AN OFFERING STATEMENT PURSUANT TO REGULATION A RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS PRELIMINARY OFFERING CIRCULAR IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR MAY OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED BEFORE THE OFFERING STATEMENT FILED WITH THE COMMISSION IS QUALIFIED. THIS PRELIMINARY OFFERING CIRCULAR SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR MAY THERE BE ANY SALES OF THESE SECURITIES IN ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL BEFORE REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE LAWS OF SUCH STATE. THE COMPANY MAY ELECT TO SATISFY ITS OBLIGATION TO DELIVER A FINAL OFFERING CIRCULAR BY SENDING YOU A NOTICE WITHIN TWO BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE COMPANY’S SALE TO YOU THAT CONTAINS THE URL WHERE THE FINAL OFFERING CIRCULAR OR THE OFFERING STATEMENT IN WHICH SUCH FINAL OFFERING CIRCULAR WAS FILED MAY BE OBTAINED.
PRELIMINARY OFFERING CIRCULAR DATED JUNE 6, 2024
ACME ATRONOMATIC, INC.
111 W. Jefferson St. Suite 200
Orlando, FL 32801
(407) 720-5275
https://myradar.com
UP TO 5,333,333 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
PLUS UP TO 1,973,334 BONUS SHARES
The minimum investment in this offering is 133 shares of Common Stock, or $$498.75, plus the 3% transaction fee discussed below
The price per share of the Common Stock has been arbitrarily determined by the company.
Investors in this offering will grant an irrevocable voting proxy to the company’s President that will limit their ability to vote their shares of Common Stock purchased in this offering until the occurrence of certain events specified in the proxy, none of which may ever occur.
SEE “SECURITIES BEING OFFERED” AT PAGE 33
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Price to Public | Underwriting discount and commissions (1) | Proceeds to issuer (2) | Proceeds to other persons | |||||||||||||
Per share (3) | $ | 3.75 | $ | 0.113 | $ | 3.638 | - | |||||||||
Transaction fee per share (4) | $ | 0.113 | - | - | - | |||||||||||
Per share plus transaction fee | $ | 3.863 | - | - | - | |||||||||||
Total Maximum with transaction fee | $ | 20,599,999 | (5) | $ | 600,000 | $ | 19,999,999 | - |
(1) | The company has engaged StartEngine Primary, LLC (“StartEngine Primary”) to act as of the placement agent for this offering and its affiliate StartEngine Crowdfunding, Inc. to perform administrative and technology-related functions in connection with this offering. The company will pay a cash commission of 3% to StartEngine Primary on sales of the Common Stock, and the company will issue Common Stock to StartEngine Primary in the amount of 2% of the Common Stock sold through StartEngine Primary (excluding Bonus Shares). The company will also pay a $20,000 advance fee for reasonable accountable out of pocket expenses actually anticipated to be incurred by StartEngine Primary. Any unused portion of this fee not actually incurred by StartEngine Primary will be returned to the company. FINRA fees will be paid by the company. This does not include processing fees paid directly to StartEngine Primary by investors. See “Plan of Distribution and Selling Securityholders” for details of compensation payable to third parties in connection with the offering. |
(2) | The company expects that the amount of expenses of the offering that it will pay will be approximately $120,000, assuming the maximum offering amount is raised and not including commissions or state filing fees. |
(3) | Does not include the effective discount that would result from the issuance of Bonus Shares. For details of the effective discount, see “Plan of Distribution and Selling Securityholders.” |
(4) | Investors will be required to pay directly to StartEngine Primary a processing fee equal to 3% of the investment amount at the time of the investors’ subscription, up to $700 per investor, and to the extent any investor invests more than $20,000, we will pay the balance of such 3% fee. This fee will be refunded in the event we do not raise any funds in this offering. See “Plan of Distribution and Selling Securityholders” for additional discussion of this processing fee. |
(5) | While the company will not receive any additional consideration for the Bonus Shares issued as part of this Offering, pursuant to Rule 251(a) the total value of the Offering as reflected in Part I of the Offering Statement of which this Offering Circular, is $28,000,002 composed of $20,599,999 is actual proceeds from investors, and the value of the Bonus Shares of $7,400,003. |
Sales of these securities will commence on approximately [date].
This offering (the “Offering”) will terminate at the earlier of the date at which the maximum offering amount has been sold or the date at which the offering is earlier terminated by the company at its sole discretion. At least every 12 months after this offering has been qualified by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), the company will file a post-qualification amendment to include the company’s recent financial statements. The Offering covers an amount of securities that we reasonably expect to offer and sell within two years, although the offering statement of which this offering circular forms a part may be used for up to three years and 180 days under certain conditions.
The company has engaged Bryn Mawr Trust as agent to hold any funds that are tendered by investors. The offering is being conducted on a best-efforts basis without any minimum target. Provided that an investor purchases shares in the amount of the minimum investment, $498.75 (133 shares), there is no minimum number of shares that needs to be sold in order for funds to be released to the company and for this Offering to close, which may mean that the company does not receive sufficient funds to cover the cost of this Offering. The company may undertake one or more closings on a rolling basis. After each closing, funds tendered by investors will be made available to the company. After the initial closing of this offering, we expect to hold closings on at least a monthly basis.
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THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION DOES NOT PASS UPON THE MERITS OR GIVE ITS APPROVAL OF ANY SECURITIES OFFERED OR THE TERMS OF THE OFFERING, NOR DOES IT PASS UPON THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY OFFERING CIRCULAR OR OTHER SOLICITATION MATERIALS. THESE SECURITIES ARE OFFERED PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION WITH THE COMMISSION; HOWEVER THE COMMISSION HAS NOT MADE AN INDEPENDENT DETERMINATION THAT THE SECURITIES OFFERED ARE EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION.
GENERALLY NO SALE MAY BE MADE TO YOU IN THIS OFFERING IF THE AGGREGATE PURCHASE PRICE YOU PAY IS MORE THAN 10% OF THE GREATER OF YOUR ANNUAL INCOME OR NET WORTH. DIFFERENT RULES APPLY TO ACCREDITED INVESTORS AND NON-NATURAL PERSONS. BEFORE MAKING ANY REPRESENTATION THAT YOUR INVESTMENT DOES NOT EXCEED APPLICABLE THRESHOLDS, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO REVIEW RULE 251(d)(2)(i)(C) OF REGULATION A. FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ON INVESTING, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO REFER TO www.investor.gov.
This offering is inherently risky. See “Risk Factors” on page 8.
The company is following the “Offering Circular” format of disclosure under Regulation A.
In the event that we become a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, we intend to take advantage of the provisions that relate to “Emerging Growth Companies” under the JOBS Act of 2012. See “Summary -- Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company.”
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
In this Offering Circular, the term “ACME AtronOmatric” or “the company” refers to ACME AtronOmatric, Inc..
Other than in the table on the cover page, dollar amounts have been rounded to the closest whole dollar.
THIS OFFERING CIRCULAR MAY CONTAIN FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION RELATING TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE COMPANY, ITS BUSINESS PLAN AND STRATEGY, AND ITS INDUSTRY. THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE BASED ON THE BELIEFS OF, ASSUMPTIONS MADE BY, AND INFORMATION CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO THE COMPANY’S MANAGEMENT. WHEN USED IN THE OFFERING MATERIALS, THE WORDS “ESTIMATE,” “PROJECT,” “BELIEVE,” “ANTICIPATE,” “INTEND,” “EXPECT” AND SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS ARE INTENDED TO IDENTIFY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS, WHICH CONSTITUTE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS. THESE STATEMENTS REFLECT MANAGEMENT’S CURRENT VIEWS WITH RESPECT TO FUTURE EVENTS AND ARE SUBJECT TO RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES THAT COULD CAUSE THE COMPANY’S ACTUAL RESULTS TO DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE CONTAINED IN THE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. INVESTORS ARE CAUTIONED NOT TO PLACE UNDUE RELIANCE ON THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS, WHICH SPEAK ONLY AS OF THE DATE ON WHICH THEY ARE MADE. THE COMPANY DOES NOT UNDERTAKE ANY OBLIGATION TO REVISE OR UPDATE THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS TO REFLECT EVENTS OR CIRCUMSTANCES AFTER SUCH DATE OR TO REFLECT THE OCCURRENCE OF UNANTICIPATED EVENTS.
Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company
We are not subject to the ongoing reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) because we are not registering our securities under the Exchange Act. Rather, we will be subject to the more limited reporting requirements under Regulation A, including the obligation to electronically file:
● | annual reports (including disclosure relating to our business operations for the preceding two fiscal years, or, if in existence for less than two years, since inception, related party transactions, beneficial ownership of the issuer’s securities, executive officers and directors and certain executive compensation information, management’s discussion and analysis (“MD&A”) of the issuer’s liquidity, capital resources, and results of operations, and two years of audited financial statements), |
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● | semiannual reports (including disclosure primarily relating to the issuer’s interim financial statements and MD&A) and |
● | current reports for certain material events. |
In addition, at any time after completing reporting for the fiscal year in which our offering statement was qualified, if the securities of each class to which this offering statement relates are held of record by fewer than 300 persons and offers or sales are not ongoing, we may immediately suspend our ongoing reporting obligations under Regulation A.
If and when we become subject to the ongoing reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, as an issuer with less than $1.07 billion in total annual gross revenues during our last fiscal year, we will qualify as an “emerging growth company” under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”) and this status will be significant. An emerging growth company may take advantage of certain reduced reporting requirements and is relieved of certain other significant requirements that are otherwise generally applicable to public companies. In particular, as an emerging growth company we:
● | will not be required to obtain an auditor attestation on our internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002; |
● | will not be required to provide a detailed narrative disclosure discussing our compensation principles, objectives and elements and analyzing how those elements fit with our principles and objectives (commonly referred to as “compensation discussion and analysis”); |
● | will not be required to obtain a non-binding advisory vote from our shareholders on executive compensation or golden parachute arrangements (commonly referred to as the “say-on-pay,” “say-on-frequency” and “say-on-golden-parachute” votes); |
● | will be exempt from certain executive compensation disclosure provisions requiring a pay-for-performance graph and CEO pay ratio disclosure; |
● | may present only two years of audited financial statements and only two years of related Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, or MD&A; and |
● | will be eligible to claim longer phase-in periods for the adoption of new or revised financial accounting standards. |
We intend to take advantage of all of these reduced reporting requirements and exemptions, including the longer phase-in periods for the adoption of new or revised financial accounting standards under Section 107 of the JOBS Act. Our election to use the phase-in periods may make it difficult to compare our financial statements to those of non-emerging growth companies and other emerging growth companies that have opted out of the phase-in periods under Section 107 of the JOBS Act.
Under the JOBS Act, we may take advantage of the above-described reduced reporting requirements and exemptions for up to five years after our initial sale of common equity pursuant to a registration statement declared effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or such earlier time that we no longer meet the definition of an emerging growth company. Note that this offering, while a public offering, is not a sale of common equity pursuant to a registration statement, since the offering is conducted pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements. In this regard, the JOBS Act provides that we would cease to be an “emerging growth company” if we have more than $1.07 billion in annual revenues, have more than $700 million in market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates, or issue more than $1 billion in principal amount of non-convertible debt over a three-year period.
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Certain of these reduced reporting requirements and exemptions are also available to us due to the fact that we may also qualify, once listed, as a “smaller reporting company” under the Commission’s rules. For instance, smaller reporting companies are not required to obtain an auditor attestation on their assessment of internal control over financial reporting; are not required to provide a compensation discussion and analysis; are not required to provide a pay-for-performance graph or CEO pay ratio disclosure; and may present only two years of audited financial statements and related MD&A disclosure.
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The following summary of certain information contained in this Offering Circular is not intended to be complete in itself. The summary does not provide all the information necessary for you to make an investment decision. You are encouraged to review the more detailed information in the remainder of the Offering Circular.
Company Overview
ACME AtronOmatic, Inc, is a software development company known for its innovative and user-friendly applications in the fields of weather, climate, and earth observational data. The company’s primary product, MyRadar, is a mobile application available for iOS, Android, Windows and Xbox, a cutting-edge data visualization and alerting platform that caters to a wide range of users, including outdoor enthusiasts, travelers, general consumers and business customers. The app acts as a distribution platform for all of the company's data and services and is the foundation for its expansion towards offering Software as a Service (SaaS) applications and space-based earth observational data to prosumers, small businesses and enterprise customers.
The company has recently completed launches and is preparing for additional launches of its own proprietary satellites into low earth orbit (LEO) in order to offer innovative and proprietary earth observational data to its users through the MyRadar platform. Our satellite platform, under development with NOAA, incorporates AI for tasks including scene classification, super-resolution imaging, and radiative transfer calculations for atmospheric composition correction. These technologies improve the precision and utility of the data collected by our satellites, facilitate miniaturization, and allow them to send alerts based on data processed onboard. We also utilize AI for image to text translation and implement language models to facilitate efficient communication between our orbital systems and ground stations.
Selected Risks Associated with the Business
Offering Terms
Securities Offered | Maximum of 5,333,333 shares of Common Stock sold for cash, plus up to 1,973,334 shares to be issued as Bonus Shares. |
Minimum Investment | The minimum investment in this offering is $498.75, or 133 shares of Common Stock. |
Securities outstanding before the Offering as of May 31, 2024: | |
Common Stock | 25,099,014 shares |
Securities outstanding after the Offering: | |
Common Stock | 32,378,902 shares, assuming a fully subscribed offering and issuance of all Bonus Shares |
Irrevocable Proxy | Investors in this offering will grant an irrevocable voting proxy to our President that will limit their ability to vote their shares until the occurrence of certain events specified in the proxy, none of which may ever occur. |
Use of Proceeds | The proceeds of this offering will be used for product development, personnel, and general overhead. |
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The SEC requires the company to identify risks that are specific to its business and its financial condition. The company is still subject to all the same risks that all companies in its business, and all companies in the economy, are exposed to. These include risks relating to economic downturns, political and economic events and technological developments (such as cyber-attacks and the ability to prevent those attacks). Additionally, early-stage companies are inherently more risky than more developed companies. You should consider general risks as well as specific risks when deciding whether to invest.
Risks Related to the Company
The company has a limited operating history upon which you can evaluate its performance, and has generated limited profits. Accordingly, the company’s prospects must be considered in light of the risks that any new company encounters. ACME AtronOmatic was first organized under the laws of the State of Florida on August 18, 2009. On July 5, 2023, the company reincorporated in Delaware. The company has not yet generated sustained profits. The likelihood of its creation of a viable business must be considered in light of the problems, expenses, difficulties, complications, and delays frequently encountered in connection with the growth of a business, operation in a competitive industry, and the continued development of its technology and products. The company anticipates that its operating expenses will increase for the near future, and there is no assurance that it will be able to have a corresponding increase in revenues. You should consider the business, operations and prospects in light of the risks, expenses and challenges faced as an emerging growth company.
The company anticipates incurring near term operating losses. It is anticipated that the company will incur near term operating losses resulting from efforts to expand and improve its MyRadar app through such actions as satellite launches. For instance, while the company reported net income of $44,026 in 2022, it incurred a net loss of $1.402,257 in 2023. The company’s ability to become sustainably profitable depends on success in generating customers for its app. There can be no assurance that this will occur. Unanticipated problems and expenses are often encountered in offering products desired by customers, which may impact whether the company is successful. Furthermore, the company may encounter substantial delays and unexpected expenses related to development, technological changes, marketing, regulatory requirements and changes to such requirements or other unforeseen difficulties. There can be no assurance that the company will ever become profitable. If the company sustains losses over an extended period of time, it may be unable to continue in business.
If the company fails to manage future growth effectively, the company’s business could be harmed. We are undertaking an expansion of our available service offerings to customers following the launch of our satellite constellation. We believe this will contribute to growth in the operations of the company. As we grow, the company faces challenges of integrating, developing, retaining, and motivating a growing employee base. In the event of continued growth of the company’s operations, its operational resources, including information technology systems, employee base, or internal procedures may not be adequate to support its operations and deployments. Managing growth may require significant expenditures and allocation of valuable management resources. If we fail to achieve the necessary level of efficiency in the company’s organization as it grows, our business, financial condition, and results of operations could be harmed.
The company relies on third parties maintaining digital marketplaces to distribute the MyRadar app. The MyRadar app is distributed to end consumers through digital vendors such as the Apply App Store and Google Play. In order to have the app distributed through those vendors, the company is subject to their terms of use and payment structures for in app purchases and advertising. The company cannot be assured that those digital vendors will maintain their current payment structures. If those digital vendors alter their payment structures in the future, the company’s financial results could be negatively impacted.
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The company’s business projections are only projections. There can be no assurance that the company will meet its projections. There can be no assurance that the company will be able to find sufficient demand for its product, that people think it’s a better option than a competing product, or that the company will able to provide the service at a level that allows it to make a profit and still attract business.
Future fundraising may affect the rights of investors. In order to expand, the company is likely to raise funds again in the future, either by offerings of securities or through borrowing from banks or other sources. The terms of future capital-raising, such as loan agreements, may include covenants that give creditors greater rights over the financial resources of the company.
The company faces significant market competition. The company competes with larger, established companies who currently have products on the market as well as greater market recognition. They may have much better financial means and marketing capacity than the company. They may succeed in developing and marketing competing products than those developed by the company. There can be no assurance that competitors will render the company’s product obsolete or that the products developed by the company will be preferred to any existing competitors. It should further be assumed that competition will intensify.
The company’s ability to grow depends on the successful production, launch, and operation of four satellites and related software and AI technology, which is subject to many uncertainties, some of which are beyond the company’s control. Our current primary research and development objectives focus on the development of our HORIS satellite-based earth observation platform. Design, manufacture and launch of satellite systems are highly complex and historically have been subject to delays and cost over-runs. If we do not complete development of these satellites in our anticipated timeframes or at all, our ability to grow our business will be adversely affected.
If the company’s satellites fail to operate as intended, it could have a material adverse effect on our business and ability to generate new customers. The manufacturing, testing, launching and operation of satellites involves complex processes and technology. The company’s satellites employ technologies and sensors that are exposed to severe environmental stresses that have and could affect the performance of a satellite. Hardware component problems could lead to deterioration in performance or loss of functionality of a satellite. We cannot provide assurances that our satellites will continue to operate successfully in low-earth orbit throughout their expected operational lives. Even if a satellite is operated properly, technical flaws in that satellite’s sensors or other technical deficiencies or anomalies could significantly hinder its performance, which could materially affect our ability to provide information demanded by our current and potential future customers.
Any valuation at this stage is difficult to assess. The valuation for this offering was established by the company. Unlike listed companies that are valued publicly through market-driven stock prices, the valuation of private companies, especially early-stage companies, is difficult to assess and you may risk overpaying for your investment.
Developing new products and technologies entails significant risks and uncertainties. We are currently in the research and development stage for additional products. Delays or cost overruns in the development of our products may be caused by, among other things, unanticipated technological hurdles, difficulties in manufacturing, changes to design and regulatory hurdles. Any of these events could materially and adversely affect our operating performance and results of operations.
You are trusting that management will make the best decision for the company. The company is controlled by its founder, CEO, and sole director, Andy Green. You are trusting in management discretion. You are buying securities as a minority holder, and therefore must trust the management of the company to make good business decisions that grow your investment.
Management has discretion as to use of proceeds. The company’s success will be substantially dependent upon the discretion and judgment of its management team with respect to the application and allocation of the proceeds of this offering. The use of proceeds described in “Use of Proceeds” is an estimate based on the company’s current business plan. The company, however, may find it necessary or advisable to re-allocate portions of the net proceeds reserved for one category to another, and it will have broad discretion in doing so.
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The loss of one or more of our key personnel or our failure to attract and retain other highly qualified personnel in the future could harm our business. To be successful, the company requires capable people to run its day-to-day operations and expand its technological capabilities. As the company grows, it will need to attract and hire additional employees in sales, marketing, design, development, operations, finance, legal, human resources and other areas. Depending on the economic environment and the company’s performance, we may not be able to locate or attract qualified individuals for such positions when we need them. We may also make hiring mistakes, which can be costly in terms of resources spent in recruiting, hiring and investing in the incorrect individual and in the time delay in locating the right employee fit. If we are unable to attract, hire and retain the right talent or make too many hiring mistakes, it is likely our business will suffer from not having the right employees in the right positions at the right time. This would likely adversely impact the value of your investment.
The company relies on third parties to provide services essential to the success of its business. The company relies on third parties to provide a variety of essential business functions for it, including manufacture and launch of its satellites. It is possible that some of these third parties will fail to perform their services or will perform them in an unacceptable manner. It is possible that the company will experience delays, defects, errors, or other problems with their work that will materially impact its operations and it may have little or no recourse to recover damages for these losses. A disruption in these key or other suppliers’ operations could materially and adversely affect the company’s business. As a result, your investment could be adversely impacted by the company’s reliance on third parties and their performance.
The company may not be able to protect its intellectual property. Trademark and copyright litigation have become extremely expensive. Even if the company believes that a competitor is infringing on one or more of its trademarks or copyrights, the company might choose not to file suit because it lacks the cash to successfully prosecute a multi-year litigation with an uncertain outcome; or because it believes that the cost of enforcing its trademarks outweighs the value of winning the suit in light of the risks and consequences of losing it; or for some other reason. Choosing not to enforce its trademarks could have adverse consequences for the company, including undermining the credibility of its intellectual property, reducing its ability to enter into sublicenses, and weakening the company’s attempts to prevent competitors from entering the market. As a result, if the company is unable to enforce its trademarks because of the cost of enforcement, your investment in the company could be significantly and adversely affected.
We have pending patent approvals that might be vulnerable. One of the company’s most valuable assets is its intellectual property. The company’s intellectual property such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, Internet domain names, and trade secrets may not be registered with the proper authorities. We believe one of the most valuable components of the company is our intellectual property portfolio. Due to the value, competitors may misappropriate or violate the rights owned by the company. The company intends to continue to protect its intellectual property portfolio from such violations. It is important to note that unforeseeable costs associated with such practices may invade the capital of the company due to its unregistered intellectual property.
The company’s success will depend on its ability to secure additional patent protection for its core technologies and be able to enforce those patents. Some patent applications that are pending may not result in issued patents. If any patent application results in an issued patent, that patent may later be invalidated or held unenforceable as patent law changes. Further, the outsourcing of the manufacture of the company’s product may result in the unauthorized exposure of the intellectual property of the company.
The company’s trademarks, copyrights and other intellectual property could be unenforceable or ineffective. Intellectual property is a complex field of law in which few things are certain. It is possible that competitors will be able to design around the company’s intellectual property, find prior art to invalidate it, or render the patents unenforceable through some other mechanism. If competitors are able to bypass the company’s trademark and copyright protection without obtaining a sublicense, it is likely that the company’s value will be materially and adversely impacted. This could also impair the company’s ability to compete in the marketplace. Moreover, if the trademarks and copyrights are deemed unenforceable, the company will almost certainly lose any potential revenue it might be able to raise by entering into sublicenses. This would cut off a significant potential revenue stream for the company.
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Risks Related to Securities in this Offering
There is no current market for any shares of the company’s stock. You should be prepared to hold this investment for several years or longer. More importantly, there is no established market for these securities and there may never be one. As a result, if you decide to sell these securities in the future, you may not be able to find a buyer. Investors should assume that they may not be able to liquidate their investment for some time, or be able to pledge their shares as collateral.
We are offering Bonus Shares, which is effectively a discount on our stock price, to some investors who purchase the Common Stock in this Offering. Certain investors who purchase Common Stock in this Offering are entitled to receive additional shares of Common Stock (the “Bonus Shares”) that effectively provide a discount on price based on the amount invested. The number of Bonus Shares will be determined by the amount of money they invest in this Offering, and by the status of the investor as a current stockholder, or having made an indication of interest prior to the commencement of this Offering, or as an investor eligible to receive the StartEngine Venture Club Bonus. These categories are cumulative and an investor will be eligible for any category for which they qualify. Bonus Shares will effectively act as a discount to the price at which the Company is offering its stock. For more details, including all of the Bonus Shares being offered, see Plan of Distribution. Consequently, the value of shares of investors who pay the full price or are entitled to a smaller amount of Bonus Shares in this Offering will be immediately diluted by investments made by investors entitled to the discount, who will pay less for their stake in the company.
Investors in the company’s Common Stock have assigned their voting rights. In order to subscribe to this offering, each investor will be required to grant an irrevocable proxy, giving the right to vote its shares of Common Stock to the company’s President, Andy Green. This irrevocable proxy will limit investors’ ability to vote their shares of Common Stock until the events specified in the proxy, which include the company’s IPO or acquisition by another entity, which may never happen.
Investors will hold minority interests in the company. Prior to the commencement of this Regulation A offering the company has already issued 26,306,254 shares of its Common Stock. Investors will hold minority interests in the company and will not be able to direct its operations.
Using a credit card to purchase shares may impact the return on your investment as well as subject you to other risks inherent in this form of payment. Investors in this offering have the option of paying for their investment with a credit card, which is not usual in the traditional investment markets. Transaction fees charged by your credit card company (which can reach 5% of transaction value if considered a cash advance) and interest charged on unpaid card balances (which can reach almost 25% in some states) add to the effective purchase price of the shares you buy. See “Plan of Distribution.” The cost of using a credit card may also increase if you do not make the minimum monthly card payments and incur late fees. Using a credit card is a relatively new form of payment for securities and will subject you to other risks inherent in this form of payment, including that, if you fail to make credit card payments (e.g. minimum monthly payments), you risk damaging your credit score and payment by credit card may be more susceptible to abuse than other forms of payment. Moreover, where a third-party payment processor is used, as in this offering, your recovery options in the case of disputes may be limited. The increased costs due to transaction fees and interest may reduce the return on your investment.
The SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy issued an Investor Alert dated February 14, 2018 entitled: Credit Cards and Investments – A Risky Combination, which explains these and other risks you may want to consider before using a credit card to pay for your investment.
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Risks related to forum selection and jury waivers
The Subscription Agreement has a forum selection provision that requires disputes be resolved in state or federal courts in the State of Delaware, regardless of convenience or cost to you, the investor. As part of this investment, each investor will be required to agree to the terms of the subscription agreement included as Exhibit 4.1 to the Offering Statement of which this Offering Circular is part (the “Subscription Agreement”). In the agreement, investors agree to resolve disputes arising under the subscription agreement in state or federal courts located in the State of Delaware, for the purpose of any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of or based upon the agreement. Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for federal and state courts over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. The company believes that the exclusive forum provision applies to claims arising under the Securities Act, but there is uncertainty as to whether a court would enforce such a provision in this context. Section 27 of the Exchange Act creates exclusive federal jurisdiction over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. As a result, the exclusive forum provision will not apply to suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction. You will not be deemed to have waived the company’s compliance with the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder. This forum selection provision may limit your ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us. Although we believe the provision benefits us by providing increased consistency in the application of Delaware law in the types of lawsuits to which it applies and in limiting our litigation costs, to the extent it is enforceable, the forum selection provision may limit investors’ ability to bring claims in judicial forums that they find favorable to such disputes, may increase investors’ costs of bringing suit and may discourage lawsuits with respect to such claims. Alternatively, if a court were to find the provision inapplicable to, or unenforceable in an action, the company may incur additional costs associated with resolving such matters in other jurisdictions, which could adversely affect its business, financial condition or results of operations.
Investors in this offering may not be entitled to a jury trial with respect to claims arising under the Subscription Agreement, which could result in less favorable outcomes to the plaintiff(s) in any action under the Subscription Agreement. Investors in this offering will be bound by the Subscription Agreement, which includes a provision under which investors waive the right to a jury trial of any claim they may have against the company arising out of or relating to the Agreement, including any claims made under the federal securities laws. By signing the Agreement, the investor warrants that the investor has reviewed this waiver with his or her legal counsel, and knowingly and voluntarily waives the investor’s jury trial rights following consultation with the investor’s legal counsel.
If the company opposed a jury trial demand based on the waiver, a court would determine whether the waiver was enforceable based on the facts and circumstances of that case in accordance with the applicable state and federal law. To the company’s knowledge, the enforceability of a contractual pre-dispute jury trial waiver in connection with claims arising under the federal securities laws has not been finally adjudicated by a federal court. However, the company believes that a contractual pre-dispute jury trial waiver provision is generally enforceable, including under the laws of the State of Delaware, which governs the agreement, by a federal or state court in the State of Delaware. In determining whether to enforce a contractual pre-dispute jury trial waiver provision, courts will generally consider whether the visibility of the jury trial waiver provision within an agreement is sufficiently prominent such that a party knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily waived the right to a jury trial. The company believes that this is the case with respect to the Subscription Agreement. You should consult legal counsel regarding the jury waiver provision before entering into the Subscription Agreement.
If you bring a claim against the company in connection with matters arising under the Subscription Agreement, including claims under the federal securities laws, you may not be entitled to a jury trial with respect to those claims, which may have the effect of limiting and discouraging lawsuits against the company. If a lawsuit is brought against the company under the agreement, it may be heard only by a judge or justice of the applicable trial court, which would be conducted according to different civil procedures and may result in different outcomes than a trial by jury would have had, including results that could be less favorable to the plaintiff(s) in such an action.
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Nevertheless, if the jury trial waiver provision is not permitted by applicable law, an action could proceed under the terms of the Agreement with a jury trial. No condition, stipulation or provision of the Subscription Agreement serves as a waiver by any holder of the company’s securities or by the company of compliance with any substantive provision of the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations promulgated under those laws.
In addition, when the shares are transferred, the transferee is required to agree to all the same conditions, obligations, and restrictions applicable to the shares or to the transferor with regard to ownership of the shares, that were in effect immediately prior to the transfer of the shares, including but not limited to the Subscription Agreement.
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Dilution means a reduction in value, control or earnings of the shares the investor owns.
Immediate dilution
An early-stage company typically sells its shares (or grants options over its shares) to its founders and early employees at a very low cash cost, because they are, in effect, putting their “sweat equity” into the company. When the company seeks cash investments from outside investors, like you, the new investors typically pay a much larger sum for their shares than the founders or earlier investors, which means that the cash value of your stake is diluted because all the shares are worth the same amount, and you paid more than earlier investors for your shares.
The following table demonstrates the price that new investors are paying for their shares with the effective cash price paid by existing shareholders as result of the reorganization of the company into a Delaware corporation in 2023. This method gives investors a better picture of what they will pay for their investment compared to the company’s existing stockholders.
Class of Securities | Dates Issued | Issued Shares | Potential Shares | Total Issued and Potential Shares | Effective cash price per share | |||||||||||||||
Common Stock | 2023 | 24,567,018 | 24,567,018 | $ | 0.094 | |||||||||||||||
Common Stock | 2024 | 531,996 | 531,996 | $ | 2.82 | |||||||||||||||
Total Common Share Equivalents | 25,099,014 | 0 | 25,099,014 | $ | 0.28 | |||||||||||||||
Investors in this Offering | ||||||||||||||||||||
Common Stock (1) | 5,333,333 | 5,333,333 | $ | 3.75 | ||||||||||||||||
Total after inclusion of this offering | 25,099,014 | 5,333,333 | 30,432,347 | $ | 0.86 |
(1) Assumes a fully subscribed offering without inclusion of Bonus Shares
Future dilution
Another important way of looking at dilution is the dilution that happens due to future actions by the company. The investor’s stake in a company could be diluted due to the company issuing additional shares. In other words, when the company issues more shares, the percentage of the company that you own will go down, even though the value of the company may go up. You will own a smaller piece of a larger company. This increase in number of shares outstanding could result from a stock offering (such as an initial public offering, another crowdfunding round, a venture capital round, angel investment), employees exercising stock options, or by conversion of certain instruments (e.g. convertible bonds, preferred shares or warrants) into stock.
If the company decides to issue more shares, an investor could experience value dilution, with each share being worth less than before, and control dilution, with the total percentage an investor owns being less than before. There may also be earnings dilution, with a reduction in the amount earned per share (though this typically occurs only if the company offers dividends, and most early stage companies are unlikely to offer dividends, preferring to invest any earnings into the company).
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The type of dilution that hurts early-stage investors most occurs when the company sells more shares in a “down round,” meaning at a lower valuation than in earlier offerings. An example of how this might occur is as follows (numbers are for illustrative purposes only):
● | In June 2022 Jane invests $20,000 for shares that represent 2% of a company valued at $1 million. |
● | In December the company is doing very well and sells $5 million in shares to venture capitalists on a valuation (before the new investment) of $10 million. Jane now owns only 1.3% of the company but her stake is worth $200,000. |
● | In June 2023 the company has run into serious problems and in order to stay afloat it raises $1 million at a valuation of only $2 million (the “down round”). Jane now owns only 0.89% of the company and her stake is worth only $26,660. |
This type of dilution might also happen upon conversion of convertible notes into shares. Typically, the terms of convertible notes issued by early-stage companies provide that in the event of another round of financing, the holders of the convertible notes get to convert their notes into equity at a “discount” to the price paid by the new investors, i.e., they get more shares than the new investors would for the same price. Additionally, convertible notes may have a “price cap” on the conversion price, which effectively acts as a share price ceiling. Either way, the holders of the convertible notes get more shares for their money than new investors. In the event that the financing is a “down round” the holders of the convertible notes will dilute existing equity holders, and even more than the new investors do, because they get more shares for their money. Investors should pay careful attention to the amount of convertible notes that the company has issued (and may issue in the future, and the terms of those notes.
If you are making an investment expecting to own a certain percentage of the company or expecting each share to hold a certain amount of value, it’s important to realize how the value of those shares can decrease by actions taken by the company. Dilution can make drastic changes to the value of each share, ownership percentage, voting control, and earnings per share.
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION AND SELLING SECURITYHOLDERS
Plan of Distribution
The company is offering up to 5,333,333 shares of Common Stock, plus up to 1,973,334 additional shares of Common Stock eligible to be issued as Bonus Shares to investors based upon an investor’s investment level as described in this Offering Circular. No additional consideration will be received by the company for the issuance of Bonus Shares and the company will absorb the cost of the issuance of the Bonus Shares. The company has engaged StartEngine Primary, LLC (“StartEngine Primary”) as its placement agent to assist in the placement of its securities in those states it is registered to undertake such activities, including soliciting potential investors on a best efforts basis. As such, StartEngine Primary is an “underwriter” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(11) of the Securities Act. StartEngine Primary is under no obligation to purchase any securities or arrange for the sale of any specific number or dollar amount of securities. Persons who desire information about the offering may find it at www.startengine.com. This Offering Circular will be furnished to prospective investors via download 24 hours per day, 7 days per week on the startengine.com website.
StartEngine Primary, LLC will comply with Lock-Up Restriction required by FINRA Rule 5110I(1), not selling, transferring, assigning, pledging, or hypothecating or subjecting such to any hedging, short sale, derivative, put, or call transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition of the securities commission for a period of 180 days beginning on the date of commencement of sales of the public equity offering with respect to the Securities Commission, unless FINRA Rule 5110(e)(2) applies. Pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110(g), StartEngine Primary will not accept a securities commission in options, warrants or convertibles which violates 5110(g) including but not limited to (a) is exercisable or convertible more than five years from the commencement of sales of the public offering; (b) has more than one demand registration right at the issuer’s expense; (c) has a demand registration right with a duration of more than five years from the commencement of sales of the public offering; (d) has a piggyback registration right with a duration of more than seven years from the commencement of sales of the public offering(e) has anti-dilution terms that allow the participating members to receive more shares or to exercise at a lower price than originally agreed upon at the time of the public offering, when the public shareholders have not been proportionally affected by a stock split, stock dividend, or other similar event; or (f) has anti-dilution terms that allow the participating members to receive or accrue cash dividends prior to the exercise or conversion of the security.
Commissions, Discounts, Expenses and Fees
The following table shows the maximum discounts, commissions, and fees payable to StartEngine Primary in connection with this offering by the company:
StartEngine processing fee paid by investors to StartEngine (1) | $ | 600,000 | ||
StartEngine commission paid by the company to StartEngine (2) | $ | 600,000 | ||
Common Stock issued to StartEngine (approximate value) (3) | $ | 400,000 | ||
StartEngine out of pocket expenses paid by the company (4) | $ | 20,000 |
(1) | Investors will be required to pay directly to StartEngine Primary a processing fee equal to 3% of the investment amount at the time of the investors’ subscription. This fee will be refunded in the event the company does not close on any investments within three years from this offering being qualified by the Commission or the date at which the offering is earlier terminated by the company in its sole discretion. |
(2) | StartEngine Primary will receive commissions paid by the company of 3% of the offering proceeds. |
(3) | StartEngine Primary will be issued shares of Common Stock equal to 2% of the gross proceeds raised in this offering (excluding Bonus Shares), rounded to the nearest whole share. Assuming the company raises the maximum amount in this offering, StartEngine Primary would receive 106,666 shares of Common Stock valued at $200,000 . |
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(4) | The company will also pay $20,000 to StartEngine Primary for out of pocket accountable expenses paid prior to commencing. This fee will be used for the purpose of coordinating filings with regulators and conducting a compliance review of the company’s offering. Any portion of this amount not expended and accounted for will be returned to the company. |
Bonus Shares and Perks
Certain investors in this Offering are eligible to receive additional shares of Common Stock (effectively a discount) for no additional consideration paid (“Bonus Shares”). Investors who purchase shares of Common Stock are eligible to receive Bonus Shares based on the amount of their investment, their status as a current stockholder, if they made an indication of interest prior to the commencement of this Offering, or are eligible to receive the StartEngine Venture Club Bonus. Investors will not be required to provide additional consideration, whether cash or non-cash, in order to receive Bonus Shares.
For example, if you are eligible for a 10% bonus and buy 100 shares of Common Stock at $3.75 per share, you will receive 110 shares of Common Stock for that purchase price of $375. Fractional shares will not be distributed, and share bonuses will be determined by rounding down to the nearest whole share.
Loyalty Bonus | 5% Bonus Shares
Prior investors in ACME AtronOmatic and MyRadar Subscribers are eligible for 5% Bonus Shares.
Testing the Waters Reservations Page Bonus | 5% Bonus Shares
Investors that made indications of interest during the Testing the Waters Page are eligible for 5% Bonus Shares.
Volume-Based Perks
Tier 1
Invest $1,000+ and receive MyRadar T-shirt & subscription (worth $29/yr).
Tier 2
Invest $5,000+ and receive MyRadar hat and mug plus 3% Bonus Shares.
Tier 3
Invest $10,000+ and receive Zoom call with the company’s founder and executive team along with a MyRadar umbrella and 5% Bonus Shares.
Tier 4
Invest $15,000+ and receive a SatelliteSelfie(tm), a picture over your house from the first operational satellite (your face will not be visible in the photo but it will be taken at a time and date where you can go out in your front yard and look up), along with a MyRadar rain jacket and 7% Bonus Shares.
Tier 5
Invest $20,000+ and receive personalized video weather forecasts for your location done by our meteorologist and 9% Bonus Shares.
Tier 6
Invest $30,000+ and receive your name inscribed on the satellite and 11% Bonus Shares.
Tier 7
Invest $50,000+ and receive dinner with the founder and executive team, including domestic airfare and hotel to Orlando along with 13% Bonus Shares.
Tier 8
Invest $75,000+ and receive an invitation to watch a US-based launch with the founders. Includes first class (domestic) airfare and hotel along with 15% Bonus Shares.
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Tier 9
Invest $100,000+ and have a satellite named after you (Limited to 150, since there are only 150 planned satellites) along with 17% Bonus Shares.
The 10% StartEngine Venture Club Bonus
ACME AtronOmatic will offer 10% additional Bonus Shares for all investments that are committed by investors that are eligible for the StartEngine Crowdfunding Inc. Venture Club Bonus.
This means eligible StartEngine Venture Club participants will receive a 10% bonus for any shares they purchase in this offering. This 10% Bonus is only valid during the investor’s eligibility period. Investors eligible for this bonus will also have priority if they are on a waitlist to invest and the company surpasses its maximum funding goal. They will have the first opportunity to invest should room in the offering become available if prior investments are canceled or fail.
Investors will receive the highest single bonus they are eligible for among the bonuses based on the amount invested. Eligible investors will also receive the Venture Club Bonus, the Loyalty Bonus, and the Testing the Waters Bonus in addition to the aforementioned bonus.
TAX CONSEQUENCES FOR RECIPIENT (INCLUDING FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND
FOREIGN
INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES) WITH RESPECT TO THE INVESTMENT PURCHASE PACKAGES ARE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE INVESTOR. INVESTORS MUST
CONSULT WITH THEIR OWN PERSONAL ACCOUNTANT(S) AND/OR TAX ADVISOR(S) REGARDING THESE MATTERS.
Forum Selection Provision
The subscription agreement that investors will execute in connection with the offering includes a forum selection provision that requires any claims against the company based on the subscription agreement to be brought in a state or federal court of competent jurisdiction in the State of Delaware, for the purpose of any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of or based upon the agreement. Although we believe the provision benefits us by providing increased consistency in the application of Delaware law in the types of lawsuits to which it applies and in limiting our litigation costs, to the extent it is enforceable, the forum selection provision may limit investors’ ability to bring claims in judicial forums that they find favorable to such disputes and may discourage lawsuits with respect to such claims. The company has adopted the provision to limit the time and expense incurred by its management to challenge any such claims. As a company with a small management team, this provision allows its officers to not lose a significant amount of time travelling to any particular forum so they may continue to focus on operations of the company. Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for federal and state courts over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. We believe that the exclusive forum provision applies to claims arising under the Securities Act, but there is uncertainty as to whether a court would enforce such a provision in this context. Section 27 of the Exchange Act creates exclusive federal jurisdiction over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. As a result, the exclusive forum provision will not apply to suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction. Investors will not be deemed to have waived the company’s compliance with the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder.
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Jury Trial Waiver
The subscription agreement that investors will execute in connection with the offering provides that subscribers waive the right to a jury trial of any claim they may have against us arising out of or relating to the agreement, other than claims arising under federal securities laws. If we opposed a jury trial demand based on the waiver, a court would determine whether the waiver was enforceable given the facts and circumstances of that case in accordance with applicable case law. In addition, by agreeing to the provision, subscribers will not be deemed to have waived the company’s compliance with the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
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The table below sets forth our estimated use of proceeds from the common shares being offered in this offering circular.
Because the offering is a “best efforts” offering with no minimum except for the individual investor minimum, we may close the offering without sufficient funds for all the intended purposes set out below.
During the course of the offering, the company may issue Bonus Shares as described under “Plan of Distribution.” The issuance of Bonus Shares does not affect the potential proceeds that may be received by the company.
$5 Million Raise | $10 Million Raise | $15 Million Raise | $20 Million Raise | |||||||||||||
Offering Proceeds | ||||||||||||||||
Gross Proceeds | $ | 5,000,000 | $ | 10,000,000 | $ | 15,000,000 | $ | 20,000,000 | ||||||||
Offering Expenses (1) | $ | 260,000 | $ | 435,000 | $ | 610,000 | $ | 785,000 | ||||||||
Investor Fee | $ | 175,000 | $ | 350,000 | $ | 525,000 | $ | 700,000 | ||||||||
Total Proceeds Available for Use | $ | 4,565,000.00 | $ | 9,215,000.00 | $ | 13,865,000.00 | $ | 18,515,000.00 | ||||||||
Estimated Expenses | ||||||||||||||||
Research & Development | $ | 520,312.50 | $ | 1,040,625.00 | $ | 1,560,937.50 | $ | 2,081,250.00 | ||||||||
General & Administrative | $ | 2,923,925.00 | $ | 5,878,930.00 | $ | 8,834,675.00 | $ | 11,790,050.00 | ||||||||
Sales & Marketing | $ | 1,040,625.00 | $ | 2,081,620.00 | $ | 3,121,875.00 | $ | 4,162,500.00 | ||||||||
Total Expenditures | $ | 4,484,862.50 | $ | 9,001,175.00 | $ | 13,517,487.50 | $ | 18,033,800.00 | ||||||||
Working Capital Reserves | $ | 80,137.50 | $ | 213,825.00 | $ | 347,512.50 | $ | 481,200.00 |
(1) | Includes fixed fees of $85,000 to cover legal, accounting, and Edgarization expenses of the offering in addition to any commissions owed. |
The company reserves the right to change the above use of proceeds if management believes it is in the best interests of the company.
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Overview
We founded the company in 2009 in order to develop software that better anticipates weather and environmental threats. The company was originally founded as ACME AtronOmatic, LLC, a Florida limited liability company. In 2023, we reorganized as a Delaware corporation. ACME AtronOmatic is known for its innovative and user-friendly MyRadar app, available for iOS, Android, Windows, and Xbox. The app features cutting-edge data visualizations and alerting platform that cater to a wide range of users, including outdoor enthusiasts, travelers, general consumers, and business consumers. The app acts as a distribution platform for all the company's data and services and is the foundation for its expansion towards offering Software as a Service (SaaS) applications and space-based earth observational data to prosumers, small businesses and enterprise. The company has recently completed launches and is preparing for additional launches of its own proprietary satellites into low earth orbit (LEO) in order to offer innovative and proprietary earth observational data to its users through the MyRadar platform.
We believe we are positioned to serve a currently-underserved segment within this market by delivering data and services through a consumer-friendly platform. We aim to provide an accessible, seamless pathway to data and services through the MyRadar app that can optimize business operations, reduce risk, and help mitigate the impacts of adverse weather conditions. Businesses need more effective ways to integrate weather and climate intelligence into their workflows such that they can truly benefit from the knowledge and optimize their operations.
Principal Products and Services
As noted above, the company’s principal product is its MyRadar app. Weather and climate disasters are on the rise. The United States suffered 28 separate billion-dollar disasters in 2023 alone. Everyday people need modern tools to help them navigate the weather and to plan ahead for impending severe weather events, and while there is a considerable amount of data and technology being brought to bear, consumers and businesses need effective tools to help digest all this information to turn it into actionable insights and direct guidance. We believe MyRadar has excelled at this task for the last decade, and we're seeking to continue our innovation by bringing advanced orbital sensors combined with artificial intelligence to keep up the pace in providing services that users need to help them optimize their lives and business operations.
For over a decade, MyRadar has created innovative features, data visualizations and alerting services. The company is continuing to expand on those features and services, and our anticipated satellite constellation can be a huge part of that. MyRadar already provides an enormous list of features and services for end users - from basic day-to-day storm awareness, to rain alerts, and information about heat extremes, smoke and air quality conditions, wildfires, earthquakes, and tropical cyclones, just to name a few. We have released RouteCast, our proprietary road weather forecast system that predicts not just the weather along your route, but also the surface conditions and delay risks associated with the trip.
This level of granularity provides value not just for the everyday driver, but the professional hauler, as well. The company is integrating this feature with our CarPlay, Android Auto, and Android Automotive apps, but we are also wrapping it into services that are specifically geared for small and large businesses managing fleets of vehicles that move about our system of roads. Weather and vehicle tracking are all in one place, integrated seamlessly with existing logistics and operations packages.
The company is also developing new features for MyRadar utilizing the latest breakthroughs in AI, such as natural language models, augmented reality, and virtual reality. Additionally, we are curating a suite of tools that will empower individuals to navigate their lives and businesses more effortlessly.
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AI Capabilities
Our existing technology utilizes artificial intelligence as part of its rain prediction algorithms to more accurately predict rain for our nowcast product. This is unique to the company and is protected by patent 11,561,326. When used, the technology allows for correction of the biases of an advection-based nowcast and allows for growth and decay.
In furtherance to the technologies being developed and deployed, a significant investment in research and development of AI models and algorithms are being engineered and created to enhance the information delivered to the MyRadar app.
The company’s HORIS satellite platform, under development with support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), incorporates AI for tasks including scene classification, super-resolution imaging, and radiative transfer calculations for atmospheric composition correction. These technologies improve the precision and utility of the data collected by our satellites, facilitate miniaturization, and allow them to send alerts based on data processed onboard. The company also utilizes AI for image to text translation and implement language models to facilitate efficient communication between our orbital systems and ground stations.
In addition to the satellite constellation, advanced AI and machine learning technologies are being developed across multiple facets of our proprietary weather forecasting and satellite data processing technologies.
As part of the company’s work with the US Navy, we are using convolutional neural networks for bias correction in short-term weather forecasts and for data fusion, combining observational and model data into cohesive forecast products. This integration enhances the reliability and accuracy of our forecasts. In addition, we apply machine learning techniques such as lasso regression and random forests for multi-class classification of road conditions and regression analysis for road temperature forecasts. These technologies are critical for real-time, accurate assessments of road conditions like those provided today by the MyRadar app.
Product Statistics
Downloads: 60 million
Active Users: over 15 million annually
Paid Subscribers: over 301,000
Revenue Generation
MyRadar has both a paid subscription and a free version of the app. The company has seen steady growth in free and paid users since its inception.
We believe that with the planned rollout of additional services related to our satellite constellation, we will be able to enhance the core data products in the MyRadar app - thereby increasing accuracy – and creating an additional product line of high-value remote sensing data and services, potentially allowing us to provide unique and proprietary services to enterprise customers, government institutions and defense agencies.
Recent Developments
We successfully launched 3 of our engineering prototype satellites in May of 2022 aboard Rocket Lab’s “There And Back Again” mission. Communications were established and imagery and data were sent back to Earth, validating the engineering process and the basic platform. We also successfully completed a Phase I STTR contract for AFWERX and demonstrated the ability to detect plasmas like those resulting from hypersonic missiles. This technology will be integrated into MyRadar’s satellite constellation for orbital detection, and has civilian use cases for monitoring hazard phenomena and emissions from the Earth’s surface impacting climate change. We are currently in discussions with the United State Air Force for an additional Phase I contract that is subject to final approval by the Air Force.
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In 2023 we have successfully completed our Phase I SBIR grant with NOAA to build and test an engineering prototype of our HORIS constellation satellite. HORIS stands for “Hyperspectral Orbital Remote Imaging Spectrometer. Each satellite is a 10 centimeter cube, and is equipped with a high-resolution visible light camera, near-infrared hyperspectral camera, and a thermal imager. HORIS is intended to speed the detection of wildfires, allowing for improved mitigation efforts as part of NOAA’s Orbital Wildfire Resilience (OWR) project. We were awarded a Phase 2 SBIR grant with NOAA in 2023 for OWR. We were also chosen as an Early Access Partner by Google to provide our AI-driven road weather prediction feature using their new Android Automotive platform, soon to be available in vehicles by Ford, GM, Volvo, Porsche, and others. This will complement our Apple CarPlay and Android Auto apps, as a native experience that runs right in the car without a phone.
