UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2025
or
☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from _________________________ to _________________________
Commission File Number: 001-36790
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Predictive Oncology Inc. |
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) |
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Delaware |
33-1007393 |
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(State or other jurisdiction of |
(I.R.S. Employer |
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incorporation or organization) |
Identification No.) |
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91 43rd Street, Suite 110 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
15201 |
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(Address of principal executive offices) |
(Zip Code) |
(412) 432-1500
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report) |
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Title of each class |
Trading Symbol(s) |
Name of each exchange on which registered |
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Common stock, $0.01 par value |
POAI |
Nasdaq Capital Market |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
☒ Yes ☐ No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).
☒ Yes ☐ No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, 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.
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Large accelerated filer ☐ |
Accelerated filer ☐ |
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Non-accelerated filer ☒ |
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 pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
☐ Yes ☒ No
As of November 10, 2025, the registrant had 3,393,516 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share outstanding.
PREDICTIVE ONCOLOGY INC.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ITEM 1. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
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September 30, 2025 |
December 31, 2024 |
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ASSETS |
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Current assets: |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
$ | 181,667 | $ | 611,822 | ||||
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Accounts receivable |
26,009 | 34,154 | ||||||
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Inventories |
37,989 | 45,760 | ||||||
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Prepaid expense and other assets |
843,938 | 272,779 | ||||||
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Current assets of discontinued operations |
14,348 | 1,261,403 | ||||||
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Total current assets |
1,103,951 | 2,225,918 | ||||||
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Property and equipment, net |
253,187 | 347,588 | ||||||
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Intangibles, net |
47,522 | 50,955 | ||||||
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Lease right-of-use assets |
1,634,160 | 2,047,241 | ||||||
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Other long-term assets |
98,478 | 98,478 | ||||||
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Non-current assets of discontinued operations |
- | 202,337 | ||||||
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Total assets |
$ | 3,137,298 | $ | 4,972,517 | ||||
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT |
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Current liabilities: |
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Accounts payable |
$ | 2,717,725 | $ | 1,044,394 | ||||
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Note payable |
187,374 | - | ||||||
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Accrued expenses and other liabilities |
1,133,046 | 1,236,378 | ||||||
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Derivative liability |
74,366,000 | - | ||||||
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Contract liabilities |
146,576 | 224,076 | ||||||
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Lease liability |
627,909 | 555,169 | ||||||
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Current liabilities of discontinued operations |
310,046 | 533,384 | ||||||
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Total current liabilities |
79,488,676 | 3,593,401 | ||||||
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Lease liability – net of current portion |
1,076,544 | 1,558,239 | ||||||
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Non-current liabilities of discontinued operations |
- | 23,487 | ||||||
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Total liabilities |
80,565,220 | 5,175,127 | ||||||
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Contingencies (see Note 7) |
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Stockholders’ deficit: |
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Preferred stock, 20,000,000 shares authorized inclusive of designated below |
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Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, $.01 par value, 2,300,000 shares authorized, 79,246 shares outstanding as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 |
792 | 792 | ||||||
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Common stock, $.01 par value, 200,000,000 shares authorized, 767,058 and 444,475 shares outstanding as of September 30, 2025, and December 31, 2024, respectively |
7,671 | 4,445 | ||||||
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Additional paid-in capital |
185,155,064 | 180,218,424 | ||||||
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Accumulated deficit |
(262,591,449 | ) | (180,426,271 | ) | ||||
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Total stockholders’ deficit |
(77,427,922 | ) | (202,610 | ) | ||||
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Total liabilities and stockholders’ deficit |
$ | 3,137,298 | $ | 4,972,517 | ||||
See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF NET LOSS
(Unaudited)
| Three Months Ended September 30, |
Nine Months Ended September 30, |
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2025 |
2024 |
2025 |
2024 |
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Revenue |
$ | 3,618 | $ | 3,907 | $ | 116,610 | $ | 76,020 | ||||||||
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Cost of sales |
8,356 | 11,177 | 71,695 | 47,468 | ||||||||||||
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Gross profit (loss) |
(4,738 | ) | (7,270 | ) | 44,915 | 28,552 | ||||||||||
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Operating expenses: |
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General and administrative |
2,613,075 | 1,545,271 | 6,316,930 | 5,696,109 | ||||||||||||
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Operations, research and development |
528,557 | 535,236 | 1,548,678 | 1,724,013 | ||||||||||||
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Sales and marketing |
133,494 | 72,667 | 406,086 | 815,563 | ||||||||||||
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Total operating expenses |
3,275,126 | 2,153,174 | 8,271,694 | 8,235,685 | ||||||||||||
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Total operating (loss) |
(3,279,864 |
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(2,160,444 |
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(8,226,779 | ) | (8,207,133 | ) | ||||||||
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Other income |
2,631 | 36,379 | 688,483 | 64,497 | ||||||||||||
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Other expense |
(3,504 |
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(5,822 | ) | (6,752 | ) | (9,393 | ) | ||||||||
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Gain (loss) on derivative instruments |
(74,366,000 | ) | 7 | (74,366,000 | ) | 1,375 | ||||||||||
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Loss from continuing operations |
(77,646,737 | ) | (2,129,880 | ) | (81,911,048 | ) | (8,150,654 | ) | ||||||||
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Loss from discontinued operations |
(5,106 | ) | (964,810 | ) | (254,130 | ) | (2,344,140 | ) | ||||||||
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Net (loss) |
$ | (77,651,843 |
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$ | (3,094,690 |
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$ | (82,165,178 | ) | $ | (10,494,794 | ) | ||||
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Loss per common share, basic and diluted: |
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Loss from continuing operations |
$ | (107.24 | ) | $ | (4.99 | ) | $ | (135.70 | ) | $ | (24.23 | ) | ||||
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Loss from discontinued operations |
(0.01 | ) | (2.27 | ) | (0.42 | ) | (6.97 | ) | ||||||||
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Net (loss) per common share, basic and diluted |
$ | (107.25 | ) | $ | (7.26 | ) | $ | (136.12 | ) | $ | (31.20 | ) | ||||
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Weighted average shares used in computation – basic and diluted |
723,998 | 426,423 | 603,605 | 336,423 | ||||||||||||
See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)
FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED
SEPTEMBER 30, 2025
(Unaudited)
| Series B Preferred | Common Stock | Additional Paid-In | Accumulated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shares |
Amount |
Shares |
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Capital |
Deficit |
Total |
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Balance at December 31, 2024 |
79,246 | $ | 792 | 444,475 | $ | 4,445 | $ | 180,218,424 | $ | (180,426,271 | ) | $ | (202,610 | ) | ||||||||||||||
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Issuance of shares pursuant to warrant exercises |
- | - | 95,601 | 956 | 1,533,426 | - | 1,534,382 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Issuance of shares pursuant to Registered Direct Offering, net of issuance costs |
- | - | 24,223 | 242 | 465,063 | - | 465,305 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Issuance of shares pursuant to Renovaro Extension Agreement |
- | - | 31,153 | 312 | 499,688 | - | 500,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Net loss |
- | - | - | - | - | (2,442,873 | ) | (2,442,873 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Balance at March 31, 2025 |
79,246 | $ | 792 | 595,452 | $ | 5,955 | $ | 182,716,601 | $ | (182,869,144 | ) | $ | (145,796 | ) | ||||||||||||||
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Issuance of shares to non-employees |
- | - | 6,667 | 67 | 99,933 | - | 100,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Issuance of shares pursuant to At The Market Offering, net of issuance costs |
- | - | 18,987 | 190 | 162,668 | - | 162,858 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Issuance of shares pursuant to May 2025 private placement |
- | - | 18,692 | 187 | 299,813 | - | 300,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Net loss |
- | - | - | - | - | (2,070,462 | ) | (2,070,462 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Balance at June 30, 2025 |
79,246 | $ | 792 | 639,798 | $ | 6,399 | $ | 183,279,015 | $ | (184,939,606 | ) | $ | (1,653,400 | ) | ||||||||||||||
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Vesting expense |
- | - | - | - | 371,335 | - | 371,335 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Issuance of shares pursuant to At The Market Offering, net of issuance costs |
- | - | 78,356 | 784 | 920,564 | - | 921,348 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Issuance of commitment fee shares pursuant to Yorkville SEPA |
- | - | 8,033 | 80 | 99,920 | - | 100,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Issuance of shares pursuant to August 2025 private placement |
- | - | 36,237 | 362 | 412,731 | - | 413,093 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Round up of fractional shares pursuant to reverse stock split |
- | - | 176 | 1 | (1 | ) | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Issuance of shares pursuant to warrant exercises |
- | - | 4,458 | 45 | 71,500 | - | 71,545 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Net loss |
- | - | - | - | - | (77,651,843 | ) | (77,651,843 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Balance at September 30, 2025 |
79,246 | $ | 792 | 767,058 | $ | 7,671 | $ | 185,155,064 | $ | (262,591,449 | ) | $ | (77,427,922 | ) | ||||||||||||||
See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
PREDICTIVE ONCOLOGY INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
(Unaudited)
| Series B Preferred | Common Stock | Additional Paid-In | Accumulated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shares |
Amount |
Shares |
Amount |
Capital |
Deficit |
Total |
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Balance at December 31, 2023 |
79,246 |
$ |
792 | 270,863 |
$ |
2,709 |
$ |
176,030,162 |
$ |
(167,761,883 |
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$ |
8,271,780 | |||||||||||||||
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Vesting expense, net of forfeitures |
- | - | - | - | 734 | - | 734 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Net loss |
- | - | - | - | - | (4,218,843 |
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(4,218,843 |
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Balance at March 31, 2024 |
79,246 |
$ |
792 | 270,863 |
$ |
2,709 |
$ |
176,030,896 |
$ |
(171,980,726 |
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$ |
4,053,671 | |||||||||||||||
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Issuance of shares to non-employees |
- | - | 2,597 | 26 | 99,227 | - | 99,253 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Vesting expense, net of forfeitures |
- | - | - | - | 306 | - | 306 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Issuance of shares pursuant to At-The-Market financing, net of issuance costs |
- | - | 107,140 | 1,071 | 3,120,931 | - | 3,122,002 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Net loss |
- | - | - | - | - | (3,181,261 |
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(3,181,261 |
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Balance at June 30, 2024 |
79,246 |
$ |
792 | 380,600 |
$ |
3,806 |
$ |
179,251,360 |
$ |
(175,161,987 |
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$ |
4,093,971 | |||||||||||||||
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Vesting expense, net of forfeitures |
- | - | - | - | 88 | - | 88 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Issuance of shares pursuant to Warrant Inducement Transaction, net of issuance costs |
- | - | 63,875 | 639 | 966,961 | - | 967,600 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Net loss |
- | - | - | - | - | (3,094,690 | ) | (3,094,690 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Balance at September 30, 2024 |
79,246 | $ | 792 | 444,475 | $ | 4,445 | $ | 180,218,409 | $ | (178,256,677 | ) | $ | 1,966,969 | |||||||||||||||
See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
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| Nine Months Ended | ||||||||
| September 30, | ||||||||
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2025 |
2024 |
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Cash flow from continuing operating activities: |
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Net loss |
$ | (82,165,178 |
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$ | (10,494,794 |
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Less: (loss) from discontinued operations |
(254,130 | ) | (2,344,140 | ) | ||||
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Net loss from continuing operations |
(81,911,048 | ) | (8,150,654 | ) | ||||
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Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: |
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Depreciation and amortization |
97,834 | 99,625 | ||||||
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Amortization of operating lease right-of-use assets |
413,081 | 366,346 | ||||||
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Non-cash write off of accounts payable and related accrued expenses |
(676,678 | ) | - | |||||
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(Gain) loss on derivative instruments |
74,366,000 | (1,375 | ) | |||||
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Vesting expense |
371,335 | 891 | ||||||
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Issuance of shares to non-employees |
200,000 | 99,253 | ||||||
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Loss on disposal of property and equipment |
- | 803 | ||||||
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Changes in assets and liabilities: |
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Accounts receivable |
8,145 | 26,526 | ||||||
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Inventories |
7,771 | 2,210 | ||||||
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Prepaid expense and other assets |
(571,159 | ) | 10,351 | |||||
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Accounts payable |
1,883,017 | (115,238 | ) | |||||
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Accrued expenses and other |
363,660 | 1,722 | ||||||
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Contract liabilities |
(77,500 |
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(43,255 |
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Operating lease liability |
(408,955 | ) | (346,884 | ) | ||||
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Other long-term liabilities |
- | - | ||||||
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Net cash (used in) continuing operating activities: |
(5,934,497 | ) | (8,049,679 | ) | ||||
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Cash flow from continuing investing activities: |
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Purchase of property and equipment |
- | (3,032 | ) | |||||
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Net cash (used in) continuing investing activities: |
- | (3,032 | ) | |||||
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Cash flow from continuing financing activities: |
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Proceeds from issuance of common stock and warrants |
4,609,409 | 4,960,562 | ||||||
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Costs to issue common stock and warrants |
(240,878 | ) | (870,960 | ) | ||||
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Proceeds from issuance of financing note payable |
264,048 | 275,098 | ||||||
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Repayment of note payable |
(76,674 | ) | (229,730 | ) | ||||
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Net cash provided by continuing financing activities |
4,555,905 | 4,134,970 | ||||||
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Discontinued operations: |
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Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities |
200,586 | (1,757,485 | ) | |||||
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Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities |
625,000 | 25,522 | ||||||
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Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities |
- | - | ||||||
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Net cash provided by (used in) discontinued operations |
825,586 | (1,731,963 | ) | |||||
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Net (decrease) in cash |
(553,006 | ) | (5,649,704 | ) | ||||
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Cash and cash equivalents from continuing operations at beginning of period |
611,822 | 8,357,294 | ||||||
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Cash and cash equivalents from discontinued operations at beginning of period |
122,851 | 371,366 | ||||||
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Less: Cash from discontinued operations at end of period |
- | (119,223 | ) | |||||
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Cash and cash equivalents from continuing operations at end of period |
$ | 181,667 | $ | 2,959,733 | ||||
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Supplemental disclosure for cash flow information: |
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Cash payments for interest |
$ | 6,753 | $ | 9,393 | ||||
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Non-cash transactions: |
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Equipment transferred from discontinued operations |
- | 5,140 | ||||||
See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
NOTE 1 – ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Nature of Operations
Predictive Oncology Inc. (“Predictive Oncology” or the “Company”) is a knowledge-driven company focused on applying artificial intelligence (“AI”) to support the discovery and development of optimal cancer therapies, which can ultimately lead to more effective treatments and improved patient outcomes. Predictive Oncology uses AI and its proprietary biobank of 150,000+ tumor samples, categorized by tumor type, to provide actionable insights about drug compounds to improve the drug discovery process and increase the probability of drug compound success. The Company also creates and develops tumor-specific 3D cell culture models mimicking the physiological environment of human tissue, enabling better-informed decision-making during drug development. The Company’s suite of solutions supports oncology drug development from early discovery to clinical trials.
Predictive Oncology also recently adopted a digital asset treasury strategy (the “Treasury Strategy”) focused on the Aethir token (“ATH”), the native utility token of the Aethir network, to create a Strategic Compute Reserve. Through its holdings of ATH, the Company will function as an operator on the Aethir network, strengthening Aethir’s ability to provide the global infrastructure layer for the future of AI and democratize access to AI infrastructure. On September 29, 2025, the Company announced the adoption of the Treasury Strategy, including the pricing of two private placements to support the adoption, and began accumulating ATH on October 7, 2025. For further discussion of the private placements supporting the Treasury Strategy, which were entered into on September 29, 2025 and closed on October 7, 2025, refer to Note 10 – Derivative Liability for Cryptocurrency Private Placement and Note 15 – Subsequent Events.
On January 1, 2025, the Company entered into a binding letter of intent (the “LOI”) with Renovaro, Inc. (NASDAQ: RENB) (“Renovaro”) for Predictive Oncology to be acquired by Renovaro (the “Renovaro Merger”). On February 28, 2025, Predictive Oncology entered into an extension agreement with Renovaro (the “Extension Agreement”), pursuant to which the parties amended certain terms of the LOI, including to extend the outside termination date of the LOI from February 28, 2025 to March 31, 2025. No definitive purchase agreement was executed as of March 31, 2025 and the LOI terminated on that date, pursuant to its terms. Predictive Oncology has no further obligations with respect to the Renovaro Merger, including under the LOI or the Extension Agreement. On April 3, 2025, Predictive Oncology’s Board of Directors notified Renovaro of the Company’s decision to discontinue discussions regarding the proposed merger between the two companies. See Note 7 – Contingencies for further discussion.
During the first quarter of 2025, the Company’s former Eagan operating segment, which produced the FDA-cleared STREAMWAY System and associated products for automated medical fluid waste management and patient-to-drain medical fluid disposal, met the criteria to be reported as discontinued operations. See Note 2 – Discontinued Operations for further discussion.
As a result of the decision to discontinue the Eagan operating segment, the Company now operates as one operating segment focused on applying AI to support the discovery and development of optimal cancer therapies. See Note 14 – Segment Information for further discussion.
Aethir Treasury Strategy
On September 29, 2025, the Company announced the launch of its Treasury Strategy focused on ATH. Aethir is a leading decentralized physical infrastructure network developed by DCI Foundation, a Panama foundation company (“DCI”), that provides a decentralized graphics processing unit (“GPU”) network, connecting producers and consumers of GPU compute power at enterprise scale, supporting applications such as artificial intelligence computation, gaming and cloud workloads. ATH, the native token of the Aethir network, is a utility token used for GPU rentals, staking, validation and the provision of network rewards on the Aethir network. ATH functions as a proxy for a unit of GPU compute power and serves as a medium of exchange and unit of incentives for participants in the Aethir network. Participants in the Aethir network can generate yield or other rewards by staking or lending ATH or by otherwise serving as a source of ATH liquidity.
Pursuant to the Treasury Strategy, the Company intends to continue acquiring additional ATH in the open market and to earn yield on its ATH treasury holdings by engaging in ATH staking and other activities. As a holder of ATH, the Company accrues unrealized gains or losses from any appreciation or depreciation, as applicable, in the value of ATH tokens, which trade on various cryptocurrency exchanges.
The Treasury Strategy is overseen by the Cryptocurrency Subcommittee of the Company’s board of directors, as well as its Chief Investment Officer, who reports to such committee. In addition, the Company’s Treasury Strategy is managed by DNA Holdings Venture, Inc. (“DNA”) pursuant to the Asset Management Agreement (as defined below) and the Strategic Advisor Agreement (as defined below). DNA is permitted to stake and/or lend ATH in the Treasury Strategy.
In addition to operating its AI drug discovery and development business, the Company’s management is focusing its resources on the Treasury Strategy and a significant portion of the Company’s balance sheet will be allocated to holding ATH pursuant to its Treasury Strategy.
Currently the Treasury Strategy is primarily dedicated to ATH, and the Company does not intend to allocate treasury assets to other digital assets in the near term. As a result, the Company’s assets will be highly concentrated in a single digital asset. Adverse developments specific to ATH, its protocol, or its network could have a disproportionate impact on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.
The Company’s Treasury Strategy is intended to bring value to its stockholders through the following:
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utilizing proceeds from equity and debt financings to purchase and hold ATH; |
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staking the majority of the ATH in the Company’s treasury to earn a staking yield and turn the treasury into a productive asset; |
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purchasing locked ATH at a discount to the current spot price; and |
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selling the Company’s ATH holdings, whether on the open market, through block trades, or other negotiated transactions, for various reasons and at various times, including, in order to fund its working capital and general corporate needs. |
Refer to the subheading “Risks and Uncertainties” below for further discussion regarding risks related to the Company’s Treasury Strategy.
Going Concern and Liquidity
These condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) assuming the Company will continue as a going concern. The going concern assumption contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business.
At the time of the issuance of the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2025, substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern existed. The Company had incurred significant and recurring losses from operations for the past several years and, as of June 30, 2025, had an accumulated deficit of $184,939,606. The Company had cash and cash equivalents of $506,078 as of June 30, 2025, and needed to raise significant additional capital to meet its operating needs. The Company had short-term obligations of $3,845,439 and long-term operating lease obligations of $1,243,327 as of June 30, 2025. During the six months ended June 30, 2025, the Company incurred negative cash flows from continuing operating activities of $4,280,632.
As disclosed in Note 15 – Subsequent Events, on October 7, 2025, the Company closed two private placements, pursuant to which the Company received aggregate cash gross proceeds of approximately $50.8 million. The Company believes that its working capital and cash position will be sufficient to fund its on-going operations for a period of at least 12 months subsequent to the issuance of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
Reverse Stock Split
On September 19, 2025, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s certificate of incorporation, as amended, to effect a one-for-fifteen reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock. On September 29, 2025, the Company completed a one-for-fifteen reverse stock split that was effective for trading purposes on September 30, 2025. All numbers of shares and per-share amounts in this report have been adjusted to reflect the reverse stock split (“Reverse Stock Split”).
As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, every 15 shares of issued and outstanding common stock were combined into one issued and outstanding share of common stock, without any change in the par value per share. No fractional shares were issued as a result of the Reverse Stock Split and any fractional shares that would otherwise have resulted from the Reverse Stock Split were rounded up to the nearest whole share. The Reverse Stock Split did not change the total number of authorized shares of common stock or preferred stock.
NASDAQ Notice of Delisting and Actions to Regain Compliance
On November 20, 2024, the Company received a letter from the Listing Qualifications Department (the “Staff”) of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) notifying the Company that it was not in compliance with the minimum stockholders’ equity requirement for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market as set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1) (the “Stockholders’ Equity Requirement”), because the Company’s stockholders’ equity of $1,966,969, as reported in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2024, was below the required minimum of $2.5 million, and because, as of November 20, 2024, the Company did not meet either of the alternative compliance standards, relating to market value of listed securities of at least $35 million or net income from continuing operations of $500,000 in the most recently completed fiscal year or in two of the last three most recently completed fiscal years.
On June 9, 2025, the Company received a letter (the “Notice”) from the Staff of Nasdaq notifying the Company that because the Company had not regained compliance with the Stockholders’ Equity Requirement, the Staff had determined to delist the Company’s securities from The Nasdaq Capital Market. The Company was unable to complete its previously submitted plan of compliance within the 180-day extension period provided under the Listing Rules. On June 11, 2025, the Company submitted a request for a hearing before Nasdaq’s Hearings Panel (the “Panel”), which stayed the suspension of the Company’s securities and the filing of a Form 25-NSE at least pending issuance of the Panel’s decision following the hearing. A hearing before the Panel was held on July 17, 2025.
On July 8, 2025, the Company received a letter from the Staff indicating that the bid price for its common stock had closed below $1.00 per share for 30 consecutive business days, and that the Company was therefore not in compliance with the minimum bid price requirement for continued listing under Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 5550(a)(2) (the “Minimum Bid Price Requirement”). The notification had no immediate effect on the listing of the Company’s common stock.
On July 17, 2025, the Company attended an oral hearing with the Panel, where the Company presented plans for coming into compliance with the continued listing standards, which included, but were not limited to, continued sales of common stock pursuant to the Company’s at-the-market offering, sales of common stock pursuant to the Company’s standby equity purchase agreement, expanding availability of the Company’s live cell ChemoFx drug response assay and business collaborations, as well as a potential reverse stock split. The Company also requested an exception from the continued listing standards through December 8, 2025, to provide the Company the ability to evidence compliance with the standards.
On July 23, 2025, the Company was notified by Nasdaq that the Panel had granted the Company’s request for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market pursuant to an extension through December 8, 2025, to demonstrate compliance with all continued listing requirements, including the Stockholders’ Equity Requirement and Minimum Bid Price Requirement. The Company has taken actions to timely satisfy the terms of the Panel’s decision.
On September 29, 2025, the Company completed the Reverse Stock Split, which was effective for trading purposes on September 30, 2025. As a result, the Company’s stock price increased significantly, and the Company regained compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement as confirmed by the Staff via a letter dated October 14, 2025.
For additional information regarding the actions the Company has taken to satisfy the terms of the Panel’s decisions related to the Stockholders’ Equity Requirement, refer to Note 15 – Subsequent Events to these condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information regarding the private placements that closed in October 2025.
Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation
The Company has prepared the condensed consolidated financial statements and related unaudited financial information in the notes in accordance with GAAP and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for interim condensed consolidated financial statements. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. These interim condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments consisting of normal recurring adjustments, which in the opinion of management, are necessary to present fairly the Company’s position, the results of its operations, and its cash flows for the interim periods. These interim condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all intercompany eliminations. These interim condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the annual consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto contained in the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 31, 2025 (the “2024 10-K”). In addition, on July 18, 2025, the Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K to retrospectively revise the Company’s annual consolidated financial statements and notes thereto that were initially filed with the SEC in the 2024 Form 10-K to reflect revisions to its reportable segments that were made in the first quarter of 2025 as a result of the disposal of the Company’s former Eagan operating segment described below. The retrospective revision to the consolidated financial statements does not impact previously reported consolidated operating income (loss) from operations, net income (loss), or earnings (loss) per share. The nature of the Company’s business is such that the results of any interim period may not be indicative of the results to be expected for the entire year.
