PROSPECTUS
Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
Registration No. 333-232194
Pareteum Corporation
550,000 Shares
Common Stock
The selling stockholders named in this
prospectus under the heading "Selling Stockholders" may offer and sell up to an aggregate of 550,000 shares of our common
stock, par value $0.00001 per share ("Common Stock"), from time to time. We will not receive any of the proceeds from
the sale of the Common Stock by the selling stockholders.
The securities may be offered and sold
by the selling stockholders from time to time at fixed prices, at market prices or at negotiated prices, and may be offered and
sold to or through one or more underwriters, dealers or agents or directly to purchasers on a continuous or delayed basis. See
"Plan of Distribution."
Our Common Stock is currently listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol "TEUM." On
August 15, 2019, the last reported sale price of our Common Stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market was $3.21 per share.
You should read this prospectus and any
supplement carefully before you purchase any of our securities. You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated
by reference in this prospectus. We have not authorized any other person to provide you with different information.
Investing in these securities involves
risks, including those set forth in the "Risk Factors" section of the prospectus and of our most recent Annual Report
on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), which is incorporated by reference into
this prospectus as well as any amendment or update to our risk factors reflected in subsequent filings with the SEC.
Neither the SEC nor any state securities
commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful and complete. Any representation
to the contrary is a criminal offense.
This prospectus is dated August 19, 2019.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
This prospectus is part of a registration
statement that we filed with the SEC. The selling stockholders named in this prospectus may from time to time offer and sell up
to an aggregate of 550,000 shares of our Common Stock in one or more offerings. This prospectus provides you with a general
description of the securities that the selling stockholders may offer and sell. You should carefully read this prospectus, together
with the more detailed information regarding our company and our Common Stock that appear elsewhere in this prospectus and any
applicable prospectus supplement, together with the additional information (including our financial statements and notes to those
statements) that we incorporate in this prospectus by reference (which we describe under the heading "Incorporation of Information
By Reference") before investing in any of the securities offered.
We have filed or incorporated by reference
exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. You should read the exhibits carefully for provisions
that may be important to you.
Neither we nor any selling stockholder
has authorized any dealer, salesman or other person to give any information or to make any representation other than those contained
or incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any accompanying supplement to this prospectus. You should not assume that
the information in this prospectus or any prospectus accompanying supplement is accurate as of any date other than the date on
the front of those documents or that any document incorporated by reference is accurate as of any date other than its filing date.
You must not rely upon any information or representation not contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus or any accompanying
prospectus supplement. This prospectus and any accompanying supplement to this prospectus do not constitute an offer to sell or
the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities other than the registered securities to which they relate, nor do this prospectus
and any accompanying supplement to this prospectus constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities
in any jurisdiction to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation in such jurisdiction.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We file annual, quarterly and current reports,
proxy statements and other information with the SEC. The SEC maintains an Internet website at http://www.sec.gov that contains
reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC. Our SEC
filings are accessible through the Internet at that website. Our SEC reports and amendments to those reports are also available
for download, free of charge, as soon as reasonably practicable after these reports are filed with the SEC, at our website at www.pareteum.com.
The content contained in, or that can be accessed through, our website is not a part of this prospectus.
Unless the context indicates otherwise,
as used in this prospectus, the terms "Pareteum," "Company," "we," "us" and "our"
refer to Pareteum Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries.
INCORPORATION OF INFORMATION BY REFERENCE
The SEC allows us to "incorporate
by reference" the information we file with it, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring
you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this prospectus, and information
that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and supersede this information. We incorporate by reference the documents
listed below:
Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 that we filed with the SEC on March 18, 2019;
Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2019 that we filed with the SEC on August 9, 2019;
Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2019 that we filed with the SEC on May 10, 2019;
Our Current Reports on Form 8-K
filed with the SEC on
February 13,
2019
,
February 26, 2019,
March
12, 2019
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May 24, 2019
,
July
18, 2019
, and on Form 8-K/A filed with the SEC on
March 12, 2019
and
June 13, 2019
The description of our Common Stock contained in
our registration statement on
Form 8-A filed on November 30, 2011 (Registration no. 001-35360)
with the SEC, including any amendment or report filed for
the purpose of updating such description;
All documents filed by us with the SEC pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") after
the date of the initial filing of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part and prior to the effectiveness
of such registration statement; and
All documents filed by us with the SEC pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act on or after the date of this prospectus and before we stop offering
the securities under this prospectus.