Additionally, we were selected for a Phase I STTR contract with the Navy to apply our patented nowcasting technology to cloud cover prediction. This project has since advanced into the Phase I Option period and has been selected for funding for a Phase II contract with discussions continuing before final acceptance. Once complete, in addition to selling this data service to the Navy, it will help us offer unique products not found with other weather providers – better cloud prediction for aviation, done use, solar power optimization, skygazing, agriculture, and other applications. Most recently, we have been selected for and are entering contract negotiations for an additional Phase I SBOR contract by AFWERX for hypersonics data compression and research.
Market
The Software as a Service (SaaS) sector, valued at $237 billion in 2022, is anticipated to reach $908 billion by 2030. Advances in artificial intelligence and commercial space technologies, some of which are championed by MyRadar, present an agile and innovative company like ours with the opportunity to offer pioneering products and services. As a top 5 weather app in the Weather category on the iOS app store, we’ve built a loyal following of customers who find incredible value in the services we provide. Our app user base continues to grow, and our subscriber count climbs along with it as users see the benefit of supporting our company.
Competition
In the consumer market, our competitors include the traditional weather information service providers like The Weather Channel, Accuweather, and others. We believe our patented technology and alerting capabilities allow us to offer higher accuracy and reduced latency on weather alerts and other services.
Intellectual Property
The company’s intellectual property is a key differentiator from competitors in its market. The following table sets out the patents and applications received and filed by the company:
JURIS | TITLE | STATUS | APP. NO. | APP. DATE | PAT. NO. | PATENT DATE | ||||||||||||
US | System and Method for Generating Accurate Hyperlocal Nowcasts | Patented | 16 /414,898 | May 17, 2019 | 11,561,326 | January 24, 2023 | ||||||||||||
US | Methods and Devices for Earth Remote Sensing Using Stereoscopic Hyperspectral Imaging in the Visible (VIS) and Infrared (IR) Bands | Patented (two divisional) | 16 /925,164 | July 9, 2020 | 11,532,155
11,854,256 | December 20, 2022 December 26, 2023 | ||||||||||||
US | Method for Determining Ocean Surface Winds from Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellite Data | Pending | 18 /066,406 | December 15, 2022 | ||||||||||||||
US | Polarimetric Light Field Imaging System for Standoff Characterization | Pending | 63 /472,639 | June 13, 2023 | ||||||||||||||
US | Method and Device for Onboard AI Analysis of Hyperspectal Datacubes for Low Bandwidth Alerting and Interactive Communication | Pending |
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Employees
The company currently utilizes a team of 39 people, with 35 employed full time, and four engaged as contractors.
Litigation
The company is not involved in any current or pending litigation matters.
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The company does not own any significant real property. The company leases 7,646 square feet of office space at 111 West Jefferson Street, Orlando, Florida, which serves as its headquarters. The lease renews on August 1, 2024.
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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the related notes included in this Offering Circular. The following discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our plans, estimates, and beliefs. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements.
Results of Operations
Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2023 Compared with the Year Ended December 31, 2022
Net Revenues
For the year ended December 31, 2023, the company generated net revenues of $8,954,131 compared to net revenues of $8,195,946 for the year ended December 31, 2022. This represents a year-over-year increase of $758,185, or approximately 9.2%. Net revenues consist of the gross revenues received from the subscriptions or in app purchases on the MyRadar app, as well as revenues from government contracts, reduced by amounts owed as a result of those revenues to the digital vendors of the MyRadar app.
While the company generates revenue through advertisements within its free MyRadar app, that advertising revenue is subject to significant reductions due to digital vendors as a result of their distribution policies.
For the 2023 fiscal year, the company’s net revenue composition was as follows:
Net Revenue Source | Amount | |||
Advertising revenue | $ | 3,539,283 | ||
Subscription revenue | $ | 4,380,258 | ||
Data sales | $ | 599,638 | ||
Federal contracts | $ | 380,600 |
In the past few years, the company has emphasized its subscription app, which allows for steadier, recurring revenue. Retention on monthly subscriptions averages 93% month over month for the 12 month period ending December 31, 2023, and on annual subscriptions it averages 63% year over year for the 12 month period ending December 31, 2023.
Operating Expenses
Operating expenses consist of general and administrative expenses, such as employee compensation, research and development associated with new products and improvements to existing products, and sales and marketing expenses. During the 2023 fiscal year, our operating expenses increased to $9,992,214 compared to $7,927,405 in fiscal year 2022. The main driver of the increase was an increase in our sales and marketing expenses from $958,221 to $2,286,497 associated with the promotion of our offering under Regulation Crowdfunding and promotion of the subscription version of MyRadar. In addition, our Research & Development expenses increased from $1,423,982 to $2,002,657 as we continued development of features associated with the MyRadar app and upcoming satellite launch.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of December 31, 2023 Compared with December 31, 2022
Assets
The vast majority of the company’s assets are current assets rather than fixed or long-term assets. As of December 31, 2023, the company held cash and cash equivalents valued at $209,320. In addition, we recorded accounts receivable, representing amounts due from digital vendors providing the MyRadar app, of $837,512. This is a significant increase from December 31, 2022, of accounts receivable of $149,806 as a result of a change in the manner we tracked accounts receivable that will carry forward into the future.
As a result, the company’s assets as of December 31, 2023 was $1,076,487 compared to $438,399 as of December 31, 2022.
Liabilities and Outstanding Debts
As of December 31, 2023, the company’s current liabilities were mostly associated with the day-to-day operation of the company, composed of accounts payable, credit card expenses, and a lines of credit to smooth out the company’s cash flow requirements.
The company entered into a line of credit with a lender. The first line of credit was entered into in fiscal year 2022 and allows for borrowing up to $167,265 at an interest rate of 1.85%. As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the outstanding balance on this line of credit was $57,281 and $64,313, respectively.
The company has also borrowed funds directly from its CEO in fiscal year 2023 in an undocumented loan. The loan is interest-free, with a principal amount of $34,054. As of December 31, 2023, the outstanding balance on this line of credit was $34,054.
The company has also received financing from a lender that was originally issued in 2021. The company reorganized the loan in January 2023, increasing the amount of the lending facility available. As of December 31, 2023 the current portion of that loan was recorded as $57,416 compared to $276,959 as of December 31, 2022, with the non-current portion recorded as $249,885 as of December 31, 2023 compared to $355,681 compared to December 31, 2022.
As a result of the foregoing, the company recorded total liabilities of $846,498 as of December 31, 2023 compared to $863,297 as of December 31, 2022.
During 2024, the company has entered into additional financing arrangements for access to cash to support its operations. On May 3, 2024, the company entered into a forward financing agreement, receiving $315,000 against the company’s future accounts receivable. This agreement includes pre-determined payback amounts ranging from $378,000 to $441,000 based on the company’s repayment timeline. Additionally, the company borrowed $250,000 on a loan agreement that included origination fees of $7,500, and repayment on weekly installments of $5,145 per week for 58.8 weeks.
Previous Offerings of Securities
During the 2023 fiscal year, the company initiated an offering under Regulation Crowdfunding for sales of its Common Stock. Between the offering launch on July 18, 2023 and its close in Q1 2024, the company raised approximately $4.98 million, and after fees, received a net distribution of $4.16 million, resulting in the issuance of 1,738,902 shares of Common Stock.
Trend Information
The company is currently in the growth stage and generating revenue. With the increased emphasis on subscription based revenues through the MyRadar app, management hopes to see increased revenues going forward. There is no certainty that we will be able to significantly increase subscribers. Additional revenue channels may open up to the company following the launch of its HORIS satellite-based earth observation platform. When the data received from HORIS comes online, we believe there will be new demand from government and enterprise customers.
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DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND SIGNIFICANT EMPLOYEES
The following table sets out the company’s officers and directors as of the date of this offering circular. All of the officers and directors work with the company on a full-time basis.
Name | Position | Age | Term of Office (if indefinite, give date appointed) | Full Time/Part Time | ||||||
Executive Officers: Directors: | ||||||||||
Andrew Green | President, Chief Executive Officer | 55 | 2009 until present. | Full time | ||||||
Sarvesh Garimella | Chief Technology Officer | 34 | 2019 until present | Full time | ||||||
Chandler Heitmann | Chief Operating Officer | 30 | 2023 until present | Full time | ||||||
Directors: | ||||||||||
Andrew Green | Director | 50 | 2009 until present | |||||||
Key Employees | ||||||||||
Jason Weinberger | VP of Weather Data Sales | 47 | 2023 until present | 40 | ||||||
David Ryglicki | Principal Scientist | 41 | 2022 until present | 40 |
Andrew Green, Founder, CEO and Director
Andy Green is the founder and CEO of ACME AtronOmatic, founding the company in 2009 following years of experience in technology and information services. In 1989, Andy started one of the world’s first public-access Internet service providers, Intelecom Data Sysems Inc. The service pioneered the use of modern Internet access technologies commonly used today, including Internet over Cable TV networks and Internet over DSL lines. The service was sold in 1998. In 2000, Green formed an Internet-based aviation information services company, Aviation Data Systems, which evolved into a software and services company that is today known as ACME AtronOmatic, Inc. The company’s primary product is the popular MyRadar weather and environmental information app. For his efforts in advancing weather and environmental awareness, Green was nominated Weatherperson of the Year in December 2020 by the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes, for his leadership in promising disaster safety and resilience.
Sarvesh Garimella, Chief Technology Officer
Dr. Sarvesh Garimella serves as the company’s Chief Technology Officer and works at the interface of artificial intelligence, atmospheric science, and instrument development. He oversees the research and innovation efforts for the company’s MyRadar app to create novel capabilities and products. With a background in planetary science and environmental engineering as an undergraduate at Caltech (BS ’11), his graduate career focused on clarifying the role of anthropogenic emissions of particulate matter on clouds and climate. He was awarded a masters in Atmospheric Science (SM ’14) and doctorate in Climate Physics and Chemistry at MIT (PhD ’16), where his research focused on developing the Spectrometer for Ice Nuclei and representing the microphysical underpinnings of ice cloud formation in global climate models with a machine learning approach. As part of his past affiliation with the MIT Center for Global Change Science, his studies also examined the policy implications of this research from both a climate and human health perspective.
Chandler Heitmann, Chief Operating Officer
Chandler Heitmann, currently serves as the company’s Chief Operating Officer. Chandler is a Florida native, graduated from Florida State University with a degree in Criminology. After completing her education, she returned to her hometown of Naples, FL, where she helped manage a successful political mayoral campaign. In 2016, Chandler transitioned to the sports industry by joining the Orlando Magic, where she served as a Premium Guest Service Representative & Corporate Office Guide. As of October 2018, she has been working for MyRadar and started as the Executive Assistant to the CEO, with a primary focus on managing the CEOs day to day responsibilities in areas such as operations, human resources, billing and other administrative tasks. Her dedication and capabilities led to her promotion to the position of Chief Operating Officer. In this role, she assumes the responsibility of overseeing all operational aspects of the company while maintaining a close partnership with the CEO.
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Jason Weinberger, VP of Weather Data Sales
Jason Weinberger joined the company in 2023 and serves as the VP of Weather Data Sales. Prior to ACME AtronOmatic, Jason was a sales leader on the Xweather team with Vaisala, where he served as Head of Weather Sales and Solutions from January 2022 to June 2023, and Business Area Manager from 2017 until his promotion to Head of Weather Sales. Prior to that, Jason served as National Sales Manager for In-Situ, and held sales management roles with other businesses as well. In these roles, Jason helped deliver multi-million-dollar revenue growth through sales planning, process optimization, and disciplined execution. From those and previous roles, and his work with the company, Jason has shown himself to be a seasoned sales strategist. Jason received his MBA with a focus on Marketing from the University at Albany in 2000.
David Ryglicki, Principal Scientist
David Ryglicki services as the Principal Scientist with the company, a position he has held since 2022. Prior to his role with the company, Dr. Ryglicki worked for the federal government for 10.5 years, with the majority of those years in service to the United States Navy as an employee of both the Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (FNMOC), from 2011 to 2015, and the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Monterey, CA, from 2015 to 2021. His major accomplishments at FNMOC include the successful transition of the new NAVGEM ensemble forecast system, including all operational scripting and post-processing while supervising a contractor to handle the verification analyses, and developing tactical decision aids for warfighter support of various field campaigns such as the Syrian civil war and asset retrievals in foreign seas. He moved to NRL in 2015 as a National Research Council postdoctoral scholar and was subsequently promoted to full-time federal employment again as a Meteorologist in 2017. His work primarily encompasses tropical cyclones (discovering a new pathway to rapid intensification in hostile environmental conditions) and development of the Navy’s next-generation NWP model, NEPTUNE, using novel spectral element methods. With ACME AtronOmatic, he has developed AI/ML models to perform bias correction, single-image super resolution tasks, and spectral classification.
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COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 we compensated our three highest-paid directors and executive officers as follows:
Name | Capacities in which compensation was received | Cash compensation ($) | Other compensation ($) | Total compensation ($) | ||||||||||
Andrew Green | CEO | $ | 400,000 | - | $ | 400,000 | ||||||||
Sarvesh Garimella | CTO | $ | 300,000 | - | $ | 300,000 | ||||||||
Chandler Heitmann | COO | $ | 150,000 | - | $ | 150,000 |
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, our sole director did not receive any compensation for his services solely as a director of the company.
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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT AND CERTAIN SECURITYHOLDERS
The following table displays, as of May 31, 2024, the voting securities beneficially owned by (1) any individual director or officer who beneficially owns more than 10% of any class of our capital stock, (2) all executive officers and directors as a group and (3) any other holder who beneficially owns more than 10% of any class of our capital stock:
Title of class | Name
and address of beneficial owner |
Amount
and nature of beneficial ownership |
Amount
and nature of beneficial ownership acquirable |
Percent of class |
Common Stock | Andrew Green, c/o ACME AtronOmatic, Inc., 111 W. Jefferson St. Suite 200, Orlando, FL 32801 | 21,700,000 shares of Common Stock | -- | 86.46% |
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INTEREST OF MANAGEMENT AND OTHERS IN CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS
The company has also borrowed funds directly from its CEO in fiscal year 2023 in an undocumented loan. The loan is interest-free, with a principal amount of $34,054. As of December 31, 2023, the outstanding balance on this line of credit was $34,054.
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The company is offering Common Stock to investors in this offering. As such, under this Offering Statement, of which this Offering Circular is part, the company is qualifying up to 5,333,333 shares of Common Stock, plus up to 1,973,334 shares of Common Stock to be issued as Bonus Shares. The shares of Common Stock will be subject to an irrevocable proxy whereby all voting rights will be held by the company's President, Andrew Green.
The following description summarizes important terms of the company’s capital stock. This summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the provisions of the company’s Certificate of Incorporation and its Bylaws, copies of which are filed as exhibits to the Offering Statement of which this Offering Circular is a part. For a complete description of the company’s capital stock, you should refer to its Certificate of Incorporation and its Bylaws, and applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law.
The company’s authorized capital stock consists of 37,000,000 shares of Common Stock, no par value per share.
As of May 31, 2024, the outstanding shares of the company included:
● | 25,099,014 shares of Common Stock. |
Common Stock
The company has authorized 37,000,000 shares of Common Stock. As of May 31, 2024, 25,099,014 shares of Common Stock are outstanding.
Voting Rights
Each holder of Common Stock has the right to one vote per share of Common Stock and be entitled to notice of any stockholders’ meeting in accordance with the Bylaws of the corporation, and shall be entitled to vote upon such matters and in such manner as may be provided by law. The full subscription agreement appears as Exhibit 4 to the Offering Statement of which this Offering Circular forms a part.
Election of Directors
Elections of directors don’t need to be by written ballot unless the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so provide.
Dividend Rights
Subject to the prior rights of holders of all classes of stock at the time outstanding having prior rights as to dividends, the holders of the Common Stock shall be entitled to receive, on a pari passu basis, when and as declared by the Board of Directors, out of any assets of the company legally available therefor, such dividends as may be declared from time to time by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that in the event that such dividends are paid in the form of shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire Common Stock, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall receive shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire shares of Common Stock, as the case may be.
Liquidation Rights
In the event of any Liquidation Event, whether voluntary or involuntary, the entire assets and funds of the Corporation legally available for distribution will be distributed among the holders of the Common Stock pro rata based on the number of shares of Common Stock held by each.
Other Rights
The Common Stock is not redeemable by any holder thereof.
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Stockholder Agreement
The company’s CEO and founder, Andy Green, and the company’s CTO, Sarvesh Garimella have entered into a Stockholder Agreement. Investors in this offering will not be subject to the Stockholder Agreement. This agreement is included as Exhibit 3.1 to this Offering Statement of which this Offering Circular is part.
Irrevocable Proxy
By subscribing to this offering, investors grant an irrevocable proxy to the company’s President to (i) vote all securities held of record by the investor (including any shares of the company’s capital stock that the investor may acquire in the future), (ii) give and receive notices and communications, (iii) execute any written consent, instrument or document that the President determines is necessary or appropriate at the President’s complete discretion, and (iv) take all actions necessary or appropriate in the judgment of the President for the accomplishment of the foregoing. The proxy will survive the death, incompetency and disability of an individual investor and, if an investor is an entity, will survive the merger or reorganization of the investor or any other entity holding the shares of our Common Stock. The proxy will also be binding upon the heirs, estate, executors, personal representatives, successors and assigns of an investor (including any transferee of the investor). Any transferee of the investors party to the subscription agreement must agree to be bound by the terms of the proxy. The proxy will terminate upon the closing of a firm-commitment underwritten public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act covering the offer and sale of our Common Stock or the effectiveness of a registration statement under the Exchange Act covering our Common Stock.
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ONGOING REPORTING AND SUPPLEMENTS TO THIS OFFERING CIRCULAR
We will be required to make annual and semi-annual filings with the SEC. We will make annual filings on Form 1-K, which will be due by the end of April each year and will include audited financial statements for the previous fiscal year. We will make semi-annual filings on Form 1-SA, which will be due by September 28 each year, which will include unaudited financial statements for the six months to June 30. We will also file a Form 1-U to announce important events such as the loss of a senior officer, a change in auditors or certain types of capital-raising] We will be required to keep making these reports unless we file a Form 1-Z to exit the reporting system, which we will only be able to do if we have less than 300 shareholders of record and have filed at least one Form 1-K.
At least every 12 months, we will file a post-qualification amendment to the Offering Statement of which this Offering Circular forms a part, to include the company’s recent financial statements.
We may supplement the information in this Offering Circular by filing a Supplement with the SEC.
All these filings will be available on the SEC’s EDGAR filing system. You should read all the available information before investing.
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ACME AtronOmatic Inc
Audited Consolidated Financial Statements
Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022
(Expressed in US Dollars)
Index to Financial Statements
To the Board of Members
ACME AtronOmatic Inc
Orlando, Florida
Opinion
We have audited the consolidated financial statements of ACME AtronOmatic Inc, which comprise the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2023, and 2022, and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the years then ended, and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements.
In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of ACME AtronOmatic Inc as of December 31, 2023, and 2022, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAS). Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the consolidated financial statements section of our report. We are required to be independent of ACME AtronOmatic Inc and to meet our other ethical responsibilities, in accordance with the relevant ethical requirements relating to our audits. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.
Responsibilities of Management for the Consolidated Financial Statements
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, and for the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of consolidated financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the consolidated financial statements, management is required to evaluate whether there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about ACME AtronOmatic Inc’s ability to continue as a going concern for period of twelve months from the issuance date of this report.
Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not absolute assurance and therefore is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with GAAS will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control. Misstatements are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users made on the basis of these consolidated financial statements.
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In performing an audit in accordance with GAAS, we:
• | Exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. |
• | Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, and design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks. Such procedures include examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. |
• | Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of ACME AtronOmatic Inc’s internal control. Accordingly, no such opinion is expressed. |
• | Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluate the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. |
• | Conclude whether, in our judgment, there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about ACME AtronOmatic Inc’s ability to continue as a going concern for a reasonable period of time. |
We are required to communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit, significant audit findings, and certain internal control–related matters that we identified during the audit.
April 23, 2024
Los Angeles, California
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Consolidated Balance Sheets
As of December 31, | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||
(USD $ in Dollars) | ||||||||
ASSETS | ||||||||
Current Assets: | ||||||||
Cash & Cash Equivalents | $ | 209,370 | $ | 250,379 | ||||
Accounts Receivable, net | 837,512 | 149,806 | ||||||
Total current assets | 1,046,882 | 400,185 | ||||||
Other long term asset | 15,907 | 19,089 | ||||||
Property and equipment, net | 13,698 | 19,125 | ||||||
Total assets | $ | 1,076,487 | $ | 438,399 | ||||
LIABILITIES AND MEMBERS' EQUITY | ||||||||
Current Liabilities: | ||||||||
Accounts Payable | $ | 206,418 | $ | 35,201 | ||||
Credit Cards | 241,444 | 131,143 | ||||||
Due to related parties | 34,054 | - | ||||||
Current Portion of Loans and Notes | 57,416 | 276,959 | ||||||
Line of Credit | 57,281 | 64,313 | ||||||
Total current liabilities | 596,613 | 507,616 | ||||||
Promissory Notes and Loans | 249,885 | 355,681 | ||||||
Total liabilities | 846,498 | 863,297 | ||||||
Shareholders' Equity | ||||||||
Common stock | 2,457 | - | ||||||
Additional paid in capital | 2,115,319 | - | ||||||
Subscriptions receivable | (806,692 | ) | - | |||||
Shareholder distribution | - | (846,671 | ) | |||||
Members' equity | - | 45,254 | ||||||
Retained earnings | (1,081,095 | ) | 376,519 | |||||
Total Members' Equity | 229,989 | (424,898 | ) | |||||
Total Liabilities and Members' Equity | $ | 1,076,487 | $ | 438,399 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements
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Consolidated Statements of Operations
For the Year Ended December 31, | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||
(USD $ in Dollars) | ||||||||
Net Revenue | $ | 8,954,131 | $ | 8,195,946 | ||||
Cost of Goods Sold | - | - | ||||||
Gross Profit | 8,954,131 | 8,195,946 | ||||||
Operating Expenses: | ||||||||
General and Administrative | 5,703,060 | 5,545,203 | ||||||
Research and Development | 2,002,657 | 1,423,982 | ||||||
Sales and Marketing | 2,286,497 | 958,221 | ||||||
Total Operating Expenses | 9,992,214 | 7,927,405 | ||||||
Operating Income/(Loss) | (1,038,083 | ) | 268,540 | |||||
Interest Expense | 421,728 | 224,514 | ||||||
Other Loss/(Income) | (2,197 | ) | - | |||||
Income/(Loss) before provision for income taxes | (1,457,614 | ) | 44,026 | |||||
Provision/(Benefit) for income taxes | - | - | ||||||
Net Income/(Net Loss) | $ | (1,457,614 | ) | $ | 44,026 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements
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Consolidated Statements of Changes In Stockholders’ Equity
Members' | Common Stock | Subscription | Additional Paid- | Retained Earnings / Accumulated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Equity | Shares | Value | Receivable | in Capital | (Deficit) | Total Equity | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance - December 31, 2021 | $ | (211,316 | ) | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 332,493 | $ | 121,177 | |||||||||||||
Contributions/Distributions of Capital, net | (590,101 | ) | - | - | - | - | - | (590,101 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Net Income | - | - | - | - | - | 44,026 | 44,026 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Balance - December 31, 2022 | (801,417 | ) | - | - | - | - | 376,519 | (424,898 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Contributions/Distributions of Capital, net | (192,945 | ) | - | - | - | - | - | (192,945 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Conversion to C Corporation | 994,362 | - | - | - | (994,362 | ) | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance of common stock | - | 24,567,018 | 2,457 | (806,692 | ) | 3,109,681 | - | 2,305,446 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net Loss | - | - | - | - | - | (1,457,614 | ) | (1,457,614 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Balance - December 31, 2023 | $ | - | 24,567,018 | $ | 2,457 | $ | (806,692 | ) | $ | 2,115,319 | $ | (1,081,095 | ) | $ | 229,989 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
For the Year Ended December 31, | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||
(USD $ in Dollars) | ||||||||
CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES | ||||||||
Net income/(loss) | $ | (1,457,614 | ) | $ | 44,026 | |||
Adjustments to reconcile net income / (loss) to net cash used in operating activities: | ||||||||
Depreciation Expense | 10,726 | 12,347 | ||||||
Amortization Of Loan Costs | 3,182 | 3,182 | ||||||
Changes In Operating Assets And Liabilities: | ||||||||
Acccounts Receivable, net | (687,706 | ) | (85,441 | ) | ||||
Due From Related Parties | - | - | ||||||
Prepaids And Other Current Assets | - | 4,120 | ||||||
Accounts Payable | 171,217 | 35,201 | ||||||
Credit Cards | 110,301 | (92,117 | ) | |||||
Security Deposit | - | 3,182 | ||||||
Net Cash Provided/(Used) By Operating Activities | (1,849,894 | ) | (75,502 | ) | ||||
CASH FLOW FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES | ||||||||
Net Cash Provided By/(Used In) Investing Activities | - | - | ||||||
CASH FLOW FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES | ||||||||
Contributon/Distribution of Capital, net | 2,115,319 | (593,283 | ) | |||||
Borrowing on Promissory Notes and Loans, net of payments | (306,434 | ) | 163,617 | |||||
Net Cash Provided By/(Used In) Financing Activities | 1,808,885 | (429,666 | ) | |||||
Change In Cash and Cash Equivalents | (41,009 | ) | (505,168 | ) | ||||
Cash—Beginning of the Year | 250,379 | 755,547 | ||||||
Cash—End of the Year | 209,370 | $ | 250,379 | |||||
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION | ||||||||
Cash Paid During The Year For Interest | $ | 421,728 | $ | 224,514 | ||||
OTHER NONCASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES AND SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES | ||||||||
Conversion Of Shareholder Contributions/Distributions, net to additional paid-in-capital | $ | 992,709 | $ | - |
See accompanying notes to financial statements
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For Year Ended to December 31, 2023 AND December 31, 2022
1. | NATURE OF OPERATIONS |
ACME AtronOmatic Inc. was incorporated on July 7, 2023, in the state of Deleware. The Company is a holding company incorporated to act as the parent of ACME AtronOmatic, LLC, a limited liability company incorporated in the state of Florida on August 18, 2009. On the date of incorporation of ACME AtrnOmatic Inc., all the issued and outstanding shares of the ACME AtronOmatic, LLC were surrendered by the existing shareholders in exchange for 23,333,333 shares in the ACME AtronOmatic Inc. As of December 31, 2023, ACME AtronOmatic Inc. owns 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of ACME AtronOmatic, LLC.
