As
filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 5, 2023
Registration
Statement No. 333-270850
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
Amendment
No. 1 to
FORM
S-1
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SIDUS
SPACE, INC. |
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter) |
Delaware |
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4812 |
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46-0628183 |
(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization) |
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(Primary
Standard Industrial
Classification
Code Number) |
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
Number) |
150
N. Sykes Creek Parkway, Suite 200
Merritt
Island, FL 32953
(321)
450-5633
(Address
and telephone number of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Carol
Craig
Chief
Executive Officer
Sidus
Space, Inc.
150
N. Sykes Creek Parkway, Suite 200
Merritt
Island, FL 32953
(321)
450-5633
(Name,
address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies
to:
Jeffrey
J. Fessler, Esq.
Sean
F. Reid, Esq.
Sheppard,
Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
30
Rockefeller Plaza
New
York, NY 10112-0015
Tel:
(212) 653-8700 |
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Cavas
S. Pavri
Johnathan
Duncan
ArentFox
Schiff LLP
1717
K Street NW
Washington,
DC 20006
Tel:
(202) 857-6000
Fax:
(202) 857-6395 |
Approximate
date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
As
soon as practicable after the effective date of
this registration statement.
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 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 post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) 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. ☐
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 ☐ |
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filer ☐ |
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Non-accelerated
filer ☒ |
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Smaller
reporting company ☒ |
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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 to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
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 of 1933 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.
The
information in this preliminary 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 preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell nor does
it seek an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.
PRELIMINARY
PROSPECTUS |
SUBJECT
TO COMPLETION |
DATED APRIL 5, 2023 |
Up to 29,411,765 shares of Class A Common
Stock
Pre-Funded Warrants to Purchase up to 29,411,765
Shares of Class A Common Stock
Warrants to Purchase 29,411,765 shares of
Class A Common Stock
Shares of Class A Common Stock underlying the
Pre-Funded Warrants and Warrants
Sidus
Space, Inc.
We are offering up to 29,411,765 shares of
our Class A common stock, together with warrants to purchase 29,411,765 shares of our Class A common stock (and the shares of
Class A common stock that are issuable from time to time upon exercise of the warrants), at an assumed combined public offering price
of $0.51 (equal to the last sale price of our Class A common stock as reported by The Nasdaq Capital Market on April 4, 2023). We
are also offering to certain purchasers whose purchase of shares of Class A common stock in this offering would otherwise result in the
purchaser, together with its affiliates and certain related parties, beneficially owning more than 4.99% (or, at the election of the
purchaser, 9.99%) of our outstanding Class A common stock immediately following the consummation of this offering, the opportunity to
purchase, if any such purchaser so chooses, pre-funded warrants to purchase shares of our Class A common stock, in lieu of shares of
Class A common stock that would otherwise result in such purchaser’s beneficial ownership exceeding 4.99% (or, at the election
of the purchaser, 9.99%) of our outstanding Class A common stock. Each pre-funded warrant will be exercisable for one share of our Class
A common stock. The purchase price of each pre-funded warrant and accompanying warrant will be equal to the price at which a share of
Class A common stock and accompanying warrant are sold to the public in this offering, minus $0.0001, and the exercise price of each
pre-funded warrant will be $0.0001 per share. The pre-funded warrants will be immediately exercisable and may be exercised at any time
until all of the pre-funded warrants are exercised in full. This offering also relates to the shares of Class A common stock issuable
upon exercise of any pre-funded warrants sold in this offering. Each share of Class A common stock and pre-funded warrant is being sold
together with a warrant to purchase one share of our Class A common stock at an exercise price of $ per share (representing 100% of the
price at which a share of Class A common stock and accompanying warrant are sold to the public in this offering). The warrants will be
exercisable immediately and will expire five years from the date of issuance. For each pre-funded warrant we sell, the number of shares
of Class A common stock we are offering will be decreased on a one-for-one basis. Because we will issue a warrant for each share of our
Class A common stock and for each pre-funded warrant to purchase one share of our Class A common stock sold in this offering, the number
of warrants sold in this offering will not change as a result of a change in the mix of the shares of our Class A common stock and pre-funded
warrants sold. The shares of Class A common stock and pre-funded warrants, and the accompanying warrants, can only be purchased together
in this offering but will be issued separately and will be immediately separable upon issuance.
We
have two classes of common stock: Class A common stock and Class B common stock. The rights of the holders of Class A common stock and
Class B common stock are identical, except with respect to voting rights. Each share of Class A common stock is entitled to one vote.
Each share of Class B common stock is entitled to ten votes and is convertible at any time into one share of Class A common stock. The
holders of our outstanding Class B common stock will hold approximately 64.6% of the voting power of our outstanding capital stock
following this offering.
Our
Class A common stock is listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “SIDU”. On April 4, 2023, the closing
price as reported on The Nasdaq Capital Market was $0.51 per share.
The public offering price per share of Class
A common stock and accompanying warrant and any pre-funded warrant and accompanying warrant, as the case may be, will be
determined by us at the time of pricing, may be at a discount to the current market price, and the recent market price
used throughout this prospectus may not be indicative of the final offering price.
We
are an “emerging growth company” as that term is used in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 and, as such, have
elected to comply with certain reduced public company reporting requirements.
Investing
in our Class A common stock involves risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 5.
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.
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Warrant | | |
Per Pre-Funded Warrant and
Accompanying Warrant | | |
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Price to the public | |
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Underwriting discounts and
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Proceeds to us, before expenses | |
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Underwriting
discounts and commissions do not include a non-accountable expense allowance equal to 1.0% of the public offering price payable to
the underwriters. The registration statement, of which this prospectus is a part, also registers for sale warrants to purchase 882,352
shares of Class A common stock to be issued to the representatives of the underwriter in connection with this offering. We have
agreed to issue the warrants to the representatives of the underwriter as a portion of the underwriting compensation payable to the
underwriters in connection with this offering. See “Underwriting” for a description of compensation payable to the underwriters. |
We have granted the representatives
of the underwriter an option to purchase up to an additional 4,411,764 shares of Class A common stock, representing 15% of the
aggregate shares of Class A common stock and pre-funded warrants sold in this offering, and/or warrants to purchase up to 4,411,764
shares of Class A common stock in lieu thereof, representing 15% of the aggregate number of accompanying warrants sold in this offering,
in any combination thereof, from us at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions, within 45 days from the
date of this prospectus to cover over-allotments, if any.
We anticipate that delivery of the securities against payment will be made on or about
, 2023.
BOUSTEAD
SECURITIES, LLC |
EF
HUTTON |
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division
of Benchmark Investments, LLC |
The
date of this prospectus is , 2023
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
ABOUT
THIS PROSPECTUS
We
incorporate by reference important information into this prospectus. You may obtain the information incorporated by reference without
charge by following the instructions under “Where You Can Find More Information.” You should carefully read this prospectus
as well as additional information described under “Information Incorporated by Reference,” before deciding to invest in our
securities.
Neither
we nor the underwriters have authorized anyone to provide you with additional information or information different from that contained
or incorporated by reference in this prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). We take no
responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. The underwriters
are offering to sell, and seeking offers to buy, our securities only in jurisdictions where offers and sales are permitted. The information
contained in this prospectus, or any document incorporated by reference in this prospectus, is accurate only as of the date of those
respective documents, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or any sale of our securities. Our business, financial condition,
results of operations and prospects may have changed since that date.
The
information incorporated by reference or provided in this prospectus contains estimates and other
statistical data made by independent parties and by us relating to market size and growth and other data about our industry. We obtained
the industry and market data in this prospectus from our own research as well as from industry and general publications, surveys and
studies conducted by third parties. This data involves a number of assumptions and limitations and contains projections and estimates
of the future performance of the industries in which we operate that are subject to a high degree of uncertainty, including those discussed
in “Risk Factors.” We caution you not to give undue weight to such projections, assumptions, and estimates. Further, industry
and general publications, studies and surveys generally state that they have been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, although
they do not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of such information. While we believe that these publications, studies, and surveys
are reliable, we have not independently verified the data contained in them. In addition, while we believe that the results and estimates
from our internal research are reliable, such results and estimates have not been verified by any independent source.
For
investors outside the United States (“U.S.”): We and the underwriters have not done anything that would permit this offering
or the possession or distribution of this prospectus in any jurisdiction where action for those purposes is required, other than in the
U.S. Persons outside the U.S. who come into possession of this prospectus must inform themselves about, and observe any restrictions
relating to, the offering of the securities and the distribution of this prospectus outside of the U.S.
INFORMATION
REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This
prospectus contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking
statements. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this prospectus are forward-looking statements. The
forward-looking statements in this prospectus are only predictions. We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current
expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that we believe may affect our business, financial condition, and
results of operations. In some cases, you can identify these forward-looking statements by terms such as “anticipate,” “believe,”
“continue,” “could,” “depends,” “estimate,” “expects,” “intend,”
“may,” “ongoing,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,”
“should,” “will,” “would” or the negative of those terms or other similar expressions, although not
all forward-looking statements contain those words. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections
about future events and trends that we believe may affect our financial condition, results of operations, strategy, short- and long-term
business operations and objectives, and financial needs. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements
concerning the following:
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ability to obtain and maintain intellectual property protection for our current products and services; |
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ability to protect our intellectual property rights and the potential for us to incur substantial costs from lawsuits to enforce
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possibility that a third party may claim we have infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated their intellectual property rights
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potential for us to incur substantial costs resulting from lawsuits against us and the potential for these lawsuits to cause us to
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These
forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including those described in “Risk
Factors.” 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 forward-looking events and circumstances discussed in this prospectus
may not occur and actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements.
You
should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Although we believe that the expectations reflected
in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee that the future results, levels of activity, performance or events
and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or occur. Moreover, except as required by law, neither
we nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of the forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation
to update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason after the date of this prospectus to conform these statements to actual
results or to changes in our expectations.
You
should read this prospectus and the documents that we reference in this prospectus and have filed with the SEC as exhibits to the registration
statement of which this prospectus is a part with the understanding that our actual future results, levels of activity, performance and
events and circumstances may be materially different from what we expect.
PROSPECTUS
SUMMARY
The
following summary highlights selected information contained elsewhere in this prospectus and is qualified in its entirety by the more
detailed information and financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. It does not contain all the information that may
be important to you and your investment decision. You should carefully read this entire prospectus, including the matters set forth under
“Risk Factors,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,”
and our financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus. In this prospectus, unless context requires otherwise,
references to “we,” “us,” “our,” “Sidus Space” “Sidus,” or “the Company”
refer to Sidus Space, Inc.
Company
Overview
Founded
in 2012, we are a vertically integrated provider of Space-as-a-Service solutions including end-to-end satellite support. The company
combines mission critical hardware manufacturing; multi-disciplinary engineering services; satellite design, manufacture, launch planning,
mission operations and in-orbit support; and space-based data collection with a vision to enable space flight heritage status for new
technologies and deliver data and predictive analytics to both domestic and global customers. We have over ten (10) years of commercial,
military and government manufacturing experience combined with space qualification experience, existing customers and pipeline, and International
Space Station (ISS) heritage hardware.
In
addition, we are building a multi-mission satellite constellation using our hybrid 3D printed multipurpose satellite to provide continuous,
near real-time Earth Observation and Internet-of-Things (IOT) data for the global space economy. We have designed and are manufacturing
LizzieSat (LS) for our low earth orbit (“LEO”) satellite constellation operating in diverse orbits (28°-98° inclination,
300-650km altitude) as approved by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in February 2021. LS is expected to begin operations
in 2023. Initial launches are planned via NASA CRS2 program agreement and launch service rideshare contracts. Each LS is 100kg with 35kg
dedicated to payloads including remote sensing instruments. Payloads (Sidus or customer owned) can collect data over multiple Earth based
locations, record it onboard, and downlink via ground passes to Sidus Mission Control Center (MCC) in Merritt Island, FL.
