As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on June 18, 2018.October 6, 2023

Registration No. 333-

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM S-3

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

SENESTECH, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware 20-2079805
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)Number)

 

314023460 N. Caden Court,19th Ave., Suite 1110

Flagstaff, AZ 86004Phoenix, Arizona 85027

(928) 779-4143

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

 

Joel L. Fruendt

Loretta P. Mayer, Ph.D.

Chair of the Board,President and Chief Executive Officer and Chief Scientific Officer

SenesTech, Inc.

23460 N. 19th Ave., Suite 110

3140 N. Caden Court, Suite 1Phoenix, Arizona 85027

Flagstaff, AZ 86004

(928) 779-4143

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

 

Copies to:

 

Chris HallBrian H. Blaney, Esq.
Gina Eiben  Katherine A. Beck, Esq.
Perkins CoieStephanie T. Graffious, Esq.
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
1120 NW Couch Street, 10th Floor  2375 E. Camelback Road, Suite 800
Portland, Oregon 97209  Phoenix, Arizona 85016
(503) 727-2000  (602) 445-8000

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement, becomes effective.as determined by market conditions and other factors.

 

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Large accelerated filerAccelerated filer
Non-accelerated filerSmaller reporting company
(do not check if smaller reporting company) Emerging growth company

 

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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of each class of securities to be registered Amount to be Registered(1) (2)  Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share(1) (3)  Proposed maximum
aggregate offering price(1) (3)
  Amount of
registration fee(5)
 
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share(4)            
Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share(4)            
Warrants            
Debt Securities(5)                
Units(6)                
Total: $10,000,000     $10,000,000  $1,245.00 

(1)Pursuant to Rule 457(i) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the securities registered hereunder include such indeterminate number of shares of common stock, preferred stock, number of warrants and principal amount of debt securities as may be issued upon conversion or exchange of any preferred stock, warrants or debt securities registered hereunder that provide for conversion or exchange, upon exercise of warrants or pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of any such securities.

(2)If any debt securities are issued at an original issue discount, the amount to be registered is the greater principal amount at maturity.

(3)Calculated in accordance with Rule 457(o).

(4)Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act, the shares being registered hereunder include such indeterminate number of shares of common stock and preferred stock as may be issuable with respect to the shares being registered hereunder as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.

(5)An indeterminate amount of these securities may be secured or unsecured or senior or subordinated or may be convertible into other securities registered under this registration statement.

(6)Each unit may be issued under a unit agreement and will represent an interest in two or more other securities, which may or may not be separable from each other.

 

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 that 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.

 

 

The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. WeThe Selling Stockholders may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities, and wethe Selling Stockholders are not soliciting offers to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

  

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED JUNE 18, 2018

PROSPECTUS

PROSPECTUSSUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED OCTOBER 6, 2023

 

(SENESTECH)  

 

SenesTech, Inc.

 

$10,000,0006,015,879 Shares of Common Stock

 

Pursuant to this prospectus, the selling stockholders identified herein (the “Selling Stockholders”) are offering on a resale basis an aggregate of 6,015,879 shares (the “Shares”) of our common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”), representing Shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding warrants to purchase up to 5,869,150 shares of Common Stock Preferredwith a per share exercise price equal to $0.7202 (the “Common Stock Warrants”) and placement agent warrants to purchase up to 146,729 shares of Common Stock with a per share exercise price equal to $0.9003 (the “Placement Agent Warrants,” and together with the Common Stock Warrants, Debt Securities, Unitsthe “Warrants”). Upon any cash exercise of the Warrants by the Selling Stockholders, we will receive cash proceeds per share equal to the exercise price of the Warrants. If the Warrants are exercised in a cashless exercise, we will not receive any proceeds from the exercise of the Warrants.

 

This prospectus provides a general descriptionThe Selling Stockholders may sell or otherwise dispose of the securities weShares in a number of different ways and at varying prices. We provide more information about how the Selling Stockholders may offer from time to time andsell or otherwise dispose of the general manner in which they may be offered. The aggregate initial offering price of all securities we sellShares in the primary offering under this prospectussection entitled “Plan of Distribution” on page 12. Discounts, concessions, commissions and similar selling expenses attributable to the sale of the Shares will not exceed $10,000,000, but may be further limited in any 12-month periodborne by the amount we are eligible to sell under General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3, pertaining to primary offerings by certain registrants, which includes our Company. The specific terms of any securities to be offered,Selling Stockholders. We will pay all expenses (other than discounts, concessions, commissions, and any other informationsimilar selling expenses) relating to a specific offering including the specific manner in whichregistration of the securities may be offered, will be set forth in one or more supplements to this prospectus. You should read this prospectusShares with the Securities and the related prospectus supplement carefully before you invest in our securities. No person may use this prospectus to offer and sell our securities unless a prospectus supplement accompanies this prospectus.Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

 

Our common stockCommon Stock is listed on theThe Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “SNES.” On June 18, 2018,October 5, 2023, the last reported sale price for our common stockCommon Stock on theThe Nasdaq Capital Market was $1.83$0.3890 per share. We will provide information in any applicable prospectus supplement regarding any listing of securities other than shares ofOur principal executive offices are located at 23460 N. 19th Ave., Suite 110, Phoenix, Arizona 85027, and our common stock on any securities exchange.telephone number is (928) 779-4143.

 

We may offer and sell securities directly to investors, through agents designated from time to time or to or through underwriters or dealers. For additionalThis prospectus, including such information onthat is incorporated by reference, contains summaries of certain provisions contained in some of the methods of sale, you should referdocuments described herein, but reference is made to the section entitled “Planactual documents for complete information. All the summaries are qualified in their entirety by the actual documents. Copies of Distribution” in this prospectus. If any underwriters are involved insome of the saledocuments referred to herein have been filed or have been incorporated by reference as exhibits to the registration statement of any securities with respect to which this prospectus is being delivered,forms a part, and you may obtain copies of those documents as described in this prospectus under the names of the underwriters and any applicable commissions or discounts will be set forth in a prospectus supplement. The price to the public of the securities and the net proceeds we expect to receive from the sale will also be set forth in a prospectus supplement.

We are an “emerging growth company” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 and are subject to reduced public company reporting requirements. Please read “Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company.heading “Where You Can Find Additional Information.

 

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Please read “Risk Factors” beginning on page 5 of this prospectus as well as any other risk factors and other information contained in any other document that is incorporated by reference herein.

 

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

 

The date of thisThis prospectus is dated                            , 20182023.

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS3ii
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTSiii
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY1
SUMMARY OF THE COMPANYOFFERING4
IMPLICATIONS OF BEING AN EMERGING GROWTH COMPANYRISK FACTORS5
RISK FACTORSUSE OF PROCEEDS57
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTSDILUTION8
USEDESCRIPTION OF PROCEEDSPRIVATE PLACEMENT89
DILUTIONSELLING STOCKHOLDER8
DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK8
DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS15
DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES16
DESCRIPTION OF UNITS1710
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION1812
LEGAL MATTERS1813
EXPERTS1913
WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION1913
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE1913

 

You should read this prospectus and the information incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement before making an investment in our securities. Please read “Where You Can Find Additional Information” for more information. We have not and the Selling Stockholders have not authorized anyone to provide you with any information or to make any representation, other than those contained in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference or any free writing prospectus we have prepared. We take no responsibility for, and provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. The information contained in this prospectus or incorporated by reference in this prospectus is accurate only as of its date, or the date of the applicable document incorporated by reference, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or of any sale of our Common Stock. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since that date.

For investors outside the United States: We have not done anything that would permit possession or distribution of this prospectus in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required, other than in the United States. Persons outside the United States who come into possession of this prospectus must inform themselves about, and observe any restrictions relating to, the offering of securities and the distribution of this prospectus outside the United States.

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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUSabout this prospectus

 

ThisThe registration statement of which this prospectus isforms a part of a registration statementthat we have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) usingSEC, utilizing a “shelf”shelf registration process. Usingprocess, includes exhibits that provide more detail of the matters discussed in this prospectus. Under the shelf registration process, wethe Selling Stockholders may, from time to time, offer and sell the securitiesShares described in this prospectus in one or more offerings. This prospectus provides you with a general description ofInformation about the securities weSelling Stockholders may offer. Each time we usechange over time. You should read this prospectus to offer securities, we will file a supplement to this prospectusand the related exhibits filed with the SEC, that will describetogether with the specific terms of the offering and the manner in which the securities will be offered, including the specific amounts, prices and terms of the securities offered. The prospectus supplement may also add to, update or change theadditional information contained in this prospectus and, accordingly, to the extent inconsistent, information in this prospectus will be superseded by the information in the prospectus supplement. Before you invest, you should carefully read this prospectus, the applicable prospectus supplement and the information contained in the documents we refer todescribed under the headings “Where You Can Find Additional Information” and “Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference.”Reference” before making your investment decision.

 

You should rely only on the information provided in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, in any prospectus supplement or in a related free writing prospectus, or documents to which we otherwise refer you. Neither we nor the Selling Stockholders have authorized anyone else to provide you with different information.

Neither we nor the Selling Stockholders have authorized any dealer, agent or other person to give any information or to make any representation other than those contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with additionalsupplement or different information. The prospectus may be used only for the purposes for which it has been published. If you receive any other information, you shouldrelated free writing prospectus. You must not rely on it.upon any information or representation not contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus or an accompanying prospectus supplement or any related free writing prospectus. This prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, if any, do not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities other than the registered securities to which they relate, nor do this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, if any, constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities in any jurisdiction to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation in such jurisdiction. You should not assume that the information contained in this prospectus orand any accompanying prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, if any, is accurate on any date subsequent to the date set forth on the front of such document or that any information we have incorporated by reference is correct on any date subsequent to the date of the document incorporated by reference, even though this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus is delivered or securities are sold on a later date.

Neither we nor the Selling Stockholders have done anything that would permit this offering or possession or distribution of this prospectus or any free writing prospectus in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required, other than in the United States. You are required to inform yourself about and to observe any restrictions relating as to this offering and the distribution of this prospectus and any such free writing prospectus outside the United States.

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 this 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 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 front covercurrent state of our affairs.

You should also read and consider the information in the documents to which we have referred you under the caption “Where You Can Find Additional Information” in this prospectus. In addition, this prospectus contains summaries of certain provisions contained in some of the applicable document. Our business, financial condition, resultsdocuments described herein, but reference is made to the actual documents for complete information. All of operationsthe 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 prospects may have changed since that date. You should not rely on or assume the accuracy of any representation or warranty in any agreement that we have filedwill be incorporated by reference as an exhibitexhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, or that weand you may otherwise publicly file inobtain copies of those documents as described below under the future because any such representation or warranty may be subject to exceptions and qualifications contained in separate disclosure schedules, may represent the parties’ risk allocation in the particular transaction, may be qualified by materiality standards that differ from what may be viewed as material for securities law purposes or may no longer continue to be true as of any given date. No offer of these securities is being made in any jurisdiction where such offer or sale is prohibited.
heading “Where You Can Find Additional Information.”

 

Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this prospectus to “SenesTech,” “we,” “us,” “our” and “our company” refer to SenesTech, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and our subsidiaries. Our registered trademarks currently used in the United States include SenesTech, our logo, including “Sound science. Effective solutions.”, and Contrapest. Solely for convenience, trademarks and tradenames referred to in this prospectus may appear without the ® or ™ symbols, but such references are not intended to indicate in any way that we will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, our rights, or that the applicable owner will not assert its rights, to these trademarks and tradenames. We do not intend our use or display of other companies’ trade names or trademarks to imply a relationship with, or endorsement or sponsorship of us by, any other companies.

This prospectus contains and incorporates by reference market data and industry statistics and forecasts that are based on our own internal estimates as well as independent industry publications and other publicly-available information. Although we believe these sources are reliable, we do not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of this information and we have not independently verified this information. Although we are not aware of any misstatements regarding the market and industry data presented in this prospectus or the documents incorporated herein by reference, these estimates involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change based on various factors, including those discussed under the headings “Risk Factors” in this prospectus, and under similar headings in the other documents that are incorporated herein by reference. Accordingly, investors should not place undue reliance on this information.

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THE COMPANYFORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

The statements contained in this prospectus that are not historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the “Exchange Act”). All statements other than statements of historical facts contained or incorporated herein by reference in this prospectus, including statements regarding our future operating results, future financial position, business strategy, objectives, goals, plans, prospects, markets, and plans and objectives for future operations, are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “suggests,” “targets,” “contemplates,” “projects,” “predicts,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “would,” “should,” “could,” “can,” “potential,” “continue,” “objective,” or the negative of those terms, or similar expressions intended to identify forward-looking statements. However, not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Specific forward-looking statements in this prospectus include statements regarding:

our expectation to continue to pursue regulatory approvals and amendments to the existing U.S. registration for ContraPest to broaden the marketability and use of ContraPest, and if ContraPest begins to generate sufficient revenue, regulatory approvals for additional jurisdictions beyond the United States;

our belief that ContraPest is unique in the pest control industry in affecting the reproductive systems of both male and female rats;

our belief that our field data shows ContraPest will result in a sustained reduction of the rat population;

our belief that ContraPest is the first and only fertility control product designed to be non-lethal, registered with the EPA, for the management of rat populations;

our expectation to continue to incur significant expenses and operating losses in the foreseeable future;

our expectation our expenses to continue or increase in connection with our ongoing activities, particularly as we focus on marketing and sales of ContraPest;

our successful commercialization of ContraPest;

our ability to meet the minimum bid price requirement for continued listing under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) and regain compliance with Rule 5550(a)(2);

our expectation that we will effectuate a reverse stock split of our Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, at a ratio of not less than 1-for-2 and not more than 1-for-12;

our ability to obtain market acceptance of our products;

our ability to market our products and establish an effective sales force and marketing and distribution infrastructure to generate any revenue;

our ability to expand our research and development activities and advance the discovery and development programs for other product candidates;

our ability to retain, attract and integrate qualified personnel;

our estimates or expectations related to our revenue, cash flow, expenses, capital requirements and need for additional financing;

our belief that if we encounter continued issues or delays in the commercialization of ContraPest, our prior losses and expected future losses could have an adverse effect on our financial condition and negatively impact our ability to fund continued operations, obtain additional financing in the future and continue as a going concern;

our plans for our business, including for research and development;

the initiation, timing, progress and results of field studies and other studies and trials and our research and development programs;

our financial performance, including our ability to fund operations; and

developments and projections relating to our projects, competitors and our industry, including legislative developments and impacts from those developments.