The Company had two wholly owned subsidiaries, Helomics Corporation and Skyline Medical Inc. (“Skyline Medical”), as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024. Skyline Medical remained a wholly owned subsidiary of Predictive Oncology following the March 14, 2025 asset purchase agreement between the Company and DeRoyal Industries, Inc., but the subsidiary’s ongoing activities are limited to wind down activities. The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and these wholly owned subsidiaries after elimination of intercompany transactions and balances as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024.
Discontinued Operations
During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company discontinued its former Birmingham operating segment. In March 2025, the Company disposed of its former Eagan operating segment. Disposal groups that meet the discontinued operations criteria provided in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 205-20-45 are classified as discontinued operations. Assets and liabilities of discontinued operations are presented separately in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets and results of discontinued operations are reported as a separate component of net loss in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of net loss for all periods presented, resulting in changes to the presentation of certain prior period amounts. Results of discontinued operations are excluded from segment results for all periods presented. Cash flows from discontinued operations are also reported separately in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of cash flows.
Refer to Note 2 – Discontinued Operations for additional discussion of discontinued operations. All other notes to these condensed consolidated financial statements present the results of continuing operations and exclude amounts related to discontinued operations for all periods presented.
Accounting Policies and Use of Estimates
The preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements and during the reporting period. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. Estimates are used in the following areas, among others: variable consideration associated with revenue recognition, stock-based compensation expense, fair value of long-lived assets for impairment analyses, the valuation allowance included in the deferred income tax calculation, accrued expenses, and fair value of derivative liabilities.
Note 1 to the annual consolidated financial statements contained in the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 31, 2025, describes the significant accounting policies and estimates used in preparation of the consolidated financial statements. There have been no material changes in the Company’s significant accounting policies during the nine months ended September 30, 2025, except for those below.
Fair Value Measurement of Derivative Liability
As described in Note 10 – Derivative Liability for Cryptocurrency Private Placement and Note 15 – Subsequent Events, on September 29, 2025, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement obligating the Company to issue warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock to certain investors in exchange for the purchasers’ contribution to the Company of ATH in a private placement that closed on October 7, 2025. Because the settlement value of the obligation varies, in part, with changes in the price of ATH, the obligation is accounted for as a derivative liability and recorded at fair value as of September 30, 2025. The Company uses a Monte Carlo simulation to determine the fair value of the derivative liability in accordance with ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement. Changes in the fair value of the derivative liability are recorded in earnings and presented within (gain) loss on derivative instruments in the condensed consolidated statements of net loss.
Risks and Uncertainties
Note 1 to the annual consolidated financial statements contained in the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 31, 2025, describes certain risks and uncertainties associated with the Company and relevant to the Company’s consolidated financial statements. In connection with the Treasury Strategy adopted in September 2025 and the two private placements completed to support the Treasury Strategy, which were entered into on September 29, 2025 and closed on October 7, 2025, the Company is subject to certain additional risks related to the success of the Company’s digital asset treasury strategy, the volatile and unpredictable changes in the price of ATH, the expected growth of the ATH network, and the availability of opportunities to stake or otherwise generate returns from ATH. Refer to the subheading “Aethir Treasury Strategy” above and Note 15 – Subsequent Events for further discussion.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
The Company considers the applicability and impact of all Accounting Standards Updates (“ASUs”) issued by the FASB. Recently issued ASUs not listed below either were assessed and determined to be not applicable or are currently expected to have no impact on the condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company.
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. This ASU requires more detailed income tax disclosures. The guidance requires entities to disclose disaggregated information about their effective tax rate reconciliation as well as expanded information on income taxes paid by jurisdiction. The disclosure requirements will be applied on a prospective basis, with the option to apply them retrospectively. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Management is currently evaluating this ASU to determine its impact on the Company’s disclosures.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement – Reporting Comprehensive Income – Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses. This ASU requires more detailed disclosures related to certain costs and expenses. The guidance requires entities to disclose amounts of certain expense categories included in expense captions presented on the face of the income statement, including purchases of inventory, employee compensation, depreciation, and intangible asset amortization. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and for interim periods beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted. The disclosure requirements may be applied either prospectively or retrospectively. Management is currently evaluating this ASU to determine its impact on the Company’s disclosures.
Recently Adopted Accounting Standards
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures. This ASU updates reportable segment disclosures by expanding the frequency and extent of segment disclosures. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and for interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The ASU requires the retrospective adoption method. The Company adopted ASU 2023-07 for annual periods beginning in the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024. The Company adopted ASU 2023-07 for interim periods beginning in the interim period ended March 31, 2025. See Note 14 – Segment Information for additional discussion.
NOTE 2 – DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
In July 2024, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a plan to implement a strategic cost savings initiative, primarily related to the Company’s Birmingham laboratory. In September 2024, the Company transferred certain pieces of computer hardware with alternative use to the Pittsburgh laboratory, which conducts the Company’s oncology drug discovery business, while the rest of the laboratory equipment and inventories from the Birmingham laboratory were marketed for sale and the related product and service lines were discontinued. The Company executed a sales agreement for all remaining laboratory equipment and inventories from the Birmingham laboratory and all items were removed from the laboratory premises as of September 30, 2024. As of September 30, 2024, the Company vacated and ceased use of the Birmingham laboratory and office space. The Company’s lease continued through August 2025. The Company concluded that, in aggregate, the disposal of the assets comprising the former Birmingham operating segment met the criteria for discontinued operations presentation in the third quarter of 2024.
On March 14, 2025, the Company entered into an asset purchase agreement (the “APA”) and closed the transactions contemplated therein with DeRoyal Industries, Inc., a Tennessee corporation (“DeRoyal”), to sell and assign to DeRoyal assets and liabilities exclusively related to the business of providing products for automated, direct-to-drain medical fluid disposal, including the Company’s STREAMWAY® product line (the “Eagan Business”). These assets were operated by the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Skyline Medical, and were previously reported in the Company’s Eagan operating segment. The purchased assets exclusively related to the Eagan Business included but were not limited to cash, certain accounts receivable, inventories, patents, fixed assets, and real property leased by the Company and exclusively used in connection with the Eagan Business. The total purchase price for the purchased assets was $625,000, plus the assumption of certain liabilities related to the Eagan Business including the lease for the office and warehouse space located at 2915 Commers Drive Suite 900 Eagan, MN 55121, certain accounts payable, and contract liabilities associated with the Eagan Business. The ongoing activities of the former Eagan operating segment are limited to wind down activities.
As a result of these developments, the former Birmingham and Eagan operating segments have been reclassified to discontinued operations in these condensed consolidated financial statements for all periods presented.
The following table presents a reconciliation of the carrying amounts of the major classes of assets and liabilities to the current assets and liabilities of discontinued operations as presented in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets:
|
September 30, 2025 |
December 31, 2024 |
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|
Assets: |
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|
Cash |
$ | - | $ | 122,851 | ||||
|
Accounts receivable, net |
- | 746,266 | ||||||
|
Inventories |
- | 339,968 | ||||||
|
Prepaid expense and other assets |
14,348 | 52,318 | ||||||
|
Total current assets of discontinued operations |
14,348 | 1,261,403 | ||||||
|
Property and equipment, net |
- | 21,882 | ||||||
|
Intangibles, net |
- | 159,158 | ||||||
|
Lease right-of-use assets |
- | 17,266 | ||||||
|
Other long-term assets |
- | 4,031 | ||||||
|
Total assets of discontinued operations |
$ | 14,348 | $ | 1,463,740 | ||||
|
Liabilities: |
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|
Accounts payable |
$ | 6,183 | $ | 97,780 | ||||
|
Accrued expenses and other liabilities |
303,863 | 248,086 | ||||||
|
Contract liabilities |
- | 80,909 | ||||||
|
Lease liability |
- | 106,609 | ||||||
|
Total current liabilities of discontinued operations |
310,046 | 533,384 | ||||||
|
Other long-term liabilities |
- | 23,487 | ||||||
|
Total liabilities |
$ | 310,046 | $ | 556,871 | ||||
The following table provides details about the major classes of line items constituting the loss from discontinued operations presented in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of net loss:
| Three Months Ended September 30, |
Nine Months Ended September 30, |
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|
2025 |
2024 |
2025 |
2024 |
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|
Revenue |
$ |
- |
$ |
342,747 |
$ |
157,179 |
$ |
969,002 | ||||||||
|
Cost of sales |
- | 187,246 | 122,800 | 491,338 | ||||||||||||
|
Gross profit from discontinued operations |
- | 155,501 | 34,379 | 477,664 | ||||||||||||
|
Operating expenses: |
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|
General and administrative |
5,106 | 329,345 | 209,447 | 942,772 | ||||||||||||
|
Operations, research and development |
- | 153,856 | 125,495 | 960,663 | ||||||||||||
|
Sales and marketing |
- | 173,983 | 130,318 | 455,242 | ||||||||||||
|
Total operating expenses |
5,106 | 657,184 | 465,260 | 2,358,677 | ||||||||||||
|
Total operating (loss) from discontinued operations |
(5,106 |
) |
(501,683 |
) |
(430,881 |
) |
(1,881,013 |
) |
||||||||
|
Gain/(loss) on disposal of discontinued operations |
- | (463,127 | ) | 172,451 | (463,127 | ) | ||||||||||
|
Other income |
- | - |
|
4,300 | - |
|
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|
Net (loss) from discontinued operations |
$ |
(5,106 |
) |
$ |
(964,810 |
) |
$ |
(254,130 |
) |
$ |
(2,344,140 |
) |
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The gain on disposal of discontinued operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 represents the gain on assets sold and liabilities assumed by DeRoyal related to the former Eagan operating segment. The loss on disposal of discontinued operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 represents the loss on impairment of assets sold, including laboratory equipment and inventories, and impairment of other non-current assets related to the former Birmingham operating segment.
NOTE 3 – CONTRACTS WITH CUSTOMERS
The Company records a receivable when it has an unconditional right to receive consideration after the performance obligations are satisfied. As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, accounts receivable totaled $26,009 and $34,154, respectively. The allowance for accounts receivable balance was $0 as of both September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, substantially all of the Company’s revenues from continuing operations were attributable to a single customer. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, substantially all of the Company’s revenues from continuing operations were attributable to one customer and two customers, respectively.
Advance payments received in excess of revenues recognized are classified as contract liabilities until such time as the revenue recognition criteria have been met. The Company’s contract liabilities, related primarily to development of 3D models, were $146,576 and $224,076 as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. The Company recognized revenue of $77,500 primarily related to development of 3D models during the nine months ended September 30, 2025, that was included in contract liabilities as of December 31, 2024. The Company’s contract liabilities as of September 30, 2025 represent its remaining performance obligations.
NOTE 4 – FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
The following table summarizes the Company’s fair value hierarchy for its assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis:
|
September 30, 2025 |
Fair Value |
Level 1 |
Level 2 |
Level 3 |
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|
Assets: |
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|
Money market funds |
$ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | ||||||||
|
Liabilities: |
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|
Derivatives |
$ | 74,366,000 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 74,366,000 | ||||||||
|
December 31, 2024 |
Fair Value |
Level 1 |
Level 2 |
Level 3 |
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|
Assets: |
||||||||||||||||
|
Money market funds |
$ | 300,000 | $ | 300,000 | $ | - | $ | - | ||||||||
|
Liabilities: |
||||||||||||||||
|
Derivatives |
$ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | ||||||||
The derivative liability, described in Note 10 – Derivative Liability for Cryptocurrency Private Placement, is measured at fair value on a recurring basis and classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. The liability is valued using a Monte Carlo simulation model in accordance with ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement. The model incorporates both observable and unobservable inputs that reflect market participant assumptions at the measurement date.
The principal valuation technique applied is a market approach using simulated future price paths for ATH over the period between the execution of the Crypto SPA (as defined below) and the Closing Date (as defined below). Key inputs include (i) the observable market price of ATH as of the reporting date, (ii) ATH price volatility derived from comparable digital-asset markets, and (iii) discount factors consistent with risk-free interest rates over the expected term of the instrument. Because ATH is a relatively new digital asset and does not have a deep, liquid market, volatility estimates and expected term assumptions represent significant unobservable inputs.
A higher assumed volatility or longer expected term would increase the estimated fair value, while a lower volatility assumption would decrease the estimated fair value. Because the ATH price and volatility inputs are interrelated, changes in one input may magnify or mitigate the impact of changes in another.
NOTE 5 – PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET
The Company’s property and equipment, net consisted of the following:
|
As of September 30, 2025 |
As of December 31, 2024 |
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|
Computers, software, and office equipment |
$ |
170,350 |
$ |
170,350 | ||||
|
Leasehold improvements |
166,847 | 306,961 | ||||||
|
Laboratory equipment |
1,692,230 | 1,692,230 | ||||||
|
Total |
2,029,427 | 2,169,541 | ||||||
|
Less: Accumulated depreciation |
(1,776,240 | ) | (1,821,953 | ) | ||||
|
Total Property and equipment, net |
$ | 253,187 | $ | 347,588 | ||||
Depreciation expense, recorded within general and administrative expenses of continuing operations, was $31,467 and $31,203 for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $94,401 and $95,887 during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
No impairment charges related to property and equipment held and used in continuing operations were incurred during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024.
NOTE 6 – INTANGIBLES, NET
The Company’s intangibles, net consisted of the following:
| As of September 30, 2025 | As of December 31, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Gross Carrying Costs |
Accumulated Amortization |
Net Carrying Amount |
Gross Carrying Costs |
Accumulated Amortization |
Net Carrying Amount |
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|
Patents & Trademarks |
$ | 64,087 | (16,565 | ) | 47,522 | $ | 64,087 | $ | (13,132 | ) | $ | 50,955 | ||||||||||||
Finite-lived intangible assets are amortized over their estimated useful lives. Amortization expense, recorded within general and administrative expenses of continuing operations, was $1,144 and $1,246 during the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $3,433 and $3,737 during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
The following table outlines the estimated future amortization expense related to intangible assets held as of September 30, 2025:
|
Year Ending December 31, |
||||
|
Remainder of 2025 |
$ | 1,144 | ||
|
2026 |
4,578 | |||
|
2027 |
4,578 | |||
|
2028 |
4,578 | |||
|
2029 |
4,578 | |||
|
Thereafter |
28,066 | |||
|
Total |
$ | 47,522 | ||
The Company reviews finite-lived intangible assets for impairment in accordance with ASC 360, Property, Plant, and Equipment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying amount may not be recoverable. Events or changes in circumstances that indicate the carrying amount may not be recoverable include, but are not limited to, a significant change in the medical device marketplace and a significant adverse change in the business climate in which the Company operates. No impairment charges related to finite-lived intangible assets were incurred during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024.
NOTE 7 – CONTINGENCIES
In the ordinary course of business, the Company may be subject from time to time to various proceedings, lawsuits, disputes, or claims. In accordance with FASB ASC Topic 450, Contingencies (“ASC 450”), the Company accrues a liability for legal contingencies when it is probable that a liability has been incurred, and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. If there is at least a reasonable possibility that a loss may be incurred, ASC 450 requires disclosure of a loss contingency.
On January 1, 2025, the Company entered into the LOI with Renovaro for the Renovaro Merger. Under the terms of the LOI, Predictive Oncology would be merged into Renovaro in exchange for a newly created series of preferred stock of Renovaro. On February 28, 2025, Predictive Oncology entered into the Extension Agreement with Renovaro, pursuant to which the parties amended certain terms of the LOI, including to extend the outside termination date of the LOI from February 28, 2025 to March 31, 2025. No definitive purchase agreement was executed as of March 31, 2025 and the LOI terminated on that date, pursuant to its terms. Predictive Oncology has no further obligations with respect to the Renovaro Merger, including under the LOI or the Extension Agreement. On March 31, 2025, the Company received a payment from Renovaro of $964,389 associated with its request for issuance of additional shares of the Company’s common stock, which the Company rejected due to the failure to meet the conditions for such issuance pursuant to the terms of the Extension Agreement. On April 3, 2025, Predictive Oncology’s Board of Directors notified Renovaro of the Company’s decision to discontinue discussions regarding the proposed merger between the two companies. The Company returned the $964,389 payment to Renovaro in April 2025 following its decision to discontinue merger discussions.
On May 8, 2025, Renovaro filed a lawsuit in Delaware Chancery Court claiming breaches by the Company of the LOI and the Extension Agreement and seeking to compel the Company to enter into a merger agreement with Renovaro. The Company does not believe the lawsuit has merit and continues to contest it vigorously. It is not possible to estimate the amount of any loss or range of possible loss that might result from this lawsuit. However, because the final outcome cannot be predicted with certainty, unfavorable or unexpected developments or outcomes could result in a material impact to the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.
NOTE 8 – LEASES
The Company’s corporate offices and other offices are located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The leases are effective through February 29, 2028.
Lease expense under operating lease arrangements, recorded within general and administrative expenses of continuing operations, was $252,977 and $196,168 for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $638,419 and $588,505 for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
The following table summarizes other information related to the Company’s operating leases:
| September 30, 2025 |
September 30, 2024 |
|||||||
|
Weighted average remaining lease term – operating leases in years |
2.42 | 3.42 | ||||||
|
Weighted average discount rate – operating leases |
13 |
% |
13 | % | ||||
The Company’s operating lease obligations as of September 30, 2025, which include expected lease extensions that are reasonably certain of renewal, were as follows:
|
Remainder of 2025 |
$ | 195,926 | ||
|
2026 |
803,724 | |||
|
2027 |
827,909 | |||
|
2028 |
139,022 | |||
|
Total lease payments |
1,966,581 | |||
|
Less: interest |
(262,128 |
) |
||
|
Present value of lease liabilities |
$ | 1,704,453 |
NOTE 9 – NOTE PAYABLE
In June 2025, the Company purchased director and officer insurance policies with a policy period ending June 2026 and financed $264,048 of its total premium by entering into a note payable with a finance provider that requires ten monthly installment payments through April 2026. The note is secured by a first priority lien on the financed policies. The short-term note bears interest at an annual percentage rate of 6.6% over the life of the note. As of September 30, 2025, the outstanding balance of the note was $187,374 including interest.
In June 2024, the Company purchased director and officer insurance policies with a policy period ending June 2025 and financed $275,098 of its total premium by entering into a note payable with a finance provider that required ten monthly installment payments through April 2025. The note was secured by a first priority lien on the financed policies. The short-term note bore interest at an annual percentage rate of 8.0% over the life of the note. As of December 31, 2024, there was no outstanding balance on the note.
NOTE 10 – DERIVATIVE LIABILITY FOR CRYPTOCURRENCY PRIVATE PLACEMENT
On September 29, 2025, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Crypto SPA”) with certain accredited investors pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell and issue to such investors in a private placement (the “Crypto PIPE Offering”) pre-funded warrants (the “Crypto PIPE Warrants”) to purchase an aggregate of up to 14,903,393 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Crypto PIPE Warrant Shares”) at a purchase price per Crypto PIPE Warrant equal to $11.6265 (the “Per Share Purchase Price”) minus a fixed nominal amount of $0.01 per underlying Crypto PIPE Warrant Share, with such purchase price being pre-funded on October 7, 2025 (the “Closing Date”).
The Crypto SPA was determined to meet the definition of a derivative in accordance with ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging. The settlement amount of the derivative varies based upon the USD value of ATH contributed by investors between the effective date of the Crypto SPA on September 29, 2025, and the Closing Date. Because the Crypto SPA obligates the Company to issue a fixed number of shares while the settlement value of those shares is indexed to the price of ATH, the Crypto SPA was classified as a derivative liability and the Company recorded a liability as of September 29, 2025 at its then-fair value with the offsetting entry to earnings. The derivative liability was remeasured as of September 30, 2025 with the change in the fair value of the derivative liability recognized within earnings. The fair value of the Crypto PIPE Warrants was $74,366,000 and was recorded as a derivative liability on the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2025.
The derivative liability was fully settled when the Crypto PIPE Offering closed on October 7, 2025, on which date the purchasers in the Crypto PIPE Offering tendered ATH to the Company and the Company issued the Crypto PIPE Warrants to purchasers. Refer to Note 15 – Subsequent Events for further details.
NOTE 11 – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Registered Direct Offering
On February 18, 2025, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with several institutional and accredited investors for the sale by the Company of 24,223 shares (the “Registered Direct Offering Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, at a purchase price of $22.50 per share, in a registered direct offering. The offering closed on February 19, 2025. The gross proceeds to the Company from the offering were approximately $545,000, before deducting the placement agent’s fees and other offering expenses. The Registered Direct Offering Shares were offered and sold by the Company pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-279123).
The Company agreed to pay H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (“Wainwright”), as placement agent, an aggregate fee equal to 7.0% of the gross proceeds received by the Company from the sale of the securities in the offering as well as a management fee equal to 1.0% of such gross proceeds, and $15,000 for fees and expenses of legal counsel. The Company also issued to Wainwright, or its designees, warrants to purchase up to 7.0% of the aggregate number of shares of the Company’s common stock sold in the transactions, or warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,698 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Registered Direct Offering Placement Agent Warrants”). The Registered Direct Offering Placement Agent Warrants are exercisable for five years from the commencement of sales in the offering and have an exercise price equal to 125% of the purchase price of shares of the Company’s common stock sold in the offering, or $28.13 per share. The Registered Direct Offering Placement Agent Warrants and the shares issuable upon exercise of the Registered Direct Offering Placement Agent Warrants were issued in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act as transactions not involving a public offering and in reliance on similar exemptions under applicable state laws.
Renovaro Subscription Agreement
On March 13, 2025, the Company executed a share subscription agreement with Renovaro, pursuant to the Extension Agreement dated February 28, 2025, that amended the previous LOI between the parties. Pursuant to the share subscription agreement, Renovaro subscribed to purchase and the Company sold to Renovaro 31,153 unregistered shares of the Company’s common stock at a price of $16.05 per share for a total purchase price of $500,000. The closing of this share issuance occurred on March 17, 2025.
May 2025 Private Placement
On May 13, 2025, the Company executed a share subscription agreement with an institutional and accredited investor for the sale, in a private placement, by the Company of 18,692 shares of the Company’s common stock at a price of $16.05 per share for a total purchase price of $300,000. The closing of this share issuance occurred on June 3, 2025.
At The Market Offering
On May 3, 2024, the Company entered into an ATM Sales Agreement (the “Sales Agreement”) with Wainwright, pursuant to which the Company may offer and sell, from time to time, through Wainwright, shares of its common stock through an “at the market offering” program pursuant to which Wainwright will act as sales agent. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Sales Agreement, Wainwright is permitted to sell the shares by methods deemed to be an “at the market offering” as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Sales Agreement provides that Wainwright will be entitled to compensation for its services of 3.0% of the gross sales price of all shares sold through Wainwright under the Sales Agreement. The Company is subject to certain restrictions on its ability to offer and sell shares of its common stock under the Sales Agreement.
On May 6, 2024, following execution of the Sales Agreement, the Company filed with the SEC a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (the “May 2024 Shelf Registration Statement”). The May 2024 Shelf Registration Statement, as amended, was declared effective by the SEC on May 21, 2024 and included a prospectus supplement (the “Initial ATM Prospectus Supplement”) to the base prospectus related to the offering of up to $3,696,000 of shares of the Company’s common stock under the Sales Agreement. As of May 31, 2024, the Company had offered and sold 107,140 shares of common stock under the Initial ATM Prospectus Supplement for gross proceeds of approximately $3,696,000. The net proceeds from the shares offered and sold in May 2024, after deducting commissions and offering expenses, were approximately $3,122,000.
On April 18, 2025, in accordance with the terms of the Sales Agreement, the Company filed a prospectus supplement to the May 2024 Shelf Registration Statement relating to the offer and sale of up to an additional $1,491,000 of shares of the Company’s common stock.
On June 2, 2025, in accordance with the terms of the Sales Agreement, the Company determined to further increase the number of shares it may sell under the Sales Agreement, from the approximately $1,352,000 remaining as of May 31, 2025 up to an aggregate of $3,398,000, and the Company filed an additional prospectus supplement with the SEC on June 2, 2025.
As of September 30, 2025, approximately $2,292,000 remained available to the Company for sales under the Sales Agreement.
During the three months ended September 30, 2025, the Company issued and sold 78,356 shares of common stock under the Sales Agreement resulting in net proceeds to the Company of approximately $921,000 after deducting approximately $38,000 in issuance costs. During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, the Company issued and sold 97,343 shares of common stock under the Sales Agreement resulting in net proceeds to the Company of approximately $1,084,000 after deducting approximately $161,000 in issuance costs.