Leveraging
our existing manufacturing operations, flight hardware manufacturing experience and commercial off the shelf subsystem hardware, we believe
we can deliver customer sensors to orbit in months, rather than years. In addition, we intend on delivering high-impact data for insights
on aviation, maritime, weather, space services, earth intelligence and observation, financial technology (Fintech) and the Internet of
Things. While our business has historically been centered on the design and manufacture of space hardware, our expansion into manufacture
of spacecraft as well as on-orbit constellation management services and space data applications has led us to innovating in the area
of space data applications. We continue to patent our products including our satellites, external platforms and other innovations. Sidus
offerings include a broad area of market sub-segments, such as:
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Engineering Services |
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Satellite
Design, Production, Launch Planning, Mission Operations, and In-Orbit Support |
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On-Orbit
Testing of Space Ecosystem Technologies and Hardware |
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Data
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of these areas and initiatives addresses a critical component of our cradle-to-grave solution and value proposition for the space economy
as a Space-as-a-Service company. The majority of our revenues to date have been from our space
related hardware manufacturing, however, 2022 revenue to date includes revenue related to our multi-mission constellation and our hybrid
3D printed LizzieSat satellite.
We are
on track to grow our space and defense hardware operations, with a goal of expanding to two and a half shifts with an increased customer
base in the future. With current customers in space, marine, and defense industries, our contract revenue is growing, and we are in active
discussions with numerous potential customers, including government agencies, large defense contractors and private companies, to add
to our contracted revenue. In the past decade, we have fabricated ground and flight products for the NASA SLS Rocket and Mobile Launcher
as well as other commercial space and satellite companies. Customers supported include Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Dynetics/Leidos,
Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, Collins Aerospace, L3Harris, OneWeb and Space Systems Loral/Maxar. Various products have been manufactured
including fluid, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, electrical control systems, cable harnesses, hardware lifting frames, umbilical plates,
purge and hazardous gas disconnects, frangible bolts, reef cutters, wave guides, customized platforms, and other precision machined and
electrical component parts for all types of Rockets, Ground, Flight and Satellite systems. In June 2022, the NASA xEVAS, 12-year, $3.5
Billion multiple award contract was awarded to Collins Aerospace and Axiom Space. We are a member of the Collins Aerospace team and expect
to support this contract upon execution of task orders issued by NASA and contracts with independent commercial entities. The Exploration
Extravehicular Activity Services, or xEVAS Program is expected to include the design, development, production, hardware processing, and
sustainment of an integrated Extravehicular Activity (EVA) capability that includes a new Spacesuit and ancillary hardware, such as Vehicle
Interface Equipment and EVA tools. This EVA capability is to be provided as a service for the NASA International Space Station (ISS),
Artemis Program (Gateway and Human Landing System), and Commercial Space missions.
We
support a broad range of international and domestic government and commercial companies with its hardware manufacturing including the
Department of State, the Department of Defense, NASA, Collins Aerospace, Lockheed Martin, Teledyne Marine, Bechtel, and L3Harris in areas
that include launch vehicles, satellite hardware, and autonomous underwater vehicles. Planned services that benefit not only current
customers but additional customers such as Mission Helios include providing the ability for customers to demonstrate that a technology
(hardware or software) performs successfully in the harsh environment of space and delivering space-based data that can provide critical
insight for agriculture, commodities tracking, disaster assessment, illegal trafficking monitoring,
energy, mining, oil and gas, fire monitoring, classification of vegetation, soil moisture, carbon mass, Maritime AIS, Aviation ADS, weather
monitoring, and space services. We plan to own and operate one of the industry’s leading U.S. based low earth orbit (“LEO”)
small satellite (“smallsat” or “smallsats”) constellations. Our operating strategy is to continue to enhance
the capabilities of our satellite constellation, to increase our international and domestic partnerships and to expand our analytics
offerings in order to increase the value we deliver to our customers. Our two operating assets—our satellite constellation and
hardware manufacturing capability—are mutually reinforcing and are a result of years of heritage and innovation.
Our
strategy is to capitalize on the rapid growth and deployment of millions of low-cost GPS enabled terrestrial, IoT, and space-based sensors
to provide data to global customers in near real-time. As we are now entering a new commercial space age, the number of commercial sensors
on orbit has expanded from a handful of large expensive commercial satellites just a few years ago to now hundreds and in the near future
thousands of sensors that will ultimately change the way we see and understand our world. Our mission is to enable our existing and future
customers to prove out new technologies for the space ecosystem rapidly and at low cost and also have access to space-based data on-demand
for any problem set or business need. We believe we can deliver this at a lower cost than legacy providers due to our vertically integrated
cost-efficiencies, capital efficient constellation design, and improved pricing models with improved data accessibility. We believe the
combination of the proven flight heritage and years of industry experience of a traditional space company with the disruptive innovation
of a new space startup such as our 3D printing of spacecraft and focus on intellectual property makes us very well positioned in the
global space economy.
Corporate
Information
We
were formed as a limited liability company under the name Craig Technologies Aerospace Solutions, LLC on April 17, 2012. On April 15,
2021, we converted into a Delaware corporation and changed our name to Sidus Space, Inc. on August 13, 2021. Our principal executive
offices are located at 150 N. Sykes Creek Parkway, Suite 200, Merritt Island, FL 32953 and our telephone number is (321) 613-5620. Our
website address is www.sidusspace.com. The information contained on our website is not incorporated by reference into this prospectus,
and you should not consider any information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website as part of this prospectus or
in deciding whether to purchase our Class A common stock.
Implications
of Being an Emerging Growth Company
As
a company with less than $1.235 billion in revenues during our last fiscal year, we qualify as an emerging growth company as defined
in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (“JOBS Act”) enacted in 2012. As an emerging growth company, we expect to take
advantage of reduced reporting requirements that are otherwise applicable to public companies. These provisions include, but are not
limited to:
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permitted to present only two years of audited financial statements, in addition to any required unaudited interim financial statements,
with correspondingly reduced “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”
disclosure in this prospectus; |
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being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended (“Sarbanes-Oxley
Act”); |
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reduced
disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports, proxy statements and registration statements; and
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exemptions
from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute
payments not previously approved. |
We
may use these provisions until the last day of our fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the completion of our initial public
offering. However, if certain events occur prior to the end of such five-year period, including if we become a “large accelerated
filer,” our annual gross revenues exceed $1.235 billion or we issue more than $1.0 billion of non-convertible debt in any three-year
period, we will cease to be an emerging growth company prior to the end of such five-year period.
The
JOBS Act provides that an emerging growth company can take advantage of an extended transition period for complying with new or revised
accounting standards. As an emerging growth company, we intend to take advantage of an extended transition period for complying with
new or revised accounting standards as permitted by The JOBS Act.
To
the extent that we continue to qualify as a “smaller reporting company,” as such term is defined in Rule 12b-2 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, after we cease to qualify as an emerging growth company, certain of the exemptions available to us as
an emerging growth company may continue to be available to us as a smaller reporting company, including: (i) not being required to comply
with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes Oxley Act; (ii) scaled executive compensation disclosures;
and (iii) the requirement to provide only two years of audited financial statements, instead of three years.
THE
OFFERING
Class
A common stock offered by us |
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29,411,765
shares (or 33,823,529 shares if the underwriters’
option to purchase additional shares is exercised in full), based on the sale of our common stock at an assumed combined public offering
price of $0.51 per share of Class A common stock and accompanying warrant, which is the last reported sale price of our Class
A common stock on The Nasdaq Capital Market on April 4, 2023, and no sale of any pre-funded warrants. |
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Pre-funded
warrants offered by us |
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We
are also offering to certain purchasers whose purchase of shares of Class A common stock in this offering would otherwise
result in the purchaser, together with its affiliates and certain related parties, beneficially owning more than 4.99% (or, at the
election of the purchaser, 9.99%) of our outstanding Class A common stock immediately following the consummation of this offering,
the opportunity to purchase, if such purchasers so choose, pre-funded warrants to purchase shares of Class A
common stock, in lieu of shares of Class A common stock that would otherwise result in any such purchaser’s
beneficial ownership exceeding 4.99% (or, at the election of the purchaser, 9.99%) of our outstanding Class A common stock. Each
pre-funded warrant will be exercisable for one share of our Class A common stock. The purchase price of each pre-funded warrant
and accompanying warrant will equal the price at which the share of Class A common stock and accompanying warrant are
being sold to the public in this offering, minus $0.0001, and the exercise price of each pre-funded warrant will be $0.0001 per share.
The pre-funded warrants will be exercisable immediately and may be exercised at any time until all of the pre-funded warrants are
exercised in full. This offering also relates to the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of any pre-funded warrants
sold in this offering. For each pre-funded warrant we sell, the number of shares of Class A common stock we are offering
will be decreased on a one-for-one basis. Because we will issue a warrant for each share of our Class A common stock and for each
pre-funded warrant to purchase one share of our Class A common stock sold in this offering, the number of warrants sold in this offering
will not change as a result of a change in the mix of the shares of our Class A common stock and pre-funded warrants sold. |
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Warrants
offered by us |
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Warrants
to purchase an aggregate of 29,411,765 shares of our Class A common stock (or 33,823,529 shares if the underwriters’
option to purchase additional warrants is exercised in full), based on the sale of our Class A common stock at an assumed combined
public offering price of $0.51 per share of Class A common stock and accompanying warrant, which is the last reported sale
price of our common stock on The Nasdaq Capital Market on April 4, 2023. Each share of our Class A common stock and each pre-funded
warrant to purchase one share of our Class A common stock is being sold together with a warrant to purchase one share of our common
stock. Each warrant will have an exercise price of $0.51 per share (representing 100% of the price at which a share of Class
A common stock and accompanying warrant are sold to the public in this offering), will be immediately exercisable and will expire
on the fifth anniversary of the original issuance date. Each Warrant is exercisable for one share of common stock, subject to adjustment
in the event of stock dividends, stock splits, stock combinations, reclassifications, reorganizations or similar events affecting
our common stock. On or after the thirty (30) day anniversary of the date of this prospectus, a holder of the Warrants may also provide
notice and elect an “alternative cashless exercise” pursuant to which they would receive an aggregate number of shares
equal to the product of (x) the aggregate number of shares of the Company’s common stock that would be issuable upon a cash
exercise and (y) 0.50. The shares of Class A common stock and pre-funded warrants, and the accompanying warrants, as the case may
be, can only be purchased together in this offering but will be issued separately and will be immediately separable upon issuance.
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Class
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(assuming no exercise of the over-allotment option and no exercise of the warrants and pre-funded warrants issued in connection with
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have granted the underwriters an option, exercisable within 45 days after the closing
of this offering, to acquire up to an additional 4,411,764 shares of Class A common
stock and/or additional 4,411,764 warrants to purchase up to shares of Class A common
stock from us, based on the sale of our Class A common stock at an assumed combined public
offering price of $0.51 per share of Class A common stock, which is the last reported
sale price of our common stock on The Nasdaq Capital Market on April 4, 2023, in any
combination thereof, at the public offering price per share and public offering price per
warrant, respectively, less underwriting discounts and commissions on the same terms as set
forth in this prospectus.
