As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 8, 2021

Registration No. 333-___

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

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FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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TSR, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Delaware

 

13-2635899

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

400 Oser Avenue, Suite 150
Hauppauge, NY 11788
(631) 231-0333

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

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John G. Sharkey
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
TSR, Inc.
400 Oser Avenue, Suite 150
Hauppauge, NY 11788
(631) 231-0333

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

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Copy to:

Jaime R. Daddona, Esq.
Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
1 East Washington Street, Suite 2600
Phoenix, AZ 85004
(602) 528-4000

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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement, as determined by the Registrant.

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box:

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box:

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering:

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.

If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box.

If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box.

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer 

 

 

Accelerated filer 

 

Non-accelerated filer

 

 

Smaller reporting company 

 

       

Emerging growth company 

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the Registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of Securities Act.

 

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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered(1)

 

Amount
to be
Registered
(1)(2)

 

Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price Per
Unit
(3)

 

Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering
Price
(3)(4)

 

Amount of
Registration
Fee
(5)

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

$

5,000,000

 

$

463.50

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(1)      The securities registered hereunder include such indeterminate number of shares of common stock as may be sold from time to time by the registrant. Securities registered hereunder may be offered in U.S. dollars or the equivalent thereof in foreign currencies.

(2)      Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the securities being registered hereunder include an indeterminate number of shares of common stock that may be issuable with respect to the shares being registered hereunder as a result of stock splits, stock dividends, or similar transactions. Separate consideration may or may not be received for any of these securities.

(3)      The proposed maximum per unit and aggregate offering prices per class of securities will be determined from time to time by the registrant in connection with the issuance by the registrant of the securities registered under this registration statement and for each class in reliance on General Instruction II.D of Form S-3. Separate consideration may or may not be received for securities that are issuable on exercise, conversion or exchange of other securities, or that are issued in units.

(4)      Estimated solely to calculate the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act. The aggregate maximum offering price of all securities issued pursuant to this registration statement will not exceed $5,000,000.

(5)      Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act based on the proposed maximum aggregate offering price.

The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

This registration statement contains:

•        a base prospectus, which covers the offering, issuance and sale by us of up to $5,000,000 in the aggregate of shares of common stock from time to time in one or more offerings; and

•        a sales agreement prospectus, which covers the offering, issuance and sale by us of up to $4,167,000 in the aggregate of shares of common stock that may be issued and sold from time to time under an at the market sales agreement (the “sales agreement”) by and between us and A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners, as sales agent.

The base prospectus immediately follows this explanatory note. The specific terms of any shares of common stock to be offered pursuant to the base prospectus will be specified in a prospectus supplement to the base prospectus. The sales agreement prospectus immediately follows the base prospectus. The $4,167,000 of common stock that may be offered, issued and sold under the sales agreement prospectus is included in the $5,000,000 of shares of common stock that may be offered, issued and sold by us under the base prospectus. Upon termination of the sales agreement, any portion of the $4,167,000 included in the sales agreement prospectus that is not sold pursuant to the sales agreement will be available for sale in other offerings pursuant to the base prospectus, and if no shares are sold under the sales agreement, the full $4,167,000 of securities may be sold in other offerings pursuant to the base prospectus.

 

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The information contained in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. These securities may not be sold until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities, and we are not soliciting offers to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED OCTOBER 8, 2021

PROSPECTUS

$5,000,000

Common Stock

From time to time, we may offer and sell up to $5,000,000 of our common stock.

This prospectus describes the general terms of the securities we may offer and the general manner in which these securities will be offered. We will provide the specific terms of these offerings and securities in one or more supplements to this prospectus. We may also authorize one or more free writing prospectuses to be provided to you in connection with these offerings. The prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. You should carefully read this prospectus, the applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, as well as any documents incorporated by reference, before buying any of the securities being offered.

The securities may be sold directly by us to investors, through agents designated from time to time or to or through underwriters or dealers, on a continuous or delayed basis. For additional information on the methods of sale, you should refer to the section entitled “Plan of Distribution” in this prospectus. If any agents or underwriters are involved in the sale of any securities with respect to which this prospectus is being delivered, the names of such agents or underwriters and any applicable fees, commissions, discounts and over-allotment options will be set forth in a prospectus supplement. The price to the public of such securities and the net proceeds we expect to receive from such sale will also be set forth in a prospectus supplement.

Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “TSRI”.

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Before deciding whether to invest in our securities, you should consider carefully the risks that we have described under the caption “Risk Factors” on page 5. We may include specific risk factors in supplements to this prospectus under the caption “Risk Factors.” This prospectus may not be used to sell our securities unless accompanied by a prospectus supplement.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

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The date of this prospectus is ________, 2021.

 

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About This Prospectus

This prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form S-3 that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, utilizing a “shelf” registration process. Under this shelf registration process, we may offer and sell, either individually or in combination, in one or more offerings, up to a total dollar amount of $5,000,000 of any combination of the securities described in this prospectus.

This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer. Each time we offer securities under this prospectus, we will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain more specific information about the terms of that offering. We may also authorize one or more free writing prospectuses to be provided to you that may contain material information relating to these offerings. The prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus that we may authorize to be provided to you may also add, update or change any of the information contained in this prospectus or in the documents that we have incorporated by reference into this prospectus. We urge you to read carefully this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement and any free writing prospectuses we have authorized for use in connection with a specific offering, together with the information incorporated herein by reference as described under the heading “Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference,” before buying any of the securities being offered.

This prospectus does not contain all of the information that is in the registration statement. We omitted certain parts of the registration statement from this prospectus as permitted by the SEC. We refer you to the registration statement and its exhibits for additional information about us and the securities that may be sold under this prospectus.

This prospectus may not be used to consummate a sale of securities unless it is accompanied by a prospectus supplement.

You should rely only on the information contained in, or incorporated by reference into, this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement, along with the information contained in any free writing prospectuses we have authorized for use in connection with a specific offering. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different or additional information. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. This prospectus is an offer to sell only the securities offered hereby, but only under circumstances and in jurisdictions where it is lawful to do so.

The information appearing in this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement or any related free writing prospectus is accurate only as of the date on the front of the document and any information we have incorporated by reference is accurate only as of the date of the document incorporated by reference, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement or any related free writing prospectus, or any sale of a security. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since those dates.

This prospectus contains summaries of certain provisions contained in some of the documents described herein, but reference is made to the actual documents for complete information. All of the summaries are qualified in their entirety by the actual documents. Copies of some of the documents referred to herein have been filed, will be filed or will be incorporated by reference as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, and you may obtain copies of those documents as described below under the section entitled “Where You Can Find More Information.”

This prospectus and the information incorporated herein by reference include trademarks, service marks and trade names owned by us or other companies. All trademarks, service marks and trade names included or incorporated by reference into this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement or any related free writing prospectus are the property of their respective owners.

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

This summary highlights selected information contained elsewhere in this prospectus or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, and does not contain all of the information that you need to consider in making your investment decision. You should carefully read the entire prospectus, the applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, including the risks of investing in our securities discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” contained in the applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, and under similar headings in the other documents that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus. Each of the risk factors could adversely affect our business, operating results and financial conditions, as well as adversely affect the value of an investment in our securities.

About TSR, Inc.

Overview

The Company is primarily engaged in the business of recruiting Information Technology (“IT”) professionals for short and long term assignments, permanent placements, project work and contract computer programming services. The Company provides its customers with technical computer personnel to supplement their in-house IT capabilities. The Company’s customers for its contract computer programming services consist primarily of Fortune 1000 companies with significant technology budgets. The Company also provides contract administrative (non-IT) workers to several of its customers.

Staffing Services

The Company’s contract computer programming services involve the provision of technical staff to customers to meet the specialized requirements of their IT operations. The technical personnel provided by the Company generally supplement the in-house capabilities of the Company’s customers. The Company’s approach is to make available to its customers a broad range of technical personnel to meet their requirements rather than focusing on specific specialized areas. The Company has staffing capabilities in the areas of application development in .net and java, mobile applications for android and IOS platforms, project management, IT security specialists, cloud development and architecture, business analysts, UI design and development, network infrastructure and support and database development and administration. The Company’s services provide customers with flexibility in staffing their day-to-day operations, as well as special projects, on a short-term or long-term basis.

The Company provides technical employees for projects, which usually range from three months to one year. Generally, customers may terminate projects at any time. Staffing services are typically provided at the client’s facility and are billed primarily on an hourly basis based on the actual hours worked by technical personnel provided by the Company and with reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses. The Company pays its technical personnel on a semi-monthly basis and invoices its customers, not less frequently than monthly.