We will provide without charge to each
person, including any beneficial owner, to whom this prospectus is delivered, upon his or her written or oral request, a copy of
any or all documents referred to above which have been or may be incorporated by reference into this prospectus but not delivered
with this prospectus excluding exhibits to those documents unless they are specifically incorporated by reference into those documents.
You can request those documents from us, at no cost, by writing or telephoning us at: Pareteum Corporation, 1185 Avenue of the
Americas, 37
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Floor, New York, NY 10036, (212) 984-1096, Attention: Edward O’Donnell.
The most recent information that we file
with the SEC automatically updates and supersedes older information. The information contained in any such filing will be deemed
to be a part of this prospectus, commencing on the date on which the filing is made.
Information furnished under Items 2.02
or 7.01 (or corresponding information furnished under Item 9.01 or included as an exhibit) in any past or future Current Report
on Form 8-K that we file with the SEC, unless otherwise specified in such report, is not incorporated by reference in this
prospectus.
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
This prospectus contains forward looking
statements that involve risks and uncertainties. All statements other than statements of historical fact contained in this
prospectus, including statements regarding future events, our future financial performance, business strategy, and plans and objectives
of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. We have attempted to identify forward-looking statements by
terminology including “anticipates,” “believes,” “can,” “continue,” “could,”
“estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “plans,” “potential,”
“predicts,” “should,” or “will” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology.
Although we do not make forward looking statements unless we believe we have a reasonable basis for doing so, we cannot guarantee
their accuracy. These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including
the risks outlined under “Risk Factors” or elsewhere in this prospectus, which may cause our or our industry’s
actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Moreover,
we operate in a highly regulated, very competitive, and rapidly changing environment. New risks emerge from time to time and it
is not possible for us to predict all risk factors, nor can we address the impact of all factors on our business or the extent
to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause our actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking
statements.
We have based these forward-looking statements
largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that we believe may affect our financial
condition, results of operations, business strategy, short term and long term business operations, and financial needs. These forward-looking
statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those reflected
in the forward looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to,
those discussed in this prospectus, and in particular, the risks discussed below and under the heading “Risk Factors”
and those discussed in other documents we file with the SEC. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the consolidated
financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 and notes incorporated by reference therein, and the
consolidated financial statements for iPass Inc. for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 and notes incorporated by
reference therein. We undertake no obligation to revise or publicly release the results of any revision to these forward-looking
statements, except as required by law. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events and circumstances
discussed in this prospectus may not occur and actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied
in the forward-looking statement.
You should not place undue reliance on
any forward-looking statement, each of which applies only as of the date of this prospectus. You should be aware that the occurrence
of the events described in the section entitled “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this prospectus could negatively affect
our business, operating results, financial condition and stock price. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to
update or revise publicly any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this prospectus to conform our statements to
actual results or changed expectations.
RISK FACTORS
Our business is influenced by many factors
that are difficult to predict, and that involve uncertainties that may materially affect actual operating results, cash flows and
financial condition. Before making an investment decision, you should carefully consider these risks set forth in the "Risk
Factors" section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the SEC on March 18, 2019 which is incorporated by
reference into this prospectus, as well as any amendment or update to our risk factors reflected in subsequent filings with the
SEC and any applicable prospectus supplement. You should also carefully consider any other information we include or incorporate
by reference in this prospectus. Any such risk could cause our business, financial condition or operating results to suffer. The
market price of our Common Stock could decline if one or more of these risks and uncertainties develop into actual events. You
could lose all or part of your investment.