Standby Equity Purchase Agreement
On July 1, 2025, the Company entered into a standby equity purchase agreement (the “SEPA”) with YA II PN, LTD., a Cayman Islands exempt limited company (“Yorkville”). Pursuant to the SEPA, the Company has the right to sell to Yorkville up to $10 million in shares of its common stock, subject to certain limitations and conditions set forth in the SEPA, from time to time during the term of the SEPA. Sales of the shares of common stock to Yorkville under the SEPA, and the timing of any such sales, are at the Company’s option, and the Company is under no obligation to sell any shares of common stock to Yorkville under the SEPA. In connection with the execution of the SEPA, the Company issued 8,033 shares of its common stock to Yorkville as consideration for its commitment to purchase the Company’s common stock pursuant to the SEPA.
The Company has the right, but not the obligation, from time to time at its discretion until the first day of the month following the 36-month period after the date of the SEPA, to direct Yorkville to purchase a specified number of shares of the Company’s common stock (each such sale, an “Advance”) by delivering written notice to Yorkville (each, an “Advance Notice”). The per share purchase price for the shares of common stock, if any, that the Company elects to sell to Yorkville in an Advance pursuant to the SEPA will be determined by reference to the volume weighted average price of the Company’s common stock (the “VWAP”) and calculated in accordance with the SEPA, less a discount of 4.0%. The Company filed a registration statement on Form S-1 for the resale of up to 128,114 shares by Yorkville on July 18, 2025, which was declared effective by the SEC on July 28, 2025.
On September 19, 2025, the Company received approval from its stockholders to issue shares of its common stock to Yorkville under the SEPA in excess of 19.99% of the number of shares of common stock outstanding as of the date of the SEPA (the “Exchange Cap”). Yorkville is not obligated to purchase or acquire, and shall not purchase or acquire, any shares of common stock under the SEPA which, when aggregated with all other shares of the Company’s common stock then beneficially owned by Yorkville and its affiliates (as calculated pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and Rule 13d-3 promulgated thereunder), would result in the beneficial ownership by Yorkville and its affiliates exceeding 4.99% of the then outstanding voting power or number of shares of the Company’s common stock.
As of September 30, 2025, the Company had sold no shares pursuant to the SEPA.
August 2025 Private Placement
On August 26, 2025, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with an accredited investor pursuant to which it sold and issued 36,237 shares of its common stock, at a purchase price of $11.40 per share, in a private placement transaction. This offering closed on August 26, 2025 and the Company received gross proceeds of $413,093.
Warrant Inducement Transaction
On July 25, 2024, the Company entered into definitive agreements with certain of its existing warrant holders for the exercise of warrants to purchase an aggregate of 63,874 shares of its common stock having a current exercise price of $210.00 originally issued in February 2021, June 2021 and May 2022, at a reduced exercise price of $19.80 per share. The gross proceeds to the Company from the exercise of the existing warrants were approximately $1,265,000, prior to deducting placement agent fees and transaction expenses payable by the Company. The reduction of the exercise price represented a modification to the existing warrants, which was recognized as an equity issuance cost of $594,033 charged against the proceeds of the offering.
In consideration for the immediate cash exercise of the warrants, the Company concurrently issued to the warrant holders new unregistered Series A warrants to purchase up to 63,874 shares of common stock (the “Series A Warrants”) and new Series B warrants to purchase up to 63,874 shares of common stock (the “Series B Warrants”). The Series A Warrants and the Series B Warrants have an exercise price of $16.05 per share and are exercisable immediately upon issuance. The Series A Warrants have a term equal to five years from the date of issuance, and the Series B Warrants have a term equal to 18 months from the date of issuance.
The transactions described above closed on July 26, 2024. Wainwright acted as the exclusive placement agent for the above-mentioned transactions. The Company paid Wainwright as consideration (i) an aggregate cash fee equal to 7.0% of the gross proceeds from the exercise of the existing warrants, (ii) a management fee equal to 1.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds from the exercise of the existing warrants, (iii) $35,000 for expenses, and (iv) $15,950 for clearing fees. Additionally, the Company issued to Wainwright (or its designees) as compensation, warrants to purchase up to 4,473 shares of common stock of the Company (equal to 7.0% of the aggregate number of existing warrants exercised in the offering) (the “Warrant Inducement Placement Agent Warrants”). The Warrant Inducement Placement Agent Warrants have a term of five years from the closing of the offering and an exercise price of $24.75 per share.
Stock Warrants
The following summarizes transactions for warrants for the period indicated:
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Number of |
Weighted-Average |
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Outstanding as of December 31, 2024 |
183,411 | $ | 133.80 | |||||
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Issued |
1,698 | 28.13 | ||||||
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Expired |
(26,783 | ) | 439.31 | |||||
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Exercised |
(100,059 | ) | 16.05 | |||||
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Outstanding as of September 30, 2025 |
58,267 | $ | 193.22 | |||||
During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, warrant holders exercised warrants for an aggregate of 100,059 shares of the Company’s common stock at an average exercise price of $16.05 for approximately $1,606,000 of gross proceeds. The shares issued upon exercise of the warrants were registered on a registration statement on Form S-3, which was declared effective on August 23, 2024.
The Company determines the grant date fair value of warrants using a Black-Scholes option valuation model based upon assumptions regarding risk-free interest rate, expected dividend rate, volatility, and estimated term.
The fair value of each warrant grant during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 was estimated on the grant date using the Black-Scholes option valuation model with the following assumptions:
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2025 |
2024 |
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Expected dividend yield |
0.0 | % | 0.0 | % | ||||
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Expected stock price volatility |
99.4 | % | 97.3 | % | ||||
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Risk-free interest rate |
4.37 | % | 4.06% –4.58 | % | ||||
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Expected life (in years) |
5 |
1.5 – 5 |
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NOTE 12 – STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
Equity Incentive Plan
On December 30, 2024, the Company’s stockholders approved the 2024 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2024 Plan”). The 2024 Plan allows for the issuance of non-statutory stock options and incentive stock options, stock appreciation rights, stock awards, restricted stock, restricted stock units, and performance awards to employees, directors, and consultants of the Company, where permitted under the plan. Due to the approval of the 2024 Plan, no new awards will be granted under the Company’s Amended and Restated 2012 Stock Incentive Plan. The exercise price for each stock option is determined by the market price on the date of issuance. Vesting requirements are determined by the Board of Directors when granted and currently range from immediate to three years. Options outstanding under this plan have a contractual life of ten years.
ASC 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation (“ASC 718”), requires that a company that issues equity as compensation record compensation expense that corresponds to the estimated cost of those equity grants. ASC 718 requires companies to estimate the fair value of stock-based payment awards on the date of grant using an option-pricing model or other acceptable means.
Restricted Stock Units
On September 9, 2025, the Board, upon the recommendation of the Compensation Committee of the Board, determined that it was appropriate to award restricted stock units (“RSUs”) as a form of compensation for employees, consultants and directors, to be granted under the Company’s 2024 Plan and approved a form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement. Consistent with that determination, the Board approved the grant of 60,101 RSUs on September 9, 2025, including 8,331 RSUs to Raymond F. Vennare, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, 6,467 RSUs to Josh Blacher, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, and 25,872 RSUs in the aggregate to the Company’s non-executive directors. Each RSU represents the right to receive one share of the Company’s common stock upon vesting. The RSUs contain a service-based vesting condition requiring continued service through October 31, 2025, at which point the RSUs vested in full. Settlement is required within 30 days from the vesting date.
The following table summarizes the Company’s RSU activity for the period indicated:
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Non-vested RSUs as of December 31, 2024 |
- | $ | - | |||||
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60,101 | 919,497 | ||||||
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Non-vested RSUs as of September 30, 2025 |
60,101 | $ | 919,497 | |||||
The Company has $548,162 of unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to RSUs that is expected to be recognized in October 2025.
Stock Options
The Company determines the grant date fair value of options and warrants using a Black-Scholes option valuation model based upon assumptions regarding risk-free interest rate, expected dividend rate, volatility, and estimated term. There were no stock options granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024.
The following table summarizes the Company’s stock option activity for the period indicated:
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Weighted-Average |
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Outstanding as of December 31, 2024 |
3,101 | $ | 1,240.50 | |||||
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Issued |
- | - | ||||||
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Expired |
(165 | ) | 18,091.37 | |||||
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Exercised |
- | - | ||||||
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Outstanding as of September 30, 2025 |
2,936 | $ | 1,554.98 | |||||
The Company has no unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to stock options that is expected to be recognized in future months.
Stock Compensation to Consultants
During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, the Company issued shares of common stock to certain nonemployees as compensation for services provided. Shares of common stock with a grant date fair value of $100,000 were issued to nonemployees in exchange for digital marketing services rendered through August 2025.
Stock-Based Compensation Expense, Net
Stock-based compensation expense, net of forfeitures, recognized for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 was $404,668 and $87, respectively. Stock-based compensation expense, net of forfeitures, recognized for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 was $471,335 and $891, respectively.
Stock-based compensation expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 is recorded within each of the captions comprising Operating expenses.
NOTE 13 – LOSS PER SHARE
The following table presents the shares used in the basic and diluted loss per common share computations:
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2025 |
2024 |
2025 |
2024 |
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Net (loss) from continuing operations |
$ | (77,646,737 | ) | $ | (2,129,880 | ) | $ | (81,911,048 | ) | $ | (8,150,654 | ) | ||||
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Net (loss) from discontinued operations |
(5,106 | ) | (964,810 | ) | (254,130 | ) | (2,344,140 | ) | ||||||||
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Net (loss) attributable to common stockholders |
$ | (77,651,843 | ) | $ | (3,094,690 | ) | $ | (82,165,178 | ) | $ | (10,494,794 | ) | ||||
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Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic |
723,998 | 426,423 | 603,605 | 336,423 | ||||||||||||
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Effect of diluted stock options, warrants, and preferred stock (1) |
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
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Weighted average common shares outstanding - diluted |
723,998 | 426,423 | 603,605 | 336,423 | ||||||||||||
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Net (loss) from continuing operations attributable to common stockholders per common share – basic and diluted |
$ | (107.24 | ) | $ | (4.99 | ) | $ | (135.70 | ) | $ | (24.23 | ) | ||||
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Net (loss) from discontinued operations attributable to common stockholders per common share – basic and diluted |
(0.01 | ) | (2.27 | ) | (0.42 | ) | (6.97 | ) | ||||||||
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(Loss) per common share - basic and diluted |
$ | (107.25 | ) | $ | (7.26 | ) | $ | (136.12 | ) | $ | (31.20 | ) | ||||
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The following is a summary of the number of underlying shares outstanding at the end of the respective periods that have been excluded from the diluted calculations because the effect on loss per common share would have been anti-dilutive: |
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Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, |
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2025 |
2024 |
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Options |
2,936 | 3,013 | ||||||
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Warrants |
58,267 | 183,362 | ||||||
| Restricted stock units | 60,101 | - | ||||||
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Preferred stock: Series B |
2 | 2 | ||||||
NOTE 14 – SEGMENT INFORMATION
As noted in Note 2 – Discontinued Operations, the Company’s former Birmingham and Eagan operating segments have been reclassified to discontinued operations in these condensed consolidated financial statements for all periods presented. As such, the former segments are excluded from the discussion below, which only reflects continuing operations.
The Company now operates as one operating segment, which is focused on applying AI to support the development of optimal cancer therapies. The Company’s Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”), its chief executive officer, utilizes financial information presented on a consolidated basis to manage and allocate the Company’s resources. The CODM evaluates performance and allocates resources based on gross profit, operating loss, and net loss. All revenues are earned from external customers. Operating expenses are disaggregated by department for purposes of evaluating performance, including General and administrative, Operations, research and development, and Sales and marketing. All significant segment expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, are presented on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Net Loss. The measure of segment assets is Total assets as reported on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of September 30, 2025, all the Company’s long-lived assets were located within the United States.
NOTE 15 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
September 2025 Private Placements and Related Agreements
As described in Note 10 – Derivative Liability for Cryptocurrency Private Placement, the Company entered the Crypto SPA on September 29, 2025, pursuant to which it agreed to sell and issue to certain accredited investors the Crypto PIPE Warrants in the Crypto PIPE Offering. Also on September 29, 2025, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Cash SPA,” and together with the Crypto SPA, the “September SPAs”), pursuant to which it agreed to sell and issue to certain accredited investors, in exchange for cash (the “Cash PIPE Offering,” and together with the Crypto PIPE Offering, the “PIPE Offerings”), the Company’s common stock and warrants (the “Cash PIPE Warrants”). The PIPE Offerings closed October 7, 2025 (the “Closing Date”).
Cash PIPE and Crypto PIPE
In the Cash PIPE Offering, the Company sold an aggregate of 4,366,703 shares of common stock(or pre-funded warrants at a nominal $0.01 exercise price per share to purchase shares of common stock, in lieu thereof) to certain accredited investors for $11.6265 per share. Aggregate Cash PIPE Offering proceeds were $50.8 million before issuance fees and expenses.
In the Crypto PIPE, the Company issued to certain accredited investors Crypto PIPE Warrants to purchase up to 14,903,393 shares of its common stock at a nominal $0.01 exercise price per share. As consideration for the Crypto PIPE Warrants, the Company received ATH from purchasers, including tokens with certain restrictions (see “Locked ATH” as defined below), with an aggregate notional value and discounted value of $292.7 million and $173.3 million, respectively. For further discussion of derivative liability related to the Crypto PIPE, see Note 10 – Derivative Liability for Cryptocurrency Private Placement.
The Company intends to use the ATH received in-kind in the Crypto PIPE Offering to fund its Treasury Strategy, and to use net cash proceeds primarily to acquire ATH in the open market, as well as for working capital and general corporate purposes.
Side Letter
In connection with the PIPE Offerings, the Company entered into a side letter agreement (the “Side Letter”) with DCI, effective on the Closing Date. Under the Side Letter, DCI is responsible if digital assets contributed under the Crypto SPA that are subject to transfer restrictions (the “Locked ATH”) are not released from those restrictions as expected or cannot be used by the Company due to issues attributable to DCI. The Side Letter further provides, in addition to other rights afforded to the Company, that for each ATH token purchased by the Company on the open market, whether through a centralized exchange or a decentralized exchange operating on the Ethereum Network, DCI will grant to the Company an additional 20% of the number of ATH tokens so purchased.
Wainwright Engagement Agreement
In connection with the PIPE Offerings on, October 7, 2025, the Company issued five-year warrants (the “Placement Agent Warrants”) to Wainright, which was the exclusive placement agent for the transactions. The Placement Agent Warrants entitle Wainright or its designees to purchase up to 218,335 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Placement Agent Warrant Shares”), which number of Placement Agent Warrant Shares is equal to 5% of the shares of common stock and Cash Pre-Funded Warrants issued in the Cash PIPE, at an exercise price of $11.6265 per share. The Company also paid to Wainright a cash fee of approximately $2.5 million, or 5% of gross cash proceeds of the PIPE Offerings.
Strategic Advisor Agreement and Asset Management Agreement
In connection with the Treasury Strategy, on October 7, 2025, the Company entered into a strategic advisor agreement (the “Strategic Advisor Agreement”) under which it engaged DNA as a strategic advisor to provide financial advisory services related to digital asset strategies and business development initiatives. As compensation for DNA’s services, the Company issued five-year warrants (the “Strategic Advisor Warrants”) to DNA to purchase up to 1,348,906 shares of its common stock at an exercise price of $11.6265 per share. The Company further engaged DNA under a 10-year asset management agreement (the “Asset Management Agreement”), pursuant to which DNA will act as the Company’s asset manager with respect to its digital assets. As compensation for its services under the Asset Management Agreement, DNA is entitled to a 1.00% per annum asset-based management fee, plus an incentive fee equal to 25% of profits earned on managed assets over 7%.
ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion and analysis should be read together with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto set forth in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as well as our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains “forward-looking statements” that are management’s present expectations of future events. Actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including but not limited to those set forth below and elsewhere in this report, many of which are beyond our control. Important factors that may cause actual results to differ from forward-looking statements include:
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Continued negative operating cash flows; |
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Our capital needs to accomplish our goals, including any further financing, which may be highly dilutive and may include onerous terms; |
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The success of our digital asset treasury strategy; |
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The volatile and unpredictable changes in the price of ATH; |
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The expected growth of the ATH network; |
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The availability of opportunities to stake ATH; |
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The impact of competition; |
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Acquisition and maintenance of any necessary regulatory clearances applicable to applications of our technology; |
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Inability to attract or retain qualified senior management personnel, including sales and marketing personnel; |
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Risk that we never become profitable if our products and services are not accepted by potential customers; |
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Possible impact of government regulation and scrutiny; |
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Unexpected costs and operating deficits, and lower than expected sales and revenues, if any; |
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Adverse results of any legal proceedings; |
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The volatility of our operating results and financial condition, |
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Management of growth; |
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Risk that our business and operations could be materially and adversely affected by disruptions caused by economic and geopolitical uncertainties as well as epidemics or pandemics; and |
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Other specific risks that may be alluded to in this report. |
All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this report regarding our growth strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenue or losses, projected costs, prospects and plans, and objectives of management are forward-looking statements. When used in this report, the words “will,” “may,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “plan,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this report. We do not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements or other information contained herein. Potential investors should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Although we believe that our plans, intentions, and expectations reflected in or suggested by the forward-looking statements in this report are reasonable, we cannot assure potential investors that these plans, intentions or expectations will be achieved. We disclose important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations in the “Risk Factors” section and elsewhere in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, and in Item 1A of Part II below. These cautionary statements qualify all forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf.
Overview
We are a knowledge and science-driven company that applies artificial intelligence (“AI”) to support the discovery and development of optimal cancer therapies, which can ultimately lead to more effective treatments and improved patient outcomes. We use AI and a proprietary biobank of 150,000+ tumor samples, categorized by tumor type, to provide actionable insights about drug compounds to improve the drug discovery process and increase the probability of drug compound success. We also create and develop tumor-specific 3D cell culture models mimicking the physiological environment of human tissue, enabling better-informed decision-making during drug development. Our suite of solutions supports oncology drug development from early discovery to clinical trials.
We also recently adopted a digital asset treasury (the “Treasury Strategy”) focused on the Aethir token (“ATH”), the native utility token of the Aethir network, to create a Strategic Compute Reserve. Through our holdings of ATH, we function as an operator on the Aethir network, strengthening Aethir’s ability to provide the global infrastructure layer for the future of AI, democratizing access to AI infrastructure.
Aethir Treasury Strategy
On September 29, 2025, we announced the launch of the Treasury Strategy, which is focused on ATH, the native token of the Aethir network. Aethir is a leading decentralized physical infrastructure network developed by DCI Foundation, a Panama foundation company (“DCI”), that provides a decentralized graphics processing unit (“GPU”) network, which connects producers and consumers of GPU compute power at enterprise scale, supporting applications such as artificial intelligence computation, gaming and cloud workloads. ATH is a utility token used for GPU rentals, staking, validation and the provision of network rewards on the Aethir network. ATH functions as a proxy for a unit of GPU compute power and serves as a medium of exchange and unit of incentives for participants in the Aethir network. Participants in the Aethir network can generate yield or other rewards by staking or lending ATH or by otherwise serving as a source of ATH liquidity. On November 10, 2025, we held approximately 5.70 billion ATH, with a market value of approximately $152.8 million, based on a price of $0.0268 per ATH, the price reported on the Coinbase exchange as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on such date, of which 3.7 billion ATH are locked and subject to vesting and/or transfer restrictions and 2.0 billion ATH are unlocked.
Pursuant to the Treasury Strategy, we intend to continue acquiring additional ATH in the open market and to earn yield on our ATH treasury holdings by engaging in ATH staking and other activities. As a holder of ATH, we accrue unrealized gains or losses from any appreciation or depreciation, as applicable, in the value of ATH tokens, which trade on various cryptocurrency exchanges.
The Treasury Strategy is overseen by the Cryptocurrency Subcommittee of our board of directors, as well as our Chief Investment Officer, who reports to such committee. In addition, our Treasury Strategy is managed by DNA Holdings Venture, Inc. (“DNA”) pursuant to the Asset Management Agreement (as defined below) and the Strategic Advisor Agreement (as defined below). DNA is permitted to stake and/or lend ATH in the Treasury Strategy.
In addition to operating our AI drug discovery and development business, our management is focusing its resources on the Treasury Strategy and a significant portion of our balance sheet is allocated to holding ATH pursuant to the Treasury Strategy.
Currently the Treasury Strategy is primarily dedicated to ATH, and we do not intend to allocate treasury assets to other digital assets in the near term. As a result, our assets are highly concentrated in a single digital asset. Adverse developments specific to ATH, its protocol, or its network could have a disproportionate impact on our financial condition and results of operations.
Our Treasury Strategy is intended to bring value to our stockholders through the following:
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utilizing proceeds from equity and debt financing to purchase and hold ATH; |
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staking the majority of the ATH in our treasury to earn a staking yield and turn the treasury into a productive asset; |
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purchasing locked ATH at a discount to the current spot price; and |
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selling our ATH holdings, whether on the open market, through block trades, or other negotiated transactions, for various reasons and at various times, including, in order to fund our working capital and general corporate needs. |
There can be no assurance that the value of ATH will increase, and investors should carefully consider the risks associated with digital assets.
Recent Developments
Renovaro
On January 1, 2025, we entered into a binding letter of intent (the “LOI”) with Renovaro, Inc. (NASDAQ: RENB) (“Renovaro”) for Predictive Oncology to be acquired by Renovaro (the “Renovaro Merger”). Under the terms of the LOI, Predictive Oncology would be merged into Renovaro in exchange for a newly created series of preferred stock of Renovaro. On February 28, 2025, we entered into an extension agreement with Renovaro (the “Extension Agreement”), pursuant to which the parties amended certain terms of the LOI, including to extend the outside termination date of the LOI from February 28, 2025 to March 31, 2025. No definitive purchase agreement was executed as of March 31, 2025 and the LOI terminated on that date, pursuant to its terms. On April 3, 2025, our Board of Directors notified Renovaro of our decision to discontinue discussions regarding the proposed merger between the two companies. We have no further obligations with respect to the Renovaro Merger, including under the LOI or the Extension Agreement. On May 8, 2025, Renovaro filed a lawsuit in Delaware Chancery Court claiming breaches by us of the LOI and the Extension Agreement and seeking to compel our entry into a merger agreement with Renovaro. The Company does not believe the lawsuit has merit and continues to contest it vigorously. It is not possible to estimate the amount of any loss or range of possible loss that might result from this lawsuit. However, because the final outcome cannot be predicted with certainty, unfavorable or unexpected developments or outcomes could result in a material impact to the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.
Eagan Asset Sale to DeRoyal
On March 14, 2025, we entered into an asset purchase agreement and closed the transactions contemplated therein with DeRoyal to sell and assign to DeRoyal assets and liabilities exclusively related to the business of providing products for automated, direct-to-drain medical fluid disposal, including our STREAMWAY® product line, in exchange for a total purchase price of $625,000, plus the assumption of certain liabilities.
Nasdaq Notice of Delisting and Actions to Regain Compliance
On June 9, 2025, we received a letter (the “Notice”) from the Listing Qualifications Department (the “Staff”) of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) notifying us that because we had not regained compliance with the minimum $2,500,000 stockholders’ equity requirement for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market as set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1) (the “Stockholders’ Equity Requirement”), the Staff had determined to delist the Company’s securities from The Nasdaq Capital Market.
On June 11, 2025, we submitted a hearing request to Nasdaq’s Hearings Panel (the “Panel”) and our hearing request was accepted.
On July 8, 2025, we received a letter from the Staff indicating that the bid price for our common stock had closed below $1.00 per share for 30 consecutive business days, and that the Company was therefore not in compliance with the minimum bid price requirement for continued listing under Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 5550(a)(2) (the “Minimum Bid Price Requirement”).
On July 17, 2025, we attended an oral hearing with the Panel, where we presented plans for coming into compliance with the continued listing standards, which included, but were not limited to, continued sales of common stock through various offerings and a potential reverse stock split. We requested an exception from the continued listing standards through December 8, 2025, to provide us the ability to evidence compliance with the standards.
On July 23, 2025, we were notified by Nasdaq that the Panel had granted our request for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market pursuant to an extension through December 8, 2025, to demonstrate compliance with all continued listing requirements, including the Stockholders’ Equity Requirement and Minimum Bid Price Requirement. We have taken actions to timely satisfy the terms of the Panel’s decision, described below.
On September 29, 2025, we completed the Reverse Stock Split, which was effective for trading purposes on September 30, 2025. As a result, our stock price increased significantly, and we regained compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement as confirmed by the Staff via a letter dated October 14, 2025.
For additional information regarding the actions we have taken to satisfy the terms of the Panel’s decisions related to the Stockholders’ Equity Requirement, refer to the heading below titled “September 2025 Private Placements” containing details regarding the private placements that closed in October 2025.