The Company’s success is dependent upon, among other things, its ability to attract and retain qualified professional IT personnel. The Company believes that there is significant competition for software professionals with the skills and experience necessary to perform the services offered by the Company. Although the Company generally has been successful in attracting employees with the skills needed to fulfill customer engagements, demand for qualified professionals conversant with certain technologies may outstrip supply as new and additional skills are required to keep pace with evolving computer technology or as competition for technical personnel increases. Increasing demand for qualified personnel could also result in increased expenses to hire and retain qualified technical personnel and could adversely affect the Company’s profit margins.

In the past several years, an increasing number of companies are using or are considering using low cost offshore outsourcing centers, particularly in India, to perform technology related work and projects. This trend has contributed to an industry wide decline in domestic IT staffing revenue. There can be no assurance that this trend will not continue to adversely impact the Company’s IT staffing revenue in some segments.

Beginning in the year ended May 31, 2017, the Company began to provide contract administrative (non-IT) workers to support some of its significant IT customers. This service was added at the customers’ request. The skills required for these positions are normally less demanding and the Company has hired a separate recruiting staff to handle this business, which includes both-in house and off-shore recruiters. There can be no assurance that the customers will continue to request these services.

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Operations

The Company provides contract computer programming services primarily in the New York metropolitan area, New England, and the Mid-Atlantic region, although there are also customer locations around the country where the Company places contractors. The Company provides its services principally through offices located in Edison, New Jersey and Long Island, New York. The Company also leases an office space New York City, but has sublet its New York City office due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Competition from larger competitors for recruiters has created more turnover than expected and increased the cost of retaining recruiters, making it more difficult to increase the number of technical recruiters on staff. As of May 31, 2021, the Company employed 29 persons who are responsible for recruiting technical and non-technical personnel and 13 persons who are account executives. As of May 31, 2020, the Company had employed 24 technical and non-technical recruiters and 9 account executives. For some of these services, the Company also uses offshore recruiters. The number of offshore recruiters contracted by the Company fluctuates depending on demand for services. At May 31, 2021, the Company contracted for approximately 40 offshore recruiters to provide services to clients.

Marketing and Customers

The Company focuses its marketing efforts on large businesses and institutions with significant IT budgets and recurring staffing and software development needs. The Company provided services to 61 customers during the year ended May 31, 2021 (“fiscal 2021”) as compared to 56 in the year ended May 31, 2020 (“fiscal 2020”). The Company has historically derived a significant percentage of its total revenue from a relatively small number of customers. In fiscal 2021, the Company had three customers which each provided more than 10% of consolidated revenues: Consolidated Edison (22.4%), Citigroup (19.9%), and AgileOne (11.9%). AgileOne provides vendor management services under an arrangement where the Company enters into a subcontract with AgileOne and AgileOne directly contracts with three end customers. The AgileOne end customers for which the Company provides services include Bristol Myers Squibb, which alone constituted 11.1% of the Company’s consolidated revenue for fiscal 2021. Additionally, the Company’s top ten customers (including end customers of vendor management companies) accounted for 81% of consolidated revenue in fiscal 2021 and 83% in fiscal 2020. While continuing its efforts to further expand its client base, including strategically targeted middle market accounts, the Company’s marketing efforts are focused primarily on increasing business from its existing accounts. Approximately 27% of the Company’s revenue is derived from end customers in the financial services business. Competitive pressures in financial services, primarily with European based banks, have negatively affected the net effective rates that the Company charges to certain of the Company’s end customers in this industry, which has negatively affected the Company’s gross profit margins.

Many of the Company’s major customers, totaling over 31% of revenue, have retained a third party to provide vendor management services and centralize the consultant hiring process. Under this system, the third party retains the Company to provide contract computer programming services, the Company bills the third party and the third party bills the ultimate customer. At certain customers, this process has weakened the relationships the Company has built with its customers’ project managers, who are the Company’s primary contacts with its customers and with whom the Company would normally work to place consultants. Instead, the Company is required to interface with the vendor management provider, making it more difficult to maintain its relationships with its customers and preserve and expand its business. In some cases, these changes have also reduced the Company’s profit margins because the vendor management company is retained for the purpose of keeping costs low for the end client and receives a processing fee which is deducted from the payment to the Company.

In accordance with industry practice, most of our contracts for contract computer programming services are terminable by either the client or the Company on short notice.

Professional Staff and Recruitment

In addition to using internet-based job boards such as LinkedIn, Dice, Monster, Career Builder, Biospace and Discover.org, the Company maintains a database of technical personnel with a wide range of skills. The Company uses a sophisticated proprietary computer system to match potential employees’ skills and experience with client requirements. The Company periodically contacts personnel within its database to update their availability, skills, employment interests and other matters and continually updates its database. This database is made available to the account executives and recruiters at each of the Company’s offices.

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The Company employs technical personnel primarily on an hourly basis, as required in order to meet the staffing requirements under particular contracts or for particular projects. The Company primarily recruits technical personnel by posting jobs on the Internet and, on occasion, by publishing advertisements in local newspapers and attending job fairs. The Company devotes significant resources to recruiting technical personnel, maintaining 29 technical recruiters based in the U.S. and contracting with companies for up to 40 offshore recruiters as needed to assist in locating both IT and administrative (non-IT) workers. Potential applicants are generally interviewed and tested by the Company’s recruiting personnel, by third parties that have the required technical backgrounds to review the qualifications of the applicants, or by on-line testing services. In some cases, instead of employing technical personnel directly, the Company uses subcontractors who employ the technical personnel who are provided to the Company’s customers. For a small fee, the Company may sometimes process payments on behalf of customers to contractors identified by the customers directly instead of through the normal recruiting process; this is known as “payrolling”.

Additional Information

For additional information related to our business and operations, please refer to the reports incorporated herein by reference, including our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, as described under the caption “Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference.”

Corporate Information

The Company was incorporated in Delaware in 1969. Our executive offices are located at 400 Oser Avenue, Suite 150, Hauppauge, NY 11788, and our telephone number is (631) 231-0333. Our website address is www.tsrconsulting.com. Information found on, or accessible through, our website is not a part of, and is not incorporated into, this prospectus, and you should not consider it part of this prospectus. Our website address is included in this document as an inactive textual reference only. You should not rely on any such information in making your decision whether to purchase our common stock.

The Securities We May Offer

We may offer shares of our common stock up to a total dollar amount of $5,000,000, from time to time under this prospectus, together with the applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, at prices and on terms to be determined by market conditions at the time of any offering. This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer. Each time we offer a type or series of securities under this prospectus, we will provide a prospectus supplement that will describe the specific amounts, prices and other important terms of the securities, including, to the extent applicable:

•        designation or classification;

•        aggregate offering price;

•        rates and times of payment of dividends, if any;

•        redemption, conversion, exercise or exchange terms, if any;

•        conversion or exchange prices or rates, if any, and, if applicable, any provisions for changes to or adjustments in the conversion or exchange prices or rates and in the securities or other property receivable upon conversion or exchange;

•        ranking;

•        restrictive covenants, if any;

•        voting or other rights, if any; and

•        material or special U.S. federal income tax considerations, if any.

The applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus that we may authorize to be provided to you may also add, update or change any of the information contained in this prospectus or in the documents we have incorporated by reference. However, no prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus will offer a security that is not registered and described in this prospectus at the time of the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.

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We may sell the securities directly to investors or to or through agents, underwriters or dealers. We, and our agents or underwriters, reserve the right to accept or reject all or part of any proposed purchase of securities. If we do offer securities to or through agents or underwriters, we will include in the applicable prospectus supplement:

•        the names of those agents or underwriters;

•        applicable fees, discounts and commissions to be paid to them;

•        details regarding over-allotment options, if any; and

•        the net proceeds to us.

THIS PROSPECTUS MAY NOT BE USED TO CONSUMMATE A SALE OF SECURITIES UNLESS IT IS ACCOMPANIED BY A PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT.

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RISK FACTORS

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Before deciding whether to invest in our securities, you should consider carefully the risks and uncertainties described under the heading “Risk Factors” contained in the applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, and discussed under the section entitled “Risk Factors” contained in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and other filings made pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), as well as any amendments thereto reflected in any such subsequent filings with the SEC, which are incorporated by reference into this prospectus in their entirety, together with other information in this prospectus, the documents incorporated by reference and any free writing prospectus that we may authorize for use in connection with this offering. See “Where You Can Find More Information.”

