As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 15, 202118, 2023

 

Registration No. 333-252801333-

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Amendment No. 1 toFORM S-3

FORM S-3/A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

AGEAGLE AERIAL SYSTEMS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada88-0422242

AGEAGLE AERIAL SYSTEMS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada

88-0422242

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

88338863 E. 34th34th Street North

Wichita Kansas 67226

Tel. No:No. (620) 325-6363

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

 

8833Nicole Fernandez-McGovern

Chief Financial Officer

AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc.

8863 E. 34th34th Street North,

Wichita, Kansas 67226

Tel. No:No. (620) 325-6363

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

Copies to:

Mitchell S. Nussbaum, Esq.

Tahra Wright, Esq.

Loeb & Loeb LLP

345 Park Avenue

New York New YorkNY 10154
Telephone:

Tel. No. (212) 407-4000
Facsimile: (212) 407-4990

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement as determined by the Registrant.statement.

 

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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of each Class of Security being Registered Amount being Registered (1) Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Security Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price Amount of Registration Fee
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share(2)  (3)(4)  (3)  (3)  (3)
Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share (2)  (3)(4)  (3)  (3)  (3)
Debt securities (2)  (3)(4)  (3)  (3)  (3)
Warrants (2)  (3)(4)  (3)  (3)  (3)
Units  (3)(4)  (3)  (3)  (3)
Total  (3)  (3) $200,000,000(2) $21,820.00(5) 

(1) This registration statement includes $200,000,000 of securities which may be issuedIf an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant from timehas elected not to time in indeterminate amounts and at indeterminate times.use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of Securities registered hereunder may be sold separately, together or as units with other securities registered hereunder.Act. ☐

 

(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(o) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

(3) Not required to be included in accordance with General Instruction II.D. of Form S-3 under the Securities Act.

(4) Subject to footnote (1), there is also being registered hereunder such indeterminate amount of securities (including shares or other classes of the registrant’s stock that may be issued upon reclassification of unissued, authorized stock of the registrant) as may be issued in exchange for or upon conversion of, as the case may be, the other securities registered hereunder. No separate consideration will be received for any securities registered hereunder that are issued in exchange for, or upon conversion of, as the case may be, such other securities.

(5) Previously paid

The Registrantregistrant hereby amends this Registration Statementregistration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrantregistrant shall file a further amendment that specifically states that this Registration Statementregistration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until this Registration Statementregistration 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. WE 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 IS NOT SOLICITING AN OFFER TO BUY THESE SECURITIES IN ANY JURISDICTION WHERE THE OFFER OR SALE IS NOT PERMITTED.

 

Preliminary Prospectus
Subject to Completion, Dated April 15, 2021

 

The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. The Selling Stockholder 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 is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

Subject to completion, dated April 18, 2023

AGEAGLE AERIAL SYSTEMS INC.

 

$200,000,00014,285,715 Shares of Common Stock

 

Common Stock
Preferred Stock
Debt Securities

Warrants
Units

WeThis prospectus relates to the resale of up to 14,285,715shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), that may offer and sell,be sold from time to time by the selling stockholder named in one or more offerings, any combinationthis prospectus (the “Selling Stockholder”).

The 14,285,715shares of common stock preferredoffered under this prospectus (the “Shares”) consists of (i) 7,143,000 shares of common stock debt securities, warrants, or units havingunderlying the 3,000 shares of Series F Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series F Preferred Stock”), with each Series F Preferred Stock convertible into 2,381 shares of common stock per $1,000 stated value per share of Series F Preferred Stock at a maximum aggregate offeringconversion price of $200,000,000. When we decide$0.42 per share, and (ii) 7,142,715 shares of common stock underlying the common stock purchase warrant (the “Warrant”) at the exercise price of $0.42 per share warrant issued and sold to sellthe Selling Stockholder on March 10, 2023 in a particular class or seriesprivate placement for total aggregate proceeds of securities, we will provide specific$3,000,000 (the “Additional Purchase”). The Additional Purchase was made pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement between the Company and the Selling Stockholder, dated June 26, 2022 (the “Purchase Agreement”). Pursuant to the terms of the offered securities in a prospectus supplement.

The prospectus supplement may also add, update or change information contained in or incorporated by reference into this prospectus. However, no prospectus supplement shall offer a security that is not registered and described in this prospectusPurchase Agreement, pending shareholder approval which was obtained at the timeCompany’s Special Meeting held on February 3, 2023, the Selling Stockholder has the right, in its sole discretion, until August 3, 2024, to purchase up to a total aggregate additional stated value of its effectiveness. You should read this prospectus and any prospectus supplement, as well as the documents incorporated by reference or deemedSeries F Preferred Stock equal to be incorporated by reference into this prospectus, carefully before you invest. This prospectus may not be used to offer or sell our securities unless accompanied by$25,000,000, at a prospectus supplement relatingpurchase price equal to the offered securities.volume-weighted average pricings (“VWAPs”) of the Company’s common stock for three trading days prior to the date the Investor gives notice to the Company that it will exercise the option. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of any of the shares of common stock by the Selling Stockholder.

 

Our common stock is tradedtrades on the NYSE American LLC under the symbol “UAVS.” On April 14, 2021,2023, the last reported saleclosing price per share of our common stock on the NYSE American was $5.59 per share.$0.447.

 

We may offer and sell our securities to or through one or more agents, underwriters, dealers or other third parties or directly to one or more purchasers on a continuous or delayed basis. If agents, underwriters or dealers are used to sell our securities, we will name them and describe their compensation in a prospectus supplement. The price to the public of our securities and the net proceeds we expect to receive from the sale of such securities will also be set forth in a prospectus supplement. For additional information on the methods of sale, you should refer to the section entitled “Plan of Distribution” in this prospectus.

Investing in our securities involves various risks.a high degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” on page 9 for more6 and the information on these risks. Additional risks, if any, will be described in the prospectus supplement relatedreferred to a potential offering under the heading “Risk Factors,” in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K. You should review that section of the related prospectus supplementtherein for a discussion of matters that investorsrisks applicable to us and an investment in such securities should consider.our common stock.

 

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

 

The date of this Prospectusprospectus is April [●[•], 20212023

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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About This Prospectus

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Where You Can Find More Information

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Prospectus Summary

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The Offering

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Risk Factors

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Reasons For The Offer And Use Of Proceeds

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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

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Selling Stockholder

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Plan Of Distribution

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Description Of Our Capital Stock

21

Limitation On Liability And Disclosure Of Commission Position On Indemnification For Securities Act Liabilities

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Information Incorporated By Reference

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Signatures

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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

 

This prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form S-3 that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) using a “shelf”shelf registration process. Under thisthe shelf registration process, wethe Selling Stockholder named in this prospectus may, offer from time to time, sell the securities having a maximum aggregate offering pricedescribed in this prospectus in one or more offerings. This prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein include important information about us, the shares of $200,000,000. Each time we offer securities, we will preparecommon stock being offered by the Selling Stockholder and file with the SEC aother information you should know before investing. Any prospectus supplement that describes the specific amounts, prices and terms of the securities we offer. The prospectus supplementmay also may add, update, or change information contained in this prospectus orprospectus. If there is any inconsistency between the documents incorporated herein by reference. You should read carefully bothinformation contained in this prospectus and any prospectus supplement, together with additionalyou should rely on the information described below under the caption “Where You Can Find More Information.”contained in that particular prospectus supplement.

 

This prospectus does not contain all the information provided in the registration statement we filed with the SEC. For furtherYou should read this prospectus together with the additional information about us or our securities offered hereby, you should refer to that registration statement, which you can obtain fromdescribed in the SEC as describedsections below underentitled “Where You Can Find More Information.Additional Information” and “Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference.

You should rely only on the information contained in, or incorporated by reference into, this prospectus. We have not, and the Selling Stockholder has not, authorized anyone to provide you with information different from that contained in, or incorporated by reference into, this prospectus. The information contained in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date on the front cover of the prospectus and information we have incorporated by reference in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date of the document incorporated by reference. You should not assume that the information contained in, or aincorporated by reference into, this prospectus supplement. We have not authorizedis accurate as of any other person to provide you with different information. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. date.

This prospectus isdoes not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities andother than the registered securities to which it is not solicitingrelates, nor does this prospectus constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities in any jurisdiction where theto any person to whom it is unlawful to make such offer or sale is not permitted. You should assume that the information appearingsolicitation in such jurisdiction.

For purposes of this prospectus, or any prospectus supplement, as well as information we have previously filed with the SEC and incorporated by reference, is accurate as of the date of those documents only. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since those dates.

We may sell securities through underwriters or dealers, through agents, directlyreferences to purchasers or through a combination of these methods. We and our agents reserve the sole right to accept or reject in whole or in part any proposed purchase of securities. The prospectus supplement, which we will prepare and file with the SEC each time we offer securities, will set forth the names of any underwriters, agents or others involved in the sale of securities, and any applicable fee, commission or discount arrangements with them. See “Plan of Distribution.”

Unless otherwise mentioned or unless the context requires otherwise, when used in this prospectus, the terms “Company”, “AgEagle”, “we”, the “Company,” “we,” “us”, and “our” refer to AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. andcollectively with its wholly-owned subsidiaries.


PROSPECTUS SUMMARYsubsidiaries, unless the context otherwise requires.

 

The following summary, because it is a summary, may not contain allThis prospectus and the information that may be important to you. This prospectus incorporates important businessincorporated by reference herein and financial information about the Company that is nottherein include trademarks, service marks and trade names owned by us or other companies. All trademarks, service marks and trade names included in, or delivered with this prospectus. Before making an investment, you should read the entire prospectus carefully. You should also carefully read the risks of investing discussed under “Risk Factors” and the financial statements included in our other filings with the SEC, including in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, which we filed with the SEC on March 31, 2021. This information is incorporated by reference into this prospectus and you can obtain it fromare the SEC as described below under the headings “Where You Can Find Additional Information About Us” and “Incorporationproperty of Certain Documents by Reference.”their respective owners.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

 

We will provide to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whomfile reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. You may read and copy this information from the Public Reference Room of the SEC, 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549, at prescribed rates. You may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC also maintains an Internet website that contains reports, proxy statements and other information about issuers, like us, that file electronically with the SEC. The address of that website is www.sec.gov.

We also maintain a prospectuswebsite at www.ageagle.com through which you can access our filings with the SEC. The information contained in, or accessible through, our website is delivered,not a copypart of anythis prospectus.

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

This summary highlights information contained elsewhere or incorporated by reference into this prospectus. This summary does not contain all of the information that has beenyou should consider before investing in our common stock. You should carefully read the entire prospectus, including the “Risk Factors” section in this prospectus and the information incorporated by reference herein that is referred to in such section, as well as the prospectus but not delivered withfinancial statements and the prospectus. You may request a copy of these filings, excluding the exhibits to such filings which we have not specificallyother information incorporated by reference in such filings, at no cost, by writing us at the following address: herein before making an investment decision.

Our Company

AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc., 8833 E. 34th Street North, Wichita, Kansas 67226. Our telephone number is (620) 325-6363.


The Offering

This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) utilizing a shelf registration process. Under this shelf registration process, we may sell any combination of:

common stock;
preferred stock;
debt securities, in one or more series;
warrants to purchase any of the securities listed above; and/or
units consisting of one or more of the foregoing.

in one or more offerings up to a total dollar amount of $200,000,000.

This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer. Each time we sell securities, we will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain specific information about the terms of that specific offering and include a discussion of any risk factors or other special considerations that apply to those securities. The prospectus supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. You should read both this prospectus and any prospectus supplement together with the additional information described under the heading “Where You Can Find Additional Information About Us.”


Our Company

AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. (“ ("AgEagle” or “the Company”the "Company”) designs, produces, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, is actively engaged in designing and supports technologically-advanced small, unmanned aerial vehicles (“UAVs” or “drones”). In addition, providing new utility to UAVs, we pioneerdelivering best-in-class drones, sensors and innovate advanced aerial imaging data collection and analytics technologies capable of addressing the impending food and environmental sustainability crises that threaten our planet. Historically, our daily efforts have focused on delivering the tools and strategies necessary to define and implement commercial drone construction and delivery, along with sustainability and precision farming solutionssoftware that solve important problems confronting the global agricultural industry. We have spent ten years serving customers, covering more than two million acresfor our customers. Founded in 50 countries monitoring 53 different crops.2010, AgEagle remains intent on earning distinction as a trusted partnerwas originally formed to clients seeking to adoptpioneer proprietary, professional-grade, fixed-winged drones and support productive agricultural approaches to better farming practices which limit the impact on our natural resources, reduce reliance on inputs and materially increase crop yields and profits.

In addition to UAV sales, in late 2018, we introduced a new drone-leasing program, alleviating farmers and agribusinesses from significant upfront costs associated with purchasing a drone, while also relieving them from ongoing drone maintenance and support requirements. Additionally, the new program provides the option of engaging a trained AgEagle pilot to operate the drone and manage the entire image collection process, creating a truly turnkey aerial imagery capture solution for its customers.

In the first half of 2019, we introduced HempOverview, a scalable, responsive and cost-effective Software-as-a-Solution (“SaaS”) web- and map-based technology platform to support the operations of domestic industrial hemp programs for state and tribal nation departments of agriculture, growers and processors – a solution that provides users with what we believe is the gold standard for regulatory oversight, operational assistance and reporting capabilities for the fast emerging industrial hemp industry.

In the third quarter of 2019, AgEagle announced that it had begun to actively pursue expansion opportunities within the emerging Drone Logistics and Transportation market and revealed that it had received its first purchase orders from a major ecommerce company to manufacture and assemble UAVs designed to meet the critical specifications for drones that are meant to carry packaged goods in urban and suburban areas.

Central to our long-term growth strategy, we will continue to identify opportunities to leverage our proprietary technological platform and industry expertise to penetrate new, high growth market sectors that may benefit from our advanced aerial imagery-based data collection and analytics solutions.