ACME AtronOmatic, LLC is a software development company known for its innovative and user-friendly applications in the fields of weather, climate, and earth observational data. Their primary product, MyRadar®, is a mobile application available for iOS, Android, Windows and Xbox, a cutting-edge data visualization and alerting platform that caters to a wide range of users, including outdoor enthusiasts, travelers, general consumers and business customers.
The app acts as a distribution platform for all of the company’s data and services and is the foundation for its expansion towards offering Software as a Service (SaaS) applications and space-based earth observational data to prosumers, small businesses and enterprise. The company has recently begun launching its own proprietary satellites into low earth orbit (LEO) in order to offer innovative and proprietary earth observational data to its users through the MyRadar® platform.
The Company’s headquarters are located in Orlando, Florida.
2. | summary of SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
Basis of Presentation and Consolidation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements (which may be referred to as the “financial statement”) are presented on an accrual basis in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP).
The financial statements of ACME AtronOmatic Inc. (parent) and ACME AtronOmatic, LLC (subsidiary) are consolidated and all significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation. The Company has adopted the calendar year as its basis for reporting.
Since the ACME AtronOmatic, LLC (subsidiary) has been in formation and conducting business since 2009 and ACME AtronOmatic, Inc does not have any operations except for to act as a holding company, the comparative consolidated financial statements have been presented based on the premise as if the ACME AtronOmatic Inc. has been in existence since the earliest period presented in these financial statements.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with United States GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
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ACME AtronOmatic Inc
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For Year Ended to December 31, 2023 AND December 31, 2022
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents include all cash in banks. The Company’s cash is deposited in demand accounts at financial institutions that management believes are creditworthy. The Company’s cash and cash equivalents in bank deposit accounts, at times, may exceed federally insured limits. As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company’s cash and cash equivalents did not exceed FDIC insured limits by $0 and $218, respectively.
Concentration of Credit Risk
The Company is subject to concentrations of credit risks primarily from cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable, and notes receivable. At various times during the years, the Company may have bank deposits in excess of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insurance limits. Management believes any credit risk is low due to the overall financial strength of the financial institutions. Accounts receivable consist of uncollateralized receivables from customers/clients primarily located throughout the United States of America.
Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Expected Credit Loss
Accounts receivable are carried net of allowance for expected credit losses. The allowance for expected credit losses is increased by provision charged to expense and reduced by accounts charged off, net of recoveries. The allowance is maintained at a level considered adequate to provide for potential account losses based on management’s evaluation of the anticipated impact on the balance of current economic conditions, changes in character and size of the balance, past and expected future loss experience and other pertinent factors.
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, “Financial Instrument – Credit Losses.”. This ASU, and the related ASUs issued subsequently by the FASB introduce a new model for recognizing credit loss on financial assets not accounted for at fair values through net income, including loans, debt securities, trade receivables, net investment in leases and available-for-sale debt securities. The new ASU broadens the information that an entity must consider in developing estimates of expected credit losses and requires an entity to estimate credit losses over the life of an exposure based on historical information, current information and reasonable supportable forecasts.
The Company adopted this ASU on January 1, 2023, using the modified retrospective approach. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on financial statements as Company’s customers are direct consumers and pay at the time of purchase. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company determined an allowance for expected credit was not material to these financial statements.
Software Development Costs – Externally Sold Software
We capitalize software development costs once technological feasibility is established and we determine that such costs are recoverable against future net sales. We evaluate technological feasibility on a product-by-product basis. Once technological feasibility is established, we capitalize software development costs. Amounts related to software development for which technological feasibility is not yet met are charged as incurred to statement of operations. Commencing upon product release, capitalized software development costs are amortized to "Cost of revenue, service, and hardware used for resale" in our statements of operations based on the ratio of current gross sales to total projected gross sales.
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ACME AtronOmatic Inc
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For Year Ended to December 31, 2023 AND December 31, 2022
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are stated at cost. Expenditures for additions, major renewals and betterments are capitalized, and expenditures for maintenance and repairs are charged against income as incurred. When property and equipment are retired or otherwise disposed of, the related cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts, and any resulting gain or loss is reflected in statements of operations.
Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment are computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets. Leasehold improvements are amortized on a straight-line basis over either the useful life of the improvement or the remainder of the related lease term, whichever is shorter.
Estimated useful lives for property and equipment are as follows:
Category | Useful Life | |
Computer equipment | 5 years | |
Furniture | 7 years | |
Vehicles | 5 years |
Impairment of Long-lived Assets
Long-lived assets, such as property and equipment and identifiable intangibles with finite useful lives, are periodically evaluated for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. We look for indicators of a trigger event for asset impairment and pay special attention to any adverse change in the extent or manner in which the asset is being used or in its physical condition. Assets are grouped and evaluated for impairment at the lowest level of which there are identifiable cash flows, which is generally at a location level. Assets are reviewed using factors including, but not limited to, our future operating plans and projected cash flows. The determination of whether impairment has occurred is based on an estimate of undiscounted future cash flows directly related to the assets, compared to the carrying value of the assets. If the sum of the undiscounted future cash flows of the assets does not exceed the carrying value of the assets, full or partial impairment may exist. If the asset carrying amount exceeds its fair value, an impairment charge is recognized in the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the fair value of the asset. Fair value is determined using an income approach, which requires discounting the estimated future cash flows associated with the asset.
Income Taxes
The Company is taxed as a C corporation for income tax purposes. The Company accounts for income taxes under the liability method, and deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying values of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. A valuation allowance is provided on deferred tax assets if it is determined that it is more likely than not that the deferred tax asset will not be realized. The Company records interest, net of any applicable related income tax benefit, on potential income tax contingencies as a component of income tax expense. The Company records tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return based upon the amount that is more likely than not to be realized or paid, including in connection with the resolution of any related appeals or other legal processes. Accordingly, the Company recognizes liabilities for certain unrecognized tax benefits based on the amounts that are more likely than not to be settled with the relevant taxing authority. The Company recognizes interest and/or penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as a component of income tax expense.
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ACME AtronOmatic Inc
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For Year Ended to December 31, 2023 AND December 31, 2022
Revenue Recognition
The Company recognizes revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. In determining when and how revenue is to be recognized from contracts with customers, the Company performs the following five step analysis laid under Accounting Standard Codification (“ASC”) 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers: (1) identification of contract with customers, (2) determination of performance obligations, (3) measurement of the transaction price, (4) allocation of transaction price to the performance obligations, and (5) recognition of revenue when or as the company satisfies each performance obligation.
Revenue recognition, according to Topic 606, is determined using the following steps:
1) | Identification of the contract, or contracts, with the customer: the Company determines the existence of a contract with a customer when the contract is mutually approved; the rights of each party in relation to the services to be transferred can be identified, the payment terms for the services can be identified, the customer has the capacity and intention to pay, and the contract has commercial substance. |
2) | Identification of performance obligations in the contract: performance obligations consist of a promised in a contract (written or oral) with a customer to transfer to the customer either a good or service (or a bundle of goods or services) that is distinct or a series of distinct goods or services that are substantially the same and that have the same pattern of transfer to the customer. |
3) | Recognition of revenue when, or how, a performance obligation is met: revenues are recognized when or as control of the promised goods or services is transferred to customers. |
The Company earns revenues from the sale of platforms and mobile aps for aviation, weather, and consumer sectors, as well as from advertising.
Advertising and Promotion
Advertising and promotional costs are expensed as incurred. Advertising and promotional expenses for the years ended December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 amounted to $2,286,497 and $958,221, respectively, which is included in sales and marketing expenses.
Research and Development Costs
Costs incurred in the research and development of the Company’s products are expensed as incurred.
Recently Issued and Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
The FASB issues ASUs to amend the authoritative literature in ASC. There have been a number of ASUs to date, including those above, that amend the original text of ASC. Management believes that those issued to date either (i) provide supplemental guidance, (ii) are technical corrections, (iii) are not applicable to us or (iv) are not expected to have a significant impact on our financial statements.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The carrying value of the Company’s financial instruments included in current assets and current liabilities (such as cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and accrued expenses approximate fair value due to the short-term nature of such instruments).
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ACME AtronOmatic Inc
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For Year Ended to December 31, 2023 AND December 31, 2022
The inputs used to measure fair value are based on a hierarchy that prioritizes observable and unobservable inputs used in valuation techniques. These levels, in order of highest to lowest priority, are described below:
Level 1—Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2—Observable prices that are based on inputs not quoted on active markets but corroborated by market data.
Level 3—Unobservable inputs reflecting the Company’s assumptions, consistent with reasonably available assumptions made by other market participants. These valuations require significant judgment.
Subsequent Events
The Company considers events or transactions that occur after the balance sheet date, but prior to the issuance of the financial statements to provide additional evidence relative to certain estimates or to identify matters that require additional disclosure. Subsequent events have been evaluated through April 23, 2024, which is the date the financial statements were issued.
3. | DEBT |
The Company entered into a loan agreement with Small Business Administration (“SBA”) in fiscal year 2018. The original borrowing
amount on the facility was $517,200. The loan carries a fixed interest rate of 7.5% and the loan is to be repaid in one hundred and twenty
monthly installments of $6,167 including principal and interest. The principal balance outstanding on loan as of December 31, 2023
and 2022 is $307,301 and $355,681, respectively. The loan will mature in 2028.
The Company entered into a loan agreement with Mulligan Funding (lender) in the fiscal year 2021. The original loan amount on the facility was $400,000 maturing in September 2023. The loan carries a fixed interest of $96,000 and the loan is to be repaid in fifty equal monthly installments of $9,841 which includes the principal and interest. In January 2023, the Company reorganized the loan agreement with Mulligan Funding, when the principal balance outstanding on the original loan was $221,215, for an extended facility amounting to $702,594 and the outstanding balance on the original loan was rolled into the new loan. The principal outstanding balance on this facility as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 is $19,309 and $276,959, respectively.
The summary of the future maturities of loans is as follows:
As of Year Ended December 31, | ||||
2024 | $ | 57,416 | ||
2025 | 57,441 | |||
2026 | 61,901 | |||
2027 | 66,706 | |||
2028 | 83,146 | |||
Thereafter | - | |||
Total | $ | 326,610 |
Line of Credits
The Company entered into a Line of Credit agreement during fiscal year 2022. The credit facility allows borrowing up to $167,265. The interest rate is 1.85% plus draw fees of 1.6%. The total outstanding balance as of December 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, was $30,000, and $64,313, respectively. The entire balance is classified as current.
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ACME AtronOmatic Inc
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For Year Ended to December 31, 2023 AND December 31, 2022
Shareholder loan
During the fiscal year 2023, the Company entered into an interest-free loan with its major shareholder and CEO in the amount of $34,054. The total outstanding balance as of December 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, was $34,054, and $0, respectively. The entire balance is classified as current.
4. | Related Party |
During the fiscal year 2023, the Company entered into an interest-free loan with its major shareholder and CEO in the amount of $34,054. The total outstanding balance as of December 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, was $34,054, and $0, respectively. The entire balance is classified as current.
5. | Commitments and Contingencies |
Contingencies |
The Company’s operations are subject to a variety of local and state regulations. Failure to comply with one or more of those regulations could result in fines, restrictions on its operations, or losses of permits that could result in the Company ceasing operations.
Litigation and Claims
From time to time, the Company may be involved in litigation relating to claims arising out of operations in the normal course of business. As of December 31, 2023, there were no pending or threatened lawsuits that could reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the results of the Company’s operations.
6. | SUBSEQUENT EVENTS |
The Company has evaluated subsequent events for the period from December 31, 2023, through April 23, 2024, which is the date the financial statements were available to be issued.
As of April 23, 2024, the Company received proceeds from their crowdfunding campaign in the amount of $1,796,240, net of issuance fees.
There have been no other events or transactions during this time which would have a material effect on these financial statements.
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PART III
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
1.1 | Placement Agent Agreement with StartEngine Primary, LLC |
2.1 | Certificate of Incorporation |
2.2 | Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation |
2.3 | Bylaws |
3.1 | Stockholder Agreement |
4.1 | Subscription Agreement |
8.1 | Escrow Agreement* |
11.1 | Consent of Independent Auditor |
12.11 | Opinion of CrowdCheck Law LLP as to the legality of the securities* |
* To be filed by amendment.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Regulation A, the issuer certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 1-A and has duly caused this offering statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Orlando, State of Florida, on June 6, 2024
ACME AtronOmatic, Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ Andrew Green | |
Name: Andrew Green | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer |
This offering statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
/s/Andrew Green |
Andrew Green, Chief Executive Officer, principal
financial officer, principal accounting officer, and
Director
Date: June 6, 2024
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Exhibit 1.1
POSTING AGREEMENT
June [_], 2024 |
StartEngine Primary LLC
3900 W Alameda Ave., Suite 1200
Burbank, CA 91505
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:
ACME AtronOmatic, Inc., a Delaware Corporation located at 111 W. Jefferson St. Suite 200, Orlando, FL 32801 (the “Company”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions contained in this Posting Agreement (this “Agreement”), to issue and sell shares of its Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Shares”) to investors (collectively, the “Investors”) in a public offering (the “Offering”) on the online website provided by StartEngine Crowdfunding, Inc. (the “Platform”) pursuant to Regulation A through StartEngine Primary LLC ( “StartEngine”), acting on a best efforts basis only, in connection with such sales. The Shares are more fully described in the Offering Statement (as hereinafter defined).
The Company hereby confirms its agreement with StartEngine concerning the purchase and sale of the Shares, as follows:
1. ENGAGEMENT. Company hereby engages StartEngine to provide the services set out herein upon the subject to the terms and conditions set out in this Agreement, Terms of Use (“Platform Terms”), and Privacy Policy; each of which is hereby incorporated into this Agreement. Company has read and agreed to the Terms of Use and Company understands that this Posting Agreement governs Company’s use of the Site and the Services. Terms not defined herein are as defined in Platform Terms.
2. SERVICES AND FEES.
● | OFFERING SERVICE: Company agrees that StartEngine, directly or through its affiliates, shall provide the services below for a fee of $20,000 for out of pocket accountable expenses paid prior to StartEngine commencing. |
Any portion of this amount not expended and accounted for shall be returned to the Company at the end of the engagement.
● | OTHER FEES: |
Company will pay, or reimburse if paid by StartEngine, out of pocket expenses for (i) the preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Shares (if any), (ii) FINRA filing fees, (iii) notice filing requirements under the securities or Blue Sky laws, (iv) all transfer taxes, if any, with respect to the sale and delivery of the Shares by the Company to the Investors.
● | OTHER SERVICES: |
● | Campaign Page Design: design, build, and create Company’s campaign page to be hosted on startengine.com (the “SE Page”). |
● | Support: provide Company with dedicated account manager and marketing consulting services. |
● | Standard Subscription Agreement: provision of a standard purchase agreement to execute between Company and Investors, which may be used at Company’s option. |
● | Multiple Withdrawals (Disbursements): money transfers to Company |
● | Promote Service for digital advertising efforts |
● | Invest button: Provide Company with technology that will allow Company to host a campaign page on its website and accept investments on such page (the “Invest Page”) |
● | DISTRIBUTION: As compensation for the services provided hereunder by StartEngine Primary, Company shall pay to StartEngine at each closing of the Offering a fee consisting of the following: |
● | 6% cash commission based on the dollar amount received from investors. |
● | Non-cash commission paid in the same securities in this offering in an amount equivalent to 2% of the total securities issued to investors in this offering (excluding bonus shares). |
○ | Lock-up Covenant. Notwithstanding the foregoing provision, StartEngine hereby agrees that the securities issued pursuant to the non-cash commission shall not be sold during the offering, or sold, transferred, assigned, pledged, or hypothecated, or be the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put, or call transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition of the securities by any person for a period of 180 days immediately following the date of qualification or commencement of sales of the public offering pursuant to which the securities were issued, except as provided in FINRA Rule 5110(e)(2). |
x Check this box for selecting the split fee option (see below)
● | If the “split fee” option is selected then the following provision shall apply: In each case StartEngine Capital may charge investors a fee of 3%, in which case the commission set forth above shall be reduced commensurately. In the event an investor invests in excess of $20,000, such investor fee shall be limited to $600 and Company shall pay the 3% additional commission with respect to any amount in excess of $20,000, in accordance with the commission schedule set forth above. |
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The fee shall be paid in cash upon disbursement of funds from escrow at the time of each closing. Payment will be made to StartEngine directly from the escrow account maintained for the Offering. The Company acknowledges that StartEngine is responsible for providing instructions to the escrow agent for distribution of funds held pending completion or termination of the Offering.
The fee does not include the EDGARization services costs or any services other than set out above.
● | PROMOTE SERVICE: StartEngine Primary will design with the Company’s approval the digital ads and manage the digital advertising platform accounts for Company for no additional fee. |
● | The Issuer is expressly forbidden from bidding on any StartEngine branded keywords, misspellings, and similar terms in advertising campaigns on the Google, Bing, and Facebook platforms. Some of these keywords include but are not limited to: |
○ | StartEngine |
○ | Start Engine |
○ | StartEngine Crowdfunding |
○ | StartEngine Stock |
○ | Invest in StartEngine |
○ | StartEngine Shares |
The Offering is subject to termination if the Company violates these targeting and bidding requirements.
● | INFORMATION SHARING: |
○ | Company agrees to add StartEngine’s Facebook Pixel ID #1998849938 (the “SE pixel”) on the Invest Page. |
○ | StartEngine agrees to share with Company the names and emails of: |
▪ | Users who click on the invest button and the heart icon on the SE Page |
▪ | Users who submit investments through the SE Page whose funds never arrive into the Escrow Accounts |
▪ | Users who attempt to invest through the SE Page but do not pass AML/KYC checks |
○ | StartEngine hereby agrees to send Company a CSV file containing the names and emails referenced above every 10 business days. |
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3. DEPOSIT HOLD. Company agrees that 6% of the total funds committed will be held back as a deposit hold in case of any ACH refunds or credit card chargebacks. The hold will remain in effect for 180 days following the close of the Offering. 75% of this hold back will be released back to the company after 60 days and the remaining 25% shall be held for the remaining 120 days.
4. CREDIT CARD FEES. Company agrees that fees payable to Vantiv, LLC or Stripe Inc. with respect to the use of credit cards to purchase the Securities are for the account of the Company and to reimburse StartEngine Crowdfunding Inc. for any such fees incurred, upon each closing held with respect to the Offering detailed in the Credit Card Services Agreement.
5. DELIVERY AND PAYMENT.
(a) On or after the date of this Agreement, the Company and selected escrow agent (the “Escrow Agent”) will enter into an Escrow Agreement (the “Escrow Agreement”), pursuant to which escrow accounts will be established, at the Company’s expense (the “Escrow Accounts”).
(b) Prior to the initial Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) of the Offering or, as applicable, any subsequent Closing Date, (i) each Investor will execute and deliver a Subscription Agreement (each, an “Investor Subscription Agreement”) to the Company through the facilities of the Platform; (ii) each Investor will transfer to the Escrow Account funds in an amount equal to the price per Share as shown on the cover page of the Final Offering Circular (as hereinafter defined) multiplied by the number of Shares subscribed by such Investor and as adjusted by any discounts or bonuses applicable to certain Investors; (iii) subscription funds received from any Investor will be promptly transmitted to the Escrow Accounts in compliance with Rule 15c2-4 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and (iv) the Escrow Agent will notify the Company and StartEngine in writing as to the balance of the collected funds in the Escrow Accounts.
(i) If the Escrow Agent shall have received written notice from StartEngine on or before 9 a.m. Pacific time on such date(s) as may be agreed upon by the Company and StartEngine (each such date, a “Closing Date”), the Escrow Agent will release the balance of the Escrow Accounts for collection by the Company and StartEngine as provided in the Escrow Agreement and the Company shall deliver the Shares purchased on such Closing Date to the Investors, which delivery may be made via book entry with the Company’s securities registrar and transfer agent, StartEngine Secure (the “Transfer Agent”). The initial closing (the “Closing”) and any subsequent closing (each, a “Subsequent Closing”) shall be effected through the Platform. All actions taken at the Closing shall be deemed to have occurred simultaneously on the date of the Closing and all actions taken at any Subsequent Closing shall be deemed to have occurred simultaneously on the date of any such Subsequent Closing.
(c) If the Company and StartEngine determine that the offering will not proceed, then the Escrow Agent will promptly return the funds to the investors without interest.
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6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY. The Company represents and warrants and covenants to StartEngine that1:
(a) The Company will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) an offering statement on Form 1-A (collectively, with the various parts of such offering statement, each as amended as of the Qualification Date for such part, including any Offering Circular and all exhibits to such offering statement, the “Offering Statement”) relating to the Shares pursuant to Regulation A as promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and the other applicable rules, orders and regulations (collectively referred to as the “Rules and Regulations”) of the Commission promulgated under the Act. As used in this Agreement:
(1) “Final Offering Circular” means the offering circular relating to the public offering of the Shares as filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 253(g)(2) of Regulation A of the Rules and Regulations, as amended and supplemented by any further filings under Rule 253(g)(2);
(2) “Preliminary Offering Circular” means the offering circular relating to the Shares included in the Offering Statement pursuant to Regulation A of the Rules and Regulations in the form on file with the Commission on the Qualification Date;
(3) “Qualification Date” means the date as of which the Offering Statement was or will be qualified with the Commission pursuant to Regulation A, the Act and the Rules and Regulations; and
(4) “Testing-the-Waters Communication” means any website post, broadcast or cable radio or internet communication, email, social media post, video or written communication with potential investors undertaken in reliance on Rule 255 of the Rules and Regulations.
“Marketing Materials” means the Invest Page and any website post, broadcast or cable radio or internet communication, email, social media post, video or written communication with potential investors.
(b) The Offering Statement will be filed with the Commission in accordance with the Act and Regulation A of the Rules and Regulations; no stop order of the Commission preventing or suspending the qualification or use of the Offering Statement, or any amendment thereto, has been issued, and no proceedings for such purpose have been instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge, are contemplated by the Commission.
1 To be updated upon due diligence review; additional provisions may be added.
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(c) The Offering Statement, at the time it becomes qualified, and as of each Closing Date, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of Regulation A, the Act and the Rules and Regulations.
(d) The Offering Statement, at the time it became qualified, as of the date hereof, and as of each Closing Date, will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
(e) The Preliminary Offering Circular will not, as of its date, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to the statements contained in the Preliminary Offering Circular as provided by StartEngine in Section 10(ii).
(f) The Final Offering Circular will not, as of its date and on each Closing Date, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to the statements contained in the Final Offering Circular as provided by StartEngine in Section 10(ii).
(g) All Testing-the-Waters Communications and all Marketing Materials, if any, when considered together with the Final Offering Circular or Preliminary Offering Circular, as applicable, did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, provided, however, that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to the statements contained in the Preliminary Offering Circular as provided by StartEngine in Section 10(ii).
(h) As of each Closing Date, the Company will be duly organized and validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Company has full power and authority to conduct all the activities conducted by it, to own and lease all the assets owned and leased by it and to conduct its business as presently conducted and as described in the Offering Statement and the Final Offering Circular. The Company is duly licensed or qualified to do business and in good standing as a foreign organization in all jurisdictions in which the nature of the activities conducted by it or the character of the assets owned or leased by it makes such licensing or qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on or affecting the business, prospects, properties, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity, or results of operations of the Company (a “Material Adverse Effect”). Complete and correct copies of the certificate of incorporation and of the bylaws of the Company and all amendments thereto have been made available to StartEngine, and no changes therein will be made subsequent to the date hereof and prior to any Closing Date except as disclosed in the Offering Statement.