August 2025 Private Placement
On August 26, 2025, we entered into a securities purchase agreement dated August 26, 2025 (the “August SPA”) with an accredited investor pursuant to which we sold and issued 36,237 shares of our common stock (the “August Shares”), at a purchase price of $11.40 per share, in a private placement transaction (the “August Private Placement”). The August Private Placement closed on August 26, 2025. We received gross proceeds from the August Offering of approximately $413,093, before deducting offering expenses. We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering for working capital and general corporate purposes.
The August SPA contains customary representations, warranties, agreements, indemnification rights and obligations of the parties. Pursuant to the terms of the August SPA, we agreed to certain restrictions on the issuance and sale of common stock (and common stock equivalents) following the closing of the August Offering through October 31, 2025, subject to certain exceptions contained therein. In addition, pursuant to the terms of the August SPA, we granted the purchaser in the August Private Placement a 100% participation right in future offerings of our equity securities through October 31, 2025, which was subsequently waived in connection with the September Private Placements (as defined below). Pursuant to the terms of the August SPA, we were required to prepare and file a registration statement with the SEC that registers the August Shares for resale on or prior to the 90th day after the date of the August SPA, which the Company filed on October 22, 2025.
Reverse Stock Split
On September 29, 2025, we effectuated a one-for-fifteen (1:15) reverse stock split (the “Reverse Stock Split”) of our common stock. The common stock began trading on Nasdaq on a reverse split-adjusted basis on September 30, 2025. There was no change to the number of authorized shares of common stock or the par value per share of common stock. No fractional shares were issued as a result of the Reverse Stock Split and any fraction of a share of common stock created as a result of the Reverse Stock Split was rounded up to the nearest whole share.
September 2025 Private Placements
Securities Purchase Agreements
On September 29, 2025, we entered into a securities purchase agreement dated September 29, 2025 (the “Cash SPA” and together with the Crypto SPA, the “September SPAs”) with certain accredited investors pursuant to which we agreed to sell and issue to such investors in a private placement (the “Cash PIPE Offering”) an aggregate of 4,366,703 shares of common stock (or pre-funded warrants to purchase shares of common stock, in lieu thereof). The shares of common stock (the “Cash PIPE Shares”) were sold at a purchase price of $11.6265 per share (the “Per Share Purchase Price”), and the pre-funded warrants to purchase shares of common stock (the “Cash PIPE Warrants”) were sold at a purchase price per Cash PIPE Warrant equal to the Per Share Purchase Price minus the Cash PIPE Warrant Exercise Price (as defined below), with such purchase price pre-funded on October 7, 2025 (the “Closing Date”). We received aggregate cash gross proceeds of approximately $50.8 million, before deducting placement agent fees and expenses.
The unfunded exercise price of each Cash PIPE Warrant is a fixed nominal amount of $0.01 per underlying Cash PIPE Warrant Share (the “Cash PIPE Warrant Exercise Price”). The exercise price and the number of Cash PIPE Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of each Cash PIPE Warrant is subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of certain stock dividends, stock splits, stock combinations or similar events affecting the common stock. The Cash PIPE Warrants are exercisable in cash or by means of a cashless exercise, and will have no expiration date. The Cash PIPE Warrants may not be exercised if the aggregate number of shares of common stock beneficially owned by the holder thereof (together with its affiliates) immediately following such exercise would exceed a specified beneficial ownership limitation; provided, however, that a holder may increase or decrease the beneficial ownership limitation by giving notice to the Company (61 days’ notice for increases), but not to any percentage in excess of 19.99%.
On September 29, 2025, we entered into a separate securities purchase agreement (the “Crypto SPA”) with certain accredited investors pursuant to which we agreed to sell and issue to such investors in a private placement (the “Crypto PIPE Offering” and collectively with the Cash PIPE Offering, the “September Private Placements”) warrants (the “Crypto PIPE Warrants”) to purchase an aggregate of up to 14,903,393 shares of common stock (the “Crypto PIPE Warrant Shares”) at a purchase price per Crypto PIPE Warrant equal to the Per Share Purchase Price minus the Crypto PIPE Warrant Exercise Price (as defined below), with such purchase price being pre-funded on the Closing Date. The purchasers in the Crypto PIPE Offering tendered ATH to us as consideration for the Crypto PIPE Warrants. We received in-kind contributions of locked and unlocked ATH with an aggregate notional value of approximately $292.7 million, representing a discounted value of approximately $173.3 million.
The unfunded exercise price of each Crypto PIPE Warrant is a fixed nominal amount of $0.01 per underlying Share (the “Crypto PIPE Warrant Exercise Price” and together with the Cash PIPE Warrant Exercise Price, the “Warrant Exercise Prices”). The Crypto PIPE Warrants may not be exercised for common stock prior to the receipt of shareholder approval for the issuance of the shares of common stock underlying the Crypto PIPE Warrants. The exercise price and the number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of each Crypto PIPE Warrant is subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of certain stock dividends, stock splits, stock combinations, or similar events affecting the common stock. The Crypto PIPE Warrants are exercisable in cash or by means of a cashless exercise and will have no expiration date. The Crypto PIPE Warrants may not be exercised if the aggregate number of shares of common stock beneficially owned by the holder thereof (together with its affiliates) immediately following such exercise would exceed a specified beneficial ownership limitation; provided, however, that a holder may increase or decrease the beneficial ownership limitation by giving notice to the Company (61 days’ notice for increases), but not to any percentage in excess of 19.99%.
The September SPAs contain customary representations, warranties, agreements, indemnification rights and obligations of the parties. Pursuant to the September SPAs, we agreed to certain restrictions on the issuance and sale of our equity securities for a period beginning on the date of the September SPAs until the 180th day following the date on which a Resale Registration Statement (as defined below) filed pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement (as defined below) becomes effective, subject to certain customary exceptions, including, without limitation, issuances (i) contemplated by the September SPAs, (ii) pursuant to employee benefit plans or (iii) pursuant to any at-the-marketing offering sales agreement or similar agreement.
The September Private Placements closed on October 7, 2025. We intend to use the in-kind contribution of ATH to fund the Treasury Strategy and to use the remaining net proceeds from the September Private Placements primarily to fund the acquisition of ATH in the open market in support of the Treasury Strategy, as well as for working capital and general corporate purposes.
Side Letter
On September 29, 2025, in connection with the September Private Placements, we entered into a side letter agreement (the “Side Letter”) with DCI, effective on the Closing Date. The Side Letter provides that DCI will be responsible if any digital assets contributed pursuant to the Crypto SPA that are subject to transfer restrictions (the “Locked Crypto”) are not released from such restrictions as expected or cannot be used by the Company due to issues attributable to DCI, and entitles the Company to seek equitable relief if DCI does not cure such failure within five business days of notice. The Side Letter further provides that for each ATH token purchased by us on the open market, whether through a centralized exchange or a decentralized exchange operating on the Ethereum Network, DCI will grant to us an additional 20% of the number of ATH tokens so purchased. In addition, DCI makes certain representations regarding the ability of the Locked Crypto to generate yield and that the vesting provisions applicable to the Locked Crypto will not interfere with the Treasury Strategy, and the Side Letter further provides that DCI will have no claims against us in connection with any disputes relating to the valuation or contribution of Locked Crypto.
Wainwright Engagement Agreement
Wainwright acted as the exclusive placement agent in connection with the September Private Placements. Pursuant to that certain engagement agreement we entered into with Wainwright, dated May 14, 2024, as amended on February 18, 2025, June 1, 2025 and September 21, 2025 (the “Engagement Agreement”), Wainwright was entitled to a cash fee of 5% of the gross cash proceeds paid by investors in the September Private Placements (excluding any proceeds tendered to us in the form of digital assets). Additionally, we agreed to issue Wainwright (or its designees) up to 218,335 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants (the “Agent Warrants”) equal to 5% of the Cash PIPE Shares and the Cash PIPE Warrants sold pursuant to the Cash SPA. The Agent Warrants are exercisable for five years from the date of issuance at an exercise price equal to $11.6265 per share. We also agreed to reimburse Wainwright for its reasonable expenses in connection with the September Private Placements.
Strategic Advisor Agreement
On October 7, 2025, in connection with the Treasury Strategy, we entered into a strategic advisor agreement (the “Strategic Advisor Agreement”) with DNA, pursuant to which we engaged DNA as a non-exclusive strategic advisor to provide financial advisory services related to digital asset strategies and business development initiatives. As compensation for its services under the Strategic Advisor Agreement, we issued 1,348,906 shares of common stock (the “Advisor Warrant Shares”) issuable upon the exercise of warrants (the “Advisor Warrants”) to DNA. The Advisor Warrants are exercisable for five years from the date of issuance at an exercise price equal to $11.6265 per share. The Advisor Warrants include a beneficial ownership limitation of 4.99% (or, at the election of DNA, 9.99%) of the common stock, and provide for cashless exercise and piggyback registration rights. The Strategic Advisor Agreement contains customary representations and warranties, confidentiality provisions, and limitations on liability.
Asset Management Agreement
On October 7, 2025, in connection with the Treasury Strategy, we entered into an asset management agreement (the “Asset Management Agreement”) with DNA, pursuant to which DNA, in its capacity as our asset manager (the “Asset Manager”), will provide discretionary asset management services with respect to certain of our digital assets, including cryptocurrency and tokens (the “Account Assets”). The Account Assets will include, at our discretion, cash proceeds from securities offerings, ATH, stablecoin proceeds, and any additional assets designated by the Company, excluding assets attributable to our AI-driven drug development business.
As compensation for its services, the Asset Manager will be entitled to an asset-based management fee equal to 1.00% per annum of the Account Assets, calculated and paid quarterly in advance, as well as an incentive fee equal to 25% of any profits earned on the Account Assets in excess of 7%. We will be responsible for all reasonable and documented expenses related to the operation of the account holding the Account Assets, including custodial, banking, brokerage, transaction, and other related fees.
The initial term of the Asset Management Agreement will be ten years, with automatic one-year renewal periods unless terminated by either party in accordance with the Asset Management Agreement. The Asset Management Agreement may be terminated by us for cause, including fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct, or material breach by the Asset Manager, or by the Asset Manager for cause or upon certain acts of insolvency, each as described in the Asset Management Agreement. While the Asset Manager will be our exclusive asset manager, the Asset Manager may nonetheless provide similar services to other clients, and the Asset Manager or its affiliates may engage in transactions for their own accounts. The Asset Management Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, confidentiality, indemnification and limitation of liability provisions, and is governed by the laws of the State of New York.
Registration Rights Agreement
In connection with the September Private Placements, we entered into a registration rights agreement, dated September 29, 2025 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with the purchasers under the September SPAs, providing for the registration of the resale of the Crypto PIPE Warrant Shares, Cash PIPE Shares, Cash PIPE Warrant Shares and Advisor Warrant Shares, and any securities issued or then issuable upon any share split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the foregoing (collectively, the “Registrable Securities”) on one or more registration statements (collectively, the “Resale Registration Statements”) to be filed with the SEC no later than the 15th calendar day following the Closing Date. We have agreed to use our best efforts to cause the Resale Registration Statements to be declared effective as promptly as possible, but in no event later than, in respect of the Cash PIPE Shares and Cash PIPE Warrant Shares, the thirtieth calendar day following the filing date (or, in the case of a full review by the SEC, the sixtieth day thereafter), or in respect of the Resale Registration Statement to be filed for the Crypto PIPE Warrant Shares, the fifth trading day following receipt of notice by the SEC that such Resale Registration Statement will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further review, and to keep such Resale Registration Statements continuously effective from the date on which the SEC declares them to be effective (or the Resale Registration Statements go effective pursuant to their terms) until the date that all Registrable Securities covered by such Resale Registration Statements (i) have been sold, thereunder or pursuant to Rule 144, or (ii) may be sold without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions pursuant to Rule 144 and without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information requirement under Rule 144.
Lock-up Agreement
In connection with the September Private Placements, the directors and certain officers of the Company agreed not to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of any shares of common stock or securities convertible thereinto or exercisable therefor for a period of ninety (90) days following the date on which the Resale Registration Statements are declared effective by the SEC.
Board Resignations and Appointments
On September 25, 2025, Nancy Chung-Welch, Ph.D. resigned from our Board effective as of the Closing Date. On September 26, 2025, Shawn Matthews, the Chief Executive Officer of DNA, was appointed to the Board as a Class II director, effective as of the Closing Date, to serve for as long as DNA, directly or indirectly, holds at least 10% of the shares of common stock and common stock equivalents purchased pursuant to the September SPAs, pursuant to the nomination right set forth in Section 4.20 of the Crypto SPA (the “Nomination Right”) or until DNA designates another individual to serve as a director pursuant to the Nomination Right.
Capital Requirements
Since inception, we have been unprofitable. We incurred losses from continuing operations of $68,437,048 and $8,150,654 for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, we had an accumulated deficit of $249,117,449 and $180,426,271, respectively.
We have never generated sufficient revenues to fund our capital requirements. We have funded our operations through a variety of debt and equity instruments. Since 2017, we have diversified our business by investing in ventures, including making significant loans and investments in early-stage companies. These activities led to the acquisition of Helomics Corporation in April 2019 and the acquisition of zPREDICTA Inc. in November 2021, each of which accelerated our capital needs. Since 2023, we have monetized certain assets and curtailed expenses. In September 2025, we adopted the Treasury Strategy, providing new sources of capital and creating additional capital needs. See “Liquidity and Capital Resources – Liquidity and Plan of Financing” and “Liquidity and Capital Resources – Financing Transactions” below.
Our future cash requirements and the adequacy of available funds depend on our ability to generate revenues from and reach profitability in our oncology drug discovery business, our ability to generate income from our Treasury Strategy, and the availability of future financing to fulfill our business plans. See “Liquidity and Capital Resources – Liquidity and Plan of Financing” below.
Our recent adoption of the Treasury Strategy makes prediction of future operating results difficult. We believe that period-to-period comparisons of our operating results should not be relied on as predictive of our future results.
Results of Operations
Comparison of three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024
In July 2024, our Board of Directors approved a plan to dispose of the assets and discontinue the operations of our Birmingham laboratory. On March 14, 2025, we entered into an asset purchase agreement and closed the transactions contemplated therein with DeRoyal Industries, Inc. (“DeRoyal”), to sell and assign to DeRoyal assets and liabilities exclusively related to the business of providing products for automated, direct-to-drain medical fluid disposal, including the STREAMWAY® product line, which constituted our Eagan operating segment, in exchange for a total purchase price of $625,000, plus the assumption of certain liabilities.
As a result of these developments, the former Birmingham and Eagan operating segments have been reflected as discontinued operations in the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Additional disclosures regarding discontinued operations, including results from discontinued operations, are provided in Note 2, Discontinued Operations, to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
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2025 |
2024 |
Difference |
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2024 |
Difference |
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Revenue |
$ | 3,618 | $ | 3,907 | $ | (289 | ) | $ | 116,610 | $ | 76,020 | $ | 40,590 | |||||||||||
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Cost of sales |
8,356 | 11,177 | 2,821 | 71,695 | 47,468 | (24,227 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
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General and administrative expenses |
2,613,075 | 1,545,271 | (1,067,804 | ) | 6,316,930 | 5,696,109 | (620,821 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
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Operations, research and development expenses |
528,557 | 535,236 | 6,679 | 1,548,678 | 1,724,013 | 175,335 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Sales and marketing expenses |
133,494 | 72,667 | (60,827 | ) | 406,086 | 815,563 | 409,477 | |||||||||||||||||
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Other income |
2,631 | 36,379 | (33,748 | ) | 688,483 | 64,497 | 623,986 | |||||||||||||||||
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Gain (loss) on derivative instruments |
(74,366,000 | ) | 7 | (74,366,007 | ) | (74,366,000 | ) | 1,375 | (74,367,375 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Revenue. We recorded revenue of $3,618 and $3,907 in the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Revenue in the three months ended September 30, 2025 was largely unchanged from the comparable period in 2024.
We recorded revenue of $116,610 and $76,020 in the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The increase in revenue from the comparative period was primarily due to completion of a tumor-specific 3D model in the 2025 period, while no tumor-specific 3D models were completed in the comparable 2024 period.
Cost of sales. Cost of sales was $8,356 and $11,177 in the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Gross margin was primarily driven by overhead costs, including indirect labor, associated with our clinical laboratory.
Cost of sales was $71,695 and $47,468 in the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The gross profit margin was approximately 39% and 38% in the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Gross margin was primarily driven by direct labor costs and overhead costs, including indirect labor, associated with our clinical laboratory.
General and administrative expenses. General and administrative (“G&A”) expenses primarily consist of management salaries, professional fees, consulting fees, administrative fees, and general office expenses. G&A expenses increased by $1,067,804 to $2,613,075 in the three months ended September 30, 2025, compared to $1,545,271 in the comparable period in 2024. The increase was primarily due to increased legal fees and increased stock-based compensation expense, offset by decreased employee salaries and benefits resulting from lower headcount. Stock-based compensation expense increased due to restricted stock units granted during the three months ended September 30, 2025 to employees, directors, and consultants.
G&A expenses increased by $620,821 to $6,316,930 in the nine months ended September 30, 2025, compared to $5,696,109 in the comparable period in 2024. The increase was primarily due to increased legal fees and increased stock-based compensation expense, partially offset by decreased fees to consultants and outside advisors, as well as decreased salaries and benefits to employees. Legal fees increased primarily due to the Renovaro lawsuit and corporate development activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2025. Stock-based compensation expense increased due to restricted stock units granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 to employees, directors, and consultants. Employee salaries and benefits decreased due to lower headcount in general and administrative departments.
Operations, research and development expenses. Operations, research and development expenses primarily consist of expenses related to product development, prototyping, and testing. Operations, research and development expenses decreased by $6,679 to $528,557 in the three months ended September 30, 2025 compared to $535,236 in the comparable period in 2024. The decrease was primarily due to decreased consultant fees and lower purchases of laboratory supplies, partially offset by increased stock-based compensation expense.
Operations, research and development expenses decreased by $175,335 to $1,548,678 in the nine months ended September 30, 2025, compared to $1,724,013 in the comparable period in 2024. The decrease was primarily driven by decreased salaries and benefits due to lower headcount and decreased consultant fees, partially offset by increased stock-based compensation expense related to restricted stock units granted during the three months ended September 30, 2025 to employees.
Sales and marketing expense. Sales and marketing expenses consist of expenses required to market and sell our products and services. Sales and marketing expenses increased by $60,827 to $133,494 in the three months ended September 30, 2025, compared to $72,667 in the comparable period in 2024. The increase was primarily due to increased fees for digital marketing consultants, partially offset by lower employee compensation resulting from lower headcount.
Sales and marketing expense decreased by $409,477 to $406,086 in the nine months ended September 30, 2025, compared to $815,563 in the comparable period in 2024. The decrease was primarily due to decreased employee compensation, including severance related to a former executive recorded in 2024 and a reduction in headcount following separation of marketing employees in the third quarter of 2024, partially offset by increased fees for digital marketing consultants.
Other income. We recognized other income of $2,631 during the three months ended September 30, 2025, compared to $36,379 in the comparable period in 2024. We recognized other income of $688,483 during the nine months ended September 30, 2025, compared to $64,497 in the comparable period in 2024. Other income in the 2025 periods primarily related to the write off of aged accounts payable and related accrued expenses, while other income in the 2024 periods primarily consisted of interest income.
Gain (loss) on derivative instruments. We recognized losses on the change in fair value of derivative instruments of $74,366,000 in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025. Losses on derivative instruments recognized during the 2025 period relate to the Crypto PIPE Offering entered into on September 29, 2025. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, we recognized gains on the change in fair value of derivative instruments of $7 and $1,375, respectively. Gains recognized in the 2024 period related to certain warrants issued to placement agents in 2020.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Cash Flows
On September 30, 2025, we had $181,667 in cash and cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents from continuing operations decreased by $430,155 from December 31, 2024, due to the following factors.
Net cash used in operating activities of continuing operations was $5,934,497 in the nine months ended September 30, 2025, compared to $8,049,679 in the nine months ended September 30, 2024. Cash used in operating activities of continuing operations decreased in the 2025 period primarily due to lower cash operating losses and decreased cash used in working capital. Lower cash operating losses were primarily due to decreased cash outflows for operating expenses. Cash used in working capital decreased due to an increase in accounts payable as well as accrued expenses and other current liabilities, offset by increases in cash used in prepaid expenses and operating lease liabilities.
No cash was used in or provided by investing activities of continuing operations in the nine months ended September 30, 2025, while $3,032 was used in investing activities of continuing operations in the nine months ended September 30, 2024 to acquire property and equipment.
Net cash provided by financing activities of continuing operations was $4,555,905 in the nine months ended September 30, 2025, compared to $4,134,970 provided by financing activities of continuing operations in the nine months ended September 30, 2024. Cash provided by financing activities of continuing operations in the 2025 period was primarily related to proceeds from the exercise of warrants to purchase common stock, proceeds from the issuance of common stock pursuant to the ATM offering, proceeds from the issuance of common stock pursuant to the Extension Agreement with Renovaro, proceeds from the issuance of common stock pursuant to a Registered Direct Offering, and proceeds from private placements of common stock with accredited investors in May and August, while the cash provided in the 2024 period was primarily related to proceeds from the issuance of common stock pursuant to the ATM offering in May 2024 and the Warrant Inducement Transaction completed in July 2024.
Net cash provided by discontinued operations was $825,586 in the nine months ended September 30, 2025, compared to $1,731,963 used in discontinued operations in the nine months ended September 30, 2024. Net cash provided by operating activities of discontinued operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, was $200,586, while net cash used in operating activities of discontinued operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, was $1,757,485. This change primarily relates to decreased cash losses due to ceasing the discontinued operations. Net cash provided by investing activities of discontinued operations was $625,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, while net cash provided by investing activities of discontinued operations was $25,552 for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The cash provided in the 2025 period related to proceeds from the sale of Eagan assets pursuant to the asset purchase agreement executed with DeRoyal in March 2025.
Liquidity and Plan of Financing
At the time of the issuance of the Company’s 2025 second quarter Form 10-Q, substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern existed. The Company had incurred significant and recurring losses from operations for the past several years and, as of June 30, 2025, had an accumulated deficit of $184,939,606. The Company had cash and cash equivalents of $506,078 as of June 30, 2025, and needed to raise significant additional capital to meet its operating needs. The Company had short-term obligations of $3,845,439 and long-term operating lease obligations of $1,243,327 as of June 30, 2025. During the six months ended June 30, 2025, the Company incurred negative cash flows from continuing operating activities of $4,280,632.
As discussed above under the heading “September 2025 Private Placements” and disclosed in Note 15, Subsequent Events to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, on October 7, 2025, the Company closed two private placements, pursuant to which the Company received aggregate cash gross proceeds of approximately $50.8 million. The Company believes that its working capital and cash position will be sufficient to fund its on-going operations for a period of at least 12 months subsequent to the issuance of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
ATH Holdings
On November 10, 2025, we held approximately 5.70 billion ATH, with a market value of approximately $152.8 million, based on a price of $0.0268 per ATH, the price reported on the Coinbase exchange as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on such date, of which 3.7 billion ATH are locked and subject to vesting and/or transfer restrictions and 2.0 billion ATH are unlocked.
Short-Term Liquidity
Our short-term liquidity needs include working capital requirements, anticipated capital expenditures, and contractual obligations due within the next twelve months. Our cash and cash equivalents as of September 30, 2025, together with cash and cash equivalents generated by our operations, were not expected to be sufficient to satisfy these needs over the next months. However, we received additional cash proceeds from the September 2025 Private Placements that closed on October 7, 2025, a portion of which is expected to be used for general corporate purposes and working capital, and we anticipate being able to use proceeds from additional equity or debt financings to meet these needs. Our ability to obtain equity and debt financing is subject to market conditions and other factors outside of our control, and we may not be able to obtain equity or debt financing in a timely manner, on favorable terms, or at all. Although we do not anticipate needing to use our ATH to meet our short-term liquidity needs, to the extent necessary, we would seek to use proceeds from the sale of our ATH to meet such needs. See “—Availability of ATH for Liquidity” below and “Item 1A. Risk Factors” for additional information.
Long-Term Liquidity
Beyond the next 12 months, our long-term cash needs are primarily for obligations related to working capital needs. We expect our cash and cash equivalents as of September 30, 2025, together with cash and cash equivalents generated by our operations, may not be sufficient to satisfy these needs. As a result, we will seek to satisfy these needs through various options that we expect to be available to us, such as proceeds from equity or debt financings, or the sale of our ATH. See “—Availability of ATH for Liquidity” below and “Item 1A. Risk Factors” for additional information.
