Private Placement and Registered Offering, will be used for working capital to implement our strategic plans focused on brand acquisition, investments in technology to enhance our scalable platform and our core retail business. The holders of the warrants are not currently obligated to exercise the warrants and we cannot assure you that the holders of the warrants will choose to exercise all or any of the warrants.
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SELLING SHAREHOLDERS
The common stock being offered by the Selling Shareholders are those previously issued to the Selling Shareholders, and those issuable to the Selling Shareholders, upon exercise of the warrants. For additional information regarding the issuances of those shares of common stock and warrants, see “Private Placement of Shares of Common Stock and Warrants” and “Registered Direct Offering of Common Stock and Warrants” above. We are registering the shares of common stock in order to permit the Selling Shareholders to offer the shares for resale from time to time. Except for the ownership of the shares of common stock and the warrants, the Selling Shareholders have not had any material relationship with us within the past three years.
The table below lists the Selling Shareholders and other information regarding the beneficial ownership of the shares of common stock by each of the Selling Shareholders. The second column lists the number of shares of common stock beneficially owned by each selling shareholder, based on its ownership of the shares of common stock and warrants, as of July 20, 2022, assuming exercise of the warrants held by the Selling Shareholders on that date, without regard to any limitations on exercises.
The third column lists the shares of common stock being offered by this prospectus by the Selling Shareholders.
In accordance with the Plan.terms of a registration rights agreement with the Selling Shareholders, this prospectus generally covers the resale of the sum of (i) the number of shares of common stock issued to the Selling Shareholders in the “Private Placement of Shares of Common Stock and Warrants” described above and (ii) the maximum number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the related warrants, determined as if the outstanding warrants were exercised in full as of the trading day immediately preceding the date this registration statement was initially filed with the SEC, each as of the trading day immediately preceding the applicable date of determination and all subject to adjustment as provided in the registration right agreement, without regard to any limitations on the exercise of the warrants. The Rescission Offer does not cover Shares issued after November 15, 2013 because we no longerfourth column assumes the sale of all of the shares offered Plan participantsby the option to purchase SharesSelling Shareholders pursuant to this prospectus.
Under the Plan after that date.

This Rescission Offer isterms of the only rescission offer we will make relatingwarrants and other warrants held by Selling Shareholders, a Selling Shareholder may not exercise the warrants to the inadvertent issuances.extent such exercise would cause such Selling Shareholder, together with its affiliates and attribution parties, to beneficially own a number of shares of common stock which would exceed 4.99% of our then outstanding common stock following such exercise, excluding for purposes of such determination shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants which have not been exercised. The offer is a partial offernumber of shares in that we are making it only to certain purchasers as described in this prospectus. Wethe second and fourth columns do not intend to make a future offer covering any other purchasers who are not covered byreflect this offering. We do not expect the Rescission Offer to have any material effect on us, whether holders oflimitation. The Selling Shareholders may sell all, some or none of the Shares eligible for the Rescission Offer accept the Rescission Offer.

Effecttheir shares in this offering. See “Plan of the Rescission OfferDistribution.”

Name of Selling
Shareholder
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Number of shares of
Common Stock Owned
Prior to Offering
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Maximum Number of shares
of Common Stock to be Sold
Pursuant to this Prospectus
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Number of shares of
Common Stock Owned
After Offering
Empery Tax Efficient III, LP(1)
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1,157,077
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1,157,077
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0
Empery Tax Efficient, LP(2)
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738,542
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738,542
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0
Empery Asset Master, LTD(3)
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2,379,723
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2,379,723
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0
(1)
Consists of pre-funded warrants to purchase 492,072 shares of common stock and common warrants to purchase 665,005 shares of common stock issued in our recent private placement (each respective warrant is subject to a 4.99% blocker). Empery Asset Management LP, the authorized agent of Empery Tax Efficient III, LP (“ETE III”), has discretionary authority to vote and dispose of the shares held by ETE III and may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of these shares. Martin Hoe and Ryan Lane, in their capacity as investment managers of Empery Asset Management LP, may also be deemed to have investment discretion and voting power over the shares held by ETE III. ETE III, Mr. Hoe and Mr. Lane each disclaim any beneficial ownership of these shares. The address for Empery Tax Efficient III, LP is c/o Empery Asset Management LP, 1 Rockefeller Plaza Suite 1205, New York, NY 10020.
(2)
Consists of pre-funded warrants to purchase 314,081 shares of common stock and common warrants to purchase 424,461 shares of common stock issued in our recent private placement (each respective warrant is subject to a 4.99% blocker). Empery Asset Management LP, the authorized agent of Empery Tax Efficient, LP (“ETE”), has discretionary authority to vote and dispose of the shares held by ETE and may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of these shares. Martin Hoe and Ryan Lane, in their capacity as investment managers of Empery Asset Management LP, may also be deemed to have investment discretion and voting power over the shares held by ETE. ETE, Mr. Hoe and Mr. Lane each disclaim any beneficial ownership of these shares. The address for Empery Tax Efficient, LP is c/o Empery Asset Management LP, 1 Rockefeller Plaza Suite 1205, New York, NY 10020.
(3)
Consists of pre-funded warrants to purchase 1,012,029 shares of common stock and common warrants to purchase 1,367,694 shares of common stock issued in our recent private placement (each respective warrant is subject to a 4.99% blocker). Empery Asset Management LP, the authorized agent of Empery Asset Master, LTD (“EAM”), has discretionary authority to vote and dispose of the shares held by EAM and may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of these shares. Martin Hoe and Ryan Lane, in their capacity as investment managers of Empery Asset Management LP, may also be deemed to have investment discretion and voting power over the shares held by EAM. EAM, Mr. Hoe and Mr. Lane each disclaim any beneficial ownership of these shares. The address for Empery Asset Master, LTD is c/o Empery Asset Management LP, 1 Rockefeller Plaza Suite 1205, New York, NY 10020.
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If you reject, fail to timely accept, or fail to accept in full, the Rescission Offer by 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time,