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(i) The Company has no subsidiaries, nor does it own a controlling interest in any entity other than those entities set forth on Schedule 2 to this Agreement (each a “Subsidiary” and collectively the “Subsidiaries”). Each Subsidiary has been duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation. Each Subsidiary is duly qualified and in good standing as a foreign company in each jurisdiction in which the character or location of its properties (owned, leased or licensed) or the nature or conduct of its business makes such qualification necessary, except for those failures to be so qualified or in good standing which would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. All of the shares of issued capital stock of each corporate subsidiary, and all of the share capital, membership interests and/or equity interests of each subsidiary that is not a corporation, have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of any lien, encumbrance, claim, security interest, restriction on transfer, shareholders’ agreement, proxy, voting trust or other defect of title whatsoever.
(j) The Company is organized in, and its principal place of business is in, the United States.
(k) The Company is not subject to the ongoing reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and has not been subject to an order by the Commission denying, suspending, or revoking the registration of any class of securities pursuant to Section 12(j) of the Exchange Act that was entered within five years preceding the date the Offering Statement was originally filed with the Commission. The Company is not, nor upon completion of the transactions contemplated herein will it be, an “investment company” or an “affiliated person” of, or “promoter” or “principal underwriter” for, an “investment company,” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). The Company is not a development stage company or a “business development company” as defined in Section 2(a)(48) of the Investment Company Act. The Company is not a blank check company and is not an issuer of fractional undivided interests in oil or gas rights or similar interests in other mineral rights. The Company is not an issuer of asset-backed securities as defined in Item 1101(c) of Regulation AB.
(l) Neither the Company, nor any predecessor of the Company; nor any other issuer affiliated with the Company; nor any director or executive officer of the Company or other officer of the Company participating in the offering, nor any beneficial owner of 20% or more of the Company’s outstanding voting equity securities, nor any promoter connected with the Company, is subject to the disqualification provisions of Rule 262 of the Rules and Regulations.
(m) The Company is not a “foreign private issuer,” as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Act.
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(n) The Company has full legal right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and perform the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. This Agreement and the Escrow Agreement each have been or will be authorized and validly executed and delivered by the Company and are or will be each a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to the effect of applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and equitable principles of general applicability.
(o) The issuance and sale of the Shares have been duly authorized by the Company, and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the Investor Subscription Agreement, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and will not be subject to preemptive or similar rights. The holders of the Shares will not be subject to personal liability by reason of being such holders. The Shares, when issued, will conform to the description thereof set forth in the Final Offering Circular in all material respects.
(p) The Company has not authorized anyone other than the management of the Company and StartEngine to engage in Testing-the-Waters Communications. The Company reconfirms that StartEngine have been authorized to act on its behalf in undertaking Testing-the-Waters Communications. The Company has not distributed any Testing-the-Waters Communications other than those listed on Schedule 1 hereto.
(q) The financial statements and the related notes included in the Offering Statement and the Final Offering Circular present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows at the dates and for the periods covered thereby in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), except as may be stated in the related notes thereto. No other financial statements or schedules of the Company, any Subsidiary or any other entity are required by the Act or the Rules and Regulations to be included in the Offering Statement or the Final Offering Circular. There are no off-balance sheet arrangements (as defined in Regulation S-K Item 303(a)(4)(ii)) that may have a material current or future effect on the Company’s financial condition, changes in financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.
(r) SetApart Accontancy Corp (the “Accountants”), will report on the financial statements and schedules described in Section 6(r), are registered independent public accountants with respect to the Company as required by the Act and the Rules and Regulations. The financial statements of the Company and the related notes and schedules included in the Offering Statement and the Final Offering Circular comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and present fairly the information shown therein.
(s) Since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Offering Statement and the most recent Preliminary Offering Circular and prior to the Closing and any Subsequent Closing, other than as described in the Final Offering Circular (A) there has not been and will not have been any change in the capital stock of the Company or long-term debt of the Company or any Subsidiary or any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for payment, paid or made by the Company on any class of capital stock or equity interests, or any Material Adverse Effect, or any development that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and (B) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has sustained or will sustain any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or dispute or any action, order or decree of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except in each case as otherwise disclosed in the Offering Statement and the Final Offering Circular.
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(t) Since the date as of which information is given in the most recent Preliminary Offering Circular, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has entered or will before the Closing or any Subsequent Closing enter into any transaction or agreement, not in the ordinary course of business, that is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or incurred or will incur any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, not in the ordinary course of business, that is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any plans to do any of the foregoing.
(u) The Company and each Subsidiary has good and valid title in fee simple to all items of real property and good and valid title to all personal property described in the Offering Statement or the Final Offering Circular as being owned by them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and claims except those that (1) do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its Subsidiaries or (2) would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. Any real property described in the Offering Statement or the Final Offering Circular as being leased by the Company or any Subsidiary that is material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole is held by them under valid, existing and enforceable leases, except those that (A) do not materially interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its Subsidiaries or (B) would not be reasonably expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(v) There are no legal, governmental or regulatory actions, suits or proceedings pending, either domestic or foreign, to which the Company is a party or to which any property of the Company is the subject, nor are there, to the Company’s knowledge, any threatened legal, governmental or regulatory investigations, either domestic or foreign, involving the Company or any property of the Company that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement; to the Company’s knowledge, no such actions, suits or proceedings are threatened or contemplated by any governmental or regulatory authority or threatened by others.
(w) The Company and each Subsidiary has, and at each Closing Date will have, (1) all governmental licenses, permits, consents, orders, approvals and other authorizations necessary to carry on its business as presently conducted except where the failure to have such governmental licenses, permits, consents, orders, approvals and other authorizations would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (2) performed all its obligations required to be performed, and is not, and at each Closing Date will not be, in default, under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, voting trust agreement, loan agreement, bond, debenture, note agreement, lease, contract or other agreement or instrument (collectively, a “contract or other agreement”) to which it is a party or by which its property is bound or affected and, to the Company’s knowledge, no other party under any material contract or other agreement to which it is a party is in default in any respect thereunder. The Company and its Subsidiaries are not in violation of any provision of their organizational or governing documents.
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(x) The Company has obtained all authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration, exemption, qualification or decree of any court or governmental authority or agency or any sub-division thereof that is required for the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, in connection with the offering, issuance or sale of the Shares under this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as may be required under federal, state, local and foreign laws, the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, state securities or Blue Sky laws, and the rules and regulations of FINRA.
(y) There is no actual or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, enforcement action or investigation by any governmental authority that has jurisdiction over the Company, and the Company has received no notice of any pending or threatened claim or investigation against the Company that would provide a legal basis for any enforcement action, and the Company has no reason to believe that any governmental authority is considering such action.
(z) Neither the execution of this Agreement, nor the issuance, offering or sale of the Shares, nor the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated herein, nor the compliance by the Company with the terms and provisions hereof or thereof will conflict with, or will result in a breach of, any of the terms and provisions of, or has constituted or will constitute a default under, or has resulted in or will result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of any contract or other agreement to which the Company or any Subsidiary may be bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary is subject, except such conflicts, breaches or defaults as may have been waived or would not, in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; nor will such action result in any violation, except such violations that would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, of (1) the provisions of the organizational or governing documents of the Company or any Subsidiary, or (2) any statute or any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary or of any court or of any federal, state or other regulatory authority or other government body having jurisdiction over the Company or any Subsidiary.
(aa) There is no document or contract of a character required to be described in the Offering Statement or the Final Offering Circular or to be filed as an exhibit to the Offering Statement which is not described or filed as required. All such contracts to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party have been authorized, executed and delivered by the Company or any Subsidiary, and constitute valid and binding agreements of the Company or any Subsidiary, and are enforceable against the Company in accordance with the terms thereof, subject to the effect of applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and equitable principles of general applicability. None of these contracts have been suspended or terminated for convenience or default by the Company or any of the other parties thereto, and the Company has not received notice of any such pending or threatened suspension or termination.
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(bb) The Company and its directors, officers or controlling persons have not taken, directly or indirectly, any action intended, or which might reasonably be expected, to cause or result, under the Act or otherwise, in, or which has constituted, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Company’s Common Stock.
(cc) Other than as previously disclosed to StartEngine in writing, the Company, or any person acting on behalf of the Company, has not and, except in consultation with StartEngine, will not publish, advertise or otherwise make any announcements concerning the distribution of the Shares, and has not and will not conduct road shows, seminars or similar activities relating to the distribution of the Shares nor has it taken or will it take any other action for the purpose of, or that could reasonably be expected to have the effect of, preparing the market, or creating demand, for the Shares.
(dd) No holder of securities of the Company has rights to the registration of any securities of the Company as a result of the filing of the Offering Statement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for such rights as have been waived or as are described in the Offering Statement.
(ee) No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is threatened, and the Company is not aware of any existing or threatened labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or any Subsidiary’s principal suppliers, manufacturers, customers or contractors.
(ff) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries: (i) are and have been in material compliance with all laws, to the extent applicable, and the regulations promulgated pursuant to such laws, and comparable state laws, and all other local, state, federal, national, supranational and foreign laws, manual provisions, policies and administrative guidance relating to the regulation of the Company and its subsidiaries except for such non-compliance as would not be reasonably expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) have not received notice of any ongoing claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action from any Regulatory Agency or third party alleging that any product operation or activity is in material violation of any laws and has no knowledge that any such Regulatory Agency or third party is considering any such claim, litigation, arbitration, action, suit, investigation or proceeding; and (iii) are not a party to any corporate integrity agreement, deferred prosecution agreement, monitoring agreement, consent decree, settlement order, or similar agreements, or has any reporting obligations pursuant to any such agreement, plan or correction or other remedial measure entered into with any Governmental Authority.
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(gg) The business and operations of the Company, and each of its Subsidiaries, have been and are being conducted in compliance with all applicable laws, ordinances, rules, regulations, licenses, permits, approvals, plans, authorizations or requirements relating to occupational safety and health, or pollution, or protection of health or the environment (including, without limitation, those relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of pollutants, contaminants or hazardous or toxic substances, materials or wastes into ambient air, surface water, groundwater or land, or relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of chemical substances, pollutants, contaminants or hazardous or toxic substances, materials or wastes, whether solid, gaseous or liquid in nature) of any governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality of the United States, any state or political subdivision thereof, or any foreign jurisdiction (“Environmental Laws”), and all applicable judicial or administrative agency or regulatory decrees, awards, judgments and orders relating thereto, except where the failure to be in such compliance would not be reasonably expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect; and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice from any governmental instrumentality or any third party alleging any material violation thereof or liability thereunder (including, without limitation, liability for costs of investigating or remediating sites containing hazardous substances and/or damages to natural resources).
(hh) There has been no storage, generation, transportation, use, handling, treatment, Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials (as defined below) by or caused by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or, to the knowledge of the Company, any other entity (including any predecessor) for whose acts or omissions the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or could reasonably be expected to be liable) at, on, under or from any property or facility now or previously owned, operated or leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or at, on, under or from any other property or facility, in violation of any Environmental Laws or in a manner or amount or to a location that could reasonably be expected to result in any liability under any Environmental Law, except for any violation or liability which would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. “Hazardous Materials” means any material, chemical, substance, waste, pollutant, contaminant, compound, mixture, or constituent thereof, in any form or amount, including petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof) and petroleum products, natural gas liquids, asbestos and asbestos containing materials, naturally occurring radioactive materials, brine, and drilling mud, regulated or which can give rise to liability under any Environmental Law. “Release” means any spilling, leaking, seepage, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing, depositing, dispersing, or migrating in, into or through the environment, or in, into from or through any building or structure.
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(ii) The Company and its Subsidiaries own, possess, license or have other adequate rights to use, on reasonable terms, all material patents, patent applications, trade and service marks, trade and service mark registrations, trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets, technology, know-how and other intellectual property necessary for the conduct of the Company’s and each of its Subsidiary’s business as now conducted (collectively, the “Intellectual Property”), except to the extent such failure to own, possess or have other rights to use such Intellectual Property would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in the Final Offering Circular: (a) no party has been granted an exclusive license to use any portion of such Intellectual Property owned by the Company or its Subsidiaries; (b) to the knowledge of the Company, there is no infringement by third parties of any such Intellectual Property owned by or exclusively licensed to the Company or its Subsidiaries; (c) the Company is not aware of any defects in the preparation and filing of any of patent applications within the Intellectual Property; (d) to the knowledge of the Company, the patents within the Intellectual Property are being maintained and the required maintenance fees (if any) are being paid; (e) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ rights in or to any Intellectual Property, and the Company and its Subsidiaries are unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (f) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the validity or scope or enforceability of any such Intellectual Property, and the Company and its Subsidiaries are unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; and (g) there is no pending, or to the knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ business as now conducted infringes or otherwise violates any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of others, and the Company and its Subsidiaries are unaware of any other fact which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim. To the knowledge of the Company, no opposition filings or invalidation filings have been submitted which have not been finally resolved in connection with any of the Company’s patents and patent applications in any jurisdiction where the Company has applied for, or received, a patent.
(jj) Except as would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and each Subsidiary (1) has timely filed all federal, state, provincial, local and foreign tax returns that are required to be filed by such entity through the date hereof, which returns are true and correct, or has received timely extensions for the filing thereof, and (2) has paid all taxes, assessments, penalties, interest, fees and other charges due or claimed to be due from the Company, other than (A) any such amounts being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP or (B) any such amounts currently payable without penalty or interest. There are no tax audits or investigations pending, which if adversely determined could have a Material Adverse Effect; nor to the knowledge of the Company is there any proposed additional tax assessments against the Company or any Subsidiary which could have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. No transaction, stamp, capital or other issuance, registration, transaction, transfer or withholding tax or duty is payable by or on behalf of StartEngine to any foreign government outside the United States or any political subdivision thereof or any authority or agency thereof or therein having the power to tax in connection with (i) the issuance, sale and delivery of the Shares by the Company; (ii) the purchase from the Company, and the initial sale and delivery of the Shares to purchasers thereof; or (iii) the execution and delivery of this Agreement or any other document to be furnished hereunder.
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(kk) On each Closing Date, all stock transfer or other taxes (other than income taxes) which are required to be paid in connection with the sale and transfer of the Shares to be issued and sold on such Closing Date will be, or will have been, fully paid or provided for by the Company and all laws imposing such taxes will be or will have been fully complied with.
(ll) The Company and its Subsidiaries are insured with insurers with appropriately rated claims paying abilities against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary for the businesses in which they are engaged; all policies of insurance and fidelity or surety bonds insuring the Company, each Subsidiary or their respective businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors are in full force and effect; and there are no claims by the Company or its Subsidiary under any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause; neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and 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 at a cost that is not materially greater than the current cost.
(mm) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries, nor any director, officer, agent or employee of either the Company or any Subsidiary has directly or indirectly, (1) made any unlawful contribution to any federal, state, local and foreign candidate for public office, or failed to disclose fully any contribution in violation of law, (2) made any payment to any federal, state, local and foreign governmental officer or official, or other person charged with similar public or quasi-public duties, other than payments required or permitted by the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction thereof, (3) violated or is in violation of any provisions of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, or (4) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment.
(nn) The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance in all material respects with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no material action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.
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(oo) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions (the “Sanctions Regulations”) administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC or listed on the OFAC Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List. Neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent or employee of the Company, is named on any denied party or entity list administered by the Bureau of Industry and Security of the U.S. Department of Commerce pursuant to the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”); and the Company will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering of the Shares hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any Sanctions Regulations or to support activities in or with countries sanctioned by said authorities, or for engaging in transactions that violate the EAR.
(pp) The Company has not distributed and, prior to the later to occur of the last Closing Date and completion of the distribution of the Shares, will not distribute any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares other than each Preliminary Offering Circular and the Final Offering Circular, or such other materials as to which StartEngine shall have consented in writing.
(rr) Each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), and all stock purchase, stock option, stock-based severance, employment, change-in-control, medical, disability, fringe benefit, bonus, incentive, deferred compensation, employee loan and all other employee benefit plans, agreements, programs, policies or other arrangements, whether or not subject to ERISA, that is maintained, administered or contributed to by the Company or any of its affiliates for employees or former employees, directors or independent contractors of the Company or its Subsidiaries, or under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has had or has any present or future obligation or liability, has been maintained in material compliance with its terms and the requirements of any applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code; no prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred which would result in a material liability to the Company with respect to any such plan excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption; no event has occurred (including a “reportable event” as such term is defined in Section 4043 of ERISA) and no condition exists that would subject the Company to any material tax, fine, lien, penalty, or liability imposed by ERISA, the Code or other applicable law; and for each such plan that is subject to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, no “accumulated funding deficiency” as defined in Section 412 of the Code has been incurred, whether or not waived, and the fair market value of the assets of each such plan (excluding for these purposes accrued but unpaid contributions) exceeds the present value of all benefits accrued under such plan determined using reasonable actuarial assumptions.
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(ss) No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any Subsidiary, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders, customers or suppliers of the Company or any Subsidiary, on the other, which would be required to be disclosed in the Offering Statement, the Preliminary Offering Circular and the Final Offering Circular and is not so disclosed.
(tt) The Company has not sold or issued any securities that would be integrated with the offering of the Shares contemplated by this Agreement pursuant to the Act, the Rules and Regulations or the interpretations thereof by the Commission or that would fail to come within the safe harbor for integration under Regulation A.
(uu) Except as set forth in this Agreement, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or StartEngine for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or other like payment in connection with the offering of the Shares.
(vv) To the knowledge of the Company, there are no affiliations with FINRA among the Company’s directors, officers or any five percent or greater stockholder of the Company or any beneficial owner of the Company’s unregistered equity securities that were acquired during the 180-day period immediately preceding the initial filing date of the Offering Statement.
(ww) There are no outstanding loans, advances (except normal advances for business expenses in the ordinary course of business) or guarantees of indebtedness by the Company to or for the benefit of any of the officers or directors of the Company or any of their respective family members. The Company has not directly or indirectly, including through its Subsidiaries, extended or maintained credit, arranged for the extension of credit, or renewed any extension of credit, in the form of a personal loan to or for any director or executive officer of the Company or any of their respective related interests, other than any extensions of credit that ceased to be outstanding prior to the initial filing of the Offering Statement. No transaction has occurred between or among the Company and any of its officers or directors, stockholders, customers, suppliers or any affiliate or affiliates of the foregoing that is required to be described or filed as an exhibit to in the Offering Statement, the Preliminary Offering Circular or the Final Offering Circular and is not so described.
(xx) Company shall receive express written approval from StartEngine prior to making the Invest Page available to the public.
(yy) Prior to making any changes to the Invest Page, the Company shall submit such proposed changes to StartEngine for review and the Company shall obtain express written approval from StartEngine prior to making any change to the Invest Page.
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7. AGREEMENTS OF THE COMPANY.
(a) The [Offering Statement has become qualified, and] the Company will file the Final Offering Circular, subject to the prior approval of StartEngine, pursuant to Rule 253 and Regulation A, within the prescribed time period.
(b) Upon effectiveness of this agreement, the Company will not, during such period as the Final Offering Circular would be required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares in connection with the offering contemplated by this Agreement (whether physically or through compliance with Rules 251 and 254 under the Act or any similar rule(s)), file any amendment or supplement to the Offering Statement or the Final Offering Circular unless a copy thereof shall first have been submitted to StartEngine within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and StartEngine shall not have reasonably objected thereto in good faith.
(c) The Company will notify StartEngine promptly, and will, if requested, confirm such notification in writing: (1) when any amendment or supplement to the Offering Statement is filed; (2) of any request by the Commission for any amendments to the Offering Statement or any amendment or supplements to the Final Offering Circular or for additional information; (3) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order preventing or suspending the qualification of the Offering Statement or the Final Offering Circular, or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose or the threat thereof; and (4) of becoming aware of the occurrence of any event that in the judgment of the Company makes any statement made in the Offering Statement, the Preliminary Offering Circular or the Final Offering Circular untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in the Offering Statement, the Preliminary Offering Circular or the Final Offering Circular in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading. If the Company has omitted any information from the Offering Statement, it will use its best efforts to comply with the provisions of and make all requisite filings with the Commission pursuant to Regulation A, the Act and the Rules and Regulations and to notify StartEngine promptly of all such filings.
(d) If, at any time when the Final Offering Circular relating to the Shares is required to be delivered under the Act, the Company becomes aware of the occurrence of any event as a result of which the Final Offering Circular, as then amended or supplemented, would, in the reasonable judgment of counsel to the Company or counsel to StartEngine, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if for any other reason it is necessary, in the reasonable judgment of counsel to the Company or counsel to StartEngine, at any time to amend or supplement the Final Offering Circular or the Offering Statement to comply with the Act or the Rules and Regulations, the Company will promptly notify StartEngine and will promptly prepare and file with the Commission, at the Company’s expense, an amendment to the Offering Statement and/or an amendment or supplement to the Final Offering Circular that corrects such statement and/or omission or effects such compliance. The Company consents to the use of the Final Offering Circular or any amendment or supplement thereto by StartEngine, and StartEngine agrees to provide to each Investor, prior to the Closing and, as applicable, any Subsequent Closing, a copy of the Final Offering Circular and any amendments or supplements thereto.
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(e) If at any time following the distribution of any Testing-the-Waters Communication there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Testing-the-Waters Communication included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company has or will promptly notify StartEngine in writing and has or will promptly amend or supplement and recirculate, at its own expense, such Testing-the-Waters Communication to eliminate or correct such untrue statement or omission.
(j) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the offering and sale of the Shares in the manner set forth in the Final Offering Circular under the caption “Use of Proceeds.”
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9. CONDITIONS OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF STARTENGINE. The obligations of StartEngine hereunder are subject to the following conditions:
(i) No stop order suspending the qualification of the Offering Statement shall have been issued, and no proceedings for that purpose shall be pending or threatened by any securities or other governmental authority (including, without limitation, the Commission), (b) no order suspending the effectiveness of the Offering Statement shall be in effect and no proceeding for such purpose shall be pending before, or threatened or contemplated by, any securities or other governmental authority (including, without limitation, the Commission), (c) any request for additional information on the part of the staff of any securities or other governmental authority (including, without limitation, the Commission) shall have been complied with to the satisfaction of the staff of the Commission or such authorities and (d) after the date hereof no amendment or supplement to the Offering Statement or the Final Offering Circular shall have been filed unless a copy thereof was first submitted to StartEngine and StartEngine did not object thereto in good faith, and StartEngine shall have received certificates of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date (and at the option of StartEngine, any Subsequent Closing Date) and signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, to the effect of clauses (a), (b) and (c).
(ii) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Offering Statement and the Final Offering Circular, (a) there shall not have been a Material Adverse Effect, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, in each case other than as set forth in or contemplated by the Offering Statement and the Final Offering Circular and (b) the Company shall not have sustained any material loss or interference with its business or properties from fire, explosion, flood or other casualty, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or any court or legislative or other governmental action, order or decree, which is not set forth in the Offering Statement and the Final Offering Circular, if in the reasonable judgment of StartEngine any such development makes it impracticable or inadvisable to consummate the sale and delivery of the Shares to Investors as contemplated hereby.
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(iii) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Offering Statement and the Final Offering Circular, there shall have been no litigation or other proceeding instituted against the Company or any of its officers or directors in their capacities as such, before or by any federal, state or local or foreign court, commission, regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental body, domestic or foreign, which litigation or proceeding, in the reasonable judgment of StartEngine, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(iv) Each of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein shall be true and correct as of each Closing Date in all respects for those representations and warranties qualified by materiality and in all material respects for those representations and warranties that are not qualified by materiality, as if made on such date, and all covenants and agreements herein contained to be performed on the part of the Company and all conditions herein contained to be fulfilled or complied with by the Company at or prior to such Closing Date shall have been duly performed, fulfilled or complied with in all material respects.
(v) At the Closing, and at any Subsequent Closing at the option of StartEngine, there shall be furnished to StartEngine a certificate, dated the date of its delivery, signed by each of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to StartEngine to the effect that each signer has carefully examined the Offering Statement, the Final Offering Circular, and that to each of such person’s knowledge:
(a) As of the date of each such certificate, (x) the Offering Statement does 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 not misleading and (y) the Final Offering Circular does 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 light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (2) no event has occurred as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Final Offering Circular in order to make the statements therein not untrue or misleading in any material respect.
(b) Each of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement were, when originally made, and are, at the time such certificate is delivered, true and correct in all respects for those representations and warranties qualified by materiality and in all material respects for those representations and warranties that are not qualified by materiality.
(c) Each of the covenants required herein to be performed by the Company on or prior to the date of such certificate has been duly, timely and fully performed and each condition herein required to be complied with by the Company on or prior to the delivery of such certificate has been duly, timely and fully complied with.
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(d) No stop order suspending the qualification of the Offering Statement or of any part thereof has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are contemplated by the Commission.
(e) Subsequent to the date of the most recent financial statements in the Offering Statement and in the Final Offering Circular, there has been no Material Adverse Effect.
(vi) FINRA shall not have raised any objection with respect to the fairness or reasonableness of the plan of distribution, or other arrangements of the transactions, contemplated hereby.
