As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 15, 2015

Registration No. 333-


UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DCD.C. 20549

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Under

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

BOVIE MEDICAL CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

11-2644611

APYX MEDICAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware11-2644611
(State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation
incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

4 Manhattanville

5115 Ulmerton Road Suite 106

Purchase, New York 10577

(914) 468-4069

Clearwater, FL 33760
(727) 384-2323
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

Robert L. Gershon


Charles D. Goodwin, II
Chief Executive Officer

4 Manhattanville

5115 Ulmerton Road Suite 106

Purchase, New York 10577

(914) 468-4069

Clearwater, Florida 33760
(727) 384-2323
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)


Copy to:

Adam P. Silvers, Esq.

Ron Ben-Bassat,

Neil Novikoff, Esq.

Dominick P. Ragno, Esq.
Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C.

1425 RXR Plaza

East Tower, 15th15th Floor

Uniondale, New York 11556-1425

(516) 663-6519

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:

From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement.


If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box: ¨o


If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or intent reinvestments plans, check the following box: xý


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


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


If this form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ¨o


If this form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ¨o


Indicate by check mark whether registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company.

See definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.



Large Accelerated Filer

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Accelerated Filer

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Non-Accelerated Filer

Large accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated filerýSmaller Reporting Company

reporting company
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

         

 

 Amount of Shares to be Registered (1)  Proposed Maximum Offering Price PerShare (2)  Proposed Maximum Aggregate OfferingPrice (2)  Amount of Registration Fee 

Title of Each Class of

Securities to be Registered

  
         

Common Stock - $0.001 par value

 

7,563,153

  

$

2.43

  

$

18,378,462

  

$

2,136

 

(1)

Pursuant

Emerging growth companyo
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the termsextended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of March 17, 2015, by and among the Registrant and the investors party thereto, the Registrant is hereby registering the disposition of (i) 7,176,278 shares of its common stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock which were issued to such investors, and (ii) 386,875 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of five and one-half-year warrants. Pursuant to Rule 416, The securities registered also include such number of shares of common stock as may be issued pursuant to the anti-dilution and adjustment provisions of such securities provided in the warrants (stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions).

(2)

Exchange Act.

Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457 (c) and 457 (g) of the Securities Act of 1933, and based on the average of the high and low sales prices of the common stock, as reported on the NYSE MKT Exchange on April 10, 2015.

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The Registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until this registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to Section 8(a), may determine.


THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(a) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(a), MAY DETERMINE.







EXPLANATORY NOTE

This registration statement contains two prospectuses:

a base prospectus which covers the offering, issuance and sale by the registrant of up to a maximum aggregate offering price of $100,000,000 of the registrant’s common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, warrants, and/or units; and

an equity distribution agreement prospectus covering the offering, issuance and sale by the registrant of up to a maximum aggregate offering price of $40,000,000 of the registrant’s common stock that may be issued and sold under an equity distribution agreement with Piper Sandler & Co.

The base prospectus immediately follows this explanatory note. The specific terms of any other securities to be offered pursuant to the base prospectus will be specified in one or more prospectus supplements to the base prospectus. The equity distribution agreement prospectus immediately follows the base prospectus.

The $40,000,000 of shares of common stock that may be offered, issued and sold under the equity distribution agreement prospectus is included in the $100,000,000 of securities that may be offered, issued and sold by the registrant under the base prospectus. Upon termination of the equity distribution agreement, any portion of the $40,000,000 included in the equity distribution agreement prospectus that is not sold pursuant to the equity distribution agreement will be available for sale in other offerings pursuant to the base prospectus and an accompanying prospectus supplement, and if no shares are sold under the equity distribution agreement, the full $40,000,000 of securities may be sold in other offerings pursuant to the base prospectus and an accompanying prospectus supplement.




THE INFORMATION IN THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT COMPLETE AND MAY BE CHANGED. THESE SECURITIES WILL NOT BE SOLD 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.

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED April ___, 2015

 

November 22, 2022


PROSPECTUS

BOVIE MEDICAL CORPORATION

7,563,153 Shares of
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$100,000,000
Common Stock of Bovie Corporation

This prospectus relates

Preferred Stock
Debt Securities
Warrants
Units

We may offer and sell from time to the resale by the selling stockholders namedtime in this prospectusone or their pledgees, donees, transferees, or other successors in interest, ofmore offerings up to 7,563,153$100,000,000 in the aggregate of:
shares of our common stock;
shares of our preferred stock, in one or more series;
our debt securities, in one or more series, which may be either senior or subordinated debt securities;
warrants to purchase shares of our common stock (i) issuable upon conversion of shares of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, which they acquired in an exchange transaction in which such selling stockholders exchanged an aggregate of 3,500,000 shares of our Series A 6% Convertible Preferred Stock and 5,250,000 common stock purchase warrants for an aggregate of 3,588,139 shares of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, and (ii) issuable upon the exercise of five and one-half-year warrants. The securities registered also include a certain numberor preferred stock;
units consisting of shares of common stock, debt securities and/or warrants to purchase shares of common stock and/or debt securities in any combination; or
any combination of the foregoing.

This prospectus describes the general terms of these securities and the general manner in which these securities will be offered. Each time we offer securities, we will provide the specific terms of the securities offered in one or more supplements to this prospectus. We may also authorize one or more free writing prospectuses to be provided to you in connection with these offerings. The prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. You should carefully read this prospectus, the applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, as well as any documents incorporated by reference, before buying any of the securities being offered.

The securities offered by this prospectus may be issued pursuantsold directly by us to investors, through agents designated from time to time or to or through underwriters or dealers. We will set forth the names of any underwriters or agents and any applicable fees, commissions, discounts and over-allotments in an accompanying prospectus supplement. For additional information on the methods of sale, you should refer to the anti-dilutionsection entitled “Plan of Distribution” in this prospectus and adjustment provisions provided in the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock. We will notapplicable prospectus supplement. The price to the public of such securities and the net proceeds we expect to receive any proceeds from any such sale of these shares, however we may receive paymentwill also be set forth in cash upon exercise of the warrants.

a prospectus supplement.


Our common stock is listed on the NYSE MKTNASDAQ Stock Market LLC under the symbol “BVX.“APYX.” The last reported sale price of our common stock on April 10, 2015November 21, 2022 was $2.43$1.42 per share.

As of November 21, 2022, the aggregate market value of our outstanding common stock held by non-affiliates was approximately $29.9 million. For purposes of this disclosure, shares of common stock held by persons who are known by us to beneficially own more than 5% of the outstanding shares of common stock and shares held by officers and directors of the Registrant have been excluded in that such persons may be deemed to be affiliates.


INVESTING IN OUR SECURITIES INVOLVES CERTAIN RISKS.A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK. YOU SHOULD READREVIEW CAREFULLY THE RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES REFERENCED UNDER THE HEADING “RISK FACTORS” ON PAGE 14 OF THIS
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PROSPECTUS ANYAS WELL AS THOSE CONTAINED IN THE APPLICABLE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT AND ALLANY RELATED FREE WRITING PROSPECTUS, AND IN THE OTHER INFORMATION INCLUDED ORDOCUMENTS THAT ARE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THIS PROSPECTUS CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU INVEST, INCLUDING THE RISK FACTORS WHICH BEGIN ON PAGE 5 OF THIS PROSPECTUS.

The shares of common stock may be offered by the selling stockholders in negotiated transactions, at either prevailing market prices or negotiated prices. Each selling stockholder in its discretion may also offer the shares of common stock from time to time in ordinary brokerage transactions on the NYSE MKT or otherwise. See our discussion in the “Plan of Distribution” section of this prospectus.

The selling stockholders and any brokers executing selling orders on behalf of the selling stockholders may be deemed to be "underwriters" within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and commissions received by a broker executing selling orders may be deemed to be underwriting commissions under the Securities Act.


NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.


THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS IS APRIL ___, 2015

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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You should read this prospectus, including all documents incorporated herein by reference, together with additional information described under “WhereWhere You Can Find More Information.Information.


You may obtain the information incorporated by reference without charge by following the instructions under “WhereWhere You Can Find More Information.Information.


SUMMARY

The following summary highlights selected




ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

This prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form S-3 that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), utilizing a “shelf” registration process.

Under this shelf registration process, we may offer shares of our common stock and preferred stock, various series of debt securities and/or warrants to purchase any of such securities, either individually or in units, in one or more offerings, up to a total dollar amount of $100,000,000. This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer. Each time we offer a type or series of securities under this prospectus, we will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain more specific information about the specific terms of the offering. We may also authorize one or more free writing prospectuses to be provided to you that may contain material information relating to these offerings. Each such prospectus supplement (and any related free writing prospectus that we may authorize to be provided to you) may also add, update or change information contained elsewhere or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. This summary does not contain all the information you should consider before investingprospectus or in our securities. You should read the entire prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference ininto this prospectus. We urge you to carefully read this prospectus, carefullyany applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, together with the information incorporated herein by reference as described under the headings “Where You Can Find More Information” and “Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference before making an investment decision.

buying any of the securities being offered. THIS PROSPECTUS MAY NOT BE USED TO OFFER OR SELL SECURITIES UNLESS IT IS ACCOMPANIED BY A PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT. To the extent there are inconsistencies between any prospectus supplement, this prospectus and any documents incorporated by reference, the document with the most recent date will control.


You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus. We have not authorized anyone else to provide you with different information in addition to or additional information. We aredifferent from that contained in this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus. No dealer, salesperson or other person is authorized to give any information or to represent anything not makingcontained in this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement or any related free writing prospectus that we may authorize to be provided to you. You must not rely on any unauthorized information or representation. This prospectus is an offer to sell theseonly the securities offered hereby, but only under circumstances and in any jurisdictionjurisdictions where the offerit is not permitted.lawful to do so. You should not assume that the information contained in this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement or in the documents incorporated by reference hereinany related free writing prospectus is accurate only as of any date other than the date on the front of this prospectus or the filingdocument and that any information incorporated by reference is accurate only as of the date of anythe document incorporated by reference, regardless of itsthe time of delivery and you should not consider any information inof this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement or any related free writing prospectus, or any sale of a security.

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

We further note that the representations, warranties and covenants made by us in any agreement that is filed as an exhibit to any document that is incorporated by reference in the accompanying prospectus were made solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreement, including, in some cases, for the purpose of allocating risk among the parties to such agreements, and should not be deemed to be investment, legala representation, warranty or tax advice. We encouragecovenant to you. Moreover, such representations, warranties or covenants were accurate only as of the date when made. Accordingly, such representations, warranties and covenants should not be relied on as accurately representing the current state of our affairs.

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

The following highlights information about the Registrant and our business contained elsewhere or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. It is not complete and does not contain all of the information that you to consult your own counsel, accountant and other advisors for legal, tax, business, financial and related advice regarding an investmentshould consider before investing in any of our securities.

You should carefully read this prospectus together with the more detailed information incorporated by reference in this prospectus.


Our Company

We were


Overview

Apyx Medical Corporation (“Company”, “Apyx Medical”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) was incorporated in 1982, under the laws of the State of Delaware and has its principal executive office at 4 Manhattanville5115 Ulmerton Road, Suite #106, Purchase, New York 10577.

Clearwater, FL 33760.


We are an energy-based medical deviceadvanced energy technology company specializing in developing, manufacturing, and marketingwith a range of electrosurgicalpassion for elevating people’s lives through innovative products and technologies, as well as related medical products used in doctor’s offices, surgery centers and hospitals worldwide. Our medical devices are marketed through Bovie’s own well-respected brands (Bovie®, Aaron®, IDS and ICON) and on a private label basis to distributors throughout the world. The Company also leverages its expertise in the design, developmentcosmetic and manufacturingsurgical markets. Known for our innovative Helium Plasma Technology, Apyx is solely focused on bringing transformative solutions to physicians and their patients. Our Helium Plasma Technology is marketed and sold as Renuvion® in the cosmetic surgery market and J-Plasma® in the hospital surgical market. Our primary focus is on the cosmetic surgery market where Renuvion® offers plastic surgeons, fascial plastic surgeons and cosmetic physicians a unique ability to provide controlled heat to the tissue to achieve their desired results. We also leverage our deep expertise and decades of electrosurgical equipment by producing equipment for large, well-known medical device manufacturersexperience in unique waveforms through original equipment manufacturing (OEM) agreements.

We are also the developer of J-Plasma®; a patented new plasma-based surgical product which we believe has the potential to be a transformational product for surgeons. J-Plasma utilizes a helium ionization process that produces a stable, focused beam of ionized gas that provides surgeons(“OEM”) agreements with greater precision, minimal invasiveness and an absence of conductive currents during surgery. While currently in the early stages of commercialization, J-Plasma has been the subject of five independent white papers and has been cited therein for its clinical utility in gynecological surgeries and dermatologic/facial plastic surgery procedures.

other medical device manufacturers.


Our objective is to achieve profitable, sustainable growth by increasing our market share in the advanced energyAdvanced Energy category, including the commercialization of products that have the potential to be transformational with respect to the results they produce for surgeons and their patients. In order to achieve this objective, we plan to leverage our long history in the industry, along with thea reputation for quality, reliability, and reliabilitya science-based approach that the Bovieour brand enjoys within the medical community. At the same time, we will expand our products beyond radio frequency, move forward with research and developments projects aimed at creating value within our existing product portfolio and building our pipeline of new complementary products, and utilize multiple channels to bring new and existing products to market.


Significant Subsidiaries

Aaron Medical Industries, Inc.


Apyx Bulgaria, EOOD is a wholly-owned Florida corporation basedwholly owned limited liability company incorporated under Bulgarian law, located in Clearwater, Florida.Sofia, Bulgaria. It is principally engaged in the business of marketing our medical products.

Company Products

We group our products into three main categories: electrosurgery, cauteries,development and other products. Information regarding sales by product categories and related percentages can be found in our annual and quarterly reports filed with the SEC. We manufacture and market various medical products, both under private label and the Bovie brands (Bovie, Aaron, IDS, ICON and DERM), to distributors worldwide. Additionally, Bovie has original equipment manufacturing (OEM) agreements with other medical device manufacturers. These OEM and private label arrangements and our use of the Bovie brands enable us to gain greater market share for the distribution of our products.


Electrosurgery Products

Electrosurgery is our largest product line and includes desiccators,advanced energy generators, electrodes, electrosurgical pencils and various ancillary disposable products. These electrosurgical products are used during surgical procedures in gynecology, urology, plastic surgery, dermatology, veterinary, and other surgical markets for the cutting and coagulation of tissue. It is estimated that 80% of all surgical procedures performed worldwide are conducted by electrosurgery. Our electrosurgery products fall under two categories, monopolar and bipolar. Monopolar products require the use of a grounding pad attached to the patient for the return of the electrical current, while bipolar products consist of two electrodes; one for the inbound current and one for the return current and therefore do not require the use of a grounding pad.

Electrosurgical Disposables

Resistick II

Resistick II is a trademarked and proprietary coating that is applied to stainless steel that resist eschar (scab or scar tissue caused by burning) during surgery. We have experienced strong demand for this product since its introduction in 2011, and it represents our continued expansion of the Bovie line of electrosurgical disposables.

Disposable Laparoscopic Electrodes

We are introducing a line of disposable laparoscopic electrodes in the first quarter of 2015 in Resitick coated and stainless steel for use by physicians from a broad group of specialties including gynecology, general surgery and urology. These electrodes will be offered in J-hook, L-hook, needle, ball and spatula design and have an adapter included which makes these laparoscopic electrodes usable with a 3/32” or 4mm plug.

Cauteries

Battery Operated Cauteries

Battery operated cauteries constitute our second largest product line. Cauteries were originally designed for precise hemostasis (to stop bleeding) in ophthalmology. The current use of cauteries has been substantially expanded to include a broad range of applications Battery operated cauteries are primarily sterile one-time use products. We have continued to improve our offering and now have a snap design cautery which has a patent pending. It features a switch mechanism that dramatically reduces the potential for accidental activation. We manufacture one of the broadest lines of cauteries in the world, including but not limited to, a line of replaceable battery and replaceable tip cauteries, which are popular in veterinary and overseas markets.

Other Products

Battery Operated Medical Lights

We manufacture and market a variety of specialty lighting instruments for use in ophthalmology as well as distribute specialty lighting instruments for generalthe manufacturing of our disposable handpieces and OEM generators and accessories. The facility also distributes products directly to customers in certain international markets and provides warranty and repair services.


Industry

The cosmetic surgery hip replacement surgery and for the placement of endotracheal tubes in emergency and surgical procedures. We also manufacture and market physicians’ office use penlights.

Nerve Locator Stimulator

We manufacture a nerve locator stimulator primarily used for identifying motor nerves in hand and facial reconstructive surgery. This instrument is a sterile, self-contained, battery-operated unit, for one time use.


J-Plasma Products

ICON GS

Bovie’s J-Plasma technologyspecial segment of the medical field which is the foundation for the ICON GS plasma system, which utilizes a helium ionization process producing a stable thin focused beam of ionized gas that can be controlled in a wide range of temperatures and intensities, providing the surgeon greater control and predictability with minimal thermal damage to surrounding tissue. The development of this helium plasma generator also includes the design of a new proprietary handpiece.

The 510(k) cleared and CE mark approved Bovie Ultimate generator will eventually replace the ICON GS plasma system. In addition to the J-Plasma technology, the Bovie Ultimate will have the IDS 310 capability, offering users monopolar, bipolar and plasma features, all in one generator.

J-Plasma Disposable Portfolio

We offer different hand pieces for open and laparoscopic procedures. The helium-based plasma generated from these devices have been shown to cause less thermal damage to tissue than C02 laser, argon plasma and RF energy products currently available on the market.

The most recent product launchedinvolved in the J-plasma portfolio is the Pistol Grip handpiece. This product offers improved ergonomics and is providing an increased rate of adoptionrestoration, reconstruction, or alteration of the technology. Boviehuman body so as to enhance the body’s appearance. The market for cosmetic surgery includes surgical, minimally invasive, and nonsurgical cosmetic procedures. This market is expected to have steady growth year-over-year and this growth is driven by social and cultural factors such as the influence of social media, peer pressure for appearance and beauty, and increasing disposable income.


We believe that we have sustainable, competitive advantages in the cosmetic surgery market for several reasons: our long history of developing unique energy devices to meet the needs of physicians, our unique Helium Plasma Technology, our outstanding product quality supported by strong engineering and research and development capabilities, and the clinical support that our expanding global medial affairs team provides to our customers. We feel that our products and our strategy as a customer-centric aesthetic medical device manufacturer have, and will continue to launch products from a rich pipelineimprove, the lives of doctors and their patients.

Intellectual Property

We rely on our intellectual property that will allow surgeonswe have developed or acquired over the years including patents, trade secrets, technical innovations and various licensing agreements to treat from a variety of surgical specialties.


About This Offering

This prospectus relates to the resale by the selling stockholders identified in this prospectus of up to 7,563,153 shares of common stock issuable upon (i) conversion of 3,588,139 shares ofprovide our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock which werefuture growth and build our competitive position. We have been issued in a March 2015 transaction in exchange for and cancellation of an aggregate of 3,500,000 shares of our Series A 6% Convertible Preferred Stock and 5,250,000 warrants and (ii) and upon the exercise of five and one-half-year warrants (the “Offering”). All of the shares, when sold, will be sold by these selling stockholders. The selling stockholders may sell their shares of common stock from time to time at prevailing market prices. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares of common stock by the selling stockholders. However, we may receive the sale price of any common stock we issue to the selling stockholders upon exercise of the outstanding warrants.

Common Stock Offered:

Up to 7,563,153 shares of common stock, issuable upon conversion of shares of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and exercise of warrants.

Common Stock Outstanding at April 13, 2015:

23,391,035

Use of Proceeds:

We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the 7,563,153 shares of common stock subject to resale by the selling stockholders under this prospectus.

Risk Factors:

An investment in the common stock offered under this prospectus is highly speculative and involves substantial risk. Please carefully consider the “Risk Factors” section and other information in this prospectus for a discussion of risks. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial may also impair our business and operations.

NYSE MKT Symbol:

BVX


RISK FACTORS

Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risks and all other information contained in this prospectus and40 patents in the documents incorporated by reference herein. You should also referUnited States and 28 foreign patents. We have 22 pending patent applications in the United States and 58 pending foreign applications. We have 9 U.S. registered trademarks, 5 international registered trademarks, and 4 pending international trademark applications. As we continue to the other information in this prospectus, includingexpand our financial statements and the related notes incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

Risks Related to our Business and Industry

The medical device industry is highly competitive and we may be unable to compete effectively.

The medical device industry is highly competitive. Many competitors in this industry are well-established, do a substantially greater amount of business, and have greater financial resources and facilities than we do.

Domestically,intellectual property portfolio, we believe we rank third in the number of units sold in the field of electrosurgical generator manufacturing and we sell our products and compete with other manufacturers in various ways. In addition to advertising, attending trade shows and supporting our distribution channels, we strive to enhance product quality and functionality, improve user friendliness, and expand product exposure.

We have also invested, and continue to invest, substantial resources to develop and monetize, our J-Plasma technology. If we are unable to gain acceptance in the marketplace of J-Plasma, our business and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected. From June of 2010 through December 31, 2014, we have invested approximately $5.5 million in the development and marketing of our J-Plasma technology.

We also compete by private labeling our products for major distributors under their label. This allows us to increase our position in the marketplace and thereby compete from two different approaches, our Aaron or Bovie label, and our customers’ private label. Our private label customers distribute our products under their name through their internal sales force. We believe our main competitors do not private label their products.

Lastly, at this time we sell the majority of our products through distributors. Many of the companies we compete with sell direct, thus competing directly with distributors they sometimes use.

Our industryit is highly regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and international regulatory authorities, as well as other governmental, state and federal agencies which have substantial authority to establish criteria which must be complied with in ordercritical for us to continue to invest in operation.

United States

Ourfiling patent applications to protect our technology, inventions and improvements. However, we can give no assurance that competitors will not infringe on our patent rights or otherwise create similar or non-infringing competing products that are technically patentable in their own right.



Manufacturing and researchSuppliers

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We are committed to producing the most technically advanced and development activities are subject to regulation by the FDA and other regulatory bodies. FDA regulations govern, among other things, the following activities:

Product development

Product testing

Product labeling

Product storage

Pre-market clearance or approval

Advertising and promotion

Product traceability, and

Product indications.

