FFIE Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 14A

 

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

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The following email was sent to the employees of Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc., a Delaware corporation (“FF” or the “Company), on July 22, 2024.

 

Subject: We Need Your Votes for 2024 AGM!

 

Dear Futurists,

 

You should have already received the soliciting ballot packages and emails in the last few days to vote your shares at the Annual Stockholders Meeting before July 31st, 2024. The Board of Directors of the Company recommend that all Faraday Future stockholders VOTE IN FAVOR of all such proposals at the Annual Meeting. 

 

Please encourage your colleagues, friends, and family who hold FFIE stock to vote. We appreciate your help!

 

Among the proposals at the Annual Meeting are two that we believe are crucial for the future of Faraday Future.

 

Why These Proposals are Critical to Faraday Future:

 

Proposal 3, the Share Authorization Proposal, if approved by stockholders, authorizes an increase the number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock, which we expect will help clear the path for additional future strategic investments that could support a ramp up in production and delivery of the FF 91 and could help support the development of a China-US automotive industry bridge strategy.

 

THE BOARD RECOMMENDS VOTING “FOR” THE SHARE AUTHORIZATION PROPOSAL.

 

Proposal 4, the Reverse Stock Split Proposal, if approved by stockholders, authorizes a reverse stock split with a ratio of up to 40 to 1 to help mitigate the risk of the Company’s common stock being delisted from the Nasdaq Capital Market. The Nasdaq Hearings Panel granted the Company’s request for continued listing on Nasdaq, conditioned in part on meeting the minimum bid price requirement by August 31, 2024. If the stock price naturally meets Nasdaq’s minimum bid requirements, the Company’s Board of Directors may determine to defer or not implement a reverse stock split.

 

THE BOARD RECOMMENDS VOTING “FOR” THE REVERSE STOCK SPLIT PROPOSAL.

  

Find the voting instructions, and important additional information, here:

https://www.ff.com/us/Vote2024/ (English)

https://www.faradayfuturecn.com/cn/Toupiao2024/ (Chinese)

 

If you have any questions, please contact Capital Markets Department: Mark.Sun@ff.com

 

 

Your vote is very important! Please vote your shares today!

 

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This communication includes “forward looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used in this press release, the words “estimates,” “projected,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “forecasts,” “plans,” “intends,” “believes,” “seeks,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “future,” “propose” and variations of these words or similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions) are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements, which include statements regarding the Company’s plan to regain compliance with Nasdaq listing standards, the Company’s intended reverse stock split and increase in authorized shares, and the Company’s intention to hold its annual meeting, are not guarantees of future performance, conditions or results, and involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are outside the Company’s control, that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements.

 

Important factors, among others, that may affect actual results or outcomes include, among others: the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern and improve its liquidity and financial position; the Company’s ability to satisfy the conditions for continued listing set forth by the Nasdaq Hearings Panel; the possibility that stockholder approval for the reverse stock split and/or the increase in authorized shares will not be obtained; the possibility that factors unrelated to the reverse stock split may impact the per share trading price of the Common Stock; the Company’s ability to regain compliance with, and thereafter continue to comply with, the Nasdaq listing requirements; the ultimate decision of the Nasdaq Hearings Panel; the Company’s ability to pay its outstanding obligations; the Company’s ability to remediate its material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting and the risks related to the restatement of previously issued consolidated financial statements; the Company’s limited operating history and the significant barriers to growth it faces; the Company’s history of losses and expectation of continued losses; the success of the Company’s payroll expense reduction plan; the Company’s ability to execute on its plans to develop and market its vehicles and the timing of these development programs; the Company’s estimates of the size of the markets for its vehicles and cost to bring those vehicles to market; the rate and degree of market acceptance of the Company’s vehicles; the Company’s ability to cover future warrant claims; the success of other competing manufacturers; the performance and security of the Company’s vehicles; current and potential litigation involving the Company; the Company’s ability to receive funds from, satisfy the conditions precedent of and close on the various financings described elsewhere by the Company; the result of future financing efforts, the failure of any of which could result in the Company seeking protection under the Bankruptcy Code; the Company’s indebtedness; the Company’s ability to cover future warranty claims; insurance coverage; general economic and market conditions impacting demand for the Company’s products; potential negative impacts of a reverse stock split; potential cost, headcount and salary reduction actions may not be sufficient or may not achieve their expected results; circumstances outside of the Company’s control, such as natural disasters, climate change, health epidemics and pandemics, terrorist attacks, and civil unrest; risks related to the Company’s operations in China; the success of the Company’s remedial measures taken in response to the Special Committee findings; the Company’s dependence on its suppliers and contract manufacturer; the Company’s ability to develop and protect its technologies; the Company’s ability to protect against cybersecurity risks; the ability of the Company to attract and retain employees; any adverse developments in existing legal proceedings or the initiation of new legal proceedings; and volatility of the Company’s stock price. You should carefully consider the foregoing factors and the other risks and uncertainties described in the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on May 28, 2024, as amended on May 30, 2024 and June 24, 2024, and other documents filed by the Company from time to time with the SEC.

