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招股书补充

(根据2023年6月6日的招股说明书)

 

APPLIED DNA SCIENCES,INC。

 

 

 

19,247,498股普通股

 

预先融资的认股权证,可购买1,065,002股普通股

 

 

 

我们正在以每股$0.32的价格向投资者(“认购人”)发行19,247,498股普通股(“股份”),根据本招股说明书补充和随附的招股说明书,以及与此类投资者签订的证券购买协议(“证券购买协议”)。 同时,在一项同时进行的定向增发中,我们向这些投资者出售C系列认股权证,用于购买高达20,312,500股我们的普通股(“C系列认股权证”)以及购买高达20,312,500股我们的普通股的D系列认股权证(“D系列认股权证”,连同C系列认股权证一起构成“系列认股权证”)。

 

系列权证的行使仅在获得纳斯达克证券交易所(“纳斯达克”)适用规则和监管机构要求的股东批准(“权证股东批准”)后方可进行。

 

每个C系列认股权证的行使价格为每股普通股0.32美元,在公司通知认股权人进行认股权股东批准后的首个交易日开始行使,并在批准日期五周年之日到期。每个D系列认股权证的行使价格为每股普通股0.32美元,在批准日期开始行使,并在批准日期十八个月周年之日到期。

 

根据Series D权证的备选无现金行权选择,Series D权证持有人有权根据以下公式的乘积接收相等数量的股份:(x)在以现金行权Series D权证时将发行的普通股数量和(y)1.0。此外,Series D权证将包括一项条款,在我们的普通股进行股票逆向拆分时重设行权价,重设为( i )当时的行权价格和( ii )未来进行股票逆向拆分之前的五个交易日和未来五个交易日的最低成交量加权平均价(VWAP)中的较低者,同时对Series D权证标的股份数量进行成比例调整,但下限为$0.0634。

 

系列认股权证和我们的普通股在系列认股权行使后可发行的股份,根据1933年证券法修正案(“证券法”)第4条(a)(2)的规定进行发行,和/或根据其制定的D条例进行发行,本拟补充章程及随附招股说明书不包括对这些证券的发行。

 

我们还提供1,065,002张预先融资认股权,以购买普通股 而不是向某些投资者提供股份,这些投资者购买本次发行的普通股可能导致 该投资者和其关联方合计持有我们的普通股超过4.99%(或该投资者选择的9.99%)。每张预先融资认股权可行使以换取一股我们的普通股。每张预先融资认股权的购买价格 将等于本次发行中向公众出售股份和认股权的价格减去0.0001美元,每张预先融资认股权的行使价格将为每股0.0001美元。预先融资认股权 将立即可行使,并可随时行使,直至所有预先融资认股权全部行使完毕。本次发行还涉及可通过 本次发行中出售的任何预先融资认股权行使的普通股。

 

我们的普通股在纳斯达克上市,标的为“APDN”。截至2024年10月29日,在纳斯达克上,我们的普通股最后报价为每股0.32美元。与同时进行的定向增发有关的丛生认股权证和预先拟售认股权证未在任何证券交易所上市,我们也不打算在任何证券交易所上市这些丛生认股权证或预先拟售认股权证。

 

投资我们的证券涉及高度风险。 在此招股说明书补充页第S-10页、随附招股说明书第3页以及其他参考的文件中仔细审阅所描述的风险和不确定性,然后才购买本招股说明书所提供的任何证券。

 

截至2024年10月29日,非附属方持有的一般股票的投票和非投票普通股的总市值,按照2024年9月3日最后出售的普通股价格计算,为4745万美元,基于截至2024年10月29日持有的31,233,036股普通股中,14141股为非附属方所持有。根据表格S-3的I.b.6总指示,在任何12个连续月份内,我们不会以超过我们公开流通股的三分之一价值进行公开初次发行证券,只要我们的公开流通股保持在7500万美元以下。在本招股说明书的日期及之前的12个日历月内,根据表格S-3的I.b.6总指示,我们已出售3954370美元的证券。

 

我们已聘请Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC,或简称Craig-Hallum,在本招股说明书补充案及附属招股说明书所述证券的独家配售代理。 Craig-Hallum并非购买我们所提供的证券,也无需出售任何特定数量或金额的证券,但已同意尽最大努力促使他人提出购买本招股说明书补充案及附属招股说明书所述证券的要约。

 

   每股   每预先
增发
认购权
   总费用 
公开发行价格  $0.32   $0.3199   $6,499,893.50 
招股代理费(1)  $0.0192   $0.01919   $389,993.61 
我们的净收益  $0.3008   $0.3007   $6,109,899.89 

 

  (1) 我们已同意支付Craig-Hallum总现金费,相当于本次发行所募集的总交易金额的6.0%,并补偿Craig-Hallum的法律费用、支出和其他费用,金额高达$100,000。此外,我们已同意向Craig-Hallum发行权证,以购买本次发行中提供的普通股和预先担保认股权的数量的5.0%,即“代理商认股权”,行权价格为$0.32,并自发行日起五年后到期。详见“配售计划”以了解Craig-Hallum将收到的报酬描述。

 

 

 

证券交易委员会或任何州证券委员会均未批准或否定这些证券,也未确定本招股说明书是否真实或完整。有关此类证券或本招股说明书是否真实或完整的任何陈述均构成犯罪行为。

 

预计证券的交割将在2024年10月31日或前后进行,视特定条件的满足而定。

 

 

 

Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC

本招股说明书补充的日期为2024年10月30日

 

 

 

目录

 

招股书补充

 
关于此招股说明书补充的说明 S-1
   
招股说明书补充摘要 S-2
   
本次发行 S-8
   
风险因素 S-10
   
有关前瞻性声明之特别说明 S-13
   
使用资金 S-16
   
分红政策 S-16
   
稀释 S-17
   
定向增发权证 S-18
   
我们所提供的证券之说明 S-20
   
分销计划 S-21
   
法律事项 除非适用的招股说明书另有说明,否则本招股说明书所提供证券的有效性将由纽约Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP律师事务所审核。如果与本招股说明书有关的法律事项由承销商、经销商或代理商的法律顾问通过审核,则这些律师将在适用的招股说明书中命名。 S-23
   
可获取更多信息的地方 S-23
   
在哪里寻找更多信息 S-23
   
引用的信息 S-23

 

招股说明书

 
   
关于本招股说明书 1
   
招股说明书摘要 2
   
风险因素 3
   
前瞻性声明 4
   
使用资金 7
   
分红政策 8
   
我们可能提供的证券的描述 8
   
分销计划 27
   
法律事项 除非适用的招股说明书另有说明,否则本招股说明书所提供证券的有效性将由纽约Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP律师事务所审核。如果与本招股说明书有关的法律事项由承销商、经销商或代理商的法律顾问通过审核,则这些律师将在适用的招股说明书中命名。 29
   
可获取更多信息的地方 29
   
在哪里寻找更多信息 30
   
引用的信息 30

 

S-i

 

 

 

关于此招股说明书补充的说明

 

本文件是我们向证券交易委员会(SEC)提交的Form S-3(文件编号333-272267)文件中的“架子”注册声明的一部分,分为两部分。第一部分是本招股说明书,描述了我们证券发行的具体条款,还补充并更新了随附招股说明书和引文文件中的信息;第二部分是随附招股说明书,提供更一般性的信息。通常,当我们提到本招股说明书时,我们指的是这两部分文件的结合体。在本招股说明书和随附招股说明书或随附文件引用的任何在本招股说明书发行前提交的文件的信息之间存在冲突时,您应依赖本招股说明书中的信息;但如果这些文件中的任何声明与具有较晚日期的另一文件(例如,被引用于随附招股说明书中的文件)中的声明不一致时,则具有较晚日期的文件中的声明修改或取代较早文件中的声明。

 

我们进一步注意到,在所附在本文所引用的任何文件中作为附件的协议中我们所作出的陈述、保证与契约,仅仅是为了使得某些情况下的协议各方(可能是为了在协议各方之间分担风险)从中获益,并且不应被视为向您所作的陈述、保证或契约。此外,这些陈述、保证或契约仅在做出时的日期属实。因此,这些陈述、保证与契约不应被视为准确表示我们事务的当前状况。

 

我们和Craig-Hallum未授权任何人提供除本招股说明书补充、附带说明书或我们代表或提到过的任何自由撰写招股说明书中包含或参照的信息以外的其他信息。对于其他人可能给出的任何信息,我们不承担责任,也无法保证其可靠性。本招股书补充和附带招股书不构成出售的要约,或者要求购买本招股书补充和附带招股书中提供的有价证券的邀约,也不构成在任何法域向或从任何非法向其提供或要求购买的人发出这种要约或邀约的邀约。本招股书补充、附带招股书或任何自由撰写招股书中包含的信息,或者在此处或其中参照的信息,仅截至其各自日期,不论本招股书补充和附带招股书送达的时间或我们普通股的任何销售。您需要阅读并考虑本招股书补充和附带招股书中包含的所有信息,包括在此处和其中引用的文件在内,以作出您的投资决策。您还应阅读并考虑我们在标题为“获取更多信息的位置”和“引用的信息”下已指引您查阅的文件中的信息。您应仅依赖本招股书补充中包含或引用的信息。

 

我们和Craig-Hallum正在提供卖出,并正在寻求买入报价,仅在允许报价和销售的司法辖区中。本招股说明书补充材料及随附的招股说明书的分发,以及在某些司法辖区中对我们普通股股份的认购,可能受到法律限制。未在美国境外的人士如持有本招股说明书补充材料及随附的招股说明书,必须了解与认购我们证券的报价以及在美国境外分发本招股说明书补充材料及随附招股说明书相关的任何限制,并遵守这些限制。本招股说明书补充材料及随附的招股说明书不构成,也不得用于与任何人在任何其违法向其提出这样的报价或邀约买入由本招股说明书补充材料及随附招股说明书提供的证券有关的报价或邀约购买这些证券的邀约有关的报价或邀约的连接。

 

S-1

 

 

在本补充说明书中,除非另有说明,“发行人”、“我们公司”、“我们”、“我们”或“我们的”指的是一家德拉瓦州公司Applied DNA Sciences, Inc.及其合并子公司。

 

我们目前在美国使用的商标包括Applied DNA Sciences®、SigNature®分子标签、SigNature® t分子标签、fiberTyping®、SigNify®、Beacon®、CertainT®、LineaDNA®、Linea RNAPTMLinea™ COVID-19诊断试剂盒、safeCircle® COVID-19检测和TR8TM药物基因测试。 我们无意使用或展示其他公司的商标或商品名称来暗示我们与其他公司之间的关系、认可或赞助。 在本说明书补充资料中包含或参考的所有商标、服务标识和商标均为各自拥有者的财产。

 

招股说明书补充资料概要

 

本摘要提供一个概观所选资讯,并不包括您在购买我们证券前应考虑的所有资讯。因此,在决定投资我们证券之前,您应该仔细阅读完整的说明书补充资料、附随说明书以及我们授权用于本次发行连同在此和其中引用的资讯,投资者应仔细考虑开始于页面上的「风险因素」部分所载的资讯。S-10 本说明书补充及相关说明书以及进一步引用的文件中所载页面「风险因素」部分及在此说明书补充及附随说明书中引用的文件。

 

Applied DNA Sciences,Inc.

 

介绍

 

我们是一家生物技术公司,致力于开发和推广技术,生产和检测去氧核糖核酸("DNA")和核糖核酸("RNA")。通过聚合酶链反应("PCR")来实现DNA和RNA的生产和检测,我们目前在三个主要业务市场运营:(i) 用于生产核酸类生物制品和药物(包括生物制品和药物)的合成DNA的酶法制造,以及专有RNA聚合酶("RNAP")的开发和销售,用于生产信使核糖核酸("mRNA")生物制品的"疗法DNA生产服务";(ii) 分子诊断和基因检测服务("MDx检测服务")中的DNA和RNA的检测;以及(iii) 供应链和安防服务("DNA标记和安防产品和服务")中的DNA的生产和检测。

 

我们目前的成长策略主要是将资源集中于进一步发展、商业化和客户采用我们的治疗性DNA生产服务,包括扩展我们的合同开发和制造业(“CDMO”)以制造合成DNA,用于核酸疗法的生产。

 

我们将持续更新我们的业务策略并监控我们在各个业务部门中使用资源的情况。公司管理层目前正在对公司的业务部门进行战略审查,可能会导致公司的MDx测试服务和/或DNA标记与安防产品与服务的关闭或出售,以及员工减少和潜在的管理变更。任何关闭或出售的条款和结构尚未由公司董事会确定或同意。虽然任何关闭或出售的目的将是为了减少公司的开支并实现成本节省,但也有可能存在重组成本。我们期望根据现有的机会和我们对未来机会的信念,将继续修改和完善我们的业务策略。

 

治疗性DNA生产服务

 

通过我们的子公司LineaRX, Inc.,我们正在开发和商业化我们的Linea DNA和Linea IVt平台,用于合成DNA和专有酶的制造,以用于核酸 疗法的生产。

 

Linea DNA平台

 

我们的Linea DNA平台是我们的核心启用技术,并且能够快速、高效和大规模地无细胞制造高保真度的DNA序列,用于制造各种核酸治疗剂。Linea DNA平台以酶的方式生产我们称之为「LineaDNA」的线性DNA,这是一种可替代传统以质粒为基础的DNA制造技术的新技术,这些技术在过去40年里一直提供用于生物治疗的DNA。

 

S-2

 

 

截至2024年日历第三季度,从临床前到预备登记阶段,共有4,099个基因、电芯和RNA治疗正在开发中,其中几乎所有都在制造过程中使用DNA。(资料来源:ASGCt基因、电芯和RNA治疗景观:2024年第三季度季度报告)。由于我们相信Linea DNA平台在传统核酸疗法制造平台上具有众多优势,我们认为开发中的这么多治疗方案代表了Linea DNA平台在取代旧制造方法中的市场机会,制造核酸疗法,但无法保证我们将成功利用此市场机会。

 

我们相信我们的Linea DNA平台在多个重要优势上超越现有的基于细胞的质粒DNA制造平台。基于质粒的DNA制造是基于在活体细菌细胞中放大DNA的复杂、昂贵和耗时的生物过程。一旦DNA被放大,则必须通过多轮纯化将DNA与活细胞和其他过程杂质分离,进一步增加了复杂性和成本。与基于质粒的DNA制造不同,Linea DNA平台不需要活细胞,而是通过PCR的酶促过程放大DNA。Linea DNA平台简单且可以快速生产大量DNA,无需进行复杂的净化步骤。

 

我们相信Linea DNA平台的主要优势包括:

 

  速度 - Linea DNA的制造可以以小时计算,而不是以质体为基础的DNA制造平台需要的天数和周数。

 

  可扩展性 - Linea DNA 生产在高效的台面仪器上进行,可在最小的占地面积内快速扩展。

 

  纯度- 通过PCR产生的DNA是纯净的,只含有大量的目标DNA序列。如质粒DNA所含的质粒骨架和抗生素抗性基因等不需要的DNA序列,在Linea DNA中不存在。

 

  简朴-与基于质粒的DNA生产相比,Linea DNA的生产过程更为简化。Linea DNA仅需要四种主要成分,不需要活细胞或复杂的发酵系统,也不需要多轮纯化。

 

  灵活性-通过Linea DNA平台生产的DNA可以被轻松地进行化学修饰,以适应特定客户应用。此外,Linea DNA平台可以生产各种复杂的DNA序列,这些序列难以通过基于质粒的DNA生产平台来生产。这些复杂序列包括倒置末端重复("ITRs")和长的同质聚合物,如对基因治疗和mRNA治疗分别重要的多腺苷酸聚合序列(poly(A)尾巴)。

 

公司进行的临床前研究显示, Linea DNA可替代贵宾DNA,应用于众多基于核酸的治疗中,包括:

 

  DNA疫苗;

 

  DNA 模板可制造 RNA,包括 mRNA 治疗药物;

 

  CAR-T(专一性抗原受体转基因电芯细胞疗法)制造业;和

 

  同源指导修复(HDR)介导的基因编辑。

 

S-3

 

 

此外,我们认为Linea DNA 在以下核酸基础治疗中也可替代负质体DNA:

 

  病毒载体制造业-半导体用于体内体外 基因编辑;

 

  CRISPR介导的基因疗法; 及

 

  截至2021年第四季度,有3,483种基于基因、细胞和RNA疗法正在从临床前研究到预注册等各个阶段进行开发,其中几乎所有疗法在其制造过程中都使用了DNA。(参考文献:ASGCT基因、细胞和RNA疗法市场景观:Q4 2021季度报告)。由于我们认为linDNA平台具有许多优于基于质粒的DNA制造平台的优点,因此我们认为,正在开发中的这么多疗法代表着linDNA在核酸类治疗制造中取代质粒DNA的重大市场机会。

 

Linea IVt平台

 

mRNA疗法的数量正在以迅速的速度增长,部分归因于mRNA COVID-19疫苗的成功。mRNA疗法是通过一种名为"IVT"的过程来生产的,该过程需要DNA作为起始物质。截至2024年第三季度,有超过450种mRNA疗法正在开发中,其中大多数疗法(67%)处于临床前阶段(来源:ASGCt基因、细胞和RNA疗法景观:Q2 2024季度报告)。公司认为mRNA市场处于初期阶段,代表着公司通过生产和提供DNA关键起始物质和RNAP来生产mRNA疗法的巨大增长机会。在体外转录("IVT")的过程需要DNA作为起始物质。截至2024年第三季度,有超过450种mRNA疗法正在开发中,其中大多数疗法(67%)处于临床前阶段(来源:ASGCt基因、细胞和RNA疗法景观:Q2 2024季度报告)。公司认为mRNA市场处于初期阶段,代表着公司通过生产和提供DNA关键起始物质和RNAP来生产mRNA疗法。

 

2022年8月,公司推出了通过其Linea DNA平台制造的DNA IVt模板,这些模板已经得到了美国和亚太地区众多治疗开发商和CDMO的评估。此外,公司的IVt模板正在被两家治疗开发商和一家CDMO进行后期评估,以用作用于临床用途的mRNA生产的模板。然而,不能保证将会签订相关合同。为了满足这种需求,mRNA治疗市场持续增长以及Linea DNA平台的独特能力,公司于2023年7月收购了Spindle,以潜在地扩大其与mRNA相关的总地址市场(“TAM”)。

 

通过收购Spindle,我们在2023年7月推出了我们的Linea IVt平台,该平台将Spindle的专有高性能RNAP与我们酶产生的Linea DNA IVt模板结合,现已由公司市场化为Linea RNAP。我们相信Linea IVt平台能够让我们的客户更快更好地生产mRNA。根据公司生成的数据,我们相信集成的Linea IVt平台相对于传统的mRNA生产对疗法开发者和制造商提供了以下优势:

 