In the United States, medical devices are classifiedhighest quality products of their kind available on the basis of control deemed necessary to reasonably ensure the safety and effectiveness of the device. Class I devices are subject to general controls. These controls include registration and listing, labeling, pre-market notification and adherence to the FDA Quality System Regulation. Class II devices are subject to general and special controls. Special controls include performance standards, post market surveillance, patient registries and FDA guidelines. Class III devices are those which must receive pre-market approval by the FDA to ensure their safety and effectiveness. Currently, we only manufacture Class I and Class II devices. Pre-market notification clearance must be obtained for some Class I and most Class II devices when the FDA does not require pre-market approval. All of our products have been cleared by, or are exempt from, the pre-market notification process.


A pre-market approval application is required for most Class III devices. A pre-market approval application must be supported by valid scientific evidence to demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of the device. The pre-market approval application typically includes:

Results of bench and laboratory tests, animal studies, and clinical studies

A complete description of the device and its components; and

A detailed description of the methods, facilities and controls used to manufacture the device, and proposed labeling.

The pre-market approval process can be expensive, uncertain and lengthy. A number of devices for which pre-market approval has been sought by other companies have never been approved for marketing.

International Regulation

To market products in the European Union, our products must bear the “CE” mark. Manufacturers of medical devices bearing the CE mark have gone through a conformity assessment process that assures that products are manufactured in compliance with a recognized quality system and to comply with the European Medical Devices Directive.

Each device that bears a CE mark has an associated technical documentation that includes a description of the following:

Description of the device and its components,

A summary of how the device complies with the essential requirements of the medical devices directive,

Safety (risk assessment) and performance of the device,

Clinical evaluations with respect to the device,

Methods, facilities and quality controls used to manufacture the device, and

Proposed labeling for the device.

Manufacturing and distribution of a device is subject to ongoing surveillance by the appropriate regulatory body to ensure continued compliance with quality system and reporting requirements.

We began CE marking of devices for sale in the European Union in 1999. In addition to the requirement to CE mark, each member country of the European Union maintains the right to impose additional regulatory requirements.

Outside of the European Union, regulations vary significantly from country to country. The time required to obtain approval to market products may be longer or shorter than that required in the United States or the European Union. Certain European countries outside of the European Union do recognize and give effect to the CE mark certification. We are permitted to market and sell our products in those countries.

If we are unable to successfully introduce new products or fail to keep pace with competitive advances in technology, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected. In addition, our research and development efforts rely upon investments and alliances, and we cannot guarantee that any previous or future investments or alliances will be successful.

Our research and development activities are an essential component of our efforts to develop new and innovative products for introduction in the marketplace. New and improved products play a critical role in our sales growth. We continue to place emphasis on the development of proprietary products, such as our J-Plasma technology, and product improvements to complement and expand our existing product lines. We maintain close working relationships with physicians and medical personnel in hospitals and universities who assist in product research and areas of development. Our research and development activities are primarily conducted internally and are expensed as incurred. These expenses include direct expenses for wages, materials and services associated with the development of our products net of any reimbursements from customers. Research and development expenses do not include any portion of general and administrative expenses. Our Clearwater, Florida facility has been our flagship research and design location. We expect to continue making future investments to enable us to develop and market new technologies and products to further our strategic objectives and strengthen our existing business. However, we cannot guarantee that any of our previous or future investments will be successful or that our new products such as J-Plasma, will gain market acceptance, the failure of which would have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.


The amount expended by us on research and development of our products during the years 2014, 2013, and 2012, totaled approximately $1.4, $1.3, and $1.3 million respectively. During the past three years, we invested substantial resources in the development and marketing of our J-Plasma technology, including the ICON GS plasma system, Endoscopic Modular Instruments and accompanying new generators. We have not incurred any direct costs relating to environmental regulations or requirements. For 2015, we expect the amount of our expenditures for research and development activities to remain similar to the level in 2014.

Even if we are successful in developing and obtaining approval for our new product candidates, there are various circumstances that could prevent the successful commercialization of the products.

Our ability to successfully commercialize our products will depend on a number of factors, any of which could delay or prevent commercialization, including:

the regulatory approvals of our new products are delayed or we are required to conduct further research and development of our products prior to receiving regulatory approval;

we are unable to build a sales and marketing group to successfully launch and sell our new products;

we are unable to raise the additional funds needed to successfully develop and commercialize our products or acquire additional products for growth;

we are required to allocate available funds to litigation matters;

we are unable to manufacture the quantity of product needed in accordance with current good manufacturing practices to meet market demand, or at all;

our product is determined to be ineffective or unsafe following approval and is removed from the market or we are required to perform additional research and development to further prove the safety and effectiveness of the product before re-entry into the market;

competition from other products or technologies prevents or reduces market acceptance of our products;

we do not have and cannot obtain the intellectual property rights needed to manufacture or market our products without infringing on another company’s patents; or

we are unsuccessful in defending against patent infringement or other intellectual property rights, claims that could be brought against us, our products or technologies;

The failure to successfully acquire or develop and commercialize new products will have a material and adverse effect on the future growth of our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our international operations subject us to foreign currency fluctuations and other risks associated with operating in foreign countries.

We operate internationally and enter into transactions denominated in foreign currencies. To date, we have not hedged our exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates, and as a result, we are subject to foreign currency transaction and translation gains and losses. We purchase goods and services in U.S. dollars and Euros. Foreign exchange risk is managed primarily by satisfying foreign denominated expenditures with cash flows or assets denominated in the same currency therefore we are subject to some foreign currency fluctuation risk. Our currency value fluctuations were not material for 2014.

Our operations and cash flows may be adversely impacted by recent healthcare reform legislation.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act were enacted into law in the U.S. in March 2010. Among other initiatives, this legislation imposes a 2.3% excise tax on domestic sales of class I, II, and III medical devices beginning in 2013. Substantially all of our products are class I or class II medical devices. In 2014 and 2013 we paid medical device excise tax of approximately $435,926 and $384,438, respectively. As approximately 84% of our 2014 sales were derived in the U.S. we cannot predict if any additional regulations will be implemented at the federal or state level, or the effect of any future legislation or regulation in the U.S. or internationally.


Our operations may experience higher costs to produce our products as a result of changes in prices for oil, gasoline, and other commodities.

We use some plastics and other petroleum-based materials along with precious metals contained in electronic components as raw materials in many of our products. Prices of oil and gasoline also significantly affect our costs for freight and utilities. Oil, gasoline and precious metal prices are volatile and may increase, resulting in higher costs to produce and distribute our products. Due to the highly competitive nature of the healthcare industry and the cost-containment efforts of our customers we may be unable to pass along cost increases through higher prices. If we are unable to fully recover these costs through price increases or offset through other cost reductions, our results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

We have historically done a substantial amount of business with seven of our top ten customers, who are also major distributors of our product, which as a group have produced substantial revenues for our Company. Loss of business from a major customer will likely materially and adversely affect our business.

market. We manufacture the majority of our products on our premises in Clearwater, Florida. Labor-intensive sub-assembliesFlorida and labor-intensive products may be out-sourcedat our facility located in Sofia, Bulgaria, both of which are certified under the ISO international quality standards and are subject to continuing regulation and routine inspections by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) to ensure compliance with regulations relating to our specification. Althoughquality system, medical device complaint reporting, and adherence to FDA restrictions on promotion and advertising. In addition, we sell through distributors, we market our products through national trade journal advertising, direct mail, distributor sales representatives and trade shows,are subject to regulations under the Bovie name,Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Bovie/Aaron nameEnvironmental Protection Act and private label. Major distributors include Cardinal Health, Independent Medical Co-Op Inc. (IMCO)other federal, state and local regulations, as well as international laws and regulations.


Apyx Bulgaria, EOOD operates an approximately 25,000 square foot, ISO13485 certified and FDA registered manufacturing facility located in the capital city of Sofia, which houses manufacturing, development and assembly operations.

We work closely with our suppliers to ensure that our raw material inventory (i.e., McKesson Medical Surgical, Inc., Medline, National Distributionsemiconductors and Contracting Inc. (NDC), Owens & Minor,plastics) needs are met, while maintaining high quality and Physician Sales & Service (PSS) nowreliability. To date, we have experienced some delays in locating and obtaining the materials necessary to fulfill our production requirements, but such delays have not caused a divisionmeaningful backlog of McKesson. If anysales orders.However, it is possible that a prolonged COVID-19 disruption to the global supply chain could cause a backlog of these distributor relationships are terminated or not replaced,sales orders in the future. We continue to work to find other sources of supply, where feasible, and have expedited the shipments of certain raw material items to adequately maintain our revenue from the territories served by these distributors could be adversely affected.

We are also dependent on OEM customers who have no legal obligation to purchase products from us. Should such customers fail to give us purchase orders for the product after development, our future business and value of related assets could be negatively affected. Furthermore, no assurance can be given that such customers will give sufficient high priority to our products. Finally, disagreements or disputes may arise between us and our customers, which could adversely affect production and salessafety stock levels, resulting in higher shipping costs.We have also experienced some impact on the purchase prices of our products.

We rely on certain suppliers and manufacturers for raw materials and other products and are vulnerable to fluctuations in the availability and price of such products and services.

Fluctuations in the price, availability, and quality of the raw materials we use in our manufacturing could have a negative effect on our cost of sales and our ability to meet the demands of our customers. Inability to meet the demands of our customers could result in the loss of future sales. In addition, the costs to manufacture our products depend in part on the market prices of the raw materials used to produce them. We may not be able to pass along to our customers all or a portion of our higher costs of raw materials due to competitiveinflation, global inventory shortages. and marketing pressures, which could decrease our earnings and profitability.

increased demand across the manufacturing sector.


We also havemaintain collaborative arrangements with four keythree foreign suppliers, including our contract component manufacturer located in Ningbo, China, under which we request the development of certain items and components andproducts which we purchase them pursuant to purchase orders. Our purchase order commitments are never more than one year in duration and are supported by our sales forecasts. The majorityTo our knowledge, none of the products that we source are through entities manufacturing in the Xinjiang province.

During late 2019, we entered into a joint venture with our Chinese supplier to establish a foundation for the manufacturing and sale of our rawAdvanced Energy products into the Chinese market. As of the date of this report, the joint venture has not commenced its principal operations.

Backlog

The value of unshipped factory orders is not material.

Sustainability

We have created a strong environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) structure by introducing a new cross-functional ESG team which has been working with senior management, our board and other stakeholders to develop an ESG framework that is aligned with our corporate mission, vision and values. In the third quarter of 2022, we published our first ESG-focused disclosure under the sector-specific ESG standards published by the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (“SASB”).

Human Capital Management

At November 21, 2022, we had 282 full-time employees world-wide, of whom 4 were executive officers, 43 were supervisory personnel, 38 were sales personnel and 197 were technical support, administrative and production employees. None of our current employees are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and we have never experienced a work stoppage. During 2021, our voluntary employee turnover rate was approximately 15%.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

We have worked to create a culture that fosters employee engagement, where diverse talent is productive and passionate about the work they do. We continuously focus our efforts on cultivating and enhancing our working culture that embraces equality, diversity and inclusion. Currently, over half of our global workforce is represented by women, including half of our executive management team. In addition, in the U.S., approximately 40% of our employees are from minority ethnic\racial groups.

Recruitment, Training and Development

The implementation of our growth strategy largely depends on our ability to hire, train, and retain our workforce. Our recruitment practices include cross-functional departmental interviewing, allowing for the best fit not just for a specific department, but the Company as a whole. We also ensure all of our employees are fully trained and competent for the role for which they were hired. In addition, we train our sales professionals to thoroughly understand our Helium Plasma Technology and the marketplace in which we compete, including how our technologies can increase our customer's revenue and the results they are able to achieve for their patients.

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Compensation and Benefits

Our compensation programs are designed to align the compensation of our employees with our performance, and to provide the proper incentives to attract, retain and motivate them to achieve superior results. The structure of our compensation programs balances incentive earnings for both short-term and long-term performance, specifically:

We offer wages that are competitive and consistent with employee positions, skill levels, experience, knowledge and geographic location;
Our compensation practices are fair and equitable across all levels of the organization, from our Executive Officers to our hourly employees;
We work with both local and nationally recognized outside compensation and benefits consulting firms to independently evaluate the effectiveness of our executive and non-executive compensation and benefit programs and to provide benchmarking against our peers within our industry;
We may provide our non-hourly U.S-based employees long term incentives in the form of stock options to help foster a culture of ownership, and empower individuals to drive continuous improvements to increase stockholder value;
Annual increases and incentive compensation are based on merit, which is communicated to employees at the time of hiring and documented through our talent management process as part of our annual review procedures and upon internal transfer and/or promotion;
All employees are eligible for health insurance, paid and unpaid leaves, a retirement plan, and life and disability/accident coverage. We also offer a variety of voluntary benefits that allow employees to select the options that meet their needs.

Culture

We are a solution focused company in the cosmetic surgery market and the broader medical technology sector, and endeavor to provide unique and creative solutions for the ever-changing needs of our physician customers and their patients.Our mission and vision are to be the world’s leading innovator in unique energy solutions that continually reshape what’s possible in cosmetic and medical procedures through innovative solutions.

Our shared values of transforming physicians’ and their patients’ lives, acting with integrity, and driving innovation, form the core of our company's culture. We articulate the qualities associated with these behaviors through our three Core Values:

Trailblazers: We are passionate about the work we do. We energetically pursue our goals, aim higher, and reach further. When we encounter setbacks, we see opportunities for innovation and improvement. When we clear a business hurdle, we celebrate, and then raise the bar.
Challengers: We speak up and are not afraid to question, to reimagine, to think differently. We innovate to break the status quo, and create new possibilities, for our customers and for our company.
Team Players: We respect everyone’s contribution, and are absolutely committed to elevating our fellow team members, and our customers and their patients.

Employee Health and Safety

The health and safety of our employees is our highest priority, and this is consistent with our operating philosophy. We provide a safe and healthy workplace for employees consistent with the requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Act. We aim to prevent any employee, visitor, customer, or person from being subjected to any health or safety risks. We provide annual training and expect our employees to diligently work towards the maintenance of safe and healthy working conditions, adhere to proper operating practices and procedures designed to prevent injury and illness, and conscientiously observe all safety regulations. Our commitment to the safety and well-being of our employees is shown through safety walkthroughs by our Safety Committee, as well as having an open-door policy, allowing employees to feel comfortable bringing up any safety concerns to management or Human Resources. Identified concerns and potential hazards are addressed immediately, which is evidenced by our low safety incident rate quarter over quarter. In 2021, we had only one lost time accident.

In addition, in our response to the COVID-19 pandemic around the globe, we supported our employees and their families by:

Adding work from home flexibility;
Adjusting attendance policies to encourage those who are sick to stay home;
Increasing cleaning protocols;
Establishing new physical distancing procedures for employees who need to be onsite;
Providing additional personal protective equipment and cleaning supplies;
Implementing protocols to address actual and suspected COVID-19 cases and potential exposure;
Limiting domestic and international non-essential travel for all employees; and
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Requiring masks to be worn at all locations where allowed by local law.

Our Two Business Segments

We currently have two reportable segments: Advanced Energy and OEM. The Corporate and Other category includes certain unallocated corporate and administrative costs which are not specifically attributed to either reportable segment. Net assets are shared, therefore, not allocated to the reportable segments.

For the year ended December 31, 2021, our OEM segment contributed 11.4% of our consolidated total revenue and our Advanced Energy segment contributed 88.6% of our consolidated total revenue.

Advanced Energy Segment

Our product portfolio consists of our Helium Plasma Technology that is marketed and sold as Renuvion® in the cosmetic surgery market and J-Plasma® in the hospital surgical market. Our primary focus is on the cosmetic surgery market where Renuvion® offers plastic surgeons, fascial plastic surgeons and cosmetic physicians a unique ability to provide controlled heat to the tissue to achieve their desired results. This technology has U.S. FDA clearance, CE mark, and clearance for sale in multiple other countries and is generally indicated for the cutting, coagulation and ablation of soft tissue. The system consists of an electrosurgical generator unit (“ESU”), a handpiece and a supply of helium gas. The proprietary radiofrequency (“RF”) energy is delivered to the handpiece by the ESU and used to energize an electrode. When helium gas passes over the energized electrode, helium plasma is generated which allows for conduction of the RF energy from the electrode to the patient in the form of a precise helium plasma beam. The energy delivered to the patient via the helium plasma beam is unique in that it allows for the application of heat to tissue in a way that is not possible with traditional monopolar or bipolar technologies. This technology has been the subject of forty-two peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, abstracts, and posters. It also continues to be the subject of numerous presentations at traditional and cosmetic surgery conferences around the world.

This technology initially received FDA clearance in 2012 and a CE mark in December 2014, which enables us to sell the product in the European Union. In 2014, we created and trained a direct sales force dedicated to sell this technology. In 2015, we continued the commercialization process for our Helium Plasma Technology with a multi-faceted strategy designed to accelerate adoption of the product. This strategy primarily involved deployment of a dedicated sales force, developing product line extensions and expanding the specialties in which this technology can become the “standard of care” for certain procedures.

We continue our full-scale, global, commercialization efforts for Renuvion® in the cosmetic and plastic surgery markets. As of September 30, 2022, we had a direct sales force of 35 field-based selling professionals and utilized 3 independent sales agencies. We also had 4 sales managers. This selling organization is focused on the use of Renuvion® in the cosmetic surgery market, supported by our global medical affairs team. This global team of clinical support specialists focuses on supporting our users to ensure optimal outcomes for their patients. In addition, we have invested in training programs and marketing-related activities to support accelerated adoption of Renuvion® into physicians' practices.

From 2015 through the present, we launched numerous new extensions to our Helium Plasma product lines in an effort to target new surgical procedures, users, and markets. Most notably, throughout 2021, we continued our launch of our Renuvion® Apyx Plasma RF handpieces (“APR”) around the world. These handpieces were designed with improved ergonomics and usability for our Renuvion® customers. As a result of our sales, marketing and product development initiatives, we have significantly increased the number of physicians using our Helium Plasma Technology by expanding usage to include the cosmetic surgery market in the U.S., and the cosmetic surgery market as well as the surgical oncology market outside the U.S.

As part of our plan to accelerate and fully fund the development of our advanced energy business, with a focus in the cosmetic surgery market, we sold our Core business in 2018 for gross proceeds of $97 million. These proceeds were used to launch broad marketing and sales initiatives which resulted in rapid sales growth through December 31, 2021 and into the first quarter of 2022. This planned growth in the business was accompanied by scaled operations, including procurement of components, expanded manufacturing capacity to turn those materials are purchased from sole-source suppliers.into saleable inventory, additional discretionary expenditures, including increased global participation at trade shows, additional employee trainings, user meetings, increased travel and entertainment expenses, more expansive research and development projects, and additional headcount to support those activities. Additionally, we had and still have, some significant non-recurring discretionary expenditures associated with completing our multi-year marketing initiatives related to our dermal resurfacing and skin laxity clearances.

We continue to make substantial investments in the development and marketing of our Renuvion® technology for the long-term benefit of the Company and its stakeholders, and this may adversely affect our short-term operating performance and cash flows, particularly over the next 12 to 18 months. While we believe we could ultimately procure other sources forthat these components, should we experience any significant disruptions in this key supply chain, there are no assurances that we could do so in a timely manner which could render us unableinvestments have the potential to meet the demands of our customers, resulting in a materialgenerate additional revenues and adverse effect on our business and operating results. Over the past few years we have expanded the use of our Bulgarian supplier who manufactures a substantial number of our generator and accessory components. We anticipate expanding this relationship further to include manufacturing a large number of our J-Plasma components.


If we are unable to protect our patents or other proprietary rights, or if we infringe on the patents or other proprietary rights of others, our competitiveness and business prospects may be materially damaged.

We own 23 patents and 9 registered trademarksprofits in the U.S. and have had 13 patents issued outside the U.S. with some of our early patents nearing the expiration of their patent term. Of those 23 patents, 15 are related to J-Plasma, with 8 issued and 7 pending. We also have several U.S. and international patent applications pending for various new products. We intend to continue to seek legal protection, primarily through patents, for our proprietary technology. Seeking patent protection is a lengthy and costly process, andfuture, there can be no assurance that patentsour Helium Plasma Technology will continue to be successful or that such future revenues and profitability will be issued from any pending applications, or that any claims allowed from existing or pending patents will be sufficiently broad or strongrealized.

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In order to protectassist us in leveraging our proprietary technology. ThereHelium Plasma Technology’s precision and effectiveness in multiple surgical specialties, we continue to utilize our Medical Advisory Board which currently consists of 5 members representing the plastic surgery, fascial plastic surgery, and cosmetic procedure specialties.

Our commercial strategy in the U.S. and outside the U.S. is also no guarantee that any patentsprimarily focused on advancing the usage of Renuvion® in the cosmetic surgery market. In some of our international markets, we hold will not be challenged, invalidated or circumvented, or thatcontinue to provide support to our customers who have adopted our J-Plasma® technology for the patent rights granted will provide competitive advantages to us. Our competitors have developed and mayhospital surgical market. We continue to develop a clinical and obtain patents for technologies that are similar or superiorregulatory strategy, and corresponding marketing campaigns, to support our market focus. We also continue to expand the reach of our global medical affairs team in order to provide clinical support to our customers in all markets.

On February 18, 2022, we received a request from the FDA for information concerning certain medical device reports which we had filed with the agency. We fully cooperated with the agency and provided the FDA with the requested information. On March 14, 2022, the FDA posted a Medical Device Safety Communication (“Safety Communication”) that warns consumers and health care providers against the use of our Advanced Energy products outside of their FDA-cleared indications for general use in cutting, coagulation, and ablation of soft tissue during open and laparoscopic surgical procedures. Following the Safety Communication, we experienced slowed demand for the adoption of our Helium Plasma Technology.

On May 26, 2022, we announced that we received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for the use of the Renuvion Dermal Handpiece for specific dermal resurfacing procedures. On July 18, 2022, we announced that we received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for the use of the Renuvion® APR Handpiece for certain skin contraction procedures. While we expected that receiving these clearances would materially mitigate the financial effects of the Safety Communication in future periods, we continue to experience reduced demand for the adoption and utilization of our technology and we believe that this may have an adverse effect in future periods.