The risks described in these documents are not the only ones we face, but those that we consider to be material based on the information currently known to us. There may be other unknown or unpredictable economic, business, competitive, regulatory or other factors that could have material adverse effects on our future results. Past financial performance may not be a reliable indicator of future performance, and historical trends should not be used to anticipate results or trends in future periods. If any of these risks actually occurs, our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flow could be seriously harmed. This could cause the trading price of our common stock to decline, resulting in a loss of all or part of your investment. Please also read carefully the section below entitled “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”

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Special NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This prospectus and the documents we have filed with the SEC that are incorporated by reference contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements contained in such documents other than statements of historical fact, including statements regarding our future results of operations and financial position, our business strategy and plans, and our objectives for future operations, are forward-looking statements. The terms such as “target,” “may,” “might,” “will,” “objective,” “intend,” “should,” “could,” “can,” “would,” “expect,” “believe,” “design,” “estimate,” “continue,” “predict,” “potential,” “plan,” “anticipate” or the negative of these terms, and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and trends that we believe may affect our financial condition, results of operations, business strategy, short-term and long-term business operations and objectives, and financial needs. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including but not limited to:

•        the statements concerning the success of the Company’s plan for growth, both internally and through the previously announced pursuit of suitable acquisition candidates;

•        the successful integration of announced and completed acquisitions and any anticipated benefits therefrom;

•        the impact of adverse economic conditions on client spending, which include, but are not limited to, the current adverse economic conditions associated with the COVID-19 global health pandemic and the associated financial crisis, stay-at-home and other orders, which may significantly reduce client spending and which may have a negative impact on the Company’s business;

•        risks relating to the competitive nature of the markets for contract computer programming services;

•        the extent to which market conditions for the Company’s contract computer programming services will continue to adversely affect the Company’s business;

•        the concentration of the Company’s business with certain customers;

•        uncertainty as to the Company’s ability to maintain its relations with existing customers and expand its business;

•        the impact of changes in the industry, such as the use of vendor management companies in connection with the consultant procurement process;

•        the increase in customers moving IT operations offshore;

•        the Company’s ability to adapt to changing market conditions;

•        the risks, uncertainties and expense of the legal proceedings to which the Company is, or may become, a party; and

•        other risks and uncertainties set forth in the Company’s filings with the SEC.

Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks emerge from time to time. It is not possible for our management to predict all risks, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements we may make. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the future events and trends discussed in this prospectus and the documents we have filed with the SEC that are incorporated by reference may not occur and actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements.

We undertake no obligation to revise or publicly release the results of any revision to these forward-looking statements, except as required by law. Given these risks and uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements.

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USE OF PROCEEDS

Except as described in any applicable prospectus supplement or in any free writing prospectuses we have authorized for use in connection with a specific offering, we currently intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of the securities offered by us hereunder, if any, for working capital, to fund new growth and for other general corporate purposes.

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DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

Common Stock

The description of our common stock is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2021, as filed with the SEC on August 23, 2021.

Transfer Agent and Registrar

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company is the transfer agent and registrar for our common stock.

Listing

Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “TSRI”.

Preferred Stock

Our certificate of incorporation, as amended, authorizes us to issue up to 500,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $1.00 per share, having such voting powers or no voting powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof as may be fixed by resolution of our board of directors. Our board of directors may issue authorized shares of preferred stock without further stockholder action, unless stockholder action is required by applicable law or by the rules of a stock exchange or quotation system on which any series of our stock may be listed or quoted.

Our board of directors could issue preferred stock with rights, privileges or restrictions which effectively discriminate against an existing or prospective holder of preferred stock as a result of the holder beneficially owning or commencing a tender offer for a substantial amount of common stock. One of the effects of authorized but unissued and unreserved shares of capital stock may be to make it more difficult or discourage an attempt by a potential acquirer to obtain control of our company by means of a merger, tender offer, proxy contest or otherwise. This protects the continuity of our management. The issuance of these shares of capital stock may defer or prevent a change in control of our company without any further stockholder action.

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

We may sell our securities from time to time pursuant to underwritten public offerings, direct sales to the public, negotiated transactions, block trades or a combination of these methods. We may sell our securities to or through underwriters or dealers, through agents, directly to one or more purchasers or through a combination of any of these methods. We may distribute securities from time to time in one or more transactions:

•        at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed;

•        at market prices prevailing at the time of sale;

•        at prices related to such prevailing market prices; or

•        at negotiated prices.

Each time we use this prospectus to sell our securities, we will also provide a prospectus supplement. A prospectus supplement or supplements (and any related free writing prospectus that we may authorize to be provided to you) will describe the specific plan of distribution and terms of the offering of the securities, including, to the extent applicable:

•        the name or names of the underwriters, dealers or agents, if any, and the amounts of securities underwritten or purchased by each of them;

•        the purchase price of the securities or other consideration therefor, and the proceeds, if any, we will receive from the sale;

•        any over-allotment options under which underwriters may purchase additional securities from us;

•        any agency fees or underwriting discounts and other items constituting agents’ or underwriters’ compensation;

•        any public offering price;

•        any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers; and

•        any securities exchange or market on which the securities may be listed.

Only underwriters, dealers or agents named in the prospectus supplement will be underwriters, dealers or agents of the securities offered by the prospectus supplement.

If underwriters are used in the sale, they will acquire the securities for their own account, and may resell the securities from time to time in one or more transactions at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of sale. The obligations of the underwriters to purchase the securities will be subject to the conditions set forth in the applicable underwriting agreement. We may offer the securities to the public through underwriting syndicates represented by managing underwriters or by underwriters without a syndicate. Subject to certain conditions, the underwriters will be obligated to purchase all of the securities offered by the prospectus supplement, other than securities covered by any over-allotment option. Any public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers may change from time to time. We may use underwriters with whom we have a material relationship. If so, we will name the underwriter and describe the nature of any such relationship in the prospectus supplement.

We may sell 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. If we use agents, they may then resell the securities to the public at varying prices to be determined by such agents at the time of resale. Unless the prospectus supplement states otherwise, our agent will act on a best-efforts basis for the period of its appointment. If we sell securities directly, then we may solicit offers to purchase the securities directly, and we may sell the securities directly to institutional or other investors, who may be deemed underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act with respect to any resales of those securities. Unless otherwise indicated in a prospectus supplement, if we sell directly, no underwriters, dealers or agents would be involved. We will not make an offer of securities in any jurisdiction that does not permit such an offer. The terms of these sales will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement.

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We may authorize agents or underwriters to solicit offers by certain types of 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. Such institutions could include banks, insurance companies, pension funds, investment companies and educational and charitable institutions. We will describe the conditions to these contracts and the commissions we must pay for solicitation of these contracts in the prospectus supplement.

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

We may grant underwriters who participate in the distribution of securities an option to purchase additional securities to cover overallotments, if any, in connection with the distribution. Any underwriter may engage in over-allotment, stabilizing transactions, short-covering transactions and penalty bids in accordance with Regulation M under the Exchange Act. Over-allotment involves sales in excess of the offering size, which create a short position. Stabilizing transactions permit bids to purchase the underlying security so long as the stabilizing bids do not exceed a specified maximum price. Syndicate-covering or other short-covering transactions involve purchases of the securities, either through exercise of the over-allotment option or in the open market after the distribution is completed, to cover short positions. Penalty bids permit the underwriters to reclaim a selling concession from a dealer when the securities originally sold by the dealer are purchased in a stabilizing or covering transaction to cover short positions. Those activities may cause the price of the securities to be higher than it would otherwise be. If commenced, the underwriters may discontinue any of the activities at any time.

Unless otherwise mandated by order or other action taken by the SEC, any underwriters or agents that are qualified market makers on Nasdaq may engage in passive market making transactions in the common stock on Nasdaq in accordance with Regulation M under the Exchange Act, during the business day prior to the pricing of the offering, before the commencement of offers or sales of the common stock. Passive market makers must comply with applicable volume and price limitations and must be identified as passive market makers. In general, a passive market maker must display its bid at a price not in excess of the highest independent bid for such security; if all independent bids are lowered below the passive market maker’s bid, however, the passive market maker’s bid must then be lowered when certain purchase limits are exceeded. Passive market making may stabilize the market price of the securities at a level above that which might otherwise prevail in the open market and, if commenced, may be discontinued at any time.

In compliance with guidelines of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA, the aggregate maximum consideration, discount or agency fees or other items constituting underwriting compensation to be received by any FINRA member or independent broker dealer may not exceed 8% of the aggregate amount of the securities offered pursuant to this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement or pricing supplement, as the case may be.

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LEGAL MATTERS

Certain legal matters with respect to the validity of the issuance of the securities offered hereby will be passed upon by our counsel, Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, Phoenix, Arizona, unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement. If the securities are being distributed in an underwritten offering, the validity of the securities will be passed upon for the underwriters by counsel identified in the applicable prospectus supplement.

EXPERTS

The consolidated financial statements of TSR, Inc. appearing in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2021, have been audited by CohnReznick LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in its report thereon, included therein, and incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated financial statements are incorporated by reference herein in reliance upon such report given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

We are subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. The SEC maintains an internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC, which are available at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

This prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form S-3 that we have filed with the SEC under the Securities Act and therefore omits certain information contained in the registration statement. We have also filed exhibits and schedules with the registration statement that are excluded from this prospectus, and you should refer to the applicable exhibit or schedule for a complete description of any statement referring to any contract or other document. You may obtain a copy of the registration statement, including the exhibits and schedules, without charge, at www.sec.gov.