  预防或减少双链RNA(“dsRNA”)污染,从而提高目标mRNA产量,有可能减少下游-脑机处理步骤。dsRNA是传统mRNA生产过程中产生的令人担忧的免疫原性副产物;

 

  在毫克级别,IVt模板的交付时间最短为14天,克级别则为30天;

 

  减少了mRNA制造业的复杂性;和

 

  潜在地使mRNA制造商能够在不到45天内生产mRNA药物物质。

 

根据公司的内部建模,通过在Linea IVt平台下同时销售Linea DNA IVt模板和Linea RNAP,潜在地将公司与mRNA相关的市场总地址由仅销售Linea DNA IVt模板综合增加大约3-5倍,同时也为mRNA制造市场提供了更具竞争力的产品。目前,Linea RNAP由美国Alphazyme,LLC的第三方CDMO根据ISO 13485质量体系为公司生产。公司最近完成了其Linea RNAP的制造工艺开发工作,以增加酶的生产规模和降低单位成本。

 

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制造业规模扩大

 

公司计划推出几个质量等级的Linea DNA,每个等级都有不同的允许用途。

 

质量等级 允许使用 公司状况 
全球货币 研究和临床前发现 目前可用
起始物料的GMP 用于生产mRNA疗法的DNA关键起始物料 计划于2024年第四季度推出
GMP DNA生物制品、药物物质和/或药物制品 计划于2025年下半年推出(1)
  (1) 取决于未来融资的可获性。  
         

我们目前正在按照《良好实验室规范》制造Linea DNA,并且正在最后阶段在我们目前纽约斯多尼布鲁克实验室的空间内创建一个合适的制造设施,能够按照《良好生产规范》生产适用于临床和商业mRNA治疗的Linea DNA IVt模板,预计于2024年日历年第四季度完成(GMP工厂1号)。我们还计划提供额外的Linea DNA IVt模板产能以及符合GMP标准的Linea DNA材料产能,可用作生物制品、药品原料和/或药品成品,预计在2025年日历年下半年提供,取决于未来资金的可用性(GMP工厂2号)。GMP是全球范围内以及美国食品药品监督管理局(FDA)所使用的质量标准,用于确保药品质量。药品成分是药品产品中的药用活性成分。

 

业务策略

 

我们针对我们的治疗性DNA生产服务的业务策略是,通过我们计划在不久的将来在GMP Site 1制造的Linea DNA IVT模板的近期未来供应,利用mRNA治疗迅速增长的机会,同时为线上DNA的额外临床和商业应用奠定基础,通过我们未来计划的Linea DNA在GMP Site 2适用于用作生物学、药品成分和/或药品的GMP生产,或作为生物学材料、药物成分和/或药品的计划GMP Site 2可为GMP Site 1的总产能提供额外的Linea DNA IVT模板制造服务,如果客户需求超过GMP Site 1的产能。我们当前的计划是:(i)通过我们的Linea IVt平台和计划中的GMP Site 1的IVt模板的GMP生产能力,在临近的未来与mRNA和/或自体扩增mRNA("sa-RNA")制造商签订商业规模的供应合同,以供应Linea DNA IVT模板和/或Linea RNAP作为重要的起始材料;(ii) 利用我们当前的GLP生产能力,为非IVt模板应用提供供应和/或与在其治疗生产中使用DNA的临床前疗法开发者签订开发合同;(iii) 在我们计划的未来Linea DNA在GMP Site 2适用于用作生物学、药品成分和/或药品的GMP生产达到后,将现有和新客户转变为大规模供应合同,为广泛范围的核酸治疗提供供应Linea DNA,用作生物学、药品成分和/或药物,直至我们完成GMP Site 1生产DNA的关键起始材料(DNA IVt模板)用于mRNA生产,我们将无法从这项业务中获得显著的收入。我们估计创立GMP Site 1所需的剩余资本支出(CAPEX)成本将低于$30万。如果我们扩展我们的设施,使GMP Site 2的计划生产线上DNA用于生物学、药品成分和/或药品的用途,额外的CAPEX可能高达约$1000万,这将需要额外的资金。我们目前正在我们现有的实验室空间内建立GMP Site 1。我们预计GMP Site 2将需要我们收购额外的空间。

 

MDx测试服务

 

通过Applied DNA Clinical Labs,LLC(“ADCL”),我们利用我们在DNA和RNA检测领域的专业知识,通过PCR技术提供和开发临床分子诊断和遗传(统称“MDx”)检测服务。ADCL是纽约州卫生部(“NYSDOH”)的临床实验室改进修正法案(CLIA)认证实验室,目前允许进行病毒学和遗传学(分子)检测。在提供MDx检测服务时,ADCL使用自己或第三方的分子诊断试验。

 

我们已成功内部验证了我们的药物基因组学测试服务("PGx测试服务")。我们的PGx测试服务利用120个靶标的PGx面板测试来评估特定患者的独特基因型,帮助指导患者的医疗服务提供者做出个体化的药物治疗决定。我们的PGx测试服务旨在审查超过33个基因上的DNA靶标,并提供与某些心脏、心理健康、肿瘤学和疼痛管理药物治疗相关的基因分型信息。

 

S-5

 

 

2024年6月12日,我们获得了纽约州卫生部对我们的 PGx 检测服务的全面批准。最近发表的研究表明,规模化的 PGx 可以显著降低整体人口的医疗成本,减少不良药物事件,提高整体人口的福祉。这些好处可以为大型实体和自保雇主带来显著的成本节约,后者在2022年占据了所有美国雇主的约65%。我们打算利用我们的PGx检测服务向大型实体、自保雇主和医疗机构以及保健提供者提供PGx检测服务。

 

2024年9月11日,我们宣布ADCL已经推出扩展其临床测试服务的新服务,用于检测Mpox(原名为猴痘)的Clade I和Clade II。 扩展的Mpox测试服务推出是在ADCL与相关监管机构,包括纽约州卫生部(NYSDOH)和美国食品和药物管理局(FDA)进行互动之后。公司认为ADCL将能够支持纽约和其他州对Mpox威胁的应对。ADCL的Linea Mpox Virus 1.0 Assay此前已于2022年9月被纽约州卫生部批准为Mpox Clade II的实验室开发测试。2024年8月,ADCL进行了额外的验证测试,显示该检测可以检测到Mpox Clade I的遗传序列,这是世界卫生组织(WHO)在2024年8月14日宣布的国际关注的公共卫生紧急事件。ADCL将从其位于纽约Stony Brook的CLEP/CLIA分子诊断实验室提供测试服务。我们不能保证能够从Mpox测试中产生营业收入和利润。

 

历史上,我们营业收入的大部分来自于我们的MDx检测服务,来源于我们的safeCircle® COVID-19检测解决方案,但在2023财年第三季度开始,测试需求显著下降,导致收入大幅减少。我们预计未来对COVID-19检测的需求将继续减少,我们可能会在将来终止COVID-19检测服务。

 

DNA标记和安全产品及服务 

 

通过充分利用我们在通过PCR制造和检测DNA的专业知识,我们的DNA标记和安防-半导体产品和服务使客户能够使用在我们的Linea DNA平台上制造的非生物DNA标记以独特方式标记物体,然后通过检测DNA标记的存在或缺失来识别这些物体。公司的核心DNA标记和安防-半导体产品和服务,作为CertainT®商标下的一个平台共同营销,包括:

 

  SigNature®分子标记是由公司的Linea DNA平台生产的短非生物DNA标记,为验证大型和复杂供应链中的商品提供了一种方法,重点关注棉花、保健品和其他产品。

 

  SigNify®便携式DNA读数器和SigNify消耗性试剂测试套件可在现场对公司的DNA标记进行终极实时认证。

 

  fiberTyping®和其他产品基因分型服务使用基于PCR的DNA检测来判断棉花物种或栽培品种,通过产品自然发生的DNA序列,用于产品溯源鉴定。

 

  同位素分析测试服务是与第三方实验室合作提供的,利用棉花的碳、氢和氧元素来指示其纤维的原产地,通过成品显示。

 

到目前为止,我们DNA标记和安防-半导体产品和服务的最大商业应用是用于追踪和确证棉花的来源。

 

《维吾尔强迫劳动预防法案(“UFLPA”)》于2021年12月23日签署成为法律,规定任何在中国人民共和国的新疆维吾尔自治区完全或部分开采、生产或制造的商品不得进入美国。2022年6月17日,UFLPA另外将DNA标记和同位素分析列为进口商可能用来潜在证明货物不是源自新疆维吾尔自治区的证据。最近,2024年7月,该公司宣布与跨国服装/纺织制造和采购公司Indus Group签署了一项为期多年的CertainT平台商业化协议。

 

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我们的业务计划是利用消费者和政府的意识 对产品溯源进行扩展,以扩大我们现有的合作伙伴关系,并寻求新的合作伙伴关系,重点放在棉花上。

 

豁免负面契约及修订A类认股权证书

 

根据2024年5月29日提交的8-k表格,公司关闭了一项公开发行("2024年5月发行")普通股和认股权证,包括A系列认股证券("2024年5月A系列认股证券"),由Craig-Hallum和Laidlaw & Company(UK)Ltd.("Laidlaw")作为配售代理。作为2024年5月发行的一部分,公司与Craig-Hallum和Laidlaw签订了一份放置代理协议,日期为2024年5月28日("放置代理协议")。

 

根据某些例外情况,A系列权证规定在公司发行普通股或类似普通股的价格低于A系列权证的行权价格时,A系列权证的行权价格和标的股数将进行调整(“价格重设机制”)。放置代理协议包含一项负面条款,限制公司在2024年5月结束后一段时间内未经Craig-Hallum事先同意不得进行特定股权销售(“负面契约”)。

 

2024年10月30日,公司与某些持有人在2024年5月到期的A级权证签署了一份修正案,根据该修正案,价格重置机制的下限设定为0.20美元。

 

2024年10月29日,克雷格-哈勒姆执行了对负面契约的豁免,允许公司继续进行本招股说明书补充中描述的证券发行(“豁免”)。

 

前述对认股权修正及放弃的摘要并不旨在完整,其全部资格受限于认股权修正及放弃的全部文本,其表格副本附于公司于2024年10月31日提交的第8-k表格目前报告中,作为10.2和10.3附件。

 

公司资料

 

我们是一家特拉华州的公司,最初在1983年根据佛罗里达州法律成立为Datalink Systems, Inc。1998年,我们在内华达州重新注册,并于2002年将我们的名称更改为现在的名称,Applied DNA Sciences, Inc。2008年12月17日,我们从内华达州重新注册到特拉华州。

 

我们的公司总部位于纽约长岛州立大学石溪分校的长岛高科技孵化器,在那里我们建立了用于制造和检测核酸(DNA和mRNA)的实验室,以支持我们的各项业务部门。此外,该地点还设有我们的纽约州立卫生部(CLEP)许可的临床实验室改善法案("CLIA")认证的临床实验室,我们在那里进行MDx检测服务。我们公司总部的邮寄地址是纽约州石溪市健康科学大道50号,邮政编码11790,我们的电话号码是(631) 240-8800。

 

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发行

 

我们提供的普通股 19,247,498 股普通股(以下简称「股份」)。
   
我们提供的预资认股权证 预先资助认股权证购买最多 1,065,002 股普通股 代替部分投资者发出股份,他们在本次发行中购买普通股份,否则会导致投资者造成投资者; 与其附属公司一起拥有超过 4.99%(或在投资者选择时,9.99%)的普通股份。每个 预先资助认股权证将适用于本公司普通股份的一股。每张预先资助认股证的购买价格将等于 在此次发行中一股普通股份出售公众的价格,减少 $0.0001,以及每份预先资金的行使价 认股证将为每股 0.0001 美元。预先资助认股权证将可立即行使,并可在任何时间行使,直到 预先资助认股权证全部行使。此发售亦与行使任何一项可发行的普通股股份有关。 在此次发行中出售的预先资助认股权证。
   
此次发行后未偿还的普通股 51,545,536 人,假设全额行使预先资助认股权证(在每个情况下,假设不行使在并行私人配售中发行的系列认股认股证或配售代理认股权证)。
   
并行私人发售

在并行私人配售中,我们正在销售 致本发行 C 系列认股权证中本公司普通股股份的投资者购买最多 20,312,500 股普通股股份, 及 D 系认股权证购买最多 20,312,500 股普通股。我们将从并行私人收到总收益 配售交易仅在该等认股权证以现金行使的范围内。每份 C 系认股证的行使价为 普通股每股 0.32 美元,将于股东批准日后可行使,并将于五周年纪念日到期 股东批准日期。每股 D 系认股权证的行使价为每股普通股 0.32 美元,将可行使 于股东批准日期,并将在股东批准日期的十八个月周年届满。

 

根据 D 系列认股权证的替代无现金行使选择, D 系列认股权证持有人,有权获得相等于 (x) 总数的累计数量的股份 在现金行使 D 系列认股权证及 (y) 1.0 后可发行的普通股股份。此外,D 系列 认股权证将包括一项条款,在我们普通股反向分割时将其行使价重设为等于价格 至开始期间 (i) 当时行使价和 (ii) 最低交易量加权平均价格(VWAP)的较低价格 在我们未来实施反向股票分割之日起开始的五个交易日及开始的五个交易日 对 D 系列认股权证的基础股份数量进行比例调整,最低限额为 0.0634 元。

 

系列认股权证及本公司股份 根据第 4 (a) (2) 条所规定的豁免,在行使系列认股权证后可发行的股票 根据该法发布的证券法及 / 或第 D 条例,并不根据本招股章程补充文件发售,以及 随附的招股章程。请参阅本招股章程附录第 S-18 页的「私人配售认股权证」 有关并行私人产品的更完整描述。

   
配售代理认股权证 我们将向克雷格-哈伦(或其各自指定的人)发放置位置 代理认股权证购买相等于本发售中发行之股份及预先资助认股权证数量之 5.0% 的股份 价格等于 0.32 美元,该价格在股东批准日期可行使,并且有效日期为自日期起计五年 本招股章程补充文件。请参阅本招股章程第 S-21 页的「分销计划」。

 

募集款项用途 我们打算利用从证券出售中获得的净收益,用于进一步发展我们的治疗性DNA生产服务,以及一般企业用途,可能包括研究和开发费用、资本支出、策略性重组成本、运营资金和一般行政费用,以及可能收购或投资与我们业务相辅相成的企业、产品和技术,尽管截至本招股说明书日期,我们尚无进行任何此类收购或投资的现有承诺或协议。请参阅第S-16页的“资金用途”。

 

风险因素 您应该阅读本增补说明书中的「风险因素」部分,以及附属说明书和本增补说明书所参考的文件,以讨论在决定购买我们的普通股之前应考虑的因素。

 

纳斯达克股市上的标的 “APDN”

 

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此次发行后,流通在外公众股的数量,基于2024年10月29日已发行的31233036股普通股,并不包括:

 

  ·   截至2024年10月29日,期权行使后发行的普通股为108,176股,每股加权平均履行价为186.16美元;

 

  ·   自2024年10月29日起,12,774,426股普通股可通过行使权证发行,每股加权平均行使价为3.21美元(其中包括11,487,8212024年5月A系列权证(如下定义)和2024年5月B系列权证(如下定义)的总计,其中有2,257,052具有可选的无现金行使机制,代表每个权证权利可获得3股普通股);

 

  ·   4062,500,000股普通股可通过行使Series warrants而发行,其行使需经warrant股东批准,其中20,312,500股设有替代无现金行使机制 代表拥有每张认股权证可收取1股普通股;并

 

  ·   截至2024年10月29日,根据我们的股权激励计划,有269,069股普通股用于未来授予或发行。

 

除非另有说明,本招股说明书补充内容中所有资讯均假设所有期权和认股权证均未行使。

 

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风险因素

 

投资我们的证券涉及高风险。除了其他在本增补说明书和随附的说明书中列入或引用的资讯外,您应该仔细考虑下面描述的风险,以及我们最近一个财政年度向SEC提交的年度报告Form 10-k 中标题为“风险因素”的部分,随后的季度报告Form 10-Q,以及在随后提交给SEC的修订或更新后的任何报告,以及我们向SEC提交和引用在此的其他报告,然后再做出投资决定。以下风险是根据本增补说明书的日期呈现的,我们预期这些风险会不时在我们向SEC提交的定期和即时报告中进行更新,这些报告将在此引用。请参考这些随后的报告以获取有关投资我们证券所涉风险的其他信息。

 

所述风险和不确定性 以及以下可能对我们的业务、营运成果和基本报表产生实质不利影响,同时可能导致我们普通股价值下降。由于这些,您可能会损失全部或部分投资。您还应参考本招股说明书补充资料和随附招股说明书中包含的其他资讯,或通过参考我们的基本报表和该等报表附注、以及标题“前瞻性声明特别注意事项”下所载的信息。 我们的实际结果可能会与这些前瞻性声明中预期的有实质差异,这是由于某些因素,包括下述风险。此招股说明书中包含的前瞻性声明系基于我们于本日期可取得的信息,而通过引用贯入文件中的所有前瞻性声明则基于我们取得该等文件之日期的信息。我们不接受更新任何前瞻性声明的意图。下述所载风险和 包含于我们的年度报告第10k表格、第10-Q季度报告以及其他定期报告中的风险不是我们面临的唯一风险。我们目前未知或目前认为不重要的其他风险也可能对我们的业务运营产生不利影响。

 

关于此次发行的风险:

 

管理层将对此次发行的收益使用拥有广泛裁量权,我们可能会以您和其他股东可能不同意的方式使用这笔款项。

 

我们尚未指定从此次发行获得的任何净收益金额用于任何特定目的。因此,我们的管理层将对此等净收益的运用拥有广泛的裁量权,并且可能将其用于其它于本次发行时未考虑到的用途。我们的股东可能不同意我们的管理层选择分配和支出此类净收益的方式。此外,这些收益可能以未能改善我们的营运成果或提高您的投资价值的方式运用。我们未能有效运用这些资金可能对我们的业务产生重大不利影响,延迟我们产品的研发和商业化,并导致我们的普通股价格下跌。

 

你将会立即和大幅地感受到每股普通股的净有形帐面价值的掺释。

 

基于您每股普通股支付的价格与我们购买时的净有形帐面价值每股之差异,您将立即遭受稀释。截至2024年6月30日,我们的净有形帐面价值每股,不包括所有分类的认股权,为0.94美元。请参阅标题为“稀释”的部分,以了解您在本次发行中将承受的稀释更详细的讨论。

 

我们将需要额外的资本。如果我们无法筹集足够的资本,我们将被迫延迟、缩减或取消产品开发计划。

 

为了实现我们的业务目标,包括扩大我们的治疗性DNA生产服务,我们将需要筹集额外的所有基金类型。我们将需要筹集大量额外的资本来完成我们Linea DNA和Linea IVt平台的开发和商业化。即使筹集了额外的资本,我们可能选择专注于一个或多个开发计划,延迟或停止其他开发计划。