On June 2, 2022, and July 21, 2022, the FDA updated the Safety Communication to recognize the new 510(k) clearances for the Renuvion® Dermal handpiece, and the expanded indications for the Renuvion® APR handpieces. The 510(k) clearance for the Renuvion® Dermal handpiece allows surgeons to perform dermal resurfacing procedures for the treatment of moderate to severe wrinkles and rhytides, limited to patients with Fitzpatrick Skin Types I, II or III. The 510(k) clearance for the Renuvion® APR handpieces now addresses improving the appearance of lax (loose) skin in the neck and submental region.

Customers

In the U.S., we primarily sell our Renuvion® products through our direct sales force to physicians, cosmetic surgery offices and surgical centers.Outside of the U.S., all of our products are sold primarily through our distributor network.

Products

Our Advanced Energy Products consist of our Helium Plasma Technology lines (Renuvion® and J-Plasma®). These product lines consist of a multifunction generator, a handpiece and a supply of helium gas. RF energy is delivered to the handpiece by the generator and used to energize an electrode. When helium gas passes over the energized electrode, helium plasma is generated which allows for conduction of the RF energy from the electrode to the patient in the form of a precise helium plasma beam. The energy delivered to the patient via the helium plasma beam is unique in that it allows for the application of heat to tissue in a way that is not possible with traditional monopolar or bipolar technologies.

Helium Plasma Generator

Throughout 2021, we continued our launch of the newest generation of our Renuvion® generator, the Renuvion® System 3, to markets outside the U.S. This high frequency electrosurgical generator can be used for delivery of RF energy and/or helium plasma to cut, coagulate and ablate soft tissue during open and laparoscopic surgical procedures. This new generator was built for use with our Renuvion® APR handpieces, and features enhanced capabilities such as a joule counter, capable of displaying energy delivered to the patient, and new Auto-Bipolar functionality, which expands the surgical capabilities of the system. These new product releases continue to expand the procedure base for our Helium Plasma Technology by providing surgeons with the tools they need to access additional anatomic locations and perform specific procedures.

Disposable Portfolio

We offer a variety of different hand pieces for open and laparoscopic procedures. The helium-based plasma generated from these devices has been shown to provide increased precision and control and cause less thermal damage to tissue than CO2 laser, argon plasma and RF energy products currently available on the market. The technology has a general indication and can be used for cutting, coagulating and ablating soft tissue. The advantages of helium plasma continue to be studied throughout the medical and scientific communities. We believe that cosmetic surgery applications are the primary area of opportunity for this technology. In 2020, we completed the launch of our new generation APR handpieces in the U.S. market. During 2021, we began to launch these new
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handpieces in our international markets, designed specifically for minimally invasive use, with improved ergonomics and safety features.

Competition

Currently, we are the only company with helium-based plasma and retractable blade products. However, there are RF based competitors, argon plasma competitors, and CO2 laser competitors for our target market. We believe our competitive position has not changed.

Litigation

The medical device industry is characterized by frequent claims and litigation, and the Company may become subject to various claims, lawsuits and proceedings in the ordinary course of our business. Such claims may include claims by current or former employees, distributors and competitors, claims concerning the marketing and promotion of our products and product liability claims.

In addition to a securities class action that was previously disclosed with the lawsSEC, the Company is involved in a number of foreign jurisdictions in which we develop, manufacture or sell our products may not protect our intellectual property rightslegal actions relating to the same extent as do the lawsuse of our Helium Plasma technology stemming from claims of alleged negligence in marketing, promotion of off-label uses of the United States.

AdverseCompany’s products, product liability claims and/or complaints of alleged medical negligence by physicians employing the Company’s devices. The outcomes in current or futureof these legal disputes regarding patentactions are not within the Company’s control and other intellectual property rights could result in the loss of our intellectual property rights, subject us to significant liabilities to third parties, require us to seek licenses from third parties on terms that may not be reasonable or favorable to us, prevent us from manufacturing, importing or selling our products, or compel us to redesign our products to avoid infringing third parties’ intellectual property. As a result, our product offerings may be delayed, and we may be unable to meet customers’ requirementsknown for prolonged periods of time. It believes that such claims are adequately covered by insurance; however, in the case of one of the Company’s carriers, the Company is in a timely manner. Regardlessdispute regarding the total level of coverage available. Notwithstanding the merit of any related legal proceeding, we have incurredforegoing, in the pastopinion of management, the Company has meritorious defenses, and may be required to incursuch claims are not expected, individually or in the future substantial costsaggregate, to prosecute, enforce or defend our intellectual property rights. Evenresult in the absence of infringement by our products of third parties’ intellectual property rights, or litigation related to trade secrets, we have elected in the past and may in the future elect to enter into settlements to avoid the costs and risks of protracted litigation and the diversion of resources and management’s attention. However, if the terms of settlements entered into with certain of our competitors are not observed or enforced, we may suffer further costs and risks. Any of these circumstances could have a material, adverse effect on our business,its financial condition, and resources or results of operations.

Our ability to develop intellectual property depends in large part on hiring, retainingoperations and motivating highly qualified design and engineering staff with the knowledge and technical competence to advance our technology and productivity goals. To protect our trade secrets and proprietary information, generally we have entered into confidentiality agreements with our employees, as well as with consultants and other parties. If these agreements prove inadequate or are breached, our remedies may not be sufficient to cover our losses.

Our manufacturing facilities are located in Clearwater, Florida and could be affected due to multiple risks from fire, hurricanes, physical changescash flows. However, in the planet due to climate change, and similar phenomena.

Our manufacturing facilities are located in Clearwater, Florida and could be affected by multiple weather risks, most notably hurricanes. Although we carry property and casualty insurance and business interruption insurance, future possible disruptionsevent that damages exceed the aggregate coverage limits of operations or damage to property, plant and equipment due to hurricanes or other weather risks could result in impaired production and affect our ability to meet our commitments to our customers and impair important business relationships, the loss of which could adversely affect our operations and profitability. We do however maintain a backup generator at our Clearwater facility and a disaster recovery plan is in place to help mitigate this risk.

We do not produce hazardous materials or emissions that would adversely impact the environment. We do however, have air conditioning units and consume electricity which could be impacted by climate change in the form of increased rates. However, we do not believe the increase in expense from any rate increases, as a percentage of sales, would be material in the near term.


We have been and may in the future become subject to litigation proceedings that could materially and adversely affect our business.

Other Litigation

In addition to the litigation risks and proceedings mentioned below, we have recently been involved and may in the future become subject to legal claims or proceedings related to securities, employment, customer or third party contracts, environmental regulations, or other matters. The costs involved in defending these claims have been substantial, which have had an adverse effect on our profitability. In addition, if other claims are asserted against us, we may be required to defend against such claims, or deem it necessary or advisable to initiate a legal proceeding to protect our rights, the expense and distraction of such a claim or proceeding, whether or not resolved in our favor, could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results. Further, if a claim or proceeding were resolved against usCompany’s policies or if we were to settle any such dispute, we may be required to pay damages andits insurance carriers disclaim coverage, management believes it is possible that costs or refrain from certain activities, any of whichassociated with these claims could have a material adverse impact on our business,consolidated financial condition, and operating results.

Intellectual Property Litigation or Trade Secrets

We have in the past, experienced certain allegations of infringement of intellectual property rights and use of trade secrets and may receive other such claims, with or without merit, in the future. Previously, claims of infringement of intellectual property rights have sometimes evolved into litigation against us, and they may continue to do so in the future. It is inherently difficult to assess the outcome of litigation. Although we believe we have had adequate defenses to these claims and that the outcome of the litigation will not have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition, or results of operations thereand cash flows.


FDA and Other Government Regulations

Our products are medical devices that are subject to extensive regulation by the U.S. FDA, as well as by other regulatory bodies in the United States and abroad. The FDA classifies medical devices into one of three classes based on the risks associated with the medical device and the controls deemed necessary to reasonably ensure the device’s safety and effectiveness. Those three classes are:
Class I, the lowest risk products, which require compliance with medical device general controls, including labeling, establishment registration, device product listing, adverse event reporting and, for some products, adherence to good manufacturing practices through the FDA’s quality system regulations;
Class II, comprising moderate-risk devices, which also require compliance with general controls and in some cases, so called special controls that may include performance standards, particular labeling requirements, or post-market surveillance obligations; typically a Class II device also requires pre-market review and clearance by FDA of a pre-market notification (also referred to as a “510(k) application”) as well as adherence to the quality system regulations/good manufacturing practices for devices; and
Class III, high-risk devices that are often implantable or life-sustaining, which also require compliance with the medical device general controls and quality system regulations, but which generally must be approved by FDA before entering the market, through a more-lengthy pre-market approval (PMA) application. Approved PMAs can be no assurances that we will prevail. Any such litigation could result in substantial costinclude post-approval conditions and post-market surveillance requirements, analogous to us, significantly reduce our cash resources, and create a diversionsome of the efforts of our technical and management personnel, which could have a material and adverse effectspecial controls that may be imposed on our business, financial condition and operating results. If we are unable to successfully defend against such claims, we could be prohibited from future sales ofClass II devices.

Before being introduced into the allegedly infringing product or products, which could materially and adversely affect our future growth.

Product Liability Litigation

Although we carry liability insurance, due to the nature ofU.S. market, our products must obtain marketing clearance or approval from FDA through the 510(k)-pre-market notification, or premarket approval processes. To date, our products have been classified as Class II, moderate-risk medical devices that are substantially equivalent to a legally marketed device and, their use by professionals, we may, from time to time, be subject to litigation from persons who sustain injury during medical procedures in hospitals, physician’s offices or in clinics and defending such litigation is expensive, disruptive, time consuming and could adversely affect our business. We currently maintain product liability insurance with combined coverage limits of $10 million on a claims-made basis. There is no assurance that this coverage will be adequate to protect us from any possible liabilities (individually or in the aggregate) we might incur in connection with the sale or testing of our products. In addition, we may need increased product liability coverage as additional products are commercialized. This insurance is expensive and in the future may not be available on acceptable terms, if at all.

Our business isthus, have been subject to the potential for defects or failures associated with our products510(k) review and clearance process.


510(k) Pre-Market Notification Process

Class II devices typically require pre-market review and clearance by the FDA, which could lead to recalls or safety alerts and negative publicity.

Manufacturing flaws, component failures, design defects, off-label uses or inadequate disclosure of product-related information could result in an unsafe condition oris accomplished through the injury or deathsubmission of a patient. These problems could lead510(k)-pre-market notification before the device may be marketed. To obtain 510(k) clearance, we must demonstrate that a new device is substantially equivalent to another device with 510(k) clearance or grandfathered status, or to a recall of,device that was reclassified from Class III to Class II or issuance of a safety alert relatingClass I - this device to our products and result in significant costs and negative publicity. Due towhich the strong name recognition of our brands, an adverse event involving one of our products could result in reduced market acceptance and demand for all products within that brand, and could harm our reputation and our ability to market our products innew device is compared is called the future.“predicate device.” In some circumstances, adverse events arising from or associated with the design, manufacture or marketing of our products could result in the suspension or delay of our current regulatory reviews of our applications for new product approvals. We also may undertake voluntarily to recall products or temporarily shut down certain production lines based on internal safety and quality monitoring and testing data. Any of the foregoing problems could disrupt our business and have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.


We have incurred and may in the future incur impairments to our long-lived assets.

We review our long-lived assets, including intangible assets, for impairment annually or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of these assets may not be recoverable. Additionally, if in any period our stock price decreases to the point where our fair value, as determined by our market capitalization, is less than the book value of our assets, this could also indicate a potential impairment andcases, we may be required to record an impairment charge in that period which could adversely affect our resultsperform clinical trials to support a claim of operations.

Our valuation methodology for assessing impairment requires management to make judgments and assumptions based on historical experience and to rely heavily on projections of future operating performance. We operate in highly competitive environments and projections of future operating results and cash flows may vary significantly from actual results. Additionally, if our analysis indicates potential impairment to a long-lived intangible asset,substantial equivalence. If clinical trials are required, we may be required to recordsubmit an application for an investigational device exemption, or IDE, which must be cleared by the FDA prior to the start of a clinical investigation, unless the device and clinical investigation are considered non-significant risk by the FDA or are exempt from the IDE requirements.

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Whether or not an IDE is required for a clinical study involving a medical device, an appropriate Institutional Review Board (IRB) must review and approve the study protocol before it is initiated. It generally takes three months from the date of the pre-market notification submission to obtain a final 510(k) clearance decision from the FDA, but it can be significantly longer. After a medical device receives a 510(k)-clearance letter, which authorizes commercial marketing of the new device for one or more specific indications for use, any modification that could significantly affect its safety or effectiveness, or that would constitute a major change in its intended use, requires the submission of a new 510(k) notification or could require de novo classification or a PMA. The FDA allows each company to make this determination, but the FDA can review the decision as part of routine compliance audits of the company. If the FDA disagrees with a company’s decision not to seek prior FDA authorization, the FDA may require the company to seek additional charges510(k) clearance or pre-market approval. The FDA also can require the company to earningscease marketing and/or recall the medical device in question until its regulatory status is resolved.

Post-Marketing Compliance Obligations

Regardless of which pre-market pathway a medical device uses to reach the U.S. market, after a device is placed on the market, numerous regulatory requirements continue to apply. These include:

the FDA’s Quality System Regulation (“QSR”), which requires manufacturers, including third-party manufacturers, to follow stringent design, testing, control, documentation and other good manufacturing practice and quality assurance procedures during all aspects of the manufacturing process (unless a device category is exempt from this requirement by the FDA, such as in the case of many Class I devices);
labeling regulations and FDA prohibitions against the promotion of products for uncleared or unapproved uses (known as off-label uses), as well as requirements to provide adequate information on both risks and benefits;
medical device reporting regulations, which require that manufacturers report to FDA any event that the company learns of in which a device may have caused or contributed to a death or serious injury or malfunctioned in a way that would likely cause or contribute to a death or serious injury if the malfunction were to recur;
correction and removal reporting regulations, which require that manufacturers report to the FDA field corrections and device recalls or removals if undertaken to reduce a risk to health by the device or to remedy a violation of the U.S. Food Drug and Cosmetic Act caused by the device that may present a risk to health;
post-market surveillance regulations, which apply to Class II or III devices if the FDA has issued a post-market surveillance order and the failure of the device would be reasonably likely to have serious adverse health consequences, the device is expected to have significant use in the pediatric population, the device is intended to be implanted in the human body for more than one year, or the device is intended to be used to support or sustain life and to be used outside a user facility;
regular and for-cause inspections by FDA to review a manufacturer’s facility and its compliance with applicable FDA requirements; and
the FDA’s recall authority, whereby it can ask, or order, device manufacturers to recall from the market a product that is in violation of applicable laws and regulations.

Because our customers are health care providers, our business may also be subject to state, federal, and foreign laws and regulations prohibiting health care fraud, waste, and abuse and requiring pricing and financial statements,relationship transparency.


On February 18, 2022, we received a request from the FDA for information concerning certain medical device reports which could negatively impactwe had filed with the agency. We fully cooperated with the agency and provided the FDA with the requested information. On March 14, 2022, the FDA posted a Safety Communication that warns consumers and health care providers against the use of our Advanced Energy products outside of their FDA-cleared indications for general use in cutting, coagulation, and ablation of soft tissue during open and laparoscopic surgical procedures. We continue to work with the FDA towards securing 510(k) clearance for additional indications. We are in the process of evaluating what effects, if any, the Safety Communication will have on our results of operations.

Risks Relatedoperations, cash flows and financial position.


On June 2, 2022, and July 21, 2022, FDA updated the Medical Device Safety Communication to Our Stockrecognize the new 510(k) clearances for the Renuvion® Dermal handpiece, and this Offering

the expanded indications for the Renuvion® APR handpieces. The market price510(k) clearance for the Renuvion® Dermal handpiece allows surgeons to perform dermal resurfacing procedures for the treatment of moderate to severe wrinkles and rhytides, limited to patients with Fitzpatrick Skin Types I, II or III. The 510(k) clearance for the Renuvion® APR handpieces now addresses improving the appearance of lax (loose) skin in the neck and submental region.


Medical Device Single Audit Program (“MDSAP”)

The International Medical Device Regulators Forum (the “IMDRF”) recognized that a global approach to auditing and monitoring the manufacturing of medical devices could improve their safety and oversight on an international scale. The IMDRF established a work group that developed specific documents to advance a MDSAP. The Medical Device Single Audit Program allowed MDSAP
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recognized Auditing Organizations to conduct a single regulatory audit of a medical device manufacturer to satisfy the relevant requirements of the regulatory authorities participating in the program. Based on its evaluation of the MDSAP Final Pilot Report, the MDSAP Regulatory Authority Council (the international MDSAP governing body) determined that the MDSAP Pilot had satisfactorily demonstrated the viability of the Medical Device Single Audit Program. In October 2021, we underwent a successful annual MDSAP audit our registrar GMED SAS. There were no observations related to safety or efficacy of our stock has beenproducts noted during this MDSAP audit. The FDA accepts MDSAP audit reports as a substitute for routine Agency inspections.

OEM Segment

We leverage our expertise in the design, development and manufacturing of electrosurgical equipment by producing generators and related accessories for large, well-known medical device manufacturers through OEM agreements, as well as start-up companies with the need for our energy-based designs. In connection with the Asset Purchase Agreement with Symmetry Surgical in 2018, we entered into a Manufacturing and Supply Agreement for a ten-year term, whereby we will manufacture certain products and sell to them at agreed upon prices. Revenue, costs and expenses resulting from this agreement are reported in our Consolidated Statements of Operations as a component of income or loss from operations of our OEM reporting segment.

The Securities We May Offer

We may continue to be highly volatile.

Ouroffer shares of our common stock, is listed on the NYSE MKT under the ticker symbol “BVX.” The market pricepreferred stock, various series of our stock has been and may continuedebt securities and/or warrants to be highly volatile, and announcements by uspurchase any of such securities, either individually or by third parties may havein units, with a significant impact on our stock price. These announcements may include:

our listing status on the NYSE MKT;

our operating results falling below the expectations of public market analysts and investors;

developments in our relationships with or developments affecting our major customers;

negative regulatory action or regulatory non-approval with respect to our new products;

government regulation, governmental investigations, or audits related to us or to our products;

developments related to our patents or other proprietary rights or those of our competitors; and

changes in the position of securities analysts with respect to our stock.

The stock market hastotal value of up to $100,000,000, from time to time experienced extreme priceunder this prospectus at prices and volume fluctuations, which have particularly affectedon terms to be determined at the markettime of any offering. This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer. Each time we offer a type or series of securities under this prospectus, we will provide a prospectus supplement that will describe the specific amounts, prices forand other important terms of the medical technology sector companies,securities, including, to the extent applicable:


designation or classification;
aggregate principal amount or aggregate offering price;
maturity, if applicable;
original issue discount, if any;
rates and which have often been unrelated to their operating performance. These broad market fluctuations may adversely affect the market pricetimes of payment of interest or dividends, if any;
redemption, conversion, exercise, exchange or sinking fund terms, if any;
preferences over other classes of our common stock.

Historically, whensecurities, if any;

restrictive covenants, if any;
voting or other rights, if any;
conversion or exchange prices or rates, if any, and, if applicable, any provisions for changes to or adjustments in the market price ofconversion or exchange prices or rates and in the securities or other property receivable upon conversion or exchange; and
important United States federal income tax considerations.
The prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus that we may authorize to be provided to you may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus or in documents we have incorporated by reference. However, no prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus will offer a stock has been volatile, holders ofsecurity that stock have often instituted securities class action litigation against the company that issued the stock. If any of our stockholders brought a lawsuit against us, we could incur substantial costs defending the lawsuit. The lawsuit could also divertis not registered and described in this prospectus at the time and attention of our management.

In addition, future sales by existing stockholders, warrant holders receivingthe effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.


Common Stock. We may issue shares upon the exercise of warrants, or any new stockholders receiving our shares in any financing transaction may lower the price of our common stock which could result in lossesfrom time to our stockholders. Future salestime. Holders of substantial amountsshares of common stock inare entitled to one vote for each share on all matters to be voted on by the public market, orshareholders, and do not have cumulative voting rights. Subject to the possibilitypreferences that may be applicable to any then outstanding shares of such sales occurring, could adversely affect prevailing market prices for ourpreferred stock, holders of shares of common stock or our future abilityare entitled to raise capital through an offeringshare ratably in dividends, if any, as may be declared from time to time by the Board of equity securities. Substantially allDirectors in its discretion, from funds legally available therefore. In the event of our common stock is freely tradable in the public market without restriction under the Securities Act, unless these shares are held by our “affiliates”, as that term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act.

We have no present intention to pay dividends on our common stock and, even if we change that policy, we may be unable to pay dividends on our common stock.

We currently do not anticipate paying any dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. We currently intend to retain future earnings, if any, to finance operations and invest in our business. Any declaration and payment of future dividends toliquidation, dissolution or winding up, holders of our common stock will be atentitled to share ratably in the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on many factors, including our financial condition, earnings, capital requirements, level of indebtedness, statutory and contractual restrictions applyingnet assets legally available for distribution to shareholders after the payment of dividendsall of our debts and other considerations that our boardliabilities. Subject to the satisfaction of directors deems relevant.

If we change that policy and commence paying dividends, we will not be obligatedany liquidation preference granted to continue paying those dividends and our stockholders will not be guaranteed, orthe holders of any outstanding shares of preferred stock, holders of common stock have contractualno preemptive or other subscription rights, and there are no conversion rights or redemption with respect to receive dividends. If we commence paying dividends in the future,such shares.


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Preferred Stock. We may issue shares of our board of directors may decide, in its discretion, at anypreferred stock from time to decreasetime, in one or more series. The rights, preferences and privileges of the amountshares of dividends, otherwise modifyeach wholly unissued series, and any qualifications, limitations or repealrestrictions thereon, including dividend rights, conversion rights, preemptive rights, terms of redemption or repurchase, liquidation preferences, sinking fund terms and the dividend policynumber of shares constituting any series or discontinue entirely the paymentdesignation of dividends. Underany series would be set forth in a Certificate of Designations which would be filed with the Delaware law, our boardSecretary of directors may not authorize the payment of a dividend unless it is either paid out of our statutory surplus.