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These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and situations that are difficult to predict and that may cause our own, or our industry’s, actual results to be materially different from the future results that are expressed or implied by these statements. Accordingly, actual results may differ materially from those anticipated or expressed in such statements as a result of a variety of factors, including those discussed in Item 1A-“Risk Factors” of Part I of our Annual Report on Form 10-K, for the year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on March 17, 2023, and those contained from time to time in our other filings with the SEC. A number of factors could cause our actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, the following:

the successful commercialization of our products;

market acceptance of our products;

our financial performance, including our ability to fund operations;

our ability to maintain compliance with Nasdaq’s continued listing requirements; and

regulatory approval and regulation of our products and other factors and risks identified from time to time in our filings with the SEC, including this prospectus.

All forward-looking statements included herein are based on information available to us as of the date hereof and speak only as of such date. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements. The forward-looking statements contained in or incorporated by reference into this prospectus reflect our views as of the date of this prospectus about future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties, assumptions and changes in circumstances that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ significantly from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statement. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future events, results, performance or achievements.

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

This summary highlights information contained in other parts of this prospectus or incorporated by reference into this prospectus from our filings with the SEC, as described later in the prospectus. Because it is only a summary, it does not contain all of the information that you should consider before investing in our securities and it is qualified in its entirety by, and should be read in conjunction with, the more detailed information appearing elsewhere in this prospectus, including the information incorporated by reference in this prospectus. You should read the entire prospectus and the information incorporated by reference herein carefully, including the sections titled “Risk Factors,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our audited financial statements and the related notes, which are incorporated herein by reference from our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on March 17, 2023, and our unaudited financial statements and the related notes, which are incorporated by reference from our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three month period ended March 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on May 11, 2023, and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2023, filed with the SEC on August 11, 2023. Please read “Where You Can Find Additional Information” on page 13 of this prospectus.

Our Company

 

Overview

 

SenesTech, Inc. (“SenesTech,” “we,” “our,” “us” and the “Company”) hasWe have developed and is in the process ofare commercializing a global, proprietary technology for managing animal pest populations, primarilyinitially rat populations, through fertility control.

Although there is aare myriad of tools available to fightcontrol rat infestations,populations, most rely on some form of lethal method to achieve effectiveness. Each of these solutions is inherently limited by rat species’ resilience and survival mechanisms as well as their extraordinary rate of reproduction. ContraPest®, our initial product, is unique in the pest management professionals (PMPs) continue to face challengescontrol industry in controlling today’s infestations. Not only do these infestationsaffecting the reproductive systems of both male and female rats, which our field data shows will result in incredible infrastructure damage, but rats alsoa sustained reduction of the rat population.

Rats have plagued humanity throughout history. They pose riskssignificant threats to the health and food security of ourmany communities. PMPsIn addition, rodents cause significant product loss and damage through consumption and contamination. Rats also cause significant damage to critical infrastructure by burrowing beneath foundations and gnawing on electrical wiring, insulation, fire proofing systems, electronics and computer equipment.

The most prevalent solution to rat infestations is the use of increasingly powerful rodenticides. Although these solutions provide short term results, there are increasinglygrowing concerns about secondary exposure and bioaccumulation of rodenticides in the environment, about the development of resistance over time, as well as concerns about rodenticides that have no antidotes. The pest management industry and pest management professionals (“PMPs”) are being asked by their customers and their communities for new solutions to help them solve the problem. With growing interest in non-lethal options, we believe it is becoming increasingly important for PMPs to have new tools at their disposal.that are both effective and less toxic. Our goal is to provide PMPscustomers with not only a provenhighly effective solution to not only combat their most difficult infestations,rat problems, but also offer a non-lethal option to serve customers that are looking to eliminatedecrease or remove the lethal methodologies withinamount of rodenticide used in their integrated pest managementcontrol programs.

 

Our first fertility control product, ContraPest®, is a liquid bait containing the active ingredients 4-vinylcyclohexene diepoxide or VCD,(“VCD”) and triptolide. When consumed,triptolide, a botanically derived compound. ContraPest targetslimits reproduction reducing fertility inof male and female rats beginning with the first breeding cycle following consumption. ContraPest is currently being marketed for use in controlling Norway and roof rat populations. The EPA granted

We began the registration approval for ContraPest effective August 2, 2016. We expect to continue to pursue additional regulatory approvals and amendments to existing registration inprocess with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (the “EPA”) for ContraPest including additional species and additional jurisdictions.

We believe ContraPest is the first non-lethal, fertility control product approved byon August 23, 2015. On August 2, 2016, the EPA granted an unconditional registration for ContraPest as a Restricted Use Product (“RUP”), due to the managementneed for applicator expertise for deployment. On October 18, 2018, the EPA approved the removal of rodent populations.the RUP designation. In addition to the EPA registration of ContraPest in the U.S., weUnited States, ContraPest must obtain registration from the various state regulatory agencies prior to selling in each state. To date, weWe have received registration for ContraPest in 49all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Registration in CaliforniaColumbia, 49 of which have approved the removal of the RUP designation.

We believe ContraPest is currently pending.the first and only fertility control product designed to be non-lethal that has been registered with the EPA for the management of rat populations. In case studies, the addition of ContraPest to an integrated pest management system has improved the efficacy of the program up to 90% or more. ContraPest is marketed to PMPs for incorporation into their services, as well as to end users who wish to perform their own pest management. We have established a field sales force of six individuals who are arranged geographically as well as an e-commerce platform for direct sales to consumers.

In the first quarter of 2022, we received approval for and began marketing an additional dispenser format for ContraPest, the Elevate® Bait System with ContraPest. This system provides an additional delivery method particularly appropriate for roof rat populations or any rat infestations that manifest above ground.

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We expect to continue to pursue regulatory approvals and amendments to the existing U.S. registration for ContraPest and regulatory approvals for additional jurisdictions beyond the United States. On April 1, 2023 and May 21, 2018,18, 2023, we signed distribution agreements for the California Departmentcommercialization of Pesticide Regulation proposed to register ContraPest for use in California. The proposed action is posted for thirty days, and if registered, the Company could begin to commercialize ContraPest in California.the Maldives and South Africa. In certain cases, our EPA and state registrations require completion of testing and certifications even though we have received approval for the product or its labelling. We continue to seek to comply with these requirements.

We also continue to research and develop enhancements to ContraPest that align with our target verticals and to develop other potential fertility control options for additional markets and species.

Our intellectual property portfolio supporting ContraPest consists of nine international patent filings (in the United States, Europe, Canada, Brazil, Russia, Japan, Mexico, South Korea and Australia) addressing the ContraPest compound. Claims directed toward the compound include composition-of-matter involving a diterpenoid epoxide or salts thereof in combination with an organic diepoxide and use claims for inducing follicle depletion and for reducing the reproductive capability of a mammalian animal or non-human mammalian population. Issued claims will have a patent term extending to 2033 or longer based on patent term determinations in each of the filing countries. The novelty of ContraPest extends to its method of field distribution and has required innovation to perfect the dosing of our product to rodents. We recently filed and received approval for a U.S. patent application covering our liquid delivery system, which is used in our EVO bait station. The patent will expire in 2038.

 

For a complete description of our business, financial condition, results of operations and other important information, please read our filings with the SEC that are incorporated by reference in this prospectus, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2017.2022 and our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended March 31, 2023 and June 30, 2023. For instructions on how to find copies of these documents, please read “Where You Can Find Additional Information” and “Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference.”

 

Integrated Pest Management: Current ChallengesRecent Developments

 

Despite current pest control methodologies, ranging from sanitationWarrant Repricing

On August 21, 2023, we entered into an inducement offer letter agreement (the “Letter Agreement”) with a certain holder (the “Holder”) who held certain of our existing warrants to purchase up to (i) 77,431 shares of our Common Stock issued on October 26, 2020 and physical approaches to biologicalsubsequently amended on November 16, 2022, at an exercise price of $3.165 per share, as amended (the “October 2020 Warrants”), and chemical approaches, rat infestations continue to be a significant problem. While deploying these methodologies can lead to(ii) 2,857,144 shares of Common Stock issued on November 18, 2022, at an initial decrease in rat populations, rat infestations persist due to continued reproduction. As these infestations persist, so doesexercise price of $3.165 per share (the “November 2022 Warrants” and together with the damage associated with them. Rodents cause significant damage to public infrastructure by undermining foundations with burrowing, gnawing on electrical wiring and insulation, fireproofing systems and electronic and computer equipment. Rats also pose additional risksOctober 2020 Warrants, the “Existing Warrants”). Pursuant to the health and food securityLetter Agreement, the Holder agreed to exercise the Existing Warrants for cash at a reduced exercise price of $0.7202 per share in consideration of our communities.agreement to issue new Common Stock Warrants (the “New Warrants”). Upon exercise of the Existing Warrants, we issued to the Holder New Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 5,869,150 shares of Common Stock with an exercise price of $0.7202 per share (the “Warrant Repricing”). The Common Stock Warrants may be exercised at all times prior to either the fifth anniversary or thirteen month anniversary of their issuance date, as applicable.

 

While lethal poisonsWe engaged H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (“Wainwright”) to act as our exclusive placement agent in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Letter Agreement. We also agreed to issue to Wainwright or its designees warrants (the “Placement Agent Warrants”) to purchase up to 146,729 shares of common stock (representing 5% of the Existing Warrants being exercised) which will have been at the forefrontsame terms as the New Warrants except the Placement Agent Warrants have an exercise price equal to $0.9003 per share (125% of pest management programsthe reduced exercise price of the Existing Warrants). Similar to curb these infestations and thus the associated damage, they have not provided consistent, sustained results. This is because theyNew Warrants, the Placement Agent Warrants are at a disadvantage: rats reproduce at an extremely rapid rate. This rapid rateimmediately exercisable from the date of reproduction can be seen inissuance until the population rebound that typically follows the initial decline in rodent populations that are exposed to lethal poisons. After the initial decline in the infestation, surviving rodents can have plentiful food and harborage creating conditions under which rats can quickly reproduce. A single pairfive year anniversary of rats can, under ideal breeding conditions, contribute over 15,000 progenies in 12 months. This means that PMPs typically need to visit a site often to combat not only the initial infestation, but subsequent rebounds.

Additionally, studies have shown that rodents will generally not consume food that they have seen adversely affect other rodents; this is known as bait shyness. When the adverse effects of lethal products are displayed by treated rodents, other rodents in the vicinity typically avoid the areas where these poisons were located. Finally, there is the potential of rats developing a resistance to certain lethal rodenticides, further contributing to a potential failure of existing pest management approaches. This requires property owners and PMPs to continuously apply, on a rotating basis, poisons that vary in active ingredients and formulations to control these populations without favoring resistance to a particular poison.

Fertility Control: The Missing Link in Integrated Pest Management Programssuch date.

 

The most effective, long-term way to manage rodents is by using a combination of tools that work together to magnify the efficacyclosing of the pest management protocol. Integrated pest management is basedtransactions contemplated pursuant to the Letter Agreement occurred on August 21, 2023 (the “Closing Date”) subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions. We also agreed to file the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part (the “Registration Statement”) providing for the resale of the New Warrant Shares issued or issuable upon this concept. However,the exercise of the New Warrants as soon as practicable after the Closing Date, and to use commercially reasonable efforts to have such Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC within 90 days following the date of the Letter Agreement and to keep the Registration Statement effective at all times until no matter how many traditional tools we use, some rodent infestations are still a problem and rodents continue to contribute billionsholder of dollars a year in damage to stored food and/the New Warrants owns any New Warrants or infrastructure.New Warrant Shares.

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Nasdaq Listing

 

ContraPest is an innovative technologyAs previously disclosed, on August 25, 2023, we received a letter from the listing qualifications staff (the “Staff”) of The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) providing notification that the bid price for our Common Stock had closed below $1.00 per share for the previous 30 consecutive business days and our Common Stock no longer met the minimum bid price requirement for continued listing under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) (the “Rule”). We were provided a period of 180 calendar days, or until February 21, 2024, in which to regain compliance with an approach that targets the reproductive capabilities of both sexes in rat populations, inducing egg loss in female rats and impairing sperm development in males. Our proprietary formulation addresses key biological traits of rats, making it a more targeted solution. Targeting both males and females allows us to drive populations down more quickly and to sustain that population reduction. Using a proprietary bait delivery method, ContraPest is dispensed in a highly palatable liquid formulation that promotes sustained consumption by rat communities, helping keep populations down.Rule.

 

If we do not regain compliance with the Rule by February 21, 2024, we may be eligible for an additional 180 calendar day compliance period. To help combat bait shyness, ContraPest was specifically formulatedqualify, we would need to meet the continued listing requirement for market value of publicly held shares and all other initial listing standards for the Nasdaq Capital Market, with the exception of the minimum bid price requirement, and would need to provide written notice of our intention to cure the deficiency during the second compliance period, by effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary. However, if it appears to the Staff that we will not be able to cure the deficiency, or if we are otherwise not eligible, Nasdaq would notify us that our securities would be subject to delisting. In the event of such notification, we may appeal the Staff’s determination to delist our securities. There can be no assurance that we will regain compliance with the Rule or maintain compliance with other Nasdaq continued listing requirements.

Reverse Stock Split

On August 18, 2023, our stockholders approved a reverse stock split of our Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, at a ratio of not less than 1-for-2 and not more than 1-for-12, with the actual ratio to be a desirable bait. Rats require 10%determined by our board of their body weight in water, making ContraPest an attractive bait to add to pest management programs. The high fat content and sweet taste leads to repeat consumption even among sought after food sources. In both field and laboratory settings, ContraPest wasdirectors (the “2023 Reverse Split”). Our board of directors has not yet chosen by the rats even inratio for, nor implemented, the presence of abundant water sources and plentiful food options including animal feed, trash, and other options.2023 Reverse Split.

 

Adding ContraPestUnless otherwise noted, the share numbers, option numbers, warrant numbers, other derivative security numbers and exercise prices appearing in this prospectus have not been adjusted to an integrated pest management program allows PMPsgive effect to bring the populations down and keep them at a more manageable level by preventing reproduction and therefore limiting population rebounds. Knowing the populations are lower could allow PMPs to be more focused on preventing future invasions and preventative maintenance instead of continually needing to respond to unplanned population spikes.