Because
the warrants will not be listed on a national securities exchange or other nationally recognized trading market, the underwriters
will be unable to satisfy any overallotment of shares and warrants without exercising the underwriters’ overallotment option
with respect to the warrants. As a result, the underwriters will exercise their overallotment option for all of the warrants which
are over-allotted, if any, at the time of the initial offering of the shares and the warrants. However, because our common stock
is publicly traded, the underwriters may satisfy some or all of the overallotment of shares of our common stock, if any, by purchasing
shares in the open market and will have no obligation to exercise the overallotment option with respect to our common stock. |
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estimate that the net proceeds from this offering will be approximately $13.4 million or approximately $15.5 million
if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional securities in full, at an assumed public offering price of $0.51
per share and accompanying warrant, which was the closing price of our Class A common stock on The Nasdaq Capital Market on April
4, 2023, after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. We intend
to use the net proceeds from this offering for (i) sales and marketing, (ii) operational costs, (iii) product development, (iv) manufacturing
expansion and (v) working capital and other general corporate purposes. We may also use a portion of the net proceeds to in-license,
acquire or invest in complementary businesses or products, however, we have no current commitments or obligations to do so. See “Use
of Proceeds” for a more complete description of the intended use of proceeds from this offering. |
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“Risk Factors” on page 5 and other information included in this prospectus for a discussion of factors to consider carefully
before deciding to invest in shares of our Class A Common Stock. |
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of our Class A Common Stock are listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “SIDU.” There is no established
trading market for the warrants, and we do not expect a trading market to develop. We do not intend to list the warrants on any securities
exchange or other trading market. Without a trading market, the liquidity of the warrants will be extremely limited. |
(1) The
number of shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock that will be outstanding after this offering is based on 25,272,736
shares of Class A common stock and 10,000,000 shares of Class B common stock outstanding as of March 15, 2023, and excludes:
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RISK
FACTORS
An investment in our securities involves a high degree
of risk. This prospectus contains a discussion of the risks applicable to an investment in our securities. Prior to making a decision
about investing in our securities, you should carefully consider the specific factors discussed within this prospectus. The risks
and uncertainties we have described are not the only ones we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or
that we currently deem immaterial may also affect our operations. The occurrence of any of these known or unknown
risks might cause you to lose all or part of your investment in the offered securities.
Risks
Related to this Offering and Our Class A Common Stock
Our stock price may be volatile,
and purchasers of our Class A common stock could incur substantial losses.
The stock market in general has experienced significant
price and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to operating performance of individual companies, particularly
following a public offering of a company with a small public float. There is the potential for rapid and substantial price volatility
of our Class A common stock following this offering. These broad market factors may seriously harm the market price of our Class A common
stock, regardless of our actual or expected operating performance and financial condition or prospects, which may make it difficult for
investors to assess the rapidly changing value of our Class A common stock.
We
are currently listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market. If we are unable to maintain listing of our securities on Nasdaq or any stock exchange,
our stock price could be adversely affected and the liquidity of our stock and our ability to obtain financing could be impaired and
it may be more difficult for our stockholders to sell their securities.
Although
our Class A Common Stock is currently listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market, we may not be able to continue to meet the exchange’s
minimum listing requirements or those of any other national exchange. If we are unable to maintain listing on Nasdaq or if a liquid market
for our Class A Common Stock does not develop or is sustained, our Class A Common Stock may remain thinly traded.
The
listing rules of Nasdaq require listing issuers to comply with certain standards in order to remain listed on its exchange. If, for any
reason, we should fail to maintain compliance with these listing standards and Nasdaq should delist our securities from trading on its
exchange and we are unable to obtain listing on another national securities exchange, a reduction in some or all of the following may
occur, each of which could have a material adverse effect on our stockholders:
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The
dual-class structure of our common stock as contained in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, has the effect
of concentrating voting control with those stockholders who held our Class B Common Stock prior to our initial public offering. This
ownership will limit or preclude your ability to influence corporate matters, including the election of directors, amendments of our
organizational documents, and any merger, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of our assets, or other major corporate transactions
requiring stockholder approval, and that may adversely affect the trading price of our Class A Common Stock.
Our
Class B Common Stock has ten votes per share, and our Class A Common Stock, which is the stock that we sold in our initial public offering,
has one vote per share. CTC holds all of the issued and outstanding shares of our Class B Common Stock, representing approximately 79.8%
of the voting power of our outstanding capital stock as of March 15, 2023. In addition, because of the ten-to-one voting
ratio between our Class B and Class A Common Stock, the holder of our Class B Common Stock could continue to control a majority of the
combined voting power of our common stock and therefore control all matters submitted to our stockholders for approval until converted
by our Class B Common stockholder. This concentrated control may limit or preclude your ability to influence corporate matters for the
foreseeable future, including the election of directors, amendments of our organizational documents and any merger, consolidation, sale
of all or substantially all of our assets or other major corporate transactions requiring stockholder approval. In addition, this concentrated
control may prevent or discourage unsolicited acquisition proposals or offers for our capital stock that you may feel are in your best
interest as one of our stockholders. As a result, such concentrated control may adversely affect the market price of our Class A Common
Stock.
Future
transfers by holders of Class B Common Stock will generally result in those shares converting to Class A Common Stock, subject to limited
exceptions as specified in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, such as transfers to family members and certain transfers
effected for estate planning purposes. The conversion of Class B Common Stock to Class A Common Stock will have the effect, over time,
of increasing the relative voting power of those holders of Class B Common Stock who retain their shares in the long term. As a result,
it is possible that one or more of the persons or entities holding our Class B Common Stock could gain significant voting control as
other holders of Class B Common Stock sell or otherwise convert their shares into Class A Common Stock.
We
cannot predict the effect our dual-class structure may have on the market price of our Class A Common Stock.
We
cannot predict whether our dual-class structure will result in a lower or more volatile market price of our Class A Common Stock, adverse
publicity or other adverse consequences. For example, certain index providers have announced and implemented restrictions on including
companies with multiple-class share structures in certain of their indices. In July 2017, FTSE Russell announced that it would require
new constituents of its indices to have greater than 5% of the company’s voting rights in the hands of public stockholders, and
S&P Dow Jones announced that it would no longer admit companies with multiple-class share structures to certain of its indices. Affected
indices include the Russell 2000 and the S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400 and S&P SmallCap 600, which together make up the S&P
Composite 1500. Also in 2017, MSCI, a leading stock index provider, opened public consultations on its treatment of no-vote and multi-class
structures and temporarily barred new multi-class listings from certain of its indices; however, in October 2018, MSCI announced its
decision to include equity securities “with unequal voting structures” in its indices and to launch a new index that specifically
includes voting rights in its eligibility criteria. Under such announced and implemented policies, the dual-class structure of our common
stock would make us ineligible for inclusion in certain indices and, as a result, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and other investment
vehicles that attempt to passively track those indices would not invest in our Class A Common Stock. These policies are relatively new
and it is unclear what effect, if any, they will have on the valuations of publicly-traded companies excluded from such indices, but
it is possible that they may adversely affect valuations, as compared to similar companies that are included. Due to the dual-class structure
of our common stock, we will likely be excluded from certain indices and we cannot assure you that other stock indices will not take
similar actions. Given the sustained flow of investment funds into passive strategies that seek to track certain indices, exclusion from
certain stock indices would likely preclude investment by many of these funds and could make our Class A Common Stock less attractive
to other investors. As a result, the market price of our Class A Common Stock could be adversely affected.
Our
principal stockholders will continue to have significant influence over the election of our board of directors and approval of any significant
corporate actions, including any sale of the company.
Our
founders, executive officers, directors, and other principal stockholders, in the aggregate, beneficially own a majority of our outstanding
stock. These stockholders currently have, and likely will continue to have, significant influence with respect to the election of our
board of directors and approval or disapproval of all significant corporate actions. The concentrated voting power of these stockholders
could have the effect of delaying or preventing an acquisition of the company or another significant corporate transaction.
We
have broad discretion in the use of the net proceeds from this offering and may not use them effectively.
Our
management will have broad discretion in the application of the net proceeds from this offering, including for any of the currently intended
purposes described in the section entitled “Use of Proceeds.” Because of the number and variability of factors that will
determine our use of the net proceeds from this offering, their ultimate use may vary substantially from their currently intended use.
Our management may not apply our cash from this offering in ways that ultimately increase the value of any investment in our securities
or enhance stockholder value. The failure by our management to apply these funds effectively could harm our business. Pending their use,
we may invest the net proceeds from this offering 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 in ways that enhance stockholder value, we may
fail to achieve expected financial results, which may result in a decline in the price of our shares of Class A common stock, and, therefore,
may negatively impact our ability to raise capital, invest in or expand our business, acquire additional products or licenses, commercialize
our product, or continue our operations.
We
could be subject to securities class action litigation.
In
the past, securities class action litigation has often been brought against companies following a decline in the market price of their
securities. This risk is especially relevant for us because biotechnology companies have experienced significant share price volatility
in recent years. If we face such litigation, it could result in substantial costs and a diversion of management’s attention and
resources, which could harm our business.
If
securities or industry analysts do not publish research or publish inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, the market
price for the shares and trading volume could decline.
The
trading market for our Class A Common Stock will depend in part on the research and reports that securities or industry analysts publish
about us or our business. If research analysts do not establish and maintain adequate research coverage or if one or more of the analysts
who covers us downgrades our Class A Common Stock or publishes inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, the market price
for our Class A Common Stock would likely decline. If one or more of these analysts cease coverage of our company or fail to publish
reports on us regularly, we could lose visibility in the financial markets, which, in turn, could cause the market price or trading volume
for our common stock to decline.
We
do not expect to pay dividends in the foreseeable future, and you must rely on price appreciation of your shares of Class A Common Stock
for return on your investment.
We
have paid no cash dividends on any class of our stock to date, and we do not anticipate paying cash dividends in the near term. For the
foreseeable future, we intend to retain any earnings to finance the development and expansion of our business, and we do not anticipate
paying any cash dividends on our stock. Accordingly, investors must be prepared to rely on sales of their shares after price appreciation
to earn an investment return, which may never occur. Investors seeking cash dividends should not purchase our shares. Any determination
to pay dividends in the future will be made at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on our results of operations,
financial condition, contractual restrictions, restrictions imposed by applicable law and other factors our board deems relevant.
As
the public offering price is substantially higher than our net tangible book value per share, you will experience immediate and substantial
dilution.
If
you purchase Class A common stock in this offering, you will pay more for your shares of Class A common stock than the amount paid by
our existing stockholders for their shares on a per share basis. As a result, you will experience immediate and substantial dilution
in net tangible book value per share in relation to the price that you paid for your shares. We expect the dilution as a result of the
offering to be $0.27 per share to new investors purchasing our shares of Class A common stock in this offering. In addition, you
will experience further dilution to the extent that our shares are issued upon the exercise of any warrants or exercise of stock options
under any stock incentive plans. See “Dilution” for a more complete description of how the value of your investment in our
shares will be diluted upon completion of this offering.
Future sales of substantial amounts of our
Class A common stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Class A common stock, either by us or
by our existing stockholders, or the possibility that such sales could occur, could adversely affect the market price of our Class A
common stock.
Future sales in the public market of shares of
our Class A common stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Class A common stock, shares held
by our existing stockholders or shares issued upon exercise of our outstanding stock options or warrants, or the perception by the market
that these sales could occur, could lower the market price of our Class A common stock or make it difficult for us to raise additional
capital.
There is no public market for the pre-funded
warrants or warrants being offered in this offering.
There is no established public trading market
for the pre-funded warrants or warrants being offered in this offering, and we do not expect a market to develop. In addition, we do
not intend to apply to list the pre-funded warrants or warrants on any securities exchange or nationally recognized trading system, including
The Nasdaq Capital Market. Without an active market, the liquidity of the pre-funded warrants and warrants will be limited.
