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16) Private Placement On July 13, 2023, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with certain accredited investors (the “Investors”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell in a private placement to the Investors (i) an aggregate of 15,000 shares of the Company’s newly-designated Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, with a par value of $0.0001 per share and a stated value (“Stated Value”) of $1,000 per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), initially convertible into up to 6,666,668 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”) at an initial conversion price of $2.25 per share (the “Series A Preferred Shares”), and (ii) warrants to acquire up to an aggregate of 6,666,668 shares of Common Stock (the “Warrants”) at an initial exercise price of $2.25 per share (collectively, the “Private Placement”). Pursuant to the terms of the Certificate of Designations of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Certificate of Designations”) and the Warrants, each of the Conversion Price (as defined below) and the exercise price and the number of shares underlying the Warrants is subject to customary adjustments for stock dividends, stock splits, reclassifications and the like, and subject to price-based adjustment in the event of any issuances of Common Stock, or securities convertible, exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, at a price below the then-applicable Conversion Price (subject to certain exceptions). As of September 30, 2024, the Conversion Price and the exercise price of the Warrants was equal to $2.25 per share. On March 21, 2024, the Company entered into Omnibus Waiver and Amendments with the investors named therein, effective December 31, 2023 (the “Waiver and Amendment”). The Waiver and Amendment provides that certain equity awards granted to directors, officers, employees of the Company under the Company’s 2020 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan are deemed to constitute “Excluded Securities” under the Transaction Documents (as such term is defined in the Purchase Agreement) and waives the applicability of certain other provisions of the Transaction Documents with respect to such grants. The Waiver and Amendment also amended certain terms of the Warrants relating to the rights of the holders of the Warrants to provide that, in the event of a Fundamental Transaction (as defined in the Warrants) that is not within the Company’s control, including not approved by the Company’s Board of Directors, the holder of a Warrant shall only be entitled to receive from the Company or any successor entity the same type or form of consideration (and in the same proportion), at the Black Scholes Value of the unexercised portion of such Warrant, that is being offered and paid to the holders of the Company’s Common Stock in connection with the Fundamental Transaction. Series A Preferred Stock The terms of the Series A Preferred Shares are as set forth in the form of Certificate of Designations. The Series A Preferred Shares will be convertible into shares of Common Stock (the “Conversion Shares”) at the election of the holder at any time at an initial conversion price of $2.25 (the “Conversion Price”). The Conversion Price is subject to customary adjustments for stock dividends, stock splits, reclassifications and the like, and subject to price-based adjustment in the event of any issuances of Common Stock, or securities convertible, exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, at a price below the then-applicable Conversion Price (subject to certain exceptions). The Company is required to redeem the Series A Preferred Shares in 13 equal monthly installments, commencing on November 1, 2023. The amortization payments due upon such redemptions are payable, at the Company’s election, in cash at 107% of the Installment Redemption Amount (as defined in the Certificate of Designations), or subject to certain limitations, in shares of common stock valued at the lower of (i) the Conversion Price then in effect and (ii) the greater of (A) 80% of the average of the three lowest closing prices of the Common Stock during the thirty trading day period immediately prior to the date the amortization payment is due or (B) the lower of $0.396, which is 20% of the “Minimum Price” (as defined in Nasdaq Stock Market Rule 5635) on the date of the Nasdaq Stockholder Approval (as defined below) or such lower amount as permitted, from time to time, by the Nasdaq Stock Market, subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations, recapitalizations or other similar events. The Company may require holders to convert their Series A Preferred Shares into Conversion Shares if the closing price of the Common Stock exceeds $6.75 per share (subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations, recapitalizations or other similar events) for 20 consecutive trading days and the daily dollar trading volume of the Common Stock exceeds two million dollars ($2,000,000) per day during the same period and certain equity conditions described in the Certificate of Designations are satisfied. The holders of the Series A Preferred Shares are entitled to dividends of 8% per annum, compounded monthly, which are payable, at the Company’s option, in cash or shares of Common Stock, or in a combination thereof, in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designations. On September 29, 2023, the Company filed an amendment to the Certificate of Designations with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, pursuant to which the terms of the Series A Preferred Stock were amended to permit certain additional procedures for the payment of redemptions and conversions Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Triggering Event (as defined in the Certificate of Designations), the Series A Preferred Shares will accrue dividends at the rate of 15% per annum. In connection with a Triggering Event, each holder of Series A Preferred Shares will be able to require us to redeem in cash any or all of the holder’s Series A Preferred Shares at a premium set forth in the Certificate of Designations. Upon conversion or redemption, the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares are also entitled to receive a dividend make-whole payment. Prior to the Certificate of Amendment (defined below), the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares did not have voting rights, other than with respect to certain matters affecting the rights of the Series A Preferred Shares. On October 11, 2024, the Company entered into an Amendment Agreement with the Required Holders (as defined in the Certificate of Designations), pursuant to which, the Required Holders agreed to amend the Certificate of Designations of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock, as described below, by filing a Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Designations (the “October 2024 Certificate of Amendment”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The October 2024 Certificate of Amendment amends the Certificate