MARKET PRICE AND DIVIDENDS ON COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
Currently, our shares of common stock are listed on the Expiration Date, or if you accept the Rescission Offer but we determine that you are not eligible to accept the Rescission OfferNasdaq Capital Market under the terms set forth in this prospectus, you will retain ownership of the Shares in the Plan and will not receive any payment for the Shares subject to the Rescission Offer. In addition, the Shares that are subject to the Rescission Offer, for purposes of applicable federal securities law, will be registered securities assymbol “KSPN”.
As of the date of this prospectus.prospectus, there were 284 holders of record of our shares of common stock.
We have not paid any cash dividends on our common stock and do not plan to pay any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. Our board of directors will determine our future dividend policy on the basis of many factors, including results of operations, capital requirements, and general business conditions, subject to any restrictions under our credit facility.
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain statements in this Registration Statement on Form S-1 constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Rescission OfferPrivate Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements relate to analyses and other information that are based on forecasts of future results and estimates of amounts not yet determinable. These statements also relate to the Company’s future prospects, developments and business strategies. The statements contained in this document that are not statements of historical fact may precludeinclude forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties.
We have used the words “anticipate”, “believe”, “could”, “estimate”, “expect”, “intend”, “may”, “plan”, “predict”, “project”, and similar terms and phrases, including references to assumptions, in this prospectus and the documents and information incorporated by reference to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are made based on management’s expectations and beliefs concerning future events and are subject to uncertainties and factors relating to our operations and business environment, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the Company’s control, that could cause actual results to differ materially from those matters expressed in or implied by these forward-looking statements. The following factors are among those that may cause actual results to differ materially from the Company’s forward-looking statements.
continued operating losses;
impact of the novel coronavirus identified as “COVID-19” on our business and operating results;
the ability of the Company to satisfy its liabilities and to continue as a going concern;
maintaining Kaspien’s relationship with Amazon;
continued revenue declines;
decline in the Company’s stock price;
the limited public float and trading volume for our Common Stock;
new product introductions;
advancements in technology;
dependence on key employees, the ability to hire new employees and pay competitive wages; advancements in technology;
the Company’s level of debt and related restrictions and limitations;
future cash flows;
vendor terms;
interest rate fluctuations;
access to third party digital marketplaces;
adverse publicity;
product liability claims;
changes in laws and regulations;
breach of data security;
increase in Amazon Marketplace fulfillment and storage fees;
limitation on our acquisition and growth strategy as a result of our inability to raise necessary funding;
the other matters set forth under Item 1A “Risk Factors,” Item 7 “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”, and other sections of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K.
The reader should keep in mind that any forward-looking statement made by us in this prospectus and the documents and information incorporated by reference, or elsewhere, pertains only as of the date on which we
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make it. New risks and uncertainties come up from time-to-time and it is impossible for us to predict these events or how they may affect us. Considering these risks and uncertainties, you should keep in mind that any forward-looking statements made in this prospectus or elsewhere might not occur.
Forward-looking statements are made based on management’s beliefs, estimates and opinions on the date the statements are made and we undertake no obligation to update forward-looking statements if these beliefs, estimates and opinions or other circumstances should change, except as may be required by applicable law. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements.
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
Each Selling Shareholder of the securities and any of their pledgees, assignees and successors-in-interest may, from later seeking similar relief, iftime to time, sell any is available. For federalor all of their securities law purposes, rejectioncovered hereby on the principal Trading Market or any other stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the failuresecurities are traded or in private transactions. These sales may be at fixed or negotiated prices. A Selling Shareholder may use any one or more of the following methods when selling securities:
ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers;
block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to acceptsell the securities as agent but may position and resell a rescission offerportion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;
purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;
an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;
privately negotiated transactions;
settlement of short sales;
in transactions through broker-dealers that agree with the Selling Shareholders to sell a specified number of such securities at a stipulated price per security;
through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise;
a combination of any such methods of sale; or
any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.
The Selling Shareholders may not terminate an offeree’s right to bring a civil action against the offeror for failure to registeralso sell securities under Rule 144 or any other exemption from registration under the Securities Act before expirationof 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), if available, rather than under this prospectus.
Broker-dealers engaged by the Selling Shareholders may arrange for other brokers-dealers to participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the Selling Shareholders (or, if any broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of securities, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated, but, except as set forth in a supplement to this Prospectus, in the case of an agency transaction not in excess of a customary brokerage commission in compliance with FINRA Rule 2440; and in the case of a principal transaction a markup or markdown in compliance with FINRA IM-2440.
In connection with the sale of the applicable statute of limitations. The staffsecurities or interests therein, the Selling Shareholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the SEC takessecurities in the positioncourse of hedging the positions they assume. The Selling Shareholders may also sell securities short and deliver these securities to close out their short positions, or loan or pledge the securities to broker-dealers that a rescission offer does not alter a person’s remediesin turn may sell these securities. The Selling Shareholders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or create one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of securities offered by this prospectus, which securities such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).
The Selling Shareholders and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the securities may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the securities purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. However,Each Selling Shareholder has informed the few federal courtsCompany that it does not have addressedany written or oral agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the securities.
The Company is required to pay certain fees and expenses incurred by the Company incident to the registration of the securities. The Company has agreed to indemnify the Selling Shareholders against certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
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We agreed to keep this issueprospectus effective until the earlier of (i) the date on which the securities may be resold by the Selling Shareholders without registration and without regard to any volume or manner-of-sale limitations by reason of Rule 144, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information under Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect or (ii) all of the securities have been sold pursuant to this prospectus or Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect. The resale securities will be sold only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers if required under applicable state securities laws. In addition, in certain states, the resale securities covered hereby may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in the pastapplicable state or an exemption from the registration or qualification requirement is available and is complied with.
Under applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, any person engaged in the distribution of the resale securities may not simultaneously engage in market making activities with respect to the common stock for the applicable restricted period, as defined in Regulation M, prior to the commencement of the distribution. In addition, the Selling Shareholders will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including Regulation M, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of the common stock by the Selling Shareholders or any other person. We will make copies of this prospectus available to the Selling Shareholders and have suggestedinformed them of the need to deliver a copy of this prospectus to each purchaser at or prior to the time of the sale (including by compliance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act).
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DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED
As of the date of this prospectus, we had one class of securities registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, our common stock.
The following is a description of the material terms of our common stock as set forth in our Certificate of Incorporation (as amended, the “Certificate of Incorporation”), and our Bylaws (as amended, the “Bylaws”). This description is only a summary. You should read it together with the Certificate of Incorporation, and Bylaws, which are included as exhibits to this Registration Statement on Form S-1 and incorporated by reference herein.
Common Stock
We are authorized to issue 200,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share.
Holders of the Company’s common stock are entitled to one vote for each share on all matters submitted to a stockholder vote. Holders of common stock do not have cumulative voting rights. Therefore, holders of a majority of the shares of common stock voting for the election of directors can elect all of the directors to our Board of Directors. A vote by the holders of a majority of the Company’s outstanding shares is required to effectuate certain fundamental corporate changes such as a liquidation, merger or an amendment to the Company’s certificate of incorporation.
Holders of the Company’s common stock are entitled to share in all dividends that at leastthe Board of Directors, in certain circumstances,its discretion, declares from legally available funds. In the event of a person who rejectsliquidation, dissolution or failswinding up, each outstanding share entitles its holder to accept a rescission offer may be precluded from later seeking similar relief.

participate pro rata in all assets that remain after payment of liabilities and after providing for each class of stock, if any, having preference over the common stock. The above discussion relates primarily to your potential rescissionCompany’s common stock has no pre-emptive rights, no conversion rights, and doesthere are no redemption provisions applicable to the Company’s common stock.

Pre-Funded Warrants and Warrants
The common stock described above will only be issuable upon exercise of all pre-funded warrants and warrants.
The pre-funded warrants will not addressexpire until they are fully exercised and are exercisable at any time until they are fully exercised. The pre-funded warrants will be exercisable, at the antifraud provisionsoption of federal securities lawseach holder, in whole or rights under state securities laws, common law or equity. We do not believe that acceptance or rejectionin part by delivering to us a duly executed exercise notice and payment of the Rescission Offerexercise price. No fractional shares of common stock will have any effect on any rights of any holder under applicable antifraud provisions of federal or state securities laws or under common law or equity. We believe that the sale and issuance of the Shares that are the subject of the Rescission Offer were exempt from registration under state laws. Furthermore, we believe that this Rescission Offer is exempt from registration under state laws and thus need not comply with state laws regulating such offers. However, we do not make any representation as to the compliance of this Rescission Offer with any applicable state law. Under most state laws, acceptance or rejection of rescission offers may preclude offerees from initiating an action against the rescission offerorbe issued in connection with the registrationexercise of securities that are the subjecta pre-funded warrant. The holder of the rescission offer.