Holders of pre-funded warrants and warrants
purchased in this offering will have no rights as common stockholders until such holders exercise such warrants and acquire our Class
A common stock.
Until holders of pre-funded warrants or warrants acquire shares of our Class A common stock
upon exercise of such warrants, holders of pre-funded warrants or warrants will have no rights with respect to the shares of our Class
A common stock underlying such warrants. Upon exercise of the pre-funded warrants or warrants, the holders will be entitled to exercise
the rights of a Class A common stockholder only as to matters for which the record date occurs after the exercise date.
We
will incur increased costs as a public company, and our management will be required to devote substantial time to new compliance initiatives
and corporate governance practices.
As
a public company, and particularly after we no longer qualify as an emerging growth company, we will incur significant legal, accounting,
and other expenses that we did not incur previously. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“SOX”), the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform
and Consumer Protection Act, the listing requirements of Nasdaq, and other applicable securities rules and regulations impose various
requirements on U.S. reporting public companies, including the establishment and maintenance of effective disclosure and financial controls
and corporate governance practices. Our management and other personnel will need to devote a substantial amount of time to these compliance
initiatives. Moreover, these rules and regulations will increase our legal and financial compliance costs and will make some activities
more time-consuming and costly. For example, we expect that these rules and regulations may make it more expensive for us to obtain director
and officer liability insurance, which in turn could make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified senior management
personnel or members for our board of directors. In addition, these rules and regulations are often subject to varying interpretations,
and, as a result, their application in practice may evolve over time as new guidance is provided by regulatory and governing bodies.
This could result in continuing uncertainty regarding compliance matters and higher costs necessitated by ongoing revisions to disclosure
and governance practices. Pursuant to Section 404 of SOX (“Section 404”), we will be required to furnish a report by our
senior management on our internal control over financial reporting.
While
we remain an emerging growth company, we will not be required to include an attestation report on internal control over financial reporting
issued by our independent registered public accounting firm. To prepare for eventual compliance with Section 404, once we no longer qualify
as an emerging growth company, we will be engaged in a process to document and evaluate our internal control over financial reporting,
which is both costly and challenging. In this regard, we will need to continue to dedicate internal resources, potentially engage outside
consultants and adopt a detailed work plan to assess and document the adequacy of internal control over financial reporting, continue
steps to improve control processes as appropriate, validate through testing that controls are functioning as documented and implement
a continuous reporting and improvement process for internal control over financial reporting. Despite our efforts, there is a risk that
we will not be able to conclude, within the prescribed timeframe or at all, that our internal control over financial reporting is effective
as required by Section 404.
We are an “emerging
growth company,” and the reduced reporting requirements applicable to emerging growth companies may make our common stock less
attractive to investors.
We
are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (“the JOBS Act”). For
as long as we continue to be an emerging growth company, we may take advantage of exemptions from various reporting requirements that
are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies, including exemption from compliance with the auditor
attestation requirements of Section 404, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation and exemptions from the requirements
of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously
approved. We will remain an emerging growth company until the earlier of (1) the last day of the fiscal year (a) following the fifth
anniversary of the closing of our initial public offering, (b) in which we have total annual gross revenue of at least $1.235 billion
or (c) in which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which means the market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates
exceeds $700 million as of the end of our prior second fiscal quarter, and (2) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion
in non-convertible debt during the prior three-year period.
In
addition, under the JOBS Act, emerging growth companies may delay adopting new or revised accounting standards until such time as those
standards apply to private companies. We may elect not to avail ourselves of this exemption from new or revised accounting standards
and, therefore, may be subject to the same new or revised accounting standards as other public companies that are not emerging growth
companies.
We
cannot predict if investors will find our common stock less attractive because we may rely on these exemptions. If some investors find
our common stock less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock and our share price may
be more volatile.
Anti-takeover
provisions contained in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws as well as provisions of Delaware law, could impair a takeover attempt.
Our
certificate of incorporation, bylaws and Delaware law contain provisions which could have the effect of rendering more difficult, delaying
or preventing an acquisition deemed undesirable by our board of directors. Our corporate governance documents include provisions:
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advance notice of stockholder proposals for business to be conducted at meetings of our stockholders and for nominations of candidates
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These
provisions, alone or together, could delay or prevent hostile takeovers and changes in control or changes in our management.
As
a Delaware corporation, we are also subject to provisions of Delaware law, including Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation
law, which prevents some stockholders holding more than 15% of our outstanding common stock from engaging in certain business combinations
without approval of the holders of substantially all of our outstanding common stock.
Any
provision of our certificate of incorporation, bylaws or Delaware law that has the effect of delaying or deterring a change in control
could limit the opportunity for our stockholders to receive a premium for their shares of our Class A common stock and could also affect
the price that some investors are willing to pay for our Class A common stock.
Our
amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, designates the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware as the sole
and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’
ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers, or other employees.
Our
certificate of incorporation requires that, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery
of the State of Delaware will, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for each of the following:
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or officers, with respect to the interpretation or application of any provision of, the DGCL, our certificate of incorporation or
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that, if and only if the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware dismisses any of the foregoing actions for lack of subject matter
jurisdiction, any such action or actions may be brought in another state court sitting in the State of Delaware.
The
exclusive forum provision is limited to the extent permitted by law, and it will not apply to claims arising under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”),
or for any other federal securities laws which provide for exclusive federal jurisdiction.
Our
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, provides that unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative
forum, the federal district courts of the United States of America will be the exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting
a cause of action arising under the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Any person or entity purchasing
or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of our capital stock are deemed to have notice of and consented to this provision.
Furthermore,
Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for federal and state courts over all such Securities Act actions. Accordingly,
both state and federal courts have jurisdiction to entertain such claims. To prevent having to litigate claims in multiple jurisdictions
and the threat of inconsistent or contrary rulings by different courts, among other considerations, our second amended and restated certificate
of incorporation provides that the federal district courts of the United States of America will be the exclusive forum for resolving
any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act. While the Delaware courts have determined that such choice
of forum provisions are facially valid, a stockholder may nevertheless seek to bring such a claim arising under the Securities Act against
us, our directors, officers, or other employees in a venue other than in the federal district courts of the United States of America.
In such instance, we would expect to vigorously assert the validity and enforceability of the exclusive forum provisions of our second
amended and restated certificate of incorporation.
Although
we believe this provision benefits us by providing increased consistency in the application of Delaware law in the types of lawsuits
to which it applies, this provision may limit or discourage a stockholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it
finds favorable for disputes with us or our directors, officers, or other employees, which may discourage such lawsuits against us and
our directors, officers and other employees. Alternatively, if a court were to find the choice of forum provision contained in our certificate
of incorporation to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such action
in other jurisdictions, which could adversely affect our business and financial condition.
We
note that there is uncertainty as to whether a court would enforce the provision and that investors cannot waive compliance with the
federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder. Although we believe this provision benefits us by providing increased
consistency in the application of Delaware law in the types of lawsuits to which it applies, the provision may have the effect of discouraging
lawsuits against our directors and officers.
USE
OF PROCEEDS
We estimate that the net proceeds from our issuance
and sale of shares of our Class A common stock in this offering will be approximately $13.4 million, or approximately $15.5
million if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional securities in full, based on an assumed public offering
price of $0.51 per share and accompanying warrant, which was the closing price of our Class A common stock on The Nasdaq Capital
Market on April 4, 2023, after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable
by us.
The foregoing discussion assumes no sale of pre-funded
warrants, which if sold, would reduce the number of shares of common stock that we are offering on a one-for-one basis.
We
intend to use the net proceeds from this offering for (i) sales and marketing, (ii) operational costs, (iii) product development, (iv)
manufacturing expansion and (v) working capital and other general corporate purposes. We may also use a portion of the net proceeds to
in-license, acquire or invest in complementary businesses or products, however, we have no current commitments or obligations to do so.
A
$0.10 increase or decrease in the assumed public offering price of $0.51 per share would increase or decrease the net proceeds
from this offering by approximately $2.7 million, assuming that the number of shares offered by us, as set forth on the cover
page of this prospectus, remains the same and after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions.
An
increase (decrease) of 1.0 million shares in the number of shares offered by us, as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus,
would increase (decrease) the net proceeds from this offering by approximately $470,000, assuming no change in the assumed public
offering price per share and after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions.
This
expected use of the net proceeds from this offering and our existing cash represents our intentions based upon our current plans, financial
condition and business conditions. Predicting the cost necessary to develop product candidates can be difficult and the amounts and timing
of our actual expenditures may vary significantly depending on numerous factors, including the progress of our development and commercialization
efforts, any collaborations that we may enter into with third parties for our product candidates and any unforeseen cash needs. As a
result, our management will retain broad discretion over the allocation of the net proceeds from this offering and our existing cash.
In
the ordinary course of our business, we expect to from time to time evaluate the acquisition of, investment in or in-license of complementary
products, technologies or businesses, and we could use a portion of the net proceeds from this offering for such activities. We currently
do not have any agreements, arrangements, or commitments with respect to any potential acquisition, investment or license.
Pending
our use of the net proceeds from this offering, we intend to invest the net proceeds in a variety of capital preservation investments,
including short-term, investment-grade, interest-bearing instruments, and government securities.
DILUTION
If
you invest in our securities, your ownership interest will be diluted to the extent of the difference between public offering
price per share of our Class A common stock and the as adjusted net tangible book value per share of our Class A common stock immediately
after this offering.
As
of February 28, 2023 we had a historical net tangible book value of $6,801,687, or $0.27 per share of Class
A common stock, based on 25,272,736 shares of Class A common stock outstanding at February 28, 2023. Our historical net
tangible book value per share is the amount of our total tangible assets less our total liabilities at February 28, 2023, divided
by the number of shares of Class A common stock outstanding at February 28, 2023.
After
giving effect to the sale of shares of Class A common stock and accompanying warrants in this offering at an assumed public offering
price of $0.51 per share, which was the closing price of our Class A common stock on The Nasdaq Capital Market on April 4,
2023 and after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us, excluding
the proceeds, if any, from the exercise of the warrants issued in this offering, and assuming no sale of pre-funded warrants in this
offering, our as adjusted net tangible book value at February 28, 2023 would have been $20.2 million, or $0.24 per share
of common stock. This represents an immediate decrease in as adjusted net tangible book value of $0.03 per share to existing stockholders
and immediate dilution of $0.27 per share to new investors purchasing shares of Class A common stock in this offering.
The
following table illustrates this dilution on a per share basis:
Assumed
combined public offering price per share and accompanying warrant |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
0.51 |
|
Net
tangible book value per share as of February 28, 2023 |
|
$ |
0.27 |
|
|
|
|
|
Decrease in net tangible
book value per share attributable to new investors in this offering |
|
|
(0.03 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As adjusted net tangible book value per share immediately
after this offering |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.24 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dilution per share to
new investors in this offering |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
0.27 |
|
A $0.10 increase (decrease) in the assumed
public offering price of $0.51 per share and accompanying warrant, which was the closing price of our Class A common stock on
The Nasdaq Capital Market on April 4, 2023, would increase (decrease) our as adjusted net tangible book value after this offering
by $0.03 per share and the dilution to new investors purchasing Class A common stock in this offering by $0.07 per share,
assuming that the number of shares offered by us, as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, remains the same and after deducting
estimated underwriting discounts and commissions. An increase (decrease) of 1 million shares in the number of shares offered by
us, as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, would increase our as adjusted net tangible book value after this offering by
$0.00 per share and decrease the dilution to new investors purchasing Class A common stock in this offering by $0.00 per
share, assuming no change in the assumed public offering price per share and after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions.