The low trading volume of our commonState. Convertible preferred stock may adversely affect the price of our shares and their liquidity.

Although our common stock is listed on the NYSE MKT exchange, our common stock has experienced low trading volume. Limited trading volume may subject our common stock to greater price volatility and may make it difficult for investors to sell shares at a price that is attractive to them.

We may in the future seek to raise funds through equity offerings, which could have a dilutive effect on our common stock.

In the future we may determine to raise capital through offerings of our common stock, securitieswill be convertible into our common stock or rightsexchangeable for other securities. Conversion may be mandatory or at your option and would be at prescribed conversion rates.


Debt Securities. We may issue debt securities from time to acquire thesetime, in one or more series, as either senior or subordinated debt or as senior or subordinated convertible debt. The senior debt securities or our common stock. The result of sales of such securities, the exercise of warrants issued in connectionwill rank equally with any such offeringother unsecured and unsubordinated debt. The subordinated debt securities will be subordinate and junior in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner described in the instrument governing the debt, to all of our senior indebtedness. Convertible debt securities will be convertible into or the triggering of anti-dilution provisions in such securities would ultimately be dilutive toexchangeable for our common stock or other securities. Conversion may be mandatory or at your option and would be at prescribed conversion rates.

The debt securities will be issued under one or more documents called indentures, which are contracts between us and a national banking association or other eligible party, as trustee. In this prospectus, we have summarized certain general features of the debt securities. We urge you, however, to read the applicable prospectus supplement (and any free writing prospectus that we may authorize to be provided to you) related to the series of debt securities being offered, as well as the complete indentures that contain the terms of the debt securities. A form of indenture has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, and supplemental indentures and forms of debt securities containing the terms of the debt securities being offered will be filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part or will be incorporated by increasingreference from reports we file with the numberSEC.

Warrants. We may issue warrants for the purchase of shares outstanding. We cannot predict the effect this dilution may have on the price of our common stock. In addition, the shares ofstock, preferred stock and/or debt securities in one or more series. We may issue warrants independently or together with common stock, preferred stock and/or debt securities, and the warrants may be attached to or separate from these securities. In this prospectus, we have rights which are senior or superior to thosesummarized certain general features of the warrants. We urge you, however, to read the applicable prospectus supplement (and any free writing prospectus that we may authorize to be provided to you) related to the particular series of warrants being offered, as well as the complete warrant agreements and/or warrant certificates that contain the terms of the warrants.

Units. We may issue, in one or more series, units consisting of common stock, suchpreferred stock, debt securities and/or warrants for the purchase of common stock, preferred stock and/or debt securities in any combination. In this prospectus, we have summarized certain general features of the units. We urge you, however, to read the applicable prospectus supplement (and any free writing prospectus that we may authorize to be provided to you) related to the series of units being offered, as rightswell as the complete unit agreement that contains the terms of the units.

We may evidence each series of units by unit certificates that we will issue. Units may be issued under a unit agreement that we enter into with a unit agent. We will indicate the name and address of the unit agent, if applicable, in the prospectus supplement relating to voting, the paymentparticular series of dividends, redemption or liquidation.

Exercise of warrants and options issued by us will dilute the ownership interest of existing stockholders.

As of April units being offered.


13 2015, the warrants issued by us in April 2010 were exercisable for up to approximately 530,001 shares of our common stock, representing approximately 2.3% of our then outstanding common stock. These warrants expire on April 18, 2015.

As of April 13, 2015, the warrants issued by us in December 2013 were exercisable for up to approximately 386,875 shares of our common stock, representing approximately 1.7% of our then outstanding common stock. These warrants expire on June 13, 2019.

As of April 13, 2015, our outstanding stock options to our employees, officers, directors and consultants amounted to approximately 2,899,189 shares of our common stock, representing approximately 12.4% of our then outstanding common stock. 

The exercise of some or all of our warrants and stock options will dilute the ownership interests of existing stockholders. Any sales in the public market of the common stock issuable upon such conversion or exercise could adversely affect prevailing market prices of our common stock.





CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS


This prospectus contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act regarding our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. Words such as expects, anticipates, intends, plans, believes, seeks, estimates“expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “aims,” “predicts,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” and similar expressions or variations of such words are intended to identify forward-looking statements. However, these are not the exclusive means of identifying forward-looking statements. Although forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus reflect our good faith judgment, such statements can only be based on facts and factors currently known to us. Consequently, forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual outcomes may differ materially from the results and outcomes discussed in the forward-looking statements. Further information aboutstatements, including but not limited to risks, uncertainties and assumptions relating to the regulatory environment in which the Company is subject to, including the Company’s ability to gain requisite approvals for its products from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and other governmental and regulatory bodies, both domestically and internationally; the impact of the recent FDA Safety Communication on our business and operations; factors relating to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic; sudden or extreme volatility in commodity prices and availability, including supply chain disruptions; changes in general economic, business or demographic conditions or trends; changes in and effects of the geopolitical environment; liabilities and costs which the Company may incur from pending or threatened litigations, claims, disputes or investigations. You should review the risks and uncertainties that may impact us are described or incorporated by referencereferred to in “Risk Factors” above. You should read that section carefully.this prospectus under the heading “Risk Factors.” You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this prospectus. We undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements in order to reflect any event or circumstance occurring after the date of this prospectus or currently unknown facts or conditions or the occurrence of unanticipated events. In addition, our past results are not necessarily indicative of future results, thus, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to:

changes in general economic, business or demographic conditions or trends in the U.S. or throughout the world or changes in the political environment, including changes in GDP, trade wars, interest rates and inflation;
our ability to conclude a sufficient number of attractive growth projects, deploy growth capital in amounts consistent with our objectives in the prosecution of those and achieve targeted risk-adjusted returns on any growth project, including the continued commercialization of our Helium Plasma Technology;
the regulatory environment, including our ability to gain requisite approval from the FDA and other governmental and regulatory bodies, both domestically and internationally, including the effects of the recent FDA Medical Device Safety Communication regarding an emerging safety signal of our products;
our ability to estimate compliance costs, comply with any changes thereto, rates implemented by regulators, and our relationships and rights under, and contracts with, governmental agencies and authorities;
disruptions or other extraordinary or force majeure events and the ability to insure against losses resulting from such events or disruptions, including disruptions caused by COVID-19 or other global pandemics;
sudden or extreme volatility in commodity prices and availability, including supply chain disruptions;
changes in competitive dynamics affecting our business and the medical device industry as a whole;
technological innovations leading to increased competition in the medical device industry;
changes in healthcare policy;
our ability to make alternate arrangements to account for any disruptions or shutdowns that may affect suppliers’ facilities or the operations upon which our business is dependent;
continued aggressive EPA state regulation of Ethylene oxide sterilization commercial plants resulting in additional plant closures, leading to a reduced availability of our handpieces, which are commercially sterilized;
our ability to implement operating and internal growth strategies;
environmental risks, including the impact of climate change and weather conditions;
the impact of weather events, including potentially hurricanes, tornadoes and/or seasonal extremes;
unplanned outages and/or failures of technical and mechanical systems;
cybersecurity breaches impacting critical systems or data;
work interruptions or other labor stoppages;

RISK FACTORS
Investing in our securities involves certain risks. You should carefully consider the risk factors contained in Item 1A under the caption “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 and in our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2022, which are incorporated into this prospectus by reference, as updated by our annual or quarterly reports for subsequent fiscal years or fiscal quarters that we file with the SEC and that are so incorporated. See “Where You Can Find More Information” for information about how to obtain a copy of these documents. You should also carefully consider the risks and other information that may be contained in, or incorporated by reference into, any prospectus supplement relating to specific offerings of securities. Each of the referenced risks and uncertainties could adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition, as well as adversely affect the value of an investment in our securities. Additional risks and uncertainties not known to us or that we believe are immaterial may also adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition and the value of an investment in our securities.

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USE OF PROCEEDS

The shares of common stock

Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, we currently intend to be offered and sold pursuant to this prospectus will be offered and sold byuse the selling stockholders or their transferees. We will not receive anynet proceeds from the sale of securities offered by this prospectus for working capital and other general corporate purposes, including expanding our sales and marketing, capital expenditures, facilities expansion, acquisitions of complementary business or products, technologies or businesses and repaying indebtedness we may incur from time to time. The timing and amount of our actual expenditures will be based on many factors, including cash flows from operations and the anticipated growth of our business. As a result, unless otherwise indicated in the prospectus supplement, our management will have broad discretion to allocate the net proceeds of the offerings.

DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

The following is only a summary of the material terms of our common stock and preferred stock, together with the additional information we may include in any applicable prospectus supplements. Because it is only a summary, it does not contain all the information that may be important to you. Accordingly, you should carefully read the more detailed provisions of our certificate of incorporation, as amended, and our by-laws, each of which has been filed with the SEC, as well as applicable provisions of Delaware law.

Authorized Capitalization

Our authorized capital stock consists of 75,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, and 10,000,000 shares of “blank check” Preferred Stock, par value $.001 per share. As of November 21, 2022, there were 34,597,822 shares of common stock issued and outstanding, held by approximately 600 stockholders of record. Since many stockholders choose to hold their shares under the selling stockholders. We will, however, receivename of their brokerage firm, we estimate that the proceedsactual number of any cash exercisesstockholders was over 3,500.

Common Stock

Holders of warrants which, if received, would be used to fund clinical and commercial development activities and for general corporate purposes.


SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

The shares of common stock are entitled to one vote for each share on all matters to be voted on by the stockholders, and do not have cumulative voting rights, subject to the preferences that may be applicable to any then outstanding shares of preferred stock. Holders of shares of common stock are entitled to share ratably in dividends, if any, as may be declared from time to time by the Board of Directors in its discretion, from funds legally available therefore. In the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, holders of our common stock will be entitled to share ratably in the net assets legally available for distribution to shareholders after the payment of all of our debts and other liabilities. Holders of common stock have no preemptive or other subscription rights, and there are no conversion rights or redemption with respect to such shares.


Preferred Stock

Our certificate of incorporation, as amended, provides that our Board of Directors has the authority, without further action by the stockholders, to issue up to a specified number of shares of preferred stock in one or more series and to fix the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions of this preferred stock, including dividend rights, conversion rights, voting rights, terms of redemption, liquidation preferences, sinking fund terms and the number of shares constituting any series or the designation of a series, without further vote or action by the stockholders.

If we issue preferred stock, our Board of Directors would fix the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions of the preferred stock of each series in a Certificate of Designations relating to that series. We will incorporate by reference as an exhibit to the registration statement that includes this prospectus or as an exhibit to a current report on Form 8-K, the form of any Certificate of Designations that describes the terms of the series of preferred stock we are offering before the issuance of the related series of preferred stock. This description will include:

the title and stated value;
the number of shares we are offering;
the liquidation preference per share;
the purchase price;
the dividend rate, period and payment date and method of calculation for dividends;
whether dividends will be cumulative or non-cumulative and, if cumulative, the date from which dividends will accumulate;
the procedures for any auction and remarketing, if any;
the provisions for a sinking fund, if any;
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the provisions for redemption or repurchase, if applicable, and any restrictions on our ability to exercise those redemption and repurchase rights;
any listing of the preferred stock on any securities exchange or market;
whether the preferred stock will be convertible into our common stock, and, if applicable, the conversion price, or how it will be calculated, and the conversion period;
voting rights, if any, of the preferred stock;
preemption rights, if any;
restrictions on transfer, sale or other assignment, if any;
a discussion of any material or special United States federal income tax considerations applicable to the preferred stock;
the relative ranking and preferences of the preferred stock as to dividend rights and rights if we liquidate, dissolve or wind up our affairs;
any limitations on issuance of any class or series of preferred stock ranking senior to or on a parity with the series of preferred stock as to dividend rights and rights if we liquidate, dissolve or wind up our affairs; and
any other specific terms, preferences, rights or limitations of, or restrictions on, the preferred stock.

The issuance of preferred stock, whether pursuant to this offering or otherwise, could adversely affect the voting power, conversion or other rights of holders of our common stock. Preferred stock could be issued quickly with terms designed to delay or prevent a change in control of our company or make removal of management more difficult. Additionally, the issuance of preferred stock may have the effect of decreasing the market price of our common stock.

Transfer Agent and Registrar

The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Manhattan Transfer Registrar Company. Its telephone number is 877-645-8691.

Listing

Our common stock trades on the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC under the symbol “APYX.”

Delaware General Corporation Law Section 203

As a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, we are subject to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) which restricts certain business combinations between us and an “interested stockholder” (in general, a stockholder owning 15% or more of our outstanding voting stock) or its affiliates or associates for a period of three years following the date on which the stockholder becomes an “interested stockholder.” The restrictions do not apply if (i) prior to an interested stockholder becoming such, the board of directors approves either the business combination or the transaction in which the stockholder becomes an interested stockholder, (ii) upon consummation of the transaction in which any person becomes an interested stockholder, such interested stockholder owns at least 85% of our voting stock outstanding at the time the transaction commences (excluding shares owned by certain employee stock ownership plans and persons who are both directors and officers of us) or (iii) on or subsequent to the date an interested stockholder becomes such, the business combination is both approved by the board of directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of our stockholders, not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least 66-2/3% of the outstanding voting stock not owned by the interested stockholder.

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Limitations of Liability and Disclosure of SEC Position On Indemnification for Securities Act Liabilities

As permitted under Delaware law, we have adopted provisions in our certificate of incorporation that limit or eliminate the personal liability of our directors for a breach of their fiduciary duty of care as a director. The duty of care generally requires that, when acting on behalf of the corporation, directors exercise an informed business judgment based on all material information reasonably available to them. Consequently, a director will not be personally liable to us or our stockholders for monetary damages or breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability for:

Any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders;
Any act or omission not in good faith or that involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;
Any act related to unlawful stock repurchases, redemptions or other distributions or payment of dividends under DGCL Section 174; or
Any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
These limitations of liability do not affect the availability of equitable remedies such as injunctive relief or rescission. Our certificate of incorporation also authorizes us to indemnify our officers, directors and other agents to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable.

DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES

We may issue debt securities, secured or unsecured, in one or more series, as either senior or subordinated debt or as senior or subordinated convertible debt. While the terms we have summarized below will apply generally to any debt securities that we may offer under this prospectus, we will describe the particular terms of any debt securities that we may offer in more detail in the applicable prospectus supplement. The terms of any debt securities offered under a prospectus supplement may differ from the terms described below. As you read this section, please remember that the specific terms of a debt security as described in the applicable prospectus supplement will supplement and may modify or replace the general terms described in this section. If there are any differences between the applicable prospectus supplement and this prospectus, the applicable prospectus supplement will control. Unless the context requires otherwise, whenever we refer to the indentures, we also are referring to any supplemental indentures that specify the terms of a particular series of debt securities.

We may issue the debt securities under an indenture that we would enter into with a trustee to be named in the indenture. If we enter into an indenture, the indenture would be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as in effect on the date of the indenture. We use the term “trustee” to refer to the trustee under the indenture.

General

If we issue debt securities, we will describe in the applicable prospectus supplement the terms of the series of debt securities being offered, including:

the title or designation of the debt securities;
whether the debt securities will be secured or unsecured, and the terms of any secured debt;
the terms of the subordination of any series of subordinated debt securities;
any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the debt securities;
the date or dates on which the debt securities may be issued and on which we will pay the principal on the debt securities;
the interest rate, which may be fixed or variable, or the method for determining the rate and the date interest will begin to accrue, the date or dates interest will be payable and the record dates for interest payment dates or the method for determining such dates;
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the manner in which the amounts of payment of principal of, premium or interest on the debt securities will be determined, if these amounts may be determined by reference to an index based on a currency or currencies other than that in which the debt securities are denominated or designated to be payable or by reference to a commodity, commodity index, stock exchange index or financial index;
the currency of denomination of the debt securities;
if payments of principal of, premium or interest on the debt securities will be made in one or more currencies or currency units other than that or those in which the debt securities are denominated, the manner in which the exchange rate with respect to these payments will be determined;
the place or places where the principal of, premium, and interest on the debt securities will be payable, where debt securities of any series may be presented for registration of transfer, exchange or conversion, and where notices and demands to or upon us in respect of the debt securities may be made;
the form of consideration in which principal of, premium or interest on the debt securities will be paid;
the terms and conditions upon which we may redeem the debt securities;
any obligation we have to redeem or purchase the debt securities pursuant to any sinking fund, amortization or analogous provisions or at the option of a holder of debt securities;
the dates on which and the price or prices at which we will repurchase the debt securities at the option of the holders of debt securities and other detailed terms and provisions of these repurchase obligations;
the denominations in which the debt securities will be issued, if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof;
the portion of principal amount of the debt securities payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity date, if other than the principal amount;
whether the debt securities are to be issued at any original issuance discount and the amount of discount with which such debt securities may be issued;
whether the debt securities will be issued in the form of certificated debt securities or global debt securities and, in such case, the depositary for such global security or securities and the terms and conditions, if any, upon which interests in such global security or securities may be exchanged in whole or in part for the individual securities represented thereby;
provisions, if any, for the defeasance of the debt securities of a series in whole or in part and any addition or change in the provisions related to satisfaction and discharge;
the form of the debt securities;
the terms and conditions upon which the debt securities will be so convertible or exchangeable into securities or property of another person, if at all, and any additions or changes, if any, to permit or facilitate such conversion or exchange;
whether the debt securities will be subject to subordination and the terms of such subordination;
provisions, if any, granting special rights to holders of the debt securities upon the occurrence of specified events;
any restriction or condition on the transferability of the debt securities;
any addition or change in the provisions related to compensation and reimbursement of the trustee which applies to securities of such series;
any addition to or change in the events of default described in this prospectus or in the indenture with respect to the debt securities and any change in the acceleration provisions described in this prospectus or in the indenture with respect to the debt securities;
any addition to or change in the covenants described in this prospectus or in the indenture with respect to the debt securities; and
any other terms of the debt securities, which may modify or delete any provision of the indenture.

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Conversion or Exchange Rights

If we issue debt securities, we will set forth in the prospectus supplement the terms, if any, on which a series of debt securities may be convertible into or exchangeable for our common stock or our other securities. We will include provisions as to whether conversion or exchange is mandatory, at the option of the holder or at our option. We may include provisions pursuant to which the number of shares of our common stock or our other securities that the holders of the series of debt securities receive would be subject to adjustment.

Consolidation, Merger or Sale

Unless we provide otherwise in the prospectus supplement applicable to a particular series of debt securities, the indentures will not contain any covenant that restricts our ability to merge or consolidate, or sell, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our assets. However, any successor to or acquirer of such assets must assume all of our obligations under the indentures or the debt securities, as appropriate.

Unless we state otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, the debt securities will not contain any provisions that may afford holders of the debt securities additional protection in the event we have a change of control or in the event of a highly leveraged transaction (whether or not such transaction results in a change of control), which could adversely affect holders of debt securities.

Events of Default Under the Indenture

Unless we provide otherwise in the prospectus supplement applicable to a particular series of debt securities, the following are events of default under the indenture with respect to any series of debt securities that we may issue:

if we fail to pay interest when due and payable and our failure continues for more than 30 days and the time for payment has not been extended or deferred;
if we fail to pay the principal, premium, or sinking fund payment, if any, when due and payable and our failure continues for more than 30 days and the time for payment has not been extended or delayed;
if we fail to observe or perform any other covenant relating to such series contained in the debt securities of such series or the indenture, other than a covenant specifically relating to and for the benefit of holders of another series of debt securities, and our failure continues for 60 days after we receive written notice from the trustee or holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of the applicable series;
if specified events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization occur as to us; and
any other event of default provided in or pursuant to the applicable agreement or indenture, if any, or prospectus supplement with respect to the debt securities of that series.

Unless we provide otherwise in the prospectus supplement applicable to a particular series of debt securities, no event of default with respect to a particular series of debt securities (except as to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization) necessarily constitutes an event of default with respect to any other series of debt securities. The occurrence of an event of default may constitute an event of default under any bank credit agreements we may have in existence from time to time. In addition, the occurrence of certain events of default or an acceleration under the indenture may constitute an event of default under certain of our other indebtedness outstanding from time to time.

If an event of default with respect to debt securities of any series at the time outstanding occurs and is continuing, then the trustee or the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series may, by a notice in writing to us (and to the trustee if given by the selling stockholdersholders), declare to be due and payable immediately the principal (or, if the debt securities of that series are thosediscount securities, that portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) of and premium and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all debt securities of that series. The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of an affected series may waive any default or event of default with respect to the series and its consequences, except defaults or events of default regarding payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest, unless we have cured the default or event of default in accordance with the indenture. Any waiver shall cure the default or event of default.
We refer you to the prospectus supplement relating to any series of debt securities that are issuablediscount securities for the particular provisions relating to acceleration of a portion of the principal amount of such discount securities upon the occurrence of an event of default.
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Subject to the selling stockholders upon conversionterms of the indenture, if an event of default under the indenture shall occur and be continuing, the trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under such indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders of the applicable series of debt securities, unless such holders have offered the trustee reasonable indemnity. The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any series will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the trustee, with respect to the debt securities of that series, provided that, subject to the terms of the indenture, the trustee need not take any action that it believes, upon the advice of counsel, might involve it in personal liability or might be unduly prejudicial to the holders not involved in the proceeding.

A holder of the debt securities of any series will only have the right to institute a proceeding under the indenture or to appoint a receiver or trustee, or to seek other remedies if:

the holder previously has given written notice to the trustee of a continuing event of default with respect to that series;
the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series have made written request, and such holders have offered reasonable indemnity to the trustee to institute the proceeding as trustee; and
the trustee does not institute the proceeding, and does not receive from the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series (or at a meeting of holders of such series at which a quorum is present, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the debt securities of such series represented at such meeting) other conflicting directions within 60 days after the notice, request and offer.

These limitations do not apply to a suit instituted by a holder of debt securities if we default in the payment of the principal, premium, if any, or interest on, the debt securities.

We will periodically file statements with the applicable trustee regarding our compliance with specified covenants in the applicable indenture.