In addition to helping PMPs suppress infestations, we believe ContraPest can establish a new paradigm in rodent control, allowing for a decreased reliance on lethal options through the offering of a stand-alone, non-lethal option, where requested by the customer. ContraPest delivery system is designed to minimize handler exposure and is dispensed inside tamper resistant bait stations, minimizing the risks to non-target species. Consumption of ContraPest does not cause illness in rats and therefore it does not change behavior, and limits the chances of prey captures and secondary exposure.potential 2023 Reverse Split.

 

Corporate and Other Information

 

We were incorporated in Nevada in July 2004 and reincorporated in Delaware in November 2015. Our principal executive offices are located at 314023460 N. Caden Court,19th Ave., Suite 1, Flagstaff, Arizona 86004,110, Phoenix, AZ 85027, and our telephone number is (928) 779-4143. Our corporate website address iswww.senestech.com. Except for the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus, theThe information contained on or accessible through our website is not a part of this prospectus and should not be relied upon in connection with making an investment decision.

 

This prospectus contains references to our trademarks and to trademarks belonging to other entities. Solely for convenience, trademarks and trade names referred to

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SUMMARY OF THE OFFERING

The Selling Stockholders identified in this prospectus including logos, artwork and other visual displays, may appear withoutare offering on a resale basis an aggregate of 6,015,879 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the ® or TM symbols, but such references are not intended to indicate, in any way, that their respective owners will not assert, toexercise of the fullest extent under applicable law, their rights thereto. We do not intend our use or display of other companies’ trade names or trademarks to imply a relationship with, or endorsement or sponsorship of us by, any other companies.Warrants.

Securities offered by the Selling Stockholders

Up to 6,015,879 shares of our Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, consisting of (i) 5,869,150 shares of our Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Common Stock Warrants, and (ii) 146,729 shares of our Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Placement Agent Warrants.
Use of proceedsWe will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the Shares covered by this prospectus, except with respect to amounts received by us due to the exercise of any Warrants for cash. We intend to use the proceeds from the exercise of any Warrants for cash for general corporate purposes, which may include research and development expenses, capital expenditures, working capital and general and administrative expenses, and potential acquisitions of or investments in businesses, products and technologies that complement our business, although we have no present commitments or agreements to make any such acquisitions or investments as of the date of this prospectus. See “Use of Proceeds.”  
Risk factorsYou should carefully read and consider the information set forth under “Risk Factors” on page 5 of this prospectus and under similar headings in the documents incorporated by reference herein before deciding to invest in our securities.
Market for Common StockOur Common Stock is listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “SNES.”

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IMPLICATIONS OF BEING AN EMERGING GROWTH COMPANYRISK FACTORS

 

We are an “emerging growth company” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, or the JOBS Act, and therefore we have elected to comply with certain reduced disclosure and regulatory requirements for this prospectus and future filings, including only presenting two years of audited financial statements and related financial information, not having our internal control over financial reporting audited by our independent registered public accounting firm pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements and not holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. We may take advantage of these reduced requirements until we are no longer an “emerging growth company.” Under Section 107(b) of the JOBS Act, “emerging growth companies” may take advantage of an extended transition period to comply with new or revised accounting standards applicable to public companies. We have irrevocably elected not to avail ourselves of this extended transition period and, as a result, we will adopt new or revised accounting standards on the relevant dates on which adoption of such standards is required for other public companies.

RISK FACTORS

An investmentInvesting in our securities, including our Common Stock, involves a number of risks. The prospectus supplement applicableYou should not invest unless you are able to each offeringbear the complete loss of our securities may contain a discussion of additional risks applicable to the offering. Prior to making a decision about investing in our securities, youyour investment. You should carefully consider the specific factorsrisks described below and discussed herein and under the heading “Risk Factors” in the applicable prospectus supplement, together with all of the other information contained or incorporated by reference in the prospectus supplement or appearing or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. You should also consider the risks, uncertainties and assumptions described in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2017, which is incorporated herein by reference, together with other information in this prospectus and may be amended, supplemented or superseded from time to timethe information and documents incorporated by otherreference in this prospectus, including our future reports we file with the Commission in the futureon Form 10-K and any prospectus supplement related to10-Q. For a particular offering.description of these reports and documents, and information about where you can find them, see “Where You Can Find More Information” and “Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.” The risks and uncertainties we have described below and under the section entitled “Risk Factors” in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K incorporated herein by reference are not the only onesrisks and uncertainties we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial also may impair our business operations. If any of the risks actually occur, our business could be harmed. In such case, the trading price of our Common Stock could decline and investors could lose all or a part of the money paid to buy our securities. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of these and other factors.

See also the statements contained under the heading “Forward-Looking Statements.”

Summary Risk Factors

Our business is subject to a number of risks, including risks that may prevent us from achieving our business objectives or may adversely affect our operations.business, results of operations, financial condition, and prospects. These risks are discussed more fully below and include risks related to the following:

 

Risks RelatingRelated to our Commonthis Offering and the Proposed Reverse Stock Split

 

FutureIf we are unable to continue as a going concern, our securities will have little or no value.

We have incurred operating losses since our inception, and we expect to continue to incur significant expenses and operating losses for the foreseeable future. Our financial statements as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 have been prepared under the assumption that we will continue as a going concern. Our independent registered public accounting firm included in its opinion for the years ended December 31, 2022, and 2021 an explanatory paragraph referring to our net loss from operations and net capital deficiency and expressing substantial doubt in our ability to continue as a going concern without additional capital becoming available. If we encounter continued issues or delays in the commercialization of ContraPest or greater than anticipated expenses, our prior losses and expected future losses could have an adverse effect on our financial condition and negatively impact our ability to fund continued operations, obtain additional financing in the future and continue as a going concern. There are no assurances that such financing, if necessary, will be available to us at all or will be available in sufficient amounts or on reasonable terms. Our financial statements do not include any adjustments that may result from the outcome of this uncertainty. If we are unable to generate additional funds in the future through financings, sales of our products, licensing fees, royalty payments or the possibilityfrom other sources or transactions, we will exhaust our resources and will be unable to continue operations. If we cannot continue as a going concern, our stockholders would likely lose most or all of future sales,their investment in us.

The sale of a substantial numberamount of our shares of common stock including resale of the Shares being registered hereunder in the public market could adversely affect the prevailing market price of our Common Stock.

We are registering for resale 6,015,879 shares of Common Stock. Sales of substantial amounts of shares of our common stock or at a lower price could adversely affectCommon Stock in the price of the shares and dilute stockholders.

Future sales of a substantial number of shares of our common stock,public market, or the perception that such sales willmight occur, could cause a decline inadversely affect the market price of our common stock. This is particularly true if we sell our stock at a discount. AsShares of June 14, 2018, we have 4,657,500 sharesCommon Stock, and the market value of our common stock subject to outstanding warrants that contain anti-dilution adjustments that provide for an adjustment toother securities. We cannot predict if and when the exercise price for certain dilutive issuances of securities. If we offer or issue additional securities at a price lower thanSelling Stockholders may sell such Shares in the $1.50 exercise price of these outstanding warrants, these warrants will further adjust pursuant to the price adjustment protection contained within these warrants. See “Description of Capital Stock — Outstanding Warrants — Common Stock Warrants Issued to Participants in November 2017 Offering.” Also,public markets. Furthermore, in the future, we may issue additional shares of our common stockCommon Stock or other equity or debt securities convertible into common stock in connection with a financing, acquisition, litigation settlement, employee arrangements, or otherwise.shares of Common Stock. Any such issuance could result in substantial dilution to our existing stockholdersshareholders and could cause our common sharestock price to decline.

 

Our reverse stock splits may decrease the liquidity of the shares of our Common Stock.

 

On October 12, 2022, our stockholders approved a reverse stock split of our Common Stock at a ratio of not less than 1-for-5 and not more than 1-for-20, with the actual ratio to be determined by our board of directors. On November 15, 2022, the Reverse Split Committee of our board of directors approved a final split ratio of 1-for-20 to regain compliance with the Nasdaq minimum bid price requirement. On August 18, 2023, our stockholders approved the 2023 Reverse Stock Split by a ratio of not less than 1-for-2 and not more than 1-for-12, with the actual ratio to be determined by our board of directors. The liquidity of the shares of our Common Stock may be affected adversely by the reverse stock splits given the reduced number of shares that are outstanding following the reverse stock splits. In addition, the reverse stock splits increase the number of stockholders who own odd lots (less than 100 shares) of our Common Stock, creating the potential for such stockholders to experience an increase in the cost of selling their shares and greater difficulty effecting such sales.


Following a reverse stock split, the resulting market price of our Common Stock may not attract new investors, including institutional investors, and may not satisfy the investing requirements of those investors. Consequently, the trading liquidity of our Common Stock may not improve.

Although we believe that a higher market price of our Common Stock may help generate greater or broader investor interest, there can be no assurance that a reverse stock split, including the proposed 2023 Reverse Stock Split, will result in a share price that will attract new investors, including institutional investors. In addition, there can be no assurance that the market price of our Common Stock will satisfy the investing requirements of those investors. As a result, the trading liquidity of our Common Stock may not necessarily improve. Additionally, it cannot be assured that a reverse stock split, including the proposed 2023 Reverse Stock Split, will result in any sustained proportionate increase in the market price of our Common Stock, which is dependent upon many factors, including our business and financial performance, general market conditions, and prospects for future success, which are unrelated to the number of shares of our Common Stock outstanding. It is not uncommon for the market price of a company’s common stock to decline in the period following a reverse stock split.

We may not be able to comply with all applicable listing requirements or standards of theThe Nasdaq Capital Market and Nasdaq could delist our common stock.Common Stock.

 

Our common stockCommon Stock is listed on theThe Nasdaq Capital Market. In order to maintain that listing, we must satisfy minimum financial and other continued listing requirements and standards. On January 3,Previously, on September 26, 2018, March 20, 2019, February 20, 2020, March 2, 2022 and, most recently, on August 25, 2023, we received a deficiency letter from the listing qualifications staff of Nasdaq providing notification that the Nasdaqbid price for our Common Stock Market, notifying us that,had closed below $1.00 per share for the priorprevious 30 consecutive business days and our Common Stock no longer met the minimum bid price requirement for continued listing under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). In each case, in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3) (A), we were provided an initial period of 180 calendar days, or, most recently, until February 21, 2024, in which to regain compliance. To regain compliance, the closing bid price of our common stock was not maintained at the minimum required closing bid price of at leastCommon Stock had to be $1.00 per share as requiredor more for continued listing ona minimum of 10 consecutive business days at any time before the Nasdaq Capital Market. In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rules, we had anexpiration of the initial compliance period of 180 calendar days, until July 2, 2018,period.

In the event that we would have been unable to regain compliance with this requirement. On June 5, 2018,Rule 5550(a)(2) during the initial compliance, Nasdaq rules provide that we received notice frommay be eligible for an additional 180 calendar day compliance period. To qualify, we needed to meet the continued listing qualifications staffrequirement for market value of publicly held shares and all other initial listing standards for the Nasdaq StockCapital Market, notifying us that the closing bid price of our common stock was greater than $1.00 per share for ten consecutive business days and that we had regained compliance with the minimum bid price requirement.

We cannot provide any assurance that our stock price will continue to satisfyexception of the minimum bid price requirement, or that we will be ableand to satisfy any other continued listing requirementprovide written notice of our intention to cure the deficiency during the second compliance period, by effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary. The liquidity of the Nasdaqshares of our Common Stock Market. may be affected adversely by the reverse stock splits we have undertaken to address such compliance failure, given the reduced number of shares that are outstanding following a reverse stock split. In addition, reverse stock splits may increase the number of stockholders who own odd lots (less than 100 shares) of our Common Stock, creating the potential for such stockholders to experience an increase in the cost of selling their shares and greater difficulty effecting such sales.

In the event that we are unable to establish compliance, or again become non-compliant, with Rule 5550(a)(2) and cannot re-establish compliance within the required timeframe, our common stockCommon Stock could be delisted from The Nasdaq Capital Market, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and which would cause the value of our Common Stock to decline. If our Common Stock is not eligible for listing or quotation on another market or exchange, trading of our common stockCommon Stock could be conducted in the over-the-counter market or on an electronic bulletin board established for unlisted securities such as the Pink Sheets or the OTC Bulletin Board. In such event, it couldwould become more difficult to dispose of, or obtain accurate price quotations for, our common stock,Common Stock, and there would likely be a reduction in our coverage by security analysts and the news media, which could cause the price of our common stockCommon Stock to decline further. In addition, it may be difficult for us to raise additional capital if we are not listed on a majornational securities exchange.

 

Our corporate documentsWe do not intend to pay any cash dividends on Common Stock in the foreseeable future and, Delaware law and certain warrants contain provisions that could discourage, delay or prevent a change in control of our company.

Provisions in our certificate of incorporation and our amended and restated bylaws may discourage, delay or prevent a merger or acquisition involving us that our stockholders may consider favorable. For example, our certificate of incorporation currently provides for a staggered board of directors, whereby directors serve for three-year terms, with approximately one-third of the directors coming up for reelection each year. Having a staggered board will make it more difficult for a third party to obtain control of our board of directors through a proxy contest, which may be a necessary step in an acquisition of us that is not favored by our board of directors. Additionally, the warrants we issued to investors in our November 2017 offering provide a Black Scholes value based payment in connection with certain transactions that may discourage, delay or prevent a merger or acquisition.

We are also subject to the anti-takeover provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. Under these provisions, if anyone becomes an “interested stockholder,” we may not enter into a “business combination” with that person for three years without special approval, which could discourage a third party from making a takeover offer and could delay or prevent a change of control. For purposes of Section 203, “interested stockholder” means, generally, someone owning 15% or more of our outstanding voting stock or an affiliate of ours that owned 15% or more of our outstanding voting stock during the past three years, subject to certain exceptions as described in Section 203

Our share price may be volatile, which could subject us to securities class action litigation and prevent you from being able to sell your shares of common stock at or above the offering price.