To
the extent that stock options or warrants are exercised, new stock options are issued under our equity incentive plan, or we issue additional
common stock in the future, there will be further dilution to investors participating in this offering. In addition, we may choose to
raise additional capital because of market conditions or strategic considerations, even if we believe that we have sufficient funds for
our current or future operating plans. If we raise additional capital through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, the
issuance of these securities could result in further dilution to our stockholders.
DESCRIPTION
OF SECURITIES WE ARE OFFERING
Common
Stock
The
description of our Class A common stock under the section “Description of Capital Stock” in this prospectus is incorporated
herein by reference.
Warrants
General
The
following is a brief summary of certain terms and conditions of the warrants being offered by us. The following description is subject
in all respects to the provisions contained in the form of warrant, the form of which will be filed as an exhibit to the registration
statement of which this prospectus forms a part.
Duration
and Exercise Price
The
warrants offered hereby will have an exercise price of $0.51 per share. The warrants will be immediately exercisable and may be
exercised at any time on or after the initial exercise date and on or before the five-year anniversary of the date of issuance. The exercise
prices and numbers of shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise are subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of stock
dividends, stock splits, reorganizations or similar events affecting our Class A common stock. Warrants will be issued in certificated
form only.
Exercisability
The
warrants will be exercisable, at the option of each holder, in whole or in part, by delivering to us a duly executed exercise notice
accompanied by payment in full for the number of shares of our Class A common stock purchased upon such exercise (except in the case
of a cashless exercise as discussed below). A holder (together with its affiliates) may not exercise any portion of such holder’s
warrants to the extent that the holder would own more than 4.99% (or 9.99%, at the holder’s election) of our outstanding Class
A common stock immediately after exercise, except that upon notice from the holder to us, the holder may decrease or increase the limitation
of ownership of outstanding stock after exercising the holder’s warrants up to 9.99% of the number of shares of our Class A common
stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the exercise, as such percentage ownership is determined in accordance with the
terms of the warrants, provided that any increase in such limitation shall not be effective until 61 days following notice to us.
Cashless
Exercise
If,
at the time a holder exercises its warrants, a registration statement registering the issuance of the shares of Class A common stock
underlying the warrants under the Securities Act, is not then effective or available for the issuance of such shares, then in lieu of
making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to us upon such exercise in payment of the aggregate exercise price, the holder
may elect instead to receive upon such exercise (either in whole or in part) the net number of shares of Class A common stock determined
according to a formula set forth in the warrant.
Alternative
Cashless Exercise
On
or after the thirty (30) day anniversary of the date of the underwriting agreement, a holder of common warrants may also provide notice
and elect an “alternative cashless exercise” pursuant to which they would receive an aggregate number of shares equal to
the product of (x) the aggregate number of shares of common stock that would be issuable upon a cash exercise and (y) 0.50.
Transferability
A
warrant may be transferred at the option of the holder upon surrender of the warrant to us together with the appropriate instruments
of transfer.
Fractional
Shares
No
fractional shares of Class A common stock will be issued upon the exercise of the warrants. Rather, the number of shares of Class A common
stock to be issued will, at our election, either be rounded up to the nearest whole number or we will pay a cash adjustment in respect
of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the exercise price.
Trading
Market
There
is no established trading market for any of the warrants, and we do not expect a market to develop. We do not intend to apply for a listing
for any of the warrants on any securities exchange or other nationally recognized trading system. Without an active trading market, the
liquidity of the warrants will be limited.
Rights
as a Shareholder
Except
as otherwise provided in the warrants or by virtue of the holders’ ownership of shares of our Class A common stock, the holders
of warrants do not have the rights or privileges of holders of our Class A common stock, including any voting rights, until such warrant
holders exercise their warrants.
Fundamental
Transaction
In
the event of a fundamental transaction, as described in the warrants and generally including any reorganization, recapitalization or
reclassification of our common stock, the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of our properties or assets,
our consolidation or merger with or into another person, the acquisition of more than 50% of our outstanding common stock, or any person
or group becoming the beneficial owner of 50% of the voting power represented by our outstanding common stock, the holders of the warrants
will be entitled to receive upon exercise of the warrants the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property that the holders
would have received had they exercised the warrants immediately prior to such fundamental transaction. In the event of a Change of Control
(as defined in each common warrant) approved by our Board of Directors, the holders of the common warrants have the right to require
us or a successor entity to redeem the common warrants for cash in the amount of the Black-Scholes Value (as defined in each common warrant)
of the unexercised portion of the common warrants on the date of the consummation of the Change of Control. In the event of a Change
of Control which is not approved by our Board of Directors, the holders of the common warrants have the right to require us or a successor
entity to redeem the common warrants for the consideration paid in the Change of Control in the amount of the Black-Scholes Value of
the unexercised portion of the common warrants on the date of the consummation of the Change of Control.
Waivers
and Amendments
No
term of the warrants may be amended or waived without the written consent of the holder of such warrant.
Pre-Funded
Warrants
The
following summary of certain terms and provisions of the pre-funded warrants that are being offered hereby is not complete and is subject
to, and qualified in its entirety by, the provisions of the pre-funded warrant, the form of which is filed as an exhibit to the registration
statement of which this prospectus forms a part. Prospective investors should carefully review the terms and provisions of the form of
pre-funded warrant for a complete description of the terms and conditions of the pre-funded warrants.
Duration
and Exercise Price
Each
pre-funded warrant offered hereby will have an initial exercise price per share equal to $0.0001. The pre-funded warrants will
be immediately exercisable and may be exercised at any time until the pre-funded warrants are exercised in full. The exercise price and
number of shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise is subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of stock dividends,
stock splits, reorganizations or similar events affecting our Class A common stock and the exercise price.
Exercisability
Each
pre-funded warrant may be exercised, in cash or by a cashless exercise at the election of the holder at any time following the date of
issuance and from time to time thereafter until the pre-funded warrants are exercised in full. The pre-funded warrants will be exercisable
in whole or in part by delivering to the Company a completed instruction form for exercise and complying with the requirements for exercise
set forth in the pre-funded warrant. Payment of the exercise price may be made in cash or pursuant to a cashless exercise, in which case
the holder would receive upon such exercise the net number of shares of Class A common stock determined according to the formula set
forth in the pre-funded warrant.
Cashless
Exercise
At
the time a holder exercises its pre-funded warrants, in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to us upon
such exercise in payment of the aggregate exercise price, the holder may elect instead to receive upon such exercise (either in whole
or in part) the net number of shares of common stock determined according to a formula set forth in the pre-funded warrants.
Exercise
Limitation
In
general, a holder will not have the right to exercise any portion of a pre-funded warrant if the holder (together with its Attribution
Parties (as defined in the pre-funded warrant)) would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% or 9.99%, at the election of the holder, of
the number of shares of our Class A common stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the exercise, as such percentage ownership
is determined in accordance with the terms of the pre-funded warrant. However, any holder may increase or decrease such percentage to
any other percentage not in excess of 9.99% upon notice to us, provided, that any increase in this limitation will not be effective until
61 days after such notice from the holder to us and such increase or decrease will apply only to the holder providing such notice.
Transferability
Subject
to applicable laws, a pre-funded warrant may be transferred at the option of the holder upon surrender of the pre-funded warrant to us
together with the appropriate instruments of transfer.
Fractional
Shares
No
fractional shares of Class A common stock will be issued upon the exercise of the pre-funded warrants. Rather, the number of shares of
Class A common stock to be issued will, at our election, either be rounded up to the nearest whole number or we will pay a cash adjustment
in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the exercise price.
Trading
Market
There
is no trading market available for the pre-funded warrants on any securities exchange or nationally recognized trading system.
Right
as a Stockholder
Except
as otherwise provided in the pre-funded warrants or by virtue of such holder’s ownership of shares of our Class A common stock,
the holders of the pre-funded warrants do not have the rights or privileges of holders of our Class A common stock, including any voting
rights, until they exercise their pre-funded warrants.
UNDERWRITING
We
have entered into an underwriting agreement with Boustead Securities, LLC and EF Hutton, division of Benchmark Investments, LLC (the
“Representatives”) as the representatives of the underwriters named below, with respect to the offering of shares of our
Class A common stock and warrants. Subject to the terms and conditions of an underwriting agreement between us and the Representatives,
we have agreed to sell to the underwriters, and the underwriters have agreed to purchase, at the public offering price less the underwriting
discounts set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, the number of shares of Class A common stock and warrants listed next
to its name in the following table::
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Number
of
Shares and Accompanying Warrants |
Boustead Securities, LLC |
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EF Hutton, division of Benchmark Investments, LLC |
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Total |
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The
underwriters are committed to purchase all of the securities offered by us other than those covered by the over-allotment option described
below, if it purchases any securities. The obligations of the underwriters may be terminated upon the occurrence of certain events specified
in the underwriting agreement. Furthermore, pursuant to the underwriting agreement, the underwriters’ obligations are subject to
customary conditions, representations and warranties contained in the underwriting agreement, such as receipt by the underwriters of
officers’ certificates and legal opinions.
We
have agreed to indemnify the underwriters against specified liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, and to contribute
to payments the underwriters may be required to make in respect thereof.
The
underwriters are offering the above securities, subject to prior sale, when, as and if issued to and accepted by it, subject to approval
of legal matters by its counsel and other conditions specified in the underwriting agreement. The underwriters reserve the right to withdraw,
cancel or modify offers to the public and to reject orders in whole or in part.
Over-Allotment
Option
We have granted the representatives
of the underwriter an option to purchase up to an additional 4,411,764 shares of Class A common stock, representing 15% of the
aggregate shares of Class A common stock and pre-funded warrants sold in this offering, and/or warrants to purchase up to 4,411,764
shares of Class A common stock in lieu thereof, representing 15% of the aggregate number of accompanying warrants sold in this offering,
in any combination thereof, from us at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions, within 45 days from the
date of this prospectus to cover over-allotments, if any.
Discounts
The Representative has advised that the underwriters
propose to offer the shares of Class A common stock (and pre-funded warrants) and accompanying warrants directly to the
public at the public offering price per share and accompanying warrant set forth on the cover page of this prospectus. After the
offering to the public, the offering prices and other selling terms may be changed by the underwriters without changing the proceeds
we will receive from the underwriters. Any shares and accompanying warrants sold by the underwriters to securities dealers will
be sold at the public offering price less a concession not in excess of $ per share.
The
following table summarizes the public offering price, underwriting commissions, and proceeds before expenses to us.
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Total | |
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Per share and accompanying warrant | | |
Per
Pre-Funded
Warrant
and accompanying warrant | | |
Without Over- Allotment Option | | |
With Over- Allotment Option | |
Public offering price | |
$ | | | |
$ | | | |
$ | | | |
$ | | |
Underwriting discounts and commissions (7.0%) | |
$ | | | |
$ | | | |
$ | | | |
$ | | |
Proceeds, before expenses, to us | |
$ | | | |
$ | | | |
$ | | | |
$ | | |
(1) |
We
have agreed to pay a non-accountable expense allowance to the Representative equal to 1% of the gross proceeds received in this
offering which is not included in the underwriting discounts and commission. |
We
have agreed to reimburse the Representatives for all expenses relating to the offering, including, without limitation, (a) all fees,
expenses and disbursements relating to background checks of our officers, directors and entities in an amount not to exceed $7,500
in the aggregate, (b) the costs, not to exceed $3,000, associated with bound volumes of the public offering materials as well as
commemorative mementos and lucite tombstones in such quantities as the Representative may reasonably request; (c) the fees and
expenses of the underwriters’ legal counsel not to exceed $85,000; (d) the $29,500 cost associated with the use of
Ipreo’s book building, prospectus tracking and compliance software for the offering; (e) $10,000 for data services and
communications expenses; (f) up to $5,000 of the Representative’s actual accountable “road show” expenses; and (g)
up to $30,000 of the Representative’s market making and trading, and clearing firm settlement expenses for the
offering.