PARETEUM CORPORATION
Overview
Pareteum Corporation (Nasdaq: TEUM) is
a rapidly growing cloud software communications platform company with a mission -
to connect every person and every(thing)
™.
Millions of people and devices are connected
around the world using Pareteum’s global cloud software communications platform, enhancing their mobile experience. Pareteum
unleashes the power of applications and mobile services, bringing secure, ubiquitous, scalable, and seamlessly available voice,
video, SMS/text messaging, and data services to our customers, making worldwide communications services easily and economically
accessible to everyone. By harnessing the value of our cloud communications platform, Pareteum serves enterprises, communications
service providers, early stage innovators, developers, Internet-of-Things (“IoT”), and telecommunications infrastructure
providers Pareteum envisions a new mobile communications experience imagining what will be, and delivering now.
With estimates of up to 30 billion
devices to be managed and connected the total available market is astoundingly large. Service providers, brand marketing companies,
enterprise and IoT providers use Pareteum to energize their growth and profitability through cloud communication services and
complete turnkey solutions featuring relevant content, applications, and connectivity worldwide. To achieve this, Pareteum has
developed, and added through its acquisition of Artilium plc, public limited company registered in England and Wales (“Artilium”)
and iPass Inc., patent pending software platforms which are connected to 59 mobile networks in 80 countries using multiple different
communications channels including mobile telephony, data, SMS, VOIP, OTT services – all over the world. Pareteum integrates
all these disparate communications methods and services and brings them to life for customers and application developers, allowing
communications to become value-added. This is a major strategic target for many industries, from legacy telecommunications providers
to the disruptive technology and data enterprises of today and the future.
The vast majority of our platform is
comprised of our self-developed software and intellectual property, which provides our customers with a great deal of flexibility
in how they use our products now and in the future and allows us to be market driven in our future. We have approximately
40 patents granted in relation to techniques and processes which support our cloud software and communications platform solutions.
Our platform services partners (technologies integrated into our cloud) include: HPE, IBM, Sonus, Oracle, Microsoft, NetNumber,
Affirmed and other world-class technology providers.
Pareteum is a mission focused company empowering
every person and every “thing” to be globally connected –
ANY
DEVICE, ANY NETWORK, ANYWHERE
™. The Pareteum cloud communications platform targets large and growing sectors
from IoT, Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO), Smart Cities, and Application developer markets - each in need of mobile platforms,
management and connectivity. These sectors need Communications-Platform-as-a-Service (CPaaS), which Pareteum delivers. Our solutions
have received industry acclaim.
At Pareteum, our mission is to create an
easily accessible open mobility system for the world. We believe that open software and interfaces for mobility and applications
will create more innovation, economic freedom, and opportunity equality worldwide, just like the internet did for information.
The Pareteum Ecosystem
Our value proposition intersects with numerous
applications and industries. It is our strong belief that no other company in the CPaaS market offers similarly broad value in
such a comprehensive way. An easily accessible open mobility system for the world is difficult to get started because it requires
a “network effect”. The network effect is an observable condition that yields increased value to the “new easily
accessible open mobility system for the world”, and all users of the system as more users come on board. The essence of this
point is that every communication – a transaction – requires both a sender and recipient who are willing to access
and use the new system. We aim to provide the marketplace exchange on which these transactions take place, and will attract new
users.
Innovative Use Cases
Many sectors, from traditional network
operators to disruptive technology and data-driven companies, have found many innovative use cases for our platforms. Beyond simply
enabling communications between people and devices, the platforms of Pareteum enable:
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In addition to the foregoing, as a result
of certain acquisitions completed in October 2018 and February 2019, the Company has acquired certain intellectual property portfolios,
which it now manages through various wholly-owned direct and indirect subsidiaries (the “Acquired IP Rights”). The
Company utilizes patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret laws in the United States, Europe, and elsewhere to protect the
Acquired IP Rights.
