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CUSIP No. 171077407 | | SC 13D/A | | Page 5 of 11 |
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT.
This Amendment No. 9 to Schedule 13D (“Amendment No. 9”) relates to the shares of common stock (the “Common Stock”), par value $0.001 per share, of ChromaDex Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer” and such shares of Common Stock, the “Shares”), and is being filed on behalf of the Reporting Persons. This Amendment No. 9 amends and supplements the Amendment No. 8 to Schedule 13D previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 16, 2019 (“Amendment No. 8”), the Amendment No. 7 to Schedule 13D previously filed with the SEC on July 2, 2019 (“Amendment No. 7”), the Amendment No. 6 to Schedule 13D previously filed with the SEC on May 20, 2019 (“Amendment No. 6”), the Amendment No. 5 to Schedule 13D previously filed with the SEC on May 13, 2019 (“Amendment No. 5”), the Amendment No. 4 to Schedule 13D previously filed with the SEC on November 21, 2017 (“Amendment No. 4”), the Amendment No. 3 to Schedule 13D previously filed with the SEC on November 7, 2017 (“Amendment No. 3”), the Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13D previously filed with the SEC on May 26, 2017 (“Amendment No. 2”), the Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D previously filed with the SEC on May 11, 2017 (“Amendment No. 1”), and the initial Schedule 13D previously filed with the SEC on May 8, 2017 (the “Initial Schedule 13D”, together with Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2, Amendment No. 3, Amendment No. 4, Amendment No. 5, Amendment No. 6, Amendment No. 7, Amendment No. 8 and this Amendment No. 9, the “Schedule 13D”). This Amendment No. 9 is being amended to reflect the acquisition of additional Shares by the Reporting Persons.
ITEM 1. | SECURITY AND ISSUER. |
This Schedule 13D relates to shares of Common Stock of the Issuer. The address of the Issuer’s principal executive office is 10900 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 600, Los Angeles, California 90024. Information given in response to each item shall be deemed incorporated by reference in all other items, as applicable.
ITEM 2. | IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND. |
The Shares to which this Schedule 13D relates are owned directly by Pioneer Step and Dvorak International.
Item 2 (a) – (c). This Schedule 13D is being filed by the following persons: Pioneer Step Holdings Limited, a British Virgin Islands corporation (“Pioneer Step”), Dvorak International Limited, a British Virgin Islands corporation (“Dvorak International”), and Chau Hoi Shuen Solina Holly, a permanent resident of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China (“Solina Chau”). Pioneer Step, Dvorak and Solina Chau are sometimes individually referred to herein as a “Reporting Person” and collectively as the “Reporting Persons.” Solina Chau is the sole shareholder of each of Pioneer Step and Dvorak.
Item 2 (d) – (e). During the last five years, none of the Reporting Persons has been convicted in any criminal proceeding, or has been a party to any civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violations with respect to such laws.
Item 2 (f). Each of Pioneer Step and Dvorak International is a corporation formed under the laws of the British Virgin Islands. Solina Chau, a natural person, is a permanent resident of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China.
ITEM 3. | SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION. |
The information set forth in Item 4 hereof is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 3, as applicable.
ITEM 4. | PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION. |
April 2020 Securities Purchase Agreement
On April 27, 2020, Pioneer Step and Winsave Resources Limited (each a “April 2020 Purchaser” and together, the “April 2020 Purchasers”) entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with the Issuer (the “April 2020 Purchase Agreement”). Pursuant to the April 2020 Purchase Agreement, the Issuer agreed to issue and sell to the April 2020 Purchasers an aggregate of approximately $5 million of Common Stock (1,225,490 Shares) at a purchase price of $4.08 per share (the “April 2020 Transaction”). Pioneer Step, in its capacity as a April 2020 Purchaser, has agreed to purchase 490,196 Shares in the April 2020 Transaction. The closing of the transaction contemplated by the April 2020 Purchase Agreement is subject to certain customary closing conditions.
November 2019 Open Market Purchase
From November 15-27, 2019, Dvorak International acquired an aggregate of 420,000 Shares in open market purchases at a purchase price of $3.23 to $3.80 per share for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $1,485,000.
May 2019 Note Purchase Agreement and Convertible Promissory Notes
On May 9, 2019, Pioneer Step and Winsave Resources (each a “May 2019 Purchaser” and together, the “May 2019 Purchasers”) entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with the Issuer (the “May 2019 Note Purchase Agreement”). Pursuant to the May 2019 Note Purchase Agreement, the Issuer agreed to issue and sell to each of Pioneer Step and Winsave Resources, and each of Pioneer Step and Winsave Resources agreed to purchase from the Issuer, a Convertible Promissory Note in the principal amount of $5,000,000 (each, a “Note” and collectively, the “Notes”), which is convertible into certain amount of Shares pursuant to the terms thereof (the “May 2019 Transaction”). The Note issued and sold by the Issuer to Pioneer Step is hereinafter referred to as the “Pioneer Step Note”, and the Note issued and sold by the Issuer to Winsave Resources is hereinafter referred to as the “Winsave Resources Note”. Each of the Notes bears simple interest at the rate of 5% per annum.
Pursuant to the Pioneer Step Note (as amended as described below), the principal amount and any accrued interest shall automatically convert into Shares at a conversion price of $4.59 per share on the Maturity Date (as defined below);provided that, if the Issuer issues and sells any Shares, or any securities convertible into Shares, to any investors (the “Investors”) on or before the Maturity Date in one or more financing transactions (each, a “Financing Transaction”), then, at the option of Pioneer Step, the conversion price of the Pioneer Step Note shall be equal to the lowest price per share paid by any such Investor purchasing any such Shares (or the lowest conversion price per share for any such securities convertible into Shares and purchased by an Investor) in any such financing transaction(s) on or prior to the Maturity Date.
The May 2019 Transaction closed on May 17, 2019, at which closing the Issuer issued and sold the Pioneer Step Note to Pioneer Step and the Winsave Resources Note to Winsave Resources, respectively.
On June 30, 2019, the Issuer, Pioneer Step and Winsave Resources entered into an Omnibus Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement and Convertible Promissory Notes (the “Omnibus Amendment”) whereby (i) the restriction on the Issuer to issue any Shares or securities convertible or exchangeable into Shares during the Restricted Period (as defined in the May 2019 Note Purchase Agreement) was removed, and (ii) the original maturity date under each of the Notes was extended from July 1, 2019 to August 15, 2019 (“Maturity Date”).