We
expect that the total expenses of the offering payable by us, excluding underwriting discount and commissions, will be approximately
$362,500.
Discretionary
Accounts
The
underwriters do not intend to confirm sales of the securities offered hereby to any accounts over which it has discretionary authority.
Representative’s
Warrants
We
have agreed to issue a warrant to the Representatives to purchase a number of shares of Class A common stock equal to 3% of the
total number of shares of Class A common stock and pre-funded warrants sold in this offering at an exercise price equal to 125% of the
public offering price of the shares sold in this offering. This warrant will be exercisable upon issuance, will have a cashless exercise
provision and will terminate on the fifth anniversary of the commencement date of sales in this offering. The warrant also provides for
customary anti-dilution provisions and demand and “piggyback” registration rights with respect to the registration of the
shares of Class A common stock underlying the warrants. The sole demand registration right provided will not be greater than five years
from the commencement of sales of the securities issued in this offering in compliance with FINRA Rule 5110(g)(8)(C). The piggyback registration
rights provided will not be greater than seven years from the commencement of sales of the securities issued in this offering in compliance
with FINRA Rule 5110(g)(8)(D). This prospectus also relates to the offering of the Representatives’ warrant and the shares
of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Representatives’ warrant.
The
Representatives’ warrant and the underlying shares are deemed to be compensation by FINRA, and therefore will be subject
to a lock-up pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110(e)(1). In accordance with FINRA Rule 5110(e)(1), neither the Representative’s warrant
nor any of our shares of Class A common stock issued upon exercise of the Representatives’ warrant may be sold, transferred,
assigned, pledged or hypothecated, or be the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put or call transaction that would result
in the effective economic disposition of such securities by any person, for a period of 180 days immediately following the commencement
of sales of this offering subject to certain exceptions permitted by FINRA Rule 5110(e)(2).
Lock-Up
Agreements
We
will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, from the date of execution of the Underwriting Agreement and
continuing for a period of 3 months from such date (the “Lock-Up Period”), (a) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell
any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or
otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of our capital stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable
or exchangeable for shares of our capital stock; (b) file or caused to be filed any registration statement with the Commission relating
to the offering of any shares of our capital stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of our
capital stock; (c) complete any offering of our debt securities, other than entering into a line of credit with a traditional bank or
(d) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership
of our capital stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (a), (b), (c) or (d) above is to be settled by delivery of shares
of our capital stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise.
Our executive
officers and directors have agreed pursuant to “lock-up” agreements not to, without the prior written consent of the Representatives,
directly or indirectly, offer to sell, sell, pledge or otherwise transfer or dispose of any of shares of (or enter into any transaction
or device that is designed to, or could be expected to, result in the transfer or disposition by any person at any time in the future
of) our common stock, enter into any swap or other derivatives transaction that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the
economic benefits or risks of ownership of shares of our common stock, make any demand for or exercise any right or cause to be filed
a registration statement, including any amendments thereto, with respect to the registration of any shares of common stock or securities
convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of common stock or any other of our securities or publicly disclose the intention
to do any of the foregoing, subject to customary exceptions, for a period of six months from the date of this prospectus. The Representatives
may, in their sole discretion and at any time or from time to time before the termination of the lock-up period release all
or any portion of the securities subject to lock-up agreements; provided, however, that, subject to limited exceptions, at least three
business days before the release or waiver or any lock-up agreement, the Representatives must notify us of the impending release
or waiver and we will be required to announce the impending release or waiver through a major news service at least two business days
before the release or waiver.
Indemnification
We
have agreed to indemnify the underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, and to contribute
to payments that the underwriters may be required to make for these liabilities.
Price
Stabilization, Short Positions, and Penalty Bids
In connection with this offering, each underwriter
may engage in transactions that stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the price of our securities. Specifically, such underwriter may
over-allot in connection with this offering by selling more Class A common stock and accompanying warrants than are set forth
on the cover page of this prospectus. This creates a short position in our securities for such underwriter’s own accounts. The
short position in our Class A common stock may be either a covered short position or a naked short position. In a covered short
position, the number of shares of Class A common stock over-allotted by such underwriter is not greater than the number of shares
of Class A common stock that it may purchase in the over-allotment option. In a naked short position, the number of shares of
Class A common stock involved is greater than the number of shares of Class A common stock in the over-allotment option. To
close out a short position, such underwriter may elect to exercise all or part of the over-allotment option. Such underwriter may also
elect to stabilize the price of our shares of Class A common stock or reduce any short position by bidding for, and purchasing,
shares of Class A common stock in the open market.
The
underwriters may also impose a penalty bid. This occurs when a particular underwriter or dealer repays selling concessions allowed to
it for distributing a security in this offering because the underwriter repurchases that security in stabilizing or short covering transactions.
Finally, each underwriter may bid for, and purchase,
shares of Class A common stock in market-making transactions, including “passive” market-making transactions as described
below.
These activities may stabilize or maintain the market
price of our shares of Class A common stock at a price that is higher than the price that might otherwise exist in the absence
of these activities. The underwriters are not required to engage in these activities and may discontinue any of these activities at any
time without notice. These transactions may be affected on Nasdaq, in the over-the-counter market, or otherwise.
In connection with this offering, the underwriters
and selling group members, if any, or their affiliates may engage in passive market-making transactions in our Class A common
stock immediately prior to the commencement of sales in this offering, in accordance with Rule 103 of Regulation M under the Exchange
Act. Rule 103 generally provides that:
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a
passive market maker may not affect transactions or display bids for our securities in excess of the highest independent bid price
by persons who are not passive market makers; |
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● |
net
purchases by a passive market maker on each day are generally limited to 30% of the passive market maker’s average daily trading
volume in our common stock during a specified two-month prior period or 200 shares, whichever is greater, and must be discontinued
when that limit is reached; and |
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passive
market-making bids must be identified as such. |
Electronic
Distribution
This
prospectus in electronic format may be made available on websites or through other online services maintained by the underwriters, or
by their affiliates. Other than this prospectus in electronic format, the information on the underwriters’ websites and any information
contained in any other websites maintained by an underwriter is not part of this prospectus or the registration statement of which this
prospectus forms a part, has not been approved and/or endorsed by us or the underwriters in their capacity as underwriter, and should
not be relied upon by investors.
Other
than the prospectus in electronic or printed format, the information on the underwriters’ website and any information contained
in any other website maintained by an underwriter is not part of the prospectus or the registration statement of which this prospectus
forms a part, has not been approved and/or endorsed by us or the underwriters in their capacity as underwriters and should not be relied
upon by investors.
Certain
Relationships
The
Representative and its affiliates have engaged in, and may in the future engage in, investment banking and other commercial dealings
in the ordinary course of business with us or our affiliates. The Representative has received, or may in the future receive, customary
fees and commissions for these transactions.
Offer
Restrictions Outside of the United States
Other
than in the United States, no action has been taken that would permit a public offering of our common stock in any jurisdiction where
action for the purpose is required. The securities offered by this prospectus may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, nor
may this prospectus or any other offering material or advertisements in connection with the offer and sale of any such securities be
distributed or published in any jurisdiction, except under circumstances that will result in compliance with the applicable rules and
regulations of that country or jurisdiction. Persons into whose possession this prospectus comes are advised to inform themselves about
and to observe any restrictions relating to the offering and the distribution of this prospectus. This prospectus does not constitute
an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities offered by this prospectus in any jurisdiction in which such an
offer or a solicitation is unlawful.
Australia
This
prospectus is not a disclosure document under Chapter 6D of the Australian Corporations Act, has not been lodged with the Australian
Securities and Investments Commission and does not purport to include the information required of a disclosure document under Chapter
6D of the Australian Corporations Act. Accordingly, (i) the offer of the securities under this prospectus is only made to persons to
whom it is lawful to offer the securities without disclosure under Chapter 6D of the Australian Corporations Act under one or more exemptions
set out in section 708 of the Australian Corporations Act, (ii) this prospectus is made available in Australia only to those persons
as set forth in clause (i) above, and (iii) the offeree must be sent a notice stating in substance that by accepting this offer, the
offeree represents that the offeree is such a person as set forth in clause (i) above, and, unless permitted under the Australian Corporations
Act, agrees not to sell or offer for sale within Australia any of the securities sold to the offeree within 12 months after its transfer
to the offeree under this prospectus.
Canada
The
shares of common stock may be sold only to purchasers purchasing, or deemed to be purchasing, as principal that are accredited investors,
as defined in National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions or subsection 73.3(1) of the Securities Act (Ontario), and are permitted
clients, as defined in National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations. Any resale
of the securities must be made in accordance with an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the prospectus requirements
of applicable securities laws.
Securities
legislation in certain provinces or territories of Canada may provide a purchaser with remedies for rescission or damages if this prospectus
(including any amendment thereto) contains a misrepresentation, provided that the remedies for rescission or damages are exercised by
the purchaser within the time limit prescribed by the securities legislation of the purchaser’s province or territory. The purchaser
should refer to any applicable provisions of the securities legislation of the purchaser’s province or territory for particulars
of these rights or consult with a legal advisor.
China
The
information in this document does not constitute a public offer of the securities, whether by way of sale or subscription, in the People’s
Republic of China (excluding, for purposes of this paragraph, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macau Special Administrative Region
and Taiwan). The securities may not be offered or sold directly or indirectly in the PRC to legal or natural persons other than directly
to “qualified domestic institutional investors.”
European
Economic Area—Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and Netherlands
The
information in this document has been prepared on the basis that all offers of securities will be made pursuant to an exemption under
the Directive 2003/71/EC (“Prospectus Directive”), as implemented in Member States of the European Economic Area (each, a
“Relevant Member State”), from the requirement to produce a prospectus for offers of securities. An offer to the public of
securities has not been made, and may not be made, in a Relevant Member State except pursuant to one of the following exemptions under
the Prospectus Directive as implemented in that Relevant Member State:
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legal entities that are authorized or regulated to operate in the financial markets or, if
not so authorized or regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities; |
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any legal entity that has two or more of (i) an average of at least 250 employees during
its last fiscal year; (ii) a total balance sheet of more than €43,000,000 (as shown
on its last annual unconsolidated or consolidated financial statements) and (iii) an annual
net turnover of more than €50,000,000 (as shown on its last annual unconsolidated or
consolidated financial statements); |
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fewer than 100 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors within the meaning
of Article 2(1)(e) of the Prospectus Directive) subject to obtaining the prior consent of
the Company or any underwriter for any such offer; or |
| ● | in
any other circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive, provided
that no such offer of securities shall result in a requirement for the publication by the
Company of a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive. |
France
This
document is not being distributed in the context of a public offering of financial securitie (offre au public de titres financiers) in
France within the meaning of Article L.411-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code (Code Monétaire et Financier) and Articles
211-1 et seq. of the General Regulation of the French Autorité de marchés financiers (“AMF”). The securities
have not been offered or sold and will not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, to the public in France.
This
document and any other offering material relating to the securities have not been, and will not be, submitted to the AMF for approval
in France and, accordingly, may not be distributed or caused to distributed, directly or indirectly, to the public in France.
Such
offers, sales and distributions have been and shall only be made in France to (i) qualified investors (investisseurs qualifiés)
acting for their own account, as defined in and in accordance with Articles L.411-2-II-2° and D.411-1 to D.411-3, D.744-1, D.754-1
;and D.764-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code and any implementing regulation and/or (ii) a restricted number of non-qualified
investors (cercle restreint d’investisseurs) acting for their own account, as defined in and in accordance with Articles L.411-2-II-2°
and D.411-4, D.744-1, D.754-1; and D.764-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code and any implementing regulation.