Generally,pre-funded warrants may also satisfy its obligation to pay the federal statute of limitations for enforcement of such statutory rights byexercise price through a security“cashless exercise,” in which the holder is one year commencing onreceives the datenet value of the salepre-funded warrant in shares of common stock determined according to the formula set forth in the pre-funded warrant. The exercise price of our shares of common stock purchasable upon the exercise of the security sold in violationpre-funded warrants is $0.001 per share. The exercise price of the federal registration requirements. We believe thatpre-funded warrants and the one-year federal statute of limitations on salesnumber of shares of our common stock priorissuable upon exercise of the pre-funded warrants is subject to November 1, 2012 has expired. Our Rescission Offer is not an admission that we did not comply with any federal or state registration or disclosure requirement nor is it a waiver by us of any applicable statute of limitations or any potential defense we may have. Determining when a statute of limitations expires under federal or state law can be a difficult issue, and you should consult with an attorney if you have any questions regarding how federal or state statutes of limitations may apply to any claims you have or regarding any of your legal rights and remedies before deciding whether or not to accept the Rescission Offer.

If you fail to accept the Rescission Offer with respect to Shares eligible for the Rescission Offer, you will assume the risks of continued ownership of those Sharesappropriate adjustment in the Plan,event of certain stock dividends and distributions, stock splits, stock combinations, reclassifications or similar events affecting our shares of common stock, as well as upon any distribution of assets, including cash, stock or other property, to our stockholders.

The warrants expire upon July 14, 2027. The warrants will be exercisable, at the risk thatoption of each holder, in whole or in part by delivering to us a duly executed exercise notice and payment of the marketexercise price. No fractional shares of common stock will be issued in connection with the exercise of a warrant. The holder of the warrants may also satisfy its obligation to pay the exercise price through a “cashless exercise,” in which the holder receives the net value of the warrant in shares of common stock determined according to the formula set forth in the warrant. The exercise price of our shares of common stock purchasable upon the exercise of the warrants is $3.13 per share. The exercise price of the Shares onwarrants and the date or dates you eventually sell Shares heldnumber of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants is subject to appropriate adjustment in the Plan may be less than the amount you might receive for those Shares by accepting the Rescission Offer. Failure to accept the Rescission Offer may also affect any right you may have to rescind your acquisitionevent of eligible Shares under either federalcertain stock dividends and distributions, stock splits, stock combinations, reclassifications or state law. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 8.

Termssimilar events affecting our shares of the Rescission Offer

If you purchased Shares through the Plan during the Purchase Period and have already sold such Shares at a loss, you may accept the Rescission Offer, in which case you will receive an amount equal to the amount you paid for the Shares less the proceeds of the sale of the Shares, plus interest at a rate of 0.19% per year. Interest will be paid on the amount originally paid for the Shares from the date you purchased the Shares through the date you sold the Shares. Interest will also be paid on the loss realized from your sale of the Shares from the date of such sale through the Expiration Date.

If you currently hold Shares purchased through the Plan during the Purchase Period, you may accept the Rescission Offer, in which case the Trustee will transfer the Shares to Trans World Entertainment Corporation and credit your Plan account with the amount you paid for the Shares, plus interest at a rate of 0.19% per year for the period from the date you purchased the Shares to the Expiration Date. However, we will not repurchase any Share if the price you paid for the Share plus interest (to the Expiration Date) is less than the closing price of the common stock, as well as upon any distribution of assets, including cash, stock or other property, to our stockholders.

Upon the consummation of a fundamental transaction (as described in the pre-funded warrants and warrants, and generally including any reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification of our shares of common stock, the
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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 Expiration Date, as it would not be economically beneficial to you.

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Sharesvoting power of our outstanding shares of common stock), the holders of the pre-funded warrants and warrants will be deemed soldentitled to receive, upon exercise of the pre-funded warrants and warrants, the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property that such holders would have received had they exercised the pre-funded warrants or warrants immediately prior to such fundamental transaction, without regard to any limitations on exercise contained in the order in which you purchased them. In order to determine which Shares acquired duringpre-funded warrants and warrants. Notwithstanding the Purchase Period are eligible for repurchase and which, if any, Shares so acquired were sold at a loss, all Shares acquired on your behalf pursuant to the Plan will be matched against all sales of Shares during or after the Purchase Period by matching the first Share acquired with the first Share sold. This principle, commonly called “first-in, first-out,” or “FIFO,” will be used in determining which Shares you sold at a loss and which Shares you now hold are eligible for repurchase and should be used by you to help determine whether or not you wish to accept the Rescission Offer. An example of the application of the FIFO principle is included with the Rescission Offer Acceptance Form that accompanies this Prospectus.

The Rescission Offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on October 21, 2014. If we receive a legible and properly completed Rescission Offer Acceptance Form from you on or before the deadline specifiedforegoing, in the preceding sentence, and we determine that you are eligible to acceptevent of a fundamental transaction where the Rescission Offer, we expect any proceeds to which you are entitled will be credited to your Plan account,consideration consists solely of cash, solely of marketable securities or a Plan account established for you, within approximately 5 business days following the Expiration Date.

If you still have a Plan account, whether or not you are an active employeecombination of Trans World Entertainment Corporation, we will credit all proceeds resulting from acceptance of the Rescission Offer to your Plan account,cash and the proceeds will be invested in the T. Rowe Price Stable Value Fund. If you no longer have a Plan account, a Plan account will be established for youmarketable securities, then each pre-funded warrant and all proceeds payable to you under this Rescission Offer will be invested in T. Rowe Price Stable Value Fund. The Plan’s distribution rules vary based on your personal circumstances such as your account balance, age, and employment status. As a result, you should review the Plan’s Summary Plan Description and the “Questions and Answers About the Rescission Offer” included in this Prospectus for more information on your distribution options. Payment of proceeds directly to you may result in adverse tax consequences (see “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations”).

How to Accept or Reject the Rescission Offer

YOU ARE NOT LEGALLY REQUIRED TO ACCEPT THE RESCISSION OFFER.

How to accept the Rescission Offer

Acceptance of the Rescission Offer is optional. Generally, acceptance of the Rescission Offer is economically beneficial only if you have sold Shares purchased during the Purchase Period at a loss, or if you currently hold Shares purchased during the Purchase Period and the value of a Share on the Expiration Date is less than the price you paid for the Share, plus interest (to the Expiration Date).

You may accept your Rescission Offer by mail, overnight delivery service or fax. In order to accept the Rescission Offer, you must complete the Rescission Offer Acceptance Form and return it by mail, overnight delivery service or fax so that it is received by us on or before 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on October 21, 2014. The Rescission Offer Acceptance Form must be legible. You may mail your Rescission Offer Acceptance Form to:

Trans World Entertainment Corporation Rescission Offer
38 Corporate Circle
Albany, New York 12203

You may fax your Rescission Offer Acceptance Form to (518) 862-9747.

