Electronic Delivery of Future Stockholder Communications
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If you are a stockholder of record, you can choose this option and save the Company the cost of producing and mailing these documents by going to https://www.equiniti.com, accessing your account information and following the instructions provided.
How Does the Board Recommend That I Vote on the Proposals?
The Board recommends that you vote as follows:
“FOR” the approval of the amendment to the Eyenovia, Inc. Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to effect a reverse stock split of our issued and outstanding shares of common stock, at a ratio of between 1:40 and 1:80;
“FOR” the amendment to the Eyenovia, Inc. Amended and Restated 2018 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan to reserve an additional 350,000 shares of common stock for issuance thereunder, which number would not be adjusted as a result of the Reverse Stock Split Amendment, if such amendment is approved;
“FOR” the approval, for purposes of Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d), of the potential issuance of up to an aggregate of 73,029,273 shares of common stock upon exercise of the Purchase Warrants issued by the Company pursuant to the Purchase Agreements; and
“FOR” the adjournment of our Special Meeting of stockholders, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes in favor of Proposals 1, 2 and 3.
If any other matter is presented at the Special Meeting, your proxy provides that your shares will be voted by the proxy holder listed in the proxy in accordance with his or her best judgment. At the time this proxy statement was first made available, we knew of no matters that needed to be acted on at the Special Meeting, other than those discussed in this proxy statement.
Why is the Company seeking approval for the reverse stock split?
On September 18, 2024, we received a letter from the staff (the “Staff”) of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) providing notification that, for the previous 30 consecutive business days, the bid price for our common stock had closed below the minimum $1.00 per share requirement for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). We have 180 calendar days, or until March 17, 2025, to regain compliance with this requirement. In addition, on December 12, 2024, we received a letter from Nasdaq notifying us that, as of December 11, 2024, the common stock had a closing bid price of $0.10 or less for 10 consecutive trading days. As a result, Nasdaq has determined to delist our securities from The Nasdaq Capital Market. We have appealed Nasdaq's determination before a panel (the “Hearings Panel”). The hearing request will stay the suspension of the trading of our common stock pending the decision of the Hearings Panel. As of the date of this proxy statement, we had not regained compliance with this requirement, since the closing bid price of our securities has not been at least $1.00 per share for a minimum of ten consecutive business days. To cure these deficiencies, we intend to conduct the reverse stock split of our common stock for which we are seeking stockholder approval in this proxy statement. On December 11, 2024, the closing price of our common stock as reported on Nasdaq was $0.093 per share.
The Board has approved the reverse stock split as a potential means of increasing the share price of our common stock and may choose to implement it if other options are unavailable, undesirable, or insufficient. Our Board believes that maintaining our listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market may provide a broader market for our common stock and facilitate the use of our common stock in financing and other transactions. We expect the reverse stock split, if effected, to facilitate the continuation of such listing. We cannot assure you, however, that the reverse stock split, if effected, will result in an increase in the per share price of our common stock, or if it does, how long the increase would be sustained, if at all. Although the reverse stock split is designed to raise the stock price, there is no guarantee that the share price will rise proportionately to the reverse stock split, so the end result could be a loss of value.