SELLING SECURITYHOLDERS
Unless the context otherwise requires, as used in this prospectus, “Selling Securityholders” includes the selling securityholders listed below and donees, pledgees, permitted transferees or other successors-in-interest selling shares received after the date of this prospectus from the selling securityholders as a gift, pledge or other non-sale related transfer.
On September 18, 2023, we entered into Subscription Agreements (collectively, the “Subscription Agreements”) with the Selling Securityholders. Pursuant to the Subscription Agreements, the Company issued to the Selling Securityholders 22,929,468 Units for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $25,000,000 on September 19, 2023. In addition, the Company granted the Selling Securityholders an over-allotment option (the “Over-Allotment Option”) to purchase up to an additional 22,929,468 Units for aggregate proceeds of up to approximately $25,000,000, which may be exercised at the Selling Securityholders’ option within 45 days of the date of the Subscription Agreement. The purchase price per Unit was $1.09.
We have prepared this prospectus to allow the Selling Securityholders or their successors, assignees or other permitted transferees to sell or otherwise dispose of, from time to time, up to 45,858,936 Shares. On September 19, 2023, in connection with the Private Placement, we entered into a registration rights agreement with the Selling Stockholders, pursuant to which we agreed to register the Shares. The Units, including the Common Shares and warrants underlying the Units, were issued by the Company in reliance on the exemption from securities registration in Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act.
The Shares to be offered by the Selling Securityholders pursuant to this prospectus are “restricted” securities under applicable federal and state securities laws and are being registered under the Securities Act to give the Selling Securityholders the opportunity to sell the Shares publicly. The registration of the Shares does not require that any of the Shares be offered or sold by the Selling Securityholders.
No estimate can be given as to the amount or percentage of Common Shares that will be held by the Selling Securityholders after any sales of Shares are made pursuant to this prospectus because the Selling Securityholders are not required to sell any of the Shares being registered hereunder. The table below assumes that the Selling Securityholders will sell all of the Shares listed in this prospectus and that they do not purchase additional Common Shares.
Unless otherwise indicated in the footnotes to the table below, the Selling Securityholders have not had any material relationship with us or any of our affiliates within the past three years other than as a security holder.
We have prepared the table below based on written representations and information furnished to us by or on behalf of the Selling Securityholders. Since the date on which the Selling Securityholders provided this information, the Selling Securityholders may have sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of all or a portion of the Common Shares in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Unless otherwise indicated in the footnotes to the table below, we believe that (1) the Selling Securityholders are not broker-dealers or affiliates of a broker-dealer, (2) the Selling Securityholders do not have direct or indirect agreements or understandings with any person to distribute its respective Shares, and (3) the Selling Securityholders have sole voting and investment power with respect to all Shares beneficially owned. To the extent any Selling Securityholder is, or is affiliated with, a broker-dealer, it could be deemed to be, under SEC Staff interpretations, an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act. Information about the Selling Securityholders may change over time. Any changed information will be set forth in amendments or supplements to this prospectus, if required.
Under the terms of the warrants, a Selling Securityholder may not exercise the warrants to the extent such exercise would cause such Selling Securityholder, together with its affiliates and attribution parties, to beneficially own a number of Common Shares which would exceed 4.99% (the “Maximum Percentage”) of our then outstanding Common Shares following such exercise, excluding for purposes of such determination Common Shares issuable upon exercise of such warrants which have not been exercised; provided that Selling Securityholder may, upon notice, increase or decrease the Maximum Percentage, provided that the Maximum Percentage in no event exceeds 9.99% of our then outstanding Common Shares following such exercise. The number of Shares in the second and fourth columns do not reflect this limitation. The Selling Securityholders may sell all, some or none of their Shares in this offering. See “Plan of Distribution.”