If you choose to accept the Rescission Offer, we recommend that you send or fax the Rescission Offer Acceptance Form sufficiently in advance of the Expiration Date to ensure its receipt by the deadline specified above. The method for returning the Rescission Offer Acceptance Form is at your option and risk, and delivery will be deemed made only when actually received by us at the address or fax indicated above. If delivery is by mail, we recommend using registered mail with return receipt requested.

WE MUST RECEIVE YOUR LEGIBLE AND PROPERLY COMPLETED RESCISSION OFFER ACCEPTANCE FORM ON OR BEFORE 5:00 P.M., EASTERN TIME, ON THE

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EXPIRATION DATE, OCTOBER 21, 2014. OTHERWISE, YOU WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REJECTED THE RESCISSION OFFER. WE WILL, IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION, DETERMINE WHETHER YOUR RESCISSION OFFER ACCEPTANCE FORM HAS BEEN PROPERLY COMPLETED AND WHETHER YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO ACCEPT THE RESCISSION OFFER.

Proceeds will be disbursed to your Plan account within approximately 5 business days following the Expiration Date.

How to reject the Rescission Offer

You do not need to take any action to reject the Rescission Offer. If you change your decision and want to reject the Rescission Offer after having submitted the Rescission Offer Acceptance Form, you may reject the Rescission Offer by sending a notice that includes your name, your identification number located on your Rescission Offer Acceptance Form, and a clear indication that you are rejecting the Rescission Offer to the attention of Trans World Entertainment Corporation Rescission Offer, at the address or to the fax number above.

If you have previously accepted the Rescission Offer and you change your mind, we must receive a legible notice of rejection on or before 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on October 21, 2014. Otherwise, you willwarrant shall automatically be deemed to have acceptedbe exercised in full in a cashless exercise effective immediately prior to and contingent upon the Rescission Offer pursuant to your original Rescission Offer Acceptance Form.

IF YOU FAIL TO NOTIFY US IN WRITING OF YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE RESCISSION OFFER ON OR PRIOR TO 5:00 P.M., EASTERN TIME, ON THE EXPIRATION DATE, OCTOBER 21, 2014, OR ATTEMPT TO ONLY ACCEPT THE RESCISSION OFFER IN PART, YOU WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REJECTED THE RESCISSION OFFER. ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION OF THE RESCISSION OFFER MAY NOT TERMINATE YOUR RIGHT TO BRING A CIVIL ACTION AGAINST US FOR FAILURE TO REGISTER THE SHARES INCLUDED IN THE SHARES UNDER FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS. HOWEVER, FEDERAL LAW DOES PROVIDE THAT YOU MAY LOSE ANY RESCISSION RIGHTS UNDER FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF PURCHASE OF SUCH SHARES.

If you have questions regarding how to rejectconsummation of such fundamental transaction.

Under the Rescission Offer, you can also call Edwin Sapienza at (518) 454-1242 Monday through Friday betweenterms of the hours of 9:00 a.m.pre-funded warrants and 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time.

Fundingwarrants, the Rescission Offer

We have sufficient funds available to pay forCompany may not effect the purchaseexercise of any Shares that may be tendered to us assuch warrant, and a result of the Rescission Offer.

Questions about the Rescission Offer

If you have questions about the Rescission Offer, you may call Edwin Sapienza at (518) 452-1242, Monday through Friday, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time. If you have any questions about accessing your Plan transaction history, you can find more information by accessing your account at www.rps.troweprice.com. If you need further assistance or if you do not have access to your online account, you should call Edwin Sapienza at (518) 452-1242 to request a detailed listing of your transactions by mail or fax. Please allow 13 days to receive your Plan transaction history.

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MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES

The following discussion summarizes the material U.S. federal income tax considerations relating to the Rescission Offer. This discussion is based on current law. The following discussion is not exhaustive of all possible tax consequences. It does not give a detailed discussion of any state, local or foreign tax consequences, nor does it discuss all of the aspects of U.S. federal income taxation that may be relevant to you in light of your particular circumstances and only applies if you are an individual citizen or resident of the United States.

You are urged to consult with your own tax advisor regarding the specific consequences to you of the Rescission Offer, including the U.S. federal, state, local, foreign and other tax consequences and the potential changes in applicable tax laws.

Your acceptance or rejection of the Rescission Offer, or the sale of the Shares representing our common stock to us pursuant to the Rescission Offer or the receipt of the specified payment if you had previously sold your Shares at a loss, is not considered to be a taxable event before withdrawal or distribution of funds from your Plan account. If you currently have a Plan account, whether or not you are an active employee of Trans World Entertainment Corporation, your proceeds from the Rescission Offer will be credited to your Plan account and will be invested in the T. Rowe Price Stable Value Fund. Upon any later withdrawal or distribution, any proceeds from the Rescission Offer will generally be taxable as ordinary income. An additional ten percent income tax may be imposed in cases of early withdrawal from the Plan, including proceeds of the Rescission Offer.

If you have directed and caused a full distribution from the Plan and no longer have an individual account in the Plan, a new Plan account will be established for you and any amounts paid in respect of the Rescission Offer will be credited to your account and invested in the T. Rowe Price Stable Value Fund. The Plan’s distribution rules vary based on your personal circumstances such as your account balance, age, and employment status. As a result, you should review the Plan’s Summary Plan Description and the “Questions and Answers About the Rescission Offer” in this Prospectus for more information on your distribution options. A direct rollover into an individual retirement account or other qualified retirement plan is not considered to be a taxable event. If the proceeds from the Rescission Offer are not rolled over, however, and you receive a distribution from the Plan, such distribution will generally be taxable as ordinary income to you as described above. An additional ten percent income tax may be imposed depending on your age.

To ensure compliance with U.S. Treasury Department Circular 230, we inform you that the preceding discussion (and any other discussion of U.S. federal tax issues herein) is not intended to be relied upon, and cannot be relied upon) by a participant in the Rescission Offer for the purpose of avoiding penalties that may be imposed under the Internal Revenue Code. Each prospective participant in the Rescission Offer should seek advice based on his or her own particular circumstances from an independent tax advisor.

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USE OF PROCEEDS

We will receive no proceeds from the Rescission Offer.

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NOTICE OF BLACKOUT PERIOD

This notice is intended to comply with the requirements of Department of Labor Final Regulation Relating to Notice of Blackout Periods to Participants and Beneficiaries, 29 C.F.R. Section 2520.101-3, to the extent such requirements apply to the Rescission Offer. Accordingly, this notice is intended to inform affected participants (and beneficiaries) of the Plan of a “blackout period” during which their right to direct or diversify their Plan investments may be temporarily suspended.

If you are being offered the opportunity to participate in this Rescission Offer and you hold Shares in the Plan account on the Expiration Date, all transactions related to Shares in your Plan account will be temporarily suspended on the Expiration Date. The temporary suspension is called a “blackout period” and applies whether or not you accept the Rescission Offer. The blackout period will begin at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the Expiration Date, and is currently expected to end at 12:01 a.m., Eastern Time on October 29, 2014. You will be notified in the event that the blackout period is extended past October 29, 2014.