Researchsolutions for the agriculture industry. Today, the Company is earning distinction as a globally respected market leader offering customer-centric, advanced, autonomous unmanned aerial systems (“UAS”) which drive revenue at the intersection of flight hardware, sensors and development activities are integralsoftware for industries that include agriculture, military/defense, public safety, surveying/mapping and utilities/engineering, among others. AgEagle has also achieved numerous regulatory firsts, including earning governmental approvals for its commercial and tactical drones to our businessfly Beyond Visual Line of Sight (“BVLOS”) and/or Operations Over People (“OOP”) in the United States, Canada, Brazil and we follow a disciplined approach to investing our resources to create new technologiesthe European Union and solutions.being awarded Blue UAS certification from the Defense Innovation Unit of the U.S. Department of Defense.

 

                Our businessAgEagle’s shift and expansion from solely manufacturing fixed-wing farm drones in 2018, to offering what the Company believes is seasonalone of the industry’s best fixed-wing, full-stack drone solutions, culminated in nature2021 when the Company acquired three market-leading companies engaged in producing UAS airframes, sensors and assoftware for commercial and government use. In addition to a result, our revenuerobust portfolio of proprietary, connected hardware and expensessoftware products; an established global network of over 200 UAS resellers; and associated revenue trends fluctuate from quarterenterprise customers worldwide; these acquisitions also brought AgEagle a highly valuable workforce comprised largely of experienced engineers and technologists with deep expertise in the fields of robotics, automation, manufacturing and data science. In 2022, the Company successfully integrated all three acquired companies with AgEagle to quarter.form one global company focused on taking autonomous flight performance to a higher level.

 

Commercial Drone Package Delivery

Over the past year, there has been a surge of prominent companies, including Alphabet (Google), FedEx, Intel, Qualcomm, Amazon, Target, Walmart, Alibaba, UPS, 7-Eleven, Uber and many others, actively developing commercial drone delivery service initiatives as part of their long-term strategic plans. These companies intend to leverage the latest in UAV technologies to deliver food, consumer products, medicines and other types of lightweight freight direct to consumers and businesses in the fastest, most cost efficient and environmentally responsible manner possible – a practical alternative to costly auto transport.

AgEagle’s proven expertise in manufacturing rugged, reliable and professional grade UAVs makes us a logical partner for designing, manufacturing and testing drone platforms in the fast growing package delivery market – a market forecasted by Research and Markets will climb to $11.2 billion by 2022 and subsequently rise to $29.06 billion by 2027. The anticipated growth of the industry is expected to be largely fueled by the high usage of drones in the ecommerce industry for delivery of products in rural areas, where automotive transport vehicles cannot readily reach or where deliveries take longer time to arrive.


In September 2019, we announced that we were actively pursuing expansion opportunities within the Drone Logistics and Transportation market, and reported that we had received our first purchase order from a major unnamed ecommerce company to manufacture and assemble UAVs designed to meet the critical specifications for drones that are meant to carry goods in urban and suburban areas. AgEagle is currently working in close collaboration with this new customer on its tethered test flight operations and ongoing development. In association with the initial purchase order, AgEagle recorded its first revenues in the second half of 2019 and had recognized additional revenues from the project in the first quarter of 2020.

In the second quarter of 2020, we announced that we had received follow-on purchase orders from the ecommerce company client relating to the continued manufacture and assembly of drones used for the testing and refining of client’s commercial drone small delivery vehicles, systems and operations currently in development. Due to the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting delivery delays of components ordered from certain suppliers for this project, revenues associated with these purchase orders will be reported in the third quarter, ending September 30, 2020. It is our belief that we will continue to perpetuate and enhance our relationship with this customer on a moving-forward basis.

Our Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Business

Our first commercially available product was the AgEagle Classic, which was followed shortly thereafter by the RAPID System. As we improved and matured our product, we launched the RX-60 and subsequently our current UAV product, the RX-48. The success AgEagle has achieved with its legacy products, which we believe has carried over into the continued improvement of the RX-60 and RX-48, stems from AgEagle’s ability to invent and deliver advanced solutions utilizing its proprietary technologies and trade secrets that help farmers, agronomists and other precision agricultural professionals operate more effectively and efficiently. Our core technological capabilities developedinclude robotics and robotics systems autonomy; advanced thermal and multispectral sensor design and development; embedded software and firmware; secure wireless digital communications and networks; lightweight airframes; small UAS (“sUAS”) design, integration and operations; power electronics and propulsion systems; controls and systems integration; fixed wing flight; flight management software; data capture and analytics; human-machine interface development and integrated mission solutions.

The Company is currently headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, where we house our sensor manufacturing operations, and we operate our business and drone manufacturing in Raleigh, North Carolina and Lausanne, Switzerland which supports our international business activities.

Strategic Acquisitions in 2021 (the “2021 Acquisitions”)

MicaSense, Inc.

In January 2021, AgEagle acquired MicaSense, Inc. ("MicaSense”), a company that has been at the forefront of advanced drone sensor development since its founding in 2014. In early 2022, AgEagle completed development and brought to market the Altum-PT and RedEdge-P -- next generation thermal and multispectral sensors which offer critical advancements on MicaSense’s legacy sensor products to customers primarily in agriculture, plant research, land management and forestry management. Today, AgEagle’s multispectral sensors are distributed in over five years75 countries worldwide and help customers use drone-based imagery to make better and more informed business decisions.

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Measure Global, Inc.

In April 2021, AgEagle acquired Measure Global, Inc. ("Measure”), a company founded in 2020. Serving a world class customer base, Measure enables its customers to realize the transformative benefits of drone technology through its Ground Control solution. Offered as Software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”), Ground Control is a cloud-based, plug-and-play operating system that empowers pilots and large enterprises with everything they need to operate drone fleets, fly autonomously, collaborate globally, visualize data, and integrate with existing business systems and processes. Ground Control serves a world class customer base, including many Fortune 500 companies. By adding Measure’s advanced software to the AgEagle platform, combined with its sensors and other data capture and analytics innovations, our customers can capitalize on the significant economic, safety and efficiency benefits made possible by drones used at scale.

senseFly, S.A.

 In October 2021, the Company acquired senseFly, S.A. and senseFly Inc. (collectively “senseFly”), a global leader in fixed-wing drones that simplify the collection and analysis of geospatial data, allowing professionals to make better and faster decisions. Founded in 2009, senseFly develops and produces a proprietary line of eBee™-branded, high performance, fixed-wing drones which have flown more than one million flights around the world. Safe, ultra-light and easy to use, these autonomous drones are utilized by thousands of customers around the world in agriculture, government/defense, engineering, and construction, among other industry verticals, to collect actionable aerial data intelligence.

2022 Integration Activities

                In 2022, the Company built an enterprise architecture designed to seamlessly integrate the acquisitions completed in 2021, thereby unifying four disparate brands under one global brand: AgEagle. As part of this process, AgEagle executed an action plan to create long-term sustainable value through the efficiencies derived from economies of scale, sharing and optimizing resources – in particular, human capital and knowledge – and combining assets. Critical to the success of the integration and integral to the Company’s ability to stay disciplined, structurally organized and rooted in its core values was:

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implementation of a new enterprise resource planning (“ERP”) system;

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collapse of all acquired websites and the creation and launch of one website, found at www.ageagle.com, showcasing the Company’s full suite of products and capabilities;

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creation of an Intranet employee portal to support and promote enterprise-wide communication and connectivity;

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consolidation of the Company’s business and manufacturing operations in the United States from multiple offices spread across the country in Kansas, North Carolina, Texas, Washington and Washington, D.C. to three centralized locations in Wichita, Kansas, Raleigh, North Carolina and Lausanne, Switzerland – an initiative which commenced in late 2022 and is expected to be completed in 2023;

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commitment to customer-centric product development roadmaps designed to best leverage the right combination of process, tools, training and project management to effectively meet product enhancement and new product launch deadlines and achieve post-launch sales and marketing key performance indicators; and

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shifts in the responsibilities of senior and mid-level management to optimize strengths and squarely align functional and cross-functional goals and objectives.

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Our Branded Line of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

eBee Line of Professional Drones

Sold worldwide through AgEagle’s direct sales team and global network of trusted resellers, the Company’s eBee line of commercial and government/military UAS have logged more than 500,000 flight hours on more than one million successful missions over the past decade. Moreover, according to AgEagle’s analysis of official FAA Part 107 commercial drone registration data supplied to the Company pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act Request submission, from 2016 through 2021, the eBee was the commercial sUAS of choice for U.S. commercial drone operators, outnumbering all other fixed wing drones registered, including Vertical Take-Off and Landing (“VTOL”) aircraft, accounting for 41% of all commercial fixed-wing drone registrations in the United States.

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eBee Aga reliable, affordable drone solution to help farmers, agronomists and service providers map and monitor crops quickly and easily. The eBee Ag and its drone sensor deliver timely plant health insights with accuracy and efficiency that complements precision agriculture workflows. With its dual-purpose Duet M camera, eBee Ag captures accurate RGB and multispectral data from the sky to help users make better decisions on the ground. eBee Ag also features available Real-Time Kinematic (“RTK”) functionality for greater mapping precision. With its available RTK, the agriculture drone can achieve absolute accuracy down to 2.5 cm (1.0 inch) with its RGB camera. Highly-accurate vegetative index maps allow users to understand every acre while managing problematic areas field-wide – before they impact profits. Equipped with its standard battery, eBee Ag is capable of up to 45-minutes of flight. An available endurance battery increases flight times up to 55 minutes — allowing the drone to cover more than 160 hectares (395 acres) in a single flight and save precious time and money when compared with conventional crop scouting.

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eBee Geoan affordable fixed-wing mapping drone designed to meet the highest demands of surveyors, civil engineers and GIS professionals worldwide. Built upon more than 10 years of drone mapping experience, eBee Geo is rugged, intuitive to operate and makes surveying and mapping small to large areas faster and more efficient than using terrestrial surveying equipment alone. The data collected can quickly be processed into highly-accurate georeferenced orthomosaics, digital elevation models, digital surface models and high-density point clouds to bring additional value beyond common vectors. Designed to complement the user’s surveying toolkit, eBee Geo comes with everything needed to get started, including professional drone camera technology and eMotion, AgEagle’s flight planning software originally designed and developed by senseFly. With eBee Geo, a user can map up to 160 ha (395 ac) at 120 m (400 ft) with a maximum flight time of 45 minutes. eBee Geo is also available with RTK positioning. Combined with the Company’s purpose-built Sensor Optimized for Drone Applications (“S.O.D.A”), users are assured of sharp, accurate mapping outputs – even in the harshest conditions.

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eBee TACDesigned specifically for government and military mapping and mission planning applications, the eBee TAC operates in disconnected environments, providing a higher accuracy mobile solution to map and locally share aerial imagery data on rapidly changing field conditions to analyze and provide near real-time situational awareness to ground forces. Weighing only 3.5 pounds and featuring a digital camouflage skin for increased stealth and up to 90 minutes flight time and silent mission mode, the eBee TAC can be rapidly deployed, from assembly to hand-launch, in three minutes by a single user to generate 3D modeling, terrain and thermal maps. Each system features National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) compliant drone, sensors and active components, secure extension, Endurance activation, two Endurance batteries, one Pitot Pro-kit, two micro-SD cards with adapters, AES256-bit encryption, pixel camouflage and an IP67 hard transport case with STANAG military standard certification that is lightweight, rugged and dust and water resistant. Camera options include RGB, multispectral and thermal payloads; and the system can also be upgraded to include additional features and payloads.

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In March 2022, AgEagle’s eBee TAC™ Unmanned Aerial System was the first approved drone to be added to the U.S. Department of Defense’s (“DoD”) Defense Innovation Unit’s (“DIU”) Blue UAS Cleared List as part of Blue sUAS 2.0. The eBee TAC successfully completed a series of demonstrations in association with Blue sUAS 2.0 to provide the DIU with information and verification of the drone systems’ mission planning and launch capabilities, range and endurance, NDAA compliance, operational safety of flight procedures and cyber security, in addition to scripted and ad hoc flight profiles. Based on its evaluation, the DIU designated the eBee TAC as an approved light-weight, medium-range UAS available for immediate procurement by the DoD without a waiver to operate; and is also available for procurement by other Federal Government agencies. AgEagle’s success with Blue sUAS 2.0 follows eBee‘s use as an integral asset for both conventional and unconventional Department of Defense units for over five years.

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eBee X – the eBee X has been recognized as the fixed-wing drone that revolutionized the unmanned aerial vehicle sector with its ease-of-use and multiple, state-of-the-art sensors designed to suit a wide range of mapping jobs. At just 1.6 kg (3.5 lbs.), eBee X is a lightweight, ultra-portable solution that is easy for a single person to operate. With a unique Endurance Extension option enabling a flight time of up to 90 minutes and single-flight coverage of up to 500 ha at 122m (1,236 acres at 400 ft.), the eBee X is a premium drone that offers users the high-precision of on-demand RTK/PPK for achieving absolute accuracy of down to 1.5 cm (0.6 in) – without ground control points. This capability makes the eBee X ideal for BVLOS operations, such as long corridor mapping missions for utility companies, expansive crop scouting in agriculture and by enterprise customers who desire a robust and professional drone fleet.

The eBee X has proven that it meets the highest possible quality and ground risk safety standards, and due to its lightweight design, the effects of ground impact are reduced. Consequently, the eBee X has been granted BVLOS operations permission in Brazil and has been approved to run OOP and BVLOS operations in Canada.

On June 21, 2022, the Company announced that the eBee X was the first drone in its class to receive design verification essential for BVLOS and OOP from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, enabling drone operations to seek Specific Operations Risk Assessment (“SORA”) authorization to fly BVLOS and OOP with eBee X in 27 European Union member states, as well as Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.