Our stock could be subject to wide fluctuation in response to many risk factors listed in this section or incorporated by reference into this prospectus, and others beyond our control, including:

Market acceptance and commercialization of our products;

Our being able to timely demonstrate achievement of milestones, including those related to revenue generation, cost control, cost effective source supply, and regulatory approvals;

Our ability to remain listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market;

Results and timing of our submissions with the regulatory authorities;

Failure or discontinuation of any of our development programs;

Regulatory developments or enforcements in the United States and non-U.S. countries with respect to our products or our competitors’ products;

Failure to achieve pricing acceptable to the market;

Actual or anticipated fluctuations in our financial condition and operating results, or our continuing to sustain operating losses;

Competition from existing products or new products that may emerge;

Announcements by us or our competitors of significant acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures, collaborations, or capital commitments;

Issuance of new or updated research or reports by securities analysts;

Announcement or expectation of additional financing efforts, particularly if our cash available for operations significantly decreases;

Fluctuations in the valuation of companies perceived by investors to be comparable to us;

Share price and volume fluctuations attributable to inconsistent trading volume levels of our shares;

Additions or departures of key management or scientific personnel;

Disputes or other developments related to proprietary rights, including patents, litigation matters, and our ability to obtain patent protection for our technologies;

Entry by us into any material litigation or other proceedings;

Sales of our common stock by us, our insiders, or our other stockholders;

Market conditions for stocks in general; and

General economic and market conditions unrelated to our performance.

Furthermore, the stock markets have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have affected and continue to affect the market prices of equity securities of many companies. These fluctuations may be unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of those companies. These broad market and industry fluctuations, as well as general economic, political, and market conditions such as recessions, interest rate changes, or international currency fluctuations, may negatively impact the market price of shares of our common stock. In addition, such fluctuations could subject us to securities class action litigation, which could result in substantial costs and divert our management’s attention from other business concerns, which could seriously harm our business. If the market price of shares of our common stock after this offering does not exceed the subscription price, you may not realizetherefore, any return on your investment in us and may lose some or all of your investment.

If securities or industry analysts do not publish research or publish inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, our stock priceCommon Stock must come from increases in the fair market value and trading volume could decline.

The trading market for our common stock is impacted by the research and reports that securities or industry analysts publish about us or our business. We do not have any control over these analysts. We cannot assure that analysts will continue to cover us or provide favorable coverage. If one or moreprice of the analysts who cover us downgrade our stock or change their opinion of our stock, our share price would likely decline. If one or more of these analysts cease coverage of us or fail to regularly publish reports on us, we could lose visibility in the financial markets, which could cause our stock price or trading volume to decline.

Certain offerings could impair or limit our net operating loss carryforwards.Common Stock.

 

AsWe do not intend to pay any cash dividends on Common Stock in the foreseeable future and, therefore, any return on your investment in Common Stock must come from increases in the fair market value and trading price of December 31, 2017, we had net operating losses, or NOLs of approximately $44.1 million for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Under the Code, an “ownership change” with respect to a corporation could limit the amount of pre-ownership change NOLs and certain other tax assets that the corporation may utilize after the ownership change to offset future taxable income, possibly reducing the amount of cash available to the corporation to satisfy its obligations. An ownership change generally should occur if the aggregate stock ownership of beneficial owners of at least 5% of our stock increases by more than 50 percentage points over the preceding three-year period. Because not all stockholders or eligible warrant holders may exercise their basic subscription right in full, the purchase of shares of our common stock could result in a shift in this beneficial ownership that could trigger an ownership change with respect to our stock.Common Stock.


USE OF PROCEEDS

 

We are an “emerging growth company” as that term is used inregistering the JOBS Act, and we intend to continue to take advantage of reduced disclosure and governance requirements applicable to emerging growth companies, which could result in our common stock being less attractive to investors and adversely affect the market price of our common stock or make it more difficult to raise capital as and when we need it.

We are an “emerging growth company” as that term is used in the JOBS Act, and we intend to continue to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved, and exemptions from any rules that the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board may adopt requiring mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report on the financial statements. We currently take advantage of some, but not all, of the reduced regulatory and reporting requirements that are available to us under the JOBS Act, and intend to continue to do so as long as we qualify as an “emerging growth company.” For example, so long as we qualify as an “emerging growth company,” we may elect not to provide you with certain information, including certain financial information and certain information regarding compensation of our executive officers, that we would have otherwise been required to provide in filings we make with the SEC, which may make it more difficultShares for investors and securities analysts to evaluate us.

Because of the exemptions from various reporting requirements provided to us as an “emerging growth company,” we may be less attractive to investors and it may be difficult for us to raise additional capital as and when we need it. Investors may be unable to compare our business with other companies in our industry if they believe that our financial accounting is not as transparent as other companies in our industry. If we are unable to raise additional capital as and when we need it, our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows, and future prospects may be materially and adversely affected. We may take advantage of these reporting exemptions until we are no longer an emerging growth company, which in certain circumstances could be for up to five years. Please read “Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company.”

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This prospectus and any prospectus supplement, and the documents incorporated by reference herein and therein contain forward-looking statements. These statements relate to future events or to our future financial performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or impliedresale by the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include, but areSelling Stockholders. We will not limited to, statements about:

The commercialization opportunities for our products and product candidates;

Our ability to sell our products at commercially reasonable prices and margins;

The effectiveness of our solution and our strategy;

Our views of the direction of pest control management and products;

Our ability to remain listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market;

The likelihood and timing of regulatory approvals for our product candidates;

Estimates of our expenses, capital requirements and need for additional financing and the ability to fund operations;

Our ability to raise additional capital, if needed;

The initiation, timing, progress and results of future laboratory and field studies and our research and development programs;

Our financial condition and operating performance; and

Developments and projections relating to our competitors and our industry.

In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “could,” “intend,” “target,” “project,” “contemplate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. These statements are only current predictions and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our or our industry’s actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from those anticipated by the forward-looking statements. We discuss many of these risks in this prospectus in greater detail under the heading “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement. You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. New risk factors and uncertainties may emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for management to predict all risks and uncertainties.

Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Except as required by law, after the date of this prospectus, we are under no duty to update or revisereceive any of the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

USE OF PROCEEDS

Unless otherwise set forth in a prospectus supplement, we intend to use the net proceeds of any offering of securities for working capital and other general corporate purposes. We will have significant discretion in the use of any net proceeds. We may provide additional information on the use of net proceeds from the sale of the offered securitiesShares covered by this prospectus, except with respect to amounts received by us due to the exercise of any Warrants for cash. If the Warrants are exercised in an applicable prospectus supplement.a cashless exercise, we will not receive any proceeds from the exercise of the Warrants.

 

We intend to use the proceeds from the exercise of any Warrants for cash for general corporate purposes, which may include research and development expenses, capital expenditures, working capital and general and administrative expenses, and potential acquisitions of or investments in businesses, products and technologies that complement our business, although we have no present commitments or agreements to make any such acquisitions or investments as of the date of this prospectus.


DILUTIONDilution

 

If required, weThis offering of the Shares by the Selling Stockholders on a continuous or delayed basis in the future will set forthnot result in a prospectus supplementchange to the following information regarding any material dilutionnet tangible book value per share before and after the distribution of the equity interestsShares by the Selling Stockholders. However, purchasers of investors purchasing securities in an offering under this prospectus:the Shares from the Selling Stockholders will experience dilution to the extent of the difference between the amount per share paid and the net tangible book value per share of our Common Stock at the time of the purchase.

 

The net tangible book value per share of our equity securities before and after the offering;

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The amount of the increase in such net tangible book value per share attributable to the cash payments made by investors in the offering; and

The amount of the immediate dilution from the public offering price which will be absorbed by such investors.

DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCKPRIVATE PLACEMENT

 

GeneralOn August 21, 2023, we entered into the Letter Agreement with the Holder who held (i) the October 2020 Warrants to purchase up to 77,431 shares of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $3.165 per share, and (ii) the November 2022 Warrants to purchase up to 2,857,144 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $3.165 per share. Pursuant to the Letter Agreement, the Holder agreed to exercise the Existing Warrants for cash at a reduced exercise price of $0.7202 per share in consideration of our agreement to issue new Common Stock Warrants. Upon exercise of the Existing Warrants, we issued to the Holder New Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 5,869,150 shares of Common Stock with an exercise price of $0.7202 per share (the “Private Placement”). The New Warrants may be exercised at all times prior to either the fifth anniversary or thirteen month anniversary of their issuance date, as applicable. The Holder exercised the Existing Warrants on August 21, 2023, and the Company received gross proceeds of approximately $2.1 million from the exercise of the Existing Warrants as a result of such exercises and pursuant to the terms of the Letter Agreement.

 

The descriptionsWe engaged Wainwright to act as our exclusive placement agent in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Letter Agreement. We also agreed to issue to Wainwright or its designees the Placement Agent Warrants to purchase up to 146,729 shares of common stock (representing 5% of the Existing Warrants being exercised) which will have the same terms as the New Warrants except the Placement Agent Warrants have an exercise price equal to $0.9003 per share (125% of the reduced exercise price of the Existing Warrants). Similar to the New Warrants, the Placement Agent Warrants are immediately exercisable from the date of issuance until the five year anniversary of such date.

Pursuant to the Letter Agreement, we are required to file the Registration Statement of which this prospectus forms a part under the Securities Act to register the resale of the Shares as soon as practicable following the Closing Date. This prospectus covers the resale of the shares of our capital stock and certain provisionsCommon Stock issuable upon the exercise of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws are summaries and are qualified by reference to the amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws that are currently in effect. Copies of these documents have been filed with the SEC and are incorporated by reference herein.Warrants.

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SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

 

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation providesWe have prepared this prospectus to allow the Selling Stockholders to offer for common stock and preferred stock, the rights, preferences and privileges of which may be designatedresale, from time to time, by our board6,015,879 Shares issuable upon the exercise of directors.the Warrants. The Selling Stockholders acquired the Warrants in connection with the Letter Agreement and related transactions, and we are filing the Registration Statement of which this prospectus is a part pursuant to the Letter Agreement.

 

Our authorized capital stock consistsWe do not know how long the Selling Stockholders will hold the Warrants, whether the Selling Stockholders will exercise the Warrants, and upon such exercise, how long such Selling Stockholders will hold the Shares before selling them, and we currently have no agreements, arrangements or understandings with the Selling Stockholders regarding the sale of 110,000,000 shares, all with a par valueany of $0.001 per share, of which 100,000,000 shares are designated as common stock and 10,000,000 shares are designated as preferred stock.

As of June 14, 2018, our common stock was held by approximately 725 stockholders of record. As of June 14, 2018, we had 2,035,591 shares of our common stock reserved for issuance under our 2018 Plan.

Common Stockthe Shares.

 

The holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters submitted to a vote of our stockholders. Subject to preferences that may be applicable to any preferred stock outstanding atfollowing table presents information regarding the time, the holders of outstanding shares of common stock are entitled to receive ratably any dividends declared by our board of directors out of assets legally available therefor. In the event that we liquidate, dissolve or wind up, holders of our common stock are entitled to share ratably in all assets remaining after payment of liabilitiesSelling Stockholders and the liquidation preferenceShares that it may offer and sell from time to time under this prospectus. The table is prepared based on information supplied to us by the Selling Stockholders, and reflects their holdings as of any then outstanding shares of preferred stock. Holders of common stock have no preemptive or conversion rights or other subscription rights. There are no redemption or sinking fund provisions applicableOctober 5, 2023, unless otherwise noted in the footnotes to the common stock. All outstanding shares of common stock are fully paid and non-assessable.

Except as otherwise required by Delaware law, all stockholder action, other than the election of directors or certain amendments of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, is taken by the vote of a majority of the voting power of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter, at a meeting in which a quorum, consisting of a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock is present in person or by proxy. The election of directors by our stockholders is determined by a plurality of the voting power of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote, at a meeting held for such purposes at which a quorum, consisting of a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock, is present in person or by proxy. Certain amendments to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation require the approval of holders of at least sixty-six and two-third percent (66 2/3%) of the voting power of all then-outstanding shares of our common stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class.

We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our capital stock. We currently intend to retain all available funds and any future earnings to support our operations and finance the growth and development of our business. We do not intend to pay cash dividends on our common stock for the foreseeable future. Any future determination related to our dividend policy will be made at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend upon, among other factors, our results of operations, financial condition, capital requirements, contractual restrictions, business prospects and other factors our board of directors may deem relevant.

Preferred Stock

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that our board of directors may, without further action by our stockholders, fix the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions of up to an aggregate of 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock in one or more series and authorize their issuance. These rights, preferences and privileges could include 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 such series, any or all of which may be greater than the rights of our common stock. The issuance of our preferred stock could adversely affect the voting power of holders of our common stock and the likelihood that such holders will receive dividend payments and payments upon liquidation. In addition, the issuance of preferred stock could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change of control or other corporate action. We have no present plan to issue any shares of preferred stock.

Options to Purchase Common Stock

As of June 14, 2018, options to purchase 1,629,967 shares of our common stock issued pursuant to our 2015 Plan at a weighted-average exercise price of $1.63 per share were outstanding. As of June 14, 2018, we had 183,333 shares of common stock issuable upon the vesting of restricted stock units outstanding.

Outstanding Warrants

As of June 14, 2018, we had 6,331,785 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding common stock warrants, at a weighted-average exercise price of $2.60 per share.

Common Stock Warrants Issued to Participants in November 2017 Offering

On November 21, 2017, in its public offering of common stock, the Company issued warrants to purchase a total of 4,657,500 shares of common stock to investors. Terms used but not otherwise defined herein will have the meaning given them in the warrant, attached as Exhibit 4.2 to our Form 8-K filed on November 17, 2017.

Duration and Exercise Price. The warrants have an exercise price of $1.50 per share, are exercisable immediately and will expire in November 2022, on the fifth anniversary of the original issuance date.