Business Model
At Pareteum, our mission is to create an
easily accessible open mobility system for the world. We believe that open software and interfaces for communications services
will create more innovation, economic freedom, and opportunity equality worldwide, just like the internet did for information.
However, an easily accessible open mobility
system for the world is challenging to scale because it requires a “network effect”. The network effect is the principle
that a service yields increased value as it grows. The essence of this point is that our business and our services will grow in
value as we grow and scale. We aim to achieve that growth by providing the marketplace exchange on which these communications and
transactions take place, and in doing so we attract new users and more customers.
To achieve our desired and rapid growth,
we are using our managed services solutions as a launching pad from which to grow our Global Cloud Services Platform and Application
Exchange & Developer Platform. This process is already well underway, including with our anchor customer Vodafone.
Go-to-Market and Growth Strategy
Pareteum is in fast-growth mode, which
will be achieved through a combination of organic growth as well as targeted and accretive mergers & acquisitions, such as
the recent acquisitions of Artilium and iPass, and the purchase of substantially all of the assets of Devicescape Software, Inc.,
as well as others that will be identified from time to time.
Pareteum continues to win new long-term
contractual business. We expect this pace to increase throughout 2019 and beyond. We see many new opportunities, including those
that leverage our support of emerging technologies, which is at the heart of our identity management and payment systems integration
plans.
Our focus is on selling and implementing
new communications services and IoT opportunities as fast as possible, as the world of connected devices and people continues to
rise on a daily basis.
We will measure our growth in the numbers
of “Connections” that we on-board to our platforms, be it SIM cards, handsets, devices, vehicles etc. As at December
31, 2018, we had approximately 4,609,000 Connections, an increase of 252% over the end of the prior year.
Our go-to-market strategy uses a four-phase
approach:
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We continue to attract new subscribers across all verticals to all our platforms through direct sales, existing channel partnerships and new initiatives such as referral programs.
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We will continue
to on-board new communication services providers, multiplying our own growth, largely through business development and direct
sales in each of our six defined sales regions (North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific).
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We will drive adoption through a twin approach. First, we will be on-boarding more Connections which are already active on our Managed Services and Global Cloud Platforms, as our initial user base. Second, we will be drawing in new customers and end-users to the Application Exchange & Developer Platform. These will be people with the greatest pain point, who are underserved by the current mobility networks and applications (including in developing markets).
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At this stage, our strategic Application Exchange & Developer Platform customers will have their own go-to-market strategy, creating shared value, ranging from traditional consumer strategies to sophisticated B2B and B2B2C strategies, driving and expanding our ecosystem to new heights.
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The phases described above are already
being implemented, in parallel as far as possible, for the fastest most sustainable growth. This highlights our strategy for accelerating
the world’s shift to an open mobility and application network. When we’re successful, it will accelerate the pace
of innovation in the world, create more economic freedom, and provide better mobility services to billions of underserved people.s
CORPORATE INFORMATION
Pareteum Corporation, a Delaware corporation,
was originally formed in 2001 as Elephant Talk Communications Corp. as a result of a merger between Staruni Corporation (USA, 1962)
and Elephant Talk Limited (Hong Kong, 1994).
In December 2011, the Company moved its
listing from the OTCBB to the NYSE MKT (now known as the NYSE American) and its stock began trading at that time under the ticker
symbol “ETAK”.
Following approval at the Company’s
2016 annual stockholder meeting, the Company was renamed Pareteum Corporation and on November 3, 2016, the Company started trading
on the Exchange under the current ticker symbol “TEUM”. On October 23, 2018, the company moved its listing to Nasdaq
under its current ticker symbol “TEUM”.
Pareteum currently has offices in North
America, South America, Spain, Bahrain, Singapore, Indonesia, Germany, Belgium, United Kingdom, Russia, Netherlands and India.