In October 2022, the eBee X series of fixed wing unmanned aircraft systems, including the eBee X, eBee Geo and eBee TAC, were the first and only drones on the market to comply with Category 3 of the Operations of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Over People rules published in the Federal Registry by the FAA in March 2021. Securing a Part 107 certificate of waiver from the FAA is a long, arduous and costly process for sUAS users. Now that the eBee has proven compliant with Category 3 of the rules, eBee drone operators no longer need an FAA waiver for OOP or Operations Over Moving Vehicles. This major milestone was achieved by AgEagle following months of work, historic reliability review and extensive testing conducted by Virginia Tech Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership (“MAAP”). Becoming the first and only UAS approved for OOP and over moving vehicles in the U.S. is expected to have material impact on AgEagle’s growth and standing as a recognized leader in the industry in the years to come.

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eBee VISION – in December 2022, AgEagle announced its latest innovation in commercial and tactical drone technology with the unveiling of its new eBee VISION Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (“ISR”) UAS. Scheduled for global commercial release during the first half of 2023,the eBee VISION delivers high resolution, medium-range video imagery made possible by its 32x zoom and powerful thermal observation capabilities. Its sensor payloads are capable of detecting, tracking and geo-locating objects in both day and night conditions. Offering up to 90 minutes of flight time and the same ease-of-use that has earned AgEagle’s eBee line of drones industry distinction, the eBee VISION can be deployed and operated by a single person. Designed, developed and manufactured by AgEagle’s research and development team in Switzerland, the eBee VISION is NDAA compliant, weighs less than 3.5 pounds/1.6 kilograms and can be carried in a backpack.

In December 2022, eBee VISION prototypes were successfully tested by European Armed Forces. According to an official from a UAV experimentation unit of a European military force present at the testing, “eBee VISION‘s specifications fill the gap between low endurance quadcopters and large military fixed-wing drones. The small size, lightweight, ease-of-use, autonomy, range and sensor capabilities make it a promising drone for tactical ISR missions.”

As a result of the tests, European military units have ordered multiple eBee VISION prototypes, with delivery expected in early 2023. Commercial production of eBee VISION is planned for worldwide availability in mid-2023 worldwide. Additional demonstrations with other military forces in the United States and NATO countries are being scheduled for the first quarter of 2023.

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Sensor Solutions

Setting entirely new standards of excellence for high resolution aerial imaging solutions, our proprietary thermal and multispectral sensors are broadly recognized as the cameras of choice worldwide for advanced applications in agriculture, plant research, land management and innovation, includeforestry management.

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Altum-PTan optimized three-in-one solution for advanced remote sensing and agricultural research. It seamlessly integrates an ultra-high resolution panchromatic imager, a built-in 320X256 radiometric thermal imager and five discrete spectral bands to produce synchronized outputs such as RGB color, crop vigor, heat maps and high resolution panchromatic in just one flight. Offering twice the spatial resolution of the prior Altum™ sensor, Altum-PT, introduced in early 2022 the sensor that empowers users with deeper analytical capabilities and broader, more diverse applications; enable them to discern issues at the plant level, even in the early growth stages; and conduct early stage stand counting, as well as season-long soil monitoring, among other critical uses. Altum-PT also features a global shutter for distortion-free results, open APIs and a new storage device allowing for two captures per second.

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RedEdge-P – Offering three times the capture speed and twice the spatial resolution of the RedEdge-MX, the all new RedEdge-P, launched in early 2022, the sensor that builds on the legacy of the rugged, high-quality, multispectral sensor that the industry has come to trust and adds the power of a higher resolution, panchromatic band to double the output data resolution. A single camera solution which is compatible with a wide array of drone aircraft ranging from large fixed wing to small multirotor, RedEdge-P captures calibrated high-resolution multispectral and RGB imagery with an optimized field of view and capture rate for efficient flights. This solution seamlessly integrates a high resolution, all-color imager with synchronized multispectral imagers to enable pixel-aligned outputs at previously unattainable resolutions, while maintaining the efficiency and reliability of its RedEdge legacy. Processing of data outputs is enabled through industry standard software platforms, including AgEagle’s Ground Control flight management software. With RedEdge-P, agricultural professionals benefit from a sensor that can enable effective plant counting and spectral analysis of small plants. Likewise, federal, state and local government and commercial forestry enterprises will also benefit from precise, efficient data collection and tree-level analysis as opposed to being limited to analyzing large swaths of land to make critical forestry management decisions.

AgEagle also offers a wide range of drone cameras to suit every mapping job, from land surveying and topographic mapping to urban planning, crop mapping, thermal mapping and more.

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Aeria X – a compact drone photogrammetry sensor that offers the ideal blend of size, weight and DSLR-like image quality. It produces stunning image detail and clarity in virtually all light conditions, allowing users to map for more hours per day.

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Duet M – a high resolution RGB and multispectral mapping camera rig used to create geo-accurate multispectral maps and high resolution digital surface models quickly and easily. This sensor is ideal for water management, such as mapping field drains and areas of compaction; spotting malfunctioning irrigation lines; and evaluating the consistency of plant vigor across a field.

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Duet T– a rugged dual RGB/thermal mapping camera rig used to create geo-accurate thermal maps and digital surface models quickly and easily. The Duet T includes a high resolution thermal infrared (640 x 512 px) camera and a S.O.D.A. RGB camera.

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S.O.D.A. – the first photogrammetry camera built for professional use which quickly became an industry standard for drone operators worldwide upon being introduced in 2016. It captures sharp aerial images, across light conditions, with which to produce detailed, vivid orthomosaics and ultra-accurate 3D digital surface models.

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S.O.D.A. 3D – a professional drone photogrammetry camera that changes orientation during flight to capture three images (two oblique and one nadir) instead of just one, providing for a much wider field of view. It is optimized for quick, robust image processing with Pix4DMapper. Designed specifically for use with the eBee X aircraft, the S.O.D.A. 3D can achieve coverage of vast areas of flat, homogenous terrain (up to 500 ac / 1,235 ac per 122m / 400ft flight). The unique ability of the S.O.D.A. 3D to capture images in two orientations and the resulting wider field of view translates to stunning digital 3D reconstructions in vertically-focused environments. such as urban areas or open-pit mines - anywhere with walls or steep sides. This system of data recording means that less image overlap is needed, resulting in more efficient flights and greater flight coverage, not to mention quicker image processing for results.

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Our Branded Software Solutions

Ground Control

A cloud-based, plug-and-play operating system, Ground Control provides individual pilots and large enterprises with everything they need to completely automate and scale their drone operations workflows. Offered as Software-as-a-Service, Ground Control continues to earn the trust and fidelity of its blue chip, industry-diverse customers by providing a lightweight laminated shell that allows the UAVsingle platform to perform under challenging flying conditions, a cameraautomate flight management systems safely and securely; easily manage drone programs of any scope and scale; and process, analyze and share drone-captured image data and visualization necessary for assessing risks, improving workflow processes and achieving time and cost efficiencies across enterprises of virtually any size. With the aim of empowering AgEagle’s customers to readily extend their reach and human capability through adoption of scalable autonomous drone programs, Ground Control users can:

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plan missions via Keyhole Markup Language (“KML”) files or build a grid or waypoint flight; check airspace for Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (“LAANC”) authorization and confirm local weather conditions are favorable.

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fly with GPS-aided manual control or automated grid and waypoint patterns, and push web-based flight plans to mobile devices for ground-based in-field control – all with a simple, easy-to-use flight interface.

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capture raw data and live streaming field images with multispectral cameras, like AgEagle’s RedEdge-P and Altum-PT, and automatically convert into organized map indices and composites; or fly an RTK-enabled drone for improved post-flight processing.

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process captured imagery into high-quality data products and photogrammetry, and create orthomosaics, digital surface models and contour maps; or upload ground control points (“GCPs”) with user’s maps for increased accuracy.

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analyze drone data or view orthomosaics and other 2D data files on an interactive, account-wide map.

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collaborate and support operations with detailed information about missions, including flight logs with screen shots, playbacks and incident flagging; and efficiently manage equipment and workflows with automatic usage tracking capabilities.

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benefit from Ground Control’s obsession to deliver industry-leading, customer-centric support and service.

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Ground Control has been integrated with a Near Infrared (NIR) filter, a rugged foot launcher (RX-60),several other industry leading UAS technologies, including AgEagle’s own line of proprietary sensors and high-end software that automates drone flights and provides geo-referenced data. All of AgEagle’s proprietary UAVs are electrically powered, weigh approximately six pounds fully loaded, are capable of flying over approximately 400 acres (roughly 60 minutes of airtime) per flight from their launch location, and are configured to carry a camera with an NIR filter that uses near infrared images to capture crop data. Our leadership believes that these characteristics make its UAVs well suited for providing a complete aerial view of a farmer’s field to help precisely identify crop health and field conditions faster than any other methodairframes. In addition, Ground Control’s industry partnerships include integrations with:

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DJI drone platforms, which work seamlessly with Ground Control’s flight app and permits users to sync flights flown with the DJI Go app and use DJI Geo Unlock;

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Parrot’s ANAFI, ANAFI USA and ANAFI Thermal drone platforms, which pair ANAFI’s rapid deployment and ease of operation with Ground Control’s standard flight tools, as well as enable users to tailor and expand their use through selection of additional program management and data processing capabilities;

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Pix4D software, which makes it easy to create high quality orthomosaics, digital surface models and control maps in the Ground Control platform; and

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Wing’s OpenSky airspace access app, which empowers drone flyers to abide by airspace rules and regulations and request authorization to fly in controlled airspace in near real-time wherever OpenSky is available.

eMotion

 

Our UAVs were initiallyAgEagle also offers eMotion, a drone flight and data management solution created specifically designed to help farmers increase profits by pinpointing areas where nutrients or chemicalsfor aerial mapping use. With eMotion, flights are built using intuitive mission blocks and flight modes. Users simply need to be applied, as opposedchoose a block (aerial mapping, corridor, etc.), highlight the region they want to traditional widespread land application processes, thus decreasing input costs, reducingmap, define key settings, and eMotion auto-generates the amountdrone’s flight plan. Multi-flight missions are supported, and the software’s full 3D environment adds a new dimension to drone flight management, helping users to plan, simulate and control the drone’s trajectory for safer flights, more consistent performance and improved data quality. Moreover, eMotion’s built-in Flight Data Manager automatically handles the georeferencing and preparation of chemicals applied and potentially increasing yields. AgEagle’s products were designedimages requires for busy agriculture professionals who do not have the time to process images on their computers, which some of its competitors require. The software can automatically take pictures from the camera, stitch the photos together through the cloud, and deliver a geo-referenced, high quality aerial map to the user’s desktop or tablet device using specialty precision agriculturepost-processing in software such as SST Software, SMS Software or most other agriculturalPix4Dmapper. Connecting wirelessly to a user’s drone, to industry cloud solutions, to survey-grade base stations and to airspace and live weather data, eMotion is advanced, scalable drone software solutions. The result is a prescription or zone map that anyone can then be used in a field computer that is typically found in a sprayer or applicator designed to drive through fields to precisely apply the amount of nutrients or chemicals required to continue or restore the production of healthy crops.use.

 

In addition to UAV sales, in late 2018, AgEagle introduced a new drone-leasing program, alleviating farmers and agribusinesses from significant upfront costs associated with purchasing a drone, while also relieving them from ongoing drone maintenance and support requirements. Additionally, the new program provides the option of engaging a trained AgEagle pilot to operate the drone and manage the entire image collection process, creating a truly turnkey aerial imagery capture solution for our customers.

HempOverview Platform

 

As one of the agriculture industry’s leading pioneers of advanced aerial-image-based data collection and analytics solutions, AgEagle is intent on leveragingleveraged our expertise to champion the use of proven, advanced web- and map-based technologies as athe means to streamline and ultimately standardize hemp cultivation in the United States. Growers need to be registered/permitted; crops need to be monitored and inspected; and enforcement operations must be established to ensure compliance with state and federal mandates. Through the introduction of HempOverview, we believe that AgEagle represents the first agriculture technology company to its knowledge to bring to market an advanced agtech solution that is designed to meet the unique complexities and vigorous oversight, compliance and enforcement demands of the emerging American hemp industry and the unique needs and demands of its key stakeholders.

 


With the passing of the 2018 Farm Bill in December 2018, industrial hemp is now recognized as an agricultural commodity, such as corn, wheat or soybeans.

More specifically, the 2018 Farm Bill authorizes state departments of agriculture, including agencies representing the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and any other territory or possession of the United States, and Indian tribal governments, to submit plans to the USDA applying for primary regulatory authority over the production of hemp in their respective state or tribal territory.

As one of the agriculture industry’s leading pioneers of advanced aerial-image-based data collection and analytics solutions, AgEagle is intent on leveraging our expertise to champion the use of proven, advanced web- and map-based technologies as a means to streamline and ultimately standardize hemp cultivation in the United States. Growers need to be registered/permitted; crops need to be monitored and inspected; and enforcement operations must be established to ensure compliance with state and federal mandates. Through the introduction of HempOverview, AgEagle represents the first agriculture technology company to its knowledge to bring to market an advanced agtech solution that is designed to meet the unique complexities and vigorous oversight, compliance and enforcement demands of the emerging American hemp industry and the unique needs and demands of its key stakeholders.

HempOverview is comprised of comprises four modules:

 

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Registration: secure, scalable software to handle all farmer and processer application and licensing matters.

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Best Management Practices: iterative, intelligent data collection and analysis utilizing satellite imagery and advanced, proprietary algorithms to help farmers reduce input costs, avoid missteps, detect pest impacts and monitor water usage.

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Oversight and Enforcement: integration of data management and satellite imagery to provide continuous monitoring of all hemp fields in the state, predict and respond to issues and assist in proper crop testing.

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Reporting: generation of actionable reports for USDA requirements, legislative oversight and support of research institutions.

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In November 2019, AgEagle announced that the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (“FDACS”) had chosen(FDACS) licensed the HempOverviewsolution to manage its online application submission and registration process for hemp growers and their farms and hemp fields in the State of Florida for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022. In addition,June 2021, the Company has entered discussionsState of Florida expanded its licensing of the HempOverview platform to provide for access to all four of the modules. FDACS also tasked AgEagle with several other states acrossdeveloping a custom registration software platform to enhance communications, licensing and general compliance relating to the nation, as well as with certain growersoversight and processors,protection of more than 500 endangered and expectscommercially exploited wild plants native to announce additional new HempOverview clientsFlorida. For instance, in 2020.