The blackout period is required to ensure smooth processing of the Rescission Offer. The Trustee will not permit any transactions related to Shares in your Plan account during the blackout period. This means:

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you will be unable to direct or diversify your investments in your Plan account invested in Shares during the blackout period; and

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all requests for distributions (including hardship distributions) that involve Shares will be delayed until after the blackout period ends (any requests made during the blackout period do not need to be remade once the blackout period ends).

You will need to initiate any requests prior to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the Expiration Date for those requests to take effect. It is important that you review and consider the appropriateness of your current investments in light of your inability to direct or diversify investments in your Plan account during the blackout period. For your long-term retirement security, you should give careful consideration to the importance of a well-balanced and diversified investment portfolio, taking into account all your assets, income and investments. You should be aware that there is a risk to holding substantial portions of your assets in the securities of any one company, such as the Shares, as individual securities tend to have wider price swings, up and down, in short periods of time, than investments in diversified funds. Our common stock may have a wide price swing during the blackout period resulting in a large loss, and youholder will not be ableentitled to directexercise any portion of any such warrant, if, upon giving effect to such exercise, the saleaggregate number of Shares from your Plan account duringshares of common stock beneficially owned by the blackout period.

If you haveholder (together with its affiliates, any questions concerning this noticeother persons acting as a group together with the holder or the blackout period, including whether the blackout period has ended, you should contact Edwin Sapienza at (518) 452-1242. Whether or not you are planning retirement in the near future, we encourage you to consider how this blackout period may affect your retirement planning, as well as your overall financial plan.

For additional information and limitations on Plan investments and how to direct investment of your Plan account, see the Plan’s Summary Plan Description. To obtain a copyany of the Plan’s Summary Plan Description, youholder’s affiliates, and any other persons whose beneficial ownership of common stock would or could be aggregated with the holder’s for purposes of Section 13(d) or Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) would exceed 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 such warrant, which percentage may contact Edwin Sapienzabe increased or decreased at (518) 452-1242.

the holder’s election upon 61 days’ notice to the Company subject to the terms of such warrants, provided that such percentage may in no event exceed 9.99%.

Except by virtue of such holder’s ownership of shares of common stock, the holder of a pre-funded warrant or warrant does not have the rights or privileges of a holder of our shares of common stock, including any voting rights, until such holder exercises the pre-funded warrant or warrant.
Transfer Agent
The transfer agent for our shares of common stock is Computershare, 480 Washington Blvd, 26th Floor, Jersey City, NJ 07310.
LEGAL MATTERS
The validity of the securities offered through this prospectus has been passed on by Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements of Kaspien Holdings Inc., as of and for the years ended January 29, 2022 and January 30, 2021 have been incorporated by reference herein, in reliance upon the report of Fruci & Associates II, PLLC incorporated by reference herein and upon the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

We are subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any document we file with the SEC at the SEC’s public reference room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C., 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the operation of the Public Reference Room. The SEC maintains an Internet site that containsThese reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding issuers that file electronically withare available at the SEC. The address of that site isSEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Additionally, we make these filings available, free of charge,
We also maintain a website at www.twcc.com as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such materials with, or furnish them to, the SEC.www.kaspien.com, through which you can access our SEC filings. The information set forth on theour website listed above, other than these filings, is not and should not be, considered part of this prospectus and is not incorporated by reference into this document.

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We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-1 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to the securities offered in connection with this prospectus. This prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement. We have omitted certain parts of the registration statement in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC. For further information with respect to us and the securities we may offer, you should refer to the registration statement. Statements contained in this prospectus as to the contents of any contract or other document are not necessarily complete and, in each instance, you should refer to the copy of such contract or document filed as an exhibit to or incorporated by reference in the registration statement. Each statement as to the contents of such contract or document is qualified in all respects by such reference. You may obtain copies of the registration statement from the SEC’s principal office in Washington, D.C. Upon payment of the fees prescribed by the SEC, or you may examine the registration statement without charge at the SEC’s public reference room described above.

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INCORPORATIONTABLE OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTSCONTENTS

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” the information we file with them, which means that we canthe SEC. This permits us to disclose important information to you by referring you to thosethese filed documents. Any information referred to in this way is considered part of this registration statement. The information incorporated by reference is considered to bean important part of this prospectus.registration statement, and information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and supersede this information. We incorporate by reference the following documents listed below:

that have been filed with the SEC (other than information furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and all exhibits related to such items):
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our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 1, 2014,January 29, 2022, filed with the SEC on April 17, 2014;

29, 2022;
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our Quarterly ReportsReport on Form 10-Q for the quartersperiod ended May 3, 2014 and August 2, 2014,April 30, 2022, filed with the SEC on June 12, 2014 and September 11, 2014, respectively;

14, 2022;
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Our Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held July 2, 2014, filed on May 30, 2014;

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our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 6, 2014, 8, 2022, March 7, 2014 (Item 1.01 only)11, 2022, April 1, 2022, April 5, 2022, July 8, 20141, 2022 and September 3, 2014;July 14, 2022;
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our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on May 31, 2022;
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our Definitive Information Statement on Schedule 14C filed with the SEC on May 10, 2022; and

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The

the description of our common stock par value $0.01 per share, contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A8-A/A filed with the SEC on July 21, 1986,November 27, 2007 (File No. 000-14818), including any amendment or report filed to updatefor the purpose of updating such description.

We will providealso incorporate by reference into this registration statement all documents filed by us with the SEC pursuant to each person, includingSections 12(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the termination of any beneficial owneroffering of securities made by this prospectus. Nothing in this registration statement shall be deemed to whomincorporate information furnished but not filed with the SEC (including without limitation, information furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K, and any exhibits relating to such information).
Any statement contained in this registration statement or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in the applicable prospectus supplement or in any other subsequently filed document which also is delivered,or is deemed to be incorporated by reference modifies or supersedes the statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus.
The information about us contained in this registration statement should be read together with the information in the documents incorporated by reference. You may request a copy of any or all of the information that has been incorporated by reference in the prospectus but not delivered with the prospectus. We will provide this information upon written or oral requestthese filings, at no cost, to the requester. You may request a copy of any of this information by writing or telephoning us at the following address: Trans World Entertainment Corporation, 38 Corporate Circle, Albany, NY 12203, Attention: John Anderson; or by calling John Anderson atat: 2818 N. Sullivan Road, Suite 130, Spokane Valley, WA 99216, and our telephone number (518) 452-1242.is (855)-300-2710.
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LEGAL MATTERS

Certain legal matters relating to the validity


Kaspien Holdings Inc.
4,275,342 shares of Common Stock Issuable upon
Exercise of the securities to be offered hereby will be passed upon for us by Cahill Gordon & ReindelLLPPre-Funded Warrants and Warrants
Prospectus
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EXPERTS

The consolidated financial statements of Trans World Entertainment Corporation and subsidiaries as of February 1, 2014 and February 2, 2013, and for each of the fiscal years in the three-year period ended February 1, 2014, and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of February 1, 2014, have been incorporated by reference herein and in the Registration Statement in reliance upon the reports of KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, incorporated by reference herein, and upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