 

在我们的平台上能产生足够的营业收入之前,如果可能的话,我们预计透过公开或私人股权投资、债务融资、企业合作和/或授权安排来筹集未来现金需求。在我们需要资金时,可能没有额外的资金可用,或者可用的条件可能不可接受。如果没有足够的资金,我们可能需要延迟、减少或取消一个或多个研究或开发计划。

 

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透过发行证券或授权安排来筹集额外的资金可能会导致股东稀释,限制我们的业务或要求我们放弃专有权。

 

在我们透过出售股权或可转换债券筹集额外资本的范围内,股东将会面临稀释,这些新证券的条款可能包括清算或其他偏好,可能不利于普通股股东的权利。

 

债务融资,若有提供,可能涉及限制或限制我们采取特定行动的协议,例如增加债务、进行资本支出或宣布分红派息。如果我们通过与第三方的合作、战略联盟或许可安排筹集额外资金,我们可能必须放弃我们的技术、产品候选人或未来收入来源的有价值权利,或者授予不利于我们的条款许可。我们也可能在有利条件的情况下寻求进入公开或私人资本市场,即使当时我们并不急需额外资本。无法保证我们将能够在必要时获得额外资金。如果我们无法及时获得充足融资,我们可能需要延迟、缩减或取消一个或多个,或所有,开发计划,或授权开发和销售我们本来更愿意自行开发和销售的产品候选人。

 

在公开市场上大量出售我们普通股,或者对此类出售可能发生的观点,可能会压低我们普通股的市场价格。 

 

在公开市场大量出售我们的普通股票,或者对此类销售可能发生的看法可能压低我们普通股股票的市场价格,并影响我们透过出售额外权益证券筹集资本的能力。此外,在此次发行后,在公开市场上大量出售我们的普通股票可能导致我们普通股的市场价格下跌,并可能影响我们透过出售额外权益证券筹集资本的能力。我们无法预测未来出售我们普通股票或其他权益或与权益相关的证券将对我们普通股的市场价格产生什么影响。我们无法预测未来出售我们证券将对我们普通股的市场价格产生什么影响。

 

您可能会因未来的股权发行而面临未来的稀释。

 

为了筹集额外资金,在未来,我们预计将提供额外的普通股或可转换为我们的普通股的其他证券。我们无法保证能够以每股价格等于或高于本次投资者支付的每股价格向投资者出售股份或其他证券,未来购买股份或其他证券的投资者可能享有优于现有股东的权利。我们在未来交易中出售额外股份或可转换为我们的普通股的其他证券的每股价格可能高于或低于本次发行的每股价格。在现有期权或认股权证行使的情况下,购买我们本次发行的普通股的投资者可能进一步受到稀释。

 

与我们业务相关的风险: 

 

我们可能无法成功实施我们的业务策略,包括实现我们的增长目标。

 

我们可能无法完全实施我们的业务策略,或在预期时间范围内完全或部分实现我们各种增长或其他倡议所预期的利益。 我们各种业务策略和倡议,包括我们的增长、运营和管理倡议,尤其是我们治疗性DNA生产服务的发展,都面临著业务、经济和竞争性的不确定性和意外因素,其中许多是我们无法控制的。 我们业务策略的执行和我们的财务表现将继续在很大程度上取决于我们获得足够融资的能力,以及我们的执行管理团队和其他关键管理人员的能力,我们能够辨识并完成合适的收购,我们执行管理团队的能力来执行新的运营倡议,以及某些我们无法控制的事项。 此外,随著我们推动增长、运营和管理倡议,我们可能会产生某些成本,并且我们可能无法符合预期的实施时间表或控制预算成本。 随著这些倡议的进行,我们可能无法完全实现我们预期的效率改善或增长率,或这些倡议可能对我们客户保留、供应商关系或运营造成不利影响。 此外,我们的业务策略可能会根据我们实施业务倡议的能力、竞争压力、经济不确定性或发展情况,或其他因素而不时变化。

 

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我们可能会修改和完善我们的业务策略,包括可能的卖出或关闭。

 

我们的管理层目前正在对公司的业务板块进行战略性审查,可能会导致公司的MDx检测服务和/或DNA标记和安防产品及服务的出售或停业,以及员工减少和可能的管理层变动。任何可能出售或停业的条件和结构,包括财务条件,尚未获得我们的董事会批准或确定。虽然任何出售或停业的目的是为了降低我们的开支并实现成本节省,但可能会造成相关的重组成本,而出售或停业的好处可能低于预期。任何出售所获得的初期现金收入(如果有的话)可能有限,虽然出售的条款可能包括未来的版税、分期付款或类似条款,但其中任何一项都有可能无法获得或收到。

 

如果2024年5月系列认股权的某些条款被使用,股东可能会遭受重大稀释。

 

2024年5月29日,我们就上市我们的普通股、2024年5月A权证及2024年B系列普通股认购权证(简称"2024年5月B权证",与2024年5月A权证一同构成"2024年5月权证"),根据某个安排代理协议与Craig-Hallum和Laidlaw达成交易,当日交易即告结束。

 

如果2024年5月系列b认股权通过另类非现金行使方式行使,假设获得认股权股东批准,则行使该持有人将收到每份2024年5月系列b认股权行使三股普通股,无须支付任何现金给我们。

 

另外,且受特定豁免条件限制,如果我们卖出、签署买卖协议,或授予任何股票购买选择权,或卖出、签署买卖协议,或授予任何重新定价权利(不包括在《Placement Agency Agreement》中定义的豁免发行),或以低于当前生效中的2024年5月A系列认股权的行使价的每股价格出售,则2024年5月A系列认股权的行使价格将降低至每股报价价格,但不得低于$0.20,并且可行使的股份数将按比例调整,以使总行使价保持不变。

 

如果在2024年5月份的认股权证中的任何条款被使用,我们的股东可能会遭受重大稀释。

 

如果使用了D级认股权证中的某些条款,股东可能面临重大稀释。

 

如果D级认股权证通过替代无现金行使方式行使,假设获得认股权证股东批准,此行使人将收到每个D级认股权证行使的一份普通股,并不需向我们支付任何现金。

 

此外,第D系列认股权将包含一项条款,即在我们的普通股进行逆向拆分时,重新设定其行使价格为以下两者中较低者的价格(i)当时的行使价格和(ii)在我们未来进行逆向股票分割当日之前五个交易日以及当日起计五个交易日的最低成交量加权平均价格(VWAP),并对处于底线0.0634美元的Series D认股权所包含的股份数进行比例调整。

 

如果序列认股权中的任何条款被利用,我们的股东可能会遭受重大稀释。

 

我们优先股票和期权的基础中有大量普通股,这些股票的出售可能压低我们的普通股市场价格,并导致对现有股东造成立即及大幅稀释。

 

截至2024年10月29日,我们已发行了31,233,036股普通股,现有未行使的期权可购买108,176股普通股,现有未行使的warrants可购买12,774,426股普通股,而我们的股权激励计划下还有269,069股可供授予。在这笔交易中,我们发行了可购买42,705,627股普通股的warrants。我们未行使的期权和warrants以及新发行的warrants一经行使即将对我们的股东造成直接且重大的稀释,并且其任何出售可能压低我们普通股的市场价格。

 

系列认股权的行使取决于我们获得认股权股东批准。如果我们未能获得该认股权股东批准,该系列认股权可能永远无法行使。

 

这些系列认股权不可立即进行行使,因为其行使权取决于我们获得认股权股东批准。这些系列认股权将在股东批准日期后变为可行使,并将在该日期之5周年的时候过期,就C系列认股权而言,在该日期之18个月的时候过期,就D系列认股权而言。虽然我们打算迅速寻求这些机制的认股权股东批准,但无法保证是否能获得。如果我们无法取得认股权股东批准,这些系列认股权可能永远无法行使。如果我们无法获得认股权股东批准,这些系列认股权将毫无价值。

 

我们已同意在此后最早可行的日期举行股东特别大会(也可能同时是股东年度大会),但在发行结束后的九十天之内,最迟不得超过该日期,以获得认股权股东批准。我们无法保证能够在此时程内或根本举行特别会议。如果我们在第一次会议未能获得认股权股东批准,我们有责任每隔九十天召开会议以寻求认股权股东批准,直到取得股东批准或者C系列认股权和D系列认股权不再流通的日期为止。

 

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对于我们能否持续营运存在重大疑问。

 

我们持续出现净亏损,截至2024年6月30日累积赤字达到306,376,012美元。截至2024年6月30日止的九个月,我们出现净亏损3,774,563美元。截至2024年6月30日,我们的现金及现金等价物为10,442,131美元。我们得出结论,这些因素对我们于2024年6月30日基本报表发布后的一年内作为持续营运实体存疑。我们将继续寻求透过公开股权、股权投资或债务融资筹集额外运营资本。如果我们未能筹集到额外运营资本,或以商业上不利条件进行融资,将对我们的业务、前景、财务状况和营运成果造成重大不利影响,且我们可能无法作为持续营运实体存在。如果在未来为我们的业务活动筹集资金时,对于我们作为持续营运实体存疑,投资者或其他融资来源可能不愿意或根本无法以商业上合理的条件向我们提供额外融资。

 

不能保证我们的Linea™ Mpox病毒检测试剂盒和/或mpox检测服务将出现商业需求。

 

2024年9月11日,公司宣布与纽约州卫生部及美国FDA等相关监管机构进行交流后,将在纽约州以及承认纽约CLEP/CLIA认证的州,推出用于mpox clade I和clade II的Linea mpox病毒测试服务(“试剂盒”)的临床测试服务。截至目前,公司尚未为mpox clade I或clade II进行临床测试。未来对于试剂盒和/或相关的mpox测试服务的商业需求将取决于mpox公共卫生紧急情况未知且不可预测的未来走向。目前,在美国mpox疾病(包括clade I和clade II)的患病率极低,导致对临床mpox测试的需求非常有限。目前不清楚未来是否会出现对试剂盒的商业需求。

 

我们可能需要在认股权股东批准后的30天内进行普通股的逆向股票分割,这可能会对我们股票的流动性产生不利影响。

 

我们的普通股目前在纳斯达克上市。 为了继续在纳斯达克上市,我们必须继续满足某些“持续上市标准”,包括遵守买盘价格规则。目前,我们满足所有这些要求。但是,我们的股票目前在纳斯达克以不到1.00美元的价格交易。如果我们的股票价格不升,我们可能不符合买盘价格规则,有被纳斯达克摘牌的风险。如果我们的普通股从纳斯达克摘牌,摘牌可能对我们的普通股价格、股价波动性和/或投资中的流动性产生负面影响。

 

根据证券购买协议,如果公司在股东批准日期后任何时候未违反纳斯达克的买盘价格规则并收到纳斯达克股票市场LLC上市资格部门的缺陷函,则公司必须进行其普通股的股份合并("逆向股份合并")。 公司必须在股东批准日期后的30天内进行逆向股份合并; 前提是如果在该30天内公司恢复遵守买盘价格规则,公司将无需进行逆向股份合并。

 

本公司打算积极监控其普通股的买盘价格,并将考虑可用的期权,包括实施逆向股票分割,以符合买盘价格规则。由于逆向股票分割后将会减少未来将持有的股份数量,我们普通股的流动性可能会受到逆向股票分割的不利影响,尤其是如果我们普通股的市场价格并未因逆向股票分割而上涨的话。

 

 

 

有关前瞻性陈述的特别提示

 

本补充说明书及随附的招股书,包括在此及其中所纳入的文件以及我们已授权用于与此次发行有关的任何自由书面说明书,均包含有关我们业务、操作和财务表现及控制项的前瞻性陈述,以及我们业务操作和财务表现及控制项的计划、目标和期望。 任何本文件中包含的非历史事实陈述均可能被视为前瞻性陈述。在某些情况下,您可根据“can”、“may”、“could”、“should”、“assume”、“forecasts”、“believe”、“designed to”、“will”、“expect”、“plan”、“anticipate”、“estimate”、“potential”、“position”、“predicts”、“strategy”、“guidance”、“intend”、“budget”、“seek”、“project”或“continue”等术语来识别前瞻性陈述,或其否定词或其他相应术语,涉及到信念、计划、期望或意图,或与未来有关的。您应该仔细阅读包含这些字词的陈述,因为它们:

 

  · 讨论我们对未来的期望;

 

  · 包含我们未来营运或财务状况的预测;以及

 

  · 陈述其他「前瞻性」资讯。

 

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我们认为沟通我们的期望是重要的。然而,前瞻性陈述基于我们对业务和行业的当前期望、假设、估计和投影,并受到已知和未知的风险、不确定性和其他因素的影响。因此,由于各种因素和风险,我们的实际结果和特定事件的时间表可能与此等前瞻性陈述中所表述或暗示的有实质性差异,包括但不限于本说明书补充资料和附属说明书中所载的“风险因素”,以及透过参考在此纳入的文件、以及下列因素和风险:

 

  · 我们对未来收入、支出、资本或其他资金需求的期望;

 

  · 我们的现金和营运资本是否足以支持目前和计划中的业务和增长;

 

  · 对我们作为持续经营实体的能力存在重大疑虑;

 

  · 我们需要额外融资,这可能需要发行额外的普通股、优先股或其他债务或股权证券(包括可换股证券),这将稀释股东持有的所有权;

 

  · 我们的业务策略以及扩张计划的时间安排,包括为我们的治疗性DNA生产服务开发新的生产设施;

 

  · 对治疗性DNA生产服务的需求;

 

  · 对DNA标记服务的需求;

 

  · 对MDx检测服务的需求;

 

  · 我们对现有或潜在的第三方合作或合资开发和许可协议的期望;

 

  · 我们治疗性DNA生产服务的监管批准和合规性,是我们业务策略所主要依赖的。

 

  · 我们是否能够实现从收购Spindle中预期的好处?

 

  · 政府规定通常的影响;

 

  · 我们对提交监管申请的时间以及监管批准可能获得的时间的期望。

 

  · 有关产品候选者及技术的期望;

 

  · 我们对业务模式重组的潜在期望;

 

  · 我们何时或是否会变得有利可图的期望;

 

  · 我们的LDT可能会因FDA的立法活动而需要遵循额外的监管要求,并且遵守这些规定可能会又贵又耗时,导致重大或意料之外的延迟;并

 

  · 未知未来市场对于 Linea Mpox 病毒 1.0 分析与相关的 mpox 测试服务的需求。

 

我们所有的前瞻性陈述都有可能被证明是错误的。它们可能受到我们可能做出的不准确假设或已知或未知的风险和不确定性影响。 实际结果与我们的前瞻性陈述所表达或暗示的可能存在重大差异。可能影响未来结果的因素包括:

 

  · 根据我们尚未完全证明的新技术进行产品开发,存在著固有的不确定因素;

 

  · 对于在临床测试时似乎安全有效的配方和治疗对人体实际效果的风险和不确定性;

 

  · 利用我们的治疗性DNA制备服务的配方和治疗方案;

 

  · 与使用我们的治疗性DNA生产服务的产品候选者相关的临床试验所固有的不确定性;

 

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  · 市场产品候选者获得监管清洁或核准的过程中所带来的固有不确定性,包括使用我们治疗性DNA生产服务的产品候选者;

 

  · 市场化产品存在著固有的不确定性,包括已获得监管机构批准的产品,其中包括使用我们的治疗性DNA生产服务的产品;

 

  · 与我们的PGx检测服务商业化相关的固有不确定性;

 

  · 一般经济和行业条件,以及我们特定市场的情况;

 

  · 我们股价的波动和下降;以及

 

  · 我们有能力取得必要的融资来支持我们的运营并实现我们的战略发展计划。

 

所有前瞻性陈述和风险因素均截至本招股说明书补充之日期,而随附招股说明书及参考文档中包含的所有前瞻性陈述和风险因素则截至其原始日期,每种情况均基于我们截至本招股说明书补充之日期或随附招股说明书及参考文档的原始日期可得之资讯,我们不承担更新任何前瞻性陈述或风险因素的义务,除非法律要求我们如此。如果我们更新一个或多个前瞻性陈述,不应推断我们将对其他前瞻性陈述进行更新,或者我们将在任何将来时间更新那些前瞻性陈述。

 

前瞻性声明可能包括我们对未来业务的计划和目标,包括与我们产品和未来经济表现相关的计划和目标、预测、业务策略以及成功的时间和可能性。对上述事项的假设涉及未来经济、竞争和市场状况、未来业务决策、对我们产品和服务的需求,以及成功完成技术的开发和商业化所需的时间和金钱等方面的判断,所有这些方面都难以准确预测,并且其中许多方面超出我们的控制。

 

本说明书补充内及随附的招股书中包含的前瞻性陈述所据之任何假设均有可能不准确,因此,我们无法保证任何此类前瞻性陈述中所涉及的任何结果或事件将会实现。基于这些前瞻性陈述固有的重大不确定性,不应将任何此类陈述的包含视为我们对我们的目标或计划将会实现的陈述或保证,我们建议您不要依赖本文所含任何前瞻性陈述。

 

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募集资金的用途

 

我们估计,从这次发行中获得的净收益将约为580万美元,在扣除预估的放置代理费用和我们需支付的预估发行费用后,假设所有在此出售的股份(或预先资金化认股权证)均已售出。该估计不包括同时定向增发中发行的系列认股权证的收益,如果有的话。

 

我们打算利用本次发行的净收益,用于进一步发展我们的治疗性DNA生产服务,以及一般企业用途,可能包括研究和开发费用、资本支出、战略重组成本、运营资本和一般和行政费用,以及可能收购或投资于与我们业务相辅相成的企业、产品和技术,尽管截至本说明书日期,我们尚无任何确定承诺或协议进行任何此类收购或投资。

 

我们估计完成我们的GMP Site 1的剩余CAPEX以进行DNA模板生产将少于30万美元。in vitro 如果我们要扩建我们的设施以实现GMP Site 2的Linea DNA的GMP生产,用于预定的生物制剂、药品原料和/或药品,CAPEX可能高达约1000万美元。我们目前正在现有的实验室空间内建设GMP Site 1。我们预计建立GMP Site 2需要我们收购额外的空间。

 

我们实际支出的金额和时间将取决于众多因素,包括我们在产品和服务方面的开发努力,以及我们在运营中使用的现金金额。因此,我们无法确切估计用于上述目的的净收益金额。我们可能发现有必要或建议将净收益用于其他目的,并且我们将在净收益的应用方面拥有广泛的自主权。在上述用途尚未确定之前,我们计划将此次发行所得(若有)投资于短期投资。

 

分红政策

 