HempOverview focuses on simultaneously collecting data, analyzing field-related problemsan effort to curb exploitation of saw palmetto, a plant whose extract is used in herbal supplements often marketed for its urinary tract and providing readily accessible analysisprostate health benefits, FDACS requires harvesters and reporting for achievingsellers of saw palmetto berries to obtain a Native Plant Harvesting Permit. According to a related FDACS notice, “Widespread gathering of these berries is depleting a wildlife food source and sustaining end-to-end visibility and best management practices forthreatening the growing industrial and CBD hemp supply chain.


FarmLens Platform

Our FarmLens platform has benefitted us and our shareholders by developing important vertically integrated products and services with our drone-enabled software technologies. FarmLens is a subscription cloud analytics service that processes data, primarily collected with a drone, such as those produced by AgEagle, and makes such data actionable by farmers and agronomists. FarmLens is currently sold by AgEagle as a subscription service and offered either standalone or in a bundle with drone platforms manufactured by leading drone providers like AgEagle, DJI and senseFly. The FarmLens platform extends AgEagle’s reach as a business through key partnerships.

Valqaristability of some ecosystems.”

 

In October 2020, we entered into a manufacturing agreement with Valqari LLC (“Valqari”), January 2021, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship also licensed the HempOverview platform to manage the state’s online registration, payment processing, comprehensive data collection and compliance oversight for the manufacture2021, 2022 and assembly of Valqari’s patented Drone Delivery Station, in accordance with the specification provided by, and the components designated by Valqari, for sale and delivery to its customers. Valqari, is based in Chicago, Illinois, and is engaged in the development, manufacture and sale of a patented Drone Delivery Station, including related software, which is the only universal, standardized, safe and secure drone landing station that protects people, property and packages. AgEagle has been appointed as Valqari’s exclusive manufacturer of its products in the United States of America for a term of two-years, unless terminated earlier.  

2023 planting seasons.

 

MicasenseKey Growth Strategies

 

On January 26, 2021, throughWe intend to materially grow our wholly-owned subsidiary, AgEagle Sensor Systems, Inc., we acquired 100%business by leveraging our proprietary, best-in-class, full-stack drone solutions, industry influence and deep pool of MicaSense, Inc. from Parrot Drones S.A.S.talent with specialized expertise in robotics, automation, custom manufacturing and Justin B. McAllister. MicaSense is based in Washington and manufactures and sells its patented, high precision thermal and multispectral sensors, servingdata science to achieve greater penetration of the aerial mapping and analytics needsglobal UAS industry – with near-term emphasis on capturing larger market share of the agriculture, market. In addition, MicaSense’s patented technologies are well positionedenergy/utilities, infrastructure and government/military verticals. We expect to address applicationsaccomplish this goal by first bringing three core values to life in advanced inspection inour day-to-day operations and aligning them with our efforts to earn the energytrust and insurance sectorscontinued business of our customers and autonomous flight safety for package delivery, among other solutions. MicaSense’s high performance proprietary products, including Altum™, RedEdge-MX™, RedEdge-MX Blue™ and Atlas Flight™, have global distribution in 70 countries.The aggregate purchase price for the shares of MicaSense was $23,000,000, less any debt and subject to a customary working capital adjustment. We are also issuing to the sellers of MicaSense $3,000,000 in shares of common stock, in the aggregate, on April 27, 2021. The total number of shares issuable is based on the volume weighted average trading price of the Common Stock over a ten consecutive trading day period prior to the date of issuance of the shares of Common Stock to the Sellers, which date will be April 27, 2021. industry partners:

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Curiosity – this pushes us to find value where others aren’t looking. It inspires us to see around corners for our customers, understanding the problems they currently face or will be facing in the future, and delivering them solutions best suited for their unique needs.

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Passion – this fuels our obsession with excellence, our desire to try the difficult things and tackle big problems, and our commitment to meet our customers’ needs – and then surpass them.

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Integrity – this is not optional or situational at AgEagle – it is the foundation for everything we do, even when no one is watching.

Key components of our growth strategy include the following:

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Establish three centers of excellence with respective expertise in UAS software, sensors and airframes. These centers of excellence cross pollinate ideas, industry insights and skillsets to yield intelligent autonomous solutions that fully leverage AgEagle’s experienced team’s specialized knowledge and know-how in robotics, automation, custom manufacturing and data science.

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Deliver new and innovative solutions. AgEagle’s research and development efforts are critical building blocks of the Company, and we intend to continue investing in our own innovations, pioneering new and enhanced products and solutions that enable us to satisfy our customers – both in response to and in anticipation of their needs. AgEagle believes that by investing in research and development, the Company can be a leader in delivering innovative autonomous robotics systems and solutions that address market needs beyond our current target markets, enabling us to create new opportunities for growth.

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Foster our entrepreneurial culture and continue to attract, develop and retain highly skilled personnel. AgEagle’s company culture encourages innovation and entrepreneurialism, which helps to attract and retain highly skilled professionals. We intend to preserve this culture to nurture the design and development of the innovative, highly technical system solutions that give us our competitive advantage.

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Effectively manage our growth portfolio for long-term value creation. Our production and development programs present numerous investment opportunities that we believe will deliver long-term growth by providing our customers with valuable new capabilities. We evaluate each opportunity independently, as well as within the context of other investment opportunities, to determine its relative cost, timing and potential for generation of returns, and thereby its priority. This process helps us to make informed decisions regarding potential growth capital requirements and supports our allocation of resources based on relative risks and returns to maximize long-term value creation, which is the key objective of our growth strategy. We also review our portfolio on a regular basis to determine if and when to narrow our focus on the highest potential growth opportunities.

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Growth through acquisition. Through successful execution of our growth-through-acquisition strategies, we intend to acquire technologically advanced UAS companies and intellectual property that complement and strengthen our value proposition to the market. We believe that by investing in complementary acquisitions, we can accelerate our revenue growth and deliver a broader array of innovative autonomous flight systems and solutions that address specialized market needs within our current target markets and in emerging markets that can benefit from innovations in artificial intelligence-enabled robotics and data capture and analytics.

Competitive Strengths

 

AgEagle believes the following attributes and capabilities provide us with long-term competitive advantages:

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Proprietary technologies, in-house capabilities and industry experience –We believe our decade of experience in commercial UAS design and engineering; in-house manufacturing, assembly and testing capabilities; and advanced technology development skillset serve to differentiate AgEagle in the marketplace. In fact, approximately 70% of our Company’s global workforce is comprised of engineers and data scientists with deep experience and expertise in robotics, automation, custom manufacturing, and data analytics. In addition, AgEagle is committed to meeting and exceeding quality and safety standards for manufacturing, assembly, design and engineering and testing of drones, drone subcomponents and related drone equipment in our U.S. and Swiss-based manufacturing operations. As a result, we have earned ISO:9001 international certification for our Quality Management System.

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AgEagle is more than just customer- and product-centric, we are obsessed with innovation and knowing the needs of our customers before they do We are focused on capitalizing on our specialized expertise in innovating and commercializing advanced drone, sensor and software technologies to provide our existing and future customers with autonomous robotic solutions that meet the highest possible safety and operational standards and fit their specific business needs. We have established three Centers of Excellence that our leadership has challenged to cross-pollinate ideas, industry insights and interdisciplinary skillsets to generate intelligent autonomous solutions that efficiently leverage our expertise in robotics, automation and manufacturing to solve problems for our customers, irrespective of the industry sector in which they may operate.

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We offer market-tested drones, sensors and software solutions that have earned the longstanding trust and fidelity of customers worldwide through successful execution of our acquisition integration strategy in 2022, AgEagle is now delivering a unified line of industry trusted drones, sensors and software that have been vigorously tested and consistently proven across multiple industry verticals and use cases. For instance, our line of eBee fixed wing drones have flown more than one million flights over the past decade serving customers spanning surveying and mapping; engineering and construction; military/defense; mining, quarries and aggregates; agriculture humanitarian aid and environmental monitoring, to name just a few. Featured in over 100 research publications globally, advanced sensor innovations developed and commercialized by AgEagle have served to forge new industry standards for high performance, high resolution, thermal and multispectral imaging for commercial drone applications in agriculture, plant research, land management and forestry. In addition, we have championed the development of end-to-end software solutions which power autonomous flight and deliver actionable, contextual data and analytics for numerous Fortune 500 companies, government agencies and a wide range of businesses in agriculture, energy and utilities, construction and other industry sectors.

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Our eBee TAC UAS has been approved by the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) for procurement by the Department of Defense – We believe that the eBee TAC is ideally positioned to become an in-demand, mission critical tool for the U.S. military, government and civil agencies and our allies worldwide; and expect that this will prove to be a major growth catalyst for our Company in 2022, positively impacting our financial performance in the years ahead. eBee TAC is available for purchase by U.S. government agencies and all branches of the military on GSA Schedule Contract #47QTCA18D003G, supplied by Hexagon US Federal and partner Tough Stump Technologies as a standalone solution or as part of the Aerial Reconnaissance Tactical Edge Mapping Imagery System (“ARTEMIS”). Tough Stump is actively engaged in training military ground forces based in the U.S. and in Central Europe on the use of eBee TAC for mid-range tactical mapping and reconnaissance missions.

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Our eBee X series of fixed wing UAS, including the eBee X, eBee Geo and eBee TAC, are the first and only drones on the market to comply with Category 3 of the sUAS Over People rules published by the FAA. It is another important testament to our commitment to provide best-in-class solutions to our commercial customers, and we believe it will serve as a key driver in the growth of eBee utilization in the United States. We further believe it will improve the business applications made possible by our drone platform for a wide range of commercial enterprises which stand to benefit from adoption of drones in their businesses – particularly those in industries such as insurance for assessment of storm damage, telecommunications for network coverage mapping and energy for powerline and pipeline inspections, just to name a few.

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Our eBee X series of drones are the world’s first UAS in its class to receive design verification for BVLOS and OOP from European Union Aviation Safety Agency (“EASA”). The EASA design verification report (“DVR”) demonstrates that the eBee X meets the highest possible quality and ground risk safety standards and, thanks to its lightweight design, effects of ground impact are reduced. As such, drone operators conducting advanced drone operations in 27 European Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland can obtain the HIGH or MEDIUM robustness levels of the M2 mitigation without additional verification from EASA. Regulatory constraints relating to limitations of BVLOS and OOP have continued to be a gating factor to widespread adoption of commercial drone technologies across a wide range of industry sectors worldwide. Being the first company to receive this DVR from EASA for M2 mitigation is a milestone for AgEagle and our industry in the European Union and will be key to fueling growth of our international customer base.

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Our global reseller network currently has more than 200 drone solutions providers in 75+ countries – By leveraging our relationships with the specialty retailers that comprise our global reseller network, AgEagle benefits from enhanced brand-building, lower customer acquisition costs and increased reach, revenues and geographic and vertical market penetration. With the integration of our 2021 acquisitions completed in 2021 (the “2021 Acquisitions”), we can now leverage our collective reseller network to accelerate our revenue growth by educating and encouraging our partners to market AgEagle’s full suite of airframes, sensors and software as bundled solutions in lieu of marketing only previously siloed products or product lines to end users.

In November 2022, we partnered with government contractor W.S. Darley & Co. (“Darley”) to expand the market reach of AgEagle’s high performance fixed wing drones and sensors to the U.S. first responder and tactical defense markets. Distinguished as one of the nation’s longest standing government contracting organizations, Darley is expected to become a key contributor to AgEagle’s success in delivering best-in-class UAS solutions to a wide range of state and federal agencies. Providing our best-in-class autonomous flight solutions for public safety applications through trusted resellers like Darley represents an entirely new market opportunity for AgEagle and one we intend to vigorously pursue in the coming year.

Executive Offices

 

Our principal executive offices are located at 88338863 E. 34th Street North, Wichita, Kansas 67226 and our67226. Our telephone number is (620) 325-6363. Our website address is http://www.ageagle.com. Informationwww.ageagle.com. The information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website is not intended to constitute and shall not be deemed to constitutea part of this prospectus or the accompanying prospectus.

 


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THE OFFERING

This prospectus relates to the resale of up to 14,285,715shares of Common Stock, that may be sold from time to time by the Selling Stockholder named in this prospectus.

Shares of Common Stock offered by the Selling Stockholder

Up to 14,285,715shares (the “Shares”)

Use of Proceeds

We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the shares by the Selling Stockholder. See “Reasons for the Offer and Use of Proceeds” beginning on page 6 of this prospectus.

Offering Price:

The Selling Stockholder may sell all or a portion of their shares through public or private transactions at prevailing market prices or at privately negotiated prices.

Transfer Agent and Registrar

Equiniti Trust Company

Risk Factors

Investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” on page 6 of this prospectus and under similar sections in the documents we incorporate by reference into this prospectus for a discussion of factors you should consider carefully before making an investment decision.

NYSE American Symbol

“UAVS”

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RISK FACTORS

 

Investing in our securities involves risk. The prospectus supplement applicable to a particular offering of securities will contain a discussion of the risks applicable to an investment in the Company and to the particular types of securities that we are offering under that prospectus supplement. Before making an investment decision, you should carefully consider the risks described under “Risk Factors” in the applicable prospectus supplement and the risks described in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, on March 31, 2021,April 4, 2023, and any updates to our risk factorsthereto in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, together with all of the other information appearing in or incorporated by reference into this prospectus, and any applicable prospectus supplement, in light of your particular investment objectives and financial circumstances. Our business, financial condition or results of operations could be materially adversely affected by any of these risks. The trading price of our securities could decline due to any of these risks, and you may lose all or part of your investment.

 

SPECIALREASONS FOR THE OFFER AND USE OF PROCEEDS

We have agreed to file a registration statement on Form S-3, of which this prospectus is a part, to cover the resale of the Shares issued to the Selling Stockholder in the Additional Purchase.