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Item 13.Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

Item 13.
Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution
The following is an itemized statementtable sets forth all expenses to be paid by the Company, other than underwriting discounts and commissions, in connection with this offering. All amounts shown are estimates except for the registration fee.
SEC registration fee
​​
$1,269.15
Legal fees and expenses
​​
$*
Accounting fees and expenses
​​
$*
Printing and miscellaneous expenses
​​
$*
Total
​​
$*
Item 14.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Section 722 of the New York Business Corporation Law (the “BCL”) provides that a corporation may indemnify an officer or director, in the case of third party actions, against judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses expectedand, in the case of derivative actions, against amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses, if the director or officer “acted, in good faith, for a purpose which be reasonably believed to be in . . . the best interests of the corporation” and, in the case of criminal actions, “had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.” Statutory indemnification may not be provided in derivative actions in respect of a threatened action, or a pending action which is settled or otherwise disposed of, or any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action was brought, or, if no action was brought, any court of competent jurisdiction, determines upon application that, in view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such portion of the settlement and expenses as the court deems proper.
As contemplated by BCL Section 721, the Company's By-Laws provide a broader basis for indemnification in accordance with and as permitted by BCL Article 7.
Section 6.6 of the By-Laws of the Company provides as follows:
SECTION 6.6 INDEMNIFICATION.
Except to the extent expressly prohibited by the New York Business Corporation Law, the Corporation shall indemnify each person made or threatened to be made a party to any action or proceedings, whether civil or criminal, by reason of the fact that such person or such person's testator or intestate is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or serve or served at the request of the Corporation any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise in any capacity, against judgments, fines, penalties, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses, including attorney's fees, incurred in connection with such action or proceedings, or any appeal therein, provided that no such indemnification shall be made if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to such person establishes that his or her acts were committed in bad faith or were the Rescission Offer. Withresult of active and deliberate dishonesty and were material to the exceptioncause of action as adjudicated, or that he or she personally gained in fact a financial profit or other advantage to which he or she was not legally entitled, and provided further that no such indemnification shall be required with respect to any settlement or other nonadjudicated disposition of and threatened or pending action or proceedings unless the SEC registration fee, the amounts set forth below are estimates.

SEC registration fee

$

56.50

Accounting fees and expenses

5,000.00

Printing and mailing fees

15,000.00

Legal fees and expenses

100,000.00

Miscellaneous

2,000.00

Total

$

122,056.50

Item 14.Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Under our Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended Bylaws, our officers and directors areCorporation has given its prior consent to such settlement or other disposition.

The Corporation shall advance or promptly reimburse upon request any person entitled to indemnification from Trans Worldhereunder for all expenses, including attorney's fees, reasonably incurred in defending any action or proceeding in advance of the final disposition thereof upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay such amount if such person is ultimately found not to be entitled to indemnification or, where indemnification is granted, to the extent the expenses so advanced or reimbursed exceed the amount to which such person is entitled, provided, however, that such person shall cooperate in good faith with any request by the Corporation that common counsel be utilized by the parties to an action or proceeding who are similarly situated unless to do so would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between or among such parties.
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Nothing herein shall limit or affect any right of any person otherwise than hereunder to indemnification or expenses, including attorneys' fees, under any statute, rule, regulation, certificate of incorporation, by-law insurance policy, contract or otherwise.
Anything in these by-laws to the contrary notwithstanding, no elimination of this by-law, and no amendment of this by-law adversely affecting the right of any person to indemnification or advancement of expenses hereunder shall be effective until the 60th day following notice to such person of such action, and no elimination of or amendment to this by-law shall deprive any person of his or her rights hereunder arising out of alleged or actual occurrences, acts or failures to act prior to such 60th day.
The Corporation shall not, except by elimination or amendment of this by-law in a manner consistent with the preceding paragraph, take any corporate action or enter into any agreement which prohibits, or otherwise limits the rights of any person to, indemnification in accordance with the provisions of this by-law. The indemnification of any person provided by this by-law shall continue after such person has ceased to be a director, officer or employee of the Corporation and shall inure to the benefit of such person's heirs, executors, administrators and legal representatives.
The Corporation is authorized to enter into agreements with any of its directors, officers or employees extending rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses to such person to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, but the Business Corporation Lawfailure to enter into any such agreement shall not affect or limit the rights of such person pursuant to this by-law, it being expressly recognized hereby that all directors, officers and employees of the StateCorporation, by serving as such after the adoption hereof, are acting in reliance hereon and that the Corporation is estopped to contend otherwise.
In case any provision in this by-law shall be determined at any time to be unenforceable in any respect, the other provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and the affected provision shall be given the fullest possible enforcement in the circumstances, it being the intention of New York,the Corporation to afford indemnification and advancement of expenses to its directors, officers and employees, acting in such capacities or BCL. In addition, Trans World may,in the other capacities mentioned herein, to the fullest extent permitted by law.
For purposes of this by-law, the BCLCorporation shall be deemed to have requested a person to serve an employee benefit plan where the performance by such person of his or her duties to the Corporation also imposes duties on, or otherwise involves services by, such lesser extent as is determined inperson to the discretionplan or participants or beneficiaries of the Board of Directors, indemnify its other employeesplan, and agents. Pursuant to Section 722 of the BCL, Trans World generally has the power to indemnify its present and former directors and officers against expenses and liabilities incurred by them in connection with any suit to which they are, or are threatened to be made,excise taxes assessed on a party by reason of their serving in those positions so long as they acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in the best interests of Trans World, andperson with respect to an employee benefit plan pursuant to applicable law shall be considered indemnifiable expenses. For purposes of this by-law, the term “Corporation” shall include any criminal action, they had no reasonable causelegal successor to believe their conduct was unlawful. The statute expressly provides that the power to indemnify authorized thereby is not exclusive ofCorporation, including any rights granted under any by-law, agreement, vote of shareholderscorporation which acquires all or disinterested directors, or otherwise. Trans World also has the power to purchase and maintain insurance for its directors and officers.

The preceding discussion of our Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Section 722substantially all of the BCL is not intended to be exhaustive and is qualified by the Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Section 722assets of the BCL.

We have entered intoCorporation in one or more transactions.”

Insofar as indemnification agreements with each of our non-employee directors. Those agreements do not increase the extent or scope of the indemnification provided but were entered into to establish processes and procedures for indemnification claims.

Item 15.Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.

Set forth below is a listing of all sales of securities by Trans World during the past three years not registeredliabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or controlling persons of 1933, as amended:

Duringours, pursuant to the third quarter of fiscal 2013, the Company determinedforegoing provisions, or otherwise, we have been advised that, participants in the Trans World Entertainment Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan (the “401(k) Plan”) had investedopinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in Company Common Stock (the “Common Stock”) under the 401(k) Plan that were not registered under the Securities Act, and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by us of 1933. Purchasesexpenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of Common Stock were made onours in the open marketsuccessful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered hereunder, we will, unless in the opinion of our counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by us is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the 401(k) Plan. Investments infinal adjudication of such issue.