We also maintain a website at www.tsrconsulting.com, through which you can access our SEC filings free of charge. The information set forth on our website is not incorporated into or otherwise part of this prospectus.

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INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE

The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” the information we file with the SEC. This permits us to disclose important information to you by referring to these filed documents. Any information referred to in this way is considered part of this prospectus. The information incorporated by reference is an important part of this prospectus, and information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and supersede this information. This prospectus omits certain information contained in the registration statement, as permitted by the SEC. You should refer to the registration statement, including the exhibits, for further information about us and the securities we may offer pursuant to this prospectus. Statements in this prospectus regarding the provisions of certain documents filed with, or incorporated by reference in, the registration statement are not necessarily complete and each statement is qualified in all respects by that reference. We incorporate by reference the following documents that have been filed with the SEC (other than information that has been “furnished” but not “filed” under the Exchange Act, including, but not limited to, information furnished under either Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K and corresponding information furnished under Item 9.01 as an exhibit thereto):

•        our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2021, as filed with the SEC on August 23, 2021, as amended by our Form 10-K/A, filed on September 28, 2021;

•        our Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on July 9, 2021;

•        our Current Report on Form 8-K/A, as filed with the SEC on October 5, 2021; and

•        the description of our common stock provided in Exhibit 4.1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2021, as filed with the SEC on August 23, 2021.

Any information in any of the foregoing documents will automatically be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that information in this prospectus modifies or replaces such information. We also incorporate by reference any future filings (other than current reports furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits filed on such form that are related to such items) made with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the termination of the offering of the securities made by this prospectus, including those made after the date of the initial filing of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part and prior to effectiveness of such registration statement. Information in such future filings shall update and supplement the information provided in this prospectus as of the respective dates such information is filed. Any statements in any such future filings will automatically be deemed to modify and supersede any information in any document we previously filed with the SEC that is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference to the extent that statements in the later filed document modify or replace such earlier statements.

We will provide, upon written or oral request, without charge to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom a copy of this prospectus is delivered, a copy of any or all of the information incorporated herein by reference (exclusive of exhibits to such documents unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference herein). You may request in writing or orally a copy of these filings, at no cost, by writing or telephoning us at the following address:

TSR, Inc.
400 Oser Avenue, Suite 150
Hauppauge, NY 11788
(631) 231-0333
Attn: Corporate Secretary

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The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED OCTOBER 8, 2021

PROSPECTUS

Up to $4,167,000
Common Stock

TSR, Inc.

We have entered into a sales agreement (the “Sales Agreement”) with A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners (the “Sales Agent”) relating to shares of our common stock, $0.01 par value per share, offered by this prospectus. In accordance with the terms of the Sales Agreement, we may offer and sell shares of our common stock from time to time up to an aggregate offering price of $4,167,000 through or to the Sales Agent, acting as sales agent or principal.

Upon our delivery of a placement notice and subject to the terms and conditions of the Sales Agreement, the Sales Agent may sell the common stock by methods deemed to be an “at the market offering” as defined in Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Sales Agent will use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales practices and applicable state and federal laws, rules and regulations and the rules of the Nasdaq Capital Market. There is no arrangement for funds to be received in any escrow, trust or similar arrangement.

We will pay the Sales Agent a total commission for its services in acting as agent in the sale of common stock equal to 3.0% of the gross sales price per share of all shares sold through them as agent under the Sales Agreement. See “Plan of Distribution” for information relating to certain expenses of the Sales Agent to be reimbursed by us.

In connection with the sale of common stock on our behalf, the Sales Agent will be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and the compensation to the Sales Agent will be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts. We have also agreed to provide indemnification and contribution to the Sales Agent with respect to certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

Our common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “TSRI.” On October 7, 2021, the last reported sales price of our common stock was $9.79 per share. As of September 2, 2021, a date within 60 days of the date of this prospectus, the aggregate market value of our outstanding shares of common stock held by non-affiliates, or public float, was approximately $12,503,410 based on 1,962,062 outstanding shares of common stock, of which approximately 955,188 shares are held by non-affiliates, and a per share price of $13.09, based on the last sale price of our common stock on September 2, 2021. One-third of our public float, calculated in accordance with General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3 as of September 2, 2021, is equal to approximately $4,167,000. During the 12 calendar months prior to and including the date of this prospectus, we have not sold any securities pursuant to General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3. In no event will we sell securities registered on this registration statement in a public primary offering with a value exceeding more than one-third of our public float in any 12-month period so long as our public float remains below $75.0 million pursuant to General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3. We are a smaller reporting company under Rule 405 of the Securities Act and, as such, have elected to comply with certain reduced public company reporting requirements for this prospectus, the documents incorporated by reference herein and future filings.

Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 5 of this prospectus, as well as the information under the caption “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2021 and in the other documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus for a discussion of the factors you should carefully consider before investing in our common stock.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

A.G.P.

Prospectus dated ________, 2021.

 

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THE OFFERING

 

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RISK FACTORS

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

 

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DIVIDEND POLICY

 

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

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INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE

 

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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

This prospectus relates to the offering of shares of our common stock. Before buying any shares of our common stock offered hereby, we urge you to carefully read this prospectus, together with the information incorporated herein by reference as described under the headings “Where You Can Find More Information” and “Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference.” These documents contain important information that you should consider when making your investment decision.

This prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form S-3 that we have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or “SEC”, utilizing a “shelf” registration process. Under this shelf registration process, we may, from time to time, sell common stock, including in this offering.

You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated herein by reference in this prospectus. We have not authorized any other person to provide you with any information that is different. If anyone provides you with different, additional or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it.

If any statement in the prospectus is inconsistent with a statement in another document having a later date — for example, a document incorporated by reference — the statement in the document having the later date modifies and supersedes the earlier statement.

We are offering to sell our securities only in jurisdictions where offers and sales are permitted. The distribution of this prospectus and the offering of the securities in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. This prospectus does not constitute, and may not be used in connection with, an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities offered by this prospectus by any person in any jurisdiction in which it is unlawful for such person to make such an offer or solicitation.

We further note that the representations, warranties and covenants made by us in any agreement that is filed as an exhibit to any document that is incorporated by reference in the prospectus were made solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreement, including, in some cases, for the purpose of allocating risk among the parties to such agreements, and should not be deemed to be a representation, warranty or covenant to you. Moreover, such representations, warranties or covenants were accurate only as of the date when made. Accordingly, such representations, warranties and covenants should not be relied on as accurately representing the current state of our affairs.

We obtained statistical data, market data and other industry data, and forecasts used in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference into the prospectus from market research, publicly available information and industry publications. Industry publications generally state that they obtain their information from sources that they believe to be reliable, but they do not guarantee the accuracy and completeness of the information. Similarly, while we believe that the statistical data, market data and other industry data and forecasts used herein are reliable, we have not independently verified the data, and we do not make any representation as to the accuracy of the information.

All references in this prospectus to “TSR,” “TSR, Inc.,” the “Company,” the “Registrant,” “we,” “us,” “our” or similar references refer to TSR, Inc., except where the context otherwise requires or as otherwise indicated.

This prospectus and the information incorporated herein by reference include trademarks, service marks and trade names owned by us or other companies. Any trademarks, registered marks and trade names appearing in this prospectus are the property of their respective holders.

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference in these documents contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the Exchange Act. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this prospectus, including statements regarding our anticipated future financial position, business strategy and plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. Forward looking statements are generally written in the future tense and/or are preceded by words such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “forecast,” “could,” “expect,” “suggest,” “believe,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan” or similar words, or the negatives of such terms or other variations on such terms or comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including but not limited to:

•        the statements concerning the success of the Company’s plan for growth, both internally and through the previously announced pursuit of suitable acquisition candidates;

•        the successful integration of announced and completed acquisitions and any anticipated benefits therefrom;

•        the impact of adverse economic conditions on client spending, which include, but are not limited to, the current adverse economic conditions associated with the COVID-19 global health pandemic and the associated financial crisis, stay-at-home and other orders, which may significantly reduce client spending and which may have a negative impact on the Company’s business;

•        risks relating to the competitive nature of the markets for contract computer programming services;

•        the extent to which market conditions for the Company’s contract computer programming services will continue to adversely affect the Company’s business;

•        the concentration of the Company’s business with certain customers;

•        uncertainty as to the Company’s ability to maintain its relations with existing customers and expand its business;

•        the impact of changes in the industry, such as the use of vendor management companies in connection with the consultant procurement process;

•        the increase in customers moving IT operations offshore;

•        the Company’s ability to adapt to changing market conditions;

•        the risks, uncertainties and expense of the legal proceedings to which the Company is, or may become, a party; and

•        other risks and uncertainties set forth in the Company’s filings with the SEC.

