On November 25, 2022, Mullen
Automotive Inc. (the “Company”) filed a definitive proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
in connection with a Special Meeting of Stockholders (the “Special Meeting”), and on December 16, 2022 and January 13, 2023,
the Company filed amendment no.1 and amendment no.2 to the definitive proxy statement with the Commission (together the “Proxy Statement”).
The Proxy Statement discloses that, as of the close
of business on November 21, 2022 (the “Special Meeting Record Date”), there were 1,659,097,754 shares of Common Stock outstanding,
1,925 shares of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding, one share of Series AA Preferred Stock outstanding, zero shares of Series B Preferred
Stock outstanding, and 1,211,757 shares of Series C Preferred Stock outstanding. The Company’s Series D Preferred Stock par value
$0.001 per share (the “Series D Preferred Stock”) have no voting rights except in a liquidation event, issuance of equity
security having a preference over the Series D Preferred Stock, amendment of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws
that adversely affect the rights of the Series D Preferred Stock, corporate dissolution or bankruptcy, as set forth in Section 8 of the
Certificate of Designation for Series D Preferred Stock, and therefore the Series D Preferred Stock was not counted in connection to the
Special Meeting.
Of
these shares outstanding on the Special Meeting Record Date, 1,159,803,273 shares of Common Stock, and one share of Series AA
Preferred Stock (collectively, the “New Shares”) were issued by the Company following the enactment of an amendment to the
Company’s Certificate of Incorporation (the “2022 Certificate Amendment”) on July 26, 2022. The 2022 Certificate Amendment
was approved at the Company’s July 26, 2022 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2022 Annual Meeting”). The 2022 Certificate
Amendment increased the number of shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance from 500,000,000 to a total of 1,750,000,000 shares
of Common Stock, and increased the number of shares of Preferred Stock authorized for issuance from 58,000,000 to a total of 500,000,000
shares of Preferred Stock, with a corresponding increase in our total authorized capital stock, which includes Common Stock and Preferred
Stock, from 558,000,000 shares to 2,250,000,000 shares. The 2022 Certificate Amendment became effective when it was filed with the Office
of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on July 26, 2022.
On December 7, 2022, a putative stockholder class
action was filed in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, styled as Robbins v. Michery, et al., C.A. No. 2022-1131-LWW
(the “Robbins Action”). On December 13, 2022, a second putative stockholder class action was filed in the Court of Chancery
of the State of Delaware, styled as Foley v. Michery, et al., C.A. No. 2022-1147-LWW (the “Foley Action”
and, together with the Robbins Action, the “Stockholder Actions”). The plaintiffs in the Stockholder Actions
filed complaints alleging, among other things, that the number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding as of the Annual Meeting
Record Date (the “Annual Meeting Record Date”) was 477,510,822 and that, based on this eligible share total, a majority of
shares of Common Stock, when considered separately as a class, did not vote in favor of the increase in authorized shares at the 2022
Annual Meeting.
The Company does not believe that the filing and
effectiveness of the 2022 Certificate Amendment is either invalid or ineffective. However, to resolve any uncertainty, the Company is
pursuing actions to ratify the 2022 Certificate Amendment through the filing of a validation proceeding with the Delaware Court of Chancery
(the “Court of Chancery”) pursuant to Section 205 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (“Section 205”). Section
205 permits the Court of Chancery, in its discretion, to ratify and validate potentially defective acts. The Court of Chancery has scheduled
a hearing to consider the Company’s Section 205 petition on January 23, 2023, at 9:15 a.m. Eastern Time.
The Company intends to proceed with the as-adjourned
Special Meeting on January 19, 2022 at 11:00 a.m., Pacific Standard Time. However, the Company will
not proceed to file the amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation contemplated by certain matters to be voted on at
the Special Meeting pending further order of the Court of Chancery.
The Company’s description
of its capital structure in the Proxy Statement assumes that the 2022 Certificate Amendment was validly effectuated. The accuracy of the
Company’s description of its capital structure will be confirmed if the Court of Chancery ratifies and validates the 2022 Certificate
Amendment.