Adjustment. For so long as the warrants remain outstanding, the exercise price and number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrant is subject to adjustment as follows: (a) as the Company’s board of directors deems appropriate, (b) upon subdivision (by stock spilt, stock dividend, recapitalization, or otherwise) or combination (by reverse stock split or otherwise) of shares of common stock, (c) upon the issuance or announcement of contemplated issuance (“Dilutive Issuance”) of shares of common stock, options or convertible securities for consideration per share less than the price equal to the exercise price of the warrants, except for certain Excluded Securities issued in connection with an Approved Equity Plan, (d) at the option of the warrant holder upon the Company’s entering into an agreement to issue securities that are issuable at a price which varies or may vary with the market price of the Company’s common stock (the “Variable Price”), and (e) in certain cases upon granting of stock appreciation rights, phantom stock rights or other rights with equity features, except for those granted pursuant to an Approved Equity Plan. For the adjustments summarized in (c) above, the exercise price of the warrants outstanding generally will adjust upon the record date of such issuance to the New Issuance Price (as defined in the warrant, and which will be based on the net price at which new securities in the Dilutive Issuance are issued or subsequently adjusted, and in some cases, the lower of such price or the weighted average trading price of the common stock for the four trading days immediately following public announcement of the Dilutive Issuance.. For the adjustments summarized in (d) above, the holder may, at its option, elect to adjust the exercise price of the warrants to the Variable Price of securities sold by the Company pursuant to the agreement. Any adjustment made upon announcement or pursuant to a Dilutive Issuance will not be readjusted in the event that such Dilutive Issuance does not occur.

Rights upon Distribution of Assets.In the event that the Company declares or makes any dividend or other distribution of its assets to holders of its common stock, the warrant holder will be entitled to participate in such distribution to the same extent that such holder would have participated therein if the holder had held the number of shares of common stock acquirable upon exercise of the warrant.

Fundamental Transaction. In the event of a Fundamental Transaction, as described in the warrants and generally including the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of our properties or assets, our consolidation or merger with or into another person or reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification or the acquisition of our outstanding common stock which results in any person or group becoming the beneficial owner of 50% of the voting power represented by our outstanding common stock, the holders of the warrants will be entitled to receive upon exercise of the warrants the kind and amount of securities, cash, assets or other property that the holders would have received had they exercised the warrants immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction. Subject to certain limitations, in the event of a Fundamental Transaction the warrant holder may at its option require the Company or any Successor Entity to purchase the warrant from the holder by paying to the holder an amount of cash equal to the Black Scholes Value of the remaining unexercised portion of the warrant on the date of the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.

Purchase Right. Any time that the Company grants, issues, or sells any securities pro rata to all of the record holders of the common stock (the “Purchase Right”), the holder of the warrant will be entitled to acquire the aggregate Purchase Rights which the holder could have acquired if the holder had held the number of shares of common stock acquirable upon exercise of the warrant.

Transferability. Subject to applicable laws and restrictions on transfer, the warrant may be transferred at the option of the holder. The warrants are not listed on any securities exchange or nationally recognized trading system.

Exercisability. The warrants will be exercisable, at the option of each holder, in whole or in part, by delivering to us a duly executed exercise notice accompanied by payment in full for the number of shares of our common stock purchased upon such exercise. If, at the time a holder exercises its warrant, a registration statement registering the issuance of the shares of common stock underlying the warrants under the Securities Act is not then effective or available and an exemption from registration under the Securities Act is not available for the issuance of such shares, then in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to us upon such exercise in payment of the aggregate exercise price, the holder may elect instead to receive upon such exercise (either in whole or in part) the net number of shares of common stock determined according to a formula set forth in the warrant.

Limitations on Exercise. A holder (together with its affiliates) may not exercise any portion of the warrant to the extent that the holder would own more than 4.99% of the outstanding common stock after exercise, except that upon at least 61 days’ prior notice from the holder to us, the holder may increase the amount of ownership of outstanding stock after exercising the holder’s warrants up to 9.99% of the number of shares of our common stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the exercise, as such percentagetable. Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the termsrules of the warrants. No fractionalSEC, and thus represents voting or investment power with respect to our securities. Under such rules, beneficial ownership includes any shares over which the Selling Stockholders have sole or shared voting power or investment power as well as any shares the Selling Stockholders have the right to acquire within 60 days after the date of common stock will be issuedthis table, including the Warrants. To our knowledge and subject to applicable community property rules, the Selling Stockholders named in connectionthe table have sole voting and sole investment power with the exercise of a warrant. In lieu of fractional shares, we will either pay the holder an amount in cash equalrespect to the fractional amount multiplied by the exercise price or round up to the next whole share.all equity interests beneficially owned.

 

Right as a Stockholder. Except as otherwise provided in the warrants or by virtue of such holder’s ownership of shares of our common stock, the holders of the warrants do not have the rights or privileges of holders of our common stock, including any voting rights, unless and until they exercise their warrants.

Name of Selling Stockholder Number of
Shares of
Common Stock
Beneficially
Owned
Prior to
Offering(1)
  Maximum Number
of Shares of
Common Stock to
be Sold Pursuant
to this Prospectus(2)
  Number of
Shares of
Common Stock
Beneficially Owned After
Offering(3)
  Percentage of
Beneficial
Ownership
After Offering(4)
 
Armistice Capital, LLC(5)  9,089,440(6)  5,869,150   3,220,290   4.99%
Michael Vasinkevich(7)  226,956(8)  94,090   132,866   1.41%
Noam Rubinstein(7)  111,489(9)  46,220   65,269   * 
Craig Schwabe(7)  11,935(10)  4,952   6,983   * 
Charles Worthman(7)  3,543(11)  1,467   2,076   * 

 

*Less than 1%.

Limitation on Variable Rate Transactions.The Company may not effect or enter into any agreement to sell securities in a Variable Rate Transaction.

(1)Consists of shares of Common Stock and shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the full exercise of the Warrants issued in the Private Placement and other warrants previously acquired from us.
(2)Represents shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrants issued to the Selling Stockholders in the Private Placement. All of the Warrants that are exercisable for the Shares offered hereby contain certain beneficial ownership limitations, which provide that a holder of the Warrants will not have the right to exercise any portion of its Warrants if such holder, together with its affiliates and attribution parties, would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise, provided that upon at least 61 days prior notice to us, a holder may increase or decrease such limitation up to a maximum of 9.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (each such limitation, a “Beneficial Ownership Limitation”).
(3)Assumes all Shares offered by the Selling Stockholders hereby are sold and that the Selling Stockholders buy or sell no additional shares of Common Stock prior to the completion of this offering. We do not know when or in what amounts the Selling Stockholder may offer Shares for sale. The Selling Stockholder might not sell any or might sell all of the Shares offered by this prospectus. Because the Selling Stockholder may offer all or some of the Shares pursuant to this offering, and because there are currently no agreements, arrangements or understandings with respect to the sale of any of the Shares, we cannot estimate the number of the Shares that will be held by the Selling Stockholder after completion of the offering. However, for purposes of this table, we have assumed that, after completion of the offering, none of the Shares covered by this prospectus will be held by the Selling Stockholder, including Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants issued in the Private Placement.
(4)Based on 9,295,364 shares of Common Stock, consisting of 3,279,485 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of October 5, 2023 and 6,015,879 Shares underlying the Warrants (assuming the full exercise of the Warrants).

 

Waivers and Amendments. Subject to certain exceptions, any term of the warrants may be amended or waived with our written consent and the written consent of the holders.

Failure to Timely Deliver Securities.Upon exercise of the warrant by the holder, if the Company or its transfer agent fails to deliver the securities to holder by the required share delivery date set forth in the warrant, or if the Company did not provide the required notice to holder that a registration statement covering the issuance of the warrant shares subject to the exercise notice is not available and the Company is unable to deliver the securities without any restrictive legend (each, an Exercise Failure), then, generally, the holder may rescind the exercise in whole or in part or may require the Company to pay to the holder an amount in cash to make the investor whole in connection with the Company’s failure to timely deliver securities.
(5)The Common Stock and other securities are held by Armistice Capital Master Fund Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Master Fund”) and may be deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by: (i) Armistice Capital, LLC (“Armistice Capital”), as the investment manager of the Master Fund; and (ii) Steven Boyd, as the Managing Member of Armistice Capital. Armistice Capital and Steven Boyd disclaim beneficial ownership of the securities except to the extent of their respective pecuniary interests therein. The address of the Master Fund is c/o Armistice Capital, LLC, 510 Madison Ave, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10022. We do not have a material relationship with the Selling Stockholder other than as a result of the ownership of our Common Stock or other securities.
(6)

Consists of (i) 315,000 shares of Common Stock issued upon the exercise of the Existing Warrants in connection with the Warrant Repricing; (ii) 2,619,575 shares of Common Stock underlying the Existing Warrants exercised in August 2023, the issuance of which is held in abeyance subject to a beneficial ownership limitation provision in the warrant; and (ii) 6,154,865 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding warrants, including 5,869,150 Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants issued in connection with the Warrant Repricing and being registered for resale pursuant to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. The Selling Stockholder’s warrants prohibit the exercise of such warrants if, after giving effect to such exercise, it would result in the Selling Stockholder’s, including any person or entity whose beneficial ownership would be attributable to the Selling Stockholder, beneficial ownership exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation.

(7)Referenced person is affiliated with Wainwright, a registered broker-dealer with a registered address of H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC, 430 Park Ave, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10022. Wainwright acted as our placement agent in our August 21, 2023 financing. Referenced person has sole voting and dispositive power over the securities held, acquired the securities in the ordinary course of business and, at the time the securities were acquired, the selling stockholder had no agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute such securities.
(8)Consists of 226,956 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding warrants, including 94,090 Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants issued in connection with the Warrant Repricing and being registered for resale pursuant to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. The Selling Stockholder’s warrants prohibit the exercise of such warrants if, after giving effect to such exercise, it would result in the Selling Stockholder’s, including any person or entity whose beneficial ownership would be attributable to the Selling Stockholder, beneficial ownership exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation.
(9)Consists of 111,489 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding warrants, including 46,220 Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants issued in connection with Warrant Repricing and being registered for resale pursuant to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. The Selling Stockholder’s warrants prohibit the exercise of such warrants if, after giving effect to such exercise, it would result in the Selling Stockholder’s, including any person or entity whose beneficial ownership would be attributable to the Selling Stockholder, beneficial ownership exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation.
(10)Consists of 11,935 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding warrants, including 4,952 Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants issued in connection with the Warrant Repricing and being registered for resale pursuant to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. The Selling Stockholder’s warrants prohibit the exercise of such warrants if, after giving effect to such exercise, it would result in the Selling Stockholder’s, including any person or entity whose beneficial ownership would be attributable to the Selling Stockholder, beneficial ownership exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation.
(11)Consists of 3,543 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding warrants, including 1,467 Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants issued in connection with the Warrant Repricing and being registered for resale pursuant to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. The Selling Stockholder’s warrants prohibit the exercise of such warrants if, after giving effect to such exercise, it would result in the Selling Stockholder’s, including any person or entity whose beneficial ownership would be attributable to the Selling Stockholder, beneficial ownership exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation.


 

Common Stock Warrant Issued to Underwriter of November 2017 OfferingPLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

In November 2017, the Company issuedThe Selling Stockholders and any of their pledges, assignees and successors-in-interest may, from time to Roth Capital Partners, LLC, as underwriter, a warrant to purchase 540,000 sharestime, sell any or all of common stock, which shares include warrant (in the form of warrant issued to the public) to purchase an additional 405,000 shares of common stock in connection with our November 2017 offering. Terms used but not otherwise defined herein will have the meaning given them in the warrant.

Duration and Exercise Price. The warrants have an exercise price of $1.50 per share, are exercisable immediately and will expire in November 2022,their Shares covered hereby on the fifth anniversaryprincipal trading market or any other stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the Shares are traded or in private transactions. These sales may be at fixed or negotiated prices. The Selling Stockholders may use any one or more of the original issuance date. The terms offollowing methods when selling the warrant are limited by FINRA Rule 5110(f)(2)(G), which provide, among others, that the warrant may not be exercised more than five years from the date that the registration statement registering the warrant was declared effective by the SEC.

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Adjustment. The exercise price and number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrant is subject to adjustment as follows: (a) as the Company’s board of directors deems appropriate, or (b) upon a stock dividend, stock split, reorganization, subdivision or combination of shares of common stock

Fundamental Transaction. In the event of a Fundamental Transaction, as described in the warrants and generally including any reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification of our common stock, the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of our properties or assets, our consolidation or merger with or into another person, the acquisition of more than 50% of our outstanding common stock, or any person or group becoming the beneficial owner of 50% of the voting power represented by our outstanding common stock, the holders of the warrants will be entitled to receive upon exercise of the warrants the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property that the holders would have received had they exercised the warrants immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction.

Purchase Right. Any time that the Company grants, issues, or sells any securities pro rata to all of the record holders of the common stock (the “Purchase Right”), the holder of the warrant will be entitled to acquire the aggregate Purchase Rights which the holder could have acquired if the holder had held the number of shares of common stock acquirable upon exercise of the warrant.

Transferability. Subject to applicable laws and restrictions on transfer, the warrant may be transferred at the option of the holder after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, which is 180 days after the registration statement registering the warrant became effective. The warrants are not listed on any securities exchange or nationally recognized trading system.

Exercisability. The warrants will be exercisable, at the option of each holder, in whole or in part, by delivering to us a duly executed exercise notice accompanied by payment in full for the number of shares of our common stock purchased upon such exercise. If, at the time a holder exercises its warrant, a registration statement registering the issuance of the shares of common stock underlying the warrants under the Securities Act is not then effective or available and an exemption from registration under the Securities Act is not available for the issuance of such shares, then in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to us upon such exercise in payment of the aggregate exercise price, the holder may elect instead to receive upon such exercise (either in whole or in part) the net number of shares of common stock determined according to a formula set forth in the warrant.

Limitations on Exercise. A holder (together with its affiliates) may not exercise any portion of the warrant to the extent that the holder would own more than 4.99% of the outstanding common stock after exercise, except that upon at least 61 days’ prior notice from the holder to us, the holder may increase the amount of ownership of outstanding stock after exercising the holder’s warrants up to 9.99% of the number of shares of our common stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the exercise, as such percentage ownership is determined in accordance with the terms of the warrants. No fractional shares of common stock will be issued in connection with the exercise of a warrant. In lieu of fractional shares, we will either pay the holder an amount in cash equal to the fractional amount multiplied by the exercise price or round up to the next whole share.

Right as a Stockholder. Except as otherwise provided in the warrants or by virtue of such holder’s ownership of shares of our common stock, the holders of the warrants do not have the rights or privileges of holders of our common stock, including any voting rights, unless and until they exercise their warrants.

Waivers and Amendments. Subject to certain exceptions, any term of the warrants may be amended or waived with our written consent and the written consent of the holder

Warrants that Expire on or Before the Second Anniversary of the Closing of the Initial Public Offering

Prior to our initial public offering, we issued warrants to purchase 488,119 shares of common stock having a weighted average exercise price of $10.74 per share and are exercisable. Terms used but not otherwise defined herein will have the meaning given them in the warrants.