Modification of Indenture; Waiver

The trustee and we may, without the consent of any holders, execute a supplemental indenture to change the applicable indenture with respect to specific matters, including, among other things:

to surrender any right or power conferred upon us;
to provide, change or eliminate any restrictions on the payment of principal of or premium, if any, on the debt securities; provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the holders of debt securities of any series in any material respect;
to change or eliminate any of the provisions of the indenture; provided that any such change or elimination shall become effective only when there is no outstanding debt security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture that is entitled to the benefit of such provision and as to which such supplemental indenture would apply;
to evidence the succession of another corporation to us;
to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee with respect to one or more series of debt securities and to add or change provisions of the indenture to facilitate the administration of the trusts thereunder by more than one trustee;
to cure any ambiguity, mistake, manifest error, omission, defect or inconsistency in the indenture or to conform the text of any provision in the indenture or in any supplemental indenture to any description thereof in the applicable section of a prospectus, prospectus supplement or other offering document that was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of the indenture or of any supplemental indenture;
to add to or change or eliminate any provision of the indenture as shall be necessary or desirable in accordance with any amendments to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939;
to make any change in any series of debt securities that does not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the holders of such debt securities; and
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to supplement any of the provisions of the indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of debt securities; provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the holders of debt securities of such series or any other series of debt securities.

In addition, under the indenture, the rights of holders of a series of debt securities may be changed by us and the trustee with the written consent of the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of each series that is affected. However, unless we provide otherwise in the prospectus supplement applicable to a particular series of debt securities, we and the trustee may make the following changes only with the consent of each holder of any outstanding debt securities affected:

extending the fixed maturity of the series of debt securities;
reducing the principal amount, reducing the rate of or extending the time of payment of interest, or reducing any premium payable upon the redemption of any debt securities;
reducing the principal amount of discount securities payable upon acceleration of maturity;
making the principal of or premium or interest on any debt security payable in currency other than that stated in the debt security;
impairing the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the fixed maturity date of any series of debt securities;
materially adversely affecting the economic terms of any right to convert or exchange any debt securities; and
reducing the percentage of debt securities, the holders of which are required to consent to any amendment, supplement, modification or waiver.

Except for certain specified provisions, the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any series (or, at a meeting of holders of such series at which a quorum is present, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the debt securities of such series represented at such meeting) may, on behalf of the holders of all debt securities of that series, waive our compliance with provisions of the indenture. The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any series may, on behalf of the holders of all the debt securities of such series, waive any past default under the indenture with respect to that series and its consequences, other than a default in the payment of the principal of, premium or any interest on any debt security of that series; provided, however, that the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any series may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from the acceleration.

Discharge

The indenture provides that we can elect to be discharged from our obligations with respect to one or more series of debt securities. In order to exercise our rights to be discharged with respect to a series, we must deposit with the trustee money or government obligations sufficient to pay all the principal of, the premium, if any, and interest on, the debt securities of the series on the dates payments are due.

Form, Exchange and Transfer

We will issue the debt securities of each series only in fully registered form without coupons and, unless we otherwise specify in the applicable prospectus supplement, in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. We may issue debt securities of a series in temporary or permanent global form and as book-entry securities that will be deposited with a depositary named by us and identified in a prospectus supplement with respect to that series.

At the option of the holder, subject to the terms of the indenture and the limitations applicable to global securities described in the applicable prospectus supplement, the holder of the debt securities of any series can exchange the debt securities for other debt securities of the same series, in any authorized denomination and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount.

Subject to the terms of the indenture and the limitations applicable to global securities set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, holders of the debt securities may present the debt securities for exchange or for registration of transfer, duly endorsed or with the form of transfer endorsed thereon duly executed if so required by us or the security registrar, at the office of the security registrar or at the office of any transfer agent designated by us for this purpose. Unless otherwise provided in the debt securities that the holder presents for transfer or exchange or in the indenture, we will make no service charge for any registration of transfer or exchange, but we may require payment of any taxes or other governmental charges.

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We will name in the applicable prospectus supplement the security registrar, and any transfer agent in addition to the security registrar, that we initially designate for any debt securities. We may at any time designate additional transfer agents or rescind the designation of any transfer agent or approve a change in the office through which any transfer agent acts, except that we will be required to maintain a transfer agent in each place of payment for the debt securities of each series.

If we elect to redeem the debt securities of any series, we will not be required to:

issue, register the transfer of, or exchange any debt securities of that series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of mailing of a notice of redemption of any debt securities that may be selected for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of the mailing; or
register the transfer of or exchange any debt securities so selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any debt securities we are redeeming in part.

Information Concerning the Trustee

The trustee, other than during the occurrence and continuance of an event of default under the indenture, undertakes to perform only those duties as are specifically set forth in the indenture. Upon an event of default under the indenture, the trustee must use the same degree of care as a prudent person would exercise or use in the conduct of his or her own affairs. Subject to this provision, the trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of the powers given it by the indenture at the request of any holder of debt securities unless it is offered reasonable security and indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that it might incur.

Payment and Paying Agents

Unless we otherwise indicate in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will make payment of the interest on any debt securities on any interest payment date to the person in whose name the debt securities, or one or more predecessor securities, are registered at the close of business on the regular record date for the interest.

Unless we otherwise indicate in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will pay principal of and any premium and interest on the debt securities of a particular series at the office of the indenture trustee or, at our option, by wire or check payable to the holder. Unless we otherwise indicate in a prospectus supplement, we will designate the corporate trust office of the trustee our sole paying agent for payments with respect to debt securities of a particular series. We will name in the applicable prospectus supplement any other paying agents that we initially designate for the debt securities of a particular series. We will maintain a paying agent in each place of payment for the debt securities of a particular series. All money we pay to a paying agent or the trustee for the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any debt securities which remains unclaimed at the end of two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable will be repaid to us, and the holder of the security thereafter may look only to us for payment thereof.

Governing Law

Unless we otherwise indicate in the applicable prospectus supplement, each indenture and the debt securities will be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.

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DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS

We may issue warrants to purchase debt securities, preferred stock or common stock. We may issue warrants independently or together with any other securities we offer under a prospectus supplement. The warrants may be attached to or separate from the securities. We may issue each series of warrants under a separate warrant agreement that we will enter into with a bank or trust company, as warrant agent. The statements made in this section relating to the warrant agreement are summaries only. These summaries are not complete. When we issue warrants, we will provide the specific terms of the warrants and the applicable warrant agreement in a prospectus supplement. To the extent the information contained in the prospectus supplement differs from this summary description, you should rely on the information in the prospectus supplement. For more detail, we refer you to the applicable warrant agreement itself, which we will file as an exhibit to, or incorporate by reference in, the registration statement.

General

We will describe in the applicable prospectus supplement the terms relating to warrants being offered including:

the offering price and aggregate number of warrants offered;
if applicable, the designation and terms of the securities with which the warrants are issued and the number of warrants issued with each such security or each principal amount of such security;
if applicable, the date on and after which the warrants and the related securities will be separately transferable;
in the case of warrants to purchase common stock or preferred stock, the number of shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock andcommon stock or preferred stock purchasable upon the exercise of fiveone warrant and one-half-yearthe price at which these shares may be purchased upon such exercise;
the terms of any rights to redeem or call the warrants;
any provisions for changes to or adjustments in the exercise price or number of securities issuable upon exercise of the warrants;
the dates on which the right to exercise the warrants issuedwill commence and expire;
the manner in which the warrant agreements and warrants may be modified;
federal income tax consequences of holding or exercising the warrants, if material;
the terms of the securities issuable upon exercise of the warrants; and
any other specific terms, preferences, rights or limitations of or restrictions on the warrants.

Before exercising their warrants, holders of warrants will not have any of the rights of holders of the securities purchasable upon such exercise, including, in the case of warrants to them. For additionalpurchase common stock, the right to receive dividends, if any, or payments upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding up of our affairs or to exercise voting rights, if any.

Exercise of Warrants

Each warrant will entitle the holder to purchase the securities that we specify in the applicable prospectus supplement at the exercise price that we describe in the applicable prospectus supplement. Unless we otherwise specify in the applicable prospectus supplement, holders of the warrants may exercise the warrants at any time up to the specified time on the expiration date that we set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. After the close of business on the expiration date, unexercised warrants will become void.

Holders of the warrants may exercise the warrants by delivering the warrant certificate representing the warrants to be exercised together with specified information, regardingand paying the issuancerequired amount to the warrant agent in immediately available funds, as provided in the applicable prospectus supplement. We intend to set forth in any warrant agreement and in the applicable prospectus supplement the information that the holder of the warrant will be required to deliver to the warrant agent.

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Upon receipt of the required payment and any warrant certificate or other form required for exercise properly completed and duly executed at the corporate trust office of the warrant agent or any other office indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will issue and deliver the securities purchasable upon such exercise. If fewer than all of the warrants represented by the warrant or warrant certificate are exercised, then we will issue a new warrant or warrant certificate for the remaining amount of warrants. If we so indicate in the applicable prospectus supplement, holders of the warrants may surrender securities as all or part of the exercise price for warrants.

Governing Law

Unless we provide otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, the warrants and warrant agreements will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.

DESCRIPTION OF UNITS

We may issue units comprised of one or more debt securities, shares of common stock, preferred stock and/or warrants in any combination. Each unit will be issued so that the holder of the unit is also the holder of each security included in the unit. Thus, the holder of a unit will have the rights and obligations of a holder of each included security. The unit agreement under which a unit is issued may provide that the securities included in the unit may not be held or transferred separately, at any time or at any time before a specified date. The statements made in this section relating to the unit agreement are summaries only. These summaries are not complete. When we issue units, we will provide the specific terms of the units and the warrants, see “Aboutapplicable unit agreement in a prospectus supplement. To the extent the information contained in the prospectus supplement differs from this Offering” above. summary description, you should rely on the information in the prospectus supplement. For more detail, we refer you to the applicable unit agreement itself, which we will file as an exhibit to, or incorporate by reference in, the registration statement.

We are registeringwill describe in the sharesapplicable prospectus supplement the terms of the series of units being offered, including:

the designation and terms of the units and of the securities comprising the units, including whether and under what circumstances those securities may be held or transferred separately;
any provisions of the governing unit agreement that differ from those described below; and
any provisions for the issuance, payment, settlement, transfer or exchange of the units or of the securities comprising the units.

The provisions described in this section, as well as those described under “Description of Capital Stock,” “Description of Debt Securities” and “Description of Warrants” will apply to each unit and to any common stock, debt security or warrant included in ordereach unit, respectively.

We may issue units in such amounts and in such numerous distinct series as we determine.

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

We may sell the securities through underwriters or dealers, through agents, or directly to permitone or more purchasers. We may sell the selling stockholderssecurities from time to time in one or more transactions at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed from time to time, at market prices prevailing at the times of sale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices, or at negotiated prices. The accompanying prospectus supplement will describe the terms of the offering of the securities, including:

the name or names of any underwriters;
the purchase price of the securities being offered and the proceeds we will receive from the sale;
any over-allotment options pursuant to which underwriters may purchase additional securities from us;
any agency fees or underwriting discounts and other items constituting agents’ or underwriters’ compensation;
any public offering price;
any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers; and
any securities exchange or market on which the securities may be listed.

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If underwriters are used in the sale, they will acquire the securities for their own account and may resell the securities from time to time in one or more transactions at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of the sale. The obligations of the underwriters to purchase the securities will be subject to the conditions set forth in the applicable underwriting agreement. We may offer the shares for resalesecurities to the public through underwriting syndicates represented by managing underwriters or by underwriters without a syndicate. Subject to certain conditions, the underwriters will be obligated to purchase all the securities offered by the prospectus supplement. Any public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers may change from time to time. ExceptWe may use underwriters with whom we have a material relationship. We will describe such relationships in the prospectus supplement naming the underwriter and the nature of any such relationship.

We may engage in “at the market” offerings of our common stock in accordance with Rule 415 under the Securities Act, which are offerings into an existing trading market, at other than a fixed price, on or through the facilities of a national securities exchange or to or through a market maker otherwise than on an exchange.

We may sell securities directly or through agents we designate from time to time. We will name any agent involved in the offering and sale of the securities, and we will describe any commissions we will pay the agent in the prospectus supplement. Unless the prospectus supplement states otherwise, our agent will act on a best efforts basis for the ownershipperiod of its appointment.

We may enter into derivative transactions with third parties, or sell securities not covered by this prospectus to third parties in privately negotiated transactions. If the applicable prospectus supplement indicates, in connection with those derivatives, the third parties may sell securities covered by this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement, including short sale transactions. If so, the third party may use securities pledged by us or borrowed from us or others to settle those sales or to close out any related open borrowings of common shares, and may use securities received from us in settlement of those derivatives to close out any related open borrowings of common shares. The third party in such sale transactions will be an underwriter and, if not identified in this prospectus, will be identified in the applicable prospectus supplement or a post-effective amendment to this registration statement.

Some or all of the sharessecurities that we offer through this prospectus, other than common stock, may be new issues of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock issued pursuantsecurities with no established trading market. Any underwriters to the exchange transaction mentioned above, the issuancewhom we sell our securities for public offerings and sale may make a market for those securities, but they will not be obligated to do so and they may discontinue any market making at any time without notice. Accordingly, we cannot assure you of the warrants pursuantliquidity of, or continued trading markets for, any securities that we offer.

All securities we offer, other than common stock, will be new issues of securities for which there is no established trading market. Any underwriters may make a market in these securities, but will not be obligated to a Securities Purchase Agreementdo so and may discontinue any market making activities at any time without notice. We cannot guaranty the fact that Ian Sheffield, a directorliquidity of the Company, is a director nomineetrading markets for any securities.

We may provide agents and underwriters with indemnification against civil liabilities related to this offering, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or contribution with respect to payments that the agents or underwriters may make with respect to these liabilities. Agents and underwriters may engage in transactions with, or perform services for, us in the ordinary course of the selling stockholders that own the shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock the selling stockholders have not had any material relationshipbusiness.

Any underwriter may also engage in stabilizing transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids in accordance with us within the past three years.

The table below lists the selling stockholders and other information regarding the beneficial ownership (as determinedRule 104 under Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, andamended. Stabilizing transactions involve bids to purchase the rules and regulations thereunder)underlying security in the open market for the purpose of pegging, fixing or maintaining the price of the shares of common stock held by each of the selling stockholders. The second column lists the number of shares of common stock beneficially owned by the selling stockholders, based on their respective ownership of shares of common stock, as of April 13, 2015.

The third column lists the shares of common stock being offered by this prospectus by the selling stockholders.

In accordance with the terms of a registration rights agreement with the holders of the shares of common stock, this prospectus generally covers the resale of the shares of common stock which are issuable upon conversion of the shares of Preferred Stock that have been issued to the selling stockholders. The fourth column assumes the sale of all of the shares offered by the selling stockholders pursuant to this prospectus.

The selling stockholders may sell all, some or none of their shares in this offering. See “Plan of Distribution.”

 

Beneficial

Ownership Before Offering

  

Total Shares

Offered

By Selling

  

Beneficial

Ownership After Offering

 

Selling Stockholder

 

Shares

  

Percent

  

Stockholder

 

Shares (1)

Percent (1)

Biomedical Value Fund, L.P. (2)

 

3,390,348(3)

 

12.7%(3)

 

3,390,348(3)

 

0

  

0%

Biomedical Institutional Value Fund, L.P. (2)

 

871,890(4)

  

3.6%

  

871,890(4)

  

0

   

0%

 

Biomedical Offshore Value Fund, Ltd. (2)

 

1,896,640(5)

  

7.5%

  

1,896,640(5)

  

0

   

0%

 

WS Investments II, LLC (2)

 

128,066(6)

  

 *

  

128,066(6)

  

0

   

0%

 

Class D Series of GEF-PS, L.P. (2)

 

889,334(7)

  

3.7%

  

889,334(7)

  

0

   

0%

 

Gilford Securities Incorporated (8)

 

262,500(9)

  

1.1%

  

262,500(9)

  

0

   

0%

 

David S. Kaplan

 

64,375(10)

  

 *

  

64,375(10)

  

0

   

0%

 

John Cierski

 

60,000(11)

  

 *

  

60,000(11)

  

0

   

0%

 

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*

Less than 1% of the outstanding Shares of common stock.

(1)

Assumes that all the shares of the selling stockholders covered by this prospectus are sold, and that the selling stockholders do not acquire any additional shares of common stock before the completion of this offering. However, as each selling stockholder can offer all, some or none of its common stock, no definitive estimate can be given as to the number of shares that any selling stockholder will ultimately offer or sell under this prospectus.

(2)

Great Point Partners, LLC (“Great Point”) is the investment manager of each of Biomedical Institutional Value Fund, L.P., Biomedical Offshore Value Fund, Ltd., Biomedical Value Fund, L.P., Class D Series of GEF-PS, L.P. and WS Investments II, LLC (collectively, the “Great Point Selling Stockholders”), and has the power to vote or dispose of the shares listed above. Each of Dr. Jeffrey R. Jay, M.D. (“Dr. Jay”), as senior managing member of Great Point, and Mr. David Kroin (“Mr. Kroin”), as special managing member of Great Point, has voting and investment power with respect to the shares owned by each of the Great Point Selling Stockholders. Each of Great Point, Dr. Jay and Mr. Kroin disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of their respective pecuniary interest therein. The address for the Great Point Selling Stockholders is 165 Mason Street, 3rd Floor, Greenwich, CT 06830.


(3)

Consists of 3,390,348 shares of common stock issuable upon the conversion of Series B preferred stock.

(4)

Consists of 871,890 shares of common stock issuable upon the conversion of Series B preferred stock.

(5)

Consists of 1,896,640 shares of common stock issuable upon the conversion of Series B preferred stock.

(6)

Consists of 128,066 shares of common stock issuable upon the conversion of Series B preferred stock.

(7)

Consists of 889,334 shares of common stock issuable upon the conversion of Series B preferred stock.

(8)

Robert A. Maley, President of Gilford Securities Incorporated, has voting and investment control over the shares held by the selling stockholder.

(9)

Consists of 262,500 shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants.

(10)

Consists of 64,375 shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants which were assigned to the Selling Stockholder by Gilford Securities Incorporated.

(11)

Consists of 60,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants which were assigned to the Selling Stockholder by Gilford Securities Incorporated.

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

We are registering the shares of common stock that are issuable upon conversion of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock, which have been issued to the selling stockholders, to permit the resale of these shares of common stock by the holders thereof from time to time after the date of this prospectus. We are also registering the shares of common stock that are issuable upon the exercise of warrants which have been issued to the selling stockholders. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale by the selling stockholders of the shares of common stock issuable upon the conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock. We will, however, receive the proceeds of any cash exercises of warrants. We will bear all fees and expenses incident to our obligation to register the shares of common stock.

Each Selling Stockholder (the “Selling Stockholders”) of the securities and any of their pledgees, assignees and successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of their securities covered hereby on the principal trading market or any other stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the securities are traded or in private transactions. These sales may be at fixed or negotiated prices. A Selling Stockholder may use any one or more of the following methods when selling securities:

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

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

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


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

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privately negotiated transactions;

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settlement of short sales entered into after the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part;

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in transactions through broker-dealers that agree with the Selling Stockholders to sell a specified number of such securities at a stipulated price per security;

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through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise;

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a combination of any such methods of sale; or

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any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.

The Selling Stockholders may also sell securities under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), if available, rather than under this prospectus.

Broker-dealers engaged by the Selling Stockholders may arrange for other brokers-dealers to participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the Selling Stockholders (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 securities or interests therein, the Selling Stockholders may enter into hedgingsecurities.  Syndicate covering transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short salesinvolve purchases of the securities in the courseopen market after the distribution has been completed in order to cover syndicate short positions.


Penalty bids permit the underwriters to reclaim a selling concession from a syndicate member when the securities originally sold by the syndicate member are purchased in a syndicate covering transaction to cover syndicate short positions.  Stabilizing transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids may cause the price of hedging the positions they assume. The Selling Shareholders may also, to the extent permitted under Rule 105 of Regulation M, sell shares of their common stock short and deliver these securities to close out theirbe higher than it would be in the absence of the transactions. The underwriters may, if they commence these transactions, discontinue them at any time.

Similar to other purchase transactions, an underwriter’s purchases to cover the syndicate short positions,sales or loanto stabilize the market price of our securities may have the effect of raising or pledge sharesmaintaining the market price of their common stock to broker-dealers thatour securities or preventing or mitigating a decline in turn may sell thesethe market price of our securities. The Selling Stockholders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or create one or more derivative securities which requireAs a result, the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institutionprice 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 Stockholders and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the securities may be deemed to be “underwriters” withinhigher than the meaningprice that might otherwise exist in the open market. The imposition of a penalty bid might also have an effect on the price of shares if it discourages resales of the Securities Actsecurities.


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Any underwriters who are qualified market makers on the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC may engage in connectionpassive market making transactions in our common stock on the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC in accordance with Rule 103 of Regulation M, during the business day prior to the pricing of the offering, before the commencement of offers or sales of common stock. Passive market makers must comply with applicable volume and price limitations and must be identified as passive market makers. In general, a passive market maker must display its bid at a price not in excess of the highest independent bid for such sales. In such event, any commissions received by suchsecurity; if all independent bids are lowered below the passive market maker’s bid, however, the passive market maker’s bid must then be lowered when certain purchase limits are exceeded.

Underwriters, broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the securities purchased by themwho may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. In no event shall any broker-dealer receive fees, commissions and markups, other than in connection with the closing of the securities purchase agreements by and between various Selling Stockholders and the Company, which,become involved in the aggregate, would exceed eight percent (8%).

The Company is required to pay certain feessale of our securities may engage in transactions with and expenses incurred by the Company incident to the registration of the securities however, a Selling Stockholder will pay all underwriting discounts and commissions, if any. The Company has agreed to indemnify the Selling Stockholders against certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

Because Selling Stockholders may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act, they will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act including Rule 172 thereunder. In addition, any securities covered by this prospectus which qualifyperform other services for sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act may be sold under Rule 144 rather than under this prospectus.