我们从未向普通股股东支付现金分红派息,并且不预期在可预见的将来支付现金分红派息,但打算保留我们的资本资源以进行业务再投资。未来对于在我们的普通股股票上支付现金分红派息的任何决定将由我们的董事会酌情作出,并将取决于我们的财务状况、营运成果、资本需求和其他董事会认为相关的因素。

 

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稀释

 

如果您在此次发行中投资我们的普通股和/或预购权证,您的拥有权将立即因我们普通股的公开发行价格与此次发行后我们普通股的调整净有形帐面价值每股之间的差额而被稀释。截至2024年6月30日,我们的净有形帐面价值约为970万美元或每股0.94美元(根据我们优先普通股的10299385股计算)。每股净有形帐面价值等于我们的总有形资产减去总负债后,再除以我们优先普通股的股份数。

 

经本次发行所售出我们的普通股股份及行使预资助认股权证后,每股发行价为$0.32美元,并扣除我们应支付的认购代理费和估计的发行费用,且不含任何因认股权证行使而产生的款项,截至2024年6月30日,我们调整后的净有形帐面价值大约为580万美元,即每股普通股为$0.30。这意味著我们现有股东的调整后净有形帐面价值每股立即下降$0.64,对于在公开发行价格购买证券的新投资者而言,每股立即扩大$0.02的稀释。

 

以下表格说明了每股的稀释情况:

 

每股公开发售价  $0.32 
2024年6月30日的历史净有形帐面价值每股  $0.94 
预计每股净资产相对于所有投资者下降  $(0.64)
在此次发售后我们普通股每股调整后的净账面价值  $0.30 
对参与本次发售的投资者每股稀释  $0.02 

 

上述讨论和表格并未考虑账户的进一步稀释,该稀释可能发生于已发行的期权和warrants行使时,包括在这次发行中提供的预先资助warrants,以及与此发行中每股公开发行价格较低的每股exrercise price的同时定向增发的Series Warrants。

 

发行后即时股份总数基于 2024 年 6 月 30 日时已发行的共计 31,233,036 股普通股(2024 年 6 月 30 日时已发行 10,299,385 股普通股,加上 2024 年 6 月 30 日后发行的股份,主要由于行使 20,933,651 张认股权证),不包括:

 

  ·   截至2024年6月30日,108,801股普通股可通过行使期权而发行,每股加权平均行使价为185.23美元。

 

  ·   截至2024年6月30日,12,774,426股普通股可通过行使认股权发行(更新至2024年6月30日后行使的认股权),加权平均行使价为每股3.21美元(其中包括11,487,821张2024年5月到期的认股权,其中2,257,052张具有替代免现行使机制,代表每张认股权有权获得3股普通股);

 

  ·   4062,500,000股普通股可通过行使Series warrants而发行,其行使需经warrant股东批准,其中20,312,500股设有替代无现金行使机制 代表拥有每张认股权证可收取1股普通股;并

 

  ·   截至2024年6月30日,根据我们的股权激励计划,预留了268,464股普通股用于未来授予或发行。

 

上述讨论和表格假设不出售预资助认股证,若出售将减少我们按一对一基础发行的普通股数目。-每一股股票 基准。

 

就我们未来情况下发行所有期权或warrants的程度而言,根据我们的权益激励计划,新期权将发行,或未来我们的普通股可能发行更多股份,这可能进一步稀释参与此次发行的投资者。此外,我们可能会考虑因市场条件或策略性考量而进一步筹集资本,即使我们相信我们有足够的所有基金类型来维持目前或未来的营运计划。如果我们通过出售股权或可转债券筹集额外资本,这些证券的发行可能会进一步稀释我们的股东。

 

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定向增发权证

 

与此次发售普通股和预付权证同时进行,我们还预期向投资者发行并销售C系列权证和D系列权证,以购买多达20,312,500股我们的普通股。每张C系列权证的行使价为每股普通股0.32美元,每张D系列权证的行使价为每股普通股0.32美元。C系列权证可在股东批准日期行使,并将于股东批准日期五周年到期。D系列权证可在股东批准日期行使,并将于股东批准日期十八个月周年到期。持有人可以选择整体或部分行使系列权证,方法是向我们提交正式执行的行使通知,同时,在注册声明根据《证券法》登记发行支持C系列权证的普通股开始生效并可用于发行这些股份,或根据《证券法》提供发行这些股份的豁免时,以全额支付现金进行行使次数.。如果在行使时没有有效的注册声明登记,或其中包含的招股说明书不能用于发行支持C系列权证的普通股,则也可以通过无现金行使的方式整体或部分行使该系列权证,在这种情况下,持有人将根据系列权证所述的公式决定的净普通股数量。

 

根据乙类股权证的借现金无现金行使选项,乙类股权证持有人有权收到股份总数,相等于( x )乙类股权证现金行使所能发行的普通股总数和( y ) 1.0 的乘积。此外,乙类股权证将包括条款,当我们的普通股进行逆向拆分时,重设它们各自的行使价格为( i ) 现时的行使价格和(ii) 未来进行逆向股份拆分时两方案中的较低成交量加权平均价格(VWAP) ,采用在进行逆向股票拆分之前五个交易日起和进行逆向股票拆分当天起的五个交易日期间的最低VWAP,同时对乙类股权证底下股份数量进行比例调整,但底价为0.0634美元。

 

除了特定例外情况外,拥有认股权证的持有人如果该持有人与其关联方共同持有超过4.99%(或在发行系列认股权证前,购买方可以选择为9.99%)的我们普通股在行使后立即有效的情况下。持有人可以将有利拥有权限制增加或减少至9.99%,然而,任何有利拥有权限制的增加将在向公司通知此类变更后61天内生效。

 

根据证券购买协议,在证券购买协议日期起计20个日历天内,我们同意提交一份S-1表格的登记声明,以提供投资者行使序列认股权时可以转售的普通股份。我们同意采取商业上合理的努力,在证券购买协议的结束日期后的50天内(如果SEC要求该登记声明包括截至2024年9月30日结束的审核年终基本报表,则为90天)使该登记声明生效,并始终保持该登记声明生效,直到所有投资者不再持有任何认股权或可以行使的普通股份。

 

系列认股权不是立即可行使的,因为它们的可行性取决于我们获得认股权股东批准。系列认股权将在股东批准日期后可行使,并将在该日期之五周年纪念日时于C系列认股权方面到期,在该日期之十八个月纪念日时于D系列认股权方面到期。虽然我们打算立即寻求认股权股东批准,但无法保证一定会获得。如果我们无法获得认股权股东批准,系列认股权可能永远不可行使。如果我们无法获得认股权股东批准,系列认股权将毫无价值。

 

我们已同意在此日期后最快可能的日期召开股东特别大会(亦可是股东年度大会),但不得迟于发行结束后九十天,以获得认股权股东批准。我们无法保证我们能在这段时间内或根本上召开特别大会。如果我们在第一次会议中未获得认股权股东批准,我们有责任在之后每隔九十天召开会议以寻求认股权股东批准,直至认股权股东批准获得,或C系列认股权和D系列认股权不再留存之早日。公司已同意在证券购买协议结束后二十天内提交关于获得认股权股东批准的初步代理委任书。

 

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在任何基本交易事件发生后,就如所述的一系列认股权,一般上包括任何合并事项、出售公司全部或实质性的资产、要约收购或交换要约、普通股份重分类或对公司当时已发行普通股超过50%的人或多人进行收购,但须受到某些例外条款的限制,任何随后行使认股权之持有人将有权选择接受作为替代支付的考量,对于每一股普通股,该股本依据此等行使之前即时发行,就本类基本交易发生后,按如后情况之后继或收购公司之普通股股份数,倘若为存续公司者,以及活命公司的经营后所收受的任何附加考量之总和,该交易发生前,认股权可以行使的股份数目以及根据上述事件进行时应给与持有人之普通股股份数目。虽然如上所述,在发生重大交易时,对于一连串认股权持有人有权要求公司或接收实体以现金按照黑-谢尔斯价值(由认股权中所定义)购买未行使部分的认股权与基本交易完成后同时进行或在30天内进行。但是,在公司无能力控制的基本交易事件中,或是支付给予的考量是在全国著名证券交易所报价或上市的接收方实体之股权证券时,依据在此基本交易完成日期,只有可能持有认股权的人将有权接收来自公司或其接手实体的同一类或形式之考量(并且在同样比例之下),将未行使部分的认股权之黑-谢尔斯价值,被提出且支付给与供应商普通股股东在此重大交易已完成时,无论该考量是以现金、股份或任何现金与股票的组合形式,或是普通股持有人被提供选择以替代方式受取考量在此基本交易所涉及。

 

此类证券将根据《证券法》或州证券法的豁免条款进行发行和卖出,而无需进行登记,依赖《法案》第4(a)(2)条文以及/或根据制订的D条规定和依赖适用的州法规提供的类似豁免。因此,投资者仅可根据有效的《证券法》登记声明、《证券法》条例144号下的豁免或《证券法》其他相关豁免进行行使这些认股权并卖出基础股票。

 

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我们提供的证券之描述

 

我们正在提供股份(或预先资助的认股权证) 在此发行中(以及不时可行使预先资助的认股权证以获得我们的普通股)

 

普通股

 

我们普通股的实质条款和条款细则在随附招股说明书第9页的“普通股”标题下描述。

 

预购权证

 

本预付认股权的若干条款及细则摘要,并不完整,且受到完整由预付认股权的条款规定之制约,其形式已作为本次发售的8-k表格目前报告的展品提交,并参照并纳入本招股说明书补充资料的注册声明,潜在投资者应详细审阅预付认股权的形式之条款和条件,以获得对预付认股权条款及条件的完整描述。

 

行使价格和期限

 

每个预购认股权的行使价为每股0.0001美元。预购认股权将可以行使,并可以在预购认股权完全行使之前的任何时间内行使。在股票送转、拆股并股、重组或类似影响我们普通股的事件发生时,行使价格和行使时可发行的普通股数将受到适当调整,也会在资产派发(包括现金、股票或其他资产)给我们股东时进行调整。

 

可行性

 

预先资助的认股权将立即行使,由每位持有人自行选择全部或部分行使,提交正式执行通知书并全额支付购买的本公司普通股股数(除非是如下述所讨论的无现金行使情形)。持有人(与其联属机构合计)在本身持有量超过即时行使后本公司已发行普通股的4.99%的情况下,将不得行使其预先资助的认股权的任何部分,但条件是在持有人向我们提前至少61天通知的情况下,持有人可以将这一有利拥有限度增加至至多即时行使后考虑行使的普通股股数的9.99%;如有任何本公司已发行普通股的显示股权率通过《预先资助的认股权》条款确定,不会在预先资助的认股权的行使情况下发行碎股。我们将以等同于碎股额乘以行使价的现金支付给持有人,而非发行碎股,或者将小数部分四舍五入至下一张完整股份。

 

无现金运动

 

在行使时,持有人可以选择不支付预期的现金支付,以支付行使价的总额,而选择在行使时收到按照预资的认股权方程式,决定的普通股净数(全数或部分)

 

基本交易

 

在任何基本交易事件发生时,如在预先资助认股权中所描述的内容,通常包括与另一实体的合并、出售所有或实质上所有资产、要约收购或交换要约,或我们普通股股份的重新分类,那么在对预先资助认股权进行任何后续行使时,持有人将有权以替代方案收到每股普通股作为考虑,对于在该基本交易发生之前对该次行使应发行的每股普通股,继续存续公司的继承人或收购公司发行的股份数量,如果它是生存公司,以及任何持有人根据该交易而应收的或作为其结果而应收的其他考虑,用于可以在该事件前立即运动的预先资助认股权的股份数目。

 

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可转让性

 

根据适用法律,预资助认股权可在持有人选择的情况下转让,持有人应将预资助认股权交还给我们,并提供适当的转让工具和足以支付任何转让税款(如适用)的资金。

 

交易所上市

 

对于预先资助的认股权证,并无任何证券交易所或国家级认可交易系统提供交易市场,我们也不认为会有市场发展。我们不打算在任何证券交易所或国家级认可交易系统上列出这些预先资助的认股权证。

 

作为股东

 

除非另有规定在预购证券中,或因此持有人对我们的普通股拥有权,否则预购证券持有人在行使其预购证券之前,不拥有作为我们普通股持有人的权利或特权,包括任何投票权。

 

配售计划

 

我们已委托Craig-Hallum担任我们的专属 下单代理,根据一份关于此次发行的协议书,日期为2024年8月23日(「协议书」)。Craig-Hallum不会购买或出售我们在本招股说明书补充资料中提供的任何证券,但已同意尽最大努力安排出售本招股说明书补充资料中提供的股份(或预付warrants)。Craig-Hallum可能保留次级代理商和精选经销商以便进行此次发行。

 

我们已经与多位投资者签订了证券购买协议,每份协议的日期均为2024年10月30日,这些投资者同意购买此次发行的证券。证券购买协议规定了克雷格-哈拉姆和投资者的义务应符合某些先决条件,包括但不限于,我们的业务没有发生任何重大不利变化以及获得惯例意见和结案证书。

 

我们目前预期这项发行的结束将于2024年10月31日左右进行,视常规的结束条件而定。

 

费用和开支

 

我们已同意向Craig-Hallum支付定向增发代理费,金额为此次发售证券的总收益的6%现金。我们还同意向Craig-Hallum或其指定人发行定向增发代理权证,可购买高达1,015,625股普通股(相当于所提供的股份和预先搭售权证总数的5.0%),可于股东批准日期行使,并于本说明书补充的日期起计五年后到期。除上述条款外,定向增发代理权证的条款将与私募定向增发中向投资者发行的C系列权证基本相同。

 

以下的表格显示了每股以及总计现金放置代理人费用,我们将支付给Craig-Hallum,这是在本募集说明书补充和附随说明书中,承诺购买所有此次发售的证券的情况下的。

 

   每股盈余   Per Pre-
出资企业
认股权证
   总计 
公开发售价格  $0.32   $0.3199   $6,499,893.50 
承销商费用  $0.0192   $0.01919   $389,993.61 
在扣除开支之前,我们的收益  $0.3008   $0.3007   $6,109,899.89 

 

此外,我们已同意在请求时赔偿Craig-Hallum的开支,包括与其参与本募资所需的法律顾问的合理费用和支出,包括Craig-Hallum或其顾问在本募资事宜上进行的任何FINRA或其他监管档案,最高不超过100,000美元。

 

我们估计这次发行的总费用(包括应付克雷格豪勋的可退还费用),不包括发行代理费,将约为318,000美元。

 

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我们已同意对Craig-Hallum和某些其他人提供赔偿,包括在参与信托法案和交易法案下出现的或因Craig-Hallum根据承诺书活动而产生的某些责任。我们还同意为Craig-Hallum可能需要支付的与此类责任有关的款项进行贡献。

 

根据证券法第2(a)(11)条的意义,Craig-Hallum可能被视为承销商,而他们收取的任何佣金以及在作为本公司买方进行的出售股票时实现的任何利润,可能被视为是根据证券法的承销折扣或佣金。作为承销商,Craig-Hallum将需要遵守证券法和交易所法案的要求,包括但不限于证券法第415(a)(4)条及交易所法案的第100亿5条和m法规。这些规则和法规可能限制Craig-Hallum作为本公司买方对普通股进行的购买和销售的时间。根据这些规则和法规,Craig-Hallum:

 

  在我们的证券交易中,不得进行任何稳定活动;并
     
  在完成其参与分配之前,不得竞投或购买任何我们的证券,或试图诱使任何人购买我们的证券,除非其根据证券交易所法案的规定

 

我们与投资者签订的证券购买协议形式副本,已包含在我们根据证券交易委员会要求提交的现行报告8-k附件中,该报告与此次交易完成相关。

 

锁定协议

 

我们已就我们所持有的普通股以及其他证券达成了“锁定期”协议,包括可以转换成、交换或行使为我们的普通股的证券,在股东批准日期和本次发行结束后60天之内(i)较早者和(ii)从本次发行结束之日起一(1)年。在本次发行结束后的此种锁定期间内,除非经认可,否则我们不得提供、卖出、抵押或以其他方式处置这些证券。

 

我们也同意,在某些例外情况下,限制在股东批准日期和本次发行结束后60天内(或者)此发行结束后1年内,发行任何变价证券。

 

我们的高级主管和董事已同意在本募股录期结束后90日内对我们普通股及其他股份采取「锁仓」措施,包括可以转换、交换或行使权利以获得我们普通股的证券。在本募股录期结束后的锁仓期间内,除非经Craig-Hallum事先书面同意,我们不得在未经请愿的情况下提供、卖出、抵押或以其他方式处置这些证券。

 

自由裁量账户

 

Craig-Hallum没有打算就此次提供的证券确认销售给其具有自主权的任何账户。

 

清单

 

我们的普通股在纳斯达克股票市场上市,标的为“APDN”。

 

其他关系

 

Craig-Hallum及其部分联属公司是从事各种活动的全方位金融机构,这些活动可能包括证券交易、商业和投资银行、财务咨询、投资管理、投资研究、主要投资、对冲、融资和券商活动。Craig-Hallum及其部分联属公司已经不时为我们和我们的联属公司提供过,将来可能也会提供各种商业和投资银行以及财务咨询服务,作为酬金和费用,他们已经或将会收取惯例费用和开支。

 

在他们的各项业务活动中,Craig-Hallum和其某些联属公司可能持有或持有各种投资,并积极交易债务和股权证券(或相关衍生证券)和金融工具(包括银行贷款),既为自己的账户,也为客户的账户,这些投资和证券活动可能涉及我们及我们的联属公司发行的证券和/或仪器。如果Craig-Hallum或其联属公司与我们存在借贷关系,他们将照常遵循其风险管理政策对我们的信贷风险进行对冲。Craig-Hallum及其联属公司可能通过进行购买信贷违约掉期或建立我们或我们联属公司的证券的沽空仓位等交易来进行此类风险对冲,包括可能是本次发行的证券。这种沽空仓位可能对本次发行的证券未来的交易价格产生不利影响。Craig-Hallum及其某些联属公司还可能就这些证券或仪器发出独立的投资建议、市场信息或交易观念,以及/或发表或表达对这些证券或仪器的独立研究观点,并可能随时持有,或建议客户持有,这些证券和仪器的多头和/或空头仓位。

 

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法律问题

 

有关此次发行的证券的有效性,将由我们的法律顾问McDermott Will & Emery LLP,在纽约,纽约州担保。Craig-Hallum在与此次发行有关的事宜中由Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP,在纽约,纽约州代表。

 

专家

 

Marcum LLP,独立注册会计师事务所,已就我们截至2023年9月30日年度的综合财务报告进行审核,其报告已包含在我们在表格10-K中的年度报告中(该报告中包含有关应用DNA Sciences Inc.及其子公司是否具有持续营商能力存在重大疑虑的说明段落,如附注b所述),该报告已经被引用于招股说明书补充说明之中。我们的综合财务报表是在Marcum LLP报告的依据下并依靠其作为会计和审计专家的权威而被引用。

 

更多资讯可于以下地方找到

 

我们已向美国证券交易委员会提交了一份Form S-3(档案号333-272267)的登记声明,根据证券法,本说明书补充部分为其一部分。美国证券交易委员会的规定允许我们在本说明书补充部分和附随说明书中省略在登记声明中包括的某些信息。有关我们及本说明书补充部分和附随说明书所提供的证券的更多信息,您应参考登记声明以及随附在登记声明中提交的陈述书及资料。就本说明书补充部分和附随说明书中任何协议或其他文件的内容所包含的陈述,每次均因该协议或文件的全部文字有资格披露,复印本已作为登记声明的展示而提交。

 

我们根据交易所法案向证券交易委员会提交报告、代理委任书和其他资讯。证券交易委员会拥有一个网站,其中包含向证券交易委员会电子提交报告、代理委任书和其他资讯的发行人(包括我们)的相关资讯。该网站的网址是 www.sec.gov.