These risks are not exhaustive. Other sections of this prospectus include additional factors that could adversely impact our business and financial performance. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risk factors emerge from time to time and it is not possible for our management to predict all risk factors, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. We cannot assure you that the events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or occur and actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. We assume no obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements.

All written and verbal forward-looking statements attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this section. We caution investors not to rely too heavily on the forward-looking statements we make or that are made on our behalf. We undertake no obligation, and specifically decline any obligation, to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

The following summary is qualified in its entirety by, and should be read together with, the more detailed information and financial statements and related notes thereto appearing elsewhere or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. Before you decide to invest in our common stock, you should read the entire prospectus carefully, including the risk factors and the financial statements and related notes incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

About TSR, Inc.

Overview

The Company is primarily engaged in the business of recruiting Information Technology (“IT”) professionals for short and long term assignments, permanent placements, project work and contract computer programming services. The Company provides its customers with technical computer personnel to supplement their in-house IT capabilities. The Company’s customers for its contract computer programming services consist primarily of Fortune 1000 companies with significant technology budgets. The Company also provides contract administrative (non-IT) workers to several of its customers.

Staffing Services

The Company’s contract computer programming services involve the provision of technical staff to customers to meet the specialized requirements of their IT operations. The technical personnel provided by the Company generally supplement the in-house capabilities of the Company’s customers. The Company’s approach is to make available to its customers a broad range of technical personnel to meet their requirements rather than focusing on specific specialized areas. The Company has staffing capabilities in the areas of application development in .net and java, mobile applications for android and IOS platforms, project management, IT security specialists, cloud development and architecture, business analysts, UI design and development, network infrastructure and support and database development and administration. The Company’s services provide customers with flexibility in staffing their day-to-day operations, as well as special projects, on a short-term or long-term basis.

The Company provides technical employees for projects, which usually range from three months to one year. Generally, customers may terminate projects at any time. Staffing services are typically provided at the client’s facility and are billed primarily on an hourly basis based on the actual hours worked by technical personnel provided by the Company and with reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses. The Company pays its technical personnel on a semi-monthly basis and invoices its customers, not less frequently than monthly.

The Company’s success is dependent upon, among other things, its ability to attract and retain qualified professional IT personnel. The Company believes that there is significant competition for software professionals with the skills and experience necessary to perform the services offered by the Company. Although the Company generally has been successful in attracting employees with the skills needed to fulfill customer engagements, demand for qualified professionals conversant with certain technologies may outstrip supply as new and additional skills are required to keep pace with evolving computer technology or as competition for technical personnel increases. Increasing demand for qualified personnel could also result in increased expenses to hire and retain qualified technical personnel and could adversely affect the Company’s profit margins.

In the past several years, an increasing number of companies are using or are considering using low cost offshore outsourcing centers, particularly in India, to perform technology related work and projects. This trend has contributed to an industry wide decline in domestic IT staffing revenue. There can be no assurance that this trend will not continue to adversely impact the Company’s IT staffing revenue in some segments.

Beginning in the year ended May 31, 2017, the Company began to provide contract administrative (non-IT) workers to support some of its significant IT customers. This service was added at the customers’ request. The skills required for these positions are normally less demanding and the Company has hired a separate recruiting staff to handle this business, which includes both-in house and off-shore recruiters. There can be no assurance that the customers will continue to request these services.

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Operations

The Company provides contract computer programming services primarily in the New York metropolitan area, New England, and the Mid-Atlantic region, although there are also customer locations around the country where the Company places contractors. The Company provides its services principally through offices located in Edison, New Jersey and Long Island, New York. The Company also leases an office space New York City, but has sublet its New York City office due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Competition from larger competitors for recruiters has created more turnover than expected and increased the cost of retaining recruiters, making it more difficult to increase the number of technical recruiters on staff. As of May 31, 2021, the Company employed 29 persons who are responsible for recruiting technical and non-technical personnel and 13 persons who are account executives. As of May 31, 2020, the Company had employed 24 technical and non-technical recruiters and 9 account executives. For some of these services, the Company also uses offshore recruiters. The number of offshore recruiters contracted by the Company fluctuates depending on demand for services. At May 31, 2021, the Company contracted for approximately 40 offshore recruiters to provide services to clients.

Marketing and Customers

The Company focuses its marketing efforts on large businesses and institutions with significant IT budgets and recurring staffing and software development needs. The Company provided services to 61 customers during the year ended May 31, 2021 (“fiscal 2021”) as compared to 56 in the year ended May 31, 2020 (“fiscal 2020”). The Company has historically derived a significant percentage of its total revenue from a relatively small number of customers. In fiscal 2021, the Company had three customers which each provided more than 10% of consolidated revenues: Consolidated Edison (22.4%), Citigroup (19.9%), and AgileOne (11.9%). AgileOne provides vendor management services under an arrangement where the Company enters into a subcontract with AgileOne and AgileOne directly contracts with three end customers. The AgileOne end customers for which the Company provides services include Bristol Myers Squibb, which alone constituted 11.1% of the Company’s consolidated revenue for fiscal 2021. Additionally, the Company’s top ten customers (including end customers of vendor management companies) accounted for 81% of consolidated revenue in fiscal 2021 and 83% in fiscal 2020. While continuing its efforts to further expand its client base, including strategically targeted middle market accounts, the Company’s marketing efforts are focused primarily on increasing business from its existing accounts. Approximately 27% of the Company’s revenue is derived from end customers in the financial services business. Competitive pressures in financial services, primarily with European based banks, have negatively affected the net effective rates that the Company charges to certain of the Company’s end customers in this industry, which has negatively affected the Company’s gross profit margins.

Many of the Company’s major customers, totaling over 31% of revenue, have retained a third party to provide vendor management services and centralize the consultant hiring process. Under this system, the third party retains the Company to provide contract computer programming services, the Company bills the third party and the third party bills the ultimate customer. At certain customers, this process has weakened the relationships the Company has built with its customers’ project managers, who are the Company’s primary contacts with its customers and with whom the Company would normally work to place consultants. Instead, the Company is required to interface with the vendor management provider, making it more difficult to maintain its relationships with its customers and preserve and expand its business. In some cases, these changes have also reduced the Company’s profit margins because the vendor management company is retained for the purpose of keeping costs low for the end client and receives a processing fee which is deducted from the payment to the Company.

In accordance with industry practice, most of our contracts for contract computer programming services are terminable by either the client or the Company on short notice.

Professional Staff and Recruitment

In addition to using internet-based job boards such as LinkedIn, Dice, Monster, Career Builder, Biospace and Discover.org, the Company maintains a database of technical personnel with a wide range of skills. The Company uses a sophisticated proprietary computer system to match potential employees’ skills and experience with client requirements. The Company periodically contacts personnel within its database to update their availability, skills, employment interests and other matters and continually updates its database. This database is made available to the account executives and recruiters at each of the Company’s offices.

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The Company employs technical personnel primarily on an hourly basis, as required in order to meet the staffing requirements under particular contracts or for particular projects. The Company primarily recruits technical personnel by posting jobs on the Internet and, on occasion, by publishing advertisements in local newspapers and attending job fairs. The Company devotes significant resources to recruiting technical personnel, maintaining 29 technical recruiters based in the U.S. and contracting with companies for up to 40 offshore recruiters as needed to assist in locating both IT and administrative (non-IT) workers. Potential applicants are generally interviewed and tested by the Company’s recruiting personnel, by third parties that have the required technical backgrounds to review the qualifications of the applicants, or by on-line testing services. In some cases, instead of employing technical personnel directly, the Company uses subcontractors who employ the technical personnel who are provided to the Company’s customers. For a small fee, the Company may sometimes process payments on behalf of customers to contractors identified by the customers directly instead of through the normal recruiting process; this is known as “payrolling”.

Corporate Information

The Company was incorporated in Delaware in 1969. Our executive offices are located at 400 Oser Avenue, Suite 150, Hauppauge, NY 11788, and our telephone number is (631) 231-0333. Our website address is www.tsrconsulting.com. Information found on, or accessible through, our website is not a part of, and is not incorporated into, this prospectus, and you should not consider it part of this prospectus. Our website address is included in this document as an inactive textual reference only. You should not rely on any such information in making your decision whether to purchase our common stock.

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THE OFFERING

The following summary contains basic information about this offering. The summary is not intended to be complete. You should read the full text and more specific details contained elsewhere in this prospectus.

Common stock offered by us

 

Shares of our common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $4,167,000.

Common stock to be outstanding after
this offering

 

Up to 425,638 shares, assuming sales at a price of $9.79 per share, which was the closing price of our common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market on October 7, 2021. The actual number of shares issued, if any, will vary depending on the sales price under this offering.

Plan of Distribution

 

“At the market offering” that may be made from time to time through or to the Sales Agent, as sales agent or principal. See the section titled “Plan of Distribution.”

Use of proceeds

 

We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes. See the section titled “Use of Proceeds.”