USE OF PROCEEDS
We will not receive any proceeds from the
sale of shares of our Common Stock by the selling stockholders named in this prospectus.
DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
Our authorized capital stock consists
of 500,000,000 shares of Common Stock and 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.00001 per share. As of August 15,
2019, 111,903,762 shares of our Common Stock, and no shares of our preferred stock, were outstanding.
Common Stock
Dividend Rights
Holders of the common stock may receive
dividends when, as and if declared by our board of directors out of the assets legally available for that purpose and subject to
the preferential dividend rights of any other classes or series of stock of our Company. We have never paid, and have no
plans to pay, any dividends on our shares of common stock.
Voting Rights
Holders of the common stock are entitled
to one vote per share in all matters as to which holders of common stock are entitled to vote. Holders of not less than a majority
of the outstanding shares of common stock entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders constitute a quorum unless otherwise
required by law.
Election of Directors
Directors hold office until the next annual
meeting of stockholders and are eligible for re-election at such meeting. Directors are elected by a majority of the shares present
in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors, except that if the number of
director nominees exceeds the number of directors to be elected, directors are elected by a plurality of the shares present in
person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors. There is no cumulative voting
for directors.
Liquidation
In the event of any liquidation, dissolution
or winding up of the Company, holders of the common stock have the right to receive ratably and equally all of the assets remaining
after payment of liabilities and liquidation preferences of any preferred stock then outstanding.
Redemption
The common stock is not redeemable or convertible
and does not have any sinking fund provisions.
Preemptive Rights
Holders of the common stock do not have preemptive rights.
Other Rights
Our common stock is not liable to further
calls or to assessment by the registrant and for liabilities of the registrant imposed on its stockholders under state statutes.
Right to Amend Bylaws
The board of directors has the power to
adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws. Bylaws adopted by the board of directors may be repealed or changed, and new bylaws made,
by the stockholders, and the stockholders may prescribe that any bylaw made by them shall not be altered, amended or repealed by
the board of directors.
Change in Control
Provisions of Delaware law and our certificate
of incorporation and bylaws could make the acquisition of our company by means of a tender offer, proxy contest or otherwise, and
the removal of incumbent officers and directors, more difficult. These provisions include:
Section 203 of the General Corporation
Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), which prohibits a merger with a 15%-or-greater stockholder, such as a party
that has completed a successful tender offer, until three years after that party became a 15%-or-greater stockholder; and
The authorization in our certificate of
incorporation of undesignated preferred stock, which could be issued without stockholder approval in a manner designed to prevent
or discourage a takeover.
Together, these provisions may make the
removal of management more difficult and may discourage transactions that could otherwise involve payment of a premium over prevailing
market prices for our common stock.
Market, Symbol and Transfer Agent
Our common stock is listed for trading
on the Nasdaq under the symbol “TEUM”. The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Continental Stock Transfer and
Trust Company.
Preferred Stock
Our certificate of incorporation, as
amended, empowers our board of directors, without action by our stockholders, to issue up to 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock
from time to time in one or more series, which preferred stock may be offered by this prospectus and supplements thereto.
Our board has the right to fix the rights,
preferences, privileges and restrictions of our authorized but undesignated preferred stock of each series in the certificate of
designation relating to that series. We will file as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part,
or will incorporate by reference from a current report on Form 8-K that we file with the SEC, the form of any certificate of designation
that describes the terms of the series of preferred stock we are offering before the issuance of the related series of preferred
stock. This description will include any or all of the following, as required:
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whether dividends will be cumulative or non-cumulative and, if cumulative, the date from which dividends will accumulate;
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If we issue shares
of preferred stock under this prospectus, after receipt of payment therefor, the shares will be fully paid and non-assessable.