The Company agreed to keep a Registration Statement effective until the later of (i) March 17, 2018, (ii) the date on which the Registrable Securities may be resold by the Selling Stockholders 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 (iii) the date on which all of the Registrable Securities have been sold pursuant to a Registration Statement or Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect. The resale securitieswill 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 saleus in the applicable 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 distributionordinary course of the resale securities may not simultaneously engage in market making activities with respect to the common stocktheir business for the applicable restricted period, as defined in Regulation M, prior to the commencement of the distribution. In addition, the Selling Stockholders 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 securities of the common stock by the Selling Stockholders or any other person. The Company will make copies of this prospectus available to the Selling Stockholders and have informed 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).

they receive compensation.


LEGAL MATTERS


The validity of the issuance of securities offered hereby will be passed upon for us by Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C., of Uniondale, New York.


EXPERTS


The consolidated financial statements of Apyx Medical Corporation as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 and for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2021 incorporated in this prospectusProspectus by reference from Boviethe Apyx Medical Corporation’sCorporation Annual Report on Form l0-K10-K for the year ended December 31, 20142021 have been audited by Frazier and Deeter, LLC,RSM US LLP, an independent auditors,registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report which isthereon, incorporated herein by reference, and have been so incorporated in this Prospectus and Registration Statement in reliance upon such report and upon the reportauthority of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.


WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION


We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. Our SEC filings are available to the public over the Internet at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. You may

The registration statement and the documents referred to below under “Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference” are also read and copy any document we fileavailable on our website at the SEC’s publichttp://www.Apyxmedical.com. We have not incorporated by reference room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 205409. Please callinto this prospectus the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference room.

our website, and you should not consider it to be a part of this prospectus.


INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE


The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference the information we file with it, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be a part of this prospectus, and information in documents that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and supersede the information in this prospectus. We incorporate by reference into this prospectus the documents listed below and any future filings we make with the SEC under Section 13(a), 13(c) 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, until this offering is completed and all securities are sold:

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Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 filed with the SEC on March 1, 2015.

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Our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 31, 2015.

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Our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 17, 2015.

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Our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 12, 2015.

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Our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 11, 2015.

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Our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 2, 2015.

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Description of the Registrant’s Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on November 3, 2003.

sold or until the sale of securities pursuant to this prospectus is terminated by us.


This prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form S-3 we have filed with the SEC. This prospectus does not contain all of the information in the registration statement. We have omitted certain parts of the registration statement as permitted under the rules and regulations of the SEC. You may view and inspect the registration statement and exhibits on the SEC’s website (see above “Where You Can Find More Information”).

Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the SEC on March 17, 2022.
Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal period ended March 31, 2022 filed with the SEC on May 12, 2022.
Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal period ended June 30, 2022 filed with the SEC on August 11, 2022.
Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal period ended September 30, 2022 filed with the SEC on November 10, 2022.
Our Current Reports on Forms 8-K and 8-K/A filed with the SEC on March 14, 2022, March 21, 2022, April 4, 2022, May 26, 2022, June 13, 2022, July 18, 2022, and August 17, 2022.
Description of the Registrant’s Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A filed with the SEC on December 31, 2018, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
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Upon request, BovieApyx will provide, free of charge, to each person to whom a prospectus is delivered, including a beneficial owner, a copy of any or all information that has been incorporated by reference in the prospectus but not delivered with the prospectus. Any such request may be made orally or in writing to BovieApyx Medical Corporation, 4 Manhattanville5115 Ulmerton Road, Suite 106, Purchase, New York 10577,Clearwater, Florida 33760, Attention: Peter Donato, CFO,Tara Semb, Chief Financial Officer, Tel. No.: (727) 803-8593.

803-8615.
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$100,000,000

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THE INFORMATION IN THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT COMPLETE AND MAY BE CHANGED. THESE SECURITIES WILL NOT BE SOLD 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.
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED November 22, 2022

PROSPECTUS
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Common Stock

We have entered into an equity distribution agreement (the “Equity Distribution Agreement”) with Piper Sandler & Co. (“Piper Sandler”), relating to shares of our common stock offered by this prospectus. In accordance with the terms of the Equity Distribution Agreement, pursuant to this prospectus, we may offer and sell shares of our common stock, $0.001 par value, having an aggregate offering price of up to $40,000,000 from time to time through Piper Sandler acting as our agent.

Our common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC under the symbol “APYX.” On November 21, 2022, the last reported sale price of our common stock was $1.42 per share.

Sales of our common stock, if any, under this prospectus will be made in sales deemed to be “at the market offerings” as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or (the “Securities Act”). Piper Sandler will act as our agent on a best efforts basis and will use commercially reasonable efforts to sell on our behalf all of the shares of common stock requested to be sold by us, consistent with its normal trading and sales practices, on mutually agreed terms between Piper Sandler and us. There is no arrangement for funds to be received in any escrow, trust or similar arrangement.

Piper Sandler will be entitled to compensation at a fixed commission rate of 3.0% of the gross proceeds of any shares of common stock sold pursuant to the Equity Distribution Agreement. See “Plan of Distribution” for additional information regarding compensation to be paid to Piper Sandler. In connection with the sale of the common stock on our behalf, Piper Sandler will be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and the compensation of Piper Sandler will be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts. We have also agreed to provide indemnification and contribution to Piper Sandler with respect to certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

INVESTING IN OUR SECURITIES INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK. YOU SHOULD REVIEW CAREFULLY THE RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES REFERENCED UNDER THE HEADING “RISK FACTORS” ON PAGE 12 OF THIS PROSPECTUS AS WELL AS THOSE CONTAINED IN THE APPLICABLE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT AND ANY RELATED FREE WRITING PROSPECTUS, AND IN THE OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT ARE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THIS PROSPECTUS.

NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.


Piper Sandler


THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS IS __________, 2022


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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

This prospectus relates to the registration statement on Form S-3 that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) utilizing a “shelf” registration process. Under this shelf registration process, we may from time to time sell shares of our common stock. Under this prospectus, we may from time to time sell shares of our common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $40,000,000, at prices and on terms to be determined by market conditions at the time of the offering. Before buying any of the common stock that we are offering, we urge you to carefully read this prospectus, any prospectus supplement, and the information incorporated by reference as described under the headings “Where You Can Find More Information” and “Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference” herein and therein. These documents contain important information that you should consider when making your investment decision.

This prospectus describes the terms of this offering of common stock and also adds to and updates information contained in the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus. To the extent there is a conflict between the information contained in this prospectus, on the one hand, and the information contained in any document incorporated by reference into this prospectus that was filed with the SEC, before the date of this prospectus, on the other hand, you should rely on the information in this prospectus. If any statement in one of these documents is inconsistent with a statement in another document having a later date (for example, a document incorporated by reference into this prospectus) the statement in the document having the later date modifies or supersedes the earlier statement. The information contained in this prospectus or any free writing prospectus, or incorporated by reference herein or therein, is accurate only as of the respective dates thereof, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or of any sale of our shares of common stock. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since those dates.

We further note that the representations, warranties and covenants made by us in any agreement that is filed as an exhibit to any document that is incorporated by reference herein were made solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreement, including, in some cases, for the purpose of allocating risk among the parties to such agreements, and should not be deemed to be a representation, warranty or covenant to you. Moreover, such representations, warranties or covenants were accurate only as of the date when made. Accordingly, such representations, warranties and covenants should not be relied on as accurately representing the current state of our affairs.

We have not, and Piper Sandler has not, authorized anyone to provide any information other than that contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement or in any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of us or to which we have referred you. We take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. This prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to purchase, the securities offered by this prospectus in any jurisdiction to or from any person to whom or from whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation of an offer in such jurisdiction.

Unless the context indicates otherwise, references in this prospectus to “Apyx,” “Apyx Medical,” or the “Company,” “we,” “us,” “our” and similar terms refer to Apyx Medical Corporation.

We own or have rights to trademarks, service marks and trade names that we use in connection with the operation of our business, including our corporate name, logos and website names. Other trademarks, service marks and trade names appearing in this prospectus are the property of their respective owners. Solely for convenience, some of the trademarks, service marks and trade names referred to in this prospectus are listed without the ® and ™ symbols, but we will assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, our rights to our trademarks, service marks and trade names.


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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

The following highlights information about the Registrant and our business contained elsewhere or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. It is not complete and does not contain all of the information that you should consider before investing in any of our securities. You should carefully read this prospectus together with the more detailed information incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

Our Company

Overview

Apyx Medical Corporation (“Company”, “Apyx Medical”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) was incorporated in 1982, under the laws of the State of Delaware and has its principal executive office at 5115 Ulmerton Road, Clearwater, FL 33760.

We are an advanced energy technology company with a passion for elevating people’s lives through innovative products in the cosmetic and surgical markets. Known for our innovative Helium Plasma Technology, Apyx is solely focused on bringing transformative solutions to physicians and their patients. Our Helium Plasma Technology is marketed and sold as Renuvion® in the cosmetic surgery market and J-Plasma® in the hospital surgical market. Our primary focus is on the cosmetic surgery market where Renuvion® offers plastic surgeons, fascial plastic surgeons and cosmetic physicians a unique ability to provide controlled heat to the tissue to achieve their desired results. We also leverage our deep expertise and decades of experience in unique waveforms through original equipment manufacturing (“OEM”) agreements with other medical device manufacturers.

Our objective is to achieve profitable, sustainable growth by increasing our market share in the Advanced Energy category, including the commercialization of products that have the potential to be transformational with respect to the results they produce for surgeons and their patients. In order to achieve this objective, we plan to leverage our long history in the industry, along with a reputation for quality, reliability, and a science-based approach that our brand enjoys within the medical community.

Significant Subsidiaries

Apyx Bulgaria, EOOD is a wholly owned limited liability company incorporated under Bulgarian law, located in Sofia, Bulgaria. It is engaged in the business of development and manufacturing of our advanced energy generators, as well as the manufacturing of our disposable handpieces and OEM generators and accessories. The facility also distributes products directly to customers in certain international markets and provides warranty and repair services.

Industry

The cosmetic surgery market is a special segment of the medical field which is involved in the restoration, reconstruction, or alteration of the human body so as to enhance the body’s appearance. The market for cosmetic surgery includes surgical, minimally invasive, and nonsurgical cosmetic procedures. This market is expected to have steady growth year-over-year and this growth is driven by social and cultural factors such as the influence of social media, peer pressure for appearance and beauty, and increasing disposable income.

We believe that we have sustainable, competitive advantages in the cosmetic surgery market for several reasons: our long history of developing unique energy devices to meet the needs of physicians, our unique Helium Plasma Technology, our outstanding product quality supported by strong engineering and research and development capabilities, and the clinical support that our expanding global medial affairs team provides to our customers. We feel that our products and our strategy as a customer-centric aesthetic medical device manufacturer have, and will continue to improve, the lives of doctors and their patients.

Intellectual Property

We rely on our intellectual property that we have developed or acquired over the years including patents, trade secrets, technical innovations and various licensing agreements to provide our future growth and build our competitive position. We have been issued 40 patents in the United States and 28 foreign patents. We have 22 pending patent applications in the United States and 58 pending foreign applications. We have 9 U.S. registered trademarks, 5 international registered trademarks, and 4 pending international trademark applications. As we continue to expand our intellectual property portfolio, we believe it is critical for us to continue to invest in filing patent applications to protect our technology, inventions and improvements. However, we can give no assurance that competitors will not infringe on our patent rights or otherwise create similar or non-infringing competing products that are technically patentable in their own right.


Manufacturing and Suppliers

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We are committed to producing the most technically advanced and highest quality products of their kind available on the market. We manufacture the majority of our products on our premises in Clearwater, Florida and at our facility located in Sofia, Bulgaria, both of which are certified under the ISO international quality standards and are subject to continuing regulation and routine inspections by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) to ensure compliance with regulations relating to our quality system, medical device complaint reporting, and adherence to FDA restrictions on promotion and advertising. In addition, we are subject to regulations under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Environmental Protection Act and other federal, state and local regulations, as well as international laws and regulations.

Apyx Bulgaria, EOOD operates an approximately 25,000 square foot, ISO13485 certified and FDA registered manufacturing facility located in the capital city of Sofia, which houses manufacturing, development and assembly operations.

We work closely with our suppliers to ensure that our raw material inventory (i.e., semiconductors and plastics) needs are met, while maintaining high quality and reliability. To date, we have experienced some delays in locating and obtaining the materials necessary to fulfill our production requirements, but such delays have not caused a meaningful backlog of sales orders.However, it is possible that a prolonged COVID-19 disruption to the global supply chain could cause a backlog of sales orders in the future. We continue to work to find other sources of supply, where feasible, and have expedited the shipments of certain raw material items to adequately maintain our production and safety stock levels, resulting in higher shipping costs.We have also experienced some impact on the purchase prices of our raw materials due to inflation, global inventory shortages. and increased demand across the manufacturing sector.

We maintain collaborative arrangements with three foreign suppliers, including our contract component manufacturer located in Ningbo, China, under which we request the development of certain products which we purchase pursuant to purchase orders. Our purchase order commitments are never more than one year in duration and are supported by our sales forecasts. To our knowledge, none of the products that we source are through entities manufacturing in the Xinjiang province.

During late 2019, we entered into a joint venture with our Chinese supplier to establish a foundation for the manufacturing and sale of our Advanced Energy products into the Chinese market. As of the date of this report, the joint venture has not commenced its principal operations.

Backlog

The value of unshipped factory orders is not material.

Sustainability

We have created a strong environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) structure by introducing a new cross-functional ESG team which has been working with senior management, our board and other stakeholders to develop an ESG framework that is aligned with our corporate mission, vision and values. In the third quarter of 2022, we published our first ESG-focused disclosure under the sector-specific ESG standards published by the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (“SASB”).

Human Capital Management

At November 21, 2022, we had 282 full-time employees world-wide, of whom 4 were executive officers, 43 were supervisory personnel, 38 were sales personnel and 197 were technical support, administrative and production employees. None of our current employees are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and we have never experienced a work stoppage. During 2021, our voluntary employee turnover rate was approximately 15%.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

We have worked to create a culture that fosters employee engagement, where diverse talent is productive and passionate about the work they do. We continuously focus our efforts on cultivating and enhancing our working culture that embraces equality, diversity and inclusion. Currently, over half of our global workforce is represented by women, including half of our executive management team. In addition, in the U.S., approximately 40% of our employees are from minority ethnic\racial groups.

Recruitment, Training and Development

The implementation of our growth strategy largely depends on our ability to hire, train, and retain our workforce. Our recruitment practices include cross-functional departmental interviewing, allowing for the best fit not just for a specific department, but the Company as a whole. We also ensure all of our employees are fully trained and competent for the role for which they were hired. In addition, we train our sales professionals to thoroughly understand our Helium Plasma Technology and the marketplace in which we compete, including how our technologies can increase our customer's revenue and the results they are able to achieve for their patients.

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Compensation and Benefits

Our compensation programs are designed to align the compensation of our employees with our performance, and to provide the proper incentives to attract, retain and motivate them to achieve superior results. The structure of our compensation programs balances incentive earnings for both short-term and long-term performance, specifically:

We offer wages that are competitive and consistent with employee positions, skill levels, experience, knowledge and geographic location;
Our compensation practices are fair and equitable across all levels of the organization, from our Executive Officers to our hourly employees;
We work with both local and nationally recognized outside compensation and benefits consulting firms to independently evaluate the effectiveness of our executive and non-executive compensation and benefit programs and to provide benchmarking against our peers within our industry;
We may provide our non-hourly U.S-based employees long term incentives in the form of stock options to help foster a culture of ownership, and empower individuals to drive continuous improvements to increase stockholder value;
Annual increases and incentive compensation are based on merit, which is communicated to employees at the time of hiring and documented through our talent management process as part of our annual review procedures and upon internal transfer and/or promotion;
All employees are eligible for health insurance, paid and unpaid leaves, a retirement plan, and life and disability/accident coverage. We also offer a variety of voluntary benefits that allow employees to select the options that meet their needs.

Culture

We are a solution focused company in the cosmetic surgery market and the broader medical technology sector, and endeavor to provide unique and creative solutions for the ever-changing needs of our physician customers and their patients. Our mission and vision are to be the world’s leading innovator in unique energy solutions that continually reshape what’s possible in cosmetic and medical procedures through innovative solutions.

Our shared values of transforming physicians’ and their patients’ lives, acting with integrity, and driving innovation, form the core of our company's culture. We articulate the qualities associated with these behaviors through our three Core Values:

Trailblazers: We are passionate about the work we do. We energetically pursue our goals, aim higher, and reach further. When we encounter setbacks, we see opportunities for innovation and improvement. When we clear a business hurdle, we celebrate, and then raise the bar.
Challengers: We speak up and are not afraid to question, to reimagine, to think differently. We innovate to break the status quo, and create new possibilities, for our customers and for our company.
Team Players: We respect everyone’s contribution, and are absolutely committed to elevating our fellow team members, and our customers and their patients.

Employee Health and Safety

The health and safety of our employees is our highest priority, and this is consistent with our operating philosophy. We provide a safe and healthy workplace for employees consistent with the requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Act. We aim to prevent any employee, visitor, customer, or person from being subjected to any health or safety risks. We provide annual training and expect our employees to diligently work towards the maintenance of safe and healthy working conditions, adhere to proper operating practices and procedures designed to prevent injury and illness, and conscientiously observe all safety regulations. Our commitment to the safety and well-being of our employees is shown through safety walkthroughs by our Safety Committee, as well as having an open-door policy, allowing employees to feel comfortable bringing up any safety concerns to management or Human Resources. Identified concerns and potential hazards are addressed immediately, which is evidenced by our low safety incident rate quarter over quarter. In 2021, we had only one lost time accident.

In addition, in our response to the COVID-19 pandemic around the globe, we supported our employees and their families by:

Adding work from home flexibility;
Adjusting attendance policies to encourage those who are sick to stay home;
Increasing cleaning protocols;
Establishing new physical distancing procedures for employees who need to be onsite;
Providing additional personal protective equipment and cleaning supplies;
Implementing protocols to address actual and suspected COVID-19 cases and potential exposure;
Limiting domestic and international non-essential travel for all employees; and
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Requiring masks to be worn at all locations where allowed by local law.

Our Two Business Segments

We currently have two reportable segments: Advanced Energy and OEM. The Corporate and Other category includes certain unallocated corporate and administrative costs which are not specifically attributed to either reportable segment. Net assets are shared, therefore, not allocated to the reportable segments.

For the year ended December 31, 2021, our OEM segment contributed 11.4% of our consolidated total revenue and our Advanced Energy segment contributed 88.6% of our consolidated total revenue.

Advanced Energy Segment

Our product portfolio consists of our Helium Plasma Technology that is marketed and sold as Renuvion® in the cosmetic surgery market and J-Plasma® in the hospital surgical market. Our primary focus is on the cosmetic surgery market where Renuvion® offers plastic surgeons, fascial plastic surgeons and cosmetic physicians a unique ability to provide controlled heat to the tissue to achieve their desired results. This technology has U.S. FDA clearance, CE mark, and clearance for sale in multiple other countries and is generally indicated for the cutting, coagulation and ablation of soft tissue. The system consists of an electrosurgical generator unit (“ESU”), a handpiece and a supply of helium gas. The proprietary radiofrequency (“RF”) energy is delivered to the handpiece by the ESU and used to energize an electrode. When helium gas passes over the energized electrode, helium plasma is generated which allows for conduction of the RF energy from the electrode to the patient in the form of a precise helium plasma beam. The energy delivered to the patient via the helium plasma beam is unique in that it allows for the application of heat to tissue in a way that is not possible with traditional monopolar or bipolar technologies. This technology has been the subject of forty-two peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, abstracts, and posters. It also continues to be the subject of numerous presentations at traditional and cosmetic surgery conferences around the world.

This technology initially received FDA clearance in 2012 and a CE mark in December 2014, which enables us to sell the product in the European Union. In 2014, we created and trained a direct sales force dedicated to sell this technology. In 2015, we continued the commercialization process for our Helium Plasma Technology with a multi-faceted strategy designed to accelerate adoption of the product. This strategy primarily involved deployment of a dedicated sales force, developing product line extensions and expanding the specialties in which this technology can become the “standard of care” for certain procedures.

We continue our full-scale, global, commercialization efforts for Renuvion® in the cosmetic and plastic surgery markets. As of September 30, 2022, we had a direct sales force of 35 field-based selling professionals and utilized 3 independent sales agencies. We also had 4 sales managers. This selling organization is focused on the use of Renuvion® in the cosmetic surgery market, supported by our global medical affairs team. This global team of clinical support specialists focuses on supporting our users to ensure optimal outcomes for their patients. In addition, we have invested in training programs and marketing-related activities to support accelerated adoption of Renuvion® into physicians' practices.

From 2015 through the present, we launched numerous new extensions to our Helium Plasma product lines in an effort to target new surgical procedures, users, and markets. Most notably, throughout 2021, we continued our launch of our Renuvion® Apyx Plasma RF handpieces (“APR”) around the world. These handpieces were designed with improved ergonomics and usability for our Renuvion® customers. As a result of our sales, marketing and product development initiatives, we have significantly increased the number of physicians using our Helium Plasma Technology by expanding usage to include the cosmetic surgery market in the U.S., and the cosmetic surgery market as well as the surgical oncology market outside the U.S.

As part of our plan to accelerate and fully fund the development of our advanced energy business, with a focus in the cosmetic surgery market, we sold our Core business in 2018 for gross proceeds of $97 million. These proceeds were used to launch broad marketing and sales initiatives which resulted in rapid sales growth through December 31, 2021 and into the first quarter of 2022. This planned growth in the business was accompanied by scaled operations, including procurement of components, expanded manufacturing capacity to turn those materials into saleable inventory, additional discretionary expenditures, including increased global participation at trade shows, additional employee trainings, user meetings, increased travel and entertainment expenses, more expansive research and development projects, and additional headcount to support those activities. Additionally, we had and still have, some significant non-recurring discretionary expenditures associated with completing our multi-year marketing initiatives related to our dermal resurfacing and skin laxity clearances.

We continue to make substantial investments in the development and marketing of our Renuvion® technology for the long-term benefit of the Company and its stakeholders, and this may adversely affect our short-term operating performance and cash flows, particularly over the next 12 to 18 months. While we believe that these investments have the potential to generate additional revenues and profits in the future, there can be no assurance that our Helium Plasma Technology will continue to be successful or that such future revenues and profitability will be realized.
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In order to assist us in leveraging our Helium Plasma Technology’s precision and effectiveness in multiple surgical specialties, we continue to utilize our Medical Advisory Board which currently consists of 5 members representing the plastic surgery, fascial plastic surgery, and cosmetic procedure specialties.