Item 15.
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.
On July 12, 2022, the Common Stock duringCompany entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “PIPE Purchase Agreement”) with the third quarter of fiscal 2013 represented 2,568 sharesSelling Shareholders for a private placement offering (“Private Placement”) of the Company’s Common Stock with an aggregate purchase price equalcommon stock or pre-funded warrants (with each pre-funded warrant exercisable for one share of common stock) in lieu thereof, and warrants exercisable for one share of common stock. Pursuant to $12,070. Under applicable federal securities laws, certain participants may have a right to rescind their investment and requirethe PIPE Purchase Agreement, the Company agreed to repurchaseissue and sell 1,818,182 shares of its Common Stock for an amount equalcommon stock or pre-funded warrants in lieu thereof together with warrants to purchase up to 2,457,160 shares of common stock. Each share of common stock and accompanying warrant was sold together at a combined offering price of $3.30 per share.
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The pre-funded warrants are immediately exercisable, at a nominal exercise price of $0.001, and may be exercised at any time until all of the price paid forpre-funded warrants are exercised in full. Under the Common Stock (or ifterms of the Common Stock has been sold, to receive damages for any loss that was incurred on the sale), plus interest. Additionally,pre-funded warrants, the Company may not effect the exercise of any such warrant, and a holder will not be entitled to exercise any portion of any such warrant, if, upon giving effect to such exercise, the aggregate number of shares of common stock beneficially owned by the holder (together with its affiliates, any other persons acting as a group together with the holder or any of the holder’s affiliates, and any other persons whose beneficial ownership of common stock would or could be aggregated with the holder’s for purposes of Section 13(d) or Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) would exceed 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 such warrant, which percentage may be increased or decreased at the holder’s election upon 61 days’ notice to the Company subject to civilthe terms of such warrants, provided that such percentage may in no event exceed 9.99%.
The warrants have an exercise price of $3.13 per share (subject to adjustment as set forth in the warrant), are exercisable upon issuance and other penalties by regulatory authorities. Generally, the federal statute of limitations applicable to securities rescission rights is one yearwill expire five years from the date of acquisitionissuance. The warrants contain standard adjustments to the exercise price including for stock splits, stock dividend, rights offerings and pro rata distributions.
The Private Placement closed on July 14, 2022. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the private placement for working capital and other general corporate purposes.
In connection with the PIPE Purchase Agreement, the Company entered into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with the Selling Shareholders. Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company is required to file a resale registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and exchange Commission (the “SEC”) to register for resale of the security. InvestmentsShares, the shares issuable upon exercise of the pre-funded warrants and the warrants within twenty (20) days after the Closing Date (the “Filing Date”). Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Registration Statement shall be declared effective within 30 days after the Filing Date or 60 days following the Filing Date if the Registration Statement is reviewed by

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the 401(k) Plan inSEC. The Company will be obligated to pay certain liquidated damages to the Common Stock duringinvestor if the preceding twelve months represented 59,992 sharesCompany fails to file the resale registration statement when required, fails to cause the Registration Statement to be declared effective by the SEC when required, of if the Company fails to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.

Additionally, all of the Company’s Common Stock with an aggregate purchase price equal to $238,488. Based on the November 2, 2013 closing price for the Company’s Common Stock, the maximum potential payment for claims based on these rights is under $30,000.

The failure to register the sharesexecutive officers, directors and holders of Common Stock under the 401(k) Plan was inadvertent and the Company intends to make a registered rescission offer to eligible plan participants in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013. Based on the current market pricemore than 10% of the Company’s Common Stock,common stock entered into a Lock-Up Agreement (the “Lock-Up Agreement”) pursuant to which they agreed not to sell or transfer any securities of the Company does not believeheld by them for a period of 90 days from the potential liability for rescission claims is materialeffective date of the Registration Statement, subject to limited exceptions.

Aegis Capital Corp. acted as the placement agent in connection with the Private Placement. Pursuant to the Company’s financial condition or resultsengagement agreement, Aegis was paid a commission equal to 7% of operations.

The Common Stock investment option was closed to participants effective November 15, 2013. No further Common Stock purchasesthe gross proceeds received by the 401(k) Plan will be permitted.Company in the Private Placement. The Company paid Aegis $75,000 for fees and expenses including attorney fees.

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Item 16.

Item 16.
Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
The exhibits listed on the Index to Exhibits and Financialof this Registration Statement Schedules.

(i) Exhibits

The exhibit index attached hereto isare filed herewith or are incorporated herein by reference.reference to other filings.

(a)
Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
​​
Exhibit Description
3.1
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Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 29, 1994. Commission File No. 0-14818).
​
3.2
​​
Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 29, 1994. Commission File No. 0-14818).
​​
3.3
​​
Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 1998. Commission File No. 0-14818).
​​
3.4
​​
Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation dated September 3, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Current Report on Form 8-K filed September 3, 2020).
​​
3.5
​​
Form of Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4, No. 333-75231).
​​
3.6
​​
Form of Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.6 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4, No. 333-75231).
​​
3.7
​​
Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 15, 2000. Commission File No. 0-14818).
​​
3.8
​​
Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-A filed August 15, 2000. Commission File No. 0-14818).
​​
3.9
​​
Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed July 16, 2019. Commission File No. 0-14818).
​​
3.10
​​
Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed March 8, 2022. Commission File No. 0-14818).
​​
3.11
​​
Amended By-Laws (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 29, 2000. Commission File No. 0-14818).
​​
3.12
​​
Amendment No. 1 to By-Laws (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed March 31, 2020. Commission File No. 0-14818).
​​
3.13
​​
Amendment No. 2 to By-laws, dated September 3, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Current Report on Form 8-K filed September 3, 2020).
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3.14
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Amendment No. 3 to By-laws, dated March 8, 2022 (incorporated by reference to Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 8, 2022).
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Item 17.Undertakings.

Exhibit
Number
​​
Exhibit Description
5.1*
​​
Opinion of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
​​
10.1
​​
Engagement Agreement dated July 11, 2022 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed July 14, 2022. Commission File No. 0-14818)
​​
10.2
​​
Securities Purchase Agreement (PIPE), dated July 12, 2022, by and among the Company and the purchasers party thereto (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed July 14, 2022. Commission File No. 0-14818)
​​
10.3
​​
Form of Investor Warrant (PIPE) (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed July 14, 2022. Commission File No. 0-14818)
​​
10.4
​​
Form of Pre-Funded Warrant (PIPE) (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed July 14, 2022. Commission File No. 0-14818)
​​
10.5
​​
Registration Rights Agreement, dated July 12, 2022, by and among the Company and the purchasers party thereto (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed July 14, 2022. Commission File No. 0-14818)
​​
10.6
​​
Securities Purchase Agreement (Registered Offering), dated July 12, 2022, by and among the Company and the purchasers party thereto (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed July 14, 2022. Commission File No. 0-14818)
​​
10.7
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Form of Pre-Funded Warrant (Registered Offering) (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed July 14, 2022. Commission File No. 0-14818)
​​
10.8
​​
Form of Lockup Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed July 14, 2022. Commission File No. 0-14818)
​​
21
​​
List of Subsidiaries (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 21 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 29, 2022. Commission File No. 0-14818)
​​
23.1*
​​
Consent of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
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23.2*
​​
Consent of Fruci & Associates II, PLLC
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107*
​​
Calculation of Registration Fees
*
Filed herewith.
Item 17.
Undertakings
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

(a)

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
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prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement;

(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement.

statement;

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment 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.