The Shares being offered by this prospectus are solely for the account of the Selling Stockholder. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the Shares by the Selling Stockholder.

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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This prospectus or any accompanying prospectus supplement, includingand the documents that we incorporate by reference herein may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”),or the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. These forward looking statements are intended to be covered by the safe harbor for forward looking statements provided by the Private Securities ExchangeLitigation Reform Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).1995. Forward-looking statements include those that express plans, anticipation, intent, contingency, goals, targets or future development and/or otherwise are not statements of historical fact. Any forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and projections about future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties known and unknown that could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements.

 

In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology, such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “estimates,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “may,” “should”, “could” or the negativeSome of such terms or other similar expressions. Accordingly, these statements involve estimates, assumptions and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in them. Any forward-lookinginclude, among others, statements are qualified in their entirety by reference to the risk factors described herein and those included in any accompanying prospectus supplement or in any document incorporated by reference into this prospectus.about: 

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unexpected technical and marketing difficulties inherent in major research and product development efforts;

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our ability to remain a market innovator, to create new market opportunities, and/or to expand into new markets;

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the potential need for changes in our long-term strategy in response to future developments;

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our ability to attract and retain skilled employees;

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our ability to raise sufficient capital to support our operations and fund our growth initiatives;

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unexpected changes in significant operating expenses, including components and raw materials;

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any disruptions or threatened disruptions to or relations with our resellers, suppliers, customers and employees, including shortages in components for our products;

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changes in the supply, demand and/or prices for our products;

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increased competition, including from companies which may have substantially greater resources than we have, and, in the unmanned aircraft systems segments from lower-cost commercial drone manufacturers who may seek to enhance their systems’ capabilities over time;

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the complexities and uncertainty of obtaining and conducting international business, including export compliance and other reporting and compliance requirements;

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the impact of potential security and cyber threats or the risk of unauthorized access to our, our customers’ and/or our suppliers’ information and systems;

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uncertainty in the customer adoption rate of commercial use unmanned aerial systems;

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changes in the regulatory environment and the consequences to our financial position, business and reputation that could result from failing to comply with such regulatory requirements;

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our ability to continue to successfully integrate acquired companies into our operations, including the ability to timely and sufficiently integrate international operations into our ongoing business and compliance programs;

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our ability to respond and adapt to unexpected legal, regulatory and government budgetary changes, including those resulting from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, such as supply chain disruptions, vaccine mandates, the threat of future variants and resulting government-mandated shutdowns, quarantine policies, travel restrictions and social distancing, curtailment of trade and other business restrictions affecting our ability to manufacture and sell our products;

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failure to develop new products or integrate new technology into current products;

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unfavorable results in legal proceedings to which we may be subject;

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failure to establish and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting; and

·

general economic and business conditions in the United States and elsewhere in the world, including the impact of inflation.

 

You should read this prospectus, and any accompanying prospectus supplement and the documents that we incorporate by reference herein, and therein and have filed as exhibits to the registration statement, of which this prospectus is part, completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we concurrentlycurrently expect. You should assume that the information appearing in this prospectus any accompanying prospectus supplement and any document incorporated herein by reference is accurate as of its date only. We discuss many of these risks, uncertainties and other important factors in greater detail under the heading “Risk Factors” contained in this prospectus and in our most recent annual report on Form 10-K, as well as in subsequent filings with the SEC. Because the risk factors referred to abovein this prospectus could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by us or on our behalf, you should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Further, any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which the statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict which factors will arise. In addition, we cannot assess the impact of each factor on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. We qualify all of the information presented in this prospectus any accompanying prospectus supplement and any document incorporated herein by reference, and particularly our forward-looking statements, by these cautionary statements.

DIVIDEND POLICY

We have never declared or paid dividends on our common stock and we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. Payment of cash dividends, if any, in the future will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on applicable law and then-existing conditions, including our financial condition, operating results, contractual restrictions, capital requirements, business prospects and other factors our board of directors may deem relevant. We currently intend to retain all available funds and any future earnings to fund the development and growth of our business. 

USE OF PROCEEDS

Except as otherwise provided in the applicable prospectus supplement, we intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of the securities covered by this prospectus for general corporate purposes, which may include, but is not limited to, working capital, capital expenditures, research and development expenditures and acquisitions of new technologies or businesses. The precise amount, use and timing of the application of such proceeds will depend upon our funding requirements and the availability and cost of other capital. Additional information on the use of net proceeds from an offering of securities covered by this prospectus may be set forth in the prospectus supplement relating to the specific offering.


DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SECURITIES WE MAY OFFER

The descriptions of the securities contained in this prospectus, together with any applicable prospectus supplement, summarize all the material terms and provisions of the various types of securities that we may offer. We will describe in the applicable prospectus supplement relating to a particular offering the specific terms of the securities offered by that prospectus supplement. We will indicate in the applicable prospectus supplement if the terms of the securities differ from the terms we have summarized below. We will also include in the prospectus supplement information, where applicable, material United States federal income tax considerations relating to the securities.

We may sell from time to time, in one or more offerings:herein.

 

 
shares of our common stock;17
debt securities, in one or more series;

sharesTable of our preferred stock;
warrants to purchase any of the securities listed above; and/or
units consisting of one or more of the foregoing.Contents

 

This prospectus may not be used to consummate a sale of securities unless it is accompanied by a prospectus supplement.SELLING STOCKHOLDER

 

Capital StockWe are registering for resale the Shares by the Selling Stockholder. We are registering the Shares to permit the Selling Stockholder and its pledgees, donees, transferees and other successors-in-interest that receive Shares from the Selling Stockholder as a gift, partnership distribution or other non-sale related transfer after the date of this prospectus to resell the Shares when and as they deem appropriate in the manner described in the “Plan of Distribution.” The following table sets forth:

 

General

the name and address of the Selling Stockholder;

the number of shares of Common Stock that the Selling Stockholder beneficially owned prior to the offering for resale of the Shares under this prospectus,

the maximum number of Shares that may be offered for resale for the account of the Selling Stockholder under this prospectus, and

the number and percentage of shares of Common Stock to be beneficially owned by the Selling Stockholder after the offering of the Shares (assuming all of the offered Shares are sold by the Selling Stockholder).

 

The following descriptionSelling Stockholder has not been an officer or director of us or any of our predecessors or affiliates within the last three years. Except for (i) the purchase of our Series F Preferred Stock and associated common stock warrants pursuant to the Purchase Agreement in June 2022, (ii) the Additional Purchase under the Purchase Agreement in March 2023, and preferred stock, together with(iii) the additional information we includepurchase of an 8% original issue discount promissory note in any applicable prospectus supplement, summarizes the material termsaggregate principal amount of $3,500,000 and provisions of theassociated common stock and preferred stock that we may offer under this prospectus but is not complete. For the complete termswarrant to purchase up to 5,000,000 shares of our common stock and preferred stock, please referpursuant to our articlesa Securities Purchase Agreement dated December 6, 2022, the Selling Stockholder has not had a material relationship with us within the last three years. The Selling Stockholder is not a broker-dealer or an affiliate of incorporation,a broker-dealer, who should be identified as an underwriter.

The Selling Stockholder may be amended from time to time, any certificatesoffer for sale all or part of designation for our preferred stock, and our bylaws, as amendedthe Shares from time to time. The Nevada Revised Statutes (“NRS”) may also affecttable below assumes that the termsSelling Stockholder will sell all of these securities. While the terms we have summarized below will apply generallyShares offered for sale. The Selling Stockholder is under no obligation, however, to sell any future common stock or preferred stock that we may offer, we will describe the specific terms of any series of these securities in more detail in the applicable prospectus supplement. If we so indicate in a prospectus supplement, the terms of any common stock or preferred stock we offer under that prospectus supplement may differ from the terms we describe below.Shares pursuant to this prospectus.

 

Our authorized capital stock consistsBeneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules and regulations of 275,000,000the SEC. In computing the number of shares consistingbeneficially owned by a person and the percentage ownership of 250,000,000 shares of common stock par value $.001 per share, and 25,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $.001 per share, of which nonethat person, securities that are currently outstanding. The authorized and unissued shares of common stock and the authorized and undesignated shares of preferred stock are available for issuance without further action by our stockholders, unless such action is required by applicable lawconvertible or the rules of any stock exchange on which our securities may be listed. Unless approval of our stockholders is so required, our board of directors will not seek stockholder approval for the issuance and sale ofexercisable into our common stock, or preferred stock.

Common Stock

As of March 31, 2021, there were 62,485,815 shares of common stock issued and outstanding.

Dividend Rights

Subject to the rights of the holders of preferred stock, as discussed below, the holders of outstanding common stock are entitled to receive dividends out of funds legally available at the times and in the amounts that the Board of Directors may determine.


Voting Rights

Each holder of common stock is entitled to one vote for each share of common stock held on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders. Cumulative voting for the election of directors is not provided for in our articles of incorporation, as amended and restated. Any action other than the election of directors shall be authorized by a majority of the votes cast, except where the NRS prescribes a different percentage of votes and/or exercise of voting power.

No Preemptive or Similar Rights

Holders of our common stock do not have preemptive rights, and shares of our common stock are not convertible or redeemable.

Right to Receive Liquidation Distributions

Subject to the rights of the holders of preferred stock, as discussed below, upon our dissolution, liquidation or winding-up, our assets legally available for distribution to our stockholders are distributable ratably among the holders of common stock.

Preferred Stock

We have 25,000,000 authorized shares of preferred stock par value $0.001 per share. We have no series of preferred stock currently issued and outstanding.

Our board of directors may also divide the shares of preferred stock into series and fix and determine the relative rights and preferences of the preferred stock, such as the designation of series and the number of shares constituting such series, dividend rights, redemption and sinking fund provisions, liquidation and dissolution preferences, conversion or exchange rights and voting rights, if any, without the necessity of action by stockholders. Issuance of preferred stock by our board of directors will result in such shares having dividend and/or liquidation preferences senior to the rights of the holders of our common stock and could dilute the voting rights of the holders of our common stock. Once designated by our board of directors, each series of preferred stock will have specific financial and other terms that will be described in a prospectus supplement. The description of the preferred stock that is set forth in any prospectus supplement is not complete without reference to the documents that govern the preferred stock. These include our articles of incorporation, as amended, and any certificates of designation that our board of directors may adopt. Prior to the issuance of shares of each series of preferred stock, the board of directors is required by the NRS and our articles of incorporation to adopt resolutions and file a certificate of designations with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada. The certificate of designations fixes for each class or series the designations, powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions, including, but not limited to, some or all of the following:

the number of shares constituting that series and the distinctive designation of that series, which number may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares then outstanding) from time to time by action of the board of directors;
the dividend rate and the manner and frequency of payment of dividends on the shares of that series, whether dividends will be cumulative, and, if so, from which date;
whether that series will have voting rights, in addition to any voting rights provided by law, and, if so, the terms of such voting rights;
whether that series will have conversion privileges, and, if so, the terms and conditions of such conversion, including provision for adjustment of the conversion rate in such events as the board of directors may determine;
whether or not the shares of that series will be redeemable, and, if so, the terms and conditions of such redemption;
whether that series will have a sinking fund for the redemption or purchase of shares of that series, and, if so, the terms and amount of such sinking fund;


whether or not the shares of the series will have priority over or be on a parity with or be junior to the shares of any other series or class in any respect;
the rights of the shares of that series in the event of voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation, and the relative rights or priority, if any, of payment of shares of that series; and
any other relative rights, preferences and limitations of that series.

All shares of preferred stock offered hereby will, when issued, be fully paid and nonassessable, including shares of preferred stock issued upon the exercise of preferred stock warrants or subscription rights, if any.

Although our board of directors has no intention at the present time of doing so, it could authorize the issuance of a series of preferred stock that could, depending on the terms of such series, impede the completion of a merger, tender offer or other takeover attempt.

Warrants

Theexercisable within 60 days following description, together with the additional information we may include in any applicable prospectus supplement, summarizes the material terms and provisions of the warrants that we may offer under this prospectus and any related warrant agreement and warrant certificate. While the terms summarized below will apply generally to any warrants that we may offer, we will describe the specific terms of any series of warrants in more detail in the applicable prospectus supplement. If we indicate in the prospectus supplement, the terms of any warrants offered under that prospectus supplement may differ from the terms described below. Specific warrant agreements will contain additional important terms and provisions and will be incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the registration statement which includes this prospectus.

General

We may issue warrants for the purchase of common stock, preferred stock and/or debt securities in one or more series. We may issue warrants independently or together with common stock, preferred stock and/or debt securities, and the warrants may be attached to or separate from these securities.

We will evidence each series of warrants by warrant certificates that we may issue under a separate agreement. We may enter into a warrant agreement with a warrant agent. Each warrant agent may be a bank that we select which has its principal office in the United States. We may also choose to act as our own warrant agent. We will indicate the name and address of any such warrant agent in the applicable prospectus supplement relating to a particular series of warrants.

We will describe in the applicable prospectus supplement the terms of the series of warrants, including:

the offering price and aggregate number of warrants offered;
if applicable, the designation and terms of the securities with which the warrants are issued and the number of warrants issued with each such security or each principal amount of such security;
if applicable, the date on and after which the warrants and the related securities will be separately transferable;
in the case of warrants to purchase debt securities, the principal amount of debt securities purchasable upon exercise of one warrant and the price at, and currency in which, this principal amount of debt securities may be purchased upon such exercise;
in the case of warrants to purchase common stock or preferred stock, the number or amount of shares of common stock or preferred stock, as the case may be, purchasable upon the exercise of one warrant and the price at which and currency in which these shares may be purchased upon such exercise;
the manner of exercise of the warrants, including any cashless exercise rights;
the warrant agreement under which the warrants will be issued;
the effect of any merger, consolidation, sale or other disposition of our business on the warrant agreement and the warrants;


anti-dilution provisions of the warrants, if any;
the terms of any rights to redeem or call the warrants;
any provisions for changes to or adjustments in the exercise price or number of securities issuable upon exercise of the warrants;
the dates on which the right to exercise the warrants will commence and expire or, if the warrants are not continuously exercisable during that period, the specific date or dates on which the warrants will be exercisable;
the manner in which the warrant agreement and warrants may be modified;
the identities of the warrant agent and any calculation or other agent for the warrants;
federal income tax consequences of holding or exercising the warrants;
the terms of the securities issuable upon exercise of the warrants;
any securities exchange or quotation system on which the warrants or any securities deliverable upon exercise of the warrants may be listed or quoted; and
any other specific terms, preferences, rights or limitations of or restrictions on the warrants.