Risk Factors

 

You should read the “Risk Factors” section of this prospectus and in the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus for a discussion of factors to consider before deciding to purchase shares of our common stock.

The Nasdaq Capital Market symbol

 

TSRI

The number of shares of common stock that will be outstanding immediately after this offering as shown above is based on 1,962,062 shares of common stock outstanding as of September 27, 2021, and excludes, in each case as of September 27, 2021:

•        177,500 shares in outstanding, but unvested, time and performance vesting stock awards to officers, directors and key employees under the TSR, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”); and

•        22,500 shares of our common stock reserved for issuance under the Plan.

Unless otherwise indicated, all information in this prospectus assumes no settlement of outstanding equity awards, described above.

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RISK FACTORS

An investment in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risks described under “Risk Factors” in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and all of the other information contained in this prospectus, and incorporated by reference into this prospectus, including our financial statements and related notes, as well as any amendment or updates to our risk factors reflected in subsequent filings with the SEC before investing in our common stock. If any of the possible adverse events described below or in those sections actually occur, our business, business prospects, cash flow, results of operations or financial condition could be harmed, the trading price of our common stock could decline, and you might lose all or part of your investment in our common stock. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our operations and results.

Risks Related to This Offering and Our Common Stock

The trading price of the shares of our common stock has been and is likely to continue to be highly volatile, and purchasers of our common stock could incur substantial losses.

Our stock price has been and will likely continue to be volatile for the foreseeable future. The stock market in general has experienced extreme volatility that has often been unrelated to the operating performance of particular companies. As a result of this volatility, investors may not be able to sell their common stock at or above the price they paid.

In addition, in the past, stockholders have initiated class action lawsuits against companies following periods of volatility in the market prices of these companies’ stock. Such litigation could cause us to incur substantial costs and divert management’s attention and resources, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our quarterly operating results may fluctuate significantly.

We expect that our operating results may be subject to substantial quarterly fluctuations. If our quarterly operating results fall below the expectations of investors or securities analysts, the price of our common stock could decline substantially. We believe that quarterly comparisons of our financial results should not be relied upon as an indication of our future performance.

You will experience immediate and substantial dilution.

The offering price per share in this offering may exceed the net tangible book value per share of our common stock outstanding prior to this offering. Assuming that an aggregate of $4,167,000 of shares of our common stock are sold at the assumed offering price of $9.79 per share (the last reported sale price of our common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market on October 7, 2021), and after deducting commissions and estimated aggregate offering expenses payable by us, you will experience immediate dilution of $6.94 per share, representing the difference between our as adjusted net tangible book value per share as of May 31, 2021 after giving effect to this offering and the assumed offering price. In addition, we are not restricted from issuing additional securities in the future, including shares of common stock, securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive, common stock or substantially similar securities. The issuance of these securities may cause further dilution to our stockholders. The vesting of outstanding stock awards may also result in further dilution of your investment. See the section entitled “Dilution” on page 9 below for a more detailed illustration of the dilution you may incur if you participate in this offering.

We may allocate our cash and cash equivalents, including the proceeds from this offering, in ways that you and other stockholders may not approve.

Our management has broad discretion in the application of our cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, including the proceeds from this offering. Because of the number and variability of factors that will determine our use of our cash and cash equivalents, their ultimate use may vary substantially from their currently intended use. Our management might not apply our cash and cash equivalents in ways that ultimately increase the value of your investment. We expect to use our cash and cash equivalents for general corporate purposes. The failure by our management to apply these funds effectively could harm our business. Pending their use, we may invest our cash

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and cash equivalents in short-term, investment-grade, interest-bearing securities. These investments may not yield a favorable return to our stockholders. If we do not invest or apply our cash and cash equivalents, including the proceeds from this offering, in ways that enhance stockholder value, we may fail to achieve expected financial results, which could cause our stock price to decline.

A substantial number of shares of our common stock could be sold into the public market in the near future, which could depress our stock price.

Sales of substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market could reduce the prevailing market prices for our common stock. If our existing stockholders sell a large number of shares of our common stock, or the public market perceives that existing stockholders might sell shares of common stock, the market price of our common stock could decline significantly. These sales might also make it more difficult for us to sell equity securities at a time and price that we deem appropriate.

It is not possible to predict the aggregate proceeds resulting from sales made under the Sales Agreement.

Subject to certain limitations in the Sales Agreement and compliance with applicable law, we have the discretion to deliver a placement notice to the Sales Agent at any time throughout the term of the Sales Agreement. The number of shares that are sold through the Sales Agent, if any, after delivering a placement notice will fluctuate based on a number of factors, including the market price of our common stock during the sales period, the limits we set with the Sales Agent in any applicable placement notice, and the demand for our common stock during the sales period. Because the price per share of each share sold will fluctuate during the sales period, it is not currently possible to predict the aggregate proceeds to be raised in connection with those sales.

The common stock offered hereby will be sold in “at the market offerings,” and investors who buy shares at different times will likely pay different prices.

Investors who purchase shares in this offering at different times will likely pay different prices, and so may experience different levels of dilution and different outcomes in their investment results. We will have discretion, subject to market demand, to vary the timing, prices, and number of shares sold in this offering. In addition, subject to the final determination by our board of directors, there is no minimum or maximum sales price for shares to be sold in this offering. Investors may experience a decline in the value of the shares they purchase in this offering as a result of sales made at prices lower than the prices they paid.

The proceeds from this offering, if any, and funds from other potential sources, along with our cash and cash equivalents, may not be sufficient to fund our operations for the near future and we may not be able to obtain additional financing.

As of May 31, 2021, we had $7.4 million of cash and cash equivalents. We expect that these funds, along with the availability of our revolving credit facility, will be sufficient to fund our operations during the current fiscal year. However, our future capital requirements could increase in the future.

Until we can generate operating profit on an ongoing and reliable basis, we expect to satisfy our future ongoing cash and liquidity needs through one or more of the following: (i) the use of cash and cash equivalents, (ii) private or public sales of our securities, which we expect will include this “at-the-market offering”, or (iii) debt financings. We cannot be certain the amount of proceeds that will be generated from this offering or that additional funding and incremental working capital will be available to us on acceptable terms, if at all, or that it will exist in a timely and/or adequate manner to allow for the proper execution of our near and long-term business strategy. If sufficient funds are not available on terms and conditions acceptable to management and stockholders of the Company, we may be required to delay or reduce capital expenditures and/or substantially curtail our operations.

Even if we obtain requisite financing, it may be on terms not favorable to us, it may be costly and it may require us to agree to covenants or other provisions that will favor new investors over existing stockholders or other restrictions that may adversely affect our business. Additional funding, if obtained, may also result in significant dilution to our stockholders.

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USE OF PROCEEDS

We intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of any securities offered under this prospectus for general corporate purposes. General corporate purposes may include costs for research and development, sales and marketing activities, funding for the hiring of additional personnel, capital expenditures and the costs of operating as a public company. General corporate purposes may also include the acquisition of companies that may or may not be complimentary to our operations, although no definitive acquisition targets have been identified as of the date of this prospectus. We may temporarily invest the net proceeds in a variety of capital preservation instruments, including investment grade instruments, certificates of deposit or direct or guaranteed obligations of the U.S. government, or may hold such proceeds as cash, until they are used for their stated purpose. We have not determined the amount of net proceeds to be used specifically for such purposes. As a result, management will retain broad discretion over the allocation of net proceeds.

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DIVIDEND POLICY

We do not pay cash dividends on our common stock. We currently intend to retain all available funds and any future earnings for use in the operation of our business and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Any future determination to declare cash dividends will be made at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, general business conditions and other factors that our board of directors may deem relevant.

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DILUTION

If you invest in this offering, your ownership interest will be immediately diluted to the extent of the difference between the public offering price per share and the as adjusted net tangible book value per share after giving effect to this offering. We calculate net tangible book value per share by dividing the net tangible book value, which is the total tangible assets less total liabilities, by the number of outstanding shares of our common stock. Dilution represents the difference between the portion of the amount per share paid by purchasers of shares in this offering and the as adjusted net tangible book value per share of our common stock immediately after giving effect to this offering. Our net tangible book value as of May 31, 2021 was approximately $3.0 million, or $1.51 per share.

After giving effect to the sale of our common stock during the term of the Sales Agreement with the Sales Agent in the aggregate amount of $4,167,000 at an assumed offering price of $9.79 per share, the last reported sale price of our common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market on October 7, 2021, and after deducting commissions and estimated aggregate offering expenses payable by us, on an as-adjusted pro forma basis assuming 2,387,700 outstanding common shares, consisting of shares outstanding as of May 31, 2021, our net tangible book value as of May 31, 2021 would have been approximately $6.8 million, or approximately $2.85 per share of common stock. This represents an immediate increase in the net tangible book value of approximately $1.34 per share to our existing stockholders and an immediate dilution in net tangible book value of approximately $6.94 per share to new investors.