Pursuant
to Article 211-3 of the General Regulation of the AMF, investors in France are informed that the securities cannot be distributed (directly
or indirectly) to the public by the investors otherwise than in accordance with Articles L.411-1, L.411-2, L.412-1 and L.621-8 to L.621-8-3
of the French Monetary and Financial Code.
Hong
Kong
Neither
the information in this document nor any other document relating to the offer has been delivered for registration to the Registrar of
Companies in Hong Kong, and its contents have not been reviewed or approved by any regulatory authority in Hong Kong, nor have we been
authorized by the Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong. This document does not constitute an offer or invitation to the public
in Hong Kong to acquire securities. Accordingly, unless permitted by the securities laws of Hong Kong, no person may issue or have in
its possession for the purpose of issue, this document or any advertisement, invitation or document relating to the securities, whether
in Hong Kong or elsewhere, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public in Hong Kong
other than in relation to securities which are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional
investors” (as such term is defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (“SFO”)
and the subsidiary legislation made thereunder) or in circumstances which do not result in this document being a “prospectus”
as defined in the Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance of Hong Kong (Cap. 32 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (the
“CO”) or which do not constitute an offer or an invitation to the public for the purposes of the SFO or the CO. The offer
of the securities is personal to the person to whom this document has been delivered by or on behalf of our company, and a subscription
for securities will only be accepted from such person. No person to whom a copy of this document is issued may issue, circulate or distribute
this document in Hong Kong or make or give a copy of this document to any other person. You are advised to exercise caution in relation
to the offer. If you are in any doubt about any of the contents of this document, you should obtain independent professional advice.
No document may be distributed, published or reproduced (in whole or in part), disclosed by or to any other person in Hong Kong or to
any person to whom the offer of sale of the securities would be a breach of the CO or SFO.
Ireland
The
information in this document does not constitute a prospectus under any Irish laws or regulations and this document has not been filed
with or approved by any Irish regulatory authority as the information has not been prepared in the context of a public offering of securities
in Ireland within the meaning of the Irish Prospectus (Directive 2003/71/EC) Regulations 2005 (the “Prospectus Regulations”).
The securities have not been offered or sold, and will not be offered, sold or delivered directly or indirectly in Ireland by way of
a public offering, except to (i) qualified investors as defined in Regulation 2(l) of the Prospectus Regulations and (ii) fewer than
100 natural or legal persons who are not qualified investors.
Israel
The
securities offered by this prospectus have not been approved or disapproved by the Israeli Securities Authority (the ISA), nor have such
securities been registered for sale in Israel. The shares may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, to the public in Israel,
absent the publication of a prospectus. The ISA has not issued permits, approvals or licenses in connection with the offering or publishing
the prospectus; nor has it authenticated the details included herein, confirmed their reliability or completeness, or rendered an opinion
as to the quality of the securities being offered. Any resale in Israel, directly or indirectly, to the public of the securities offered
by this prospectus is subject to restrictions on transferability and must be effected only in compliance with the Israeli securities
laws and regulations.
Italy
The
offering of the securities in the Republic of Italy has not been authorized by the Italian Securities and Exchange Commission (Commissione
Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa, or “CONSOB”) pursuant to the Italian securities legislation and, accordingly,
no offering material relating to the securities may be distributed in Italy and such securities may not be offered or sold in Italy in
a public offer within the meaning of Article 1.1(t) of Legislative Decree No. 58 of 24 February 1998 (“Decree No. 58”), other
than:
| ● | to
Italian qualified investors, as defined in Article 100 of Decree no.58 by reference to Article
34-ter of CONSOB Regulation no. 11971 of 14 May 1999 (“Regulation no. 1197l”)
as amended (“Qualified Investors”); and |
| ● | in
other circumstances that are exempt from the rules on public offer pursuant to Article 100
of Decree No. 58 and Article 34-ter of Regulation No. 11971 as amended. |
| ● | Any
offer, sale or delivery of the securities or distribution of any offer document relating
to the securities in Italy (excluding placements where a Qualified Investor solicits an offer
from the issuer) under the paragraphs above must be: |
| ● | made
by investment firms, banks or financial intermediaries permitted to conduct such activities
in Italy in accordance with Legislative Decree No. 385 of 1 September 1993 (as amended),
Decree No. 58, CONSOB Regulation No. 16190 of 29 October 2007 and any other applicable laws;
and |
| ● | in
compliance with all relevant Italian securities, tax and exchange controls and any other
applicable laws. |
Any
subsequent distribution of the securities in Italy must be made in compliance with the public offer and prospectus requirement rules
provided under Decree No. 58 and the Regulation No. 11971 as amended, unless an exception from those rules applies. Failure to comply
with such rules may result in the sale of such securities being declared null and void and in the liability of the entity transferring
the securities for any damages suffered by the investors.
Japan
The
securities have not been and will not be registered under Article 4, paragraph 1 of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan
(Law No. 25 of 1948), as amended (the “FIEL”) pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements applicable to a
private placement of securities to Qualified Institutional Investors (as defined in and in accordance with Article 2, paragraph 3 of
the FIEL and the regulations promulgated thereunder). Accordingly, the securities may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly,
in Japan or to, or for the benefit of, any resident of Japan other than Qualified Institutional Investors. Any Qualified Institutional
Investor who acquires securities may not resell them to any person in Japan that is not a Qualified Institutional Investor, and acquisition
by any such person of securities is conditional upon the execution of an agreement to that effect.
Portugal
This
document is not being distributed in the context of a public offer of financial securities (oferta pública de valores mobiliários)
in Portugal, within the meaning of Article 109 of the Portuguese Securities Code (Código dos Valores Mobiliários). The
securities have not been offered or sold and will not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, to the public in Portugal. This document
and any other offering material relating to the securities have not been, and will not be, submitted to the Portuguese Securities Market
Commission (Comissăo do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários) for approval in Portugal and, accordingly, may not be distributed
or caused to distributed, directly or indirectly, to the public in Portugal, other than under circumstances that are deemed not to qualify
as a public offer under the Portuguese Securities Code. Such offers, sales and distributions of securities in Portugal are limited to
persons who are “qualified investors” (as defined in the Portuguese Securities Code). Only such investors may receive this
document and they may not distribute it or the information contained in it to any other person.
Sweden
This
document has not been, and will not be, registered with or approved by Finansinspektionen (the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority).
Accordingly, this document may not be made available, nor may the securities be offered for sale in Sweden, other than under circumstances
that are deemed not to require a prospectus under the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act (1991:980) (Sw. lag (1991:980) om handel
med finansiella instrument). Any offering of securities in Sweden is limited to persons who are “qualified investors” (as
defined in the Financial Instruments Trading Act). Only such investors may receive this document and they may not distribute it or the
information contained in it to any other person.
Switzerland
The
securities may not be publicly offered in Switzerland and will not be listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (“SIX”) or on any
other stock exchange or regulated trading facility in Switzerland. This document has been prepared without regard to the disclosure standards
for issuance prospectuses under art. 652a or art. 1156 of the Swiss Code of Obligations or the disclosure standards for listing prospectuses
under art. 27 ff. of the SIX Listing Rules or the listing rules of any other stock exchange or regulated trading facility in Switzerland.
Neither this document nor any other offering material relating to the securities may be publicly distributed or otherwise made publicly
available in Switzerland.
Neither
this document nor any other offering material relating to the securities have been or will be filed with or approved by any Swiss regulatory
authority. In particular, this document will not be filed with, and the offer of securities will not be supervised by, the Swiss Financial
Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA).
This
document is personal to the recipient only and not for general circulation in Switzerland.
United
Arab Emirates
Neither
this document nor the securities have been approved, disapproved or passed on in any way by the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates
or any other governmental authority in the United Arab Emirates, nor have we received authorization or licensing from the Central Bank
of the United Arab Emirates or any other governmental authority in the United Arab Emirates to market or sell the securities within the
United Arab Emirates. This document does not constitute and may not be used for the purpose of an offer or invitation. No services relating
to the securities, including the receipt of applications and/or the allotment or redemption of such shares, may be rendered within the
United Arab Emirates by us.
United
Kingdom
Neither
the information in this document nor any other document relating to the offer has been delivered for approval to the Financial Services
Authority in the United Kingdom and no prospectus (within the meaning of section 85 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as
amended (“FSMA”) has been published or is intended to be published in respect of the securities. This document is issued
on a confidential basis to “qualified investors” (within the meaning of section 86(7) of FSMA) in the United Kingdom, and
the securities may not be offered or sold in the United Kingdom by means of this document, any accompanying letter or any other document,
except in circumstances which do not require the publication of a prospectus pursuant to section 86(1) FSMA. This document should not
be distributed, published or reproduced, in whole or in part, nor may its contents be disclosed by recipients to any other person in
the United Kingdom.
Any
invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of FSMA) received in connection with the
issue or sale of the securities has only been communicated or caused to be communicated and will only be communicated or caused to be
communicated in the United Kingdom in circumstances in which section 21(1) of FSMA does not apply to the Company.
In
the United Kingdom, this document is being distributed only to, and is directed at, persons (i) who have professional experience in matters
relating to investments falling within Article 19(5) (investment professionals) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial
Promotions) Order 2005 (“FPO”), (ii) who fall within the categories of persons referred to in Article 49(2)(a) to (d) (high
net worth companies, unincorporated associations, etc.) of the FPO or (iii) to whom it may otherwise be lawfully communicated (together
“relevant persons”). The investments to which this document relates are available only to, and any invitation, offer or agreement
to purchase will be engaged in only with, relevant persons. Any person who is not a relevant person should not act or rely on this document
or any of its contents.
Pursuant
to section 3A.3 of National Instrument 33-105 Underwriting Conflicts, or NI 33-105, the underwriters are not required to comply with
the disclosure requirements of NI 33-105 regarding underwriter conflicts of interest in connection with this offering.
LEGAL
MATTERS
The
validity of the issuance of the shares of Class A common stock (or pre-funded warrants) and accompanying warrants offered
by us in this offering will be passed upon for us by Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, New York, New York. ArentFox Schiff
LLP, Washington, DC, has acted as counsel for the underwriters in connection with certain legal matters related to this offering.
EXPERTS
The financial statements of Sidus
Space, Inc. as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 and for each of the years then ended incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement, of which this prospectus forms a part, have been so included in reliance on the report of BF Borgers CPA PC, an independent
registered public accounting firm, appearing elsewhere herein, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
WHERE
YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
This prospectus is part of
a registration statement we filed with the SEC. This prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in
the registration statement and the exhibits to the registration statement. For further information with respect to us and
the securities we are offering under this prospectus, we refer you to the registration statement and the exhibits and schedules
filed as a part of the registration statement. You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus or
incorporated by reference into this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone else to provide you with different information.
We are not making an offer of these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer is not permitted. You should assume that the information
contained in this prospectus, or any document incorporated by reference in this prospectus, is accurate only as of the date of those
respective documents, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or any sale of our securities.
We file annual, quarterly
and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. Our SEC filings are available to the public from
commercial document retrieval services and over the Internet at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
We maintain a website at www.sonnetbio.com. You
may access our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports
filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act with the SEC free of charge at our website as soon as reasonably
practicable after such material is electronically filed with, or furnished to, the SEC. The information contained in, or that can be
accessed through, our website is not incorporated by reference into, and is not part of, this prospectus.
INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
This prospectus is part of
the registration statement but the registration statement includes and incorporates by reference additional information and exhibits.
The SEC permits us to “incorporate by reference” the information contained in documents we file with the SEC, which means
that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents rather than by including them in this prospectus.