 

已纳入引用的信息。

 

我们选择将特定资讯纳入本招股书中。通过参照的方式纳入,我们可以向您披露重要资讯,并引用我们已经提交或将提交给美国证券交易委员会的其他文件。被参照纳入的资讯被视为本招股书的一部分,但不包括被本招股书中的资讯取代的被参照纳入的资讯。这意味著您必须查看所有我们所纳入参考的美国证券交易委员会提交的文件,以判断招股书中的任何声明或之前纳入参考的文件是否已被修改或被取代。我们参照纳入以下列出的文件以及在本招股书之日及此次发行终止之间提交(而不是提供)给美国证券交易委员会根据《交易所法》第13(a)、13(c)、14或15(d)条,不过我们未纳入任何在《8-K表格》的2.02项或7.01项下提供的资讯:

 

  ·   我们于2023年9月30日的财政年度向美国证券交易委员会提交的10-K表格年度报告。 2023年12月7日为何Corcept Therapeutics股票今天飙升? 2024年1月26日;

 

  ·   我们在2023年12月31日结束的每季度以10-Q表格提交给SEC。 2024年2月8日, 2024年3月31日结束的每季度以10-Q表格提交给SEC。 2024年5月10日于2024年6月30日提交给证券交易委员会 (SEC) 的文件。 2024年8月8日分别于对应日期提交;

 

  ·   我们关于Form 8-k目前的报告(除了根据Form 8-k的2.02或7.01条款提交的部分以及附带此等报告的与该等事项相关的附件)提交给委员会的报告。2023年11月7日提交的我们目前Form 8-k的报告。2023年12月6日2024年1月5日2024年1月31日2024年2月1日,包括附注99.1,我们的报告在2024年4月16日提交的6-k表格2024年4月19日申报者截至2023年12月31日止的年度报告10-K(档案号码001-39875),已向委员会提交。,根据修订条款2024年4月23日, 于2024年5月16日制定此计划, 2024年5月29日, 2024年6月18日, 2024年6月28日, 2024年7月15日, 2024年8月2日, If, on any monthly Observation Date, the Observation Value of , 2024年9月30日2024年10月31日并且

 

  ·   我们的资本股描述载于提交给委员会的8-A表格(文件编号001-36745)上的登记声明中。 2014年11月13日根据《交易所法》第12条(b)条款,包括为更新该描述而提交的任何修订或报告。

 

S-23

 

 

您可在SEC维护的网站上取得这些文件的副本。http://www.sec.gov或从我们免费获取(其他费用除外,除非此类文件的展示品被明确纳入此类文件中)方法是写信给我们的公司秘书,应用DNA Sciences公司,50 Health Sciences Drive,Stony Brook,纽约11790或访问我们的网站。http://www.adnas.com我们网站上包含的信息并未纳入本招股说明书补充内容,不应视为本招股说明书补充内容的一部分。

 

任何在本招股说明书中纳入或被认为被纳入的文件中所包含的声明,对于本招股说明书而言,将被视为被修改或取代,只要本招股说明书中的声明,任何招股说明书补充或任何后续提交的文件中的声明,也被视为被纳入或修改或取代该声明。任何被修改或取代的声明,除非被修改或取代,否则不得视为本招股说明书的一部分。

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S-24

 

 

 

招股证明书

 

$75,000,000

应用DNA科学,公司。

 

普通股

优先股

债务证券

认股证

根据认购权协议(“认购权协议”)和认购权证(“认购权证”)的条款发行的认购权

单位

 

 

 

 

我们可能不时提供和卖出高达7500万美元的普通股、优先股、债券、认股权和认股权,或这些证券的任意组合,以及/或由一个或多个这些证券组成的单位。我们也可能通过债务证券转换提供普通股或优先股,并通过转换提供普通股或优先股。上述所有证券均可单独出售或作为与其他证券组成的单位。

 

本招股说明书描述了可能适用于这些证券的一些一般条款。 当我们决定卖出特定类别或系列的证券时,我们将在一个或多个招股说明书补充中提供所述证券的具体条款。我们也可能授权一个或多个自由书面招股说明书与这些发行有关时提供给你。

 

说明书补充说明书以及任何已纳入其中的文件,可能会新增、更新或更改包含或纳入本说明书中的资讯。 但是,除非在生效时尚未注册并描述的证券在本说明书中,否则不得在任何说明书补充中提供证券。 在您投资前,您应仔细阅读本说明书以及任何说明书补充,以及纳入本说明书中的或被视为纳入本说明书中的文件以及任何自由书面说明。 除非附带有关所提供证券的说明书补充,否则本说明书不得用于提供或出售我们的证券。

 

我们的普通股在纳斯达克资本市场下的标的为“APDN”。每份说明书补充资料将包含相关信息,关于我们在任何证券交易所上市的证券。 我们未被关联方持有的流通普通股的总市值为$14,640,981,根据12,908,520股流通普通股,其中177,232股为关联方持有,每股价格为$1.15,这是我们普通股的最后报价价格,报导于2023年5月24日在纳斯达克资本市场。根据Form S-3的一般指示I.b.6,我们绝不会在任何12个日历月份期间出售超过我们公开流通股(由我们的非关联方持有的普通股市值)的三分之一价值的在公开首次发行的注册证券,只要我们的公开流通股保持在$7500万以下。 我们在此说明书日期之前12个日历月份内未根据Form S-3的一般指示I.b.6提供任何证券。截至2023年5月24日,我们的公开流通股的三分之一大约等于$4,880,000。

 

这些证券可能会直接由我们出售给买家,通过经销商或代理商,或者通过承销商或以上述方法的组合方式进行。请参阅本招股说明书中的“分销计划”。我们也可能在招股说明书补充中描述我们任何特定发行的证券的分销计划。如果在传送本招股说明书的证券的销售中涉及任何代理商、承销商或经销商,我们将在招股说明书补充中披露他们的名称及我们与他们的安排性质。我们预期从任何此类销售中收到的净收入也将包含在招股说明书补充中。

 

对我们证券的投资涉及高度风险。 请参见我们最近的年度10-k表格中标题为“风险因素”的部分,以及任何10-Q季度报告 以及任何8-k周期性报告,以及涉及这些特定发行的任何说明书补充或自由书写说明书。

 

 

 

 

我们可能不时通过提交修订或补充资料来修改或补充本招股说明书。在作出投资决定之前,您应该仔细阅读整份招股说明书以及所有修订或补充资料。

 

美国证券交易委员会或任何州证券委员会并未通过或否决这些证券,也未确定本招股书是否真实或完整。对此作出相反陈述属刑事犯罪。

 

本招股书日期为2023年6月6日

 

 

 

 

目 录

 

  页面
   
关于本招股说明书 1
   
简式招股书概要 2
   
风险因素 3
   
前瞻性陈述 4
   
募集资金的用途 7
   
分红政策 8
   
我们可能提供股票的描述 8
   
配售计划 27
   
法律问题 29
   
专家 29
   
更多资讯可于以下地方找到 30
   
已纳入引用的信息。 30

 

 

 

 

关于本招股说明书

 

本招股说明书属于我们提交给证券交易委员会(“SEC”)的登记声明书的一部分,使用“架构”注册过程。根据这种架构注册过程,我们可能不时提供本招股说明书中描述的证券,最高总发行价为7500万美元,在一次或多次发行中。每次我们发行证券时,我们将准备并向SEC提交一份招股说明书补充或信息,该补充或信息被纳入本招股说明书中,描述我们提供的证券的具体金额、价格和条款。我们也可能授权一个或多个自由书写招股说明书提供给您,该招股说明书可能包含与这些发行和证券有关的重要信息。招股说明书补充还可能补充、更新或更改包含在本招股说明书中或借此纳入的文件中的信息。您应该仔细阅读本招股说明书、任何适用的招股说明书补充以及任何相关的自由书写招股说明书,以及下文“更多信息来源”标题下描述的其他信息。

 

这份招股说明书未包含我们向美国证券交易委员会提交的登记声明中提供的所有资讯。有关我们或本次证券发行的更多信息,您应参阅该登记声明,该登记声明可以根据下文描述的 “您可以找到更多信息的地方” 从美国证券交易委员会获得。

 

您应仅依赖本招股说明书、任何招股说明书补充资料以及任何相关的自由书面招股说明书所包含或纳入的资讯。我们未授权任何其他人提供您不同的资讯。如果任何人给您提供不同或不一致的资讯,您不应依赖该等资讯。本招股说明书不是出售证券的要约,也不是征集购买证券的要约,在任何未获允许的司法管辖区。您应当假设本招股说明书、任何招股说明书补充资料、任何相关的自由书面招股说明书以及我们此前向证券交易委员会提交的并加以纳入的资讯,仅准确截至那些文件的日期。我们的业务、财务状况、营运结果和前景可能自那些日期以来已发生变化。本招股说明书纳入引用了市场资料和行业统计以及预测,这些资料基于独立的行业刊物和其他公开信息。尽管我们相信这些来源是可靠的,但我们不保证此资讯的准确性或完整性,也未独立核实此资讯。虽然我们不知悉本招股说明书及在此引入的文件中所呈现的市场和行业资料涉及的任何错误陈述,但这些估计涉及风险和不确定性,且会受各种因素影响,包括在本招股说明书中“风险因素”标题下讨论的因素,以及适用的招股说明书补充资料和任何适用的自由书面招股说明书中的类似标题,以及其他纳入本招股说明书的文件。因此,投资者不应对此资讯给予不当依赖。

 

我们可能透过承销商或经销商、透过代理人、直接向买家或通过这些方法的任何组合出售证券。 我们及我们的代理保留接受或拒绝全部或部分任何拟议证券购买的唯一权利。我们每次提供证券时将准备并向SEC提交的招股说明书将列明参与证券销售的任何承销商、代理人或其他人的名称,以及与他们相关的任何适用的费用、佣金或折扣安排。请参见"配销计划"。

 

在本招股说明书中,除非另有说明,“登记机构”,“本公司”,“我们”,“我们”或“我们的”指的是Applied DNA Sciences, Inc.,一家特拉华州的公司及其合并子公司。

 

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简式招股书概要

 

本招股说明书摘要突显了我们公司及其他地方在本招股说明书或参考文件中包含的部分信息。该摘要并非包含您在做出投资决定前应考虑的所有信息。在做出投资决定之前,您应详细阅读整份招股说明书、任何招股说明书补充,包括“风险因素”一节以及纳入本招股说明书的参考文件。

 

发行

 

本招股说明书是我们利用陈报公司使用的架构登记过程的一部分。根据这种架构登记过程,我们可能出售以下任何组合:

 

  保持多元化的资本来源,包括来自经营活动提供的净现金、无担保债务、有担保债务、选择性房地产资产出售、战略房地产合资企业、非房地产投资出售和普通股票;
  优先股;
  债务证券,可分为一个或多个系列;
  购买上述任何证券的认股权证;
  购买普通股、优先股或认股权的权利; 以及
  包括前述其中一个或多个单位

 

在一个或多个发行活动中,最高可达7500万美元。 本招股说明书向您提供我们可能提供的证券的一般描述。每次我们卖出证券时,我们将提供一份招股说明书,其中将包含有关该特定发行的条款的具体信息,并包括关于适用于该等证券的任何风险因素或其他特殊事项的讨论。 招股说明书还可以补充、更新或更改本招股说明书中包含的信息。您应该阅读这份招股说明书以及任何招股说明书,以及在“您可以找到更多信息”标题下描述的其他信息。

 

关于我们的公司

 

概览

 

我们是一家专注于生物技术的公司,开发和商业化生产和检测DNA技术。利用聚合酶连锁反应(“PCR”)来实现DNA的生产和检测,我们在三个主要业务市场运作:(i)生产合成DNA,用于制造核酸基因治疗药物(“治疗性DNA生产服务”);(ii)在分子诊断和基因检测服务(“MDx检测服务”)中检测DNA;以及(iii)用于工业供应链安防服务的DNA生产和检测(“DNA标记与安防产品和服务”)。

 

我们目前的增长策略是主要专注资源于进一步开发、商业化和客户采纳我们的疗法性DNA制造服务,包括扩展我们的合同开发和制造控制项(CDMO),以用于核酸疗法制造用的合成DNA的PCR制造,以及发展我们自家基于DNA的动物医疗产品候选者。

 

企业历史

 

我们是一家特拉华州的公司,最初于1983年根据佛罗里达州法律成立为Datalink Systems,Inc。1998年,我们在内华达州重新组织,并于2002年将我们的名称更改为我们目前的名称,Applied DNA Sciences,Inc。2008年12月17日,我们从内华达州重新组建到特拉华州。

 

我们的企业总部位于纽约长岛高科技孵化器,位于纽约州石溪大学的斯托尼布鲁克,我们在此设立了DNA的制造和检测实验室,以支持我们不同的业务部门。此外,这个地点还设有我们纽约州卫生部(NYSDOH)临床实验室评估计划(CLEP)允许的临床实验室,并获得了临床实验室改善修订(CLIA)认证,我们在这里提供MDx测试服务。我们企业总部的邮寄地址是纽约州斯托尼布鲁克的Health Sciences Drive 50号,邮递区号11790,我们的电话号码是(631) 240-8800。

 

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风险因素

 

投资我们的证券涉及高度风险。 在决定是否投资我们的证券之前,您应仔细考虑和评估我们“风险因素”中讨论的具体因素。 年度报告表格10-k涉及截至2022年9月30日的财政年度于2022年12月14日提交,已被美国证券交易委员会修订,并任何后续年度报告表格10-k,季度报告表格10-Q和定期报告表格8-k中描述的任何更新均已被引用,并可能被我们将来提交的其他报告不时修改、补充或取代。我们描述的风险和不确定性并非我们面临的唯一风险。 目前尚不为我们所知或目前认为不重要的其他风险和不确定性也可能影响我们的业务运作。 这些已知或未知风险的发生可能导致您损失全部或部分投资。

 

另见标题下包含的声明“前瞻性声明”。

 

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前瞻性陈述

 

本说明书及在此引用的文件包含根据1933年修订版(“证券法”)第27A条及1934年修订版(“交易所法”)第21E条所作的“前瞻性陈述”,旨在获得这些条款所创设的“安全港”。此外,我们可能在向证券交易委员会提交或提供的其他文件中作出前瞻性陈述,我们的管理层和其他代表可能透过口头或书面方式向分析师、投资者、媒体代表及其他人士作出前瞻性陈述。这些陈述涉及未来事件或我们未来的营运或财务表现,牵涉已知和未知的风险、不确定性及可能导致我们的实际结果、表现或成就与前瞻性陈述所表达或暗示的任何未来结果、表现或成就有实质不同的其他因素。

 

前瞻性陈述通常可通过以下事实来识别,即它们与严格与历史或当前事实无关,并包括但不限于使用“can”、“may”、“could”、“should”、“assume”、“forecasts”、“believe”、“designed to”、“will”、“expect”、“plan”、“anticipate”、“estimate”、“potential”、“position”、“predicts”、“策略”、“guidance”、“intend”、“budget”、“seek”、“project”或“continue”等术语,或其否定形式或其他类似术语,关于信念、计划、期望或意图未来的证明。您应仔细阅读包含这些词语的陈述,因为它们:

 

  · 讨论我们对未来的期望;
  · 包含我们未来营运或财务状况的预测;以及
  · 陈述其他「前瞻性」资讯。

 

我们认为沟通我们的期望很重要。然而,前瞻性陈述基于我们对我们的业务和我们行业板块的当前期望、假设、估计和预测,并受到已知和未知风险、不确定性和其他因素的影响。因此,由于各种因素和风险,实际结果和某些事件的时间可能与此类前瞻性陈述中表达或暗示的结果有显著不同,包括但不限于本招股书设定的"风险因素"和"我们公司"以及此处所引用的文件中设定的以下因素和风险:

 

  我们对未来收入、支出、资本或其他资金需求的期望;
  我们的现金和营运资本是否足以支持目前和计划中的业务和增长;
  我们的业务策略和扩张计划的时间安排;
  对治疗性DNA生产服务的需求;
  对DNA标记服务的需求;
  在COVID检测服务需求显著下降的情况下,对MDx检测服务的需求;
  我们发展MDx检测业务的能力;
  我们对现有或潜在的第三方合作或合资开发和许可协议的期望;
  我们的治疗性DNA生产和MDx检测服务的规定批准和合规性;
  政府规定通常的影响;
  我们对提交监管申请的时间以及监管批准可能获得的时间的期望。
  我们对于我们技术中产品或服务候选者的期望;以及
  我们对何时或是否能够实现盈利的期望。

 

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我们所有的前瞻性陈述中,任何或所有的可能被证明是错误的。它们可能受到我们可能会做出的不准确假设或已知或未知的风险和不确定性的影响。实际结果和成果可能与我们的前瞻性陈述中表达或暗示的内容有显著不同。可能影响未来结果的因素包括:

 

  基于我们的新技术,产品和/或服务开发存在固有的不确定性,目前尚未完全证明。
  在临床试验中检验似乎安全和有效的配方和治疗对人类和/或动物实际影响的风险和不确定性。
  与产品候选人临床试验相关的固有不确定性。
  获得监管机构清洁或批准市场产品候选人和/或测试服务的过程中固有的不确定性。
  具有获得监管机构批准的产品和/或服务商业化固有的不确定性;
  一般经济和行业条件,以及我们特定市场的情况;
  我们可能进行普通股的逆向股价合并以满足纳斯达克的要求,可能对我们的普通股的市场价格和流动性产生不利影响;
  我们股价的波动和下降;以及
  我们有能力取得必要的融资来支持我们的运营并实现我们的战略发展计划。

 