10. INDEMNIFICATION.
(i) The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless StartEngine, each selling group participant, and each of their directors, officers, employees and agents and each person, if any, who controls StartEngine or such selling group participant within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each an “Indemnified Party”), from and against any and all losses, claims, liabilities, expenses and damages, joint or several (including any and all investigative, legal and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding or any claim asserted (whether or not such Indemnified Party is a party thereto)), to which it, or any of them, may become subject under the Act or other Federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, liabilities, expenses or damages arise out of or are based on (a) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement made by the Company in Section 6 of this Agreement, or (b) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, unless in the exercise of reasonable care the Company could not have known of such untruth or omission, contained in (1) any Preliminary Offering Circular or the Final Offering Circular or any amendment or supplement thereto, (3) any Testing-the-Waters Communication or (4) any application or other document, or any amendment or supplement thereto, executed by the Company based upon written information furnished by or on behalf of the Company filed with the Commission or any securities association or securities exchange (each, an “Application”); provided, however, that the Company will not be liable to the extent that such loss, claim, liability, expense or damage arises from the sale of the Shares in the offering to any person and is based solely on an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance on and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Indemnified Party through StartEngine expressly for inclusion in any Preliminary Offering Circular, the Final Offering Circular, or Testing-the-Waters Communication, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any Application, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Indemnified Party consists of the information described as such in subsection (ii) below. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have.
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(ii) StartEngine will indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each of its directors, officers, employees and agents and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each an “Indemnified Party”) against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) that arise out of or are based solely upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Offering Circular or the Final Offering Circular, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Testing-the-Waters Communication, or arise out of or are based solely upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in any Preliminary Offering Circular or the Final Offering Circular, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by StartEngine expressly for use therein; and will reimburse the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred.
(iii) Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Party under subsection (i) or (ii) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such Indemnified Party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any Indemnified Party otherwise than under such subsection. In case any such action shall be brought against any Indemnified Party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such Indemnified Party (who shall not, except with the consent of the Indemnified Party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such Indemnified Party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such Indemnified Party under such subsection for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such Indemnified Party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the Indemnified Party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (a) includes an unconditional release of the Indemnified Party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (b) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any Indemnified Party.
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(iv) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 10 is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an Indemnified Party under subsection (i) or (ii) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and StartEngine on the other from the offering of the Shares. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the Indemnified Party failed to give the notice required under subsection (iii) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and StartEngine on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and StartEngine on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bears to the Fee received by StartEngine. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the one hand or StartEngine on the other and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and StartEngine agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection (iv) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection (iv). The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (iv) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (iv), each StartEngine will not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the Fee received by such StartEngine. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
11. TERMINATIONS.
(i) StartEngine may terminate this Agreement at any time by written notice to the Company. Company may terminate this Agreement at any time by written notice to StartEngine. The Services and Fees are non-refundable. Any unpaid fees due to StartEngine are due immediately upon termination.
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(ii) The obligations of StartEngine under this Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the initial Closing Date, by notice to the Company from such StartEngine, without liability on the part of StartEngine to the Company if, prior to delivery and payment for the Shares, in the sole judgment of StartEngine: (a) there has occurred any material adverse change in the securities markets or any event, act or occurrence that has materially disrupted, or in the opinion of StartEngine, will in the future materially disrupt, the securities markets or there shall be such a material adverse change in general financial, political or economic conditions or the effect of international conditions on the financial markets in the United States is such as to make it, in the judgment of StartEngine, inadvisable or impracticable to market the Shares or enforce contracts for the sale of the Shares; (b) there has occurred any outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis or any change or development involving a prospective change in national or international political, financial or economic conditions, including without limitation as a result of terrorist activities, such as to make it, in the judgment of StartEngine, inadvisable or impracticable to market the Shares or enforce contracts for the sale of the Shares; (c) trading on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., NYSE American or NASDAQ Stock Market has been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum ranges for prices for securities shall have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities have been required, by any of said exchanges or by such system or by order of the Commission, FINRA, or any other governmental or regulatory authority; (d) a banking moratorium has been declared by any state or Federal authority; or (e) in the judgment of StartEngine, there has been, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Final Offering Circular, any Material Adverse Effect of the Company and its Subsidiaries considered as a whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business;
(iii) If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section 11, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 10(ii) hereof.
12. NOTICES. Notice given pursuant to any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be in writing and, unless otherwise specified, shall be mailed or delivered (i) if to the Company, at 111 W. Jefferson St. Suite 200, Orlando, FL 32801, Attention: Andy Green, or (ii) if to StartEngine to 3900 W Alameda Ave., Suite 1200 Burbank, CA 91505, Attention: CEO, with copies to [counsel]. Any such notice shall be effective only upon receipt. Any notice under Section 12 may be made by facsimile or telephone, but if so made shall be subsequently confirmed in writing.
13. SURVIVAL. The respective representations, warranties, agreements, covenants, indemnities and other statements of the Company and StartEngine set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company, any of its officers or directors, StartEngine or any controlling person referred to in Section 10 hereof and (ii) delivery of and payment for the Shares. The respective agreements, covenants, indemnities and other statements set forth in Sections 6, 7 and 10 hereof shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination or cancellation of this Agreement.
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14. SUCCESSORS. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon StartEngine, the Company and their respective successors, and nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement, or any provisions herein contained, this Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof being intended to be and being for the sole and exclusive benefit of such persons and for the benefit of no other person except that (i) the indemnification and contribution contained in Sections 10(i) and (iv) of this Agreement shall also be for the benefit of the directors, officers, employees and agents of StartEngine and any person or persons who control such StartEngine within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act and (ii) the indemnification and contribution contained in Sections 10(ii) and (iv) of this Agreement shall also be for the benefit of the directors of the Company, the officers of the Company who have signed the Offering Statement and any person or persons who control the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act. No purchaser of Shares shall be deemed a successor because of such purchase.
15. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of California applicable to agreements made and to be performed in such state. Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may be instituted in the California Courts, and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such party’s address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the California Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
16. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. The Company acknowledges and agrees that StartEngine is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Company with respect to the offering of Shares contemplated hereby. Additionally, StartEngine is not advising the Company or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether StartEngine has advised or is advising the Company on other matters). The Company has conferred with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and StartEngine shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company or any other person with respect thereto. The StartEngine advises that it and its affiliates are engaged in a broad range of securities and financial services and that it or its affiliates may have business relationships or enter into contractual relationships with purchasers or potential purchasers of the Company’s securities. Any review by StartEngine of the Company, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of StartEngine and shall not be on behalf of, or for the benefit of, the Company.
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17. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
18. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding between the parties hereto as to the matters covered hereby and supersedes all prior understandings, written or oral, relating to such subject matter.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement on the date set forth below.
ACME AtronOmatic, Inc. | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
Accepted as of the date hereof: | ||
STARTENGINE PRIMARY, LLC | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
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SCHEDULE 1
Testing the Waters
[TBD]
SCHEDULE 2
SUBSIDIARIES
[TBD]
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Exhibit 2.1
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
ACME ATRONOMATIC, INC.
Article I
The name of the corporation is ACME AtronOmatic, Inc. (the "Corporation").
Article II
The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is located at 651 N Broad St, Suite 201, Middletown, DE 19709 in New Castle County. The name of the registered agent of the Corporation at such address is Legallnc Corporate Services Inc.
Article III
The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted by the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
Article IV
The Corporation shall have authority to issue Twenty Three Million, Nine Hundred and Ten Thousand (23,910,000) shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share.
Article V
The name and mailing address of the incorporator are as follows:
Name | Mailing Address |
Jeffrey S. Marks | 9 Chatelaine |
Newport Coast, CA. 92657 |
Article VI
A director shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director; provided that this Article VI shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i) for any breach of his duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the law, (iii) under Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derives an improper personal benefit. This Article VI shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director for any act or omission occurring prior to the date when this Article VI becomes effective.
Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article VI by the stockholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification.
Article VII
The Corporation shall, to the broadest and maximum extent permitted by Delaware law, as the same exists from time to time, indemnify each person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding.
In addition, the Corporation shall, to the broadest and maximum extent permitted by Delaware law, as the same may exist from time to time, pay to such person any and all expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in defending or settling any such action, suit or proceeding in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer, to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined by a final judgment or other final adjudication that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Article. The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this Article VII shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, this Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws of this Corporation, by agreement, vote of stockholders, or disinterested directors or otherwise.
Article VIII
The duration of the Corporation shall be perpetual.
Article IX
In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to make, alter, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.
Article X
The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.
I, THE UNDERSIGNED, being the incorporator hereinbefore named, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, does make this Certificate, hereby declaring and certifying that this is my act and deed and the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly has executed this Certificate on June 12, 2023.
/s/Jeffrey S. Marks | |
Jeffrey S. Marks, Incorporator |
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Exhibit 2.2
AMENDMENT
TO CERTIFICATE
OF INCORPORATION
for
ACME ATRONOMATIC, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
The undersigned, Andrew Green, hereby certifies as follows:
1. He is the duly elected, qualified and acting Chief Executive Officer of ACME Atronomatic, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "Corporation").
2. Article FOURTH of the Certificate of Incorporation is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
"This corporation is authorized to issue only one class of shares of stock designated as common stock; and the total number of shares which this corporation is authorized to issue is Thirty-Seven Million (37,000,000), par value $0.0001 per share."
3. The amendment set forth herein shall become effective immediately upon the filing of this Certificate of Amendment.
4. The amendment set forth herein has been duly approved and adopted by the Board of Directors of this Corporation.
5. The necessary number of issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation required by statute was voted in favor of the amendment.
6. Such amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Sections 228 and 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, ACME Atronomatic, Inc., has caused this certificate to be signed by Andrew Green, its Chief Executive Officer, on January 29, 2024.
By: | Andrew Green | |
Andrew Green, Chief Executive Officer |
Exhibit 2.3
BYLAWS
of
ACME ATRONOMATIC, INC.
(the “Corporation”)
Article I - Stockholders
1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held for the election of directors each year at such place, date and time as shall be designated by the board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”). Any other proper business may be transacted at the annual meeting. If no date for the annual meeting is established or said meeting is not held on the date established as provided above, a special meeting in lieu thereof may be held or there may be action by written consent of the stockholders on matters to be voted on at the annual meeting, and such special meeting or written consent shall have for the purposes of these Bylaws or otherwise all the force and effect of an annual meeting.
2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders may be called for any purpose (including, without limitation, the filling of vacancies on the Board of Directors and the election of new members of the Board of Directors). Such special meetings may be called at any time by the Chief Executive Officer or President, or by the Board of Directors, or by any stockholder of the Corporation holding 25% or more of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Corporation (on a fully-diluted basis), but such special meetings may not be called by any other person or persons. The call for the meeting shall state the place, date, hour and purposes of the meeting. Only the purposes specified in the notice of special meeting shall be considered or dealt with at such special meeting.
3. Notice of Meetings. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a notice stating the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present and vote at such meeting and, in case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes of the meeting, shall be given by the Secretary (or other person authorized by these Bylaws or by law) not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat and to each stockholder, if any, who, under the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Certificate of Incorporation”) or under these Bylaws is entitled to such notice. Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, if mailed, notice is given when deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, directed to such stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears in the records of the Corporation. Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be effectively given to stockholders, any notice to stockholders may be given by electronic transmission in the manner provided in Section 232 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”).
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4. Adjourned Meetings. If a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place, if any, and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken, except that if the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.
5. Quorum. The holders of a majority in interest of all stock issued, outstanding and entitled to vote at a meeting, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum. Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time by a majority of the votes properly cast upon the question, whether or not a quorum is present.
6. Voting and Proxies. Except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation or law, stockholders shall have one vote for each share of stock entitled to vote owned by them of record according to the books of the Corporation. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for him by proxy. Every proxy must be signed by the stockholder granting the proxy or by his attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. Proxies shall be filed with the secretary of the meeting, or of any adjournment thereof. Except as otherwise limited therein, proxies shall entitle the persons authorized thereby to vote at any adjournment of such meeting. A proxy purporting to be executed by or on behalf of a stockholder shall be deemed valid unless challenged at or prior to its exercise and the burden of proving invalidity shall rest on the challenger. A proxy with respect to stock held in the name of two or more persons shall be valid if executed by one of them unless at or prior to exercise of the proxy the Corporation receives a specific written notice to the contrary from any one of them.
7. Action at Meeting. When a quorum is present, any matter before the meeting shall be decided by vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of stock voting on such matter except where a larger vote is required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws. Any election of directors by stockholders shall be determined by a plurality of the votes cast, except where a larger vote is required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws. The Corporation shall not directly or indirectly vote any share of its own stock; provided, however, that the Corporation may vote shares which it holds in a fiduciary capacity to the extent permitted by law.
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8. Presiding Officer. Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, if one is elected, or in his or her absence, the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, if one is elected, or if neither is elected or in their absence, the Chief Executive Officer. The Board of Directors shall have the authority to appoint a temporary presiding officer to serve at any meeting of the stockholders if the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer is unable to do so for any reason.
9. Conduct of Meetings. The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting of stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the presiding officer of any meeting of stockholders shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the presiding officer of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (a) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (b) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (c) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the chairman of the meeting shall determine; (d) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (e) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the presiding officer of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.
10. Action without a Meeting. Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required or permitted by law to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office, by hand or by certified mail, return receipt requested, or to the Corporation's principal place of business or to the officer of the Corporation having custody of the minute book. Every written consent shall bear the date of signature and no written consent shall be effective unless, within sixty (60) days of the earliest dated consent delivered pursuant to these Bylaws, written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders entitled to take action are delivered to the Corporation in the manner set forth in these Bylaws. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing.
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11. Stockholder Lists. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Nothing contained in this Section 11 shall require the Corporation to include electronic mail addresses or other electronic contact information on such list. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting in the manner provided by law. The list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting as provided by law.
Article II- Directors
1. Powers. The business of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors, who may exercise all the powers of the Corporation except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws. In the event of a vacancy in the Board of Directors, the remaining directors, except as otherwise provided by law, may exercise the powers of the full Board of Directors until the vacancy is filled.
2. Number and Qualification. Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the initial number of directors shall be one (1), however, the number of directors which shall constitute the whole Board of Directors as of the effective date of these Bylaws may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors. Directors need not be stockholders.
3. Vacancies. Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any vacancy in the Board of Directors, however occurring, may be filled by a vote of holders of a majority of the shares of stock entitled to vote in the election of directors pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation, and the directors so elected shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal.
4. Tenure. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, directors shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon notice given in writing or by electronic transmission to the Corporation. Such resignation shall be effective upon receipt unless it is specified to be effective at some other time or upon the happening of some other event.
5. Removal. To the extent permitted by law, except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, a director may be removed from office with or without cause by vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of stock entitled to vote in the election of directors pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation.
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6. Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such time, date and place as may be determined by the Board of Directors. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called, orally or in writing, by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, if one is elected, or, if there is no Chief Executive Officer, a President, or by three (3) or more directors, by delivering notice of such meeting to the directors in accordance with Section 8 of this Article II. Directors may participate in meetings of the Board of Directors by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all directors participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting in accordance herewith shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
7. Notice of Meetings. Regular and special meetings of the Board of Directors shall require notice in accordance with this Section 7, provided that no notice shall be required for regular meetings of the Board of Directors held immediately after the annual meeting of the Stockholders and meetings that are adjourned pursuant to Section 9 of this Article II. Notice of the time, date and place of all regular and special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director by the Secretary, or Assistant Secretary, or in case of the death, absence, incapacity or refusal of such persons, by the officer or one of the directors calling the meeting. Notice shall be given to each director in person, by telephone, by mail, by facsimile, electronic mail or other form of electronic communications, sent to such director’s business or home address at least twenty-four (24) hours in advance of the meeting, or by written notice mailed to such director’s business or home address at least forty eight (48) hours in advance of the meeting.
8. Quorum. At any meeting of the Board of Directors, a majority of the total number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time to another place, time or date, without notice other than announcement at the meeting until a quorum shall be present.
9. Action at Meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at any meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is present, a majority of the directors present may take any action on behalf of the Board of Directors.
10. Action by Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board of Directors consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the records of the meetings of the Board of Directors. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form. Any reference herein to a resolution made at a meeting of the Board of Directors shall include an action taken by written consent in lieu of a meeting.
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11. | Committees. |
(a) The Board of Directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the number of directors fixed in accordance with these Bylaws, may designate an Executive Committee, an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and any other committee which the Board deems appropriate. Each committee shall consist of one or more directors of the Corporation. The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee.
(b) Such committees, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, shall have and may exercise all of the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation except where action of the Board of Directors is required by the Delaware General Corporation Law or other applicable law, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all instruments, papers and documents which may require it; except that regardless of Board resolution, committees of the Board shall have no power to do any of the following: (i) amend the Certificate of Incorporation; (ii) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (iii) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s property and assets; (iv) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; or (v) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation; or (vi) unless the resolution of the Board, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws expressly so provide, no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend, to authorize the issuance of stock or to adopt a certificate of ownership and merger.
(c) Regular meetings of committees of the Board shall be held at such time and place as the committee may determine, and special meetings may be called at any time by an officer of the Corporation or by any member of the committee. No notice of any meeting of a committee of the Board shall be required, and a majority of the members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Minutes of all such meetings shall be kept and presented to the Board of Directors upon request.
Article III- Officers
1. Enumeration. The officers of the Corporation may consist of a President, a Treasurer or Chief Financial Officer, a Secretary, and such other officers, including, without limitation, a President or Chief Executive Officer and one or more Vice Presidents (including Executive Vice Presidents or Senior Vice Presidents), Assistant Vice Presidents, Assistant Treasurers and Assistant Secretaries, as the Board of Directors may determine. The Board of Directors may elect from among its members a Chairman of the Board of Directors and a Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors.
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2. Election. The President, Treasurer and Secretary shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors at their first meeting following the annual meeting of stockholders. Other officers may be chosen by the Board of Directors at such meeting or at any other meeting.
3. Qualification. No officer need be a stockholder or a director of the Corporation. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.
4. Tenure. Except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws, each of the officers of the Corporation shall hold office until the first meeting of the Board of Directors following the next annual meeting of stockholders and until such officer’s successor is elected and qualified or until such officer’s earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign by delivering his or her written resignation to the Corporation, and such resignation shall be effective upon receipt unless it is specified to be effective at some other time or upon the happening of some other event.
5. Removal. The Board of Directors may remove any officer with or without cause by a vote of a majority of the directors then in office.
6. Vacancies. Any vacancy in any office may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the Board of Directors.
7. Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors. Except as otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, if one is elected, shall preside, when present, at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall have such other powers and shall perform such duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate. Except as provided by the Board of Directors, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, if one is elected, shall preside, when present, at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors. The Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors shall have such other powers and shall perform such duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.
8. Chief Executive Officer. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, if one is elected, shall preside, when present, at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors. The Chief Executive Officer shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.
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9. President. The President shall, subject to the direction of the Board of Directors, have general supervision and control of the Corporation’s business and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer, the President shall preside, when present, at all meetings of stockholders and the Board of Directors. The President shall have such other powers and shall perform such duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.
10. Vice Presidents and Assistant Vice Presidents. Any Vice President (including any Executive Vice President or Senior Vice President) and any Assistant Vice President shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.
11. Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer, and Assistant Treasurers. The Treasurer/CFO shall, subject to the direction of the Board of Directors, have general charge of the financial affairs of the Corporation and shall cause to be kept accurate books of account. The Treasurer/CFO shall have custody of all funds, securities, and valuable documents of the Corporation, except as the Board of Directors may otherwise provide. The Treasurer/CFO shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the President and the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all transactions as Treasurer/CFO and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The Treasurer/CFO shall have such other powers and shall perform such duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer/CFO shall give the Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of the office of the Treasurer/CFO and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of the Treasurer/CFO’s death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in the Treasurer/CFO's possession or under the Treasurer/CFO's control belonging to the Corporation. Any Assistant Treasurer/CFO shall have such powers and perform such duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.
12. Secretary and Assistant Secretaries. The Secretary shall record the proceedings of all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors (including committees of the Board of Directors) in books kept for that purpose. In the absence of the Secretary from any such meeting an Assistant Secretary, or if such person is absent, a temporary secretary chosen at the meeting, shall record the proceedings thereof. The Secretary shall have custody of the seal of the Corporation and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, if there be one, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed, it may be attested by the signature of the Secretary or by the signature of any such Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors may give authorization to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest to the affixing by such officer's signature. The Secretary shall have charge of the stock ledger (which may, however, be kept by any transfer or other agent of the Corporation), shall see that all books, reports, statements, certificates and other documents and records required by law to be kept or filed are properly kept or filed, and shall have such other duties and powers as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors. Any Assistant Secretary shall have such powers and perform such duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.
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13. Other Powers and Duties. Subject to these Bylaws, each officer of the Corporation shall have in addition to the duties and powers specifically set forth in these Bylaws, such duties and powers as are customarily incident to such officer’s office, and such duties and powers as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors.
Article IV- Capital Stock
1. Certificates of Stock. Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, all shares of this Corporation shall be uncertificated. To the extent share certificates are authorized, every such certificate for shares shall be signed by the Chairman of Board or the President and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary. Unless otherwise provided by law, signatures may be facsimile and shall be effective irrespective of whether any person whose signature appears on the certificates shall have ceased to be an officer before the certificate is delivered by the Corporation. Such certificates issued shall bear all statements or legends required by law to be affixed thereto.
2. Transfers. Subject to any restrictions on transfer applicable to such shares, shares of stock shall only be transferred on the books of the Corporation by the holder of record thereof or by such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, upon surrender to the Corporation or its transfer agent of the certificate or certificates therefor properly endorsed or accompanied by a written assignment or power of attorney properly executed, with transfer stamps (if necessary) affixed, and with such proof of the authenticity of signature as the Corporation or its transfer agent may reasonably require. In that event the Corporation shall issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate or certificates, and record the transaction on its books.
3. Record Holders. Except as may otherwise be required by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws, the Corporation shall be entitled to treat the record holder of stock as shown on its books as the owner of such stock for all purposes, including the payment of dividends and the right to vote with respect thereto, regardless of any transfer, pledge or other disposition of such stock, until the shares have been transferred on the books of the Corporation in accordance with the requirements of these Bylaws. It shall be the duty of each stockholder to notify the Corporation of such stockholder’s post office address.
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4. Record Date. Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, in order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not precede the date on which it is established, and which shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting, more than ten (10) days after the date on which the record date for stockholder consent without a meeting is established, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. In such case only stockholders of record on such record date shall be so entitled notwithstanding any transfer of stock on the books of the Corporation after the record date.
If no record date is fixed, (a) the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the next preceding the day on which the meeting is held, (b) the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is necessary, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in this state, to its principal place of business, or to an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded, and (c) the record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.
5. Lost Certificates. The Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Corporation may require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative, to indemnify the Corporation, in a reasonable manner, against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate.
Article V - Indemnification
1. | Definitions. For purposes of this Article V: |
(a) “Corporate Status” describes the status of a person who is serving or has served as a Director or Officer of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries, or is serving or has served at the request of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries as a director, partner, trustee, officer, employee, fiduciary, or agent of any other Corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, foundation, association, organization, employee benefit plan or other enterprise or legal entity. For purposes of this Section 1(a), an Officer or Director of the Corporation who is serving or has served as a director, partner, trustee, officer, employee, fiduciary, or agent of a Subsidiary shall be deemed to be serving at the request of the Corporation;
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(b) “Director” means any person who serves or has served the Corporation or its Subsidiaries as a director on the Board of Directors of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries;
(c) “Disinterested Director” means, with respect to each Proceeding in respect of which indemnification is sought hereunder, a Director of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries who is not and was not a party to such Proceeding;
(d) “Expenses” means all reasonable attorneys fees, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees of expert witnesses, private investigators and professional advisors (including, without limitation, accountants and investment bankers), travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, costs of preparation of demonstrative evidence and other courtroom presentation aids and devices, costs incurred in connection with document review, organization, imaging and computerization, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, and all other disbursements, costs or expenses of the type customarily incurred in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, being or preparing to be a witness in, settling or otherwise participating in, a Proceeding;
(e) “Non-Officer Employee” means any person who serves or has served as an employee or agent of the Corporation, but who is not or was not a Director or Officer;
(f) “Officer” means any person who serves or has served the Corporation or its Subsidiaries as an officer appointed by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries;
(g) “Proceeding” means any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, inquiry, investigation, administrative hearing or other proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative or investigative; and
(h) “Subsidiary” shall mean any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other entity of which the Corporation owns (either directly or through or together with another Subsidiary of the Corporation) either (i) a general partner, managing member or other similar interest or (ii) (A) 50% or more of the voting power of the voting capital equity interests of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other entity, or (B) 50% or more of the outstanding voting capital stock or other voting equity interests of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other entity.
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2. Indemnification of Directors and Officers. Subject to the operation of Section 4 of this Article V of these Bylaws, each Director and Officer shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than such law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment) against any and all Expenses, judgments, penalties, damages, liabilities, losses, excise taxes, fines and amounts reasonably paid in settlement that are incurred by such Director or Officer or on such Director’s or Officer’s behalf in connection with any threatened, pending or completed Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, which such Director or Officer is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or participant in by reason of such Director’s or Officer’s Corporate Status, if such Director or Officer acted in good faith and in a manner such Director or Officer reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful; provided, however, that for any action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation, the indemnification hereunder shall be limited to Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such Director or Officer and except that no indemnification under such circumstances shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Corporation unless and to the extent of a determination of entitlement to indemnification by the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware. The rights of indemnification provided by this Section 2 shall continue as to a Director or Officer after he or she has ceased to be a Director or Officer and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors, administrators and personal representatives. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall indemnify any Director or Officer seeking indemnification in connection with a Proceeding initiated by such Director or Officer only if such Proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, unless such Proceeding was brought to enforce an Officer or Director’s rights to indemnification or, in the case of Directors, advancement of Expenses under these Bylaws in accordance with the provisions set forth herein.