Our commercial strategy in the U.S. and outside the U.S. is primarily focused on advancing the usage of Renuvion® in the cosmetic surgery market. In some of our international markets, we continue to provide support to our customers who have adopted our J-Plasma® technology for the hospital surgical market. We continue to develop a clinical and regulatory strategy, and corresponding marketing campaigns, to support our market focus. We also continue to expand the reach of our global medical affairs team in order to provide clinical support to our customers in all markets.

On February 18, 2022, we received a request from the FDA for information concerning certain medical device reports which we had filed with the agency. We fully cooperated with the agency and provided the FDA with the requested information. On March 14, 2022, the FDA posted a Medical Device Safety Communication (“Safety Communication”) that warns consumers and health care providers against the use of our Advanced Energy products outside of their FDA-cleared indications for general use in cutting, coagulation, and ablation of soft tissue during open and laparoscopic surgical procedures. Following the Safety Communication, we experienced slowed demand for the adoption of our Helium Plasma Technology.

On May 26, 2022, we announced that we received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for the use of the Renuvion Dermal Handpiece for specific dermal resurfacing procedures. On July 18, 2022, we announced that we received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for the use of the Renuvion® APR Handpiece for certain skin contraction procedures. While we expected that receiving these clearances would materially mitigate the financial effects of the Safety Communication in future periods, we continue to experience reduced demand for the adoption and utilization of our technology and we believe that this may have an adverse effect in future periods.

On June 2, 2022, and July 21, 2022, the FDA updated the Safety Communication to recognize the new 510(k) clearances for the Renuvion® Dermal handpiece, and the expanded indications for the Renuvion® APR handpieces. The 510(k) clearance for the Renuvion® Dermal handpiece allows surgeons to perform dermal resurfacing procedures for the treatment of moderate to severe wrinkles and rhytides, limited to patients with Fitzpatrick Skin Types I, II or III. The 510(k) clearance for the Renuvion® APR handpieces now addresses improving the appearance of lax (loose) skin in the neck and submental region.

Customers

In the U.S., we primarily sell our Renuvion® products through our direct sales force to physicians, cosmetic surgery offices and surgical centers. Outside of the U.S., all of our products are sold primarily through our distributor network.

Products

Our Advanced Energy Products consist of our Helium Plasma Technology lines (Renuvion® and J-Plasma®). These product lines consist of a multifunction generator, a handpiece and a supply of helium gas. RF energy is delivered to the handpiece by the generator and used to energize an electrode. When helium gas passes over the energized electrode, helium plasma is generated which allows for conduction of the RF energy from the electrode to the patient in the form of a precise helium plasma beam. The energy delivered to the patient via the helium plasma beam is unique in that it allows for the application of heat to tissue in a way that is not possible with traditional monopolar or bipolar technologies.

Helium Plasma Generator

Throughout 2021, we continued our launch of the newest generation of our Renuvion® generator, the Renuvion® System 3, to markets outside the U.S. This high frequency electrosurgical generator can be used for delivery of RF energy and/or helium plasma to cut, coagulate and ablate soft tissue during open and laparoscopic surgical procedures. This new generator was built for use with our Renuvion® APR handpieces, and features enhanced capabilities such as a joule counter, capable of displaying energy delivered to the patient, and new Auto-Bipolar functionality, which expands the surgical capabilities of the system. These new product releases continue to expand the procedure base for our Helium Plasma Technology by providing surgeons with the tools they need to access additional anatomic locations and perform specific procedures.

Disposable Portfolio

We offer a variety of different hand pieces for open and laparoscopic procedures. The helium-based plasma generated from these devices has been shown to provide increased precision and control and cause less thermal damage to tissue than CO2 laser, argon plasma and RF energy products currently available on the market. The technology has a general indication and can be used for cutting, coagulating and ablating soft tissue. The advantages of helium plasma continue to be studied throughout the medical and scientific communities. We believe that cosmetic surgery applications are the primary area of opportunity for this technology. In 2020, we completed the launch of our new generation APR handpieces in the U.S. market. During 2021, we began to launch these new
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handpieces in our international markets, designed specifically for minimally invasive use, with improved ergonomics and safety features.

Competition

Currently, we are the only company with helium-based plasma and retractable blade products. However, there are RF based competitors, argon plasma competitors, and CO2 laser competitors for our target market. We believe our competitive position has not changed.

Litigation

The medical device industry is characterized by frequent claims and litigation, and the Company may become subject to various claims, lawsuits and proceedings in the ordinary course of our business. Such claims may include claims by current or former employees, distributors and competitors, claims concerning the marketing and promotion of our products and product liability claims.

In addition to a securities class action that was previously disclosed with the SEC, the Company is involved in a number of legal actions relating to the use of our Helium Plasma technology stemming from claims of alleged negligence in marketing, promotion of off-label uses of the Company’s products, product liability claims and/or complaints of alleged medical negligence by physicians employing the Company’s devices. The outcomes of these legal actions are not within the Company’s control and may not be known for prolonged periods of time. It believes that such claims are adequately covered by insurance; however, in the case of one of the Company’s carriers, the Company is in a dispute regarding the total level of coverage available. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the opinion of management, the Company has meritorious defenses, and such claims are not expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a material, adverse effect on its financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. However, in the event that damages exceed the aggregate coverage limits of the Company’s policies or if its insurance carriers disclaim coverage, management believes it is possible that costs associated with these claims could have a material adverse impact on our consolidated financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

FDA and Other Government Regulations

Our products are medical devices that are subject to extensive regulation by the U.S. FDA, as well as by other regulatory bodies in the United States and abroad. The FDA classifies medical devices into one of three classes based on the risks associated with the medical device and the controls deemed necessary to reasonably ensure the device’s safety and effectiveness. Those three classes are:
Class I, the lowest risk products, which require compliance with medical device general controls, including labeling, establishment registration, device product listing, adverse event reporting and, for some products, adherence to good manufacturing practices through the FDA’s quality system regulations;
Class II, comprising moderate-risk devices, which also require compliance with general controls and in some cases, so called special controls that may include performance standards, particular labeling requirements, or post-market surveillance obligations; typically a Class II device also requires pre-market review and clearance by FDA of a pre-market notification (also referred to as a “510(k) application”) as well as adherence to the quality system regulations/good manufacturing practices for devices; and
Class III, high-risk devices that are often implantable or life-sustaining, which also require compliance with the medical device general controls and quality system regulations, but which generally must be approved by FDA before entering the market, through a more-lengthy pre-market approval (PMA) application. Approved PMAs can include post-approval conditions and post-market surveillance requirements, analogous to some of the special controls that may be imposed on Class II devices.

Before being introduced into the U.S. market, our products must obtain marketing clearance or approval from FDA through the 510(k)-pre-market notification, or premarket approval processes. To date, our products have been classified as Class II, moderate-risk medical devices that are substantially equivalent to a legally marketed device and, thus, have been subject to the 510(k) review and clearance process.

510(k) Pre-Market Notification Process

Class II devices typically require pre-market review and clearance by the FDA, which is accomplished through the submission of a 510(k)-pre-market notification before the device may be marketed. To obtain 510(k) clearance, we must demonstrate that a new device is substantially equivalent to another device with 510(k) clearance or grandfathered status, or to a device that was reclassified from Class III to Class II or Class I - this device to which the new device is compared is called the “predicate device.” In some cases, we may be required to perform clinical trials to support a claim of substantial equivalence. If clinical trials are required, we may be required to submit an application for an investigational device exemption, or IDE, which must be cleared by the FDA prior to the start of a clinical investigation, unless the device and clinical investigation are considered non-significant risk by the FDA or are exempt from the IDE requirements.
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Whether or not an IDE is required for a clinical study involving a medical device, an appropriate Institutional Review Board (IRB) must review and approve the study protocol before it is initiated. It generally takes three months from the date of the pre-market notification submission to obtain a final 510(k) clearance decision from the FDA, but it can be significantly longer. After a medical device receives a 510(k)-clearance letter, which authorizes commercial marketing of the new device for one or more specific indications for use, any modification that could significantly affect its safety or effectiveness, or that would constitute a major change in its intended use, requires the submission of a new 510(k) notification or could require de novo classification or a PMA. The FDA allows each company to make this determination, but the FDA can review the decision as part of routine compliance audits of the company. If the FDA disagrees with a company’s decision not to seek prior FDA authorization, the FDA may require the company to seek additional 510(k) clearance or pre-market approval. The FDA also can require the company to cease marketing and/or recall the medical device in question until its regulatory status is resolved.

Post-Marketing Compliance Obligations

Regardless of which pre-market pathway a medical device uses to reach the U.S. market, after a device is placed on the market, numerous regulatory requirements continue to apply. These include:

the FDA’s Quality System Regulation (“QSR”), which requires manufacturers, including third-party manufacturers, to follow stringent design, testing, control, documentation and other good manufacturing practice and quality assurance procedures during all aspects of the manufacturing process (unless a device category is exempt from this requirement by the FDA, such as in the case of many Class I devices);
labeling regulations and FDA prohibitions against the promotion of products for uncleared or unapproved uses (known as off-label uses), as well as requirements to provide adequate information on both risks and benefits;
medical device reporting regulations, which require that manufacturers report to FDA any event that the company learns of in which a device may have caused or contributed to a death or serious injury or malfunctioned in a way that would likely cause or contribute to a death or serious injury if the malfunction were to recur;
correction and removal reporting regulations, which require that manufacturers report to the FDA field corrections and device recalls or removals if undertaken to reduce a risk to health by the device or to remedy a violation of the U.S. Food Drug and Cosmetic Act caused by the device that may present a risk to health;
post-market surveillance regulations, which apply to Class II or III devices if the FDA has issued a post-market surveillance order and the failure of the device would be reasonably likely to have serious adverse health consequences, the device is expected to have significant use in the pediatric population, the device is intended to be implanted in the human body for more than one year, or the device is intended to be used to support or sustain life and to be used outside a user facility;
regular and for-cause inspections by FDA to review a manufacturer’s facility and its compliance with applicable FDA requirements; and
the FDA’s recall authority, whereby it can ask, or order, device manufacturers to recall from the market a product that is in violation of applicable laws and regulations.

Because our customers are health care providers, our business may also be subject to state, federal, and foreign laws and regulations prohibiting health care fraud, waste, and abuse and requiring pricing and financial relationship transparency.

On February 18, 2022, we received a request from the FDA for information concerning certain medical device reports which we had filed with the agency. We fully cooperated with the agency and provided the FDA with the requested information. On March 14, 2022, the FDA posted a Medical Device Safety Communication that warns consumers and health care providers against the use of our Advanced Energy products outside of their FDA-cleared indications for general use in cutting, coagulation, and ablation of soft tissue during open and laparoscopic surgical procedures. We continue to work with the FDA towards securing 510(k) clearance for additional indications. We are in the process of evaluating what effects, if any, the Safety Communication will have on our results of operations, cash flows and financial position.

On June 2, 2022, and July 21, 2022, FDA updated the Medical Device Safety Communication to recognize the new 510(k) clearances for the Renuvion® Dermal handpiece, and the expanded indications for the Renuvion® APR handpieces. The 510(k) clearance for the Renuvion® Dermal handpiece allows surgeons to perform dermal resurfacing procedures for the treatment of moderate to severe wrinkles and rhytides, limited to patients with Fitzpatrick Skin Types I, II or III. The 510(k) clearance for the Renuvion® APR handpieces now addresses improving the appearance of lax (loose) skin in the neck and submental region.

Medical Device Single Audit Program (“MDSAP”)

The International Medical Device Regulators Forum (the “IMDRF”) recognized that a global approach to auditing and monitoring the manufacturing of medical devices could improve their safety and oversight on an international scale. The IMDRF established a work group that developed specific documents to advance a MDSAP. The Medical Device Single Audit Program allowed MDSAP recognized Auditing Organizations to conduct a single regulatory audit of a medical device manufacturer to satisfy the relevant
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requirements of the regulatory authorities participating in the program. Based on its evaluation of the MDSAP Final Pilot Report, the MDSAP Regulatory Authority Council (the international MDSAP governing body) determined that the MDSAP Pilot had satisfactorily demonstrated the viability of the Medical Device Single Audit Program. In October 2021, we underwent a successful annual MDSAP audit our registrar GMED SAS. There were no observations related to safety or efficacy of our products noted during this MDSAP audit. The FDA accepts MDSAP audit reports as a substitute for routine Agency inspections.

OEM Segment

We leverage our expertise in the design, development and manufacturing of electrosurgical equipment by producing generators and related accessories for large, well-known medical device manufacturers through OEM agreements, as well as start-up companies with the need for our energy-based designs. In connection with the Asset Purchase Agreement with Symmetry Surgical in 2018, we entered into a Manufacturing and Supply Agreement for a ten-year term, whereby we will manufacture certain products and sell to them at agreed upon prices. Revenue, costs and expenses resulting from this agreement are reported in our Consolidated Statements of Operations as a component of income or loss from operations of our OEM reporting segment.

THE OFFERING

Common Stock Offered By UsShares of our common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $40,000,000.
Common Stock Outstanding After
This Offering
Up to 62,757,412 shares, assuming the sale of up to 28,169,014 shares of our common stock at a price of $1.42 per share, which was the closing price of our common stock on the NASDAQ Stock Market on November 21, 2022. The actual number of shares issued will vary depending on the sales price under this offering.
Plan of Distribution
“At the market” offering that may be made from time to time through our agent, Piper Sandler. See “Plan of Distribution” on page 17 of this prospectus.
Use of Proceeds
We currently intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of securities offered by this prospectus for working capital and other general corporate purposes, including expanding our sales and marketing, capital expenditures, facilities expansion, acquisitions of complementary business or products, technologies or businesses and repaying indebtedness we may incur from time to time. See “Use of Proceeds” on page 14 of this prospectus.
Risk Factors
Investing in our common stock involves significant risks. See “Risk Factors” on page 12 of this prospectus, and under similar headings in other documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus.
Symbol on the Nasdaq Stock Market“APYX”

The number of shares of common stock to be outstanding after this offering is based on 34,588,398 shares of common stock outstanding as of September 30, 2022 and excludes as of September 30, 2022:

6,635,409 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock options having a weighted-average exercise price of approximately $7.13 per share.

In addition, unless we specifically state otherwise, all information in this prospectus assumes no exercise of outstanding stock options subsequent to September 30, 2022.


CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This prospectus contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act regarding our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. Words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “aims,” “predicts,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” and similar expressions or variations of such words are intended to identify forward-looking statements. However, these are not the exclusive means of identifying forward-looking statements. Although forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus reflect our good faith judgment, such statements can only be based on facts and factors currently known to us. Consequently, forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual outcomes may differ materially from the results and outcomes discussed in the forward-looking statements, including but not limited to risks, uncertainties and assumptions relating to the regulatory environment in which the Company is subject to, including the Company’s ability to gain requisite approvals for its products from the FDA and other governmental and regulatory bodies, both domestically and internationally; the impact of the recent FDA Safety Communication on our business and operations; factors relating to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic; sudden or extreme volatility in commodity prices and availability, including supply chain disruptions; changes in general economic, business or demographic conditions or trends; changes in and effects of the geopolitical environment;
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liabilities and costs which the Company may incur from pending or threatened litigations, claims, disputes or investigations. You should review the risks and uncertainties referred to in this prospectus under the heading “Risk Factors,” as well as those in our other filings made from time to time with the SEC. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this prospectus. We undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements in order to reflect any event or circumstance occurring after the date of this prospectus or currently unknown facts or conditions or the occurrence of unanticipated events. In addition, our past results are not necessarily indicative of future results, thus, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to:

changes in general economic, business or demographic conditions or trends in the U.S. or throughout the world or changes in the political environment, including changes in GDP, trade wars, interest rates and inflation;
our ability to conclude a sufficient number of attractive growth projects, deploy growth capital in amounts consistent with our objectives in the prosecution of those and achieve targeted risk-adjusted returns on any growth project, including the continued commercialization of our Helium Plasma Technology;
the regulatory environment, including our ability to gain requisite approval from the FDA and other governmental and regulatory bodies, both domestically and internationally, including the effects of the recent FDA Medical Device Safety Communication regarding an emerging safety signal of our products;
our ability to estimate compliance costs, comply with any changes thereto, rates implemented by regulators, and our relationships and rights under, and contracts with, governmental agencies and authorities;
disruptions or other extraordinary or force majeure events and the ability to insure against losses resulting from such events or disruptions, including disruptions caused by COVID-19 or other global pandemics;
sudden or extreme volatility in commodity prices and availability, including supply chain disruptions;
changes in competitive dynamics affecting our business and the medical device industry as a whole;
technological innovations leading to increased competition in the medical device industry;
changes in healthcare policy;
our ability to make alternate arrangements to account for any disruptions or shutdowns that may affect suppliers’ facilities or the operations upon which our business is dependent;
continued aggressive EPA state regulation of Ethylene oxide sterilization commercial plants resulting in additional plant closures, leading to a reduced availability of our handpieces, which are commercially sterilized;
our ability to implement operating and internal growth strategies;
environmental risks, including the impact of climate change and weather conditions;
the impact of weather events, including potentially hurricanes, tornadoes and/or seasonal extremes;
unplanned outages and/or failures of technical and mechanical systems;
cybersecurity breaches impacting critical systems or data;
work interruptions or other labor stoppages;


RISK FACTORS
Investing in our securities involves certain risks. You should carefully consider the risk factors contained in Item 1A under the caption “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 and in our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2022, which are incorporated into this prospectus by reference, as updated by our annual or quarterly reports for subsequent fiscal years or fiscal quarters that we file with the SEC and that are so incorporated. See “Where You Can Find More Information” for information about how to obtain a copy of these documents. You should also carefully consider the risks and other information that may be contained in, or incorporated by reference into, any prospectus supplement relating to specific offerings of securities. Each of the referenced risks and uncertainties could adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition, as well as adversely affect the value of an investment in our securities. Additional risks and uncertainties not known to us or that we believe are immaterial may also adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition and the value of an investment in our securities.

ADDITIONAL RISKS RELATED TO THIS OFFERING

You may experience dilution.

The offering price per share in this offering may exceed the net tangible book value per share of our common stock outstanding prior to this offering. Assuming that an aggregate of 28,169,014 shares of our common stock are sold at a price of $1.42 per share, the last reported sale price of our common stock on the NASDAQ Stock Market on November 21, 2022, for aggregate gross proceeds of $40 million, and after deducting commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us, you would experience immediate dilution of $0.13 per share, representing the difference between our as adjusted net tangible book value per share as of September 30, 2022 after giving effect to this offering and the assumed offering price. The exercise of outstanding stock options would result in further dilution of your investment. See the section entitled “Dilution” below for a more detailed illustration of the dilution you would incur if you participate in this offering. Because the sales of the shares offered hereby will be made directly into the market or in negotiated transactions, the prices at which we sell these shares will vary and these variations may be significant. Purchasers of the shares we sell,
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as well as our existing shareholders, will experience significant dilution if we sell shares at prices significantly below the price at which they invested.

You may experience future dilution as a result of future equity offerings.

In order to raise additional capital, we may in the future offer additional shares of our common stock or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for our common stock. We cannot assure you that we will be able to sell shares or other securities in any other offering at a price per share that is equal to or greater than the price per share paid by investors in this offering, and investors purchasing shares or other securities in the future could have rights superior to existing stockholders. The price per share at which we sell additional shares of our common stock or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for our common stock in future transactions may be higher or lower than the price per share in this offering.

Our management might apply the net proceeds from this offering in ways with which you do not agree and in ways that may impair the value of your investment.

We currently intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of securities offered by this prospectus for working capital and other general corporate purposes, including expanding our sales and marketing, capital expenditures, facilities expansion, acquisitions of complementary business or products, technologies or businesses and repaying indebtedness we may incur from time to time. The timing and amount of our actual expenditures will be based on many factors, including cash flows from operations and the anticipated growth of our business. As a result, our management will have broad discretion to allocate the net proceeds of the offerings. We might apply these proceeds in ways with which you do not agree, or in ways that do not yield a favorable return. If our management applies these proceeds in a manner that does not yield a significant return, if any, on our investment of these net proceeds, it could compromise our ability to pursue our growth strategy and adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

It is not possible to predict the actual number of shares we will sell under the Equity Distribution Agreement or the gross proceeds resulting from those sales.

Subject to certain limitations in the Equity Distribution Agreement and compliance with applicable law, we have the discretion to deliver instructions to Piper Sandler to sell shares of our common stock at any time throughout the term of the Equity Distribution Agreement. The number of shares that are sold through Piper Sandler after our instructions will fluctuate based on a number of factors, including the market price of our common stock during the sales period, the limits we set with Piper Sandler in any instructions to sell shares, and the demand for our common stock during the sales period. Because the price per share of each share sold will fluctuate during this offering, it is not currently possible to predict the number of shares that will be sold or the gross proceeds to be raised in connection with those sales.

The common stock offered hereby will be sold in “at the market offerings,” and investors who buy shares at different times will likely pay different prices.

Investors who purchase shares in this offering at different times will likely pay different prices, and so may experience different levels of dilution and different outcomes in their investment results. We will have discretion, subject to market demand, to vary the timing, prices, and numbers of shares sold in this offering. In addition, subject to the final determination by our board of directors, there is no minimum or maximum sales price for shares to be sold in this offering. Investors may experience a decline in the value of the shares they purchase in this offering as a result of sales made at prices lower than the prices they paid.

Sales of a significant number of shares of our common stock in the public markets, or the perception that such sales could occur, could depress the market price of our common stock.