  

 

Additional Information and Where to Find It

 

This communication may be deemed to be solicitation material in connection with the proposals to be submitted to FF stockholders at its annual meeting seeking, among other proposals, approval to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock and to authorize a reverse split and proportionate reduction of authorized shares if the reverse stock split is implemented. In connection with the authorized share increase and the reverse stock split and proportionate reduction of authorized shares, the Company filed a proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 5, 2024 in connection with the Company’s solicitation of proxies for the vote by the Company’s stockholders with respect to the proposed authorized share increase, reverse stock split and proportionate authorized share reduction proposals, and other matters described therein. The proxy statement was mailed to the Company’s stockholders on or around July 5, 2024. The proxy statement includes information regarding the persons who may, under SEC rules, be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies in connection with the proposed authorized share increase, reverse stock split and proportionate authorized share reduction. The Company has also filed other documents regarding the proposed authorized share increase, reverse stock split and proportionate authorized share reduction with the SEC. Before making any voting decision, investors and security holders of the Company are urged to read the proxy statement and all other relevant documents filed or that will be filed with the SEC in connection with the proposed authorized share increase, reverse stock split and proportionate authorized share reduction as they become available because they contain important information about these proposals.

 

Investors and security holders can obtain free copies of the proxy statement and all other relevant documents the Company has filed or will file with the SEC through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. In addition, the documents filed by the Company may be obtained free of charge from the Company’s website at https://www.ff.com/or by written request to Faraday Future Intelligent Electric at 18455 S. Figueroa Street, Gardena, California 90248.

 

Participants in the Solicitation

 

FF and its Board of Directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from FF’s stockholders in connection with the proposed authorized share increase, reverse stock split and proportionate authorized share reduction and other matters described in the proxy statement. Information about the directors and executive officers of FF is set forth in the proxy statement for its 2024 annual meeting of stockholder, which was filed with the SEC on July 5, 2024. Investors may obtain additional information regarding the interest of FF and its directors and executive officers in the reverse stock split proposal by reading the proxy statement relating to the annual meeting. You may obtain free copies of these documents as described in the preceding paragraph.

 

Certain representatives of FF Global Partners Investment LLC, formerly FF Top Holding LLC (“FF Top”), and its indirect parent entity FF Global Partners, LLC (“FF Global”), including, without limitation, Jerry Wang and Weiwei Zhao (collectively, the “FF Top Representatives”), are additional participants in the solicitation of proxies in connection with the in connection with the authorized share increase and the reverse stock split and proportionate reduction of authorized shares and other matters as described in the Proxy Statement. Information regarding the direct and indirect interests in the Company, by security holdings or otherwise, of FF Global, FF Top and the FF Top Representatives is included in the proxy statement and the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on May 28, 2024, as amended by the Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC on May 30, 2024 and June 24, 2024. Changes to the direct or indirect ownership of FF Top and FF Global are set forth in SEC filings on Schedule 13D/A.

 

No Offer or Solicitation

 

This communication shall not constitute a proxy statement or solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the proposed reverse stock split or authorized share cap. This communication shall also not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities of FF, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. No offering of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

 

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