The following table illustrates this per share dilution based on shares outstanding as of May 31, 2021:

Assumed public offering price per share

 

 

   

$

9.79

Historical net tangible book value per share as of May 31, 2021

 

$

1.51

 

 

 

Increase in net tangible book value per share after this offering

 

$

1.34

 

 

 

As-Adjusted Net tangible book value per share as of May 31, 2021 after this offering

 

 

   

$

2.85

Dilution per share to investors participating in this offering

 

 

   

$

6.94

The above discussion and tables excludes:

•        177,500 shares in outstanding, but unvested, time and performance vesting stock awards to officers, directors and key employees under the Plan as of May 31, 2021; and

•        22,500 shares of our common stock reserved for issuance under the Plan as of May 31, 2021.

To the extent that any of these awards vest, new awards are issued under the Plan or we issue additional shares of common stock or securities convertible and exercisable into shares of common stock in the future, there will be further dilution to investors participating in this offering.

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

We have entered into a Sales Agreement with the Sales Agent under which we may issue and sell from time to time up to $4,167,000 of our common stock through or to the Sales Agent as sales agent or principal. Sales of the common stock, if any, will be made at market prices by methods deemed to be an “at the market offering” as defined in Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act.

Upon delivery of a placement notice, the Sales Agent may offer the common stock subject to the terms and conditions of the Sales Agreement on a daily basis or as otherwise agreed upon by us and the Sales Agent. We will designate the maximum amount of common stock to be sold through the Sales Agent on a daily basis or otherwise determine such maximum amount together with the Sales Agent. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Sales Agreement, the Sales Agent will use its commercially reasonable efforts to sell on our behalf all of the shares of common stock requested to be sold by us. We may instruct the Sales Agent not to sell common stock if the sales cannot be effected at or above the price designated by us in any such instruction. We or the Sales Agent may suspend the offering of the common stock being made through the Sales Agent under the Sales Agreement upon proper notice to the other party and subject to other conditions.

We will pay the Sales Agent commissions, in cash, for its services in acting as agent in the sale of our common stock. The aggregate compensation payable to the Sales Agent shall be equal to 3.0% of the gross sales price per share of all shares sold through the Sales Agent under the Sales Agreement. Because there is no minimum offering amount required as a condition to close this offering, the actual total public offering amount, commissions and proceeds to us, if any, are not determinable at this time. We estimate that the total expenses of the offering payable by us, excluding commissions payable to the Sales Agent under the Sales Agreement, will be approximately $135,000. We have also agreed to reimburse the Sales Agent for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including attorney’s fees, in an amount not to exceed $40,000 in connection with entering into the Sales Agreement, as well as an annual reimbursement not to exceed $10,000 per year for the Sale Agent’s maintenance costs.

Settlement for sales of common stock will occur on the second business day following the date on which any sales are made, or on some other date that is agreed upon by us and the Sales Agent in connection with a particular transaction, in return for payment of the net proceeds to us. Sales of our common stock as contemplated in this prospectus will be settled through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company or by such other means as we and the Sales Agent may agree upon. There is no arrangement for funds to be received in an escrow, trust or similar arrangement.

The Sales Agent is not required to sell any specific amount of securities, but will act as our sales agent using its commercially reasonable efforts, consistent with its sales and trading practices under the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Sales Agreement. In connection with the sales of the common stock on our behalf, the Sales Agent will be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act, and the compensation to it will be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts. We have also agreed in the Sales Agreement to provide indemnification and contribution to the Sales Agent with respect to certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

The offering of our common stock pursuant to the Sales Agreement will terminate automatically upon the sale of all shares of our common stock subject to the Sales Agreement or as otherwise permitted therein. We and the Sales Agent may each terminate the Sales Agreement at any time upon ten days’ prior written notice.

Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the trading symbol “TSRI.” The transfer agent for our common stock is Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company.

The Sales Agent and its affiliates may in the future provide various investment banking, commercial banking and other financial services for us and our affiliates, for which services it may in the future receive customary fees. To the extent required by Regulation M, the Sales Agent will not engage in any market making activities involving our common stock while the offering is ongoing under this prospectus.

This prospectus in electronic format may be made available on a website maintained by the Sales Agent, who may distribute this prospectus electronically.

This summary of the material provisions of the Sales Agreement does not purport to be a complete statement of its terms and conditions. A copy of the Sales Agreement is filed with the SEC and is incorporated by reference into the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.

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DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

Authorized Capital Shares

Our authorized capital shares consist of 13,000,000 shares, with 12,500,000 authorized shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“common stock”), and 500,000 authorized shares of preferred stock, par value $1.00 per share. The outstanding shares of our common stock are fully paid and nonassessable.

Voting Rights

Holders of common stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters voted on by the stockholders, including the election of directors. Our common stock does not have cumulative voting rights.

Dividend Rights

Subject to the rights of holders of outstanding shares of preferred stock, if any, the holders of common stock are entitled to receive dividends, if any, as may be declared from time to time by our Board of Directors in its discretion out of funds legally available for the payment of dividends.

Liquidation Rights

Subject to any preferential rights of outstanding shares of preferred stock, if any, holders of common stock will share ratably in all assets legally available for distribution to our stockholders in the event of the Company’s dissolution, liquidation or winding-up.

Other Rights and Preferences

Our common stock has no sinking fund or redemption provisions or preemptive, conversion or exchange rights.

Listing

The common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the trading symbol TSRI.

Anti-Takeover Provisions

Our Certificate of Incorporation, our Amended and Restated Bylaws, and the Delaware General Corporate law (“DGCL”) contain certain provisions that may discourage an unsolicited takeover of the Company or make an unsolicited takeover of the Company more difficult. The following are some of the more significant anti-takeover provisions that are applicable to the Company:

Business Combinations with Interested Stockholders

Delaware Anti-Takeover Law

In general, Section 203 of the DGCL prohibits a Delaware corporation with a class of voting stock listed on a national securities exchange or held of record by 2,000 or more stockholders from engaging in a “business combination” with an “interested stockholder” for a three-year period following the time that this stockholder becomes an interested stockholder, unless the business combination is approved in a prescribed manner. A “business combination” includes, among other things, a merger, asset or stock sale or other transaction resulting in a financial benefit to the interested stockholder. An “interested stockholder” is a person who, together with affiliates and associates, owns, or did own within three years prior to the determination of interested stockholder status, 15% or more of the corporation’s voting stock. Under Section 203, a business combination between a corporation and an interested stockholder is prohibited unless it satisfies one of the following conditions:

•        Before the stockholder became an interested stockholder, the board of directors approved either the business combination or the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder;

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•        Upon consummation of the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding for purposes of determining the voting stock outstanding, shares owned by persons who are directors and also officers, and employee stock plans, in some instances; or

•        At or after the time the stockholder became an interested stockholder, the business combination was approved by the board of directors of the corporation and authorized at an annual or special meeting of the stockholders by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the outstanding voting stock which is not owned by the interested stockholder.

The DGCL permits a corporation to opt out of, or choose not to be governed by, its anti-takeover statute by expressly stating so in its original certificate of incorporation (or subsequent amendment to its certificate of incorporation or bylaws approved by its stockholders). The Certificate does not contain a provision expressly opting out of the application of Section 203 of the DGCL; therefore, the Company is subject to the anti-takeover statute.

Special Meetings of Stockholders; No Stockholder Action by Written Consent; and Advance Notice of Stockholder Business Proposals and Nominations

Our Bylaws provide that special meetings of the Company’s stockholders may only be called by the president of the Company, a majority of the board of directors or stockholders owning at least forty percent (40%) in amount of the entire outstanding voting stock of the Company. The Certificate of Incorporation provides that action may only be taken by stockholders at an annual or special meeting and may not be taken by written consent. Our Bylaws provide an advance written notice procedure with respect to stockholder proposals of business and stockholder nominations of candidates for election as directors. Stockholders at an annual meeting are able to consider only the proposals and nominations specified in the notice of meeting or otherwise brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the board of directors or by a stockholder that has delivered timely written notice in proper form to the Company of the business to be brought before the meeting.

Classified Board of Directors

Our Certificate of Incorporation provides that the Company’s board of directors is divided into three classes of directors serving staggered three-year terms. The classification of directors may make it more difficult for stockholders to change the composition of the board of directors in a short period of time. Our Certificate of Incorporation also provides that any amendment of the second paragraph of Article Fifth, which provides for the classified board of directors, requires the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the outstanding voting stock.

Authority of the Board of Directors

Under our Certificate of Incorporation, the Company’s board of directors has the authority to establish one or more series of preferred stock and to fix the powers, preferences, rights and limitations of such series, without seeking stockholder approval. In addition, under our Bylaws, the Company’s board of directors has the right to determine the number of directors on the Company’s board of directors. Under our Certificate of Incorporation, the Board has the right to fill vacancies on the board of directors (including a vacancy created by an increase in the size of the board of directors) and has the authority to make, amend and repeal our Bylaws.