Sales of a significant number of shares of our common stock in the public markets, or the perception that such sales could occur as a result of our utilization of our shelf registration statement, the Equity Distribution Agreement or otherwise could depress the market price of our common stock and impair our ability to raise capital through the sale of additional equity securities. We cannot predict the effect that future sales of our common stock or the market perception that we are permitted to sell a significant number of our securities would have on the market price of our common stock.
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USE OF PROCEEDS
We may issue and sell shares of our common stock having aggregate sales proceeds of up to $40 million from time to time. Because there is no minimum offering price for the shares that we may offer from time to time, the actual total public offering amount, commissions to Piper Sandler and proceeds to us, if any, are not determinable at this time. There can be no assurance that we will sell any shares under or fully utilize the Equity Distribution Agreement with Piper Sandler as a source of financing.
We currently intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of securities offered by this prospectus for working capital and other general corporate purposes, including expanding our sales and marketing, capital expenditures, facilities expansion, acquisitions of complementary business or products, technologies or businesses and repaying indebtedness we may incur from time to time. The timing and amount of our actual expenditures will be based on many factors, including cash flows from operations and the anticipated growth of our business. As a result, our management will have broad discretion to allocate the net proceeds of the offerings.

DILUTION

If you invest in our common stock in this offering, your ownership interest will be diluted to the extent of the difference between the public offering price per share of our common stock and the as adjusted net tangible book value per share of our common stock immediately after this offering.

Our net tangible book value as of September 30, 2022 was approximately $42.0 million or $1.22 per share. Net tangible book value per share is determined by dividing our total tangible assets, less total liabilities, by the number of shares of our common stock outstanding as of September 30, 2022. Dilution with respect to net tangible book value per share represents the difference between the amount per share paid by purchasers of shares of common stock in this offering and the net tangible book value per share of our common stock immediately after this offering.

After giving effect to the sale of 28,169,014 shares of our common stock in this offering at an assumed offering price of $1.42 per share, the last reported sale price of our common stock on the NASDAQ Stock Market on November 21, 2022, for aggregate gross proceeds of $40 million, and after deducting commissions and offering expenses payable by us, our as adjusted net tangible book value as of September 30, 2022 would have been approximately $80.6 million, or $1.28 per share. This represents an immediate increase in net tangible book value of $0.06 per share to existing stockholders and immediate dilution of $0.13 per share to investors purchasing our common stock in this offering at the assumed public offering price. The following table illustrates this dilution on a per share basis:

Assumed public offering price per share$1.42 
Net tangible book value per share of as of September 30, 2022$1.22 
Increase in net tangible book value per share attributable to this offering$0.06 
As adjusted net tangible book value per share as of September 30, 2022, after giving effect to this offering$1.28 
Dilution per share to investors purchasing our common stock in this offering$0.14 

The above discussion and table are based on 34,588,398 shares of common stock outstanding as of September 30, 2022 and exclude as of September 30, 2022:

6,635,409 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock options having a weighted-average exercise price of approximately $7.13 per share.

In addition, unless we specifically state otherwise, all information in this prospectus assumes no exercise of outstanding stock options subsequent to September 30, 2022.

The table above assumes for illustrative purposes that an aggregate of 28,169,014 shares of our common stock are offered during the term of the Equity Distribution Agreement with Piper Sandler at a price of $1.42 per share, the last reported sale price of our common stock on the NASDAQ Stock Market on November 21, 2022, for aggregate gross proceeds of $40 million. The shares subject to the Equity Distribution Agreement with Piper Sandler are being sold from time to time at various prices.

An increase of $0.35 per share in the price at which the shares are sold from the assumed offering price of $1.42 per share shown in the table above, assuming all of our common stock in the aggregate amount of $40 million during the term of the Equity Distribution Agreement with Piper Sandler is sold at that price, would increase our as adjusted net tangible book value per share after the offering to $1.41 per share and would increase the dilution in net tangible book value per share to new investors in this offering to $0.36 per share, after deducting commissions and estimated aggregate offering expenses payable by us.

A decrease of $0.35 per share in the price at which the shares are sold from the assumed offering price of $1.42 per share shown in the table above, assuming all of our common stock in the aggregate amount of $40 million during the term of the Equity Distribution Agreement with Piper Sandler is sold at that price, would decrease our as adjusted net tangible book value per share after the offering
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to $1.12 per share and would result in an increase in net tangible book value per share to new investors in this offering of $0.05 per share, after deducting commissions and estimated aggregate offering expenses payable by us. This information is supplied for illustrative purposes only.

To the extent that outstanding stock options outstanding as of September 30, 2022 have been or may be exercised or other shares issued, investors purchasing our common stock in this offering may experience further dilution. In addition, we may choose to raise additional capital due to market conditions or strategic considerations even if we believe we have sufficient funds for our current or future operating plans. To the extent that additional capital is raised through the sale of equity, convertible debt securities or other securities exchangeable for common stock, the issuance of these securities could result in further dilution to our stockholders.


DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

The following is only a summary of the material terms of our common stock and preferred stock, together with the additional information we may include in any applicable prospectus supplements. Because it is only a summary, it does not contain all the information that may be important to you. Accordingly, you should carefully read the more detailed provisions of our certificate of incorporation, as amended, and our by-laws, each of which has been filed with the SEC, as well as applicable provisions of Delaware law.

Authorized Capitalization

Our authorized capital stock consists of 75,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, and 10,000,000 shares of “blank check” Preferred Stock, par value $.001 per share. As of November 21, 2022, there were 34,597,822 shares of common stock issued and outstanding, held by approximately 600 stockholders of record. Since many stockholders choose to hold their shares under the name of their brokerage firm, we estimate that the actual number of stockholders was over 3,500.

Common Stock

Holders of shares of common stock are entitled to one vote for each share on all matters to be voted on by the stockholders, and do not have cumulative voting rights, subject to the preferences that may be applicable to any then outstanding shares of preferred stock. Holders of shares of common stock are entitled to share ratably in dividends, if any, as may be declared from time to time by the Board of Directors in its discretion, from funds legally available therefore. In the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, holders of our common stock will be entitled to share ratably in the net assets legally available for distribution to shareholders after the payment of all of our debts and other liabilities. Holders of common stock have no preemptive or other subscription rights, and there are no conversion rights or redemption with respect to such shares.

Preferred Stock

Our certificate of incorporation, as amended, provides that our Board of Directors has the authority, without further action by the stockholders, to issue up to a specified number of shares of preferred stock in one or more series and to fix the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions of this preferred stock, including dividend rights, conversion rights, voting rights, terms of redemption, liquidation preferences, sinking fund terms and the number of shares constituting any series or the designation of a series, without further vote or action by the stockholders.

If we issue preferred stock, our Board of Directors would fix the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions of the preferred stock of each series in a Certificate of Designations relating to that series. We will incorporate by reference as an exhibit to the registration statement that includes this prospectus or as an exhibit to a current report on Form 8-K, the form of any Certificate of Designations that describes the terms of the series of preferred stock we are offering before the issuance of the related series of preferred stock. This description will include:

the title and stated value;
the number of shares we are offering;
the liquidation preference per share;
the purchase price;
the dividend rate, period and payment date and method of calculation for dividends;
whether dividends will be cumulative or non-cumulative and, if cumulative, the date from which dividends will accumulate;
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the procedures for any auction and remarketing, if any;
the provisions for a sinking fund, if any;
the provisions for redemption or repurchase, if applicable, and any restrictions on our ability to exercise those redemption and repurchase rights;
any listing of the preferred stock on any securities exchange or market;
whether the preferred stock will be convertible into our common stock, and, if applicable, the conversion price, or how it will be calculated, and the conversion period;
voting rights, if any, of the preferred stock;
preemption rights, if any;
restrictions on transfer, sale or other assignment, if any;
a discussion of any material or special United States federal income tax considerations applicable to the preferred stock;
the relative ranking and preferences of the preferred stock as to dividend rights and rights if we liquidate, dissolve or wind up our affairs;
any limitations on issuance of any class or series of preferred stock ranking senior to or on a parity with the series of preferred stock as to dividend rights and rights if we liquidate, dissolve or wind up our affairs; and
any other specific terms, preferences, rights or limitations of, or restrictions on, the preferred stock.

The issuance of preferred stock, whether pursuant to this offering or otherwise, could adversely affect the voting power, conversion or other rights of holders of our common stock. Preferred stock could be issued quickly with terms designed to delay or prevent a change in control of our company or make removal of management more difficult. Additionally, the issuance of preferred stock may have the effect of decreasing the market price of our common stock.

Transfer Agent and Registrar

The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Manhattan Transfer Registrar Company. Its telephone number is 877-645-8691.

Listing

Our common stock trades on the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC under the symbol “APYX.”

Delaware General Corporation Law Section 203

As a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, we are subject to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) which restricts certain business combinations between us and an “interested stockholder” (in general, a stockholder owning 15% or more of our outstanding voting stock) or its affiliates or associates for a period of three years following the date on which the stockholder becomes an “interested stockholder.” The restrictions do not apply if (i) prior to an interested stockholder becoming such, the board of directors approves either the business combination or the transaction in which the stockholder becomes an interested stockholder, (ii) upon consummation of the transaction in which any person becomes an interested stockholder, such interested stockholder owns at least 85% of our voting stock outstanding at the time the transaction commences (excluding shares owned by certain employee stock ownership plans and persons who are both directors and officers of us) or (iii) on or subsequent to the date an interested stockholder becomes such, the business combination is both approved by the board of directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of our stockholders, not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least 66-2/3% of the outstanding voting stock not owned by the interested stockholder.

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Limitations of Liability and Disclosure of SEC Position On Indemnification for Securities Act Liabilities

As permitted under Delaware law, we have adopted provisions in our certificate of incorporation that limit or eliminate the personal liability of our directors for a breach of their fiduciary duty of care as a director. The duty of care generally requires that, when acting on behalf of the corporation, directors exercise an informed business judgment based on all material information reasonably available to them. Consequently, a director will not be personally liable to us or our stockholders for monetary damages or breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability for:

Any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders;
Any act or omission not in good faith or that involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;
Any act related to unlawful stock repurchases, redemptions or other distributions or payment of dividends under DGCL Section 174; or
Any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
These limitations of liability do not affect the availability of equitable remedies such as injunctive relief or rescission. Our certificate of incorporation also authorizes us to indemnify our officers, directors and other agents to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable.

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

We have entered into the Equity Distribution Agreement with Piper Sandler, as our sales agent, pursuant to which we may issue and sell from time to time shares of our common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $40,000,000 through Piper Sandler.

This prospectus only relates to up to $40,000,000 of shares of our common stock that we may issue and sell from time to time under the Equity Distribution Agreement. We will be required to file another prospectus or prospectus supplement in the event we want to offer more than $40,000,000 in shares of our common stock in accordance with the terms of the Equity Distribution Agreement.

Piper Sandler will use commercially reasonable efforts to sell on our behalf all shares of our common stock requested to be sold by us, consistent with its normal trading and sales practices, under the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Equity Distribution Agreement. We may instruct Piper Sandler not to sell our common stock if the sales cannot be effected at or above the price designated by us in any instruction. We or Piper Sandler may suspend the offering of our common stock upon proper notice and subject to other conditions, as further described in the Equity Distribution Agreement.

Upon delivery of a placement notice, and subject to our instructions in that notice and the terms and conditions of the Equity Distribution Agreement generally, Piper Sandler may sell our common stock by any method permitted by law that is deemed to be an “at the market offering” as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) promulgated under the Securities Act, including sales made directly on or through the NASDAQ Stock Market or on any other existing trading market for our common stock. Piper Sandler will provide written confirmation to us no later than the opening of trading on the NASDAQ Stock Market on the day following each day in which our common stock is sold under the Equity Distribution Agreement. Each such confirmation will include the number of shares of our common stock sold on such day, the volume-weighted average price of the shares sold, the net proceeds to us and the compensation payable by us to Piper Sandler in connection with such sales.

We will pay Piper Sandler commissions for its services in acting as sales agent in the sale of our common stock. Piper Sandler will be entitled to compensation in an amount equal to 3.0% of the gross sales price of all common stock sold through it as sales agent under the Equity Distribution Agreement. We have also agreed to reimburse Piper Sandler for the out-of-pocket reasonable fees and disbursements of its legal counsel, in an amount not to exceed $125,000, in connection with the establishment of this at-the-market offering program. In accordance with Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. Rule 5110, these reimbursed fees and expenses are deemed sales compensation in connection with this offering. We estimate that the total expenses for this offering, excluding compensation and reimbursements payable to Piper Sandler under the terms of the Equity Distribution Agreement, will be approximately $126,000.

Settlement for sales of our common stock will occur on the second business day following the date on which any such sales are made, or on some other date that is agreed upon by us and Piper Sandler in connection with a particular transaction, in return for payment of the net proceeds to us. There is no arrangement for funds to be received in an escrow, trust or similar arrangement.

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We will report at least quarterly the number of shares of our common stock sold through Piper Sandler, as sales agent, under the Equity Distribution Agreement, and the net proceeds to us in connection with such sales.

Piper Sandler and its affiliates may in the future provide various investment banking, commercial banking, fiduciary and advisory services for us for which they may receive, customary fees and expenses. Piper Sandler and its affiliates may from time to time engage in other transactions with and perform services for us in the ordinary course of their business.

In connection with the sale of our common stock on our behalf, Piper Sandler will be deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act, and the compensation paid by us to Piper Sandler will be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts. We have agreed to indemnify Piper Sandler against specified liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribute to payments that Piper Sandler may be required to make because of such liabilities.

The offering of our common stock pursuant to the Equity Distribution Agreement will terminate upon the termination of the Equity Distribution Agreement. The Equity Distribution Agreement may be terminated by Piper Sandler or us at any time upon specified prior written notice.

Any summary of provisions of the Equity Distribution Agreement above does not purport to be a complete statement of the Equity Distribution Agreement terms and conditions. A copy of the Equity Distribution Agreement is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.

LEGAL MATTERS

The validity of the common stock offered by this prospectus will be passed upon by Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C., Uniondale, New York. Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., New York, New York, is counsel for Piper Sandler in connection with this offering.

EXPERTS

The consolidated financial statements of Apyx Medical Corporation as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 and for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2021 incorporated in this Prospectus by reference from the Apyx Medical Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 have been audited by RSM US LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report thereon, incorporated herein by reference, and have been incorporated in this Prospectus and Registration Statement in reliance upon such report and upon the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. Our SEC filings are available to the public over the Internet at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

The registration statement and the documents referred to below under “Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference” are also available on our website at http://www.Apyxmedical.com. We have not incorporated by reference into this prospectus the information on our website, and you should not consider it to be a part of this prospectus.

INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE

The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference the information we file with it, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be a part of this prospectus, and information in documents that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and supersede the information in this prospectus. We incorporate by reference into this prospectus the documents listed below and any future filings we make with the SEC under Section 13(a), 13(c) 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, until this offering is completed and all securities are sold or until the sale of securities pursuant to this prospectus is terminated by us.

This prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form S-3 we have filed with the SEC. This prospectus does not contain all of the information in the registration statement. We have omitted certain parts of the registration statement as permitted under the rules and regulations of the SEC. You may view and inspect the registration statement and exhibits on the SEC’s website (see above “Where You Can Find More Information”).

Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the SEC on March 17, 2022.
Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal period ended March 31, 2022 filed with the SEC on May 12, 2022.
Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal period ended June 30, 2022 filed with the SEC on August 11, 2022.
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Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal period ended September 30, 2022 filed with the SEC on November 10, 2022.
Our Current Reports on Forms 8-K and 8-K/A filed with the SEC on March 14, 2022, March 21, 2022, April 4, 2022, May 26, 2022, June 13, 2022, July 18, 2022, and August 17, 2022.
Description of the Registrant’s Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A filed with the SEC on December 31, 2018, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

Upon request, Apyx will provide, free of charge, to each person to whom a prospectus is delivered, including a beneficial owner, a copy of any or all information that has been incorporated by reference in the prospectus but not delivered with the prospectus. Any such request may be made orally or in writing to Apyx Medical Corporation, 5115 Ulmerton Road, Clearwater, Florida 33760, Attention: Tara Semb, Chief Financial Officer, Tel. No.: (727) 803-8615.
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Up to $40,000,000

Common Stock

APYX MEDICAL CORPORATION
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PART II


INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS


ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION.


The following table sets forth the estimated costs and expenses of the sales and distribution of the securities being registered, all of which are being borne by us.

SEC registration fee

 

$

2,136

 

Accounting fees and expenses

 

$

10,000

 

Legal fees and expenses

 

$

15,000

 

Miscellaneous expenses

 

$

2,000

 
    

Total

 

$

29,136

 
SEC registration fee$11,020.00
Estimated accounting fees and expenses40,000.00
Estimated legal fees and expenses75,000.00
Miscellaneous expenses*
Total$126,020.00
* The amount of securities and number of offerings are indeterminable and expenses cannot be estimated at this time.

ITEM 15.INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.


Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”) states:


(a) A corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action arising by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person’s conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that the person’s conduct was unlawful.


(b) A corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of 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 of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expense which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.


As permitted under the DGCL, we have adopted provisions in our Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and By-laws that limit or eliminate the personal liability of our directors for a breach of their fiduciary duty of care as a director. The duty of care generally requires that, when acting on behalf of the corporation, directors exercise an informed business judgment based on all material information reasonably available to them. Consequently, a director will not be personally liable to us or our stockholders for monetary damages or breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability for:

Any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders;
Any act or omission not in good faith or that involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;
Any act related to unlawful stock repurchases, redemptions or other distributions or payment of dividends under DGCL Section 174; or



Any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

These limitations of liability do not affect the availability of equitable remedies such as injunctive relief or rescission. Our Certificate of Incorporation, and Bylaws provide that we shall indemnify our directors, officers, employees and agents to the full extent permitted by the DGCL, including in circumstances in which indemnification is otherwise discretionary under such law. In addition, the employment agreements which we have with certain of our executive officers contain indemnification agreements which requireas amended, also authorizes us among other things, to indemnify them against certain liabilities which may arise by reason of their status or service (other than liabilities arising from willful misconduct of a culpable nature).


These indemnification provisions may be sufficiently broad to permit indemnification of our officers, directors and other corporate agents for liabilities (including reimbursementto the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law. We have purchased insurance to insure (i) our directors and officers against changes from actions and claims incurred in the course of their duties, and (ii) our Company against expenses incurred)incurred in defending lawsuits arising under the Securities Actfrom certain alleged acts of 1933.

our directors and officers.


Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable.

We have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was one of our directors or officers, or is or was serving at our request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other business against any liability asserted against the person or incurred by the person in any of these capacities, or arising out of the person’s fulfilling one of these capacities, and related expenses, whether or not we would have the power to indemnify the person against the claim under the provisions of the DGCL. We currently maintain and intend to maintain for the foreseeable future director and officer liability insurance on behalf of our directors and officers.


ITEM 16. EXHIBITS


The following documents are filed as part of this Registration Statement:

Exhibit Number

Exhibit

1.1*

Form of Underwriting Agreement

3.1

1.2

Certificate

3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4

3.5

4.1

Form

4.1

5.1

4.2*

Form of Common Stock Warrant Agreement and Warrant Certificate

4.3*Form of Preferred Stock Warrant Agreement and Warrant Certificate
4.4*Form of Unit Agreement
5.1

10.1

Exchange Agreement, dated March 11, 2015, by and among Bovie Medical Corporation and the investors listed on the signature pages thereto attached thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 11, 2015).

10.2

Registration Rights Agreement, dated March 17, 2015, by and among Bovie Medical Corporation and the investors listed on the signature pages thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 17, 2015).

10.3

Securities Purchase Agreement, dated December 13, 2013, by and among Bovie Medical Corporation and the investors listed on the signature pages attached thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 16, 2014).

23.1

10.4

Registration Rights Agreement, dated December 13, 2013, by and among Bovie Medical Corporation and the investors listed on the signature pages thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 16, 2014).

23.1

23.2

Consent of Frazier and Deeter, LLC.

23.3

Consent of Kingery & Crouse, PA


23.2
24.1
107.1

* To be filed by amendment or by a report filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference, if applicable.

ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS

(a)


The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:


(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 Sectionsection 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 prospectus filed with the CommissionSEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent20% 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;provided,




    Provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i), (ii) and (iii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the CommissionSEC by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference intoin the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration 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, forFor the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:


(i)Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and


(ii)Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Sectionsection 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which thethat prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. 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 effective date, 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 effective date.



(5) That, forFor the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, thesecurities: The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:


(i)Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 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.

(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for


(6)    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 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.

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that:

(1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.

(2) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.


(7)    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 Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of



1933 and is therefore unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933, and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


(8)    That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933:

(i)     The information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective; and

(ii)     Each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(9)    To file an application for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act under subsection (a) of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the SEC under Section 305(b)(2) of the Act.




SIGNATURES


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Purchase,Clearwater, State of New YorkFlorida on April 15, 2015.

November 22, 2022.

BOVIE MEDICAL CORPORATION

Apyx Medical Corporation

By:

/s/ Robert L. Gershon

By:

Robert L. Gershon

/s/ Charles D. Goodwin II

Charles D. Goodwin II

Chief Executive Officer

and Director


POWER OF ATTORNEY


Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Robert GershonCharles D. Goodwin II as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his 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, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature

Title

Date

NameTitleDate

Directors:
/s/ Robert L. Gershon

CHARLES D. GOODWIN II

Chief Executive Officer and Director

April 15, 2015

November 22, 2022

Robert L. Gershon

Charles D. Goodwin II

/s/ Andrew Makrides

ANDREW MAKRIDES

Chairman of the Board

April 15, 2015

November 22, 2022

Andrew Makrides

/s/ Peter Donato

TARA SEMB

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

, Treasurer and Secretary

April 15, 2015

November 22, 2022

Peter Donato

Tara Semb

/s/ Ian Sheffield

JOHN ANDRES

Director

April 15, 2015

November 22, 2022

Ian Sheffield

John Andres

/s/ J. Robert Saron

President, Chief Sales and Marking Officer and Director

April 15, 2015

J. Robert Saron

/s/ John Andres

LAWRENCE J. WALDMAN

Director

April 15, 2015

November 22, 2022

John Andres

/s/ Lawrence J. Waldman

Director

April 15, 2015

Lawrence J. Waldman

/s/ MICHAEL GERAGHTYDirectorNovember 22, 2022

/s/ Michael Geraghty

Director

April 15, 2015

Michael Geraghty

/s/ CRAIG A. SWANDALDirectorNovember 22, 2022
Craig A. Swandal
/s/ MINNIE BAYLOR-HENRYDirectorNovember 22, 2022
Minnie Baylor-Henry
/s/ WENDY LEVINEDirectorNovember 22, 2022
Wendy Levine