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所有前瞻性陈述和包含于本招股说明书中的风险因素均截至本日期为止,所有前瞻性陈述和包含于参照文件中的风险因素则基于其原始日期制作,无论前述情况,均基于我们在本日期前所取得的资讯,或在参考文件的情况下,该文件的原始日期,我们不承担更新任何前瞻性陈述或风险因素的义务,除非法律要求我们如此。如果我们更新一个或多个前瞻性陈述,不应推断我们将对其他前瞻性陈述进行更新,或者我们将在将来任何时间对那些前瞻性陈述进行进一步更新。

 

前瞻性陈述可能包括我们未来业务的计划和目标,包括与我们产品和未来经济表现相关的计划和目标、业务策略、成功的时间和机会。涉及上述事项的假设涉及对未来经济、竞争和市场状况、未来业务决策、对我们产品和服务的需求以及成功完成技术开发和商业化所需的时间和金钱的判断,这些判断很难或不可能准确预测,其中许多远超出我们的控制范围。

 

本招股章程所包含的所有前瞻性声明之基本假设均可能不准确,因此我们无法保证您在任何此类前瞻性陈述中所考虑的任何结果或事件将实现。基于这些前瞻性陈述所固有的重大不确定性,任何此类陈述的包含都不应被视为我们对我们的目标或计划将实现的代表或保证,我们警告您不要依赖本文件内容中包含的任何前瞻性陈述。

 

我们目前在美国使用的商标包括Applied DNA Sciences®, SigNature®分子标签, SigNature® t分子标签, fiberTyping®, SigNify®, Beacon®, CertainT®, LinearDNA™, Linea™ COVID-19诊断试剂盒, safeCircleTMCOVID-19检测和TR8TM 药物基因测试。我们不打算使用或展示其他公司的商标来暗示我们与其他公司之间有关系,赞助或支援。本招股说明书中包含或参考的所有商标、服务标志和商标均为各自拥有者的财产。

 

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募集资金的用途

 

除非在适用的说明书补充内另有规定,我们打算将从此说明书所覆盖的证券销售所得的净收益用于一般企业用途,这可能包括,但不限于,营运资本、资本支出、业务拓展、研发支出以及新技术或业务的收购。此类收益的具体金额、用途和时间安排将取决于我们的资金需求、其他资本的可用性和成本。有关从此说明书覆盖的证券发行所得净收益的额外信息可能会在与特定发行相关的说明书补充中列明。

 

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分红政策

 

我们从未宣布或支付我们的普通股现金分红派息。 我们不预期在可预见的将来支付任何现金股息给股东。此外,未来决定支付现金分红将由我们的董事会酌情决定,并取决于我们的财务状况、营运结果、资本需求以及董事会认为相关的其他因素。
 

我们可能提供股票的描述

 

本招股说明书中所包含的证券描述,连同任何适用的招股说明书补充,概括了我们可能提供的各种类型证券的所有重要条款和条款。我们将在相应的招股说明书补充中描述特定发行的证券的具体条款。如果证券条款与下文所概述的条款不同,我们将在相应的招股说明书补充中加以标明。我们还将在招股说明书补充中包括,在适用情况下,有关与证券相关的重要美国联邦所得税考虑事项的资讯。

 

我们有可能时不时卖出一些股票,可能会分成一次或多次发行。

 

  我们普通股的股份;
  我们优先股的份额;
  债务证券;
  购买上述任何证券的认股权证;
  购买普通股、优先股或认股权的权利; 以及
  包括一个或多个前述单位。

 

本招股说明书不得用于完成证券交易,除非附有招股说明书补充资料。

 

股本

 

一般事项。

 

以下对普通股和优先股的描述,连同我们在任何适用的招股说明书补充中包含的其他信息,总结了我们可能在本招股说明书下提供的普通股和优先股的主要条款和规定,但并非完整。有关我们普通股和优先股的完整条款,请参考我们的公司注册证明书,可能不时修订(“公司注册证明书”),不时经授权的我们优先股的任何指定证明书,以及我们不时修订的公司章程(“章程”)。特许公司律法(“DGCL”)亦可能影响这些证券的条款。尽管我们以下概述的条款通常适用于我们可能提供的任何未来普通股或优先股,我们将在适用的招股说明书中更详细地描述这些证券系列的具体条款。如果我们在招股说明书补充中明示,我们在该招股说明书补充下提供的任何普通股或优先股的条款可能与我们下面描述的条款不同。

 

截至2023年5月24日,我们的授权股本包括2亿股普通股,每股面值为0.001美元,其中发行并流通的股份为12,908,520股,另外还有1,000万股特别股,每股面值0.001美元,但尚未发行和流通。实际股东人数超过记录股东人数,其中包括有益所有权但由经纪人和其他代理人以街头名义持有股份的股东。记录股东人数也不包括股份可能由其他实体信托持有的股东。此外,截至2023年5月24日,我们发行并流通的普通股认股期权为2,206,231股,认购权为7,295,588股,还有282,640个受限制的股票单位和1,340,394股根据我们2020年股票激励计划可供授予的股份。未经我们股东进一步行动,授权且未发行的普通股和特别股可发行,除非适用法律或我们证券可能在上市的任何交易所的规则要求采取行动。除非我们股东的批准是必要的,否则我们的董事会不会为发行和出售我们的普通股寻求股东批准。

 

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普通股

 

我们普通股股东有权在股东会上投票表决,每股一票。我们的普通股不具有预先缩减、转换或赎回权利。普通股股东的权利、偏好和特权受到我们未来可能发行的任何优先股系列股东的权利影响,并可能受到不利影响。在销售我们的股份或资产的绝大部分,或者公司解散、清算或解散后,在满足了各系列优先股应享有的所有清算优先支付之后,我们剩余的资产将分配给所有普通股股东和所有其他一样情况的股东,他们并不享有任何清算优先权,如果不足以支付所有该等股东,则按比例分配给这些股东。我们已发行和流通的所有普通股均已完全付清并无需进一步付款。我们的普通股股东将有权从我们董事会不时宣布的我们资产或法律上可用于此类目的的资金中,按现金、股票或财产方式获得分红派息及其他分配。

 

本招股说明书提供的普通股,当发行并支付后,将是完全实缴且不得追缴。

 

我们的普通股票在纳斯达克Capital市场以"APDN"标的挂牌。美国股票转仓及trust公司是我们的普通股票的转让代理人和登记机构。

 

优先股

 

我们的公司组织章程规定,董事会可以通过决议,在未来指定优先股类别。 指定的优先股系列将具有决议中载明的权力、指定、偏好和相对、参与或可选或其他特殊权利和条件、限制或约束。 一旦经由我们的董事会指定,每个优先股系列将在管理优先股的文件中具有特定的财务和其他条款,其中包括我们的公司组织章程和我们的董事会可能采纳的任何指定证书。 在发行每个优先股系列的股份之前,根据DGCL及我们的公司章程,董事会必须采纳决议并向特拉华州州务卿提交指定证书。 每个类别或系列的指定证书确定了指定股份的设计、权力、偏好、权利、资格、限制和约束,包括但不限于以下一些或全部内容:

 

  · 该系列的股份数及该系列的特殊指定,此数目可能被董事会的行动不时增加或减少(但不得低于当时流通的股份数);
  · 该系列股份的股息率、支付股息的方式和频率,股利是否累积,如适用,从何时起;
  · 该系列是否具有表决权,除了法律规定的表决权之外,如适用,表决权的条款;
  · 该系列是否具有转换特权,如适用,转换的条件和条款,包括董事会可能判断的转换率调整条款;
  · 该系列股份是否可赎回,如适用,赎回的条件和条款;
  · 该系列是否具有用于赎回或购买该系列股份的沉淀基金,如适用,该沉淀基金的条款和金额;
  · 该系列股份是否优先于其他系列或类股份,或与其平级,或属于较低等地位,就任何方面而言;
  · 在公司自愿或强制清算、解散或结算时,该系列股份的权利,以及在支付该系列股份时的相对权利或优先权,如有。
  · 该系列的其他相关权利、偏好和限制。

 

即使我们的董事会目前并无意图如此,其仍可授权发行一系列的优先股,根据此类系列的条款,可能会阻碍合并、要约收购或其他收购企图的完成。

 

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特拉华法律、我们的公司章程以及章程和规则的可能反收购效应。

 

我们的公司章程和组织法包含条款,可能会让透过要约收购、开放市场购买、代理人争夺等方式收购我们公司变得更加困难。这些条款的描述如下。

 

特拉华法律对防止收购的影响

 

根据DGCL第203条的规定,除非公司在其原注册证书中明确“选择退出”这些规定,或在其注册证书或公司章程中明确规定,或通过股东修正案获得至少半数以上持有表决权股份的批准,否则在特拉华州注册的公司将受到这些规定的约束。我们已在我们的公司设立证书中明确取消了第203条。因此,第203条的反收购效应对我们不适用。

 

一般来说,第203条禁止一家公开持股的特拉华州公司在其一位「有利害关系的股东」成为有利害关系股东之后的三年期间,与该股东进行「业务组合」,除非业务组合经过某种指定方式获得批准。「业务组合」包括,但不限于,合并、资产或股份出售或其他导致有利害关系股东获得财务利益的交易。一位「有利害关系的股东」是指一名与联属人员和关联人士一起,拥有,或在确定其为有利害关系股东之前的三年内拥有过,该公司15%或更多的表决股份的人。

 

根据第203条,除非满足以下条件之一,否则禁止公司及有利益冲突股东之间的业务合并:在股东成为有利益冲突之前,董事会批准了或股东成为有利益冲突之原因的交易; 在股东成为有利益冲突的交易完成后,在交易开始时,有利益冲突股东至少拥有公司当时流通的85%的表决权股份,排除用于确定流通中的表决权股份的股东及同时为董事和主管的人士所持有的股票,以及员工股票计划,在某些情况下; 或在股东成为有利益冲突之后,在公司董事会批准并经股东年度或特别会议通过的投票中,至少有不少于由有利益冲突股东持有的表决权股份的三分之二的优厚投票。

 

董事会的选举和罢免

 

董事将由股东大会出席的股份代表投票选举。我们的公司章程并未规定董事会分类或在董事选举中进行累积投票。根据公司章程第八条和公司章程的第3.13条,董事只能因达成原因被公司股东罢免,而且只有当时有投票权的公司股份持有人至少持有公司已发行和流通股份过半数的股票权时,方可进行投票章程中的董事选举。2015年12月21日,特拉华州切斯特郡法院依法废除了VAALCO Energy, Inc.公司的公司章程和组织细则中的某些条款。VAALCO In re VAALCO Energy, Inc.股东诉讼案, Consol. C.A. No. 11775-VCL(Del. Ch. Dec. 21, 2015),法院裁定,撤销VAALCO的“只有原因”董事罢免规定与特拉华公司法第141(k)条不符,因此无效。由于公司的公司章程和组织细则包含类似的“只有原因”董事罢免条款,而且公司没有分类的董事会或累积投票,因此公司不会试图执行上述“只有原因”董事罢免条款,遵循VAALCO判决。 VAALCO 的决定。

 

Size of Board of Directors and Vacancies

 

The authorized number of directors may be determined by the board of directors, provided the board shall consist of at least one (1) member. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the board of directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

 

Vacancies occurring on our board of directors for any reason and newly created directorships resulting from an increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled only by a vote of a majority of the remaining members of the board of directors, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, at any meeting of the board of directors.

 

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Amendment

 

The Certificate of Incorporation may be amended by approval of the board of directors and vote of a majority of the outstanding stock entitled to vote (and vote of a majority of the outstanding stock of each class entitled to vote as a class, if applicable) pursuant to the Sections 141 and 242 of the DGCL. The board of directors is authorized to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the By-Laws by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the board of directors then in office. No amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation or the By-Laws may adversely affect any indemnification right or protection of any director, officer, employee or other agent existing at the time of such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision for or in respect of any act, omission or other matter occurring, or any action or proceeding accruing or arising prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.

 

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Authorized but Unissued Shares of Common Stock and of Preferred Stock

 

We believe that the availability of the “Blank Check” preferred stock under our Certificate of Incorporation provides us with flexibility in addressing corporate issues that may arise. The board of directors has the power, subject to applicable law, to issue series of preferred stock that could, depending on the terms of the series, impede the completion of a merger, tender offer or other takeover attempt that some, or a majority, of the stockholders might believe to be in their best interests or in which stockholders might receive a premium for their stock over the then prevailing market price of the stock. Our board of directors may issue preferred stock with voting rights or conversion rights that, if exercised, could adversely affect the voting power of the holders of common stock.

 

The authorized shares of preferred stock, as well as shares of common stock, will be available for issuance without further action by our stockholders, unless action is required by applicable law or the rules of any stock exchange on which our securities may be listed. Having these authorized shares available for issuance allows us to issue shares without the expense and delay of a special stockholders’ meeting. We may use additional shares for a variety of purposes, including future public or private offerings to raise additional capital, to fund acquisitions and as employee compensation. The existence of authorized but unissued shares of common stock and preferred stock could render more difficult or discourage an attempt to obtain control of our company by means of a proxy contest, tender offer, merger or otherwise. The above provisions may deter a hostile takeover or delay a change in control or management of our company.

 

Advance Notice Procedure

 

Our By-Laws provide an advance notice procedure for stockholders to nominate director candidates for election or to bring business before an annual meeting of stockholders. Only persons nominated by, or at the direction of, our board of directors or by a stockholder of record who has given proper and timely notice to our secretary prior to the meeting at which such stockholder is entitled to vote and appears, will be eligible for election as a director. In addition, any proposed business other than the nomination of persons for election to our board of directors must constitute a proper matter for stockholder action pursuant to a proper notice of meeting delivered to us. For notice to be timely, it must generally be delivered to our secretary not less than 90 nor more than 120 calendar days prior to the first anniversary of the previous year’s annual meeting (or if the date of the annual meeting is more than 30 calendar days before or more than 60 calendar days after the anniversary date of the previous year’s annual meeting, not earlier than the 120th calendar day prior to such meeting and not later than either the 90th calendar day prior to such meeting or the 10th calendar day after public disclosure of the date of such meeting is first made by us). These advance notice provisions may have the effect of precluding the conduct of certain business at a meeting if the proper procedures are not followed or may discourage or deter a potential acquirer from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect its own slate of directors or otherwise attempt to obtain control of us.

 

Special Meetings of Stockholders

 

Our By-Laws provide that special meetings of stockholders may be called only by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, or the board of directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the board of directors.

 

Warrants

 

The following description, together with the additional information we may include in any applicable prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus, summarizes the material terms and provisions of the warrants that we may offer under this prospectus and any related warrant agreement and warrant certificate. While the terms summarized below will apply generally to any warrants that we may offer, we will describe the specific terms of any series of warrants in more detail in the applicable prospectus supplement. If we indicate in the prospectus supplement, the terms of any warrants offered under that prospectus supplement may differ from the terms described below. Specific warrant agreements will contain additional important terms and provisions and will be incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the Registration Statement which includes this prospectus.

 

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General

 

We may issue warrants for the purchase of common stock, preferred stock and/or debt securities in one or more series. We may issue warrants independently or together with common stock, preferred stock and/or debt securities, and the warrants may be attached to or separate from these securities.

 

We will evidence each series of warrants by warrant certificates that we may issue under a separate agreement. We may enter into a warrant agreement with a warrant agent. Each warrant agent may be a bank or trust company that we select which has its principal office in the United States. We may also choose to act as our own warrant agent. We will indicate the name and address of any such warrant agent in the applicable prospectus supplement relating to a particular series of warrants.

 

We will describe in the applicable prospectus supplement the terms of the series of warrants, including:

 

  the offering price and aggregate number of warrants offered;
  if applicable, the designation and terms of the securities with which the warrants are issued and the number of warrants issued with each such security or each principal amount of such security;
  if applicable, the date on and after which the warrants and the related securities will be separately transferable;
  in the case of warrants to purchase debt securities, the principal amount of debt securities purchasable upon exercise of one warrant and the price at, and currency in which, this principal amount of debt securities may be purchased upon such exercise;
  in the case of warrants to purchase common stock or preferred stock, the number or amount of shares of common stock or preferred stock, as the case may be, purchasable upon the exercise of one warrant and the price at which and currency in which these shares may be purchased upon such exercise;
  the manner of exercise of the warrants, including any cashless exercise rights;
  the warrant agreement under which the warrants will be issued;
  the effect of any merger, consolidation, sale or other disposition of our business on the warrant agreement and the warrants;
  anti-dilution provisions of the warrants, if any;
  the terms of any rights to redeem or call the warrants;
  any provisions for changes to or adjustments in the exercise price or number of securities issuable upon exercise of the warrants;
  the dates on which the right to exercise the warrants will commence and expire or, if the warrants are not continuously exercisable during that period, the specific date or dates on which the warrants will be exercisable;
  the manner in which the warrant agreement and warrants may be modified;
  the identities of the warrant agent and any calculation or other agent for the warrants;
  federal income tax consequences of holding or exercising the warrants;
  the terms of the securities issuable upon exercise of the warrants;
  any securities exchange or quotation system on which the warrants or any securities deliverable upon exercise of the warrants may be listed or quoted; and
  any other specific terms, preferences, rights or limitations of or restrictions on the warrants.

 

Before exercising their warrants, holders of warrants will not have any of the rights of holders of the securities purchasable upon such exercise, including:

 

  in the case of warrants to purchase debt securities, the right to receive payments of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, the debt securities purchasable upon exercise or to enforce covenants in the applicable indenture; or
  in the case of warrants to purchase common stock or preferred stock, the right to receive dividends, if any, or, payments upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding up or to exercise voting rights, if any.

 

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Exercise of Warrants

 

Each warrant will entitle the holder to purchase the securities that we specify in the applicable prospectus supplement at the exercise price that we describe in the applicable prospectus supplement. Unless we otherwise specify in the applicable prospectus supplement, holders of the warrants may exercise the warrants at any time up to 5:00 P.M. eastern time on the expiration date that we set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. After the close of business on the expiration date, unexercised warrants will become void.

 

Holders of the warrants may exercise the warrants by delivering the warrant certificate representing the warrants to be exercised together with specified information, and paying the required exercise price by the methods provided in the applicable prospectus supplement. We will set forth on the reverse side of the warrant certificate, and in the applicable prospectus supplement, the information that the holder of the warrant will be required to deliver to the warrant agent.

 

Upon receipt of the required payment and the warrant certificate properly completed and duly executed at the corporate trust office of the warrant agent or any other office indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will issue and deliver the securities purchasable upon such exercise. If fewer than all of the warrants represented by the warrant certificate are exercised, then we will issue a new warrant certificate for the remaining amount of warrants.

 

Enforceability of Rights by Holders of Warrants

 

Any warrant agent will act solely as our agent under the applicable warrant agreement and will not assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust with any holder of any warrant. A single bank or trust company may act as warrant agent for more than one issue of warrants. A warrant agent will have no duty or responsibility in case of any default by us under the applicable warrant agreement or warrant, including any duty or responsibility to initiate any proceedings at law or otherwise, or to make any demand upon us. Any holder of a warrant may, without the consent of the related warrant agent or the holder of any other warrant, enforce by appropriate legal action the holder’s right to exercise, and receive the securities purchasable upon exercise of, its warrants in accordance with their terms.