Availability of ATH for Liquidity
We do not believe we will need to sell or engage in other transactions with respect to any of our ATH within the next 12 months to meet our liquidity needs, although we may from time to time sell or engage in other transactions with respect to our ATH as part of treasury management operations. The ATH market historically has been characterized by significant volatility in its price, limited liquidity and trading volumes compared to sovereign currencies markets, relative anonymity, a developing regulatory landscape, susceptibility to market abuse and manipulation, compliance and internal control failures at exchanges, and various other risks inherent in its entirely electronic, virtual form and decentralized network. During times of instability in the ATH market, we may not be able to sell our ATH at reasonable prices or at all. As a result, our ATH are less liquid than our existing cash and cash equivalents and may not be able to serve as a source of liquidity for us to the same extent as cash and cash equivalents. In addition, upon sale of our ATH, we may incur additional taxes related to any realized gains or we may incur capital losses as to which the tax deduction may be limited. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors” for additional information.
Financing Transactions
We have primarily funded our operations through a combination of debt and equity instruments including short-term borrowings, and a variety of debt and equity offerings. We have no off-balance sheet transactions.
Registered Direct Offering
On February 18, 2025, we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with several institutional and accredited investors for the sale by us of 24,223 shares (the “Registered Direct Offering Shares”) of our common stock, par value $0.01 per share, at a purchase price of $22.50 per share, in a registered direct offering. The offering closed on February 19, 2025. Our gross proceeds from the offering were approximately $545,000, before deducting the placement agent’s fees and other offering expenses. We offered and sold the Registered Direct Offering Shares pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3, which was filed with the SEC on May 21, 2024, and subsequently declared effective on May 21, 2024 (File No. 333-279123), and a related prospectus supplement filed on February 19, 2025.
We agreed to pay Wainwright, as placement agent, an aggregate fee equal to 7.0% of the gross proceeds we received from the sale of the securities in the offering as well as a management fee equal to 1.0% of such gross proceeds, and $15,000 for fees and expenses of legal counsel. We also issued to Wainwright, or its designees, warrants to purchase up to 7.0% of the aggregate number of shares of our common stock sold in the transactions, or warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,698 shares of our common stock (the “Registered Direct Offering Placement Agent Warrants”). The Registered Direct Offering Placement Agent Warrants are exercisable for five years from the commencement of sales in the offering and have an exercise price equal to 125% of the purchase price of shares of our common stock sold in the offering, or $28.13 per share. The Registered Direct Offering Placement Agent Warrants and the shares issuable upon exercise of the Registered Direct Offering Placement Agent Warrants were issued in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act as transactions not involving a public offering and in reliance on similar exemptions under applicable state laws.
Renovaro Subscription Agreement
On March 13, 2025, we executed a share subscription agreement with Renovaro, pursuant to the Extension Agreement dated February 28, 2025, that amended the previous LOI between the parties. Pursuant to the share subscription agreement, Renovaro subscribed to purchase and we agreed to sell 31,153 unregistered shares of our common stock at a price of $16.05 per share for a total purchase price of $500,000. The closing of this share issuance occurred on March 17, 2025.
May 2025 Private Placement
On May 13, 2025, we executed a share subscription agreement with an institutional and accredited investor for the sale, in a private placement, by the Company of 18,692 shares of our common stock at a price of $16.05 per share for a total purchase price of $300,000. The closing of this share issuance occurred on June 3, 2025.
At The Market Offering
On May 3, 2024, we entered into an ATM Sales Agreement (the “Sales Agreement”) with Wainwright, pursuant to which we may offer and sell, from time to time, through Wainwright, shares of our common stock through an “at the market offering” program pursuant to which Wainwright will act as sales agent. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Sales Agreement, Wainwright is permitted to sell the shares by methods deemed to be an “at the market offering” as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Sales Agreement provides that Wainwright will be entitled to compensation for its services of 3.0% of the gross sales price of all shares sold through Wainwright under the Sales Agreement. We are subject to certain restrictions on our ability to offer and sell shares of our common stock under the Sales Agreement.
On May 6, 2024, following execution of the Sales Agreement, we filed with the SEC a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (the “May 2024 Shelf Registration Statement”). The May 2024 Shelf Registration Statement, as amended, was declared effective by the SEC on May 21, 2024 and included a prospectus supplement (the “Initial ATM Prospectus Supplement”) to the base prospectus related to the offering of up to $3,696,000 of shares of our common stock under the Sales Agreement. As of May 31, 2024, we had offered and sold 107,140 shares of common stock under the Initial ATM Prospectus Supplement for gross proceeds of approximately $3,696,000. The net proceeds from the shares offered and sold in May 2024, after deducting commissions and offering expenses, were approximately $3,122,000.
On April 18, 2025, in accordance with the terms of the Sales Agreement, we filed a prospectus supplement to the May 2024 Shelf Registration Statement relating to the offer and sale of up to an additional $1,491,000 of shares of our common stock.
On June 2, 2025, in accordance with the terms of the Sales Agreement, we determined to further increase the number of shares it may sell under the Sales Agreement, from the approximately $1,352,000 remaining as of May 31, 2025 up to an aggregate of $3,398,000, and we filed an additional prospectus supplement with the SEC on June 2, 2025.
As of September 30, 2025, approximately $2,292,000 remained available to us for sales of our common stock under the Sales Agreement.
During the three months ended September 30, 2025, we issued and sold 78,356 shares of common stock under the Sales Agreement resulting in net proceeds to us of approximately $921,000 after deducting approximately $38,000 in issuance costs. During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, we issued and sold 97,343 shares of common stock under the Sales Agreement resulting in net proceeds to us of approximately $1,084,000 after deducting approximately $161,000 in issuance costs.
August 2025 Private Placement
On August 26, 2025, we entered into a securities purchase agreement dated August 26, 2025 with an accredited investor pursuant to which we sold and issued 36,237 shares of our common stock, at a purchase price of $11.40 per share, in a private placement transaction. This issuance closed on August 26, 2025.
September 2025 Private Placements
On September 29, 2025, we entered into two securities purchase agreements, as further described above under “Recent Developments – September 2025 Private Placements.”
In the Cash PIPE Offering, we sold an aggregate of 4,366,703 shares of our common stock (or pre-funded warrants at a nominal $0.01 exercise price per share to purchase shares of common stock, in lieu thereof) to certain accredited investors for $11.6265 per share. Aggregate Cash PIPE Offering proceeds were $50.8 million before issuance fees and expenses.
In the Crypto PIPE, we sold the Crypto PIPE Warrants to purchase up to 14,903,393 shares of our common stock at a nominal $0.01 exercise price per share. As consideration for the Crypto PIPE Warrants, we received ATH from purchasers, including Locked ATH, with an aggregate notional value and discounted value of $292.7 million and $173.3 million, respectively.
The September Private Placements closed on October 7, 2025. The Company intends to use the ATH received in-kind in the Crypto PIPE Offering to fund its Treasury Strategy, and to use net cash proceeds primarily to acquire ATH in the open market, as well as for working capital and general corporate purposes.
Accounting Standards and Recent Accounting Developments
See Note 1, Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for a discussion of recent accounting developments.
ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Not required.
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), defines the term “disclosure controls and procedures” as those controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as of September 30, 2025. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) were effective as of September 30, 2025.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) during the quarter ended September 30, 2025, that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
In the ordinary course of business, we may periodically become subject to legal proceedings and claims arising in connection with ongoing business activities from time to time. The results of litigation and claims cannot be predicted with certainty, and unfavorable resolutions are possible and could materially affect our results of operations, cash flows or financial position. In addition, regardless of the outcome, litigation could have an adverse impact on us because of defense costs, diversion of management attention and resources and other factors.
Information regarding our legal proceedings can be found in Note 7, Contingencies, to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, there have been no material changes to our risk factors from those disclosed under “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on March 31, 2025, other than as set forth below.
Our common stock could be delisted from the Nasdaq Capital Market, which delisting could hinder your ability to obtain accurate quotations on the price of our common stock or dispose of our common stock in the secondary market.
On November 20, 2024, we received a letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of Nasdaq (the “Staff”) notifying us that we were not in compliance with the minimum stockholders’ equity requirement for continued listing as set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1) (the “Stockholders’ Equity Requirement”), because our stockholders’ equity of $1,966,969, as reported in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2024, was below the required minimum of $2.5 million, and because, as of the date of the notice, we did not meet either of the alternative compliance standards, relating to market value of listed securities of at least $35 million or net income from continuing operations of $500,000 in the most recently completed fiscal year or in two of the last three most recently completed fiscal years. Under Nasdaq rules and as specified in the notice, we had until Monday, January 6, 2025 to submit to Nasdaq a plan to regain compliance with the Stockholders’ Equity Requirement and we submitted our plan on January 6, 2025, citing the Company’s then proposed merger with Renovaro, and requested a 180-day extension to regain compliance with the Stockholders’ Equity Requirement. As a result of the termination of negotiations with Renovaro, we were unable to complete the previously submitted plan.
On June 9, 2025, we received a letter from the Staff notifying us that because the Company had not regained compliance with the Stockholders’ Equity Requirement, the Staff determined to delist the Company’s securities from The Nasdaq Capital Market. On June 11, 2025, we submitted a hearing request to Nasdaq’s Hearings Panel (the “Panel”), which stayed the suspension of the Company’s securities and the filing of the Form 25-NSE pending the Panel’s decision. On June 12, 2025, we were notified that the Panel agreed to consider our appeal at an oral hearing, which the Panel scheduled for July 17, 2025.
On July 8, 2025, we received a letter from the Staff informing us that because the closing bid price for our common stock listed on Nasdaq was below $1.00 for 30 consecutive trading days, we did not comply with the minimum closing bid price requirement for continued listing under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2), requiring a minimum bid price of $1.00 per share (the “Minimum Bid Price Requirement”). The notification had no immediate effect on the listing of the Company’s common stock.
On July 17, 2025, we attended an oral hearing with the Panel, where we presented plans for coming into compliance with the continued listing standards, which included, but were not limited to, continued sales of common stock pursuant to our at-the-market offering, sales of common stock pursuant to the SEPA, expanding availability of our live cell ChemoFx drug response assay and business collaborations, as well as a potential reverse stock split. We also requested an exception from the continued listing standards through December 8, 2025, to provide us the ability to evidence compliance with the standards.
On July 23, 2025, we were notified by Nasdaq that the Panel had granted our request for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market pursuant to an extension through December 8, 2025, to demonstrate compliance with all continued listing requirements, including the Stockholders’ Equity Requirement and Minimum Bid Price Requirement.
On September 29, 2025, we completed the Reverse Stock Split, which was effective for trading purposes on September 30, 2025. As a result, our stock price increased significantly, and we regained compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement as confirmed by the Staff via a letter dated October 14, 2025.
For additional information regarding the actions we have taken to satisfy the terms of the Panel’s decisions related to the Stockholders’ Equity Requirement, refer to the heading above titled “Recent Developments – September 2025 Private Placements” containing details regarding the private placements that closed in October 2025.
There can be no assurances that we will be able to comply with the Nasdaq requirements for continued listing in the future. In the event our common stock is delisted from the Nasdaq Capital Market and we are also unable to maintain listing on another alternate exchange, trading in our common stock could thereafter be conducted through one or more over-the-counter markets. In such event, the liquidity of our common stock would likely be impaired, not only in the number of shares which could be bought and sold, but also through delays in the timing of the transactions, and there would likely be a reduction in our coverage by security analysts and the news media, thereby resulting in lower prices for our common stock than might otherwise prevail.
After the expiration of the letter of intent with Renovaro and our decision not to engage in further discussions with Renovaro regarding a potential merger, Renovaro has filed a lawsuit against us, which could be costly and time-consuming.
As previously disclosed, the letter of intent with Renovaro regarding a proposed merger transaction expired by its terms on March 31, 2025, and on April 3, 2025, our Board of Directors notified Renovaro of our decision to discontinue discussions regarding the proposed merger. On May 8, 2025, Renovaro filed a lawsuit alleging a breach of contract and the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. We do not believe Renovaro’s claims have merit and intend to continue to vigorously contest the lawsuit. The results of litigation cannot be predicted with certainty, and regardless of the merits, litigation can be costly and time-consuming for the Company. The diversion of management’s attention, the costs of defense and the possibility of an adverse decision could negatively impact the Company’s results of operations and financial condition.
We used the net proceeds from the September SPAs principally to purchase digital assets, including Aethir tokens, the price of which has been, and will likely continue to be, highly volatile. Our operating results and share price may significantly fluctuate, including due to the highly volatile nature of the price of such digital assets and erratic market movements.
We used the net proceeds from the September SPAs principally to purchase or otherwise acquire Aethir tokens, the native utility asset of ATH and for the establishment of our digital asset treasury operations. Digital assets, such as ATH, generally are highly volatile assets, including as a result of shifts in market sentiment, speculative trading, macroeconomic trends, technology-related disruptions and regulatory announcements. In addition, digital assets do not pay interest, dividends, distributions or other returns, unless utilized in staking or financial applications, and so the ability to generate a return on investment from the net proceeds of any capital raisings will principally depend on (i) whether there is appreciation in the value of digital assets following our purchases of digital assets with the net proceeds from such capital raisings, and (ii) any rewards from staking or otherwise utilizing such digital assets. Future fluctuations in digital asset trading prices may result in our converting digital assets into cash with a value substantially below what we paid for such digital assets, and staking reward yields may result in returns that are substantially lower than anticipated.
We adopted a digital asset treasury strategy with a focus on ATH, and we may be unable to successfully implement this new strategy.
We adopted a digital asset treasury primarily dedicated to ATH, including potential acquisitions, including through staking and other decentralized finance and compute activities. There is no assurance that we will be able to successfully implement this new strategy or operate Aethir-related activities at the scale or profitability currently anticipated. This strategic shift requires specialized employee skillsets and operational, technical and compliance infrastructure to support ATH and related staking activities. This also requires that we implement different security protocols, and treasury management practices. Further, there is ongoing scrutiny and limited formal guidance from regulatory agencies, including Nasdaq and the SEC, with respect to the treatment of public company cryptocurrency strategies. There is no assurance that we will be able to execute this strategy by building out the needed infrastructure within the timeframe that we currently anticipate. Errors by key management could result in significant loss of funds and reduced returns. The success of our digital asset treasury strategy will depend in part upon the efforts, processes, technology and intellectual property of third parties outside of our control, including, without limitation, the developers of Aethir and any asset managers or custodians retained in connection with the strategy. As a result, our shift towards ATH could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition.
Our shift towards an Aethir-focused strategy requires substantial changes in our day-to-day operations and exposes us to significant operational risks.
Our shift towards an ATH treasury-focused strategy, including staking, liquid staking, enterprise compute sales and other decentralized finance activities, exposes us to significant operational risks. The Aethir network evolves rapidly, and frequent upgrades and protocol changes may require significant adjustments to our operational setup in order to participate in ATH’s staking mechanisms and ensure adequate checker nodes to support network integrity. The upgrades and protocol changes may require that we incur unanticipated costs and could cause temporary service disruptions to the Aethir network. We also need to engage additional third-party service providers in our operations, which may introduce risks outside of our control, including significant cybersecurity risks. Additionally, if we stake our digital assets, those assets may be subject to lock-up or illiquidity periods during which they cannot be transferred or sold. This may materially reduce our immediate access to liquidity and could adversely affect our ability to meet operational requirements or respond to adverse market conditions. Any of these operational risks could materially and adversely affect our ability to execute our Treasury Strategy and may prevent us from realizing positive returns and could severely hurt our financial condition.
The concentration of our ATH holdings enhances the risks inherent in our Aethir-focused strategy.
We have purchased and intend to purchase ATH and increase our overall holdings of ATH in the future. The intended concentration of our ATH holdings limits the risk mitigation that we could achieve if we were to purchase a more diversified portfolio of treasury assets, and the absence of diversification enhances the risks inherent in our Aethir-focused strategy. The price of ATH experienced a significant decline in the first half of 2025, and any similar future significant declines in the price of ATH could have a more pronounced impact on our financial condition than if we used our cash to purchase a more diverse portfolio of assets.
If the Aethir network is disrupted or encounters any unanticipated difficulties or otherwise does not perform as expected, fails or experiences any other adverse consequences, the value of ATH could be negatively impacted.
If the Aethir network is disrupted or encounters any unanticipated difficulties, then the processing of transactions on the Aethir network may be disrupted, which in turn may prevent us from depositing or withdrawing ATH from our accounts with our custodian or otherwise affecting ATH transactions. Such disruptions could include, for example: the insolvency, business failure, interruption, default, failure to perform, security breach, or other problems of participants, custodians, or others; the closing of ATH trading platforms due to fraud, failures, security breaches or otherwise; or network outages or congestion, power outages, or other problems or disruptions affecting the Aethir network. The implementation of material network upgrades could result in unintentional degradation of performance. Any disruption of the Aethir network could materially impact the operation of the Aethir network, resulting in our inability to transfer or sell ATH, and could adversely impact the price of ATH.
In addition, as the market for Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) hosting services grows, we anticipate that competition among providers of GPU hosting will intensify, potentially affecting the Aethir network. Similarly, if the market for GPU hosting services does not grow as anticipated, the Aethir network could be adversely affected. Any diminution in the value of the Aither network GPU-as-a-Service business could adversely impact the price of ATH and result in our inability to transfer or sell ATH.
ATH and other digital assets are novel assets, and are subject to significant legal, commercial, regulatory and technical uncertainty, which could materially adversely affect the Company’s financial position, operations and prospects.
ATH and other digital assets, as well as applications on networks such as Aethir, are relatively novel and are subject to significant uncertainty, which could adversely impact their price. The application of state and federal securities laws and other laws and regulations to digital assets and blockchain-based applications is unclear in certain respects, and it is possible that regulators in the United States or foreign countries may interpret or apply existing laws and regulations in a manner that adversely affects the price of ATH or other digital assets, or the ability of blockchain-based applications to operate.
The U.S. federal government, states, regulatory agencies, and foreign countries or regulatory jurisdictions may also enact new laws and regulations, or pursue regulatory, legislative, enforcement or judicial actions, that could materially impact the price of ATH or the ability of individuals or institutions such as us to own or transfer ATH and utilize blockchain-based applications on networks such as Aethir. For example, the U.S. executive branch, the SEC, the European Union’s Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation, among others, have been active in recent years, and in the United Kingdom, the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023, or FSMA 2023, became law. It is not possible to predict whether, or when, any of these developments will lead to the U.S. Congress granting additional authorities to the SEC, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”), or other regulators, or whether, or when, any other federal, state or foreign legislative or regulatory bodies will take any similar actions. It is also not possible to predict the nature of any such additional authorities, how additional legislation or regulatory oversight might impact the ability of digital asset markets to function or the willingness of financial and other institutions to continue to provide services to the digital assets industry, nor how any new regulations or changes to existing regulations might impact the value of digital assets generally and ATH specifically. The consequences of increased regulation of digital assets and digital asset activities could adversely affect the market price or liquidity of ATH and in turn adversely affect the market price of our common stock and our financial condition and results of operations.
Moreover, the risks of engaging in a digital asset treasury strategy are relatively novel and have created, and could continue to create, complications due to the lack of experience that third parties have with companies engaging in such a strategy, such as increased costs of director and officer liability insurance or the potential inability to obtain such coverage on acceptable terms in the future.
The growth of the digital assets industry in general, and the use and acceptance of ATH in particular, may also impact the price of ATH and is subject to a high degree of uncertainty. The pace of worldwide growth in the adoption and use of the Aethir network and ATH may depend, for instance, on public familiarity with digital assets, ease of buying, accessing or gaining exposure to ATH, institutional demand for ATH as an investment asset, the participation of traditional financial institutions and compute power providers in the digital assets industry, consumer and business demand for ATH as a means of payment, and the availability and popularity of alternatives to ATH. Even if growth in ATH adoption occurs in the near or medium-term, there is no assurance that ATH and Aethir network usage will continue to grow over the long term.
Because ATH tokens have no physical existence beyond the record of transactions on the Aethir network, a variety of technical factors related to the Aethir network could also impact the price of ATH. For example, malicious attacks against the network, hard “forks” of the ATH network into separate networks, difficulties with upgrades to the ATH network, and advances in computing technology could undercut the integrity of the ATH network and negatively affect the price of ATH. The liquidity of ATH may also be reduced and damage to the public perception of Aethir may occur if financial institutions were to deny or limit banking services to businesses that hold ATH, provide Aethir-related services or accept ATH as payment, which could also decrease the price of ATH. Additionally, any failure to properly monitor and upgrade the Aethir network could adversely affect the Aethir network and negatively affect the price of ATH.
The liquidity of ATH may also be impacted to the extent that changes in applicable laws and regulatory requirements negatively impact the ability of exchanges and trading venues to provide services for ATH and other digital assets.
In connection with our Treasury Strategy, we expect to interact with various smart contracts deployed on the Aethir network, which may expose us to risks and technical vulnerabilities.
In connection with our Treasury Strategy, including staking, liquid staking, and other decentralized finance and decentralized compute activities, we expect to interact with various smart contracts deployed on the Aethir network in order to optimize our strategy and generate income. Smart contracts are self-executing code that operate without human intervention once deployed. Although smart contracts are integral to the functionality of staking deposit contracts, liquid staking protocols, and decentralized finance applications, they are subject to many known risks such as technical vulnerabilities, coding errors, security flaws, and exploitation attacks. Any vulnerability in a smart contract we interact with could result in the loss or theft of ATH or other digital assets, which could have a materially adverse impact on our business. In addition, certain smart contracts are upgradable or subject to certain governance controls which could result in unforeseen code errors, asset or account freezing, or the loss of digital assets. A vulnerability in a smart contract could create an unintended and unforeseeable consequence that has adverse financial consequences, such as the loss of or inability to access funds. There is no assurance that the smart contracts we integrate with or rely upon will function as intended or remain secure. Exploitation of such vulnerabilities could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition.
Part of our future business strategy may include acquisitions and investments in companies with Aethir-focused or blockchain strategies, and there are risks associated with the integration of any assets or operations acquired and our ability to manage those risks. In addition, we may be unable to make attractive acquisitions or successfully integrate acquired businesses, assets or properties, and any inability to do so may disrupt our business and hinder our ability to grow.
We intend to pursue a strategy focused on both ATH accumulation and future acquisitions. Accordingly, in the future we may make acquisitions of businesses or assets that we expect to complement or expand our current assets. However, we may not be able to identify attractive acquisition opportunities in the future. Even if we do identify attractive acquisition opportunities, we may not be able to complete the acquisition or do so on commercially acceptable terms. No assurance can be given that we will be able to identify additional suitable acquisition opportunities, negotiate acceptable terms, obtain financing for acquisitions on acceptable terms or successfully acquire identified targets.
The success of any acquisition will depend on our ability to integrate effectively the acquired business or asset into our existing operations. The process of integrating acquired businesses and assets may involve unforeseen difficulties and may require a disproportionate amount of our managerial and financial resources. The integration of acquisitions is a complex, costly and time-consuming process, and our management may face significant challenges in such process. Some of the factors affecting integration will be outside of our control, and any one of them could result in increased costs and diversion of management’s time and energy, as well as decreases in the amount of expected revenue.
Our failure to achieve consolidation savings, to incorporate the acquired businesses and assets into our existing operations successfully or to minimize any unforeseen operational difficulties could have a material and adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
Additional ability to achieve the objectives of our business strategy depends in significant part on our ability to obtain equity and debt financing. If we are unable to obtain equity or debt financing on favorable terms or at all, we may not be able to successfully execute on our business strategy.
Changes in regulatory interpretations could require us to register as a money services business or money transmitter, leading to increased compliance costs or operational shutdowns.
The regulatory regime for digital assets in the U.S. and elsewhere is uncertain. The Company may be unable to effectively react to proposed legislation and regulation of digital assets, which could adversely affect its business.
If regulatory changes or interpretations require us to register as a money services business with The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) under the U.S. Bank Secrecy Act, or as a money transmitter under state laws, we may be subject to extensive regulatory requirements, resulting in significant compliance costs and operational burdens. In such a case, we may incur extraordinary expenses to meet these requirements or, alternatively, may determine that continued operations are not viable. If we decide to cease certain operations in response to new regulatory obligations, such actions could occur at a time that is unfavorable to investors.
Multiple states have implemented or proposed regulatory frameworks for digital asset businesses, and digital asset regulation continues to be a focus of foreign regulatory bodies, notably in the European Union. Compliance with such jurisdiction-specific regulations may increase costs or impact our business operations. Further, if we or our service providers are unable to comply with evolving federal, state or foreign regulations, we may be forced to dissolve or liquidate certain operations, which could materially impact our investors.
If any of the digital assets that we hold are classified as a security, we may be subject to extensive regulation, which could result in significant costs or force us to cease operations.
Regulatory changes or interpretations that classify digital assets that we hold as a security under the Securities Act, or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), could require us to register and comply with additional regulations. Compliance with these requirements could impose extraordinary, non-recurring expenses on our business. If the costs and regulatory burdens become too great, we may be forced to modify or cease certain operations, which could be detrimental to our investors.