Information that is incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this prospectus and you should read it with the same care that
you read this prospectus. Information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and supersede the information that is
either contained, or incorporated by reference, in this prospectus, and will be considered to be a part of this prospectus from the date
those documents are filed. We have filed with the SEC, and incorporate by reference in this prospectus:
| ● | Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 filed with the SEC on March 15,
2023; |
| ● | Current
Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on March 17, 2023; and |
| ● | The
description of our Class A common stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A12b
filed with the SEC on December 10, 2021, and any amendments or reports filed updating such
description. |
Notwithstanding the statements
in the preceding paragraphs, no document, report or exhibit (or portion of any of the foregoing) or any other information that we have
“furnished” to the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended shall be incorporated by reference into
this prospectus.
We will furnish without charge
to you, on written or oral request, a copy of any or all of the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus, including exhibits
to these documents. You should direct any requests for documents to:
Sidus Space, Inc.
150 N. Sykes Creek Parkway, Suite 200
Merritt Island, FL 32963
Phone: (321) 613-5620
You also may access these
filings on our website at http://www.sidusspace.com. We do not incorporate the information on our website into this prospectus or any
supplement to this prospectus and you should not consider any information on, or that can be accessed through, our website as part of
this prospectus or any supplement to this prospectus (other than those filings with the SEC that we specifically incorporate by reference
into this prospectus or any supplement to this prospectus).
Any statement contained in
a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus will be deemed modified, superseded or replaced
for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained in this prospectus modifies, supersedes or replaces such statement.
Any statement contained herein or in any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference shall be deemed to be modified
or superseded for purposes of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part to the extent that a statement contained
in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference modifies or supersedes such statement.
Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part of the registration statement of which this prospectus
forms a part, except as so modified or superseded.
Up to 29,411,765 shares of Class A Common
Stock
Pre-Funded Warrants to Purchase
up to 29,411,765 shares of Class A Common Stock
Warrants to Purchase up to 29,411,765
shares of Class A Common Stock
Sidus
Space, Inc.
PRELIMINARY
PROSPECTUS
BOUSTEAD
SECURITIES, LLC
EF Hutton
division of Benchmark Investments, LLC
,
2023
PART II—INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 13. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution
The following table sets forth all expenses, other
than the underwriting discounts and commissions, payable by the registrant in connection with the sale of the securities being registered.
All the amounts shown are estimates except the SEC registration fee and the FINRA filing fee.
| |
Amount to be paid | |
SEC registration fee | |
$ | 1,975 | |
FINRA filing fee | |
$ | 3,088 | |
Accounting fees and expenses | |
$ | 50,000 | |
Legal fees and expenses | |
$ | 125,000 | |
Printing and engraving expenses | |
$ | 5,000 | |
Miscellaneous | |
$ | 14,937 | |
| |
| | |
Total | |
$ | 200,000
| |
Item 14. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Section 102 of the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) permits a corporation to eliminate the personal liability of directors of a corporation to
the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where the director breached
his duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment
of a dividend or approved a stock repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit. Our Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, provides that no director of the Company shall be personally liable to it or its
stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director, notwithstanding any provision of law imposing such liability,
except to the extent that the DGCL prohibits the elimination or limitation of liability of directors for breaches of fiduciary duty.
Section 145 of the DGCL provides that a corporation
has the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or a person serving at the request of the corporation
for another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise in related capacities against expenses (including attorneys’
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with an action, suit
or proceeding to which he was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, ending or completed action, suit or
proceeding by reason of such position, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
to the best interests of the corporation, and, in any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was
unlawful, except that, in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification shall be made with respect
to 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 other adjudicating court determines that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all
of 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.
Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation,
as amended, and Amended and Restated Bylaws provide indemnification for our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by
the DGCL. We will indemnify each person who was or is a party or threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
action, suit or proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of us) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was, or has agreed
to become, a director or officer, or is or was serving, or has agreed to serve, at our request as a director, officer, partner, employee
or trustee of, or in a similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (all such persons
being referred to as an “Indemnitee”), or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity,
against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
in connection with such action, suit or proceeding and any appeal therefrom, if such Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he
or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, our best interests, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, he
or she had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended,
and Amended and Restated Bylaws will provide that we will indemnify any Indemnitee who was or is a party to an action or suit by or in
the right of us to procure a judgment in our favor by reason of the fact that the Indemnitee is or was, or has agreed to become, a director
or officer, or is or was serving, or has agreed to serve, at our request as a director, officer, partner, employee or trustee of, or in
a similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged
to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees) and, to the extent permitted by
law, amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, and any appeal therefrom,
if the Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, our best interests, except
that no indemnification shall be made with respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be
liable to us, unless a court determines that, despite such adjudication but in view of all of the circumstances, he or she is entitled
to indemnification of such expenses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that any Indemnitee has been successful, on the merits
or otherwise, he or she will be indemnified by us against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred
in connection therewith. Expenses must be advanced to an Indemnitee under certain circumstances.
We have entered into separate indemnification agreements
with each of our directors and executive officers. Each indemnification agreement provide, among other things, for indemnification to
the fullest extent permitted by law and our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and Amended and Restated Bylaws
against any and all expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement of any claim. The indemnification agreements
provide for the advancement or payment of all expenses to the indemnitee and for the reimbursement to us if it is found that such indemnitee
is not entitled to such indemnification under applicable law and our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and
Amended and Restated Bylaws.
We also have a general liability insurance policy
that covers certain liabilities of directors and officers of our corporation arising out of claims based on acts or omissions in their
capacities as directors or officers.
Item 15. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
During August and September 2021, we sold 3,000,000
shares of Class A common stock to various investors for gross proceeds of $3,000,000. We deemed the offer, sale and issuance of such securities
to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act in reliance on Section 4(2) of the Securities Act, including Regulation D and
Rule 506 promulgated thereunder, relative to transactions by an issuer not involving a public offering.
On September 22, 2021, we issued 200,000 shares of
restricted Class A Common Stock to 2 employees. The shares vested immediately upon the grant date. We deemed the offer, sale and issuance
of such securities to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act in reliance on Section 4(2) of the Securities Act, including
Regulation D and Rule 506 promulgated thereunder, relative to transactions by an issuer not involving a public offering.
On August 10, 2022, we issued an aggregate of 90,367
shares of common stock to B. Riley Principal Capital II as consideration for its commitment to purchase shares of our common stock in
one or more purchases that we may, in our sole discretion, direct them to make, from time to time after the date of this prospectus, pursuant
to the Purchase Agreement. The shares of common stock were issued under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506(b) of Regulation
D, in a transaction by an issuer not involving a public offering. B. Riley Principal Capital II has represented that it is an accredited
investor for purposes of Rule 501 of Regulation D and that it is not acquiring such shares with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection
with, any distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state security laws. The investor also represented
that it had been afforded the opportunity to ask questions and receive answers from us and has sought advice as it considered necessary
to make an informed investment decision.
Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
No. |
|
Title
of Document |
1.1* |
|
Form of Underwriting Agreement |
3.1 |
|
Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1 filed
with the SEC on December 3, 2021) |
3.2 |
|
Certificate
of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated August 24, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2
to Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1 filed with the SEC on December 3, 2021) |
3.3 |
|
Certificate
of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated December 16, 2021(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3
to Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 5, 2022) |
3.4 |
|
Amended
and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 5, 2022) |
4.1 |
|
Form of Representative’s Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 fled with the SEC on January 13, 2023) |
4.2* |
|
Form of Warrant |
4.3* |
|
Form of Pre-Funded Warrant |
4.4 |
|
Form of Representative’s Warrant |
5.1* |
|
Opinion of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
10.1 |
|
Sidus
Space, Inc. 2021 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April
5, 2022) |
10.2 |
|
Revenue
Loan and Security Agreement dated December 1, 2021 by and among Sidus Space, Inc., Carol Craig and Decathlon Alpha IV, L.P. (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1 filed with the SEC on December 3, 2021) |
10.3 |
|
Loan
Assignment and Assumption Agreement dated December 1, 2021 by and between Decathlon Alpha IV, L.P., Craig Technical Consulting, Inc.
and Sidus Space, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1 filed with the SEC on December 3,
2021) |
10.4 |
|
Loan
Agreement dated May 1, 2021 by and between Sidus Space, Inc. and Craig Technical Consulting, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.4 to Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1 filed with the SEC on December 3, 2021) |
10.5 |
|
Form
of Indemnification Agreement for Directors and Officers (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1
filed with the SEC on December 3, 2021) |
10.6 |
|
Lease
Agreement dated as of November 29, 2016 between 400 W. Central LLC and Craig Technologies Properties, LLC (assigned to Sidus Space,
Inc.) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1 filed with the SEC on December 3, 2021) |
10.7 |
|
Lease
Agreement dated as of May 21, 2021 between 400 W. Central LLC and Sidus Space, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to
Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1 filed with the SEC on December 3, 2021). |
10.8 |
|
Commercial
Sublease Agreement dated August 1, 2021 by and between Sykes Creek Limited Partnership, Craig Technical Consulting, Inc. and Sidus
Space, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1 filed with the SEC on December 3, 2021) |
10.9# |
|
NASA
Contract Award dated November 5, 2018 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1 filed with the SEC
on December 3, 2021) |
10.10 |
|
Employment
Agreement between Sidus Space, Inc. and Carol Craig dated December 16, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to Form 10-K
filed with the SEC on April 5, 2022) |
10.11 |
|
Consulting
Agreement between Sidus Space, Inc. and EverAsia Financial Group, Inc. dated August 21, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.11 to Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1 filed with the SEC on December 3, 2021) |
10.12 |
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Common
Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2022, by and between Sidus Space, Inc. and B. Riley Principal Capital II, LLC (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 11, 2022) |
10.13 |
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Registration
Rights Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2022, by and between Sidus Space, Inc. and B. Riley Principal Capital II, LLC (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 11, 2022) |
10.14 |
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Debt
Forgiveness Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 9, 2022) |
21.1 |
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List
of Subsidiaries (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21.1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1 filed with the SEC on December 3, 2021) |
23.1 |
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Consent of BF Borgers CPA PC. |
23.2* |
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Consent of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) |
24* |
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Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereto). |
107* |
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Filing Fee Table |
# Pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K, certain
confidential portions of this exhibit were omitted by means of marking such portions with an asterisk because the identified confidential
portions (i) are not material and (ii) would be competitively harmful if publicly disclosed.
* Previously filed.
Item 17. Undertakings
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
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(1) |
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: |
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(i) |
To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; |
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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% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement. |
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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 (i), (ii) and (iii) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-1 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated
by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the
registration statement; |
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That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, 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. |
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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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That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser: each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. 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 first use, 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 date of first use; and |
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That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 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: |
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Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; |
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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; |
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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 |
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Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser. |
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Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 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 Securities Act of 1933 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. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized in the City of Merritt Island, State of Florida, on the 5th day of April 2023.
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SIDUS SPACE, INC. |
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By: |
/s/ Carol Craig |
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Carol Craig |
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Chief Executive Officer and Chairwoman |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement on Form S-1 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated below.
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/s/ Carol Craig |
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Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Chairwoman |
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April 5,
2023 |
Carol Craig |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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April 5, 2023 |
Teresa Burchfield |
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(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
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Chief Technology Officer and Director |
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April 5, 2023 |
Jamie Adams |
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Director |
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April 5,
2023 |
Dana Kilborne |
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Director |
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April 5,
2023 |
Cole Oliver |
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Director |
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April 5,
2023 |
Miguel Valero |
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*By: | /s/
Carol Craig | |
| Carol Craig | |
| Attorney-in-Fact | |
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