3. Indemnification of Non-Officer Employees. Subject to the operation of Section 5 of this Article V of these Bylaws, each Non-Officer Employee may, in the discretion of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, be indemnified by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, against any or all Expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts reasonably paid in settlement that are incurred by such Non-Officer Employee or on such Non-Officer Employee’s behalf in connection with any threatened, pending or completed Proceeding, or any claim, issue or matter therein, which such Non-Officer Employee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or participant in by reason of such Non-Officer Employee’s Corporate Status, if such Non-Officer Employee acted in good faith and in a manner such Non-Officer Employee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The rights of indemnification provided by this Section 3 shall exist as to a Non-Officer Employee after he or she has ceased to be a Non- Officer Employee and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, personal representatives, executors and administrators. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation may indemnify any Non-Officer Employee seeking indemnification in connection with a Proceeding initiated by such Non-Officer Employee only if such Proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
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4. Advancement of Expenses to Directors and Officers Prior to Final Disposition.
(a) The Corporation shall advance all Expenses incurred by or on behalf of any Director or Officer in connection with any Proceeding in which such Director or Officer is involved by reason of such Director’s or Officer’s Corporate Status within ten (10) days after the receipt by the Corporation of a written statement from such Director or Officer requesting such advance or advances from time to time, whether prior to or after final disposition of such Proceeding. Such statement or statements shall reasonably evidence the Expenses incurred by such Director or Officer and shall be preceded or accompanied by an undertaking by or on behalf of such Director or Officer to repay any Expenses so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such Director or Officer is not entitled to be indemnified against such Expenses.
(b) If a claim for advancement of Expenses hereunder by a Director or Officer is not paid in full by the Corporation within ten (10) days after receipt by the Corporation of documentation of Expenses and the required undertaking, such Director or Officer may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and if successful in whole or in part, such Director or Officer shall also be entitled to be paid the expenses of prosecuting such claim. The failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors or any committee thereof, independent legal counsel, or stockholders) to make a determination concerning the permissibility of such advancement of Expenses under this Article V shall not be a defense to the action and shall not create a presumption that such advancement is not permissible. The burden of proving that a Director or Officer is not entitled to an advancement of expenses shall be on the Corporation.
(c) In any suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that the Director or Officer has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the DGCL.
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5. Advancement of Expenses to Non-Officer Employees Prior to Final Disposition.
(a) The Corporation may, at the discretion of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, advance any or all Expenses incurred by or on behalf of any Non-Officer Employee in connection with any Proceeding in which such is involved by reason of the Corporate Status of such Non-Officer Employee upon the receipt by the Corporation of a statement or statements from such Non-Officer Employee requesting such advance or advances from time to time, whether prior to or after final disposition of such Proceeding. Such statement or statements shall reasonably evidence the Expenses incurred by such Non-Officer Employee and shall be preceded or accompanied by an undertaking by or on behalf of such to repay any Expenses so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such Non-Officer Employee is not entitled to be indemnified against such Expenses.
b) In any suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that the Non-Officer Employee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the DGCL.
6. | Contractual Nature of Rights. |
(a) The foregoing provisions of this Article V shall be deemed to be a contract between the Corporation and each Director and Officer entitled to the benefits hereof at any time while this Article V is in effect, and any repeal or modification thereof shall not affect any rights or obligations then existing with respect to any state of facts then or theretofore existing or any Proceeding theretofore or thereafter brought based in whole or in part upon any such state of facts. If there exists any conflict between this Article V and any agreement for indemnification entered into between the Corporation and a Director, the terms and conditions of such indemnification agreement shall prevail.
(b) If a claim for indemnification hereunder by a Director or Officer is not paid in full by the Corporation within sixty (60) days after receipt by the Corporation of a written claim for indemnification, such Director or Officer may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation in any court of competent jurisdiction to recover the unpaid amount of the claim, and if successful in whole or in part, such Director or Officer shall also be entitled to be paid the expenses of prosecuting such claim. The failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors or any committee thereof, independent legal counsel, or stockholders) to make a determination concerning the permissibility of such indemnification under this Article V shall not be a defense to the action and shall not create a presumption that such indemnification is not permissible.
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The burden of proving that a Director or Officer is not entitled to indemnification shall be on the Corporation.
(c) In any suit brought by a Director or Officer to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder, it shall be a defense that such Director or Officer has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the DGCL.
7. Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The rights to indemnification and advancement of Expenses set forth in this Article V shall not be exclusive of any other right which any Director or Officer, may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or Disinterested Directors or otherwise.
8. Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person under this Article V as a result of such person serving, at the request of the Corporation, as a director, partner, trustee, officer, employee, fiduciary, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or enterprise.
9. Merger or Consolidation. For purposes of this Article V, references to "the Corporation" shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its Directors, or Officers, so that any person who is or was a Director or Officer of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a Director or Officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under this Article V with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he or she would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
Article VI - Miscellaneous Provisions
1. Fiscal Year. Except as otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, the fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on December 31st of each year.
2. Seal. The Board of Directors shall have power to adopt and alter the seal of the Corporation.
3. Voting of Securities. Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, a President, any Vice President or the Treasurer may waive notice of and act on behalf of this Corporation, or appoint another person or persons to act as proxy or attorney in fact for this Corporation with or without discretionary power and/or power of substitution, at any meeting of stockholders or shareholders of any other corporation or organization, any of whose securities are held by this Corporation.
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4. Resident Agent. The Board of Directors may appoint a resident agent upon whom legal process may be served in any action or proceeding against the Corporation.
5. Corporate Records. The original or attested copies of the Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws and records of all meetings of the incorporators, stockholders and the Board of Directors and the stock and transfer records, which shall contain the names of all stockholders, their record addresses and the amount of stock held by each, shall be kept at the principal office of the Corporation, at the office of its counsel, or at an office of its transfer agent.
6. Dividends. Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or any other purpose and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.
7. Checks, Drafts or Orders. All checks, drafts, or other orders for the payment of money by or to the Corporation and all notes and other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents of the Corporation, and in such manner, as shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof.
8. Amendments. Except as provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed, and new Bylaws may be adopted, by the stockholders or by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that (a) the Board of Directors may not alter, amend or repeal any provision of these Bylaws which by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws requires action by the stockholders and (b) except as provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any alteration, amendment or repeal of these Bylaws by the Board of Directors and any new Bylaw adopted by the Board of Directors may be altered, amended or repealed by the stockholders.
9. Waiver of Notice. Whenever notice is required to be given under any provision of these Bylaws, a written waiver, signed by the person entitled to notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time of the event for which notice is to be given, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any meeting needs to be specified in any written waiver or any waiver by electronic transmission.
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10. Conflict with Other Documents. If there exists any conflict between the provisions of these Bylaws and the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, the applicable provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or Stockholders Agreement shall prevail.
11. Directors’ and Officers’ Interests in Contracts. No contract or transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association or other organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors, stockholders or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the Board or committee thereof which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his or their votes are counted for such purpose, if:
(a) the material facts as to such relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or known to the Board of Directors or committee of the Board, and the Board of Directors or committee of the Board in good faith authorizes, approves or ratifies the contract or other transaction by the affirmative vote of a majority of the disinterested directors present, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum (such interested director to be counted only in calculating the presence of a quorum); or,
(b) the material facts as to such relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and such contract or other transaction is specifically approved in good faith by the stockholders; or
(c) the contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified by the Board of Directors, a committee thereof, or the stockholders.
12. Dissenter’s Rights. Pursuant to Section 109(b) of the DGCL, and unless specifically prohibited by the DGCL, the stockholders of the Corporation hereby waive all dissenter’s and appraisal rights provided for under the DGCL, including, but not limited to, under Sections 252-267 of the DGCL.
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Article VII- Offices
1. Registered Office. The registered office and registered agent of the Corporation in the State of Delaware shall be the agent and such office as determined by the Board. The registered office and/or registered agent of the Corporation may be changed from time to time by action of the Board of Directors.
2. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places, both within and without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.
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CERTIFICATE OF SECRETARY
I, the undersigned, do hereby certify as follows:
1. I am the duly elected and acting Secretary of ACME AtronOmatic, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
2. The foregoing Bylaws, constitute the Bylaws of said corporation as duly adopted by action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name on July 7, 2023.
/s/ Chandler Heitmann | |
Chandler Heitmann, Secretary |
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Exhibit 3.1
ACME ATRONOMATIC, INC.
STOCKHOLDER AGREEMENT
This STOCKHOLDER AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) for ACME AtronOmatic, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), is made and entered into as of July 7, 2023, by and among Andrew Green (the “Founding Stockholder”), Sarvesh Garimella (the “Non- Founding Stockholder”), and ACME AtronOmatic, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).
Recitals
A. The Non-Founding Stockholder and the Founding Stockholder (sometimes referred to herein as “Stockholders,” and each, individually, a “Stockholder”), together, own substantially all of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the “Common Stock” or “Shares”),
B. The Stockholders desire to enter into this Agreement to provide for certain limitations on the transfer or other disposition of the Shares presently owned or hereafter acquired by them, and to regulate their respective voting rights as Stockholders of the Company, and the corporate governance of the Company;
Agreement
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and covenants and conditions contained herein, and for good and other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, it is agreed between each of the parties hereto as follows:
1. | Rights of First Refusal and Co-Sale Rights. |
1.1 | Right of First Refusal. |
(a) Notice. Should the Non-Founding Stockholder (or a Permitted Transferee, as defined below) propose to accept one or more bona fide offers (collectively, a “Purchase Offer”) from any persons to purchase Shares or other capital stock held by such Stockholder (the “Shares”) (other than as set forth in Section 1.4(a) of this Agreement), such Stockholder (sometimes called a “Selling Stockholder”) shall promptly deliver a notice (the “Notice”) to the Company and each Founding Stockholder (the “Non-Selling Founding Stockholders”) stating (i) the Selling Stockholder’s bona fide intention to sell or otherwise transfer Shares; (ii) the name of each proposed purchaser or other transferee (“Proposed Transferee”); (iii) the number of Shares (the “Offered Shares”) proposed to be transferred to each Proposed Transferee; (iv) the bona fide cash price or other consideration for which the Selling Stockholder proposes to transfer the Offered Shares (the “Offered Price”), and (v) the estimated closing date of such transfer of such shares, and the Selling Stockholder shall offer the Offered Shares at the Offered Price to the Company and the Non-Selling Founding Stockholders prior to accepting such Purchase Offer.
(b) Exercise by Company. At any time within twenty (20) days after receipt of the Notice, the Company may, by giving written notice to the Selling Stockholder and the Non-Selling Founding Stockholders, elect to purchase all or a portion of the Offered Shares, at the Company’s Purchase Price determined in accordance with Section 1.1(d) below.
(c) Exercise by Non-Selling Founding Stockholders. If the Company does not choose to purchase all of the Offered Shares within twenty (20) business days after receipt of the Notice, then the Company shall so notify the Selling Stockholder and the Non-Selling Founding Stockholders, and the Non-Selling Founding Stockholders may elect by giving written notice to the Selling Stockholder within thirty (30) days after receipt of the Notice to purchase all or a portion of the Offered Shares not purchased by the Company at the Company’s Purchase Price determined in accordance with Section 1.1(d) below. If the total number of Shares that the Non-Selling Founding Stockholders desire to purchase exceeds the number of Offered Shares, each Non-Selling Founding Stockholder shall be entitled to purchase such Non-Selling Founding Stockholder’s Pro Rata Share of the Offered Shares (including Offered Shares not otherwise purchased by the other Non-Selling Founding Stockholders). For purposes of this Agreement, a Non-Selling Founding Stockholder’s “Pro Rata Share” is the ratio that the number of shares of Common Stock (assuming conversion of any securities convertible into Common Stock) held by such Non-Selling Founding Stockholder bears to the total number of shares of Common Stock (assuming conversion of any securities convertible into Common Stock) held by all participating Non-Selling Founding Stockholders.
(d) Company’s Purchase Price. The purchase price and the form of consideration (“Company’s Purchase Price") for the Offered Shares to be purchased by the Company or the Non-Selling Founding Stockholder(s) shall be the Offered Price. If the Offered Price includes consideration other than cash, the cash equivalent value of the non-cash consideration shall be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company, the Selling Stockholder and the Non-Selling Founding Stockholder(s) in good faith, or, at the election of any such party, by a third party appraiser mutually agreed upon. The fees and expenses of such appraiser shall be split equally.
(ii) If the parties are unable to mutually agree upon an appraiser within ten (10) days, the Non-Selling Founding Stockholders together with the Company, on the one hand, and the Selling Stockholder, on the other hand, shall each designate an appraiser within thirty (30) days following the expiration of the ten (10) day period set forth above. If either party does not timely designate an appraiser, in writing, the determination of the cash equivalent value shall be made solely by the appraiser selected by the other party. If both parties timely designate an appraiser, both appraisers shall submit their determination of the cash equivalent value to the Company, the Non-Selling Founding Stockholder and the Selling Stockholder, as soon as practicable following the date of their respective selection. If the determinations of the cash equivalent value varies by less than ten percent (10%), then the cash equivalent value shall be the average of the two (2) determinations. If such determinations vary by ten percent (10%) or more, then the two (2) appraisers shall promptly designate a third appraiser. Each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its chosen appraiser and shall split the fees and expenses of the third appraiser. Neither the Company nor any Stockholder, nor the prior appraisers shall provide any information to the third appraiser as to the prior determinations of the cash equivalent value or otherwise influence such third appraiser’s determination in any way. The third appraiser shall submit its determination of the cash equivalent value to the Company and the Stockholders as soon as practicable following the date of its selection. The cash equivalent value shall be equal to the average of the two (2) closest of the three determinations; provided, however, that if the difference between the highest and middle determinations is no more than one hundred and five percent (105%) and no less than ninety-five percent (95%) of the difference between the middle and lowest determinations, then the cash equivalent value shall be equal to the middle determination. The determination of the cash equivalent value in accordance with the foregoing procedures shall be final and binding on the Company and each Stockholder. If any appraiser is only able to provide a range in which the cash equivalent value would exist, the average of the highest and lowest value in such range shall be deemed to be such appraiser’s determination of the cash equivalent value. Each appraiser selected pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall be a qualified person with prior experience in appraising property comparable to the Company’s business and who is not an interested person with respect to the Company or any applicable Stockholder.
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(e) Payment. Payment of the Company’s Purchase Price shall be made consistent with the Notice.
(f) Selling Stockholder’s Right to Transfer. If all of the Offered Shares proposed in the Notice to be transferred are not purchased by the Company or the Non- Selling Founding Stockholders as provided herein, the Selling Stockholder may sell or otherwise transfer any remaining Offered Shares at the Offered Price or at a higher price and on no more favorable terms; provided, that such sale or other transfer: (i) complies with the provisions of Section 1.2 of this Agreement with respect to Co-Sale Rights; (ii) is consummated within ninety (90) days after the date of the Notice; (iii) is in accordance with all other terms of this Agreement and any other agreements, if any, between the Selling Stockholder and the Company; and (iv) is effected in accordance with any applicable securities laws. If the Offered Shares described in the Notice are not transferred to the Proposed Transferee within such period, a new Notice shall be given to the Company and the Non-Selling Founding Stockholders, and the Company and the Non-Selling Founding Stockholders shall again be offered a Right of First Refusal before any Offered Shares held by the Selling Stockholder may be sold or otherwise transferred.
1.2 Co-Sale Rights. If the Proposed Transferee (which is neither a Stockholder or an Affiliate of a Stockholder) has offered to purchase, in a bona fide arm’s length transaction, a sufficient number of Shares from one or more Selling Stockholders sufficient to cause a Change in Control, to the extent the Company and the Non-Selling Founding Stockholders decline or otherwise fail to exercise their rights of first refusal in full with respect to the Offered Shares, each of the other Stockholders may participate in the Selling Stockholder’s transfer of the Offered Shares by giving written notice of its election to do so to the Selling Stockholder and the Company within thirty (30) days after its receipt of the Notice. Each such participating Stockholder ("Participating Stockholder") shall then have the right to sell to the Proposed Transferee, at the same price and on the same terms as the Selling Stockholder, a number of shares (the “Co-Sale Shares”) equal to (i) the total number of Shares owned by the Participating Stockholder, multiplied by (ii) the percentage represented by the ratio of the number of Shares being sold by the Offered Stockholders to the total number of Shares owned by such Offered Stockholders, all on an as converted. To the extent that the Proposed Transferee refuses to purchase shares from the Participating Stockholders, the Selling Stockholder shall purchase such shares or other securities from the Participating Stockholders, on the terms set forth herein, concurrently with his sale of the Offered Shares to the Proposed Transferee. In connection with any co-sale effected pursuant to this Section 1.2, the Participating Stockholders shall enter into an agreement with the purchaser on terms and conditions identical, to the extent feasible, with the agreement entered into by the Selling Stockholder providing representations and warranties and other terms and conditions agreed to by the Selling Stockholder. For purposes hereof, “Change in Control” shall be deemed to occur as a result of the bona fide sale of Shares, in one or a series of arm’s length transactions, if as a result of such sale, less than a majority of the combined voting power of the outstanding securities of the Company immediately after such sale are held in the aggregate by the holders of voting stock of the Company immediately prior to such transaction.
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1.3 Drag Along Rights. If a Proposed Transferee (which is neither a Stockholder or an Affiliate of a Stockholder) agrees to purchase, in a bona fide arm’s length transaction, a sufficient number of Shares from one or more Selling Stockholders sufficient to cause a Change in Control, and the Non-Selling Founding Stockholders and the Company do not exercise their right to purchase the Offered Shares under Section 1.1, the Selling Stockholders or any of them shall have the right to compel the other Stockholders to participate in the sale to the Proposed Transferee at the same time and on the same terms and conditions as offered to the Selling Stockholders. If the Selling Stockholders exercise the rights provided by this Section, the Selling Stockholders shall provide written notice to the other Stockholders at least 20 days prior to the consummation of the sale, setting forth (i) the name and address of the Proposed Transferee and the number of Shares proposed to be transferred; and (ii) the proposed amount of consideration and terms and conditions of payment offered by such Proposed Transferee (if the proposed consideration is not cash, the notice shall describe the terms of the proposed consideration); and each of the other Stockholders shall be required to sell a number of Shares to the Proposed Transferee equal to (x) the total number of Shares owned by such other Stockholder, multiplied by (y) the percentage represented by the ratio of the number of Shares being sold by the Selling Stockholders to the total number of Shares owned by the Selling Stockholders, all on an as converted basis. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Stockholder need not participate in such sale if the Stockholder is required to provide joint and several indemnification to the Proposed Transferee, or is required to indemnify the Proposed Transferee for damages in an amount equal to more than the Stockholder’s pro rata share of damages based on the percentage of the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock on a fully diluted basis, which are owned by such Stockholder.
1.4 | Permitted Transfers and Other Provisions. |
(a) Permitted Transfers. The provisions of Sections 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 of this Agreement shall not pertain or apply to: (i) any transfer by a Stockholder of all or any portion of its Shares to a trust for the benefit of the Stockholder or the Stockholder’s descendants or spouse (provided that the transferring Stockholder continues to have sole voting control over the Shares); (ii) any transfer by a Stockholder which is an entity, to individuals controlling such Stockholder as of the date hereof, (iii) any transfer by a Stockholder which is an entity, to another entity controlled by the individuals which control such Stockholder as of the date hereof; (iv) any transfer by a Stockholder which is an individual, to an entity controlled by such individual; or (v) any encumbrance created by this Agreement, or required in connection with obtaining financing for the Company; provided, in each case, that the Stockholder(s) shall inform the Company and the other Stockholders of such transfer prior to effecting it, and the transferee or donee (each a “Permitted Transferee”) shall furnish the other Stockholders and the Company with a written agreement to be bound by and comply with all provisions of this Agreement applicable to the Stockholders.
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(b) Assignment of Rights. The rights of any of the Stockholders set forth in this Section 1 may be transferred or assigned in connection with a permitted transfer pursuant to Section 1.4(a); provided, that the Company is furnished with written notice of such transfer or assignment and the transferee or assignee enters into an agreement with the Stockholders and the Company to be bound by and comply with all the provisions of this Agreement.
(c) No Adverse Effect. The exercise or non-exercise of the rights of the Company and the Stockholders pursuant to this Section 1 in one transaction shall not adversely affect their rights to participate in subsequent transactions by a Stockholder.
(d) Counterpart. Notwithstanding anything in the contrary set forth herein, as a condition to any Transfer under this Section, the transferee shall countersign a copy of this Agreement, or otherwise agree to be bound by the terms and conditions set forth herein.
2. | Transfer Restrictions. |
2.1 Prohibited Transfers. Any attempt by a Stockholder to transfer Shares in violation of Sections 1.1, 1.2 or 1.3, of this Agreement shall be void and the Company agrees it will not affect such a transfer nor will it treat any alleged transferee as the holder of such Shares. In addition, each of the Stockholders agrees that it will not hypothecate or otherwise create or suffer to exist any lien, claim or encumbrance upon any of its Shares at any time subject hereto, other than the encumbrance created by this Agreement, and other than an encumbrance required in connection with obtaining financing for the Company.
2.2 Stop Transfer Instructions. Each Stockholder agrees, to ensure compliance with the restrictions referred to herein, that the Company shall issue appropriate “stop transfer” instructions to the transfer agent for the Company’s securities and that, if the Company acts as transfer agent for its own securities, it shall make appropriate notations to the same effect in its records.
2.3 | Market-Standoff Agreement. |
(a) Lock-Up Agreement. In connection with any public offering of the Company’s securities and upon request of the Company or the underwriters managing such offering of the Company’s securities, each Stockholder agrees not to sell, make any short sale of, loan, grant any option for the purchase of, or otherwise dispose of any securities of the Company, however or whenever acquired (other than those included in the registration), without the prior written consent of the Company or such underwriters, as the case may be, for such period of time not to exceed 90 days from the effective date of such registration (or 180 days in the case of the Company's initial public offering), and to execute an agreement reflecting the foregoing, as may be requested by the underwriters at the time of the Company’s public offering.
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(b) Limitations. The obligations described in Section 2.3(a) shall not apply to (i) a registration relating solely to employee benefit plans, or to a registration relating solely to a transaction pursuant to Rule 145 under the Securities Act, or (ii) transfers by any Stockholder pursuant to the registration statement for the public offering.
(c) Stop-Transfer Instructions. In order to enforce the foregoing covenants, the Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to the securities of each Stockholder (and the securities of every other person subject to the restrictions in Section 2.3(a)).
(d) Transferees Bound. Each Stockholder agrees that it will not transfer any of its Shares unless each transferee agrees in writing to be bound by all of the provisions of this Section 2.3.
3. | Buy/Sell Provisions |
3.1 Buy/Sell Events. The following events shall constitute "Buy/Sell Events":
(a) Prohibited Transfers and Encumbrance. Except for Permitted Transfers under Section 1.4(a), a transfer or encumbrance, by a Stockholder of all or any portion of such Stockholder's Shares in violation of the provisions of Sections 1 or 2.
(b) Bankruptcy or Insolvency. The rendering, by a court with appropriate jurisdiction, of a decree or order (i) adjudging a Stockholder bankrupt or insolvent, or (ii) approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, readjustment, arrangement, composition, or similar relief for a Stockholder under the federal bankruptcy laws or any other similar applicable law or practice; provided, that such decree or order shall remain in force, undischarged and unstayed, for a period of at least ninety (90) days.
(c) Appointment of Receiver. The rendering, by a court with appropriate jurisdiction, of a decree or order (i) for the appointment of a receiver, a liquidator, or a trustee or assignee in bankruptcy or insolvency of a Stockholder, or for the winding up and liquidation of such Stockholder's affairs; provided, that such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged and unstayed for a period of sixty (60) days, or (ii) for the sequestration or attachment of any property of a Stockholder without its return to the possession of such Stockholder or its release from such sequestration or attachment within sixty (60) days thereafter.
(d) Bankruptcy Proceedings. A Stockholder (i) institutes proceedings to be adjudicated a voluntary bankrupt or an insolvent, (ii) consents to the filing of a bankruptcy proceeding against such Stockholder, (iii) files a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization, readjustment, arrangement, composition, or similar relief for such Stockholder under the federal bankruptcy laws or any other similar applicable law or practice, (iv) consents to the filing of any such petition, or to the appointment of a receiver, a liquidator, or a trustee or assignee in bankruptcy or insolvency for such Stockholder or a substantial part of such Stockholder's property, (v) makes an assignment for the benefit of such Stockholder's creditors, (vi) admits in writing such Stockholder's inability to pay such Stockholder's debts generally as they become due, or (vii) takes any action in furtherance of any of the aforesaid purposes.