Before exercising their warrants, holders of warrants will not have any of the rights of holders of the securities purchasable upon such exercise, including:

in the case of warrants to purchase debt securities, the right to receive payments of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, the debt securities purchasable upon exercise or to enforce covenants in the applicable indenture; or
in the case of warrants to purchase common stock or preferred stock, the right to receive dividends, if any, or, payments upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding up or to exercise voting rights, if any.

Exercise of Warrants

Each warrant will entitle the holder to purchase the securities that we specify in the applicable prospectus supplement at the exercise price that we describe in the applicable prospectus supplement. Unless we otherwise specify in the applicable prospectus supplement, holders of the warrants may exercise the warrants at any time up to 5:00 P.M. eastern time on the expiration date that we set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. After the close of business on the expiration date, unexercised warrants will become void.

Holders of the warrants may exercise the warrants by delivering the warrant certificate representing the warrants to be exercised together with specified information, and paying the required exercise price by the methods provided in the applicable prospectus supplement. We will set forth on the reverse side of the warrant certificate, and in the applicable prospectus supplement, the information that the holder of the warrant will be required to deliver to the warrant agent.

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

Enforceability of Rights By Holders of Warrants

Any warrant agent will act solely as our agent under the applicable warrant agreement and will not assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust with any holder of any warrant. A single bank or trust company may act as warrant agent for more than one issue of warrants. A warrant agent will have no duty or responsibility in case of any default by us under the applicable warrant agreement or warrant, including any duty or responsibility to initiate any proceedings at law or otherwise, or to make any demand upon us. Any holder of a warrant may, without the consent of the related warrant agent or the holder of any other warrant, enforce by appropriate legal action the holder’s right to exercise, and receive the securities purchasable upon exercise of, its warrants in accordance with their terms.


Warrant Agreement Will Not Be Qualified Under Trust Indenture Act

No warrant agreement will be qualified as an indenture, and no warrant agent will be required to qualify as a trustee, under the Trust Indenture Act. Therefore, holders of warrants issued under a warrant agreement will not have the protection of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to their warrants.

Governing Law

Each warrant agreement and any warrants issued under the warrant agreements will be governed by New York law.

Calculation Agent

Any calculations relating to warrants may be made by a calculation agent, an institution that we appoint as our agent for this purpose. The prospectus supplement for a particular warrant will name the institution that we have appointed to act as the calculation agent for that warrant as of the original issue date for that warrant, if any. We may appoint a different institution to serve as calculation agent from time to time after the original issue date without the consent or notification of the holders. The calculation agent’s determination of any amount of money payable or securities deliverable with respect to a warrant will be final and binding in the absence of manifest error.

Debt Securities

The following description, together with the additional information we include in any applicable prospectus supplements, summarizes the material terms and provisions of the debt securities that we may offer under this prospectus. While the terms we have summarized below will generally apply to any future debt securities we may offer under this prospectus, we will describe the particular terms of any debt securities that we may offer in more detail in the applicable prospectus supplement. The terms of any debt securities we offer under a prospectus supplement may differ from the terms we describe below. As of the date of this prospectus, we have no outstanding registered debt securities.are deemed beneficially owned by such person.

 

Name of Selling

Stockholder(1)

 

Common Stock

Beneficially Owned

Prior to Offering

 

Maximum Number

of Shares to

be Sold

 

Common Stock

Beneficially Owned

After Offering(2)

 

Percentage

Ownership After

Offering(2)

Alpha Capital Anstalt (1)

 

9,098,039

 

14,285,715(3)

 

9,098,039

 

9.99%

We will issue senior notes under a senior indenture, which we will enter into with

(1) The address for Alpha Capital Anstalt is Altenbach 8, FL-9490 Vaduz, Principality of Liechtenstein. 

(2) Assumes the trusteesale of all of the Shares being offered pursuant to be namedthis prospectus.

(3) The Series F Preferred Stock and the common stock warrants are subject to beneficial ownership blockers prohibiting the Selling Stockholder from converting Series F shares or exercising any common stock warrants if such conversion or exercise would result in the senior indenture. We will issue subordinated notes under a subordinated indenture, which we will enter into withSelling Stockholder beneficially owning more than 9.99% of the trustee to be named in the subordinated indenture. We have filed forms of these documents as exhibits to the Registration Statement of which this prospectus is a part. We use the term “indentures” to refer to both the senior indenture and the subordinated indenture.Company’s outstanding common stock.

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

The indentures willSelling Stockholder and any of its pledgees, donees, assignees and successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of its Shares being offered under this prospectus on any stock exchange, market or trading facility on which Shares of our Common Stock are traded or in private transactions. These sales may be qualifiedat fixed or negotiated prices. The Selling Stockholder may use any one or more of the following methods when disposing of the Shares:

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

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

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

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

privately negotiated transactions;

to cover short sales made after the date that the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part is declared effective by the SEC;

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

firm commitment underwritten transactions;

a combination of any of these methods of sale; and

any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law

The Shares may also be sold under Rule 144 under the Trust IndentureSecurities Act, if available for the Selling Stockholder, rather than under this prospectus. The Selling Stockholder has the sole and absolute discretion not to accept any purchase offer or make any sale of 1939. ReferencesShares if it deems the purchase price to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 include all amendments thereto. We use the term “debenture trustee” to refer to either the senior trustee or the subordinated trustee, as applicable.be unsatisfactory at any particular time.

 

The following summaries of materialSelling Stockholder may pledge its Shares to its brokers under the margin provisions of customer agreements. If a Selling Stockholder defaults on a margin loan, the senior notes,broker may, from time to time, offer and sell the subordinated notes andpledged Shares.

Broker-dealers engaged by the indentures are subjectSelling Stockholder may arrange for other broker-dealers to and qualifiedparticipate in their entirety by referencesales. Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the Selling Stockholder (or, if any broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of shares, from the purchaser) in amounts to all the provisions of the indenture applicablebe negotiated, which commissions as to a particular seriesbroker or dealer may be in excess of debt securities, and all supplements thereto. We urge you to read the applicable prospectus supplements relatedcustomary commissions to the debt securities that we sellextent permitted by applicable law.

If sales of Shares offered under this prospectus are made to broker-dealers as well as the complete indentures that contain the terms of the debt securities. Except asprincipals, we may otherwise indicate, the terms of the senior and the subordinated indentures are identical.

General

The terms of each series of debt securities willwould be established by or pursuantrequired to file a resolution of our board of directors and set forth or determined in the manner provided in an officers’ certificate or by a supplemental indenture. Debt securities may be issued in separate series without limitation as to aggregate principal amount. We may specify a maximum aggregate principal amount for the debt securities of any series. In addition, the particular terms of each series of debt securities will be described in a prospectus supplement relating to such series, including any pricing supplement. The prospectus supplement will set forth, among other things:


the title;
the principal amount being offered, and, if a series, the total amount authorized and the total amount outstanding;
any limit on the amount that may be issued;
whether or not we will issue the series of debt securities in global form and, if so, the terms and who the depositary will be;
the maturity date;
whether and under what circumstances, if any, we will pay additional amounts on any debt securities held by a person who is not a U.S. person for tax purposes, and whether we can redeem the debt securities if we have to pay such additional amounts;
the annual interest rate, which may be fixed or variable, or the method for determining the rate, the date interest will begin to accrue, the dates interest will be payable and the regular record dates for interest payment dates or the method for determining such dates;
the terms of the subordination of any series of subordinated debt, if applicable;
the place where payments will be payable;
restrictions on transfer, sale or other assignment, if any;
our right, if any, to defer payment of interest and the maximum length of any such deferral period;
the date, if any, after which, the conditions upon which, and the price at which we may, at our option, redeem the series of debt securities pursuant to any optional or provisional redemption provisions, and any other applicable terms of those redemption provisions;
the date, if any, on which, and the price at which we are obligated, pursuant to any mandatory sinking fund or analogous fund provisions or otherwise, to redeem, or at the holder’s option to purchase, the series of debt securities and the currency or currency unit in which the debt securities are payable;
whether the indenture will restrict our ability and/or the ability of our subsidiaries to, among other things:
incur additional indebtedness;
issue additional securities;
create liens;
pay dividends and make distributions in respect of our capital stock and the capital stock of our subsidiaries;
redeem capital stock;
place restrictions on our subsidiaries’ ability to pay dividends, make distributions or transfer assets;
make investments or other restricted payments;
sell or otherwise dispose of assets;
enter into sale-leaseback transactions;
engage in transactions with stockholders and affiliates;
issue or sell stock of our subsidiaries; or
effect a consolidation or merger;
whether the indenture will require us to maintain any interest coverage, fixed charge, cash flow-based, asset-based or other financial ratios;
information describing any book-entry features;
provisions for a sinking fund purchase or other analogous fund, if any;
whether the debt securities are to be offered at a price such that they will be deemed to be offered at an “original issue discount” as defined in paragraph (a) of Section 1273 of the Internal Revenue Code;
the procedures for any auction and remarketing, if any;
the denominations in which we will issue the series of debt securities, if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof;
if other than dollars, the currency in which the series of debt securities will be denominated; and
any other specific terms, preferences, rights or limitations of, or restrictions on, the debt securities, including any events of default that are in addition to those described in this prospectus or any covenants provided with respect to the debt securities that are in addition to those described above, and any terms that may be required by us or advisable under applicable laws or regulations or advisable in connection with the marketing of the debt securities.


Conversion or Exchange Rights

We will set forth in the prospectus supplement the terms on which a series of debt securities may be convertible into or exchangeable for common stock or other securities of ours or a third party, including the conversion or exchange rate, as applicable, or how it will be calculated, and the applicable conversion or exchange period. We will include provisions as to whether conversion or exchange is mandatory, at the option of the holder or at our option. We may include provisions pursuant to which the number of our securities or the securities of a third party that the holders of the series of debt securities receive upon conversion or exchange would, under the circumstances described in those provisions, be subject to adjustment, or pursuant to which those holders would, under those circumstances, receive other property upon conversion or exchange, for example in the event of our merger or consolidation with another entity.

Consolidation, Merger or Sale

The indentures in the forms initially filed as exhibitspost-effective amendment to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part do not containpart. In the post-effective amendment, we would be required to disclose the names of any covenant that restricts our ability to merge or consolidate, or sell, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our assets. However, any successor of ours or the acquirer of such assets must assume all of our obligations under the indenturesparticipating broker-dealers and the debt securities.

If the debt securities are convertible for our other securities, the person with whom we consolidate or merge orcompensation arrangements relating to whom we sell all of our property must make provisions for the conversion of the debt securities into securities that the holders of the debt securities would have received if they had converted the debt securities before the consolidation, merger or sale.

Events of Default under the Indenture

The following are events of default under the indentures in the forms initially filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement with respect to any series of debt securities that we may issue:such sales.

 

 
if we fail to pay interest when due and payable and our failure continues for 90 days and the time for payment has not been extended or deferred;19
if we fail to pay the principal, sinking fund payment or premium, if any, when due and payable and the time for payment has not been extended or delayed;

if we fail to observe or perform any other covenant contained in the debt securities or the indentures, other than a covenant specifically relating to another seriesTable of debt securities, and our failure continues for 90 days after we receive notice from the debenture trustee or holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of the applicable series; and
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Default specified in the last bullet point above, the debenture trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series, by notice to us in writing, and to the debenture trustee if notice is given by such holders, may declare the unpaid principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest, if any, due and payable immediately. If an event of default specified in the last bullet point above occurs with respect to us, the principal amount of and accrued interest, if any, of each issue of debt securities then outstanding shall be due and payable without any notice or other action on the part of the debenture trustee or any holder.

The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of an affected series may waive any default or event of default with respect to the series and its consequences, except defaults or events of default regarding payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest, unless we have cured the default or event of default in accordance with the indenture. Any waiver shall cure the default or event of default.


Subject to the terms of the indentures, if an event of default under an indenture shall occur and be continuing, the debenture trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under such indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders of the applicable series of debt securities, unless such holders have offered the debenture trustee reasonable indemnity. The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any series will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the debenture trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the debenture trustee, with respect to the debt securities of that series, provided that:

the direction so given by the holder is not in conflict with any law or the applicable indenture; and
subject to its duties under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the debenture trustee need not take any action that might involve it in personal liability or might be unduly prejudicial to the holders not involved in the proceeding.

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

the holder has given written notice to the debenture trustee of a continuing event of default with respect to that series;
the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series have made written request, and such holders have offered reasonable indemnity, to the debenture trustee to institute the proceeding as trustee; and
the debenture trustee does not institute the proceeding and does not receive from the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series other conflicting directions within 90 days after the notice, request and offer.

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

We will periodically file statements with the debenture trustee regarding our compliance with specified covenants in the indentures.

Modification of Indenture; Waiver

We and the debenture trustee may change an indenture without the consent of any holders with respect to specific matters, including:

to fix any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency in the indenture;
to comply with the provisions described above under “Consolidation, Merger or Sale”;
to comply with any requirements of the SEC in connection with the qualification of any indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939;
to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee;
to provide for uncertificated debt securities and to make all appropriate changes for such purpose;
to add to, delete from, or revise the conditions, limitations and restrictions on the authorized amount, terms or purposes of issuance, authorization and delivery of debt securities or any series, as set forth in the indenture;
to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and conditions of the debt securities of any series as provided under “General” to establish the form of any certifications required to be furnished pursuant to the terms of the indenture or any series of debt securities, or to add to the rights of the holders of any series of debt securities;
to add to our covenants such new covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions for the protection of the holders, to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and the continuance, of a default in any such additional covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions an event of default, or to surrender any of our rights or powers under the indenture; or
to change anything that does not materially adversely affect the interests of any holder of debt securities of any series.