 

Warrant Agreement Will Not Be Qualified Under Trust Indenture Act

 

No warrant agreement will be qualified as an indenture, and no warrant agent will be required to qualify as a trustee, under the Trust Indenture Act. Therefore, holders of warrants issued under a warrant agreement will not have the protection of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to their warrants.

 

Governing Law

 

Each warrant agreement and any warrants issued under the warrant agreements will be governed by New York law.

 

Calculation Agent

 

Any calculations relating to warrants may be made by a calculation agent, an institution that we appoint as our agent for this purpose. The prospectus supplement for a particular warrant will name the institution that we have appointed to act as the calculation agent for that warrant as of the original issue date for that warrant, if any. We may appoint a different institution to serve as calculation agent from time to time after the original issue date without the consent or notification of the holders. The calculation agent’s determination of any amount of money payable or securities deliverable with respect to a warrant will be final and binding in the absence of manifest error.

 

Outstanding Warrants

 

As of May 24, 2023, we had outstanding 7,295,588 warrants to purchase 7,295,588 shares of our common stock at a weighted average exercise price of $3.65. Our Warrant Agent for registered warrants is American Stock Transfer & Trust Company.

 

Transfer and Exchange

 

Each warrant will be represented by either one or more global securities registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company (the “DTC” or the “Depositary”) or a nominee of the Depositary (we will refer to any warrant represented by a global warrant as a “book-entry warrant”), or a certificate issued in definitive registered form (we will refer to any warrant represented by a certificated security as a “certificated warrant”) as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. Except as set forth under the heading “Global Warrants and Book-Entry System” below, book-entry warrants will not be issuable in certificated form.

 

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Global Warrants and Book-Entry System. Each global warrant representing book-entry debt securities will be deposited with, or on behalf of, the Depositary, and registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary. Please see the section entitled “Global Securities” for more information.

 

Debt Securities

 

The following description, together with the additional information we include in any applicable prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus, summarizes certain general terms and provisions of the debt securities that we may offer under this prospectus. When we offer to sell a particular series of debt securities, we will describe the specific terms of the series in a supplement to this prospectus. We will also indicate in the supplement to what extent the general terms and provisions described in this prospectus apply to a particular series of debt securities. To the extent the information contained in the prospectus supplement differs from this summary description, you should rely on the information in the prospectus supplement.

 

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We may issue debt securities either separately, or together with, or upon the conversion or exercise of or in exchange for, other securities described in this prospectus. Debt securities may be our senior, senior subordinated or subordinated obligations and, unless otherwise specified in a supplement to this prospectus, the debt securities will be our direct, unsecured obligations and may be issued in one or more series.

 

The debt securities will be issued under an indenture between us and a trustee named in the prospectus supplement. We have summarized select portions of the indenture below. The summary is not complete. The form of the indenture has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement and you should read the indenture for provisions that may be important to you. In the summary below, we have included references to the section numbers of the indenture so that you can easily locate these provisions. Capitalized terms used in the summary and not defined herein have the meanings specified in the indenture.

 

General

 

The terms of each series of debt securities will be established by or pursuant to a resolution of our board of directors and set forth or determined in the manner provided in a resolution of our board of directors, in an officer’s certificate or by a supplemental indenture. (Section 2.2) The particular terms of each series of debt securities will be described in a prospectus supplement relating to such series (including any pricing supplement or term sheet).

 

We can issue an unlimited amount of debt securities under the indenture that may be in one or more series with the same or various maturities, at par, at a premium, or at a discount. (Section 2.1) We will set forth in a prospectus supplement (including any pricing supplement or term sheet) relating to any series of debt securities being offered, the aggregate principal amount and the following terms of the debt securities, if applicable:

 

  ·  the title and ranking of the debt securities (including the terms of any subordination provisions);
  · the price or prices (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount) at which we will sell the debt securities;
  · any limit on the aggregate principal amount of the debt securities;
  · the date or dates on which the principal of a particular series of debt securities is payable;
  · the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) per annum or the method used to determine the rate or rates (including any commodity, commodity index, stock exchange index or financial index) at which the debt securities will bear interest, the date or dates from which interest will accrue, the date or dates on which interest will commence and be payable and any regular record date for the interest payable on any interest payment date;
  · the place or places where principal of, and interest, if any, on the debt securities will be payable (and the method of such payment), where the debt securities of such series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, and where notices and demands to us in respect of the debt securities may be delivered;
  · the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which we may redeem the debt securities;
  · any obligation we have to redeem or purchase the debt securities pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a holder of debt securities and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which the debt securities of a particular series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
  · the dates on which and the price or prices at which we will repurchase debt securities at the option of the holders of debt securities and other detailed terms and provisions of these repurchase obligations;
  · the denominations in which the debt securities will be issued, if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof;
  · whether the debt securities will be issued in the form of certificated debt securities or global debt securities;
  · the portion of principal amount of the debt securities payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity date, if other than the principal amount;

 

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  · the currency of denomination of the debt securities, which may be U.S. dollars or any foreign currency, and if such currency of denomination is a composite currency, the agency or organization, if any, responsible for overseeing such composite currency;
  · the designation of the currency, currencies or currency units in which payment of principal of, and premium and interest on, the debt securities will be made;
  · if payments of principal of, or premium or interest on, the debt securities will be made in one or more currencies or currency units other than that or those in which the debt securities are denominated, the manner in which the exchange rate with respect to these payments will be determined;
  · the manner in which the amounts of payment of principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, the debt securities will be determined, if these amounts may be determined by reference to an index based on a currency or currencies or by reference to a commodity, commodity index, stock exchange index or financial index;
  · any provisions relating to any security provided for the debt securities;
  · any addition to, deletion of or change in the Events of Default described in this prospectus or in the indenture with respect to the debt securities and any change in the acceleration provisions described in this prospectus or in the indenture with respect to the debt securities;
  · any addition to, deletion of or change in the covenants described in this prospectus or in the indenture with respect to the debt securities;
  · any depositaries, interest rate calculation agents, exchange rate calculation agents or other agents with respect to the debt securities;
  · the provisions, if any, relating to conversion or exchange of any debt securities of such series, including if applicable, the conversion or exchange price and period, provisions as to whether conversion or exchange will be mandatory, the events requiring an adjustment of the conversion or exchange price and provisions affecting conversion or exchange;
  · any other terms of the debt securities, which may supplement, modify or delete any provision of the indenture as it applies to that series, including any terms that may be required under applicable law or regulations or advisable in connection with the marketing of the securities; and
  · whether any of our direct or indirect subsidiaries will guarantee the debt securities of that series, including the terms of subordination, if any, of such guarantees. (Section 2.2)

 

We may issue debt securities that provide for an amount less than their stated principal amount to be due and payable upon declaration of acceleration of their maturity pursuant to the terms of the indenture. We will provide you with information on the federal income tax considerations and other special considerations applicable to any of these debt securities in the applicable prospectus supplement.

 

If we denominate the purchase price of any of the debt securities in a foreign currency or currencies or a foreign currency unit or units, or if the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, any series of debt securities is payable in a foreign currency or currencies or a foreign currency unit or units, we will provide you with information on the restrictions, elections, general tax considerations, specific terms and other information with respect to that issue of debt securities and such foreign currency or currencies or foreign currency unit or units in the applicable prospectus supplement.

 

Transfer and Exchange

 

Each debt security will be represented by either one or more global securities registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary (we will refer to any debt security represented by a global debt security as a “book-entry debt security”), or a certificate issued in definitive registered form (we will refer to any debt security represented by a certificated security as a “certificated debt security”) as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. Except as set forth under the heading “Global Debt Securities and Book-Entry System” below, book-entry debt securities will not be issuable in certificated form.

 

Certificated Debt Securities. You may transfer or exchange certificated debt securities at any office we maintain for this purpose in accordance with the terms of the indenture. (Section 2.4) No service charge will be made for any transfer or exchange of certificated debt securities, but we may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection with a transfer or exchange. (Section 2.7)

 

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You may effect the transfer of certificated debt securities and the right to receive the principal of, premium and interest on certificated debt securities only by surrendering the certificate representing those certificated debt securities and either reissuance by us or the trustee of the certificate to the new holder or the issuance by us or the trustee of a new certificate to the new holder.

 

Global Debt Securities and Book-Entry System. Each global debt security representing book-entry debt securities will be deposited with, or on behalf of, the Depositary, and registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary. Please see the section entitled “Global Securities” for more information.

 

Covenants

 

We will set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement any restrictive covenants applicable to any issue of debt securities. (Article IV)

 

No Protection in the Event of a Change of Control

 

Unless we state otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, the debt securities will not contain any provisions that may afford holders of the debt securities protection in the event we have a change in control or in the event of a highly leveraged transaction (whether or not such transaction results in a change in control) which could adversely affect holders of debt securities.

 

Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets

 

We may not consolidate with or merge with or into, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of our properties and assets to, any person (a “successor person”) unless:

 

  · we are the surviving corporation or the successor person (if other than our company) is a corporation organized and validly existing under the laws of any U.S. domestic jurisdiction and expressly assumes our obligations on the debt securities and under the indenture;
  · immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no Default or Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing; and
  · certain other conditions are met.

 

Notwithstanding the above, any of our subsidiaries may consolidate with, merge into or transfer all or part of its properties to us. (Section 5.1)

 

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Events of Default

 

“Event of Default” means with respect to any series of debt securities, any of the following:

 

  · default in the payment of any interest upon any debt security of that series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days (unless the entire amount of the payment is deposited by us with the trustee or with a paying agent prior to the expiration of the 30-day period);
  · default in the payment of principal of any debt security of that series at its maturity;
  · default in the performance or breach of any other covenant or warranty by us in the indenture or any debt security (other than a covenant or warranty that has been included in the indenture solely for the benefit of a series of debt securities other than that series), which default continues uncured for a period of 60 days after we receive written notice from the trustee or our company and the trustee receive written notice from the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series as provided in the indenture;
  · certain voluntary or involuntary events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of our company; or
  · any other Event of Default provided with respect to debt securities of that series that is described in the applicable prospectus supplement. (Section 6.1)

 

No Event of Default with respect to a particular series of debt securities (except as to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization) necessarily constitutes an Event of Default with respect to any other series of debt securities. (Section 6.1) The occurrence of certain Events of Default or an acceleration under the indenture may constitute an event of default under certain indebtedness of ours or our subsidiaries outstanding from time to time.

 

We will provide the trustee written notice of any Default or Event of Default within 30 days of becoming aware of the occurrence of such Default or Event of Default, which notice will describe in reasonable detail the status of such Default or Event of Default and what action we are taking or propose to take in respect thereof. (Section 6.1)

 

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If an Event of Default with respect to debt securities of any series at the time outstanding occurs and is continuing, then the trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series may, by a notice in writing to us (and to the trustee if given by the holders), declare to be due and payable immediately the principal of (or, if the debt securities of that series are discount securities, that portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all debt securities of that series. In the case of an Event of Default resulting from certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, the principal (or such specified amount) of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all outstanding debt securities will become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the trustee or any holder of outstanding debt securities. At any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect to debt securities of any series has been made, but before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the trustee, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series may rescind and annul the acceleration if all Events of Default, other than the non-payment of accelerated principal and interest, if any, with respect to debt securities of that series, have been cured or waived as provided in the indenture. (Section 6.2) We refer you to the prospectus supplement relating to any series of debt securities that are discount securities for the particular provisions relating to acceleration of a portion of the principal amount of such discount securities upon the occurrence of an Event of Default.

 

The indenture provides that the trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any of its rights or powers under the indenture, unless the trustee receives indemnity satisfactory to it against any cost, liability or expense that might be incurred by it in performing such duty or exercising such right or power. (Section 7.1(e)) Subject to certain rights of the trustee, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any series will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the trustee with respect to the debt securities of that series. (Section 6.12)

 

No holder of any debt security of any series will have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any remedy under the indenture, unless:

 

  · that holder has previously given to the trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to debt securities of that series; and
  · the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series have made written request, and offered indemnity or security satisfactory to the trustee, to the trustee to institute the proceeding as trustee, and the trustee has not received from the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series a direction inconsistent with that request and has failed to institute the proceeding within 60 days. (Section 6.7)

 

Notwithstanding any other provision in the indenture, the holder of any debt security will have an absolute and unconditional right to receive payment of the principal of, and premium and any interest on, that debt security on or after the due dates expressed in that debt security and to institute suit for the enforcement of payment. (Section 6.8)

 

The indenture requires us, within 120 days after the end of our fiscal year, to furnish to the trustee a statement as to compliance with the indenture. (Section 4.3) If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to the securities of any series and if it is known to a responsible officer of the trustee, the trustee shall mail to each holder of the securities of that series notice of a Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs or, if later, after a responsible officer of the trustee has knowledge of such Default or Event of Default. The indenture provides that the trustee may withhold notice to the holders of debt securities of any series of any Default or Event of Default (except in payment on any debt securities of that series) with respect to debt securities of that series if the trustee determines in good faith that withholding notice is in the interest of the holders of those debt securities. (Section 7.5)

 

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Modification and Waiver

 

We and the trustee may modify, amend or supplement the indenture or the debt securities of any series without the consent of any holder of any debt security:

 

  · to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
  · to comply with covenants in the indenture described above under the heading “Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets”;
  · to provide for uncertificated securities in addition to or in place of certificated securities;
  · to add guarantees with respect to debt securities of any series or secure debt securities of any series;
  · to surrender any of our rights or powers under the indenture;
  · to add covenants or Events of Default for the benefit of the holders of debt securities of any series;
  · to comply with the applicable procedures of the applicable depositary;
  · to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any holder of debt securities;
  · to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and conditions of debt securities of any series as permitted by the indenture;
  · to effect the appointment of a successor trustee with respect to the debt securities of any series and to add to or change any of the provisions of the indenture to provide for or facilitate administration by more than one trustee; or
  · to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the indenture under the Trust Indenture Act. (Section 9.1)

 

We may also modify and amend the indenture with the consent of the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of each series affected by the modifications or amendments. We may not make any modification or amendment without the consent of the holders of each affected debt security then outstanding if that amendment will:

 

  · reduce the amount of debt securities whose holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
  · reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest (including default interest) on any debt security;
  · reduce the principal of or premium on or change the fixed maturity of any debt security or reduce the amount of, or postpone the date fixed for, the payment of any sinking fund or analogous obligation with respect to any series of debt securities;
  · reduce the principal amount of discount securities payable upon acceleration of maturity;
  · waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, or premium or interest on, any debt security (except a rescission of acceleration of the debt securities of any series by the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding debt securities of that series and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);
  · make the principal of, or premium or interest on, any debt security payable in currency other than that stated in the debt security;
  · make any change to certain provisions of the indenture relating to, among other things, the right of holders of debt securities to receive payment of the principal of, and premium and interest on, those debt securities and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment and to waivers or amendments; or
  · waive a redemption payment with respect to any debt security. (Section 9.3)

 

Except for certain specified provisions, the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any series may on behalf of the holders of all debt securities of that series waive our compliance with provisions of the indenture. (Section 9.2) The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any series may on behalf of the holders of all the debt securities of such series waive any past default under the indenture with respect to that series and its consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of, or any interest on, any debt security of that series; provided, however, that the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any series may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from the acceleration. (Section 6.13)

 

Defeasance of Debt Securities and Certain Covenants in Certain Circumstances

 

Legal Defeasance. The indenture provides that, unless otherwise provided by the terms of the applicable series of debt securities, we may be discharged from any and all obligations in respect of the debt securities of any series (subject to certain exceptions). We will be so discharged upon the deposit with the trustee, in trust, of money and/or U.S. government obligations or, in the case of debt securities denominated in a single currency other than U.S. dollars, government obligations of the government that issued or caused to be issued such currency, that, through the payment of interest and principal in accordance with their terms, will provide money or U.S. government obligations in an amount sufficient in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants or investment bank to pay and discharge each installment of principal of, premium and interest on, and any mandatory sinking fund payments in respect of, the debt securities of that series on the stated maturity of those payments in accordance with the terms of the indenture and those debt securities.

 

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This discharge may occur only if, among other things, we have delivered to the trustee an opinion of counsel stating that we have received from, or there has been published by, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service a ruling or, since the date of execution of the indenture, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the holders of the debt securities of that series will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit, defeasance and discharge and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if the deposit, defeasance and discharge had not occurred. (Section 8.3)

 

Defeasance of Certain Covenants. The indenture provides that, unless otherwise provided by the terms of the applicable series of debt securities, upon compliance with certain conditions:

 

  · we may omit to comply with the covenant described under the heading “Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets” and certain other covenants set forth in the indenture, as well as any additional covenants that may be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement; and
  · any omission to comply with those covenants will not constitute a Default or an Event of Default with respect to the debt securities of that series (“covenant defeasance”).

 

The conditions include:

 

  · depositing with the trustee money and/or U.S. government obligations or, in the case of debt securities denominated in a single currency other than U.S. dollars, government obligations of the government that issued or caused to be issued such currency, that, through the payment of interest and principal in accordance with their terms, will provide money in an amount sufficient in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants or investment bank to pay and discharge each installment of principal of, premium and interest on, and any mandatory sinking fund payments in respect of, the debt securities of that series on the stated maturity of those payments in accordance with the terms of the indenture and those debt securities; and
  · delivering to the trustee an opinion of counsel to the effect that the holders of the debt securities of that series will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and related covenant defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if the deposit and related covenant defeasance had not occurred. (Section 8.4)

 

No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees or Securityholders

 

None of our past, present or future directors, officers, employees or securityholders, as such, will have any liability for any of our obligations under the debt securities or the indenture or for any claim based on, or in respect or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. By accepting a debt security, each holder waives and releases all such liability. This waiver and release is part of the consideration for the issue of the debt securities. However, this waiver and release may not be effective to waive liabilities under U.S. federal securities laws, and it is the view of the SEC that such a waiver is against public policy.

 

Governing Law

 

The indenture and the debt securities, including any claim or controversy arising out of or relating to the indenture or the debt securities, will be governed by the laws of the State of New York.

 

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The indenture will provide that we, the trustee and the holders of the debt securities (by their acceptance of the debt securities) irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to the indenture, the debt securities or the transactions contemplated thereby.