The Delaware General
Corporation Law provides that the holders of preferred stock will have the right to vote separately as a class on any proposal
involving fundamental changes in the rights of holders of that preferred stock. This right is in addition to any voting rights
provided for in the applicable certificate of designation.
Our board of directors
may authorize the issuance of preferred stock with voting or conversion rights that could adversely affect the voting power or
other rights of the holders of our common stock. Preferred stock could be issued quickly with terms designed to delay or prevent
a change in control of our Company or make removal of management more difficult. Additionally, the issuance of preferred stock
could have the effect of decreasing the market price of our common stock.
Options and Warrants
As of August 15, 2019, we had:
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8,746,023 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of
stock options outstanding with a weighted average exercise price of approximately $2.26 per share;
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3,173,713 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of
outstanding or issuable warrants with a weighted average exercise price of approximately $2.21 per share.
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SELLING STOCKHOLDERS
The selling stockholders named below
may offer to sell from time to time in the future up to an aggregate of 550,000 shares of our Common Stock, which were previously
acquired by such stockholders as further described below.
On April 22, 2019, the Company, together
with Devicescape Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Holdco” and
together with the Company, the “Buyer”) entered into an asset purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”)
with Devicescape Software, Inc., a California corporation (“Devicescape”), whereby the Holdco acquired substantially
all of the assets of Devicescape, including certain technology that the Company’s subsidiary, iPass, licenses from Devicescape
and certain account receivables owed by iPass and other third parties to Devicescape. In addition to the acquisition of
Devicescape’s assets, Holdco assumed certain of its liabilities. In connection with the acquisition and assumption,
and pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement, the Company paid cash consideration
of $2,000,000, immediately paid off a debt obligation equal to $67,058 owed by Devicescape in order to unencumber certain assets,
and issued to Devicescape an aggregate of 400,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.
On May 29, 2019, the Company issued Ali
Davachi 150,000 shares as compensation for software development services.
Unless otherwise indicated, each selling
stockholder has sole voting and investment power with respect to its shares of Common Stock. All of the information contained in
the table below is based solely upon information provided to us by the selling stockholders or otherwise known by us. In addition
to the shares offered hereby, the selling stockholders may otherwise beneficially own our shares of Common Stock as a result of,
among others, open market purchases, which information is not obtainable by us without undue effort and expense. The selling stockholders
may have sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, or may sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of, at any time or from time to
time since the date on which the information regarding the shares beneficially owned was last known by us, all or a portion of
the shares beneficially owned in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
Information concerning the selling stockholders
may change from time to time and any changed information will be set forth in supplements to this prospectus, if and when necessary.
The selling stockholders may offer all, some or none of their shares of Common Stock. We cannot advise you as to whether the selling
stockholders will in fact sell any or all of such shares of Common Stock.
The number of shares outstanding and
the percentages of beneficial ownership are based on 111,903,762 shares of our Common Stock outstanding as of August 15, 2019.
For the purposes of the following table,
the number of shares of our Common Stock beneficially owned has been determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange
Act, and such information is not necessarily indicative of beneficial ownership for any other purpose. Under Rule 13d-3, beneficial
ownership includes any shares as to which the selling stockholders have sole or shared voting power or investment power and also
any shares which that selling stockholders have the right to acquire within 60 days of the date of this prospectus through
the exercise of any stock option.
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|
|
Percentage
|
|
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Shares
Offered
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Number
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|
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Percentage
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|
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Devicescape
Software, Inc.
|
|
|
400,000
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
400,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
Ali
Davachi
|
|
|
150,000
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
150,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
*
|
Represents less than 1%.
|
|
|
(1)
|
Assumes that all shares registered hereunder will be sold by the selling stockholders and that the selling stockholders do
not acquire any additional shares.