Duration and Exercise Price. Warrants to purchase 40,000 shares of common stock expire on December 13, 2018. Warrants to purchase 210,526 shares of common stock expire on the earlier of November 15, 2018 and the closing of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company. Warrants to purchase 137,592 shares of common stock expire on the earlier of December 13, 2018 and the closing of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company. For purposes of the warrants, the following are deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company: (i) a sale, exclusive lease, exclusive license or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company; or (ii) any reorganization, consolidation, merger, stock sale, or similar transaction in which the Company is a constituent corporation or is a party if, as a result of such transaction, the voting securities of the Company that are outstanding immediately prior to such transaction do not represent, or are not converted into, securities of the resulting or surviving corporation that together represent a majority of the voting power of the surviving or resulting corporation in such a transaction (a “Change of Control Transaction”).

Adjustment. The exercise price and number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrant is subject to adjustment upon a stock dividend, stock split, reorganization, subdivision, combination, reclassification or reorganization of shares of common stock.

Notice. The warrant holder is entitled to notice of certain transactions, including when: (i) the Company takes a record of holders of its common stock for the purpose of entitling or enabling them to receive any dividend or other distribution, or to receive any right to subscribe for or purchase any shares of stock or any class or other securities, (ii) the Company makes any changes to its certificate of incorporation, (iii) the Company undertakes any capital reorganization of the Company, reclassification of the Company stock, any Change of Control Transaction, or a transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, (iv) the Company undergoes a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company.

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Transferability. Subject to applicable laws and restrictions on transfer, the warrant may be transferred at the option of the holder.

Exercisability. The warrants will be exercisable, at the option of each holder, in whole or in part, by delivering to us a duly executed exercise notice accompanied by payment in full for the number of shares of our common stock purchased upon such exercise. At the election of the holder, in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to us upon such exercise in payment of the aggregate exercise price, the holder may elect instead to receive upon such exercise (either in whole or in part) the net number of shares of common stock determined according to a formula set forth in the warrant. The warrant will be deemed to be exercised automatically in full pursuant to net issue exercise immediately prior to the time it would otherwise expire or terminate pursuant to its terms.

Right as a Stockholder. Except as otherwise provided in the warrants or by virtue of such holder’s ownership of shares of our common stock, the holders of the warrants do not have the rights or privileges of holders of our common stock, including any voting rights, unless and until they exercise their warrants.

Waivers and Amendments. Subject to certain exceptions, any term of the warrants may be amended or waived with our written consent and the written consent of the holder.

Warrants that Expire on or Before the Third Anniversary of the Closing of the Initial Public Offering

Prior to our initial public offering, we issued warrants to purchase 138,666 shares of common stock having a weighted-average exercise price of $7.50 per share and are exercisable. Terms used but not otherwise defined herein will have the meaning given them in the warrants.

Duration and Exercise Price. The warrants expire on the earlier of November 15, 2019 and the closing of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company. For purposes of the warrants, the following are deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company: (i) a sale, exclusive lease, exclusive license or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company; or (ii) any reorganization, consolidation, merger, stock sale, or similar transaction in which the Company is a constituent corporation or is a party if, as a result of such transaction, the voting securities of the Company that are outstanding immediately prior to such transaction do not represent, or are not converted into, securities of the resulting or surviving corporation that together represent a majority of the voting power of the surviving or resulting corporation in such a transaction (a “Change of Control Transaction”).

Adjustment. The exercise price and number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrant is subject to adjustment upon a stock dividend, stock split, reorganization, subdivision, combination, reclassification or reorganization of shares of common stock.

Notice. The warrant holder is entitled to notice of certain transactions, including when: (i) the Company takes a record of holders of its common stock for the purpose of entitling or enabling them to receive any dividend or other distribution, or to receive any right to subscribe for or purchase any shares of stock or any class or other securities, (ii) the Company makes any changes to its certificate of incorporation, (iii) the Company undertakes any capital reorganization of the Company, reclassification of the Company stock, any Change of Control Transaction, or a transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, (iv) the Company undergoes a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company.

Transferability. Subject to applicable laws and restrictions on transfer, the warrant may be transferred at the option of the holder.

Exercisability. The warrants will be exercisable, at the option of each holder, in whole or in part, by delivering to us a duly executed exercise notice accompanied by payment in full for the number of shares of our common stock purchased upon such exercise. At the election of the holder, in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to us upon such exercise in payment of the aggregate exercise price, the holder may elect instead to receive upon such exercise (either in whole or in part) the net number of shares of common stock determined according to a formula set forth in the warrant. The warrant will be deemed to be exercised automatically in full pursuant to net issue exercise immediately prior to the time it would otherwise expire or terminate pursuant to its terms.

Right as a Stockholder. Except as otherwise provided in the warrants or by virtue of such holder’s ownership of shares of our common stock, the holders of the warrants do not have the rights or privileges of holders of our common stock, including any voting rights, unless and until they exercise their warrants.

Waivers and Amendments. Subject to certain exceptions, any term of the warrants may be amended or waived with our written consent and the written consent of the holder.

Other Warrants

Prior to our initial public offering and in connection with entering into a license agreement, we issued warrants to purchase 15,000 shares of common stock to the University of Arizona. Terms used but not otherwise defined herein will have the meaning given them in the warrant.

Duration and Exercise Price. The warrants expire in June 2020 and have an exercise price of $7.50 per share.

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Adjustment. The exercise price and number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrant is subject to adjustment upon a stock dividend, stock split, reorganization, subdivision, combination, reclassification or reorganization of shares of common stock.

Terminating Change.In the event of a Terminating Change, defined to include any consolidation, merger, sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or capital reorganization or certain reclassifications of the Company’s stock, the Company will pay to the holder the fair market value of the warrant shares immediately prior to the Terminating Change.

Notice. The warrant holder is entitled to notice of certain transactions, including when: (i) the Company takes a record of holders of its common stock for the purpose of entitling or enabling them to receive any dividend or other distribution, or to receive any right to subscribe for or purchase any shares of stock or any class or other securities, (ii) the Company offers to sell certain Company securities, (iii) the Company’s common stock is reorganized or reclassified, (iv) any consolidation or merger of the Company or any conveyance of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, (v) the Company undergoes a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company.

Transferability. Subject to applicable laws and restrictions on transfer, the warrant may be transferred at the option of the holder.

Exercisability. The warrants will be exercisable, at the option of each holder, in whole or in part, by delivering to us a duly executed exercise notice accompanied by payment in full for the number of shares of our common stock purchased upon such exercise. At the election of the holder, in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to us upon such exercise in payment of the aggregate exercise price, the holder may elect instead to receive upon such exercise (either in whole or in part) the net number of shares of common stock determined according to a formula set forth in the warrant.

Right as a Stockholder. Except as otherwise provided in the warrants or by virtue of such holder’s ownership of shares of our common stock, the holders of the warrants do not have the rights or privileges of holders of our common stock, including any voting rights, unless and until they exercise their warrants.

Waivers and Amendments. Subject to certain exceptions, any term of the warrants may be amended or waived with our written consent and the written consent of the holder.

IPO Underwriter Warrant

In connection with our initial public offering in December 2016, we issued warrants to purchase 187,500 shares of our common stock to Roth Capital Partners LLC.

Duration and Exercise Price. The warrants have an exercise price of $9.60 per share. The warrant was fully vested and exercisable on the date of grant and will expire in December 2021, on the fifth anniversary of the original issuance date.

Adjustment. The exercise price and number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrant is subject to adjustment as follows: (a) as the Company’s board of directors deems appropriate, or (b) upon a stock dividend, stock split, reorganization, subdivision or combination of shares of common stock.

Rights upon Distribution of Assets.In the event that the Company declares or makes any dividend or other distribution of its assets to holders of its common stock, the warrant holder will be entitled to participate in such distribution to the same extent that such holder would have participated therein if the holder had held the number of shares of common stock acquirable upon exercise of the warrant.

Fundamental Transaction. In the event of a Fundamental Transaction, as described in the warrants and generally including any reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification of our common stock, the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of our properties or assets, our consolidation or merger with or into another person, the acquisition of more than 50% of our outstanding common stock, or any person or group becoming the beneficial owner of 50% of the voting power represented by our outstanding common stock, the holders of the warrants will be entitled to receive upon exercise of the warrants the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property that the holders would have received had they exercised the warrants immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction. The Company may not enter into a Fundamental Transaction unless the successor entity assumes all obligations of the Company under the warrant pursuant to an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the holder.

Purchase Right. Any time that the Company grants, issues, or sells any securities pro rata to all of the record holders of the common stock (the “Purchase Right”), the holder of the warrant will be entitled to acquire the aggregate Purchase Rights which the holder could have acquired if the holder had held the number of shares of common stock acquirable upon exercise of the warrant.

Transferability. Subject to applicable laws and restrictions on transfer, the warrant may be transferred at the option of the holder. The warrants are not listed on any securities exchange or nationally recognized trading system.

Exercisability. The warrants will be exercisable, at the option of each holder, in whole or in part, by delivering to us a duly executed exercise notice accompanied by payment in full for the number of shares of our common stock purchased upon such exercise. If, at the time a holder exercises its warrant, a registration statement registering the issuance of the shares of common stock underlying the warrants under the Securities Act is not then effective or available and an exemption from registration under the Securities Act is not available for the issuance of such shares, then in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to us upon such exercise in payment of the aggregate exercise price, the holder may elect instead to receive upon such exercise (either in whole or in part) the net number of shares of common stock determined according to a formula set forth in the warrant.

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Limitations on Exercise. A holder (together with its affiliates) may not exercise any portion of the warrant to the extent that the holder would own more than 4.99% of the outstanding common stock after exercise, except that upon at least 61 days’ prior notice from the holder to us, the holder may increase the amount of ownership of outstanding stock after exercising the holder’s warrants up to 9.99% of the number of shares of our common stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the exercise, as such percentage ownership is determined in accordance with the terms of the warrants. No fractional shares of common stock will be issued in connection with the exercise of a warrant. In lieu of fractional shares, we will either pay the holder an amount in cash equal to the fractional amount multiplied by the exercise price or round up to the next whole share.

Right as a Stockholder. Except as otherwise provided in the warrants or by virtue of such holder’s ownership of shares of our common stock, the holders of the warrants do not have the rights or privileges of holders of our common stock, including any voting rights, unless and until they exercise their warrants.

Waivers and Amendments. Subject to certain exceptions, any term of the warrants may be amended or waived with our written consent and the written consent of the holder

For additional information about outstanding warrants, please read “Item 1. Financial Statements — Notes to Condensed Financial Statements — Note 11. Common Stock Warrants and Common Stock Warrant Liability” in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 15, 2018, as amended by Form 10-Q/A filed with the SEC on May 22, 2018.

Anti-Takeover Provisions

Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws

Because our stockholders do not have cumulative voting rights, our stockholders holding a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock outstanding will be able to satisfy the quorum requirement and be able to elect all of our directors by a plurality of the voting power of the shares present in person or by proxy. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws provide that all stockholder actions must be effected at a duly called meeting of stockholders and not by written consent. A special meeting of stockholders may be called by a resolution adopted by a majority of our board, our chair of the board, our chief executive officer or the president in absence of the chief executive officer. Any power of the stockholders to call a special meeting is specifically denied by the terms of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation.

Our board of directors is divided into three classes with staggered three-year terms. These provisions make it more difficult for our existing stockholders to replace our board of directors as well as for another party to obtain control of us by replacing our board of directors. Since our board of directors has the power to retain and discharge our officers, these provisions could also make it more difficult for existing stockholders or another party to effect a change in management. In addition, the authorization of undesignated preferred stock makes it possible for our board of directors to issue preferred stock with voting or other rights or preferences that could impede the success of any attempt to obtain control of us.

These provisions are intended to enhance the likelihood of continued stability in the composition of our board of directors and its policies and to discourage certain types of transactions that may involve an actual or threatened acquisition of us. These provisions are also designed to reduce our vulnerability to an unsolicited acquisition proposal and to discourage certain tactics that may be used in proxy fights. However, such provisions could have the effect of discouraging others from making tender offers for our shares and may have the effect of deterring hostile takeovers or delaying changes in our control or management. As a consequence, these provisions also may inhibit fluctuations in the market price of our stock that could result from actual or rumored takeover attempts.

Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law

We are subject to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which prohibits a Delaware corporation from engaging in any business combination with any interested stockholder for a period of three years after the date that such stockholder became an interested stockholder, with the following exceptions:Shares:

 

Before such date,ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the board of directors of the corporation approved either the business combination or the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder;broker-dealer solicits purchasers;

 

Upon closingblock trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent, but may position and resell a portion of the transaction that resulted inblock as principal to facilitate the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction began, excluding for purposes of determining the voting stock outstanding (but not the outstanding voting stock owned by the interested stockholder) those shares owned by (i) persons who are directors and also officers and (ii) employee stock plans in which employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer; ortransaction;

 

On or after such date, the business combination is approvedpurchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the board of directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of the stockholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least sixty-six and two-third percent (66 2/3%) of the outstanding voting stock that is not owned by the interested stockholder.

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

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

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Any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, transfer, pledge or other disposition of 10% or more of the assets of the corporation involving the interested stockholder;broker-dealer for its own account;

 

Subject to certain exceptions, any transaction that resultsan exchange distribution in accordance with the issuance or transfer by the corporation of any stockrules of the corporation to the interested stockholder;applicable exchange;

 

Any transaction involving the corporation that has the effect of increasing the proportionate share of the stock or any class or series of the corporation beneficially owned by the interested stockholder; orprivately negotiated transactions;

 

The receiptshort sales effected after the date the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part is declared effective by the interested stockholder of the benefit of any loss, advances, guarantees, pledges or other financial benefits by or through the corporation.

In general, Section 203 defines an “interested stockholder” as an entity or person who, together with the person’s affiliates and associates, beneficially owns, or within three years prior to the time of determination of interested stockholder status did own, 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation.

Choice of Forum

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware is the exclusive forum for any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf; any action asserting a claim of a breach of fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee to the Company or the Company’s stockholders; any action asserting a claim against us or any of our directors, officers or other employees arising pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation or our amended and restated bylaws; or any action or proceeding asserting a claim against us or any of our directors, officers or other employees that is governed by the internal affairs doctrine.