The SEC has previously indicated that certain digital assets may be considered securities depending on their structure and use. Future developments could change the legal status of digital assets that we may hold, requiring us to comply with securities laws. If we fail to do so, we may be forced to discontinue some or all of our business activities, negatively impacting investments in our securities.
If the SEC or other regulators determine that digital assets that we may hold qualify as securities, we may be required to change our operations, wind down our operations, or register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. This classification would subject us to additional periodic reporting, disclosure requirements, and regulatory compliance obligations, significantly increasing our operational costs. Compliance with the requirements of the Investment Company Act applicable to registered investment companies may make it difficult for us to continue our current operations, and this would materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, if ATH or another digital asset we hold were determined to constitute a security for purposes of the federal securities laws, we would likely take steps to reduce the percentage of ATH or such other digital assets that constitute investment assets under the Investment Company Act. These steps may include, among others, selling ATH that we might otherwise hold for the long term and deploying our cash in non-investment assets, and we may be forced to sell our ATH or other digital assets at unattractive prices, or cease our operations.
Although we do not currently engage in investing, reinvesting, or trading securities, and we do not hold ourselves out as an investment company, we could inadvertently be deemed one under the Investment Company Act. If we are unable to rely on an exclusion, we would be required to register with the SEC, which could impose additional financial and regulatory burdens.
Further, state regulators may conclude that the digital assets we hold are securities under state laws, requiring us to comply with state-specific securities regulations. States like California have stricter definitions of “investment contracts” than the SEC, increasing the risk of additional regulatory scrutiny.
Shareholders of the Company do not have the protections associated with ownership of shares in an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act or the protections afforded by the Commodity Exchange Act.
The Investment Company Act is designed to protect investors by preventing insiders from managing investment companies to their benefit and to the detriment of public investors, such as: the issuance of securities having inequitable or discriminatory provisions; the management of investment companies by irresponsible persons; the use of unsound or misleading methods of computing earnings and asset value; changes in the character of investment companies without the consent of investors; and investment companies engaging in excessive leveraging. To accomplish these ends, the Investment Company Act requires the safekeeping and proper valuation of fund assets, restricts greatly transactions with affiliates, limits leveraging and imposes governance requirements as a check on fund management.
The Company is not a registered investment company under the Investment Company Act and does not believe that it is required to register under such act. Consequently, shareholders of the Company do not have the regulatory protections provided to investors in investment companies.
As defined in Section 1a of the Commodity Exchange Act, as administered by the CFTC, a company would be deemed to be a commodity pool if operating for the purpose of trading in “commodity interests”. The Company does not intend to engage in commodity interests and will not hold or trade in commodity interests. Consequently, the Company’s shareholders will not have the regulatory protections provided to investors in Commodity Exchange Act-regulated instruments or commodity pools.
The Company believes that Aethir, the Aethir blockchain and the assets we intend to hold are not commodity interests. However, there is a risk that assets that the Company has concluded are not commodity interests could be determined by the CFTC to be commodity interests, which could cause the Company to be deemed to be a commodity pool. If the Company was deemed to be a commodity pool, risks imposed by the Commodity Exchange Act likely would make it impractical for us to continue our business as contemplated, and could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition, treasury and prospects.
The classification of digital assets that we hold as a commodity could subject us to additional CFTC regulation, resulting in significant compliance costs or the cessation of certain operations.
Under current interpretations, ATH tokens may be classified as a commodity under the Commodity Exchange Act and are subject to regulation by the CFTC. If our activities require CFTC registration, we may be required to comply with extensive regulatory obligations, which could result in significant costs and operational disruptions. Additionally, current and future legislative or regulatory developments, including new CFTC interpretations, could further impact how ATH and ATH derivatives are classified and traded.
If ATH tokens are further regulated as a commodity, we may be required to register as a commodity pool operator and register the Company as a commodity pool with the CFTC through the National Futures Association. Compliance with these additional regulatory requirements could result in substantial, non-recurring expenses, adversely affecting an investment in our securities. If we determine not to comply with such regulations, we may be forced to cease certain operations, which could negatively impact our investors.
The Company may be subject to additional tax liability if regulation or policy changes adversely affect the tax treatment of rewards from staking ATH.
The U.S. federal income tax treatment of rewards from staking digital assets such as ATH or utilizing liquid staking tokens remains uncertain and is currently the subject of debate and regulatory attention. Under current guidance by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), staking rewards and transaction fees may be treated as ordinary income upon receipt, although additional guidance is expected pursuant to the President’s Working Group July 2025 report “Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology.” If regulation or policy changes, or the interpretation or enforcement thereof, results in adverse tax treatment of rewards from staking ATH, we could be subject to increased audits by the IRS and additional tax liabilities.
We are not subject to legal and regulatory obligations that apply to investment companies such as mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, or to obligations applicable to investment advisers.
Mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and their management are subject to extensive regulation as “investment companies” and “investment advisers” under U.S. federal and state law; this regulation is intended for the benefit and protection of investors. We are not subject to, and do not otherwise voluntarily comply with, these laws and regulations. This means, among other things, that the execution of our changes to our digital asset strategy, our use of leverage, our ability to engage in transactions with affiliated parties and our operating and investment activities generally are not subject to the extensive legal and regulatory requirements and prohibitions that apply to investment companies and investment advisers.
Due to the unregulated nature and lack of transparency surrounding the operations of many digital asset trading venues, digital asset trading venues experience greater risk of fraud, market manipulation and other deceptive marketing practices, as well as security failures or regulatory or operational problems than trading venues for more established asset classes, which may result in a loss of confidence in digital asset trading venues and adversely affect the value of digital assets, and the Company’s financial position, operations and prospects.
Digital asset trading venues are relatively new and, in many cases, unregulated. Furthermore, there are many digital asset trading venues that do not provide the public with significant information regarding their ownership structure, management teams, corporate practices and regulatory compliance. As a result, the marketplace may lose confidence in digital asset trading venues, including prominent exchanges that handle a significant volume of such trading and/or are subject to regulatory oversight, in the event one or more digital asset trading venues cease or pause for a prolonged period the trading of digital assets, or experience fraud, significant volumes of withdrawal, security failures or operational problems.
Negative perception, a lack of stability in the broader digital asset markets and the closure, temporary shutdown or operational disruption of digital asset trading venues, lending institutions, institutional investors, institutional miners, custodians, or other major participants in the digital asset ecosystem, due to fraud, business failure, cybersecurity events, government-mandated regulation, bankruptcy, or for any other reason, may result in a decline in confidence in digital assets and the broader digital asset ecosystem and greater volatility in the price of digital assets. The price of our listed securities may be affected by the value of our future digital asset holdings, and the failure of a major participant in the ecosystem could have a material adverse effect on the market price of our listed securities.
Our historical financial statements do not reflect the potential variability in earnings that we may experience in the future relating to our holdings of digital assets. Accordingly, it may be difficult to evaluate the Company’s business and future prospects, and the Company may not be able to achieve or maintain profitability in any given period.
Our historical financial statements do not reflect the potential variability in earnings that we may experience in the future from holding or selling digital assets. The price of digital assets generally has historically been subject to dramatic price fluctuations and is highly volatile. We will need to perform an analysis each quarter to identify whether events or changes in circumstances indicate that our digital assets are impaired. Additionally, changes in accounting standards or interpretations with respect to digital assets may have a material adverse effect on our financial results and the market price of our securities. As a result, volatility in our earnings may be significantly more than what we experienced in prior periods.
Digital asset holdings are less liquid than cash and cash equivalents and may not be able to serve as a source of liquidity for us to the same extent as cash and cash equivalents.
Historically, the digital asset market has been characterized by significant volatility in price, limited liquidity and trading volumes compared to sovereign currencies markets, concerns regarding pseudonymity of digital asset addresses, a developing regulatory landscape, potential susceptibility to market abuse and manipulation, compliance and internal control failures at exchanges, and various other risks inherent in its entirely electronic, virtual form and decentralized network. During times of market instability, we may not be able to sell our digital assets at favorable prices or at all. As a result, digital asset holdings may not be able to serve as a source of liquidity for us to the same extent as cash and cash equivalents. Further, digital assets we hold with our custodians and transact with our trade execution partners do not enjoy the same protections or insurance as are available to cash or securities deposited with or transacted by institutions subject to regulation by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Securities Investor Protection Corporation. Additionally, we may be unable to enter into term loans or other capital raising transactions collateralized by our unencumbered digital assets or otherwise generate funds using our digital asset holdings, including in particular during times of market instability or when the price of digital assets has declined significantly. If we are unable to sell our digital assets, enter into additional capital raising transactions, including capital raising transactions using ATH as collateral, or otherwise generate funds using our ATH holdings, or if we are forced to sell our digital assets at a significant loss, in order to meet our working capital requirements, our business and financial condition could be negatively impacted.
The availability of spot exchange-traded products for digital assets may adversely affect the market price of our listed securities.
Although bitcoin and other digital assets have experienced a surge of investor attention since bitcoin was first released to the public in 2008, until recently investors in the United States had limited means to gain direct exposure to digital assets through traditional investment channels, and instead generally were only able to hold many digital through “hosted” wallets provided by digital asset service providers or through “unhosted” wallets that expose the investor to risks associated with loss or hacking of their private keys. Given the relative novelty of digital assets, general lack of familiarity with the processes needed to hold digital assets directly, as well as the potential reluctance of financial planners and advisers to recommend direct digital asset holdings to their retail customers because of the manner in which such holdings are custodied, some investors have sought exposure to bitcoin and other digital assets through investment vehicles that hold such digital assets and issue shares representing fractional undivided interests in their underlying digital asset holdings. These vehicles, which were previously offered only to “accredited investors” on a private placement basis, have in the past traded at substantial premiums (and sometimes discounts) to net asset value, possibly due to the relative scarcity of traditional investment vehicles providing investment exposure to digital assets.
On January 10, 2024, the SEC approved the listing and trading of spot bitcoin exchange-traded products (“ETPs”), the shares of which can be sold in public offerings and are traded on U.S. national securities exchanges. The approved ETPs commenced trading directly to the public on January 11, 2024, with a trading volume of $4.6 billion on the first trading day. To the extent investors view our common stock as providing exposure to digital assets, it is possible that the value of our common stock may also include a premium over the value of our digital asset holdings due to the prior scarcity of traditional investment vehicles providing investment exposure to digital assets, and that the value of our common stock may decline in the event that investors have a greater range of options to gain exposure to digital assets if additional ETPs are approved and investors choose to gain such exposure to digital assets, including, potentially, ATH, through ETPs rather than our common stock. The listing and trading of spot ETPs for digital assets offers investors another alternative to gain exposure to digital assets, which could result in a decline in the trading price of ATH as well as a decline in the value of our common stock relative to the value of our ATH holdings.
Although we are an operating company, and we believe we offer a different value proposition than a digital asset investment vehicle such as a spot ETP, investors may nevertheless view our common stock as an alternative to an investment in an ETP, and choose to purchase shares of a spot ETP instead of our common stock. They may do so for a variety of reasons, including if they believe that ETPs offer a “pure play” exposure to digital assets that is generally not subject to federal income tax at the entity level as we are, or the other risk factors applicable to an operating business, such as ours. Additionally, unlike spot ETPs, we (i) do not seek for our shares of common stock to track the value of the underlying digital assets we hold before payment of expenses and liabilities, (ii) do not benefit from various exemptions and relief under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), including Regulation M, and other securities laws, which enable ETPs to continuously align the value of their shares to the price of the underlying assets they hold through share creation and redemption, (iii) are a Delaware corporation rather than a statutory trust, and do not operate pursuant to a trust agreement that would require us to pursue one or more stated investment objectives, and (iv) are not required to provide daily transparency as to our digital asset holdings or our daily net asset value. Furthermore, recommendations by broker-dealers to buy, hold, or sell complex products and non-traditional ETPs, or an investment strategy involving such products, may be subject to additional or heightened scrutiny that would not be applicable to broker-dealers making recommendations with respect to our common stock. Based on how we are viewed in the market relative to ETPs, and other vehicles which offer economic exposure to digital assets, any premium or discount in our common stock relative to the value of our digital asset holdings may increase or decrease in different market conditions.
As a result of the foregoing factors, availability of spot ETPs for digital assets could have a material adverse effect on the market price of our listed securities.
Digital asset lending arrangements may expose us to risks of borrower default, operational failures and cybersecurity threats.
Although we are not initially planning to lend ATH or other digital assets to counterparties, from time to time, we may generate income through lending of digital assets, which carries significant risks. The volatility of such digital assets increases the likelihood that borrowers may default due to market downturns, liquidity crises, fraud or other financial distress. These lending transactions may be unsecured, and so may be subordinated to secured debt of the borrower. If a borrower becomes insolvent, we may be unable to recover the loaned digital assets, leading to substantial financial losses.
Additionally, digital asset lending platforms are vulnerable to operational and cybersecurity risks. Technical failures, software bugs or system outages could disrupt lending activities, delay transactions or result in inaccurate record-keeping. Cybersecurity threats, including hacking, phishing and other malicious attacks, pose further risks, potentially leading to the loss, theft or misappropriation of our loaned digital assets. A successful cyberattack or security breach could materially and adversely impact our financial position, reputation and ability to conduct future lending activities.
Decentralized finance arrangements may expose us to risks of smart contract risk, operational failures and cybersecurity threats.
From time to time, we may generate income through the use of digital assets including ATH or stablecoins in decentralized protocols including decentralized finance (“DeFi”) applications. DeFi applications include over-collateralized borrow-lend vaults, token-exchange pools, and other financial or commercial arrangements. Although these protocols are largely designed to limit counterparty risk in transactions, they introduce novel risks relating to software code bugs, liquidation risks, and governance risks that are designed to operate in decentralized environments but can be subject to failures or exploits. In addition: (a) network congestion or downtime can increase the likelihood of asset loss or liquidation; (b) the volatility of digital assets deployed into DeFi applications may increase the likelihood of liquidation due to market downturns, liquidity crises, governance attacks or other exploits, leading to substantial financial losses; (c) the uncertainty in the accounting treatment of certain DeFi applications; (d) DeFi applications generally operate on a user-to-protocol basis where a user of a DeFi application does not know the identity of other parties utilizing the DeFi application; and (e) the use of monitoring and forensics software to mitigate risks of engaging in DeFi application may not prevent engaging in DeFi pools that are also used by bad actors.
The reliance on open-source code by digital asset networks exposes us to risks related to competitive networks and products built on such code, the failure of individuals to maintain that code, and discovery of security vulnerabilities that could threaten the ability of such networks to operate.
Digital asset networks are open-source projects and, although there may be an influential group of leaders in the network community, generally there is no official developer or group of developers that formally controls the digital asset network. Without guaranteed financial incentives, there may be insufficient resources to address emerging issues, upgrade security or implement necessary improvements to the network in a timely manner. If the digital asset network’s software is not properly maintained or developed, it could become vulnerable to security threats, operational inefficiencies and reduced trust, all of which could negatively impact the digital assets’ long-term viability and our business.
The lack of legal recourse and insurance for digital assets increases the risk of total loss in the event of theft or destruction.
Digital assets that we acquire may not be insured against theft, loss or destruction. If an event occurs where we lose our digital assets, whether due to cyberattacks, fraud or other malicious activities, we may not have any viable legal recourse or ability to recover the lost assets. Unlike funds held in insured banking institutions, our digital assets are not protected by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Securities Investor Protection Corporation. If our digital assets are lost under circumstances that render another party liable, there is no guarantee that the responsible party will have the financial resources to compensate us. As a result, we and our stockholders could face significant financial losses.
The Company will face risks relating to the custody of its digital assets. If we or our third-party service providers experience a security breach or cyberattack and unauthorized parties obtain access to our private keys, or if our private keys are lost or destroyed, or other similar circumstances or events occur, we may lose some or all of our digital assets and our financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected.
We expect our primary counterparty risk with respect to our ATH will be custodian performance obligations under the custody arrangements we enter into. A series of recent high-profile bankruptcies, closures, liquidations, regulatory enforcement actions and other events relating to companies operating in the digital asset industry, the closure or liquidation of certain financial institutions that provided lending and other services to the digital assets industry, SEC enforcement actions against other providers, or placement into receivership or civil fraud lawsuit against digital asset industry participants have highlighted the perceived and actual counterparty risk applicable to digital asset ownership and trading. The legal framework governing digital asset ownership and rights in custodial or insolvency contexts remains uncertain and continues to evolve. In the event of a custodian’s insolvency, we may be treated as an unsecured creditor, which could result in unexpected losses, protracted recovery processes, or adverse treatment in insolvency proceedings. Legal precedent created in these bankruptcy and other proceedings may increase the risk of future rulings adverse to our interests in the event one or more of our custodians becomes a debtor in a bankruptcy case or is the subject of other liquidation, insolvency or similar proceedings.
While our custodians will be subject to regulatory regimes intended to protect customers in the event of a custodial bankruptcy, receivership or similar insolvency proceeding, no assurance can be provided that our custodially held ATH will not become part of the custodian’s insolvency estate if one or more of our custodians enters bankruptcy, receivership or similar insolvency proceedings. Additionally, if we pursue any strategies to create income streams or otherwise generate funds using our ATH holdings, we would become subject to additional counterparty risks. We will need to carefully evaluate market conditions, including price volatility as well as service provider terms and market reputations and performance, among others, prior to implementing any such strategy, all of which could affect our ability to successfully implement and execute on any such future strategy. These risks, along with any significant non-performance by counterparties, including in particular the custodian or custodians with which we will custody substantially all of our ATH, could have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition, and operating results.
We face risks relating to the use of third-party trading platforms in connection with our Aethir-focused strategy.
We intend to use third-party trading platforms, which we believe are reputable, as well as reputable over-the-counter brokers to purchase ATH for our treasury. As part of our process in determining transactions with third-party exchanges, we search for reputable exchanges that have industry standard policies and procedures in place regarding data security and customer diligence related to anti-money laundering, Office of Foreign Assets Control and know-your client rules and regulations. If any of these third-party exchanges no longer meet our standards or if there is a decrease in reputable third-party exchanges, we may need to find additional counterparties and enter into additional agreements that could be on less favorable terms, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or the results of our operations.
The irreversibility of digital asset transactions exposes us to risks of theft, loss and human error, which could negatively impact our business.
Digital asset transactions, including those involving smart contracts and DeFi protocols, are not, from an administrative perspective, reversible without the consent and active participation of the recipient of the transaction or, in theory, control or consent of a majority of the processing power on that digital asset network. Once a transaction has been verified and recorded in a block that is added to the blockchain, an incorrect transfer of digital assets or a theft of digital assets generally will not be reversible, and we may not be capable of seeking compensation for any such transfer or theft. In addition, smart contracts and DeFi protocols may contain bugs, security vulnerabilities or poorly designed permission structures that could result in the irreversible loss of digital assets. Exploits, including those stemming from admin key misuse, admin key compromise, or protocol flaws, have occurred in the past and may occur in the future. Although we plan to regularly transfer digital assets to or from vendors, consultants and service providers, it is possible that, through computer or human error, or through theft or criminal action, such assets could be transferred in incorrect amounts or to unauthorized third parties. To the extent we are unable to seek a corrective transaction to identify the third party which has received our digital assets through error or theft, we will be unable to revert or otherwise recover the impacted digital assets, and any such loss could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.
We are subject to significant competition in the growing digital asset industry and the Company’s business, operating results, and financial condition may be adversely affected if the Company is unable to compete effectively.
Following the launch of our Treasury Strategy, we operate in a competitive environment and will compete against other companies and other entities with similar strategies, including companies with significant holdings in ATH and other digital assets, and the Company’s business, operating results, and financial condition may be adversely affected if the Company is unable to compete effectively.
Aethir is subject to the risk of technological obsolescence, including competition from emerging blockchain and artificial intelligence protocols.
The digital asset ecosystem is characterized by rapid technological innovation, short development cycles, and intense competition among blockchains and related infrastructure providers. Aethir faces intense competition among existing protocols, such as io.net, Akash and Render, and new entrants that are currently being developed. Competitors may in the future offer superior scalability, security, interoperability, decentralization, programmability and adoption, and may attract developers away from the Aethir network. Advancements in AI and blockchain technology are likely to accelerate the development of such protocols, including the development of additional networks that natively integrate AI into consensus mechanisms and other core features. If Aethir is unable to evolve to address such increased competition or if market participants believe that Aethir’s core technology stack is outdated or less attractive compared with other blockchain networks, Aethir may be considered technologically obsolete by the next generation of protocols. The decline in the Aethir network would materially impact the market value of ATH and adversely affect the value of our ATH treasury holdings and our stock price.
A cyberattack or other malicious attack on the Aethir network could have a material impact on the value of ATH held by the Company.
Digital assets and the entities that provide services to participants in blockchain ecosystems have been, and may in the future be, subject to security breaches, cyberattacks, or other malicious activities. For example, in October 2021 it was reported that hackers exploited a flaw in the account recovery process and stole from the accounts of at least 6,000 customers of the Coinbase exchange, although the flaw was subsequently fixed and Coinbase reimbursed affected customers. Similarly, in November 2022, hackers exploited weaknesses in the security architecture of the FTX Trading digital asset exchange and reportedly stole over $400 million in digital assets from customers. A successful security breach or cyberattack could result in:
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Further, any actual or perceived data security breach or cybersecurity attack directed at other companies with digital assets or companies that operate digital asset networks, regardless of whether we are directly impacted, could lead to a general loss of confidence in the broader Aethir network or in the use of the Aethir network to conduct financial transactions, which could negatively impact us.
Attacks upon systems across a variety of industries, including industries related to Aethir, are increasing in frequency, persistence, and sophistication, and, in many cases, are being conducted by sophisticated, well organized groups and individuals, including state actors. The techniques used to obtain unauthorized, improper or illegal access to systems and information (including personal data and digital assets), disable or degrade services, or sabotage systems are constantly evolving, may be difficult to detect quickly, and often are not recognized or detected until after they have been launched against a target. These attacks may occur on our systems or those of our third-party service providers or partners. We may experience breaches of our security measures due to human error, malfeasance, insider threats, system errors or vulnerabilities or other irregularities. In particular, we expect that unauthorized parties will attempt to gain access to our systems and facilities, as well as those of our partners and third-party service providers, through various means, such as hacking, social engineering, phishing and fraud. Threats can come from a variety of sources, including criminal hackers, hacktivists, state intrusions, industrial espionage, and insiders. In addition, certain types of attacks could harm us even if our systems are left undisturbed. For example, certain threats are designed to remain dormant or undetectable, sometimes for extended periods of time, or until launched against a target and we may not be able to implement adequate preventative measures. Further, there has been an increase in such activities due to the increase in work arrangements. The risk of cyberattacks could also be increased by cyberwarfare in connection with the ongoing war in Ukraine and conflicts in the Middle East, or other future conflicts, including potential proliferation of malware into systems unrelated to such conflicts. Any future breach of our operations or those of others in the Aethir industry, including third-party services on which we rely, could materially and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.
The emergence or growth of other digital assets, including those with significant private or public sector backing, including by governments, consortiums or financial institutions, could have a negative impact on the price of ATH and adversely affect the Company’s securities.
As a result of our Treasury Strategy, our assets are concentrated in ATH holdings. Accordingly, the emergence or growth of digital assets other than ATH, including those with significant private or public sector backing, including by governments, consortiums or financial institutions, may have a material adverse effect on our financial condition. Aethir has experienced considerable growth in market capitalization from September 2024 to September 2025. However, there are numerous alternative digital assets and many entities, including consortiums and financial institutions, are researching and investing resources into private or permissioned blockchain platforms. If the mechanisms or network effects on alternative blockchain platforms are perceived as superior to the Aethir network, those digital assets could gain market share relative to Aethir.
Many of the blockchain applications on large blockchain networks involve the use of “stablecoins,” which are designed to maintain a constant price related to or based on some other asset or traditional currency because of, for instance, their issuers’ promise to hold high-quality liquid assets (such as U.S. dollar deposits and short-term U.S. treasury securities) equal to the total value of stablecoins in circulation. In July 2025, the U.S. President signed into law the “GENIUS Act,” which establishes a federal framework for “payment stablecoins,” treating them as payment systems, not securities, and mandating fiat-backed reserves, monthly disclosures, anti-money laundering safeguards, and similar measures. Stablecoins have grown rapidly as a medium of exchange and store of value, particularly on digital asset trading platforms, and their use as an alternative to digital assets such as bitcoin could expand further as rules are promulgated under the GENIUS Act. Stablecoins are an important aspect of many blockchain ecosystems, and if such blockchains are deemed more attractive than Aethir as a result of the growth of stablecoins, that may impact the attractiveness of Aethir and therefore the value of ATH.