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(4) 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.

(b)

(5) That, for purposesthe purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 each filingto any purchaser in the initial distribution of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934)securities:
The undersigned registrant undertakes that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities

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offered therein, and the offering of such securities shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c) That insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to 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 Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 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 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

(d) 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:

(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 of Regulation S-K;

424;

(ii) 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;

(iii) 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

(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement 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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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this amendment to registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Albany,the City of Spokane, in the State of New York,Washington, on the 16th28th day of September, 2014.

TRANS WORLD ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION

July, 2022.

By:

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​

KASPIEN HOLDINGS INC.
​​
​​
​​
By:
​​
/s/ JOHN ANDERSON

(Brock Kowalchuk

​​
​​
Brock Kowalchuk
​​
​​
Interim Chief Financial Officer)

Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Brock Kowalchuk and Edwin Sapienza and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment to registration statementRegistration Statement has been signed by the following persons, in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Name

Signature
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Title

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Title

​

​
Date

/S/ ROBERT J. HIGGINS

(Robert J. Higgins)

s/ Brock Kowalchuk
Brock Kowalchuk
​

Chairman and​

Interim Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)

​

September 16, 2014

​
July 28, 2022

/S/ JOHN ANDERSON

(John Anderson)

s/ Edwin Sapienza
Edwin Sapienza
​

​

Chief Financial Officer (Principal
(Principal Financial Officer and Chief
Principal Accounting Officer)

​

September 16, 2014

​
July 28, 2022

*

(Martin Hanaka)

/s/ Jonathan Marcus
Jonathan Marcus
​

Director

​
Director

September 16, 2014

​		​
July 28, 2022

*

(Robert Marks)

/s/ Michael Reichert
Michael Reichert
​

Director

​
Director

September 16, 2014

​		​
July 28, 2022

*

(Dr. Joseph G. Morone)

/s/ Tom Simpson
Tom Simpson
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Director

​
Director

September 16, 2014

*

(Michael Nahl)

​		​

Director

September 16, 2014

*

(Michael B. Solow)

Director

September 16, 2014

July 28, 2022

*

/S/ JOHN ANDERSON

John Anderson
as Attorney-in-Fact

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit Number

Description of Exhibit

3.1

Restated Certificate of Incorporation—incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 29, 1994. Commission File No. 0-14818.

3.2

Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation—incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 29, 1994. Commission File No. 0-14818.

3.3

Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation—incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 1998. Commission File No. 0-14818.

3.4

Amended By-Laws—incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 29, 2000. Commission File No. 0-14818.

3.5

Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation—incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4, No. 333-75231.

3.6

Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation—incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.6 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4, No. 333-75231.

3.7

Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation—incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 15, 2000. Commission File No. 0-14818.

3.8

Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation—incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-A filed August 15, 2000. Commission File No. 0-14818.

4.1

Credit Agreement dated January 5, 2006, between Trans World Entertainment Corporation and Bank of America N.A.—incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 10, 2006. Commission File No. 0-14818.

4.2

First Amendment to Credit Agreement between Trans World Entertainment Corporation and Bank of America N.A.—incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 29, 2006. Commission File No. 0- 14818.

4.3

Second Amendment to Credit Agreement between Trans World Entertainment Corporation and Bank of America N.A.—incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 23, 2006. Commission File No. 0-14818.

4.4

Amended and Restated Credit Agreement between Trans World Entertainment Corporation and Bank of America N.A.—incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 15, 2010. Commission File No. 0- 14818.

4.5

First Amendment to Credit Agreement between Trans World Entertainment Corporation and Wells Fargo, National Association dated May 4, 2012—incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 7, 2012. Commission File No. 0-14818.

4.6

Consent dated November 27, 2012, pursuant to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of April 15, 2010 by and between Trans World Entertainment Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association—incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 27, 2012. Commission File No. 0-14818.

*5.1

Opinion of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP regarding legality of common stock being registered.

10.1

Lease, dated April 1, 1985, between Robert J. Higgins, as Landlord, and Record Town, Inc. and Trans World Music Corporation, as Tenant and Amendment thereto dated April 28, 1986—incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, No. 33-6449.

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Exhibit Number

Description of Exhibit

10.2

Second Addendum, dated as of November 30, 1989, to Lease, dated April 1, 1985, among Robert J. Higgins, and Trans World Music Corporation, and Record Town, Inc., exercising five year renewal option—incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended February 3, 1990. Commission File No. 0-14818.

10.3

Lease, dated November 1, 1989, between Robert J. Higgins, as Landlord, and Record Town, Inc. and Trans World Music Corporation, as Tenant—incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended February 2, 1991. Commission File No. 0-14818.

10.5

Lease dated September 1, 1998, between Robert J. Higgins, as Landlord, and Record Town, Inc. and Trans World Music Corporation, as Tenant, for additional office space at 38 Corporate Circle—incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 31, 1998. Commission File No. 0-14818.

10.6

Trans World Music Corporation 1990 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors, as amended and restated—incorporated herein by reference to Annex A to Trans World’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Form 14A filed as of May 19, 2000. Commission File No. 0-14818.

10.7

Trans World Entertainment Corporation 1994 Stock Option Plan—incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended July 30, 1994. Commission File No. 0-14818.

10.8

Trans World Entertainment Corporation 1998 Stock Option Plan—incorporated herein by reference to Annex B to Trans World’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Form 14A filed as of May 7, 1998. Commission File No. 0-14818.

10.9

Trans World Entertainment Corporation 1999 Stock Option Plan—incorporated herein by reference to Annex A to Trans World’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Form 14A filed as of May 7, 1998. Commission File No. 0-14818.

10.10

Form of Indemnification Agreement dated May 1, 1995 between the Company and its officers and directors incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended April 29, 1995. Commission File No. 0-14818.

10.11

Trans World Entertainment Corporation 2002 Stock Option Plan—incorporated herein by reference to Annex A to Trans World’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Form 14A filed as of May 23, 2002. Commission File No. 0-14818.

10.12

Trans World Entertainment Corporation Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, as amended—incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on July 16, 2012. Commission File No. 0-14818.

10.13

Employment Agreement, dated as of December 26, 2008, between the Company and Robert J. Higgins. Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on December 29, 2008. Commission File No. 0-14818.

10.14

Trans World Entertainment Corporation 2005 Long Term Incentive and Share Award Plan incorporated herein by reference to Appendix A to Trans World Entertainment Corporation’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Form 14A filed as of May 11, 2005. Commission File No. 0-14818.

10.15

Trans World Entertainment Corporation Executive Officers Bonus Plan—incorporated herein by reference to Appendix A to Trans World Entertainment Corporation’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Form 14A filed as of May 20, 2009. Commission File No. 0-14818.

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Significant Subsidiaries of the Registrant.

*23.1

Consent of KPMG LLP.

*99.1

Form of cover letter to Rescission Offer recipients.

*99.2

Form of Rescission Offer Acceptance Form.

*

Previously filed.

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