Item 3. | Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration |
On October 4, 2022, the Issuer acquired (the “Acquisition”) Intelligent Fingerprinting Limited, a company registered in England and Wales (“IFP”), pursuant to a Share Exchange Agreement (the “Share Exchange Agreement”) with IFP, the holders of all of the issued shares in the capital of IFP (collectively, the “Sellers”), which included each of the GWRF and the MRF (the “Foundations”), and the “Sellers’ Representatives’ named therein (the “Sellers’ Representatives”).
Pursuant to the Share Exchange Agreement, among other things, the Issuer acquired from the Sellers all of the issued shares in the capital of IFP, and as consideration therefor the Issuer issued and sold to the upon the closing of the Acquisition (the “Closing”) an aggregate number of 2,963,091 shares of Common Stock, which included 647,685 shares to the GWRD and 782,264 shares to the MRF, (ii) 2,363,003 shares of the Issuer’s series C convertible preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Preferred Stock”). Up to an additional 1,649,273 shares of Preferred Stock was reserved for potential future issuance by the Issuer, consisting of (i) 500,000 shares of Preferred Stock (the “Holdback Shares”), representing approximately 10% of the total Acquisition consideration, that are being held back from the Sellers for one year after the Closing to secure potential indemnification claims by the Issuer against the Sellers and (ii) 1,149,273 shares of Preferred Stock to the Foundations as lenders to IFP, who could, at each Foundation’s respective option, convert such respective loans to IFP (the “Convertible Debt”) into shares of Preferred Stock, contingent upon approval of the Issuer’s stockholders of the conversion of Preferred Stock into Common Stock. Preferred Share are convertible into three shares of Common Stock, contingent upon approval by the Issuer’s stockholders. Each of GWRF and MRF are entitled to 16,156 shares of Common Stock and 19,615 shares of Common Stock, respectively, upon release of the Holdback Shares, subject to the terms and conditions of the Share Exchange Agreement.
On May 12, 2023, the Foundations entered into Convertible Loan Conversion Agreements (the “Conversion Agreements”) with the Issuer and other lenders party thereto relating to the conversion of the Convertible Debt.
Pursuant to the Conversion Agreements, on May 12, 2023 (the “Conversion Date”), upon stockholder approval of the full conversion of the Preferred Stock, which approval was obtained at the Issuer’s Special Meeting of Stockholders on May 8, 2023, the Convertible Debt became convertible into shares of IFP to be then immediately transferred to the Issuer in exchange for shares of Preferred Stock. Upon the conversion and exchange of the Convertible Debt, the Foundations received an aggregate of 1,071,880 shares of Preferred Stock, which were then converted into an aggregate of 172,386 shares of Common Stock, distributed evenly between the Foundations.
Item 4. | Purpose of Transaction |
The information set forth in Item 6 of this Schedule 13D is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
The Reporting Person acquired the securities reported herein pursuant to the Share Exchange Agreement and Conversion Agreements for investment purposes.