Additionally, central banks in some countries have started to introduce digital forms of legal tender. For example, China’s central bank digital currency (“CBDC”) project was made available to consumers in January 2022, and governments including the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, and Israel have been discussing the potential creation of new CBDCs. Whether or not they incorporate blockchain or similar technology, CBDCs, as legal tender in the issuing jurisdiction, could also compete with, or replace, other digital assets as a medium of exchange or store of value. As a result, the emergence or growth of these or other digital assets could cause the market price of ATH to decrease, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition, and operating results.
If we lose key personnel, if we fail to recruit additional highly skilled personnel, or if we lose the services of our Asset Manager, our ability to operate and manage our Treasury Strategy will be impaired.
Our ability to operate and manage our Treasury Strategy depends upon our ability to attract and retain highly qualified personnel, members of our executive team, or other key personnel. In addition, we entered into the Asset Management Agreement in connection with the management of our digital asset treasury, and therefore we rely heavily on the services of our Asset Manager for the management of our digital asset treasury and for strategic guidance relating to our business, operations, growth initiatives and industry trends in the crypto technology sector. The loss of the services of any of our executive officers, key employees, or the Asset Manager, or our inability to find suitable replacements, could result in significant disruptions to our operations and management of our digital assets.
In addition to the information set forth in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the reader should carefully consider the risks included in Item 1A of Part I of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, before making an investment decision. Our business could be harmed by any of these risks. The trading price of our common stock could decline due to any of these risks, and you may lose all or part of your investment.
ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
During the three months ended September 30, 2025, there were no unregistered sales of securities that were not reported on a Current Report on Form 8-K.
ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
None.
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.
Not applicable.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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Exhibit 10.2
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of August 26, 2025, between Predictive Oncology Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and each purchaser identified on the signature page hereto (including its successors and assigns, a “Purchaser” and collectively, the “Purchasers”).
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act contained in Section 4(a)(2) thereof and/or Regulation D thereunder, the Company desires to issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company, securities of the Company as more fully described in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Purchaser agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth in this Section 1.1:
“Action” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(j).
“Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
“Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company.
“Business Day” means any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day that is a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close; provided, however, for clarification, commercial banks shall not be deemed to be authorized or required by law to remain closed due to “stay at home”, “shelter-in-place”, “non-essential employee” or any other similar orders or restrictions or the closure of any physical branch locations at the direction of any governmental authority so long as the electronic funds transfer systems (including for wire transfers) of commercial banks in the City of New York generally are open for use by customers on such day.
“Closing” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1(a).
“Closing Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1(a).
“Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0. 01 per share, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.
“Common Stock Equivalents” means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries that would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, right, option, warrant or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.
“Convertible Securities” means any capital stock or other security of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is at any time and under any circumstances directly or indirectly convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for, or which otherwise entitles the holder thereof to acquire, any capital stock or other security of the Company (including, without limitation, Common Stock) or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Disclosure Schedule” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1.
“Evaluation Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(s).
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Exempt Issuance” means the issuance of (a) shares of Common Stock, restricted stock units, or options, including the shares of Common Stock underlying the restricted stock units or options, to employees, officers or directors or consultants of the Company pursuant to any stock or option plan duly adopted for such purpose, by a majority of the non-employee members of the Board of Directors or a majority of the members of a committee of non-employee directors established for such purpose for services rendered to the Company, (b) securities upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion of any Securities issued hereunder and/or other securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement, provided that such securities have not been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of such securities (other than in connection with stock splits or combinations) or to extend the term of such securities;, and (c) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, provided that such securities are issued as “restricted securities” (as defined in Rule 144) and carry no registration rights that require or permit the filing of any registration statement in connection therewith during the prohibition period in Section 4.12(a) herein, and provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person (or to the equityholders of a Person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an asset in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities.
“FCPA” means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
“GAAP” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“Indebtedness” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(aa).
“Intellectual Property Rights” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1(p).
“Issuer Covered Person” means the Company, any of its predecessors, any affiliated issuer, or, to its knowledge, any director, executive officer, other officer of the Company participating in the offering hereunder, any beneficial owner of 20% or more of the Company’s outstanding voting equity securities, calculated on the basis of voting power, nor any promoter (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) connected with the Company in any capacity at the time of sale.
“Liens” means a lien, charge, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction.
“Material Adverse Effect” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(b).
“Material Permits” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(n).
“Purchase Price” equals $0.76 per Share, subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the date of this Agreement and prior to Closing.
“Person” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
“Proceeding” means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an informal investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition) pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened in writing against or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or foreign).
“Purchaser Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.6.
“Registration Statement” means a registration statement meeting the requirements set forth herein and covering the resale by the Purchasers of the Shares.
“Required Approvals” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(e).
“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.
“Rule 424” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.
“SEC Reports” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable to each Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement.
“Short Sales” means all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act (but shall not be deemed to include locating and/or borrowing shares of Common Stock).
“Subscription Amount” means, as to each Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be paid for the Shares to be purchased hereunder as specified next to such Purchaser’s name on Schedule I hereto under the heading “Subscription Amount,” in United States dollars and in immediately available funds.
“Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Company as set forth on Exhibit 21.1 to the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 31, 2025, and shall, where applicable, also include any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof.
“Trading Day” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for trading.
“Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the New York Stock Exchange (or any successors to any of the foregoing).
“Transaction Documents” means this Agreement and all exhibits and schedules thereto and
hereto.
“Transfer Agent” means Pacific Stock Transfer, the current transfer agent of the Company, with a mailing address of 6725 Via Austi Pkwy, Suite 3, Las Vegas, NV 89119, and any successor transfer agent of the Company.
ARTICLE II.
PURCHASE AND SALE
2.1 Closing. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Company agrees to sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at a closing (the “Closing”) to occur on the date hereof or as promptly as practicable thereafter (the “Closing Date”), that number of Shares set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name on the Schedule of Purchasers attached as Schedule 1 under the heading “Shares” for the purchase price to be paid by each Purchaser set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name on the Schedule of Purchasers (registered in the name of such Purchaser or its nominee).
2.2 Purchase Price; Deliveries. At the Closing, each Purchaser shall deliver to the Company, via wire transfer, immediately available funds equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount as set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name on the Schedule of Purchasers for the Shares to be acquired at the Closing, and the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser its respective Shares to be acquired at the Closing, and the Company and each Purchaser shall deliver the other items set forth in this Section 2.2 deliverable at the Closing. Upon satisfaction of the covenants and conditions set forth in this Section 2.2 and Section 2.3, as the case may be, the Closing shall occur remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures or such other location as the parties hereto shall mutually agree.
(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser the following:
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this Agreement duly executed by the Company; and |
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the Company’s wire instructions. |
(b) On or prior to a Closing Date (unless otherwise set forth below), each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the following:
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this Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser; and |
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such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount by wire transfer to the account specified in writing by the Company for the Shares being acquired at the Closing. |
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(a) The obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:
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the accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Purchasers contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date); |
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all obligations, covenants and agreements of each Purchaser required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed; and |
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the delivery by each Purchaser of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b) of this Agreement. |
(b) The respective obligations of the Purchasers hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:
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the accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date); |
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all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed in all material respects; |
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the delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this Agreement; and |
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there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since the date hereof. |
ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports or the disclosure schedule separately delivered by the Company to each Purchaser (the “Disclosure Schedule”), which SEC Reports and Disclosure Schedule shall be deemed a part hereof and shall qualify any representation or warranty otherwise made herein to the extent of the disclosure contained in the SEC Reports or Disclosure Schedule, as the case may be, the Company hereby makes the following representations and warranties to each Purchaser:
(a) Subsidiaries. All of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company are set forth on Exhibit 21.1 to the Company’s current report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 31, 2025. The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens, and all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. If the Company has no subsidiaries, all other references to the Subsidiaries or any of them in the Transaction Documents shall be disregarded.
(b) Organization and Qualification. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, with the requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation nor default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could not have or reasonably be expected to result in: (i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a “Material Adverse Effect”); provided that a change in the market price or trading volume of the Common Stock alone shall not be deemed, in and of itself, to constitute a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, no Proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or qualification.
(c) Authorization; Enforcement. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further action is required by the Company, the Board of Directors or the Company’s stockholders in connection herewith or therewith other than in connection with the Required Approvals. This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.
(d) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, the issuance and sale of the Shares and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, anti-dilution or similar adjustments, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals, conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Filings, Consents and Approvals. Except as set forth on the Disclosure Schedule, the Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other Person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, other than: (i) the filings required pursuant to Section 4.4 of this Agreement, (ii) the filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement,
(iii) application(s) to each applicable Trading Market for the listing of the Shares for trading thereon in the time and manner required thereby, and (iv) such filings as are required to be made under applicable state securities laws (collectively, the “Required Approvals”).
(f) Issuance of the Shares; Registration. The Shares are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company.
(g) Capitalization. The Company has not issued any capital stock since its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act, other than pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options under the Company’s stock option plans, the issuance of shares of Common Stock to employees, consultants and directors pursuant to the Company’s employee stock purchase plans, pursuant to the conversion and/or exercise of Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (which includes, for the avoidance of doubt, sales of Common Stock pursuant to that certain pre-paid purchase agreement disclosed in the SEC Reports). Except as a result of the purchase and sale of the Shares and as set forth in the SEC Reports, there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of Common Stock or the capital stock of any Subsidiary, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or capital stock of any Subsidiary.
The issuance and sale of the Shares will not obligate the Company or any Subsidiary to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other than the Purchasers) and will not result in a right of any holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under any of such securities. There are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any Subsidiary with any provision that adjusts the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price of such security or instrument upon an issuance of securities by the Company or any Subsidiary. There are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any Subsidiary that contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or such Subsidiary. The Company does not have any stock appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws, and none of such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. Except for the Required Approvals, no further approval or authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors or others is required for the issuance and sale of the Shares. There are no stockholders agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the Company’s capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the Company’s stockholders.
(h) SEC Reports; Financial Statements. The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.
(i) Material Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments. Since the date of the latest financial statements included within the SEC Reports, (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not incurred any material liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not altered its method of accounting, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company equity compensation or stock option plans or employment or consulting agreements.
Except for the issuance of the Shares contemplated by this Agreement, no event, liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence or development has occurred or exists or is reasonably expected to occur or exist with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, prospects, properties, operations, assets or financial condition that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made or deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at least one (1) Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is made.
(j) Litigation. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, there is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or foreign), in each case, that has had or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, an “Action”). None of the Actions set forth in the SEC Reports, if any(i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the Shares or (ii) could, if there were an unfavorable decision, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director or officer thereof, is or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. There has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the Commission involving the Company or any current or former director or officer of the Company. The Commission has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company or any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.
(k) Labor Relations. No labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of the Company, which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ employees is a member of a union that relates to such employee’s relationship with the Company or such Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and the Company and its Subsidiaries believe that their relationships with their employees are good. To the knowledge of the Company, no executive officer of the Company or any Subsidiary, is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement or non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant in favor of any third party, and the continued employment of each such executive officer does not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all applicable U.S. federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where the failure to be in compliance could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(l) Environmental Laws.
The Company and its Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), including laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, or toxic or hazardous substances or wastes (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) into the environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials, as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands, or demand letters, injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters, orders, permits, plans or regulations, issued, entered, promulgated or approved thereunder (“Environmental Laws”); (ii) have received all permits licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses; and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval where in each clause (i), (ii) and (iii), the failure to so comply could be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(m) Compliance. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary: (i) is in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any judgment, decree or order of any court, arbitrator or other governmental authority or (iii) is or has been in violation of any statute, rule, ordinance or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws relating to taxes, environmental protection, occupational health and safety, product quality and safety and employment and labor matters, except in each case as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(n) Regulatory Permits. The Company and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such permits could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (“Material Permits”), and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit.
(o) Title to Assets. The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them and good and marketable title in all personal property owned by them that is material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for (i) Liens as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries, and (ii) Liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes, for which appropriate reserves have been made therefor in accordance with GAAP and, the payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to penalties. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with which the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance, except where the failure to be in compliance would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(p) Intellectual Property. The Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property rights and similar rights necessary or required for use in connection with their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports and which the failure to so have could have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “Intellectual Property Rights”). Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, none of, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a notice (written or otherwise) that any of, the Intellectual Property Rights has expired, terminated or been abandoned, or is expected to expire or terminate or be abandoned, within two (2) years from the date of this Agreement.
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, a written notice of a claim or otherwise has any knowledge that the Intellectual Property Rights violate or infringe upon the rights of any Person, except as could not have or reasonably be expected to not have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual properties, except where failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has no knowledge of any facts that would preclude it from having valid license rights or clear title to the Intellectual Property Rights. The Company has no knowledge that it lacks or will be unable to obtain any rights or licenses to use all Intellectual Property Rights that are necessary to conduct its business.
(q) Insurance. The Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary for companies of the Company’s size and in the businesses in which the Company and the Subsidiaries are engaged, including, but not limited to, directors and officers insurance coverage in an amount deemed appropriate and reasonable by the Company. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business without a significant increase in cost.
(r) Transactions With Affiliates and Employees. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, none of the officers or directors of the Company or any Subsidiary and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, providing for the borrowing of money from or lending of money to or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee, stockholder, member or partner, in each case in excess of $120,000 other than for (i) payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii) other employee benefits, including stock option agreements under any stock option plan of the Company.
(s) Sarbanes-Oxley; Internal Accounting Controls. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with any and all applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that are effective as of the date hereof, and any and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date. The Company and the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, the Company and the Subsidiaries have established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and the Subsidiaries and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures of the Company and the Subsidiaries as of the end of the period covered by the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date, the “Evaluation Date”). The Company presented in its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date and other than as set forth in the SEC Reports, there have been no changes in the internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in the Exchange Act) of the Company and its Subsidiaries that have materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the internal control over financial reporting of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
(t) Certain Fees. Other than as set forth on the Disclosure Schedule, no brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company or any Subsidiary to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Purchasers shall have no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(u) Investment Company. The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Shares, will not be or be an Affiliate of, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become an “investment company” subject to registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(v) Registration Rights. Other than as described in the SEC Reports and as have been complied with as of the date hereof, no Person has any right to cause the Company or any Subsidiary to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company or any Subsidiary.
(w) Listing and Maintenance Requirements. The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, the Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof, received notice from any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is or has been listed or quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of such Trading Market. The Common Stock is currently eligible for electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation and the Company is current in payment of the fees to the Depository Trust Company (or such other established clearing corporation) in connection with such electronic transfer.
(x) Application of Takeover Protections.
Except as provided in the SEC Reports, the Company and the Board of Directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Company’s articles of incorporation (or similar charter documents) or the laws of its state of incorporation that is or could become applicable to the Purchasers as a result of the Purchasers and the Company fulfilling their respective obligations or exercising their respective rights under the Transaction Documents, including without limitation, as a result of the Company’s issuance of the Shares and the Purchasers’ ownership of the Shares.
(y) Disclosure. Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided the Purchasers or their agents or counsel with any information that it believes constitutes or might constitute material, non-public information which is not otherwise disclosed in the SEC Reports. The Company understands and confirms that the Purchasers will rely on the foregoing representation in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All of the disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the Purchasers regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries, their respective businesses and the transactions contemplated hereby, is true and correct and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The press releases disseminated by the Company during the twelve months preceding the date of this Agreement taken as a whole do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made and when made, not misleading. The Company acknowledges and agrees that no Purchaser makes or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 3.2 hereof.
(z) No Integrated Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering of the Shares to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of (i) the Securities Act which would require the registration of any such securities under the Securities Act, or (ii) any applicable stockholder approval provisions of any Trading Market on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated.
(aa) Solvency. The SEC Reports and the Disclosure Schedule sets forth as of the date hereof all outstanding secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, or for which the Company or any Subsidiary has commitments. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Indebtedness” means (x) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of $50,000 (other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (y) all guaranties, endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect of indebtedness of others, whether or not the same are or should be reflected in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business; and (z) the present value of any lease payments in excess of $50,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default with respect to any Indebtedness.
(bb) Tax Status.
Except for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries each (i) has made or filed all material United States federal, state and local income and all foreign income and franchise tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has paid all material taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations and (iii) has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all material taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company or of any Subsidiary know of no basis for any such claim.
(cc) Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, any agent or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary, has (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company or any Subsidiary (or made by any person acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in violation of law, or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision of FCPA.
(dd) Accountants. The Company’s independent registered public accounting firm is set forth in the SEC Reports. To the knowledge and belief of the Company, such accounting firm (i) is a registered public accounting firm as required by the Exchange Act and (ii) shall express its opinion with respect to the financial statements to be included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.
(ee) Acknowledgment Regarding Purchaser’s Purchase of Shares. The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Purchaser is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby. The Company further acknowledges that no Purchaser is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby and any advice given by any Purchaser or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is merely incidental to the Purchasers’ purchase of the Shares. The Company further represents to each Purchaser that the Company’s decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company and its representatives.
(ff) Acknowledgment Regarding Purchaser’s Trading Activity. Anything in this Agreement or elsewhere herein to the contrary notwithstanding (except for Sections 3.2(e)), it is understood and acknowledged by the Company that: (i) none of the Purchasers has been asked by the Company to agree, nor has any Purchaser agreed, to desist from purchasing or selling, long and/or short, securities of the Company, or “derivative” securities based on securities issued by the Company or to hold the Shares for any specified term; (ii) past or future open market or other transactions by any Purchaser, specifically including, without limitation, Short Sales or “derivative” transactions, before or after the closing of this or future private placement transactions, may negatively impact the market price of the Company’s publicly-traded securities; (iii) any Purchaser, and counter-parties in “derivative” transactions to which any such Purchaser is a party, directly or indirectly, presently may have a “short” position in the Common Stock, and (iv) each Purchaser shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or control over any arm’s length counter-party in any “derivative” transaction. The Company further understands and acknowledges that (y) one or more Purchasers may engage in hedging activities (in material compliance with applicable laws) at various times during the period that the Shares are outstanding, and (z) such hedging activities (if any) could reduce the value of the existing stockholders’ equity interests in the Company at and after the time that the hedging activities are being conducted.
The Company acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging activities do not constitute a breach of any of the Transaction Documents.
(gg) Regulation M Compliance. The Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or, paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the Shares, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company.
(hh) FDA. As to each product subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, as amended, and the regulations thereunder (“FDCA”) that is manufactured, packaged, labeled, tested, distributed, sold, and/or marketed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (each such product, a “Pharmaceutical Product”), such Pharmaceutical Product is being manufactured, packaged, labeled, tested, distributed, sold and/or marketed by the Company in compliance with all applicable requirements under FDCA and similar laws, rules and regulations relating to registration, investigational use, premarket clearance, licensure, or application approval, good manufacturing practices, good laboratory practices, good clinical practices, product listing, quotas, labeling, advertising, record keeping and filing of reports, except where the failure to be in compliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no pending, completed or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened, action (including any lawsuit, arbitration, or legal or administrative or regulatory proceeding, charge, complaint, or investigation) against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice, warning letter or other communication from the FDA or any other governmental entity, which (i) contests the premarket clearance, licensure, registration, or approval of, the uses of, the distribution of, the manufacturing or packaging of, the testing of, the sale of, or the labeling and promotion of any Pharmaceutical Product, (ii) withdraws its approval of, requests the recall, suspension, or seizure of, or withdraws or orders the withdrawal of advertising or sales promotional materials relating to, any Pharmaceutical Product, (iii) imposes a clinical hold on any clinical investigation by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (iv) enjoins production at any facility of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (v) enters or proposes to enter into a consent decree of permanent injunction with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (vi) otherwise alleges any violation of any laws, rules or regulations by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and which, either individually or in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect. The properties, business and operations of the Company have been and are being conducted in all material respects in accordance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations of the FDA. The Company has not been informed by the FDA that the FDA will prohibit the marketing, sale, license or use in the United States of any product proposed to be developed, produced or marketed by the Company nor has the FDA expressed any concern as to approving or clearing for marketing any product being developed or proposed to be developed by the Company.
(ii) Stock Option Plans. Each stock option granted by the Company under the Company’s stock option plans was granted (i) in accordance with the terms of the Company’s stock option plans and (ii) with an exercise price at least equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date such stock option would be considered granted under GAAP and applicable law. No stock option granted under the Company’s stock option plans has been backdated. The Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no and has been no Company policy or practice to knowingly grant, stock options prior to, or otherwise knowingly coordinate the grant of stock options with, the release or other public announcement of material information regarding the Company or its Subsidiaries or their financial results or prospects.
(jj) Office of Foreign Assets Control. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any Subsidiary is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”).
(kk) U.S. Real Property Holding Corporation. The Company is not and has never been a
U.S. real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Company shall so certify upon Purchaser’s request.
(ll) Bank Holding Company Act. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates is subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the “BHCA”) and to regulation by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates owns or controls, directly or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting securities or twenty-five percent or more of the total equity of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates exercises a controlling influence over the management or policies of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve.
(mm) Money Laundering. The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial record-keeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, applicable money laundering statutes and applicable rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”), and no Action or Proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, threatened.
(oo) Private Placement. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Shares by the Company to the Purchasers as contemplated hereby.
(pp) No General Solicitation. Neither the Company nor any Person acting on behalf of the Company has offered or sold any of the Shares by any form of general solicitation or general advertising. The Company has offered the Shares for sale only to each Purchaser as an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act.
(qq) No Disqualification Events. With respect to the Shares to be offered and sold hereunder in reliance on Rule 506 under the Securities Act, none of the Company, any of its predecessors, any affiliated issuer, any director, executive officer, other officer of the Company participating in the offering hereunder, any beneficial owner of 20% or more of the Company’s outstanding voting equity securities, calculated on the basis of voting power, nor any promoter (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) connected with the Company in any capacity at the time of sale (each, an “Issuer Covered Person”) is subject to any of the “Bad Actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under the Securities Act (a “Disqualification Event”), except for a Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or (d)(3). The Company has exercised reasonable care to determine whether any Issuer Covered Person is subject to a Disqualification Event.
The Company has complied, to the extent applicable, with its disclosure obligations under Rule 506(e), and has furnished to each Purchaser a copy of any disclosures provided thereunder.
(rr) Notice of Disqualification Events. The Company will notify the Purchasers in writing, prior to the Closing Date of (i) any Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person and (ii) any event that would, with the passage of time, reasonably be expected to become a Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person, in each case of which it is aware.
3.2 Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser, for itself and for no other Purchaser, hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company as follows (unless as of a specific date therein, in which case such representation or warranty shall be accurate as of such date):
(a) Organization; Authority. Such Purchaser is either an individual or an entity duly incorporated or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation with full right, corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and performance by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar action, as applicable, on the part of such Purchaser. Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by such Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except: (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally,
(ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.
(b) Understandings or Arrangements. Such Purchaser is acquiring the Shares as principal for its own account and has no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of such Shares (this representation and warranty not limiting such Purchaser’s right to sell the Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws). Such Purchaser understands that the Shares are “restricted securities” and have not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and is acquiring the Shares hereunder in the ordinary course of its business. Such Purchaser is acquiring such Shares as principal for his, her or its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Shares or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, has no present intention of distributing any of such Shares in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and has no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of such Shares in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law (this representation and warranty not limiting such Purchaser’s right to sell such Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws).
(c) Purchaser Status. At the time such Purchaser was offered the Shares, it was, and as of the date hereof it is, either: (i) an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7), (a)(8), (a)(9), (a)(12) or (a)(13) under the Securities Act or (ii) a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the Securities Act.
(d) Experience of Such Purchaser. Such Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Shares, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Such Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Shares and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.
(e) Access to Information. Such Purchaser acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to review the Transaction Documents (including all exhibits and schedules thereto) and the SEC Reports and has been afforded, (i) the opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the Shares and the merits and risks of investing in the Shares; (ii) access to information about the Company and its financial condition, results of operations, business, properties, management and prospects sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment; and (iii) the opportunity to obtain such additional information that the Company possesses or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the investment.
(f) Certain Transactions and Confidentiality. Other than consummating the transactions contemplated hereunder, such Purchaser has not, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Purchaser, directly or indirectly executed any purchases or sales, including Short Sales, of the securities of the Company during the period commencing as of the time that such Purchaser first received a term sheet (written or oral) from the Company or any other Person representing the Company setting forth the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereunder and ending immediately prior to the execution hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser’s assets, the representation set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Shares covered by this Agreement. Other than to other Persons party to this Agreement or to such Purchaser’s representatives, including, without limitation, its officers, directors, partners, legal and other advisors, employees, agents and Affiliates, such Purchaser has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall constitute a representation or warranty against, or a prohibition of, any actions with respect to the borrowing of, arrangement to borrow, identification of the availability of, and/or securing of, securities of the Company in order for such Purchaser (or its broker or other financial representative) to effect Short Sales or similar transactions in the future.