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

extending the fixed maturity of the series of debt securities;
reducing the principal amount, reducing the rate of or extending the time of payment of interest, or reducing any premium payable upon the redemption of any debt securities; or
reducing the percentage of debt securities, the holders of which are required to consent to any amendment, supplement, modification or waiver.

Discharge

Each indenture provides that we can elect to be discharged from our obligations with respect to one or more series of debt securities, except that the following obligations, among others survive until the maturity date or the redemption date:

register the transfer or exchange of debt securities of the series;
replace stolen, lost or mutilated debt securities of the series;
maintain paying agencies;
hold monies for payment in trust; and
appoint any successor trustee;

and the following obligations survive the maturity date or the redemption date:

recover excess money held by the debenture trustee; and
compensate and indemnify the debenture trustee.

As more fully set forth in the indentures, in order to exercise our rights to be discharged, we must either deliver for cancellation all securities of a series to the debenture trustee or must deposit with the debenture trustee money or government obligations sufficient to pay all the principal of, any premium, if any, and interest on, the debt securities of the series on the dates payments are due.

Form, Exchange and Transfer

We will issue the debt securities of each series only in fully registered form without coupons and, unless we otherwise specify in the applicable prospectus supplement, in denominations of $1,000Selling Stockholder and any integral multiple thereof. The indentures provide that we may issue debt securities of a series in temporarybroker-dealers or permanent global form and as book-entry securities that will be deposited with, or on behalf of, The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, known as DTC, or another depositary named by us and identified in a prospectus supplement with respect to that series. See “Legal Ownership of Securities” for a further description of the terms relating to any book-entry securities.

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

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


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

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

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

Information Concerning the Debenture Trustee

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

Payment and Paying Agents

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

We will name in the applicable board resolution any other paying agents that we initially designate for the debt securities of a particular series. We will maintain a paying agent in each place of payment for the debt securities of a particular series.

All money we pay to a paying agent or the debenture trustee for the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any debt securities that remains unclaimed at the end of two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable will be repaid to us, and the holder of the debt security thereafter may look only to us for payment thereof.

Governing Law

The indentures and the debt securities will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, except to the extent that the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is applicable.

Subordination of Subordinated Debt Securities

The subordinated debt securities will be subordinate and junior in priority of payment to certain of our other indebtedness to the extent described in a prospectus supplement. The indentures in the forms initially filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement of which this prospectus is a part do not limit the amount of indebtedness that we may incur, including senior indebtedness or subordinated indebtedness, and do not limit us from issuing any other debt, including secured debt or unsecured debt.


Units

We may issue units comprised of one or more of the other securities described in this prospectus or in any prospectus supplement in any combination. Each unit will be issued so that the holder of the unit is also the holder, with the rights and obligations of a holder, of each security included in the unit. The unit agreement under which a unit is issued may provide that the securities included in the unit may not be held or transferred separately, at any time or at any time before a specified date or upon the occurrence of a specified event or occurrence.

The applicable prospectus supplement will describe:

the designation and terms of the units and of the securities comprising the units, including whether and under what circumstances those securities may be held or transferred separately;
any unit agreement under which the units will be issued;
any provisions for the issuance, payment, settlement, transfer or exchange of the units or of the securities comprising the units; and
whether the units will be issued in fully registered or global form.


PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

We may sell the securities being offered pursuant to this prospectus to or through underwriters, through dealers, through agents, or directly to one or more purchasers or through a combination of these methods. The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the terms of the offering of the securities, including:

the name or names of any underwriters, if, and if required, any dealers or agents;
the purchase price of the securities and the proceeds we will receive from the sale;
any underwriting discounts and other items constituting underwriters’ compensation;
any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers; and
any securities exchange or market on which the securities may be listed or traded.

We may distribute the securities from time to time in one or more transactions at:

a fixed price or prices, which may be changed;
market prices prevailing at the time of sale;
prices related to such prevailing market prices; or
negotiated prices.

Only underwriters named in the prospectus supplement are underwriters of the securities offered by the prospectus supplement.

If underwriters are used in an offering, we will execute an underwriting agreement with such underwriters and will specify the name of each underwriter and the terms of the transaction (including any underwriting discounts and other terms constituting compensation of the underwriters and any dealers) in a prospectus supplement. The securities may be offered to the public either through underwriting syndicates represented by managing underwriters or directly by one or more investment banking firms or others, as designated. If an underwriting syndicate is used, the managing underwriter(s) will be specified on the cover of the prospectus supplement. If underwriters are used in the sale, the offered securities will be acquired by the underwriters for their own accounts and may be resold from time to time in one or more transactions, including negotiated transactions, at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of sale. Any public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers may be changed from time to time. Unless otherwise set forth in the prospectus supplement, the obligations of the underwriters to purchase the offered securities will be subject to conditions precedent, and the underwriters will be obligated to purchase all of the offered securities, if any are purchased.

We may grant to the underwriters options to purchase additional securities to cover over-allotments, if any, at the public offering price, with additional underwriting commissions or discounts, as may be set forth in a related prospectus supplement. The terms of any over-allotment option will be set forth in the prospectus supplement for those securities.

If we use a dealer in the sale of the securities being offered pursuant to this prospectus or any prospectus supplement, we will sell the securities to the dealer, as principal. The dealer may then resell the securities to the public at varying prices to be determined by the dealer at the time of resale. The names of the dealers and the terms of the transaction will be specified in a prospectus supplement.

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

We may authorize agents or underwriters to solicit offers by institutional investors to purchase securities from us at the public offering price set forth in the prospectus supplement pursuant to delayed delivery contracts providing for payment and delivery on a specified date in the future. We will describe the conditions to these contracts and the commissions payable for solicitation of these contracts in the prospectus supplement.


In connection with the sale of the securities, underwriters, dealers or agents may receive compensation from us or from purchasers of the securities for whom they act as agents, in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions. Underwriters may sell the securities to or through dealers, and those dealers may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the underwriters or commissions from the purchasers for whom they may act as agents. Underwriters, dealers and agents that participate in the distribution of the securities, and any institutional investors or others that purchase securities directly for the purpose of resale or distribution, may be deemed to be underwriters, and any discounts or commissions“underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with these sales. Commissions received by them from usthese broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the common stockShares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts and commissions under the Securities Act. No FINRA member firmAny broker-dealers or agents that are deemed to be underwriters may receive compensationnot sell Shares offered under this prospectus unless and until we set forth the names of the underwriters and the material details of their underwriting arrangements in excessa supplement to this prospectus or, if required, in a replacement prospectus included in a post-effective amendment to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.

The Selling Stockholder and any other persons participating in the sale or distribution of the Shares offered under this prospectus will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations under that allowableact, including Regulation M. These provisions may restrict activities of, and limit the timing of purchases and sales of any of the shares by, the Selling Stockholder or any other person. Furthermore, under FINRA rules, including Rule 5110,Regulation M, persons engaged in a distribution of securities are prohibited from simultaneously engaging in market making and other activities with respect to those securities for a specified period of time prior to the commencement of such distributions, subject to specified exceptions or exemptions. All of these limitations may affect the marketability of the Shares.

If any of the Shares offered for sale pursuant to this prospectus are transferred other than pursuant to a sale under this prospectus, then subsequent holders could not use this prospectus until a post-effective amendment or prospectus supplement is filed, naming such holders. We offer no assurance as to whether any of the Selling Stockholder will sell all or any portion of the Shares offered under this prospectus.

The Company will pay all fees and expenses incident to the registration of the Shares being offered under this prospectus. The Selling Stockholder is responsible for paying any discounts, commissions and similar selling expenses it incurs.

We and the Selling Stockholder have agreed to indemnify one another against certain losses, damages and liabilities arising in connection with the offering of the securities.

We may provide agents, underwriters and other purchasers with indemnification against particular civil liabilities,this prospectus, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or contribution with respect to payments that the agents, underwriters or other purchasers may make with respect to such liabilities. Agents and underwriters may engage in transactions with, or perform services for, us in the ordinary course of business.Act.

 

To facilitate the public offering of a series of securities, persons participating in the offering may engage in transactions that stabilize, maintain, or otherwise affect the market price of the securities. This may include over-allotments or short sales of the securities, which involves the sale by persons participating in the offering of more securities than have been sold to them by us. In exercising the over-allotment option granted to those persons. In addition, those persons may stabilize or maintain the price of the securities by bidding for or purchasing securities in the open market or by imposing penalty bids, whereby selling concessions allowed to underwriters or dealers participating in any such offering may be reclaimed if securities sold by them are repurchased in connection with stabilization transactions. The effect of these transactions may be to stabilize or maintain the market price of the securities at a level above that which might otherwise prevail in the open market. Such transactions, if commenced, may be discontinued at any time. We make no representation or prediction as to the direction or magnitude of any effect that the transactions described above, if implemented, may have on the price of our securities.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, any common stock sold pursuant to a prospectus supplementShares will be eligible for listing on the NYSE American, subject to official notice of issuance. Any underwriters to whom securities are sold by us for public offering and sale may make a market in the securities, but such underwriters will not be obligated to do so and may discontinue any market making at any time without notice.

In order to comply with the securities laws of some states, if applicable, the securities offered pursuant to this prospectus will be sold in those states only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers.dealers if required under applicable state securities laws. In addition, in somecertain states, securitiesthe Shares covered hereby may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in the applicable state or an exemption from the registration or qualification requirement is available and is complied with.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF OUR COMMON STOCK

The following summary of the terms of our common stock does not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to our Articles of Incorporation, as amended, or articles of incorporation, and Amended and Restated Bylaws, or bylaws, copies of which are on file with the SEC as exhibits to registration statements previously filed by us. See “Where You Can Find More Information.”

General

Our authorized capital stock consists of 275,000,000 shares, of which 250,000,000 shares are designated as Common Stock, and 25,000,000 shares are designated as preferred stock, par value $.001 per share of which (i) no shares have been designated as Series A Preferred Stock, (ii) 1,764 shares have been designated as Series B Preferred Stock, (iii) 10,000 shares have been designated as Series C Preferred Stock, (iv) 2,000 shares have been designated as Series D Preferred Stock, (v) 1,050 shares have been designated as Series E preferred stock, and (vi) 35,000 shares have been designated as Series F Preferred Stock. As of April 13, 2023, we had 91,071,375 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding, and 8,863 shares of Series F Preferred Stock outstanding.

Transfer Agent and Registrar

The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Equiniti Trust Company.

Anti-Takeover Effects of Certain Provisions of Nevada Law

The following is a summary of certain provisions of Nevada law, our articles of incorporation and our bylaws. This summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Nevada Revised Statutes and our articles of incorporation and bylaws.

Effect of Nevada Control Share Statute. We are subject to Sections 78.378 to 78.3793 of the Nevada Revised Statutes, which are referred to as the Control Share Statute that is a type of anti-takeover law.  In general, these provisions restrict the ability of individuals and groups acquiring a controlling interest of the voting shares of certain Nevada corporations from exercising the voting rights of the acquired shares, absent required stockholder approval of the share acquisition transaction.  These provisions apply to a Nevada corporation that has 200 or more stockholders of record, at least 100 of whom have addresses in Nevada. The Control Share Statute provides that a person acquires a “controlling interest” whenever a person acquires shares of a subject corporation that, but for the application of these provisions of the Control Share Statute, would enable that person to exercise (1) one-fifth or more, but less than one-third, (2) one-third or more, but less than a majority, or (3) a majority or more, of all of the voting power of the corporation in the election of directors. Once an acquirer crosses one of these thresholds, shares which it acquired in the transaction taking it over the threshold and within the 90 days immediately preceding the date when the acquiring person acquired or offered to acquire a controlling interest become “control shares” to which the voting restrictions described above apply.

To avoid the voting restriction, the acquisition of a controlling interest must be approved by both (a) the holders of a majority of the voting power of the corporation, and (b) if the acquisition would adversely alter or change any preference or any relative or other right given to any other class or series of outstanding shares, the holders of the majority of each class or series affected, excluding those shares as to which any interested stockholder exercises voting rights, and the approval must specifically include the conferral of such voting rights. Although we have not opted out of this statute, a corporation alternatively may expressly elect not to be governed by the provisions in either its articles of incorporation or its bylaws. Additionally, in the face of potential control share transaction, a corporation, if it has not opted out of the statutory provisions, may opt out of the control share statute by amending its articles of incorporation or its bylaws prior to the 10th day following the acquisition of a controlling interest by an acquiring person.

Effect of Nevada Business Combination Statute. We are subject to Sections 78.411 to 78.444 of the Nevada Revised Statutes, which are referred to as the Business Combination Statute. This statute is designed to limit acquirers of voting stock of a corporation from effecting a business combination without the consent of the stockholders or board of directors. The statute provides that specified persons who, together with their affiliates and associates, own, or within two years did own, 10% or more of the outstanding voting stock of a Nevada corporation with at least 200 stockholders of record cannot engage in specified business combinations with a Nevada corporation for a period of two years after the date on which the person became an interested stockholder, unless (a) the business combination or the transaction by which the person first became an interested stockholder was approved by the Nevada corporation’s board of directors before the person first became an interested stockholder, or (b) the combination is approved by the board and, at or after that time, the combination is approved at an annual or special meeting of the stockholders by the affirmative vote of 60% or more of the voting power of the disinterested stockholders.

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LEGAL MATTERS

Sherman & Howard L.L.C., Las Vegas, Nevada, will issue an opinion about certain legal matters with respect to the offered securities.