The summary description of our capital stock contained in this prospectus is based on the provisions of our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws and the applicable provisions of the DGCL. This information is qualified entirely by reference to the applicable provisions of our Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws and the DGCL. For information on how to obtain copies of our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, please see “Where You Can Find More Information” and “Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference.”

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LEGAL MATTERS

The validity of the securities offered by this prospectus will be passed on for us by Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, Phoenix, Arizona. Certain legal matters in connection with this offering will be passed on for the Sales Agent by Duane Morris LLP, New York, New York.

EXPERTS

The consolidated financial statements of TSR, Inc. appearing in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2021, have been audited by CohnReznick LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in its report thereon, included therein, and incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated financial statements are incorporated by reference herein in reliance upon such report given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

We are subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. The SEC maintains an internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC, which are available at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

This prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form S-3 that we have filed with the SEC under the Securities Act and therefore omits certain information contained in the registration statement. We have also filed exhibits and schedules with the registration statement that are excluded from this prospectus, and you should refer to the applicable exhibit or schedule for a complete description of any statement referring to any contract or other document. You may obtain a copy of the registration statement, including the exhibits and schedules, without charge, at www.sec.gov.

We also maintain a website at www.tsrconsulting.com, through which you can access our SEC filings free of charge. The information set forth on our website is not incorporated into or otherwise part of this prospectus.

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INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE

The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” the information we file with the SEC. This permits us to disclose important information to you by referring to these filed documents. Any information referred to in this way is considered part of this prospectus. The information incorporated by reference is an important part of this prospectus, and information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and supersede this information. This prospectus omits certain information contained in the registration statement, as permitted by the SEC. You should refer to the registration statement, including the exhibits, for further information about us and the securities we may offer pursuant to this prospectus. Statements in this prospectus regarding the provisions of certain documents filed with, or incorporated by reference in, the registration statement are not necessarily complete and each statement is qualified in all respects by that reference. We incorporate by reference the following documents that have been filed with the SEC (other than information that has been “furnished” but not “filed” under the Exchange Act, including, but not limited to, information furnished under either Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K and corresponding information furnished under Item 9.01 as an exhibit thereto):

•        our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2021, as filed with the SEC on August 23, 2021, as amended by our Form 10-K/A, filed on September 28, 2021;

•        our Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on July 9, 2021;

•        our Current Report on Form 8-K/A, as filed with the SEC on October 5, 2021; and

•        the description of our common stock provided in Exhibit 4.1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2021, as filed with the SEC on August 23, 2021.

Any information in any of the foregoing documents will automatically be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that information in this prospectus modifies or replaces such information. We also incorporate by reference any future filings (other than current reports furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits filed on such form that are related to such items) made with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the termination of the offering of the securities made by this prospectus, including those made after the date of the initial filing of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part and prior to effectiveness of such registration statement. Information in such future filings shall update and supplement the information provided in this prospectus as of the respective dates such information is filed. Any statements in any such future filings will automatically be deemed to modify and supersede any information in any document we previously filed with the SEC that is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference to the extent that statements in the later filed document modify or replace such earlier statements.

We will provide, upon written or oral request, without charge to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom a copy of this prospectus is delivered, a copy of any or all of the information incorporated herein by reference (exclusive of exhibits to such documents unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference herein). You may request in writing or orally a copy of these filings, at no cost, by writing or telephoning us at the following address:

TSR, Inc.
400 Oser Avenue, Suite 150
Hauppauge, NY 11788
(631) 231-0333
Attn: Corporate Secretary

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Up to $4,167,000
Common Stock

TSR, Inc.

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Prospectus

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INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS

Item 14.     Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution

The following table sets forth an estimate of the fees and expenses, other than the underwriting discounts and commissions, payable by us in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities being registered.

 

Amount

SEC registration fee

 

$

463.50

Accounting fees and expenses

 

 

*

Legal fees and expenses

 

 

*

Transfer agent, trustee and registrar fees and expenses

 

 

*

Printing and miscellaneous fees and expenses

 

 

*

Total

 

$

*

____________

*        The fees are calculated based on the securities offered and the number of issuances and cannot be estimated at this time.

Item 15.     Indemnification of Directors and Officers

The by-laws of the registrant provide that the registrant shall indemnify its officers, directors and certain others to the maximum extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”).

Registrant is a Delaware corporation. Section 145 of the DGCL provides in relevant part as follows:

(a) A corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person’s conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that the person’s conduct was unlawful.

(b) A corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.

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Further subsections of DGCL Section 145 provide that:

(1) to the extent that a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith;

(2) the indemnification and advancement of expenses provided for pursuant to Section 145 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise; and

(3) the corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance of behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under Section 145.

As used in this Item 15, the term “proceeding” means any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether or not by or in the right of Registrant, and whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or otherwise.

In addition, pursuant to our by-laws, we have power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. We may also advance to officers, directors, employees and agents expenses incurred by them in defending a proceeding relating to their service in such capacity in advance of the final disposition thereof, so long as we are in receipt of an undertaking for repayment if it shall ultimately be determined that such officer, director, employee or agent is not entitled to be indemnified under the DGCL and our certificate of incorporation and by-laws. The DGCL does not allow for the elimination or limitation of liability of a director: (1) for any breach of a director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders; (2) acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (3) arising under Section 174 thereof; or (4) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

Registrant has purchased insurance policies which, within the limits and subject to the terms and conditions thereof, cover certain expenses and liabilities that may be incurred by directors and officers in connection with proceedings that may be brought against them as a result of an act or omission committed or suffered while acting as a director or officer of Registrant.

Section 145 of the DGCL makes provision for the indemnification of officers and directors in terms sufficiently broad to indemnify officers and directors of Registrant under certain circumstances from liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act.

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Item 16.     Exhibits

Exhibit Number

   

1.1*

 

Form of Underwriting Agreement

1.2

 

Sales Agreement, dated October 8, 2021, by and between the Company and A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners.

4.1

 

Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2021 filed by the Company on August 23, 2021.

4.2

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2020 filed by the Company on August 17, 2020.

4.3

 

Description of Registered Securities, incorporated by reference to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2021, as filed with the SEC on August 23, 2021 on Exhibit 4.1.

5.1

 

Opinion of Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP as to the legality of the securities registered hereby.

23.1

 

Consent of CohnReznick LLP.

23.2

 

Consent of Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

24.1

 

Power of Attorney (included on signature page to this Registration Statement on Form S-3).

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*        To be filed, if necessary, subsequent to the effectiveness of this registration statement by an amendment to this registration statement or incorporated by reference pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K in connection with an offering of securities.

Item 17.     Undertakings

(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i)     To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

(ii)    To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement;

(iii)   To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) of this section do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of this registration statement.

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

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(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser:

(i)     Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and

(ii)    Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.

(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

(i)     any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

(ii)    any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;

(iii)   the portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and

(iv)   any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(h)(3) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Hauppauge, State of New York, on October 8, 2021.

 

TSR, Inc.

   

By

 

/s/ Thomas Salerno

       

Thomas Salerno

       

Chief Executive Officer, President, and Treasurer

(Principal Executive Officer)

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each of the undersigned officers and directors does hereby constitute and appoint Thomas Salerno and John G. Sharkey, and each of them, or their substitute or substitutes, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power and authority to do any and all acts and things and to execute and file or cause to be filed any and all instruments, documents or exhibits which said attorneys and agents, or any one of them, determine may be necessary or advisable or required to enable said corporation to comply with the Securities Act and any rules or regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with this registration statement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing power and authority, the powers granted include the power and authority to sign the names of the undersigned officers and directors in the capacities indicated below to this registration statement, to any and all amendments, both pre-effective and post-effective, and supplements to this registration statement and to any and all instruments, documents or exhibits filed as part of or in conjunction with this registration statement or amendments or supplements thereof, and to any additional registration statement to be filed under SEC Rule 462(b), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the powers of substitution and revocation, and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys and agents, or any one of them, or their substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. In witness whereof, each of the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of the dates indicated below.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature

 

Title

 

Date

/s/ Thomas Salerno

 

Chief Executive Officer, President, and Treasurer

 

October 8, 2021

Thomas Salerno

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

   

/s/ John G. Sharkey

 

Sr. Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Secretary

 

October 8, 2021

John G. Sharkey

 

(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

   

/s/ Bradley M. Tirpak

 

Chairman of the Board of Directors

 

October 8, 2021

Bradley M. Tirpak

       

/s/ H. Timothy Eriksen

 

Director

 

October 8, 2021

H. Timothy Eriksen

       

/s/ Robert Fitzgerald

 

Director

 

October 8, 2021

Robert Fitzgerald

       

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