Listing of our Common Stock

Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “SNES.”

Transfer Agent and Registrar

The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Transfer Online, Inc. The transfer agent and registrar’s address is 512 SE Salmon Street, Portland, Oregon 97214.

DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS

We may issue warrants for the purchase of debt securities, preferred stock or common stock. Each series of warrants will be issued under a separate warrant agreement to be entered into between us and a bank or trust company, as warrant agent, or between us and the holder. If we elect to use a warrant agent, the warrant agent will act solely as our agent in connection with the warrants and will not assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust for or with any registered holders of warrants or beneficial holders of warrants.

We will distribute a prospectus supplement with regard to each issue of warrants under this prospectus. Each prospectus supplement will describe:

in the case of warrants to purchase debt securities, the designation, aggregate principal amount, currencies, denominations and terms of the series of debt securities purchasable upon exercise of the warrants and the price at which you may purchase the debt securities upon exercise;SEC;

 

inthrough the casewriting or settlement of warrants to purchase preferred stock, the designation, number of shares, stated value and terms, such as liquidation, dividend, conversion and voting rights, of the series of preferred stock purchasable upon exercise of the warrants and the price at which you may purchase that number of shares of preferred stock of the series upon exercise;

in the case of warrants to purchase common stock, the number of shares of common stock purchasable upon the exercise of the warrants and the price at which you may purchase that number of shares of common stock upon exercise;

the period during which you may exercise the warrants;

any provision adjusting the securities that may be purchased on exercise of the warrants, and the exercise price of the warrants, to prevent dilutionoptions or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise;

 

through agreements between broker-dealers and the amountseller stockholder(s) to sell a specified number of warrants or rights outstanding;such shares at a stipulated price per share;

 

the place or places where warrants can be presented for exercise or for registrationa combination of transfer or exchange;any such methods of sale; and

 

any other material terms of the warrants.method permitted by applicable law.

 

ExceptThe Selling Stockholders may also sell the Shares under Rule 144 or any other exemption from registration under the Securities Act, if available, rather than under this prospectus.

Broker-dealers engaged by the Selling Stockholders may arrange for certain participation rightsother 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 warrants, prior tocase of an agency transaction not in excess of a customary brokerage commission in compliance with FINRA Rule 2121; and in the exercisecase of any warrants to purchase debt securities, preferred stocka principal transaction a markup or common stock, holders of the warrants will not have any of the rights of holders of the debt securities, preferred stock or common stock purchasable upon exercise, including:markdown in compliance with FINRA Rule 2121.

 

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in the case of warrants for the purchase of debt securities, the right to receive payments of principal of, any premium or interest on the debt securities purchasable upon exercise or to enforce covenants in the applicable indenture; or

in the case of warrants for the purchase of preferred stock or common stock, the right to vote on the preferred stock or common stock purchasable upon exercise.

DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES

As used in this prospectus, debt securities means the debentures, notes, bonds and other evidences of indebtedness that we may issue from time to time. The debt securities will either be senior debt securities or subordinated debt securities and may be secured or unsecured obligations. We may also issue convertible debt securities. Senior debt securities will be issued under a “Senior Indenture” and subordinated debt securities will be issued under a “Subordinated Indenture,” each entered into between us and a trustee to be named in the Indenture. This prospectus sometimes refers to the Senior Indenture and the Subordinated Indenture collectively as the “Indentures.”

The Indentures or forms of Indentures will be filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. The statements and descriptions in this prospectus or in any prospectus supplement regarding provisions of the Indentures and debt securities are summaries thereof, do not purport to be complete and are subject to, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to, all of the provisions of the Indentures (and any amendments or supplements we may enter into from time to time that are permitted under each Indenture) and the debt securities, including the definitions in the applicable Indenture of various terms.

Unless otherwise specified in a prospectus supplement, the debt securities will be direct unsecured obligations of SenesTech. The senior debt securities will rank equally with any of our other unsecured senior and unsubordinated debt. The subordinated debt securities will be subordinate and junior in right of payment to any senior indebtedness.

The Indentures do not limit the aggregate principal amount of debt securities that we may issue and provide that we may issue debt securities from time to time in one or more series, in each case with the same or various maturities, at par or at a discount. Unless indicated in a prospectus supplement, we may issue additional debt securities of a particular series without the consent of the holders of the debt securities of the series outstanding at the time of the issuance. Any of the additional debt securities, together with all other outstanding debt securities of that series, will constitute a single series of debt securities under the applicable Indenture and will be equal in ranking.

The senior indebtedness issued pursuant to the Senior Indenture will effectively be subordinate to any of our secured indebtedness. In the event of a bankruptcy or other liquidation event involving a distribution of assets to satisfy our outstanding indebtedness, or an event of default under a loan agreement relating to secured indebtedness, the holders of our secured indebtedness would be entitled to receive payment of principal and interest prior to payments on the senior indebtedness issued under the Senior Indenture.

Additionally, the senior indebtedness issued pursuant to the Senior Indenture will effectively be subordinate to any indebtedness of any subsidiaries. In the event of a bankruptcy, receivership, state-ordered rehabilitation, liquidation or similar event involving a subsidiary, the assets of that subsidiary would be used to satisfy claims of creditors of the subsidiary rather than our creditors. As a result of the application of the subsidiary’s assets to satisfy claims of creditors, the value of the stock of the subsidiary would be diminished and perhaps rendered worthless. Any diminution in the value of the shares of any subsidiaries would adversely affect our financial condition and possibly impair our ability to meet our obligations on the debt securities. In addition, any liquidation of the assets of any subsidiaries to satisfy claims of the subsidiary’s creditors might make it impossible for the subsidiary to pay dividends to us. This inability to pay dividends would further impair our ability to satisfy our obligations under the debt securities.

Prospectus Supplement

Each prospectus supplement will describe the terms relating to the specific series of debt securities being offered. These terms will include some or all of the following:

the title of the series of the offered debt securities;

the price or prices at which the offered debt securities will be issued;

any limit on the aggregate principal amount of the offered debt securities;

the date or dates on which the principal of the offered debt securities will be payable;

the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) per year at which the offered debt securities will bear interest, if any, or the method of determining the rate or rates and the date or dates from which interest, if any, will accrue;

if the amount of principal, premium or interest with respect to the offered debt securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index or pursuant to a formula, the manner in which these amounts will be determined;

the date or dates on which interest, if any, on the offered debt securities will be payable and the regular record dates for the payment thereof;

the place or places, if any, in addition to or instead of the corporate trust office of the trustee, where the principal, premium and interest with respect to the offered debt securities will be payable;

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the period or periods, if any, within which, the price or prices of which, and the terms and conditions upon which the offered debt securities may be redeemed, in whole or in part, pursuant to optional redemption provisions;

the terms on which we would be required to redeem or purchase the offered debt securities pursuant to any sinking fund or similar provision, and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions on which the offered debt securities will be so redeemed and purchased in whole or in part;

the denominations in which the offered debt securities will be issued;

the form of the offered debt securities and whether the offered debt securities are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more global securities and, if so, the identity of the depositary for the global security or securities;

the portion of the principal amount of the offered debt securities that is payable on the declaration of acceleration of the maturity, if other than their principal amount;

if other than U.S. dollars, the currency or currencies in which the offered debt securities will be denominated and payable, and the holders’ rights, if any, to elect payment in a foreign currency or a foreign currency unit other than that in which the offered debt securities are otherwise payable;

whether the offered debt securities will be issued with guarantees and, if so, the terms of any guarantee of the payment of principal and interest with respect to the offered debt securities;

any addition to, or modification or deletion of, any event of default or any covenant specified in the indenture;

whether the offered debt securities will be convertible or exchangeable into other securities, and if so, the terms and conditions upon which the offered debt securities will be convertible or exchangeable;

whether the offered debt securities will be senior or subordinated debt securities;

whether the offered debt securities will be secured or unsecured, and the terms of any secured debt;

any trustees, authenticating or paying agents, transfer agents or registrars or other agents with respect to the offered debt securities; and

any other specific terms of the offered debt securities.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, the debt securities will not be listed on any securities exchange and will be issued in fully-registered form without coupons.

Holders of the debt securities may present their securities for exchange and may present registered debt securities for transfer in the manner described in the applicable prospectus supplement. Except as limited by the applicable Indenture, we will provide these services without charge, other than any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection with the exchange or transfer.

Debt securities may bear interest at a fixed rate or a variable rate as specified in the prospectus supplement. In addition, if specified in the prospectus supplement, we may sell debt securities bearing no interest or interest at a rate that at the time of issuance is below the prevailing market rate, or at a discount below their stated principal amount. We will describe in the applicable prospectus supplement any special federal income tax considerations applicable to these discounted debt securities.

We may issue debt securities with the principal amount payable on any principal payment date, or the amount of interest payable on any interest payment date, to be determined by referring to one or more currency exchange rates, commodity prices, equity indices or other factors. Holders of these debt securities may receive a principal amount on any principal payment date, or interest payments on any interest payment date, that are greater or less than the amount of principal or interest otherwise payable on those dates, depending upon the value on those dates of applicable currency, commodity, equity index or other factors. The applicable prospectus supplement will contain information as to how we will determine the amount of principal or interest payable on any date, as well as the currencies, commodities, equity indices or other factors to which the amount payable on that date relates and various additional tax considerations.

DESCRIPTION OF UNITS

We may issue units comprised of two or more of debt securities, common shares, preferred shares, warrants or other securities 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. As a result, the holder of a unit will have the rights and obligations of a holder of each included security. Each unit will be issued under a separate unit agreement to be entered into between us and, at our discretion, a bank or trust company, as unit agent, all as will be set forth in the prospectus supplement relating to the particular issue of units. The unit agent, if any, will act solely as our agent in connection with the units and will not assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust for or with any holders of units or beneficial owners of units. The summary of the terms of the units contained in this prospectus is not complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by, all provisions of the applicable unit agreement. Reference is made to the prospectus supplement relating to the particular issue of units offered pursuant to such prospectus supplement for the terms of and information relating to such units, including, where applicable:

the specific designation and terms of the units and of the securities comprising the units, and the number of such securities comprising each unit;

the price or prices at which such units will be issued and the currency in which such price or prices are payable;

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whether the units are to be sold separately or with other securities;

whether the units will be issued in definitive or global form or in any combination of these forms;

any applicable material non-U.S. and U.S. federal income tax consequences;

the identity of the unit agent for the units and of any other depositaries, execution or paying agents, transfer agents, registrars or other agents;

the proposed listing, if any, of the units or any securities comprising the units on any securities exchange;

the designation and terms of any equity securities or warrants included in the units;

the designation, aggregate principal amount, currency and terms of any debt securities included in the units;

if applicable, the date from and after which any units and the securities comprising the units will be separately transferable;

information with respect to book-entry procedures, if any; and

any additional terms of the units or of the securities comprising the units, including terms, procedures and limitations for the issuance, payment, settlement, transfer or exchange of the units or of the securities comprising the units.

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

We may distribute the securities from time to time in one or more transactions at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed, or at prices determined as the prospectus supplement specifies. We may sell securities to one or more underwriters for public offering and sale by them or may sell securities to investors directly or through agents. We will name any underwriter or agent involved in the offer and sale of securities in the prospectus supplement.

Underwriters may offer and sell the securities at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed. Underwriters may also offer and sell securities at market prices, at prices related to market prices or at negotiated prices. We also may authorize underwriters acting as our agents to offer and sell the securities upon the terms and conditions set forth in any prospectus supplement. In connection with the sale of securities, wethe Shares or interests therein, the Selling Stockholders may be deemed to have paid compensation toenter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the underwritersShares in the formcourse of underwriting discounts or commissions. Underwritershedging the positions they assume. The Selling Stockholders may also receive commissions from purchasers ofsell the Shares short and deliver the Shares to close out their short positions, or loan or pledge the securities for whom they may act as agent.

Underwritersto broker-dealers that in turn may sell the Shares. 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 require the delivery to such broker-dealer or through dealers, andother financial institution of the Shares offered by this prospectus, which Shares such dealersbroker-dealer or other financial institution may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessionsresell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or commissions from the underwriters and/or commissions (which may be changed from timeamended to time) from the purchasers for whom they may act as agent.reflect such transaction).

 

The accompanying prospectus supplement will set forth the terms of the offeringSelling Stockholders and the method of distribution and will identify any firms acting as underwriters, dealersbroker-dealers or agents that are involved in connection withselling the offering, including:

the name or names of any underwriters;

the purchase price of the securities and the proceeds to us from the sale;

any underwriting discounts and other items constituting underwriter compensation;

any public offering price;

any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers; and

any securities exchange on which the securities offered in the prospectus supplement may be listed.

Under the Securities Act, underwriters, dealers and agents participating in the distribution of the securitiesShares may be deemed to be underwriters, and“underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any discounts and commissions they receivereceived by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit they realize on the resale of the securitiesShares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. The Selling Stockholders have informed us that they do not have any written or oral agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Shares.

We agreed to keep this prospectus effective until the Selling Stockholders no longer own any Warrants and commissions. We may enter into agreements with underwriters, dealers and agents providing them indemnification against and contribution toward specified civil liabilities, including liabilitiesall of the Shares have been sold pursuant to this prospectus or Rule 144 under the Securities Act and reimbursement for various expenses.

We will indicate the extent to which we anticipate that a secondary market for the securitiesor any other rule of similar effect. The Shares will be availablesold only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers if required under applicable state securities laws. In addition, in certain states, the prospectus supplement. Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market. Except as indicatedShares covered hereby may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in the applicable prospectus supplement, securities other than common stock are not expected to be listed on any securities exchange. This prospectus may be amendedstate or supplementedan exemption from time to time, if required, to describe a specific plan of distribution.the registration or qualification requirement is available and is complied with.

 

Under applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, any person engaged in the distribution of the resale shares may not simultaneously engage in market making activities with respect to the Common Stock for the applicable restricted period, as defined in Regulation M, prior to the commencement of the distribution. In addition, the Selling 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 the Common Stock by the Selling Stockholders or any other person. We will make copies of this prospectus available to the Selling Stockholders and have informed it of the need to deliver a copy of this prospectus to each purchaser at or prior to the time of the sale (including by compliance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act).