 

The indenture will provide that any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon the indenture or the transactions contemplated thereby may be instituted in the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City of New York or the courts of the State of New York in each case located in the City of New York, and we, the trustee and the holder of the debt securities (by their acceptance of the debt securities) irrevocably submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. The indenture will further provide that service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail (to the extent allowed under any applicable statute or rule of court) to such party’s address set forth in the indenture will be effective service of process for any suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court. The indenture will further provide that we, the trustee and the holders of the debt securities (by their acceptance of the debt securities) irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the courts specified above and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim any such suit, action or other proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum. (Section 10.10)

 

Outstanding Debt Securities

 

As of May 30, 2023, we had no outstanding debt securities.

 

Rights

 

We may issue rights to purchase common stock, preferred stock or warrants that we may offer to our security holders in one or more series. The rights may or may not be transferable by the persons purchasing or receiving the rights. In connection with any rights offering, we may enter into a standby underwriting or other arrangement with one or more underwriters or other persons pursuant to which such underwriters or other persons would purchase any offered securities remaining unsubscribed for after such rights offering. Each series of rights will be issued under a separate rights agent agreement to be entered into between us and a bank or trust company, as rights agent, that we will name in the applicable prospectus supplement. The rights agent will act solely as our agent in connection with the rights and will not assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust for or with any holders of rights certificates or beneficial owners of rights. A copy of the form of rights agent or subscription agent agreement, including the form of rights certificate representing a series of rights, will be filed with the SEC in connection with the offering of a particular series of rights.

 

The prospectus supplement relating to any rights that we offer will include specific terms relating to the offering, including, among other matters:

 

  the title of the rights;
  the securities for which the rights are exercisable;
  the date of determining the security holders entitled to the rights distribution;
  the aggregate number of rights issued and the aggregate number of shares of common stock or preferred stock or warrants purchasable upon exercise of the rights;
  the extent to which the rights are transferable;
  the exercise price;
  any provisions for changes to or adjustments in the exercise price or number of securities issuable upon exercise of the rights;
  the conditions to completion of the rights offering;
  any applicable federal income tax considerations;
  if applicable, the material terms of any standby underwriting or other purchase arrangement that we may enter into in connection with the rights offering;
  the date on which the right to exercise the rights will commence and the date on which the rights will expire; and
  any other terms of the rights, including terms, procedures and limitations relating to the exchange and exercise of the rights.

 

Each right would entitle the holder of the rights to purchase for cash the amount of shares of common stock or preferred stock or warrants at the exercise price set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. Rights may be exercised at any time up to the close of business on the expiration date for the rights provided in the applicable prospectus supplement. After the close of business on the expiration date, all unexercised rights will become void.

 

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We may determine to offer any unsubscribed securities directly to persons other than our security holders, to or through agents, underwriters or dealers or through a combination of such methods, including pursuant to standby arrangements, as described in the applicable prospectus supplement.

 

Until a holder exercises the rights to purchase shares of our common stock or preferred stock or warrants, the holder will not have any rights as a holder of shares of our common stock or preferred stock or warrants, as the case may be, by virtue of ownership of the rights.

 

Units

 

We may issue units consisting of one or more of the other securities described in this prospectus, in any prospectus supplement or a free writing prospectus in any combination. Each unit will be issued so that the holder of the unit is also the holder, with the rights and obligations of a holder, of each security included in the unit. The unit agreement under which a unit is issued may provide that the securities included in the unit may not be held or transferred separately, at any time or at any time before a specified date or upon the occurrence of a specified event or occurrence.

 

The applicable prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus will describe:

 

  the designation and terms of the units and of the securities comprising the units, including whether and under what circumstances those securities may be held or transferred separately;
  any unit agreement under which the units will be issued;
  any provisions for the issuance, payment, settlement, transfer or exchange of the units or of the securities comprising the units; and
  whether the units will be issued in fully registered or global form.

 

Global Securities

 

Book-Entry, Delivery and Form

 

Unless we indicate differently in any applicable prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus, the securities initially will be issued in book-entry form and represented by one or more global notes or global securities (collectively, “global securities”). The global securities will be deposited with, or on behalf of, DTC and registered in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of DTC. Unless and until it is exchanged for individual certificates evidencing securities under the limited circumstances described below, a global security may not be transferred except as a whole by the depositary to its nominee or by the nominee to the depositary, or by the depositary or its nominee to a successor depositary or to a nominee of the successor depositary.

 

DTC has advised us that it is:

 

  · a limited-purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking Law;
  · a “banking organization” within the meaning of the New York Banking Law;
  · a member of the Federal Reserve System;
  · a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code; and
  · a “clearing agency” registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Exchange Act.

 

DTC holds securities that its participants deposit with DTC. DTC also facilitates the settlement among its participants of securities transactions, such as transfers and pledges, in deposited securities through electronic computerized book-entry changes in participants’ accounts, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of securities certificates. “Direct participants” in DTC include securities brokers and dealers, including underwriters, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and other organizations. DTC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (“DTCC”). DTCC is the holding company for DTC, National Securities Clearing Corporation and Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, all of which are registered clearing agencies. DTCC is owned by the users of its regulated subsidiaries. Access to the DTC system is also available to others, which we sometimes refer to as indirect participants, that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a direct participant, either directly or indirectly. The rules applicable to DTC and its participants are on file with the SEC.

 

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Purchases of securities under the DTC system must be made by or through direct participants, which will receive a credit for the securities on DTC’s records. The ownership interest of the actual purchaser of a security, which we sometimes refer to as a beneficial owner, is in turn recorded on the direct and indirect participants’ records. Beneficial owners of securities will not receive written confirmation from DTC of their purchases. However, beneficial owners are expected to receive written confirmations providing details of their transactions, as well as periodic statements of their holdings, from the direct or indirect participants through which they purchased securities. Transfers of ownership interests in global securities are to be accomplished by entries made on the books of participants acting on behalf of beneficial owners. Beneficial owners will not receive certificates representing their ownership interests in the global securities, except under the limited circumstances described below.

 

To facilitate subsequent transfers, all global securities deposited by direct participants with DTC will be registered in the name of DTC’s partnership nominee, Cede & Co., or such other name as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC. The deposit of securities with DTC and their registration in the name of Cede & Co. or such other nominee will not change the beneficial ownership of the securities. DTC has no knowledge of the actual beneficial owners of the securities. DTC’s records reflect only the identity of the direct participants to whose accounts the securities are credited, which may or may not be the beneficial owners. The participants are responsible for keeping account of their holdings on behalf of their customers.

 

So long as the securities are in book-entry form, you will receive payments and may transfer securities only through the facilities of the depositary and its direct and indirect participants. We will maintain an office or agency in the location specified in the prospectus supplement for the applicable securities, where notices and demands in respect of the securities and the indenture may be delivered to us and where certificated securities may be surrendered for payment, registration of transfer or exchange.

 

Conveyance of notices and other communications by DTC to direct participants, by direct participants to indirect participants and by direct participants and indirect participants to beneficial owners will be governed by arrangements among them, subject to any legal requirements in effect from time to time.

 

Redemption notices will be sent to DTC. If less than all of the securities of a particular series are being redeemed, DTC’s practice is to determine by lot the amount of the interest of each direct participant in the securities of such series to be redeemed.

 

Neither DTC nor Cede & Co. (or such other DTC nominee) will consent or vote with respect to the securities. Under its usual procedures, DTC will mail an omnibus proxy to us as soon as possible after the record date. The omnibus proxy assigns the consenting or voting rights of Cede & Co. to those direct participants to whose accounts the securities of such series are credited on the record date, identified in a listing attached to the omnibus proxy.

 

So long as securities are in book-entry form, we will make payments on those securities to the depositary or its nominee, as the registered owner of such securities, by wire transfer of immediately available funds. If securities are issued in definitive certificated form under the limited circumstances described below and unless if otherwise provided in the description of the applicable securities herein or in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will have the option of making payments by check mailed to the addresses of the persons entitled to payment or by wire transfer to bank accounts in the United States designated in writing to the applicable trustee or other designated party at least 15 days before the applicable payment date by the persons entitled to payment, unless a shorter period is satisfactory to the applicable trustee or other designated party.

 

Redemption proceeds, distributions and dividend payments on the securities will be made to Cede & Co., or such other nominee as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC. DTC’s practice is to credit direct participants’ accounts upon DTC’s receipt of funds and corresponding detail information from us on the payment date in accordance with their respective holdings shown on DTC records. Payments by participants to beneficial owners will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices, as is the case with securities held for the account of customers in bearer form or registered in “street name.” Those payments will be the responsibility of participants and not of DTC or us, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements in effect from time to time. Payment of redemption proceeds, distributions and dividend payments to Cede & Co., or such other nominee as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC, is our responsibility; disbursement of payments to direct participants is the responsibility of DTC; and disbursement of payments to the beneficial owners is the responsibility of direct and indirect participants.

 

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Except under the limited circumstances described below, purchasers of securities will not be entitled to have securities registered in their names and will not receive physical delivery of securities. Accordingly, each beneficial owner must rely on the procedures of DTC and its participants to exercise any rights under the securities and the indenture.

 

The laws of some jurisdictions may require that some purchasers of securities take physical delivery of securities in definitive form. Those laws may impair the ability to transfer or pledge beneficial interests in securities.

 

DTC may discontinue providing its services as securities depositary with respect to the securities at any time by giving reasonable notice to us. Under such circumstances, in the event that a successor depositary is not obtained, securities certificates are required to be printed and delivered.

 

As noted above, beneficial owners of a particular series of securities generally will not receive certificates representing their ownership interests in those securities. However, if:

 

  · DTC notifies us that it is unwilling or unable to continue as a depositary for the global security or securities representing such series of securities or if DTC ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act at a time when it is required to be registered and a successor depositary is not appointed within 90 days of the notification to us or of our becoming aware of DTC’s ceasing to be so registered, as the case may be;
  · we determine, in our sole discretion, not to have such securities represented by one or more global securities; or
  · an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to such series of securities,

 

we will prepare and deliver certificates for such securities in exchange for beneficial interests in the global securities. Any beneficial interest in a global security that is exchangeable under the circumstances described in the preceding sentence will be exchangeable for securities in definitive certificated form registered in the names that the depositary directs. It is expected that these directions will be based upon directions received by the depositary from its participants with respect to ownership of beneficial interests in the global securities.

 

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

We may sell the securities offered pursuant to this prospectus from time to time in one or more transactions, including, without limitation:

 

to or through underwriters;
through broker-dealers (acting as agent or principal);
through agents;
directly by us to one or more purchasers (including our affiliates and stockholders), through a specific bidding or auction process, a rights offering or otherwise;
through a combination of any such methods of sale; or
through any other methods described in a prospectus supplement.

 

The distribution of securities may be effected, from time to time, in one or more transactions, including:

 

block transactions (which may involve crosses) and transactions on The Nasdaq Capital Market or any other organized market where the securities may be traded;
purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its own account pursuant to a prospectus supplement;
ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which a broker-dealer solicits purchasers;
sales “at the market” to or through a market maker or into an existing trading market, on an exchange or otherwise; and
sales in other ways not involving market makers or established trading markets, including direct sales to purchasers.

 

The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the terms of the offering of the securities, including:

 

the name or names of any underwriters, if, and if required, any dealers or agents;
the purchase price of the securities and the proceeds we will receive from the sale;
any underwriting discounts and other items constituting underwriters’ compensation;
any discounts or concessions allowed or re-allowed or paid to dealers; and
any securities exchange or market on which the securities may be listed or traded.

 

We may distribute the securities from time to time in one or more transactions at:

 

a fixed price or prices, which may be changed;
market prices prevailing at the time of sale;
prices related to such prevailing market prices; or
negotiated prices.

 

Only underwriters named in the prospectus supplement are underwriters of the securities offered by the prospectus supplement.

 

If underwriters are used in an offering, we will execute an underwriting agreement with such underwriters and will specify the name of each underwriter and the terms of the transaction (including any underwriting discounts and other terms constituting compensation of the underwriters and any dealers) in a prospectus supplement. The securities may be offered to the public either through underwriting syndicates represented by managing underwriters or directly by one or more investment banking firms or others, as designated. If an underwriting syndicate is used, the managing underwriter(s) will be specified on the cover of the prospectus supplement. If underwriters are used in the sale, the offered securities will be acquired by the underwriters for their own accounts and may be resold from time to time in one or more transactions, including negotiated transactions, at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of sale. Any public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or re-allowed or paid to dealers may be changed from time to time. Unless otherwise set forth in the prospectus supplement, the obligations of the underwriters to purchase the offered securities will be subject to conditions precedent, and the underwriters will be obligated to purchase all of the offered securities, if any are purchased.

 

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We may grant to the underwriters options to purchase additional securities to cover over-allotments, if any, at the public offering price, with additional underwriting commissions or discounts, as may be set forth in a related prospectus supplement. The terms of any over-allotment option will be set forth in the prospectus supplement for those securities.

 

If a dealer is used in the sale of the securities, we, or an underwriter, will sell the securities to the dealer, as principal. The dealer may then resell the securities to the public at varying prices to be determined by the dealer at the time of resale. To the extent required, we will set forth in the prospectus supplement, document incorporated by reference or free writing prospectus, as applicable, the name of the dealer and the terms of the transactions.

 

We may sell the securities directly or through agents we designate from time to time. We will name any agent involved in the offering and sale of securities and we will describe any commissions we will pay the agent in the prospectus supplement.

 

We may authorize agents or underwriters to solicit offers by institutional investors to purchase securities from us at the public offering price set forth in the prospectus supplement pursuant to delayed delivery contracts providing for payment and delivery on a specified date in the future. We will describe the conditions to these contracts and the commissions we must pay for solicitation of these contracts in the prospectus supplement.

 

In connection with the sale of the securities, underwriters, dealers or agents may receive compensation from us or from purchasers of the securities for whom they act as agents, in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions. Underwriters may sell the securities to or through dealers, and those dealers may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the underwriters or commissions from the purchasers for whom they may act as agents. Underwriters, dealers and agents that participate in the distribution of the securities, and any institutional investors or others that purchase securities directly for the purpose of resale or distribution, may be deemed to be underwriters, and any discounts or commissions received by them from us and any profit on the resale of the common stock by them may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act. No FINRA member firm may receive compensation in excess of that allowable under FINRA rules, including Rule 5110, in connection with the offering of the securities.

 

We may provide agents, underwriters and other purchasers with indemnification against particular civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or contribution with respect to payments that the agents, underwriters or other purchasers may make with respect to such liabilities. Agents and underwriters may engage in transactions with, or perform services for, us in the ordinary course of business.

 

To facilitate the public offering of a series of securities, persons participating in the offering may engage in transactions that stabilize, maintain, or otherwise affect the market price of the securities. This may include over-allotments or short sales of the securities, which involves the sale by persons participating in the offering of more securities than have been sold to them by us. In addition, those persons may stabilize or maintain the price of the securities by bidding for or purchasing securities in the open market or by imposing penalty bids, whereby selling concessions allowed to underwriters or dealers participating in any such offering may be reclaimed if securities sold by them are repurchased in connection with stabilization transactions. The effect of these transactions may be to stabilize or maintain the market price of the securities at a level above that which might otherwise prevail in the open market. Such transactions, if commenced, may be discontinued at any time. We make no representation or prediction as to the direction or magnitude of any effect that the transactions described above, if implemented, may have on the price of our securities.

 

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, any common stock sold pursuant to a prospectus supplement will be eligible for trading as listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market. Any underwriters to whom securities are sold by us for public offering and sale may make a market in the securities, but such underwriters will not be obligated to do so and may discontinue any market making at any time without notice.

 

In order to comply with the securities laws of some states, if applicable, the securities offered pursuant to this prospectus will be sold in those states only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in some states securities may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in the applicable state or an exemption from the registration or qualification requirement is available and complied with.

 

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So long as the aggregate market value of our voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates is less than $75,000,000 and so long as required by the rules of the SEC, the amount of securities we may offer hereunder will be limited such that the aggregate market value of securities sold by us during a period of 12 calendar months cannot exceed one-third of the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates.

 

To the extent required, this prospectus may be amended or supplemented from time to time to describe a specific plan of distribution.

 

LEGAL MATTERS

 

The validity of the issuance of the offered securities will be passed upon for us by McDermott Will & Emery LLP, New York, New York.

 

EXPERTS

 

Marcum LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, has audited our consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2022, as set forth in their report, which is incorporated by reference in the prospectus and elsewhere in this registration statement. Our consolidated financial statements are incorporated by reference in reliance on Marcum LLP’s report, given on their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

 

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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

 

This prospectus and any subsequent prospectus supplements do not contain all of the information in the Registration Statement. We have omitted from this prospectus some parts of the Registration Statement as permitted by the rules and regulations of the SEC. Statements in this prospectus concerning any document we have filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or that we otherwise filed with the SEC are not intended to be comprehensive and are qualified in their entirety by reference to these filings. In addition, we file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. The SEC maintains a website that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information that registrants file electronically with the SEC, including us. The SEC’s website can be found at http://www.sec.gov. In addition, we make available on or through our website copies of these reports as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file or furnished them to the SEC. Our website can be found at http:www.adnas.com. Our website is not a part of this prospectus.

 

INFORMATION INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

 

We have elected to incorporate certain information by reference into this prospectus. By incorporating by reference, we can disclose important information to you by referring you to other documents we have filed or will file with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is deemed to be part of this prospectus, except for information incorporated by reference that is superseded by information contained in this prospectus. This means that you must look at all of the SEC filings that we incorporate by reference to determine if any statements in the prospectus or any document previously incorporated by reference have been modified or superseded. This prospectus incorporates by reference the documents set forth below that we have previously filed with the SEC, except in each case the information contained in such document to the extent “furnished” and not “filed”:

 

Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2022, filed with the SEC on December 14, 2022, as amended by Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC on January 27, 2023.
Our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on February 9, 2023 and May 11, 2023, respectively.
Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 28, 2023, March 28, 2023, and May 5, 2023.
The description of our capital stock contained in our registration statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-36745) filed with the Commission on November 13, 2014, pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

 

We also incorporate by reference all documents we file in the future pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this prospectus and prior to the sale of all the securities covered by this prospectus (including all such documents filed with the SEC after the date of the initial filing of the Registration Statement that contains this prospectus and prior to effectiveness of the Registration Statement or after such effectiveness), except in each case the information contained in such document to the extent “furnished” and not “filed.”

 

You may obtain copies of these documents on the website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov, or from us without charge (other than exhibits to such documents, unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference into such documents) by writing us at Corporate Secretary, Applied DNA Sciences, Inc., 50 Health Sciences Drive, Stony Brook, New York 11790 or visiting our website at http://www.adnas.com.

 

Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein, any prospectus supplement or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes that statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus. 

 

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APPLIED DNA SCIENCES, INC.

 

19,247,498 Shares of Common Stock

 

Pre-Funded Warrants to Purchase 1,065,002 Shares of Common Stock

 

 

 

 

PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT

 

 

 

Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC

 

October 30, 2024