of Designations to, among other things, provide that, except as required by applicable law, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to vote with holders of the Common Stock on an as converted basis, with the number of votes to which each holder of Series A Preferred Stock is entitled to be determined by dividing the Stated Value by a conversion price equal to $2.25 per share, which was the “Minimum Price” (as defined in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d)) applicable immediately before the execution and delivery of the Purchase Agreement, subject to certain beneficial ownership limitations and adjustments for any stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations, recapitalizations or other similar transactions, as set forth in the Certificate of Designations. The October 2024 Certificate of Amendment was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, effective as of October 11, 2024. On November 13, 2024, the Company entered into an Amendment Agreement with the Required Holders (as defined in the Certificate of Designations), pursuant to which, the Required Holders agreed to (i) amend the Certificate of Designations of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock, as described below, by filing a Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Designations (the “November 2024 Certificate of Amendment”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, (ii) defer any payment amounts that have accrued and that are unpaid as of November 13, 2024 pursuant to the Certificate of Designations, to January 15, 2025, and (iii) waive any breach or violation of the Purchase Agreement, the Certificate of Designations, or the Warrants resulting from the Company’s failure to pay such outstanding amounts. The November 2024 Certificate of Amendment amends the Certificate of Designations to, (i) extend the maturity date to January 15, 2025, (ii) modify the schedule of Installment Dates (as defined in the Certificate of Designations), and (iii) adds an additional restrictive covenant to the Certificate of Designations requiring the Company from November 13, 2024 until January 15, 2025, to maintain unencumbered, unrestricted cash and cash equivalents on hand in amount equal to at least $1,500,000. The November 2024 Certificate of Amendment was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, effective as of November 13, 2024. During December 2023, the Company issued as equity awards, shares of Common Stock and options to purchase shares of Common Stock representing an aggregate of 348,711 shares of Common Stock and shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the options to certain directors, officers, and employees of the Company, representing an aggregate number of shares of Common Stock in excess of 5% of the shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the date of the Purchase Agreement (the “December Issuances”). Under the terms of the Certificate of Designations, the Conversion Price of the Series A Preferred Shares was required to be adjusted as a result of the December Issuances. The Series A Preferred Shares were determined to be more akin to a debt-like host than an equity-like host. The Company identified the following embedded features that are not clearly and closely related to the debt host instrument: 1) make-whole interest upon a contingent redemption event, 2) make-whole interest upon a conversion event, 3) an installment redemption upon an Equity Conditions Failure (as defined in the Certificate of Designation), and 4) variable share-settled installment conversion. These features were bundled together, assigned probabilities of being affected and measured at fair value. Subsequent changes in fair value of these features are recognized in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company recorded a gain of $202,000 and $3,550,000, respectively, related to the change in fair value of the derivative liability which is recorded in other income (expense) on the unaudited consolidated statements of operations. The Company estimated the $0 fair value of the bifurcated embedded derivative at September 30, 2024 using a Monte Carlo simulation model, with the following inputs the fair value of the Company’s Common Stock of $0.36 on the valuation date, estimated equity volatility of 60.0%, estimated traded volume volatility of 230.0%, the time to maturity of 0.17 years, risk free rate of 4.83%, a discounted market interest rate of 12.5%, dividend rate of 8.0%, a penalty dividend rate of 15.0%, and probability of default of 4.0%. As of September 30, 2024, the Company has notified the investors of its intention to redeem the upcoming installment due in cash and recorded a liability of $1,144,582 representing the cash payable to investors which includes $965,006 of the stated value of the Series A Preferred Shares, $104,693 of accrued dividends payable, and $74,883 for the cash premium which was recognized as a deemed dividend. During the three months ended September 30, 2024, the Company experienced an Equity Conditions Failure in which the Company’s average stock price during the Installment Conversion Price Measuring Period (as defined in the Certificate of Designations) corresponding to the September 1, 2024, and October 1, 2024, installments (the “Affected Installments”) was below the Floor Price (as defined in the Certificate of Designations) (the “Floor Price Condition”). As a result of the Floor Price Condition, the Company is required to redeem the Affected Installments as well as any previously deferred installment amounts at a 125% premium. Accordingly, the Company recorded a liability for penalty premiums totaling $598,336 as of September 30, 2024, related to the Floor Price Condition, which is included in Accrued Series A Convertible Preferred payments payable on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet, and a corresponding reduction in additional paid-in capital for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, which was recognized as a deemed dividend. During the three months ended September 30, 2024, the Company redeemed a total of 3,000 Series A Preferred Shares in cash for $2,389,478 and issued 580,348 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the terms of the Certificate of Designations, equal to $232,143. During the three months ended September 30, 2024, the Company recognized a total of $453,359 of preferred dividends consisting of $236,821 of preferred dividends at the stated dividend rate, and $216,538 of cash premiums recognized as deemed dividends. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company redeemed a total of 8,983 Series A Preferred Shares for cash equal to $5,089,417 and issued 6,563,523 shares of Common Stock, elected pursuant to the terms of the Certificate of Designations, equal to $6,586,033. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company recognized a total of $1,265,662 of preferred dividends consisting of $991,783 of preferred dividends at the stated dividend rate, and $273,879 of cash premium recognized as a deemed dividend.
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