|
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The Common Stock offered by this prospectus
is being offered by the selling stockholders. The Common Stock may be sold or distributed from time to time by the selling stockholders
directly to one or more purchasers or through brokers, dealers, or underwriters who may act solely as agents at market prices prevailing
at the time of sale, at prices related to the prevailing market prices, at negotiated prices, or at fixed prices, which may be
changed. The sale of the Common Stock offered by this prospectus may be effected in one or more of the following methods:
|
|
·
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ordinary brokers' transactions;
|
|
|
·
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transactions involving cross or block
trades;
|
|
|
·
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through brokers, dealers, or underwriters
who may act solely as agents;
|
|
|
·
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in other ways not involving market makers
or established business markets, including direct sales to purchasers or sales effected through agents;
|
|
|
·
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in privately negotiated transactions;
or
|
|
|
·
|
any combination of the foregoing.
|
The selling stockholders may also sell
shares of common stock under Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, if available, rather than under this prospectus.
In addition, the selling stockholders may transfer the shares of common stock by other means not described in this prospectus.
Brokers, dealers, underwriters, or agents
participating in the distribution of the shares as agents may receive compensation in the form of commissions, discounts, or concessions
from the selling stockholders and/or purchasers of the common stock for whom the broker-dealers may act as agent.
The selling stockholders are "underwriters"
within the meaning of the Securities Act.
Neither we nor the selling stockholders
can presently estimate the amount of compensation that any agent will receive. We know of no existing arrangements between the
selling stockholders, any other stockholders, broker, dealer, underwriter, or agent relating to the sale or distribution of the
shares offered by this prospectus. At the time a particular offer of shares is made, a prospectus supplement, if required, will
be distributed that will set forth the names of any agents, underwriters, or dealers and any compensation from the selling stockholders,
and any other required information.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities
arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to our directors, officers, and controlling persons, we have been advised that
in the opinion of the SEC this indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore, unenforceable.
We may suspend the sale of shares by the
selling stockholders pursuant to this prospectus for certain periods of time for certain reasons, including if the prospectus is
required to be supplemented or amended to include additional material information.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements as
of December 31, 2018 and 2017 and for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2018 and the effectiveness of
internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018 incorporated in this prospectus by reference from the Pareteum
Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 have been audited by Squar Milner LLP, an independent
registered public accounting firm, as stated in their reports thereon (which report expresses an unqualified opinion for the audit
of our consolidated financial statements and a qualified opinion on the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting),
incorporated herein by reference, and have been incorporated in this Prospectus and Registration Statement in reliance upon such
reports and upon the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
The report of Squar Milner LLP dated March
18, 2019, on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018, expressed an opinion that
Pareteum Corporation had not maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018, based on criteria
established in
Internal Control — Integrated Framework
issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
of the Treadway Commission in 2013.
The consolidated financial statements
of iPass as of December 31, 2017 and for the year then ended incorporated by reference in this prospectus and elsewhere in the
registration statement have been so included in reliance upon the report of Grant Thornton LLP, independent registered public
accountants (the report on the consolidated financial statements contains explanatory paragraphs regarding the company’s
ability to continue as a going concern), upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
The consolidated financial statements of iPass as of December
31, 2018 and for the year then ended incorporated by reference in this Prospectus have been so incorporated in reliance on the
report of BDO USA, LLP, independent auditor (the report on the consolidated financial statements contains explanatory paragraphs
regarding the company’s ability to continue as a going concern and change in accounting principle related to revenue recognition),
given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
LEGAL MATTERS
The validity of the securities being offered
by this prospectus will be passed upon by Sichenzia Ross Ference LLP, New York, New York.
You should rely only on the information
contained in this document. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information that is different. This document may
only be used where it is legal to sell these securities. The information in this document may only be accurate on the date of this
document.
Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known or
that are currently deemed immaterial may also impair our business operations. The risks and uncertainties described in this document
and other risks and uncertainties which we may face in the future will have a greater impact on those who purchase our common stock.
These purchasers will purchase our common stock at the market price or at a privately negotiated price and will run the risk of
losing their entire investment.
Pareteum Corporation
550,000 Shares
Common Stock
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