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LEGAL MATTERS

 

Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, theThe validity of the issuance of the securitiesShares being offered hereby will be passed upon for us by Perkins CoieGreenberg Traurig, LLP, Portland, Oregon. Any underwriters will be represented by their own legal counsel, which will be named in the applicable prospectus supplement.Phoenix, Arizona.

 

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EXPERTS

 

The financial statements atof the Company as of December 31, 20172022 and 2016,2021, and for each of the two years thenin the period ended December 31, 2022, incorporated by reference in this prospectus have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of M&K CPAS, PLLC, an independent registered public accounting firm (which report contains an explanatory paragraph describing conditions that raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern, as described in Note 1 to the financial statements), given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

 

WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

The Company filesWe file annual, quarterly and specialcurrent reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. You may readThe SEC maintains a website that contains reports, proxy and copy any document filed byinformation statements and other information regarding companies, such as ours, that file documents electronically with the Company at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for furtherSEC. The website address is www.sec.gov. The information on the public reference room. Statements contained inSEC’s website is not part of this prospectus, asand any references to the contents of any contractthis website or any other document referred towebsite are not necessarily complete, and in each instance, we refer you to the copy of the contract or other document filed as an exhibit to the registration statement. Each of these statements is qualified in all respects by this reference.inactive textual references only.

 

INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE

 

We “incorporate by reference” certain information into this prospectus,registration statement, which means that we disclose important information to you by referring you to another document filed separately with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is deemed to be part of this prospectus, and relying on the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, or the FAST Act, as a smaller reporting company, subsequent information that we file with the SEC will automatically update and supersede that information. Any statement contained in a previously filed document incorporated by reference will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained in this prospectus modifies or replaces that statement.

 

We incorporate by reference our documents listed below and any future filings made by us with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the termination of the offering, including documents we may file with the SEC after the date of the initial registration statement and prior to effectiveness of the registration statement. We are not, however, incorporating by reference any documents or portions thereof, whether specifically listed below or filed in the future, that are not deemed “filed” with the SEC, including any information furnished pursuant to Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K or related exhibits furnished pursuant to Item 9.01 of Form 8-K. This prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto incorporate by reference the documents set forth below that have previously been filed with the SEC:

 

Our Annual Report on Form 10-Kfor the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017,2022, filed with the SEC on March 30, 2018, as amended by our Annual Report17, 2023.
Our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2023 and 10-K/AJune 30, 2023, filed with the SEC on May 22, 2018;11, 2023and August 11, 2023, respectively;

Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2018 filed with the SEC on May 15, 2018, as amended by our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A, filed with the SEC on May 22, 2018;

The portions of our Definitive Proxy StatementStatements on Schedule 14A, filed with the SEC on April 30, 2018, that are incorporated by reference into our Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the fiscal year ended December28, 2023and July 31, 2017;2023;

Our Current ReportReports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 5, 2023, February 16, 2023, April 12, 2023, April 24, 2023, June 15, 2018;27, 2023, August 21, 2023, August 22, 2023, andAugust 28, 2023; and

The description of our capital stock contained in our registration statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on November 7, 2016, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.description (including Exhibit 4.1 to our Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, filed with the SEC on April 21, 2020).

 

You should rely only on the information incorporated by reference or provided in this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone else to provide you with any information. You should not assume that the information incorporated by reference or provided in this prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of each document. You may request a free copy of any or all of the reports or documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus (other than exhibits, unless they are specifically incorporated by reference in the documents) by writing or telephoning us at the following address:

 

SenesTech, Inc.

23460 N. 19th Ave., Suite 110

3140 N. Caden Court, Suite 1Phoenix, AZ 85027

Flagstaff, AZ 86004 Attn: Secretary

(928) 779-4143

 

We also maintain a website atwww.SenesTech.comwww.senestech.comwhere incorporated reports or other documents filed with the SEC may be accessed. We have not incorporated by reference into this prospectus the information contained in, or that can be accessed through, our website, and you should not consider it to be part of this prospectus.

 

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PART II

 

PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

ItemITEM 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.Distribution

 

The following table sets forth the anticipated costs and expenses payable by SenesTech, Inc.us (other than underwriting discounts, commissions and fees) in connection with the registrationsale of the securities covered by this prospectus.being registered. All amounts shown are estimates except for the SEC registration fee.

 

SEC registration fee $1,245 
Legal fees and expenses  * 
Accounting fees and expenses  * 
Trustee and transfer agent fees  * 
Printing and miscellaneous expenses  * 
Total $* 

*These fees are calculated based upon the number and type of securities offered and accordingly cannot be estimated at this time.
SEC registration fee $364.06 
Legal fees and expenses  100,000.00 
Accounting fees and expenses  5,000.00 
Printing and miscellaneous fees and expenses  7,635.94 
Total $113,000.00 

 

ItemITEM 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.Officers

 

The Registrant incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any persons who were, are, or are threatened to be made, parties to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was an officer, director, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as an officer, director, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. The indemnification may include expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with defending or settling such action, suit or proceeding, provided that such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation’s best interests except that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if the officer or director is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where an officer or director is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him or her against the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred.

 

The Registrant’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws provide for the indemnification of its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted under the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duties as a director, except for liability for any:

 

Breach of director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders.stockholders;

 

Act or omission not in good faith or that involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;

 

Unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful purchase or redemption of shares; or

 

Transaction from which the director derives an improper personal benefit;

 

The Registrant’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation includes such a provision. Expenses incurred by any officer or director in defending any such action, suit or proceeding in advance of its final disposition shall be paid by the Registrant upon delivery to it of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified by the Registrant.

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Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides, among other things, that a director who willfully or negligently approves of an unlawful payment of dividends or an unlawful stock purchase or redemption, may be held jointly and severally liable for such actions. A director who was either absent when the unlawful actions were approved or dissented at the time may avoid liability by causing his or her dissent to such actions to be entered in the books containing minutes of the meetings of the board of directors at the time such action occurred or immediately after such absent director receives notice of the unlawful acts.

 

As permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and executive officers, that require the Registrant to indemnify such persons against any and all costs and expenses (including attorneys’, witness or other professional fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such persons in connection with any action, suit or proceeding (including derivative actions), whether actual or threatened, to which any such person may be made a party by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer or is or was acting or serving as an officer, director, employee or agent of the Registrant or any of its affiliated enterprises. Under these agreements, the Registrant is not required to provide indemnification for certain matters, including:

 

Indemnification for expenses or losses with respect to proceedings initiated by the director or officer, including any proceedings against the Registrant or its directors, officers, employees or other indemnitees and not by way of defense, with certain exceptions;

 

Indemnification for any proceeding if a final decision by a court of competent jurisdiction determines that such indemnification is prohibited by applicable law;

 

Indemnification for the disgorgement of profits arising from the purchase or sale by the director or officer of securities of the Registrant in violation of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, or any similar successor statute; or

 

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Indemnification for the director or officer’s reimbursement to the Registrant of any bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based compensation previously received by the director or officer or payment of any profits realized by the director or officer from the sale of securities of the Registrant, as required in each case under the Exchange Act.

 

The indemnification agreements also set forth certain procedures that will apply in the event of a claim for indemnification thereunder. Except as otherwise disclosed in our periodic reports incorporated by reference herein, there is at present no pending litigation or proceeding involving any of the Registrant’s directors or executive officers as to which indemnification is required or permitted, and the Registrant is not aware of any threatened litigation or proceeding that may result in a claim for indemnification.

The Registrant has an insurance policy in place, with limits of $20.0 million in the aggregate, that covers its officers and directors with respect to certain liabilities, including liabilities arising under the Securities Act or otherwise. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act 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 SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceableunenforceable.

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ItemITEM 16. Exhibits.

(a)Exhibits

EXHIBIT INDEX and Financial Statement Schedules

 

(a)Exhibits

Exhibit
Number
 Description of Document
1.1**Form of Underwriting Agreement
4.1 Form of the Registrant’s common stockCommon Stock certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed with the SEC on October 7, 2016 (File no. 333-213736))
4.2*4.2+ Form of IndentureRestricted Stock Unit Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on December 21, 2016 (File no. 001-37941)
4.3**4.3 Form of NoteWarrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant’s Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed with the SEC on November 16, 2017 (File no. 333-221433))
4.4**4.4 Form of Underwriter’s Warrant, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on November 21, 2017 (File no. 001-37941))
4.5Form of New Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on June 20, 2018 (File no. 001-37941))
4.6Form of Warrant issued to investors in Rights Offering (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the SEC on August 14, 2018 (File no. 001-37941))
4.5**4.7 Form of Unit CertificateWarrant issued to dealer-manager in Rights Offering (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the SEC on August 14, 2018 (File no. 001-37941))
4.8Warrant Agency Agreement, dated August 13, 2018, between the Registrant and Transfer Online, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the SEC on August 14, 2018 (File no. 001-37941))
4.9Form of Placement Agent Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on July 17, 2019 (File no. 001-37941))
4.10Form of Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on January 28, 2020 (File no. 001-37941))
4.11Form of Placement Agent Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on January 28, 2020 (File no. 001-37941))
4.12Form of Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on March 6, 2020 (File no. 001-37941))
4.13Form of Placement Agent Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on March 6, 2020 (File no. 001-37941))
4.14+Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on March 17, 2020 (File no. 001-37941))
4.15Form of New Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on October 27, 2020 (File no. 001-37941))
4.16Form of Placement Agent Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on October 27, 2020 (File no. 001-37941))
4.17Form of Pre-Funded Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on February 2, 2021 (File no. 001-37941)
4.18Form of Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on February 2, 2021 (File no. 001-37941)
4.19Form of Placement Agent Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on February 2, 2021 (File no. 001-37941)
4.20Form of Placement Agent Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on March 23, 2021 (File no. 001-37941))
4.21Form of Series A Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.21 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A, filed with the SEC on November 15, 2022 (File no. 333-267991))
4.22Form of Series B Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.22 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A, filed with the SEC on November 15, 2022 (File no. 333-267991))
4.23Form of Pre-Funded Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.23 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A, filed with the SEC on November 15, 2022 (File no. 333-267991))
4.24Form of Placement Agent Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.24 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A, filed with the SEC on November 15, 2022 (File no. 333-267991))

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4.25Form of SenesTech, Inc. Stock Option Grant Notice and Stand-Alone Option Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8, filed with the SEC on February 10, 2023 (File no. 333-269686))
4.26Form of SenesTech, Inc. Restricted Stock Unit Grant Notice and Stand-Alone Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8, filed with the SEC on February 10, 2023 (File no. 333-269686))
4.27Form of Series C Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.28 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on April 12, 2023 (File no. 001-037941))
4.28Form of Placement Agent Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.29 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on April 12, 2023 (File no. 001-037941))
4.29Form of New Warrants (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.33 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on August 22, 2023 (File no. 001-37941))
5.1* Legal Opinion of Perkins CoieGreenberg Traurig, LLP
23.1* Consent of M&K CPAS, PLLC, independent registered public accounting firm
23.2* Consent of Perkins CoieGreenberg Traurig, LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1* Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereof)
25.1***107* Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of Trustee for Debt Securities Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939Filing Fee Table

*Filed herewith.

+**To be filed by amendmentIndicates a management contract or as an exhibit to a report filed under the Exchange Act and incorporated herein by reference.

***To be filed pursuant to Rule 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.compensatory plan.

 

(b) Financial Statement Schedules

No financial statement schedules are provided because the information called for is not required or is shown either in the financial statements or the notes thereto. 

Item 17. Undertakings.Undertakings

 

(a)The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

 

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

 

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

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

 

(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 SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

(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 SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement;

 

(iii)             
(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, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or any material changeis contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to such information inRule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.

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(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, 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 that remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

 

(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:

 

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(i)If the Registrant is relying on Rule 430B: (A) Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) ( § 230.424(b)(3) of this chapter) 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 (B)

(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 thatthe 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; or

(ii)If the registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.date.

  

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

 

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

(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.

(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 purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to sectionSection 13(a) or sectionSection 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to sectionSection 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.

 

(c) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to deliver or cause to be delivered with the prospectus, to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or given, the latest annual report to security holders that is incorporated by reference in the prospectus and furnished pursuant to and meeting the requirements of Rule 14a-3 or Rule 14c-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and, where interim financial information required to be presented by Article 3 of Regulation S-X are not set forth in the prospectus, to deliver, or cause to be delivered to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or given, the latest quarterly report that is specifically incorporated by reference in the prospectus to provide such interim financial information.

(d)         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 SEC 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.

 

(e)         For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, 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.II-5

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

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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 Flagstaff,Phoenix, State of Arizona, on the 18th6th day of June, 2018.October, 2023. 

 

 SENESTECH, INC.
 
By:/s/ Loretta P. Mayer, Ph.D.Joel L. Fruendt
  Loretta P. Mayer, Ph.D.Joel L. Fruendt
  Chair of the Board,President and Chief Executive Officer and Chief Scientific Officer

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Loretta P. Mayer, Ph.D.Joel L. Fruendt and Thomas C. Chesterman, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with the full power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place or stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments), and to sign any registration statement for the same offering covered by this Registration Statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their, his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

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

 

Signature TitleDate
     
/s/ Loretta P. Mayer, Ph.D.s/ Joel L. Fruendt Chair of the Board,President and Chief Executive Officer and Chief Scientific Officer June 18, 2018October 6, 2023
Loretta P. Mayer, Ph.D.Joel L. Fruendt (Principal Executive Officer)  
     
/s/ Thomas C. ChestermanExecutive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,October 6, 2023
Thomas C. Chesterman Chief Financial OfficerTreasurer and TreasurerSecretary June 18, 2018
Thomas C. Chesterman (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)  
     
/s/ Jamie Bechtel DirectorChair of the Board June 18, 2018October 6, 2023
Jamie Bechtel    
     
/s/s/ Delphine François ChiavarinChiavarini Director June 18, 2018October 6, 2023
Delphine François Chiavarini    
     
/s/ Marc DumontPhil Grandinetti Director June 18, 2018October 6, 2023
Marc DumontPhil Grandinetti    
     
/s/ Matthew K. SzotJake Leach Director June 18, 2018October 6, 2023
Matthew K. SzotJake Leach    
     
/s/Grover WickershamMatthew K. Szot Director June 18, 2018October 6, 2023
Grover Wickersham
/s/ Julia Williams, M.D.DirectorJune 18, 2018
Julia Williams, M.D.
Matthew K. Szot    

 

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