EXPERTS

The consolidated balance sheets of AgEagle, as of December 31, 2022, and 2021, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, changes in stockholders’ equity and comprehensive loss, and cash flows of AgEagle for the years then ended and filed on April 4, 2023, incorporated by reference in this prospectus have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of WithumSmith+Brown, PC, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

LIMITATION ON LIABILITY AND DISCLOSURE OF COMMISSION POSITION ON INDEMNIFICATION FOR SECURITIES ACT LIABILITIES

 

Our articles of incorporation and bylaws provide that we will indemnify our directors and officers, and may indemnify our employees and other agents, to the fullest extent permitted by Nevada law. 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 haswe have been advised that, in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange CommissionSEC, 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, we will, unless in the opinion of our counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by us is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

LEGAL MATTERS

Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, the validity of the offered securities will be passed upon for us by Loeb & Loeb LLP, New York, New York. If the validity of the securities offered hereby in connection with offerings made pursuant to this prospectus are passed upon by counsel for the underwriters, dealers or agents, if any, such counsel will be named in the prospectus supplement relating to such offering.

EXPERTS

The consolidated financial statements of AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. and its subsidiaries as of and for the fiscal years ended (i) December 31, 2020 incorporated in this prospectus by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 31, 2021, have been audited by WithumSmith+Brown, PC, an independent registered public accounting firm (“Withum”), as stated in their report dated March 31, 2021, which is incorporated herein by reference, and have been so incorporated in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing, and (ii) December 31, 2019 incorporated in this prospectus by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on April 13, 2020, have been audited by D. Brooks and Associates CPAs, P.A., an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report dated April 10, 2020, which is incorporated herein by reference, and have been so incorporated in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

The consolidated financial statements of MicaSense as of and for the fiscal year ended (i) December 31, 2020 incorporated in this prospectus by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A, filed on April 13, 2021, have been audited by Withum as stated in their report dated April 13, 2021, which is incorporated herein by reference, and have been so incorporated in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing, and (ii) December 31, 2019 and 2018, incorporated in this prospectus by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A, filed on April 13, 2021, have been audited by Salberg & Company, PA as stated in their report dated February 22, 2021, which is incorporated herein by reference, and have been so incorporated in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing


WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT US

We have filed a registration statement on Form S-3 with the SEC for the securities we are offering by this prospectus. This prospectus and any subsequent prospectus supplements do not contain all of the information contained in the registration statement. We have omitted from this prospectus some parts of the Registration Statement as permitted by the rules and regulations of the SEC. Statements in this prospectus concerning any document we have filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or that we otherwise filed with the SEC are not intended to be comprehensive and are qualified in their entirety by reference to these filings. You should refer to the registration statement and its exhibits for additional information. We will provide to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom a prospectus is delivered, a copy of any or all of the information that has been incorporated by reference in the prospectus but not delivered with the prospectus. We will provide this information upon oral or written request, free of charge. Any requests for this information should be made by calling or sending a letter to the Secretary of the Company, c/o AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc., at our office located at 8833 E. 34th Street North, Wichita, Kansas 67226. Our telephone number is (620) 325-6363.

We are required to file annual and quarterly reports, current reports, proxy statements, and other information with the SEC. We make these documents publicly available, free of charge, on our website at www.bioaobo.com as soon as reasonably practicable after filing such documents with the SEC. You can read our SEC filings, including the registration statement, on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. You also may read and copy any document we file with the SEC at its public reference facility at:

Public Reference Room
100 F Street N.E.
Washington, DC 20549.

Please call the SEC at 1-800-732-0330 for further information on the operation of the public reference facilities.

INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTSINCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

 

We have elected to incorporate certain information by reference into this prospectus. By incorporating by reference, we can disclose important information to you by referring you to other documents we have filed or will file with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is deemed to be part of this prospectus, except for information incorporated by reference that is superseded by information contained in this prospectus. This means that you must look at all of the SEC filings that we incorporate by reference to determine if any statements in the prospectus or any document previously incorporated by reference have been modified or superseded. This prospectus incorporates by reference the documents set forth below that we have previously filed with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”):Act:

 

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Our Current Report on Form 8-K/A, dated March 10, 2023, filed with the SEC on April 14, 2023;

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Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 20202022, filed with the SEC on March 31, 2021;April 4, 2023; and

Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 5, 2021;

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Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 27, 2021;
Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on April 13, 2021; and

The description of our common stock containedCommon Stock in Exhibit 4.1 included in our Registration StatementAnnual Report on Form 8-A10-K filed with the SEC on June 12, 2014,April 4, 2023 (File No. 001-36492), including any amendmentsamendment or reports filed for the purpose of updating thesuch description.

 

All documents subsequently filed with the Securities and Exchange CommissionSEC by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of the initial filing of the registration statement and prior to effectiveness of the registration statement, and after the effectiveness of the registration and prior to the termination of this offering (except in each case current reports or portions thereof furnished and not filed under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K) shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part of this prospectus from the respective dates of filing of such documents. Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof or of the related prospectus supplement to the extent that a statement in any other subsequently filed document which is also incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus.

 



$200,000,000We will furnish without charge to each person to whom a copy of this prospectus is delivered, upon written or oral request, a copy of the documents that have been incorporated by reference into this prospectus, including exhibits to these documents. You should direct any requests for copies to:

 

AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc.

8863 E. 34th Street North

Wichita, Kansas 67226

Telephone: (620) 325-6363

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14,285,715 Shares of Common Stock

AGEAGLE AERIAL SYSTEMS INC.

 

Common Stock
Preferred Stock
Debt Securities
Warrants
UnitsPROSPECTUS

 

PROSPECTUSApril [•], 2023

 

April [●], 2021

We have not authorized any dealer, salesperson or other person to give any information or represent anything not contained in or incorporated by reference into this prospectus. You must not rely on any unauthorized information. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. This prospectus does not offer to sell any shares in any jurisdiction where it is unlawful. Neither the delivery of this prospectus, nor any sale made hereunder, shall create any implication that the information in this prospectus is correct after the date hereof.

 


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PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

ItemITEM 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

 

The following table sets forth an estimate of the feescosts and expenses relating topayable by AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. in connection with the issuance and distributionsale of the securities being registered hereby, other than underwriting discounts and commissions, all of which shall be borne by AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc.hereby. All of such fees and expenses,amounts are estimates except for the SEC Registration Fee, are estimated:registration fee.

 

SEC Registration Fee $

21,820

 
Transfer agent’s fees and expenses  3,000 
Printing and engraving expenses   
Accounting fees and expenses  15,000 
Legal fees and expenses (including blue sky services and expenses)  30,000 
Miscellaneous   
Total $

69,820

 

 

 

Amount to

be Paid

 

Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee

 

$

654.00

 

Legal fees and expenses

 

$35,000.00

 

Accounting fees and expenses

 

$5,000.00

 

Total

 

$

40,654.00

 

 

ItemITEM 15.Indemnification of OfficersDirectors and DirectorsOfficers.

 

Section 78.13878.138(7) of the Nevada Revised Statutes (“NRS”) provides that, unless the corporation’s articles of incorporation provide otherwise, a director or officer will not be individually liable unless it is proven that (i) the director’s or officer’s acts or omissions constituted a breach of his or her fiduciary duties, and (ii) such breach involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law.

Our articles of incorporation provide for the indemnification of a present or former director or officer to the extent permitted under the NRS, against all expense, liability and loss reasonably incurred or suffered by the officer or director in connection with any action against such officer or director by reason of being an officer or director of the Company.

Our bylaws also provide for indemnification of our officers and directors and the advancement of expenses incurred in defending an action as incurred upon receipt of an undertaking by the officer or director to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined that the officer or director is not entitled to such indemnification.  If there is no undertaking to repay advanced expenses upon determination that the officer or director is not entitled to such indemnification, indemnification of an officer or director requires approval as determined by (a) the stockholders, (b) the board of directors by majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the act, suit or proceeding, (c)  a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the act, suit or proceeding, or (d)if  a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the act, suit or proceeding cannot be obtained, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion.

 

Section 78.7502(1) of the NRS provides that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (except an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if such person: (i)(a) is not liable for a breach of fiduciary duties that involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of law; or (ii)(b) acted in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.

 

Section 78.7502(2) of the NRS further provides that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including amounts paid in settlement and attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of the action or suit if such person: (i) is not liable for a breach of fiduciary duties that involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of law; or (ii) acted in good faith and in a manner that he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation. Indemnification may not be made for any claim, issue or matter as to which such a person has been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction, after exhaustion of all appeals therefrom, to be liable to the corporation or for amounts paid in settlement to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought or other court of competent jurisdiction determines upon application that in view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court deems proper.

 

ToSection 7502(3) of the NRS provides that the provision of discretionary indemnification under Section 7502(1) or Section 7501(2) shall be determined by the Company’s (a) stockholders, (b) the board by majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit, or proceeding, or (c) by independent counsel.

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Section 78.751 (1) provides that to the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (1) and (2) of Section 78.7502, as described above, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, the corporation shall indemnify him or her against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense.

 

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Unless ordered by a court or advanced pursuant to Section 78.751(2), Section 78.751(1) of the NRS limits indemnification under Section 78.7502 to situations in which either (1) the shareholders, (2) the majority of a disinterested quorum of directors, or (3) independent legal counsel determine that indemnification is proper under the circumstances.

Section 78.751(2) authorizes a corporation’s articles of incorporation, bylaws or agreement to provide that directors’ and officers’ expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action mustmay be paid by the corporation as incurred, rather than upon final disposition of the action, upon receipt by the director or officer to repay the amount if a court ultimately determines that he is not entitled to indemnification.

 

Section 78.751(3)(a) provides that the rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights under any bylaw, agreement, shareholder vote or vote of disinterested directors. Section 78.751(3)(b) extends the rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses to former directors, officers, employees and agents, as well as their heirs, executors, and administrators.

  

See also the undertakings set out in response to Item 16. Exhibits17.

 

Exhibit NumberDescription of Document
1.1*Form of underwriting agreement with respect to common stock, preferred stock, warrants or units.
4.1*Form of specimen common stock certificate, if any.
4.2*Form of any warrant agreement with respect to each particular series of warrants issued hereunder.
4.3*Form of specimen certificate for preferred stock of registrant, if any.
4.4*Certificate of designation for preferred stock, if any.
4.5*Form of warrant agreement and warrant certificate, if any.
4.6*Form of unit agreement and unit certificate, if any.
4.7++Form of indenture with respect to senior debt securities, to be entered into between registrant and a trustee acceptable to the registrant, if any.
4.8++Form of indenture with respect to subordinated debt securities, to be entered into between registrant and a trustee acceptable to the registrant, if any.
4.9*Form of debt securities, if any.
5.1++Opinion of Loeb & Loeb LLP as to the legality of certain securities being registered.
23.1Consent of D. Brooks and Associates CPAs, P.A., an independent registered public accounting firm (incorporated by reference to the Exhibit 23.2 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated March 31, 2021).
23.2Consent of WithumSmith+Brown, PC, an independent registered public accounting firm (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 23.1 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on March 31, 2021)
23.3Consent of WithumSmith+Brown, PC, an independent auditor (incorporated by reference to the Exhibit 23.1 included in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A, filed on April 13, 2021)
23.3Consent of Salberg & Company, PA an independent registered public accounting firm (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 23 2 included in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A, dated April 13, 2021)
23.4++Consent of Loeb & Loeb LLP, with respect to certain securities being registered (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1++Power of Attorney (included on signature pages to the registration statement).
25.1***Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of a trustee acceptable to the registrant, as trustee under the Indenture with respect to senior debt securities.
25.2***Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of a trustee acceptable to the registrant, as trustee under the Indenture with respect to subordinated debt securities.

*To be filed, if necessary, subsequent to the effectiveness of this registration by an amendment to this registration statement or incorporation by reference pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K in connection with an offering of securities.
***To the extent applicable, to be filed under Form 305B2.
++Previously filed

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Item 17. Undertakings.ITEM 16.Exhibits.

 

The attached Exhibit Index is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 17.Undertakings.

(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) above do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form F-3 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the CommissionSEC by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statementsstatement or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is a part of the registration statementstatement.

 

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

 

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

 

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(b)                 The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

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

 

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

 

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(2)                 (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 section 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 that 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.

 

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

(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.

 

(e)                 The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that: (i)(b) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as parteach filing of the registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and containedregistrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall of 1933 be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the time it was declared effective; and (ii) for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

(f)                  If and when applicable, the undersigned registrant, hereby undertakes to file an application for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act under subsection (a) of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Commission under Section 305(b)(2) of the Act.

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

 

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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 on Form S-3registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Davie, Florida,Wichita, State of Kansas, on the 15th day of April.April 18, 2023.

 

AGEAGLE AERIAL SYSTEMS INC.

By:

By:

/s/ Nicole Fernandez-McGovernFernandez McGovern

Name

Name:

Nicole Fernandez-McGovern

Title:

Title:

Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer)

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Barrett Mooney and Nicole Fernandez-McGovern, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of each to act alone, with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement filed herewith and any and all amendments to said Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments and any related registration statements thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462 and otherwise), and file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of each to act alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

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

 

Name

Signature

Position

Title

Date

/s/ J. Michael DrozdBarrett Mooney

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

April 15, 202118, 2023

J. Michael Drozd

Barrett Mooney

/s/ Nicole Fernandez-McGovern

Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

April 15, 202118, 2023

Nicole Fernandez-McGovern

Accounting Officer)

/s/ Grant Begley

Director

April 18, 2023

Grant Begley

/s/ Thomas Gardner

Director

April 18, 2023

Thomas Gardner

/s/ Kelly Anderson

Director

April 18, 2023

Kelly Anderson

 
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*Chairman of the BoardApril 15, 2021

Barrett Mooney
*DirectorApril 15, 2021
Grant Begley
*DirectorApril 15, 2021
Thomas Gardner
*DirectorApril 15, 2021
Luisa Ingargiola
* /s/ Nicole Fernandez-McGovern
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Exhibit

Number

Description

5.1

Opinion of Sherman & Howard L.L.C. 

23.1

Consent of WithumSmith+Brown, PC, an independent registered public accounting firm 

23.2

Consent of Sherman & Howard LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)*

24.1

Power of Attorney (included in the signature page hereto)

107

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