(g) General Solicitation. Such Purchaser is not purchasing the Shares as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding the Shares published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio or presented at any seminar or, to the knowledge of such Purchaser, any other general solicitation or general advertisement.
(h) No Disqualification Events. With respect to the Shares to be offered and sold hereunder in reliance on Rule 506 under the Securities Act, such Purchaser at the time of sale is subject to any of the “Bad Actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under the Securities Act, except for a Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or (d)(3).
The Company acknowledges and agrees that the representations contained in this Section 3.2 shall not modify, amend or affect such Purchaser’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any representations and warranties contained in any other Transaction Document or any other document or instrument executed and/or delivered in connection with this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall constitute a representation or warranty, or preclude any actions, with respect to locating or borrowing shares in order to effect Short Sales or similar transactions in the future.
ARTICLE IV.
OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
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4.1 |
Removal of Legends. |
(a) The Shares may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of any such Shares other than pursuant to an effective registration statement or Rule 144, when available, to the Company or to an Affiliate of a Purchaser or in connection with a pledge as contemplated in Section 4.1(b), the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Shares under the Securities Act.
(b) The Purchasers agrees to the inclusion, so long as is required by this Section 4.1, of a legend on the book-entry accounts (or, as applicable, certificates) for the Shares in substantially the following form:
THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
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(d) Certificates evidencing the Shares shall not contain any legend (including the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b) hereof): (i) following any sale of such Shares pursuant to an effective registration statement covering the resale of such securities under the Securities Act, or (ii) following any sale of such Shares pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) if such Shares are eligible for resale under Rule 144, or (iv) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission), in each case, subject to receipt of customary and appropriate representations and warranties from the applicable Purchaser and if required by the Transfer Agent or the Purchaser to effect the removal of any legend, a legal opinion of counsel.
(e) Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, agrees with the Company that such Purchaser will sell any Shares pursuant to either the registration requirements of
the Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements, or an exemption therefrom, and that if Shares are sold pursuant to a registration statement, they will be sold in compliance with the plan of distribution set forth therein, and acknowledges that the removal of the restrictive legend from certificates representing Shares as set forth in this Section 4.1 is predicated upon the Company’s reliance upon this understanding.
4.2 Current Public Information. Until the earlier of (i) the time that the Purchasers no longer own any of the Shares, and (ii) the date as of which the Purchasers may sell all of their Shares without restriction or limitation pursuant to Rule 144, the Company covenants to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act even if the Company is not then subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act.
4.3 Integration. The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Shares in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Shares or that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Shares for purposes of the rules and regulations of any Trading Market such that it would require stockholder approval prior to the closing of such other transaction unless stockholder approval is obtained before the closing of such subsequent transaction.
4.4 Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity. The Company shall file a current report on Form 8-K, including the Transaction Documents as exhibits thereto, with the Commission within the time required by the Exchange Act. The Company and each Purchaser shall consult with each other in issuing any other press releases with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and no Purchaser shall issue any such press release nor otherwise make any such public statement without the prior consent of the Company (which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed).
4.5 Use of Proceeds. The Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares hereunder for working capital purposes and shall not use such proceeds: (a) for the satisfaction of any portion of the Company’s debt (other than payment of trade payables in the ordinary course of the Company’s business and prior practices), (b) for the redemption of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents, (c) for the settlement of any outstanding litigation or (d) in violation of FCPA or OFAC regulations.
4.6 Indemnification of Purchasers. Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.6, the Company will indemnify and hold each Purchaser and its directors, officers, stockholders, members, partners, employees and agents (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title), each Person who controls such Purchaser (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, stockholders, agents, members, partners or employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of such controlling persons (each, a “Purchaser Party”) harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims, contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments, amounts paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of investigation that any such Purchaser Party may suffer or incur as a result of or relating to (a) any breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents or (b) any action instituted against the Purchaser Parties in any capacity, or any of them or their respective Affiliates, by any stockholder of the Company who is not an Affiliate of such Purchaser Party, with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless such action is solely based upon a material breach of such Purchaser Party’s representations, warranties or covenants under the Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings such Purchaser Party may have with any such stockholder or any violations by such Purchaser Party of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by such Purchaser Party which is finally judicially determined to constitute fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct), or (c) in connection with any Registration Statement of the Company providing for the resale by any Purchaser Party of the Shares, the Company will indemnify each Purchaser Party, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) and expenses, as incurred, arising out of or relating to (i) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in such registration statement, any prospectus or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any prospectus or supplement thereto, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon information regarding such Purchaser Party furnished in writing to the Company by such Purchaser Party expressly for use therein, or (ii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities law, or any rule or regulation thereunder in connection therewith.
If any action shall be brought against any Purchaser Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Purchaser Party shall promptly notify the Company in writing, and the Company shall have the right to assume the defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing reasonably acceptable to such Purchaser Party. Any Purchaser Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Purchaser Party except to the extent that (x) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the Company in writing, (y) the Company has failed after a reasonable period of time to assume such defense and to employ counsel or (z) in such action there is, in the reasonable opinion of counsel, a material conflict on any material issue between the position of the Company and the position of such Purchaser Party, in which case the Company shall be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one such separate counsel. The Company will not be liable to any Purchaser Party under this Agreement (1) for any settlement by a Purchaser Party effected without the Company’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; or (2) to the extent, but only to the extent that a loss, claim, damage or liability is attributable to any Purchaser Party’s breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by such Purchaser Party in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents or any violation by a Purchaser Party of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by a Purchaser Party which is finally judicially determined to constitute fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct. The indemnification required by this Section 4.6 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or are incurred. The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to any cause of action or similar right of any Purchaser Party against the Company or others and any liabilities the Company may be subject to pursuant to law.
4.7 Reservation of Common Stock. As of the date hereof, the Company has reserved and the Company shall continue to reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive rights, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of enabling the Company to issue Shares pursuant to this Agreement.
4.8 Listing of Common Stock. The Company hereby agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the listing or quotation of the Common Stock on the Trading Market on which it is currently listed, and concurrently with the Closing, the Company shall apply to list or quote all of the Shares on such Trading Market and promptly secure the listing of all of the Shares on such Trading Market. The Company further agrees, if the Company applies to have the Common Stock traded on any other Trading Market, it will then include in such application all of the Shares, and will take such other action as is necessary to cause all of the Shares to be listed or quoted on such other Trading Market as promptly as possible. The Company will then take all action reasonably necessary to continue the listing and trading of its Common Stock on a Trading Market and will comply in all material respects with the Company’s reporting, filing and other obligations under the bylaws or rules of the Trading Market.
For so long as the Company maintains a listing or quotation of the Common Stock on a Trading Market, the Company agrees to maintain the eligibility of the Common Stock for electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation, including, without limitation, by timely payment of fees to the Depository Trust Company or such other established clearing corporation in connection with such electronic transfer.
4.9 Reservation of Shares. As of the date hereof, the Company has reserved and the Company shall continue to reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive rights, a sufficient number of Shares for the purpose of enabling the Company to issue Shares pursuant to this Agreement.
4.10 Certain Transactions and Confidentiality. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that neither it nor any Affiliate acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it will execute any purchases or sales, including Short Sales of any of the Company’s securities during the period commencing with the execution of this Agreement and ending at such time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed by the Company pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4, such Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of the existence and terms of this transaction.
4.11 Form D; Blue Sky Filings. The Company agrees to timely file a Form D with respect to the offering of the Shares as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof, promptly upon request of any Purchaser. The Company shall take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an exemption for, or to qualify the Shares for, sale to the Purchasers at the Closing under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States, and shall provide evidence of such actions promptly upon request of any Purchaser.
4.12 Subsequent Equity Sales.
(a) From the date hereof until October 31, 2025, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall (i) issue, enter into any agreement to issue or announce the issuance or proposed issuance of any shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or (ii) publicly file any registration statement or any amendment or supplement thereto, other than (x) as contemplated pursuant to Section 4.12. or Section
4.14 herein, supplements or amendments to registration statements or supplements previously filed (so long as no new securities are being registered or issued thereby) (y) filing a registration statement on Form S-8 in connection with any employee benefit plan, or (z) pursuant to the written consent of the Purchasers that purchased at least 50.1% in interest of the Shares based on the initial Subscription Amounts hereunder (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).
(b) From the date hereof until October 31, 2025, the Company shall be prohibited from entering into an agreement to effect any issuance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (or a combination of units thereof) involving a Variable Rate Transaction. “Variable Rate Transaction” means a transaction in which the Company (i) issues or sells any debt or equity securities that are convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for, or include the right to receive additional shares of Common Stock either (A) at a conversion price, exercise price or exchange rate or other price that is based upon and/or varies with the trading prices of or quotations for the shares of Common Stock at any time after the initial issuance of such debt or equity securities, or (B) with a conversion, exercise or exchange price that is subject to being reset at some future date after the initial issuance of such debt or equity security or upon the occurrence of specified or contingent events directly or indirectly related to the business of the Company or the market for the Common Stock or (ii) enters into, or effects a transaction under, any agreement, including, but not limited to, an equity line of credit, whereby the Company may issue securities at a future determined price regardless of whether shares pursuant to such agreement have actually been issued and regardless of whether such agreement is subsequently canceled. Any Purchaser shall be entitled to obtain injunctive relief against the Company to preclude any such issuance, which remedy shall be in addition to any right to collect damages.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 4.12 shall not apply in respect of an Exempt Issuance, except that no Variable Rate Transaction shall be an Exempt Issuance.
4.13 Right of Participation. From the date of the Closing Date until October 31, 2025, the Company shall not, directly or indirectly, issue, offer, sell, grant any option or right to purchase, or otherwise dispose of (or announce any issuance, offer, sale, grant of any option or right to purchase or other disposition of) any equity security or any equity-linked or related security (including, without limitation, any “equity security” (as that term is defined under Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act), any Convertible Securities, any debt, any preferred stock or any purchase rights) (any such issuance, offer, sale, grant, disposition or announcement is referred to as a “Subsequent Placement”) unless the Company shall have first complied with this Section 4.13. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the right set forth in this Section 4.13 is a right granted by the Company, separately, to each Purchaser.
(a) At least five (5) Trading Days prior to any proposed or intended Subsequent Placement, the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser a written notice (each such notice, a “Pre-Notice”), which Pre-Notice shall not contain any information (including, without limitation, material, non-public information) other than: (A) if the proposed Offer Notice (as defined below) constitutes or contains material, non-public information, a statement asking whether the Purchaser is willing to accept material non-public information or (B) if the proposed Offer Notice does not constitute or contain material, non-public information, (x) a statement that the Company proposes or intends to effect a Subsequent Placement, (y) a statement that the statement in clause (x) above does not constitute material, non-public information and (z) a statement informing such Purchaser that it is entitled to receive an Offer Notice (as defined below) with respect to such Subsequent Placement upon its written request. Upon the written request of a Purchaser within three (3) Trading Days after the Company’s delivery to such Purchaser of such Pre-Notice, and only upon a written request by such Purchaser, the Company shall promptly, but no later than one (1) Trading Day after such request, deliver to such Purchaser an irrevocable written notice (the “Offer Notice”) of any proposed or intended issuance or sale or exchange (the “Offer”) of the securities being offered (the “Offered Securities”) in a Subsequent Placement, which Offer Notice shall (A) identify and describe the Offered Securities, (B) describe the price and other terms upon which they are to be issued, sold or exchanged, and the number or amount of the Offered Securities to be issued, sold or exchanged, (C) identify the Persons (if known) to which or with which the Offered Securities are to be offered, issued, sold or exchanged and (D) offer to issue and sell to or exchange with such Purchaser in accordance with the terms of the Offer such Purchaser’s pro rata portion of the Offered Securities, provided that the number of Offered Securities which such Purchaser shall have the right to subscribe for under this Section 4.15 shall be (x) based on such Purchaser’s pro rata portion of the aggregate number of Shares purchased hereunder by all Purchasers (the “Basic Amount”), and (y) with respect to each Purchaser that elects to purchase its Basic Amount, any additional portion of the Offered Securities attributable to the Basic Amounts of other Purchaser as such Purchaser shall indicate it will purchase or acquire should the other Purchasers subscribe for less than their Basic Amounts (the “Undersubscription Amount”), which process shall be repeated until each Purchaser shall have an opportunity to subscribe for any remaining Undersubscription Amount. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event that the Subsequent Placement is an “overnight” registered direct offering (“RDO”), the Offer Notice may be delivered to Purchaser between the time period of 4:00 pm (New York City time) and 6:00 pm (New York City time) on the Trading Day immediately prior to the Trading Day of the expected announcement of the Subsequent Placement (or, if the Trading Day of the expected announcement of the Subsequent Placement is the first Trading Day following a holiday or a weekend (including a holiday weekend), between the time period of 4:00 pm (New York City time) on the Trading Day immediately prior to such holiday or weekend and 2:00 pm (New York City time) on the day immediately prior to the Trading Day of the expected announcement of the Subsequent Placement).
(b) To accept an Offer, in whole or in part, such Purchaser must deliver a written notice to the Company prior to the end of the fifth (5th) Business Day after such Purchaser’s receipt of the Offer Notice (the “Offer Period”), setting forth the portion of such Purchaser’s Basic Amount that such Purchaser elects to purchase and, if such Purchaser shall elect to purchase all of its Basic Amount, the Undersubscription Amount, if any, that such Purchaser elects to purchase (in either case, the “Notice of Acceptance”). If the Basic Amounts subscribed for by all Purchasers are less than the total of all of the Basic Amounts, then each Purchaser who has set forth an Undersubscription Amount in its Notice of Acceptance shall be entitled to purchase, in addition to the Basic Amounts subscribed for, the Undersubscription Amount it has subscribed for; provided, however, if the Undersubscription Amounts subscribed for exceed the difference between the total of all the Basic Amounts and the Basic Amounts subscribed for (the “Available Undersubscription Amount”), each Purchaser who has subscribed for any Undersubscription Amount shall be entitled to purchase only that portion of the Available Undersubscription Amount as the Basic Amount of such Purchaser bears to the total Basic Amounts of all Purchaser that have subscribed for Undersubscription Amounts, subject to rounding by the Company to the extent it deems reasonably necessary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company desires to modify or amend the terms and conditions of the Offer prior to the expiration of the Offer Period, the Company may deliver to each Purchaser a new Offer Notice and the Offer Period shall expire on the fifth (5th) Business Day after such Purchaser’s receipt of such new Offer Notice. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event of a RDO, any Purchaser desiring to participate in such Subsequent Placement must provide written notice to the Company by 6:30 am (New York City time) on the Trading Day following the date on which the Subsequent Financing Notice is delivered to such Purchaser (the “Notice Termination Time”) that such Purchaser is willing to participate in the Subsequent Placement, the amount of such Purchaser’s participation, and representing and warranting that such Purchaser has such funds ready, willing, and available for investment on the terms set forth in the Subsequent Financing Notice. If the Company receives no such notice from a Purchaser as of such Notice Termination Time with respect to a RDO, such Purchaser shall be deemed to have notified the Company that it does not elect to participate in such Subsequent Placement.
(c) The Company shall have five (5) Business Days from the expiration of the Offer Period above (A) to offer, issue, sell or exchange all or any part of such Offered Securities as to which a Notice of Acceptance has not been given by a Purchaser (the “Refused Securities”) pursuant to a definitive agreement(s) (the “Subsequent Placement Agreement”), but only to the offerees described in the Offer Notice (if so described therein) and only upon terms and conditions (including, without limitation, unit prices and interest rates) that are not more favorable to the acquiring Person or Persons or less favorable to the Company than those set forth in the Offer Notice and (B) to publicly announce (x) the execution of such Subsequent Placement Agreement, and (y) either (I) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such Subsequent Placement Agreement or (II) the termination of such Subsequent Placement Agreement, which shall be filed with the SEC on a Current Report on Form 8-K with such Subsequent Placement Agreement and any documents contemplated therein filed as exhibits thereto.
(d) In the event the Company shall propose to sell less than all the Refused Securities (any such sale to be in the manner and on the terms specified in Section 4.13(c) above), then each Purchaser may, at its sole option and in its sole discretion, withdraw its Notice of Acceptance or reduce the number or amount of the Offered Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance to an amount that shall be not less than the number or amount of the Offered Securities that such Purchaser elected to purchase pursuant to Section 4.13(b) above multiplied by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which shall be the number or amount of Offered Securities the Company actually proposes to issue, sell or exchange (including Offered Securities to be issued or sold to Purchasers pursuant to this Section 4.13 prior to such reduction) and (ii) the denominator of which shall be the original amount of the Offered Securities. In the event that any Purchaser so elects to reduce the number or amount of Offered Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance, the Company may not issue, sell or exchange more than the reduced number or amount of the Offered Securities unless and until such securities have again been offered to the Purchasers in accordance with Section 4.13(a) above.
(e) Upon the closing of the issuance, sale or exchange of all or less than all of the Refused Securities, such Purchaser shall acquire from the Company, and the Company shall issue to such Purchaser, the number or amount of Offered Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance, as reduced pursuant to Section 4.13(d) above if such Purchaser has so elected, upon the terms and conditions specified in the Offer. The purchase by such Purchaser of any Offered Securities is subject in all cases to the preparation, execution and delivery by the Company and such Purchaser of a separate purchase agreement relating to such Offered Securities reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to such Purchaser and its counsel.
(f) Any Offered Securities not acquired by a Purchaser or other Persons in accordance with this Section 4.13 may not be issued, sold or exchanged until they are again offered to such Purchaser under the procedures specified in this Agreement.
(g) The Company and each Purchaser agree that if any Purchaser elects to participate in the Offer, neither the Subsequent Placement Agreement with respect to such Offer nor any other transaction documents related thereto (collectively, the “Subsequent Placement Documents”) shall include any term or provision whereby such Purchaser shall be required to agree to any restrictions on trading as to any securities of the Company or be required to consent to any amendment to or termination of, or grant any waiver, release or the like under or in connection with, any agreement previously entered into with the Company or any instrument received from the Company.
(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.13 and unless otherwise agreed to by such Purchaser, the Company shall either confirm in writing to such Purchaser that the transaction with respect to the Subsequent Placement has been abandoned or shall publicly disclose its intention to issue the Offered Securities, in either case, in such a manner such that such Purchaser will not be in possession of any material, non-public information, by the fifth (5th) Business Day following delivery of the Offer Notice. If by such fifth (5th) Business Day, no public disclosure regarding a transaction with respect to the Offered Securities has been made, and no notice regarding the abandonment of such transaction has been received by such Purchaser, such transaction shall be deemed to have been abandoned and such Purchaser shall not be in possession of any material, non-public information with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Should the Company decide to pursue such transaction with respect to the Offered Securities, the Company shall provide such Purchaser with another Offer Notice and such Purchaser will again have the right of participation set forth in this Section 4.13.
(i) The restrictions contained in this Section 4.13 shall not apply in connection with the issuance of any Exempt Issuance or in connection with any other issuance approved by the Purchasers that purchased at least 50.1% in interest of the Shares based on the initial Subscription Amounts hereunder (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). The Company shall not circumvent the provisions of this Section 4.13 by providing terms or conditions to one Purchaser that are not provided to all.
4.14 Registration Statement. As soon as practicable (and in any event within ninety (90) calendar days of the date of this Agreement), the Company shall file a registration statement on Form S-1 or Form S-3 providing for the resale by the Purchasers of the Shares issued. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective within one hundred twenty (120)
calendar days following the Closing Date and to keep such registration statement effective at all times until no Purchaser owns any Shares.
ARTICLE V.
MISCELLANEOUS
5.1 Termination. This Agreement shall terminate upon the occurrence of either of the following events (a) in the event that the Closing is not consummated within five (5) days of the date of this Agreement, this Agreement shall automatically terminate and (b) upon the mutual consent of the Company and the Purchasers.
5.2 Fees and Expenses. Except as expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, each party hereto shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees (including, without limitation, any fees required for same-day processing of any instruction letter delivered by the Company and any exercise notice delivered by a Purchaser), stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery of any Shares to the Purchasers.
5.3 Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which such parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules.
5.4 Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of: (a) the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number or email attachment at the email address as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto at or prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number or email attachment at the email address as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the second (2nd) Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications shall be as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto.
5.5 Amendments; Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and Purchasers which purchased at least 50.1% in interest of the Shares based on the initial Subscription Amounts hereunder (or, prior to the Closing, the Company and each Purchaser) or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is sought, provided that if any amendment, modification or waiver disproportionately and adversely impacts a Purchaser (or group of Purchasers), the consent of such disproportionately impacted Purchaser (or group of Purchasers) shall also be required. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right. Any proposed amendment or waiver that disproportionately, materially and adversely affects the rights and obligations of any Purchaser relative to the comparable rights and obligations of the other Purchasers shall require the prior written consent of such adversely affected Purchaser. Any amendment effected in accordance with this Section 5.5 shall be binding upon each Purchaser and holder of Shares and the Company.
5.6 Headings. The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
5.7 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. The Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Purchaser (other than by merger). Any Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person to whom such Purchaser assigns or transfers any Shares, provided that such transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Shares, by the provisions of the Transaction Documents that apply to the “Purchasers.”
5.8 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.6.
5.9 Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of the Transaction Documents shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party hereto agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, stockholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. If any party hereto shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then, in addition to the obligations of the Company under Section 4.6, the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the non-prevailing party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.
5.10 Survival. The representations and warranties of the Purchasers and the Company contained in Section 3, and the agreements and covenants set forth in Sections 4 and 5 shall survive the Closing for a period of one year in accordance with their respective terms; provided however, the provisions of Section
4.6 shall survive the Closing until the expiration of any statute of limitations under applicable law. Each Purchaser shall be responsible only for its own representations, warranties, agreements and covenants hereunder.
5.11 Execution. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party hereto and delivered to the other party hereto, it being understood that the parties hereto need not sign the same counterpart.
In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.
5.12 Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, provided that the parties hereto use their commercially reasonable efforts to negotiate in good faith and find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction.
5.13 Replacement of Shares. If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Shares is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof (in the case of mutilation), or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction. The applicant for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs (including customary indemnity) associated with the issuance of such replacement Shares.
5.14 Independent Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance or non-performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. Each Purchaser has been represented by its own separate legal counsel in its review and negotiation of the Transaction Documents. The Company has elected to provide all Purchasers with the same terms and Transaction Documents for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by any of the Purchasers. It is expressly understood and agreed that each provision contained in this Agreement and in each other Transaction Document is between the Company and a Purchaser, solely, and not between the Company and the Purchasers collectively and not between and among the Purchasers.
5.15 Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.
5.16 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING IN ANY JURISDICTION BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY HERETO AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY HERETO, THE PARTIES HERETO EACH KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY ABSOLUTELY, UNCONDITIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES FOREVER TRIAL BY JURY.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
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PREDICTIVE ONCOLOGY INC. |
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91 43rd Street, Suite 110 |
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Pittsburgh, PA 15201 |
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By: /s/ Raymond F. Vennare |
E-mail: |
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Name: Raymond F. Vennare |
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Title: Chief Executive Officer |
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[PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGE TO POAI SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by its authorized signatory as of the date first indicated above.
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Name of Purchaser: DNA Holdings Venture Inc. |
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Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: /s/ Shawn Matthews |
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Name of Authorized Signatory: Shawn Matthews |
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Title of Authorized Signatory: CEO |
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Email Address of Authorized Signatory: ____________________________________ |
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Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory: _________________________________ |
Address for Notice to Purchaser:
151 Calle de San Francisco, Ste 200
San Juan, PR 00901-1607
Subscription Amount: $413,093
Shares: 543,544
EIN Number: 66-1065990
Schedule I
Schedule of Purchasers
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Subscription Amount |
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DNA Holdings Venture Inc. |
543,544 |
$413,093 |
Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF
THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Raymond F. Vennare, certify that:
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I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Predictive Oncology Inc.; |
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Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
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Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
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The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
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Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
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Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
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Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
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Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and |
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The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
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All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
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Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
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Date: November 14, 2025 |
/s/ Raymond F. Vennare |
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Raymond F. Vennare |
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Chief Executive Officer |
Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF
THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Josh Blacher, certify that:
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I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Predictive Oncology Inc.; |
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Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
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Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
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The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
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Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
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Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
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Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
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Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report (that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and |
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The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
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All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
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Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
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Date: November 14, 2025 |
/s/ Josh Blacher |
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Josh Blacher |
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Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit 32.1
CERTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906
OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Predictive Oncology Inc. (the “Company”) for the quarter ended September 30, 2025 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”), I, Raymond F. Vennare, Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and, I, Josh Blacher, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) of the Company, hereby certify as of the date hereof, solely for purposes of § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. § 1350, that to the best of my knowledge:
(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and
(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company at the dates and for the periods indicated.
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Date: November 14, 2025 |
/s/ Raymond F. Vennare |
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Raymond F. Vennare |
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Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |
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Date: November 14, 2025 |
/s/ Josh Blacher |
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Josh Blacher |
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Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) |