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(e) Loss of Sole Voting Control. With respect to any Shares transferred by a Stockholder to a trust pursuant to Section 1.4(a)(i) hereof, the loss of sole voting control over such Shares by the transferring Stockholder or such Shares becoming no longer subject to such trust, unless such Shares are returned to the original transferor thereof or to an entity controlled by the original transferor thereof.
(f) Death. The death of any Stockholder, if in connection therewith, the Person to which Shares are transferred does not execute an irrevocable voting proxy in favor of the Person designated by the Board of Directors, within ten (10) days after receiving a request to execute such voting proxy.
The "Defaulting Stockholder" shall be: (i) in the case of the occurrence of the event referenced in Section 3.1(a), the Stockholder that has transferred all of any portion of such Stockholder's Shares contrary to the provisions of Section 1 or 2; (ii) in the case of the occurrence of any of the events referenced in Sections 3.1(b), (c), or (d), the Stockholder that is subject to such court decree or order or has instituted such proceedings or filed such petitions or who is insolvent, (iii) in the case of the occurrence of the events referenced in Section 3.1(e), the applicable trust, and (iv) in the case of the occurrence of the events referenced in Section 3.1(f), the failure of the recipient of such Shares. For purposes of this Section 3, the “Non-Defaulting Founding Stockholder” shall be any Founding Stockholder who is not a Defaulting Stockholder.
3.2 Rights Arising From an Buy/Sell Event. Upon the occurrence of a Buy/Sell Event set forth in Sections 3.1(a) – (e), the Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to implement the buy/sell procedures set forth in this Section 3 by giving written notice ("Buy/Sell Election Notice") thereof to the Defaulting Stockholder and the Non- Defaulting Founding Stockholders, within thirty (30) days following the date the Company receives notice or obtain actual knowledge of the occurrence of such Buy/Sell Event, and the Non-Defaulting Founding Stockholders shall also have the right, but not the obligation, to implement the buy/sell procedures set forth in this Section 3 by giving written notice to the Company.
3.3 Determination of the Purchase Price. The Purchase Price (as defined in Section 3.5) for the Defaulting Stockholder's stock upon an Buy/Sell Event shall be determined in accordance with Section 3.5.
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3.4 | Options to Purchase Stock. |
(a) Company's Option Pursuant to Section 3.2. For a period of thirty (30) days after the determination of the Purchase Price for any repurchase pursuant to Section 3.1, the Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to purchase any of the stock of the Defaulting Stockholder (the "Defaulting Stockholder's Offered Stock") for the Purchase Price thereof, and on the terms and conditions set forth in Sections 3.1-3.4 by giving written notice thereof to the Defaulting Stockholder within such thirty (30)-day period. Failure by the Company to timely give written notice exercising its right to purchase set forth in this Section 3.4(a) shall be deemed an election by the Company to waive such right to purchase. Within ten (10) days after the Company's election, or deemed election to waive its right to purchase the Defaulting Stockholder's Offered Stock, the Company shall send a notice to all Non-Defaulting Founding Stockholders informing them of the Purchase Price and their option to purchase stock under Section 3.4(b) (the "Non-Defaulting Founding Stockholders' Notice").
(b) Non-Defaulting Founding Stockholders' Option Pursuant to Section 3.2. If the Company elects or is deemed to have elected to waive its right to purchase the Defaulting Stockholder's Offered Stock, for a period of thirty (30) days after receipt of the Non-Defaulting Founding Stockholders' Notice, the Non-Defaulting Founding Stockholders shall have the right, but not the obligation, to purchase any of the Defaulting Stockholder's Offered Stock for the Purchase Price and on the terms and conditions set forth in Sections 3.1-3.4, by giving written notice thereof to the Defaulting Stockholder within such thirty (30)-day period.
(i) If the total number of shares specified in such written notices to the Defaulting Stockholder exceeds the Defaulting Stockholder's Offered Stock, each Non-Defaulting Founding Stockholder that elected to purchase shares shall be entitled to purchase such proportion of the Defaulting Stockholder's Offered Stock as the number of shares of Common Stock (assuming conversion of any securities convertible into Common Stock) which he or she holds bears to the total number of shares of Common Stock (assuming conversion of any securities convertible into Common Stock) held by all Stockholders desiring to purchase the shares.
(ii) If all of the Defaulting Stockholder's Offered Stock is not disposed of under such apportionment, each Non-Defaulting Founding Stockholder desiring to purchase shares in excess of his or her proportionate share, as provided in Section 3.4(b)(i), shall be entitled to purchase such proportion of those shares which remain thus undisposed of, as the total number of shares of Common Stock (assuming conversion of any securities convertible into Common Stock) which he or she holds bears to the total number of shares of Common Stock (assuming conversion of any securities convertible into Common Stock) held by all of the Non- Defaulting Founding Stockholders desiring to purchase shares in excess of those to which they are entitled under such apportionment.
(iii) Failure by a Non-Defaulting Founding Stockholder to timely give written notice exercising such Non-Defaulting Founding Stockholder's right to purchase set forth in this Section 3.4(b) shall be deemed an election by such Non-Defaulting Founding Stockholder to waive such right to purchase.
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3.5 | Purchase and Price Terms. |
(a) Determination of Purchase Price. For a period of ten (10) days following the effective date of the Buy/Sell Election Notice or the receipt of a decree notice, as applicable, the Selling Party (as defined below), Company and the Non-Defaulting Founding Stockholders, as applicable, shall attempt to agree upon a purchase price for the Selling Party's Stock (the "Purchase Price"), which, if agreed to, shall constitute the Purchase Price for the Selling Party's Stock. If the Selling Party, Company, and the Non-Defaulting Founding Stockholders, as applicable, are unable to agree on the Purchase Price within such ten (10)-day period, then the Purchase Price for the Selling Party's Stock shall be determined in accordance with the following provisions of this Section 3.5(a). Within fifteen (15) days after the determination of the Enterprise Value of the Company pursuant to Section 3.5(a)(i) below, the accountants regularly employed by the Company shall determine the aggregate amount of cash that would be distributed to each Stockholder if (i) the Company were sold for the Enterprise Value, as of the date of the Buy/Sell Event; (ii) the liabilities of the Company were paid; (iii) a reasonable reserve for any contingent, conditional or unmatured liabilities or obligations of the Company was established by the Board of Directors of the Company; and (iv) the Company was liquidated. Upon such determination, the accountants shall give the Selling Party, Company, and each Non-Defaulting Founding Stockholder (if applicable) written notice ("Accountant's Notice") thereof. The determination by such accountants of such amounts, including all components thereof, shall be conclusive (and binding on the relevant parties), absent any material computational error, and each of the Stockholders and the Company agree to hold such accountants harmless from such determination. The aggregate amount which would be distributed to the Selling Party, shall constitute the Purchase Price for the Defaulting Stockholder's Offered Stock.
(i) Determination of Enterprise Value; Selling Party. The enterprise value ("Enterprise Value") of the Company shall be determined by a regional third party valuation firm mutually agreed upon by the Selling Party and the Company. The term "Selling Party" means upon the occurrence of any Buy/Sell Event, the Defaulting Stockholder.
(ii) Buy/Sell Event Under Section 3.1(b), (c) and (d). Notwithstanding anything else set forth herein, in the event of an Buy/Sell Event triggered pursuant to Section 3.1(b), (c) or (d), the Purchase Price shall be reduced by 50%.
(b) Closing and Payment of Purchase Price. The closing of a purchase and sale pursuant to this Section 3 shall be held at the principal office of the Company in the State of Florida (or such other office as is designated by the purchasing parties) on or before 30 days following the date that the parties mutually agree on the Purchase Price or the determination of the accountants of the Purchase Price, as applicable, and in either case, in accordance with Section 3.5(a). The Purchase Price shall be paid by the purchasing person at the closing, in cash, or by the delivery of (i) one (1) or more certified or bank cashier's checks drawn and made payable to the order of the Selling Party for an amount equal to 25% of the Purchase Price (or more at the election of the purchasing person), and (ii) one (1) or more non-recourse promissory notes in an amount equal to the balance of such Purchase Price executed by the purchasing parties.
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Any promissory note delivered pursuant to this Section 3.5(b) shall contain terms providing for (i) annual interest accruing at a rate equal to the lesser of (a) the Wells Fargo Bank commercial reference (prime) lending rate, compounded annually, and adjusted concurrently with any adjustments to any such prime rate, or (b) the maximum non-usurious rate then permitted by law (if the usury laws are applicable), and (ii) payments of equal quarterly installments of principal and interest commencing on the first day of the first calendar quarter following the closing of the purchase of the Selling Party's Stock so that the entire principal amount is fully amortized over a five (5) year period. In addition, any such promissory note may be prepaid at any time without prepayment penalty. In order to secure the repayment of the promissory note described above, the purchasing parties shall grant a security interest in favor of the Selling Party in and to the stock purchased by such purchasing parties and the purchasing parties hereby agree to execute any and all documents, instruments and/or agreements reasonably necessary to create, perfect and continue such security interest including, without limitation, Uniform Commercial Code financing and continuation statements and other security instruments.
(c) Condition to Any Transfer. Payment for any shares of stock to be purchased pursuant to Sections 3.1-3.5, as applicable, shall be conditioned upon the Selling Party's delivery of the stock to the purchasing entities free and clear of all liens, security interests and competing claims (other than the security interest granted pursuant to Section 3.5(b) above). Any transferee entity shall accept the stock subject to all the restrictions, terms and conditions contained in this Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no purchase and sale of stock pursuant to 3.1-3.5 shall be permitted if such purchase and sale would result in (i) a breach of or violation in any transfer restrictions contained in any loan documentation (and/or guaranty) relevant to any indebtedness encumbering all or any portion of the assets of the Company and/or any other agreement governing the Company, or (ii) the violation of any state laws prohibiting the Company from repurchasing its stock, and such transfer restrictions are not waived, if a waiver is permitted, by the Non-Defaulting Founding Stockholders in the case of an Buy/Sell Event (which consent may be withheld in each such Stockholder's sole and absolute discretion), the applicable lender and/or the parties to such agreement, as the case may be.
4. | Voting and Deadlock Resolution. |
4.1 Voting Agreement. Each of the Stockholders shall vote all of such Stockholder’s shares of voting stock and shall take all other necessary or desirable actions within such Stockholder’s control (whether in such Stockholder’s capacity as a stockholder of the Company or otherwise, and including, without limitation, attendance at meetings in person or by proxy, execution of written consents in lieu of meetings and voting such Stockholder’s shares to cause the Company to take all necessary and desirable actions within its control, including, without limitation, calling special board and stockholder meetings) to:
(a) Maintain a Board of Directors having not less than one (1) member (the “Board”), and increase or descease the size of the Board at any time in the discretion of the Founding Stockholder;
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(b) elect to the Board all directors nominated by the Founding Stockholder;
(c) Remove from the Board, without cause, any director, only upon the written request of the Founding Stockholder; and
(d) Upon any vacancy in the Board as a result of any director, ceasing to be a director, whether by resignation or otherwise, to elect to the Board, a person nominated by the Founding Stockholder.
4.2 Deadlock Resolution. Any deadlock in the vote of the Directors that cannot be resolved by the Stockholders (a “Dispute”), shall be resolved as follows: The Dispute shall be submitted to final and binding arbitration in Orange County, Florida, administered by JAMS, or its successor, in accordance with the rules and procedures of JAMS then in effect. The Stockholders agree that any and all Disputes that are submitted to arbitration in accordance with this Section shall be decided by one (1) neutral arbitrator who is a retired judge or attorney licensed to practice law in Delaware and who is experienced in commercial transactions. The directors and the Company will cooperate with JAMS and with one another in selecting an arbitrator from the JAMS panel of neutrals and in scheduling the arbitration proceedings. If the directors are unable to select the arbitrator within ten (10) business days after receipt of the arbitration notice, then JAMS shall designate the arbitrator. The arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the rules and procedures of JAMS then in effect. Any director may commence the arbitration process by filing a written demand for arbitration with JAMS, with a copy to the other directors. Each of the directors will participate in the arbitration in good faith, and the Company shall pay the administrative costs and arbitrator’s fees associated with the arbitration. The arbitrator shall apply Delaware law without reference to conflicts of laws principles. Any award issued as a result of such arbitration shall be final and binding between the Stockholders and the Company, and shall be enforceable by any court having jurisdiction over the party against whom enforcement is sought. Each Stockholder expressly acknowledges and understands that by entering into this Agreement, such Stockholder is waiving its rights to have any Dispute adjudicated by a court or by a jury.
5. Termination. This Agreement shall terminate upon the earliest to occur of any one of the following events (and shall not apply to any transfer by a Stockholder in connection with any such event):
5.1 The liquidation, dissolution or indefinite cessation of the business operations of the Company;
5.2 The execution by the Company of a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or the appointment of a receiver or trustee to take possession of the property and assets of the Company;
5.3 Other than Section 2.3 which shall not terminate upon such event, the closing of a firm commitment underwritten public offering by the Company of shares of its Common Stock;
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5.4 Other than Section 2.3 which shall not terminate upon such event, upon the consummation of a transaction or series of related transactions deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, which shall include (a) the closing of the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company's assets, (b) the consummation of the reorganization, merger or consolidation of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company with or into another entity, or an acquisition of this Company effected by an exchange of outstanding securities of this Company (except a reorganization, merger, consolidation, or exchange of securities in which the holders of capital stock of the Company immediately prior to such transaction continue to hold at least 50% of the voting power of the Company or the surviving or acquiring entity after such transaction; provided, that a transaction shall not be deemed a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company if its sole purpose is to change the state of the Company's incorporation); or
5.5 With the agreement of the Stockholders holding not less than 75% of the Shares held by all of the Stockholders.
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6.1 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the parties’ respective successors, assigns and legal representatives.
6.2 Amendments and Waivers. Any term of this Agreement may be amended or waived only with the written consent of (i) the Company, and (ii) all of the Stockholders. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 9.2 shall be binding upon the Company and the Stockholders, and each of their respective successors and assigns.
6.3 Notices. Unless otherwise provided, any notice required or permitted by this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed sufficient upon delivery, when delivered personally or by overnight courier or sent by fax (upon customary confirmation of receipt) or electronic mail, or 48 hours after being deposited in the U.S. mail, as certified or registered mail, with postage prepaid, addressed to the party to be notified at such party’s address, facsimile number or electronic mail address as set forth on the signature page hereof, or as subsequently modified by written notice.
6.4 Severability. If one or more provisions of this Agreement are held to be unenforceable under applicable law, the parties agree to renegotiate such provision in good faith. In the event that the parties cannot reach a mutually agreeable and enforceable replacement for such provision, then (a) such provision shall be excluded from this Agreement, (b) the balance of the Agreement shall be interpreted as if such provision were so excluded and (c) the balance of the Agreement shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms.
6.5 Governing Law; Venue. This Agreement and all acts and transactions pursuant hereto and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed, construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to principles of conflicts of law. The parties (a) hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the jurisdiction of the federal and state courts in Orange County, Florida, for the purpose of any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement; (b) agree not to commence any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement, except in the federal and state courts in Orange County, Florida; and (c) hereby waive, and agree not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense, or otherwise, in any such suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of the above named courts, that its property is exempt or immune from attachment or execution, that the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum, that the venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper or that this Agreement or the subject matter hereof may not be enforced in or by such court.
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6.6 Remedies. The parties hereto shall have all remedies for breach of this Agreement available to them provided by law or equity. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the parties agree that, in addition to all other rights and remedies available at law or in equity, the parties shall be entitled to obtain specific performance of the obligations of each party to this Agreement and immediate injunctive relief, with notice and without the necessity of posting a bond, and that, if any action or proceeding is brought in equity to enforce the same, no party will urge, as a defense, that there is an adequate remedy at law.
6.7 Independent Advice of Counsel. Each of the Stockholders acknowledges that legal counsel for the Company has prepared this Agreement, and that the Stockholders have been advised to consult with, and have had the opportunity to consult with, independent legal counsel, prior to executing this Agreement.
6.8 Attorney’s Fees. If a dispute arises with respect to this Agreement, the party prevailing in such dispute shall be entitled to recover all expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, incurred in ascertaining such party’s rights, in preparing to enforce, or in enforcing such party’s rights under this Agreement, whether or not it was necessary for such party to institute.
6.9 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts and via facsimile, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement by fax shall be equally as effective as delivery of an executed hard copy of the same. Any party doing so shall also deliver an executed hard copy of same, but the failure by such party to deliver an executed hard copy shall not affect the validity, enforceability and binding effect of this Agreement.
6.10 Titles and Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.
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6.11 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the other agreements referenced herein constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto pertaining to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and any and all other written or oral agreements relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof existing among the parties hereto are expressly canceled. The failure of one or more Stockholders set forth in the opening paragraph or in the signature page hereto, to execute this Agreement, shall not affect the enforceability of this Agreement with respect to the Company and the executing Stockholders.
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The parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
“Stockholders” | “Company” | ||
/s/ Andy Green | ACME ATRONOMATIC, INC. | ||
Andrew Green | |||
By: | /s/ Andy Green | ||
/s/ Sarvesh Garimella | Andrew Green, CEO | ||
Sarvesh Garimella |
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Exhibit 4.1
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
THIS INVESTMENT INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK. THIS INVESTMENT IS SUITABLE ONLY FOR PERSONS WHO CAN BEAR THE ECONOMIC RISK FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME AND WHO CAN AFFORD TO LOSE THEIR ENTIRE INVESTMENT. FURTHERMORE, INVESTORS MUST UNDERSTAND THAT SUCH INVESTMENT IS ILLIQUID AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO BE ILLIQUID FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME. NO PUBLIC MARKET EXISTS FOR THE SECURITIES, AND NO PUBLIC MARKET IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FOLLOWING THIS OFFERING.
THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAWS AND ARE BEING OFFERED AND SOLD IN RELIANCE ON EXEMPTIONS FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT AND STATE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAWS. ALTHOUGH AN OFFERING STATEMENT HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (THE “SEC”), THAT OFFERING STATEMENT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE SAME INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN A REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT. THE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SEC, ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION OR OTHER REGULATORY AUTHORITY, NOR HAVE ANY OF THE FOREGOING AUTHORITIES PASSED UPON THE MERITS OF THIS OFFERING OR THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER MATERIALS OR INFORMATION MADE AVAILABLE TO SUBSCRIBER IN CONNECTION WITH THIS OFFERING OVER THE WEB-BASED PLATFORM MAINTAINED BY STARTENGINE CROWDFUNDING (THE “PLATFORM”) OR THROUGH STARTENGINE PRIMARY (THE “BROKER”). ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS UNLAWFUL.
INVESTORS WHO ARE NOT “ACCREDITED INVESTORS” (AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION 501 OF REGULATION D PROMULGATED UNDER THE ACT) ARE SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS ON THE AMOUNT THEY MAY INVEST, AS SET OUT IN SECTION 4. THE COMPANY IS RELYING ON THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES SET FORTH BY EACH SUBSCRIBER IN THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER INFORMATION PROVIDED BY SUBSCRIBER IN CONNECTION WITH THIS OFFERING TO DETERMINE THE APPLICABILITY TO THIS OFFERING OF EXEMPTIONS FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT.
THE OFFERING MATERIALS MAY CONTAIN FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION RELATING TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE COMPANY, ITS BUSINESS PLAN AND STRATEGY, AND ITS INDUSTRY. THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE BASED ON THE BELIEFS OF, ASSUMPTIONS MADE BY, AND INFORMATION CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO THE COMPANY’S MANAGEMENT. WHEN USED IN THE OFFERING MATERIALS, THE WORDS “ESTIMATE,” “PROJECT,” “BELIEVE,” “ANTICIPATE,” “INTEND,” “EXPECT” AND SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS ARE INTENDED TO IDENTIFY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS, WHICH CONSTITUTE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS. THESE STATEMENTS REFLECT MANAGEMENT’S CURRENT VIEWS WITH RESPECT TO FUTURE EVENTS AND ARE SUBJECT TO RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES THAT COULD CAUSE THE COMPANY’S ACTUAL RESULTS TO DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE CONTAINED IN THE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. INVESTORS ARE CAUTIONED NOT TO PLACE UNDUE RELIANCE ON THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS, WHICH SPEAK ONLY AS OF THE DATE ON WHICH THEY ARE MADE. THE COMPANY DOES NOT UNDERTAKE ANY OBLIGATION TO REVISE OR UPDATE THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS TO REFLECT EVENTS OR CIRCUMSTANCES AFTER SUCH DATE OR TO REFLECT THE OCCURRENCE OF UNANTICIPATED EVENTS.
THE COMPANY MAY NOT BE OFFERING THE SECURITIES IN EVERY STATE. THE OFFERING MATERIALS DO NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OR SOLICITATION IN ANY STATE OR JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE SECURITIES ARE NOT BEING OFFERED.
THE COMPANY RESERVES THE RIGHT IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION AND FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER TO MODIFY, AMEND AND/OR WITHDRAW ALL OR A PORTION OF THE OFFERING AND/OR ACCEPT OR REJECT IN WHOLE OR IN PART ANY PROSPECTIVE INVESTMENT IN THE SECURITIES OR TO ALLOT TO ANY PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR LESS THAN THE AMOUNT OF SECURITIES SUCH INVESTOR DESIRES TO PURCHASE. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE INDICATED, THE OFFERING MATERIALS SPEAK AS OF THEIR DATE. NEITHER THE DELIVERY NOR THE PURCHASE OF THE SECURITIES SHALL, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, CREATE ANY IMPLICATION THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY SINCE THAT DATE.
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TO: | ACME AtronOmatic, Inc. |
111 W. Jefferson St., Suite 200 | |
Orlando, FL 32801 |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
1. Subscription.
(a) The undersigned (“Subscriber”) hereby subscribes for and agrees to purchase the Common Stock (the “Securities”), of ACME AtronOmatic, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), at a purchase price of $3.75 per share (the “Per Security Price”), upon the terms and conditions set forth herein. The minimum subscription is $498.75. The rights of the Common Stock are as set forth in the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and Certificate of Amendment thereto, which are filed as Exhibits to the Offering Statement of the Company filed with the SEC (the “Offering Statement”).
(b) Subscriber understands that StartEngine Primary, LLC (“StartEngine Primary”), which is serving as the Company’s broker-dealer in this offering, will assess a processing fee of 3.5% of the value of the shares subscribed for. This processing fee shall count against the per investor limit set out in Section 4(d)(ii) below.
(c) Subscriber understands that the Securities are being offered pursuant to an offering circular (the “Offering Circular”) filed with the SEC as part of the Offering Statement (SEC File No. [X]), as may be amended from time to time. By executing this Subscription Agreement as provided herein, Subscriber acknowledges that Subscriber has received access to this Subscription Agreement, copies of the Offering Circular and Offering Statement including exhibits thereto and any other information required by the Subscriber to make an investment decision.
(d) The Subscriber’s subscription may be accepted or rejected in whole or in part, at any time prior to a Closing Date (as hereinafter defined), by the Company at its sole discretion. Upon the expiration of the period specified in Subscriber’s state for notice filings before sales may be made in such state, if any, the subscription may no longer be revoked at the option of the Subscriber. In addition, the Company, at its sole discretion, may allocate to Subscriber only a portion of the number of Securities Subscriber has subscribed for. The Company will notify Subscriber whether this subscription is accepted (whether in whole or in part) or rejected. If Subscriber’s subscription is rejected, Subscriber’s payment (or portion thereof if partially rejected) will be returned to Subscriber without interest and all of Subscriber’s obligations hereunder shall terminate.
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(e) The aggregate number of Securities sold shall not exceed 5,333,333 shares, with an additional 1,973,334 that may be issued as Bonus Shares, as defined in the Offering Circular (the “Maximum Offering”). The Company may accept subscriptions until the termination of the Offering in accordance with its terms (the “Termination Date”). The Company may elect at any time to close all or any portion of this offering, on various dates at or prior to the Termination Date (each a “Closing Date”).
(f) In the event of rejection of this subscription in its entirety, or in the event the sale of the Securities (or any portion thereof) is not consummated for any reason, this Subscription Agreement shall have no force or effect, except for Section 5 hereof, which shall remain in force and effect.
(g) The terms of this Subscription Agreement shall be binding upon Subscriber and its transferees, heirs, successors and assigns (collectively, “Transferees”); provided that for any such transfer to be deemed effective, the Transferee shall have executed and delivered to the Company in advance an instrument in a form acceptable to the Company in its sole discretion, pursuant to which the proposed Transferee shall acknowledge, agree, and be bound by the representations and warranties of Subscriber and the terms of this Subscription Agreement, including the Proxy in Section 5, substantially in the form set forth in Section 5. The Company shall not record any transfer of Securities on its books unless and until such Transferee shall have complied with the terms of this Section 1(g).
2. Purchase Procedure.
(a) Payment. The purchase price for the Securities shall be paid simultaneously with the execution and delivery to the Company of the signature page of this Subscription Agreement. Subscriber shall deliver a signed copy of this Subscription Agreement, along with payment for the aggregate purchase price of the Securities by a check for available funds made payable to “ACME AtronOmatic, Inc.”, by ACH electronic transfer or wire transfer to an account designated by the Company, by credit card payment through the Broker, or by any combination of such methods.
(b) Escrow arrangements. Payment for the Securities shall be received by Bryn Mawr Trust (the “Escrow Agent”) from the undersigned by transfer of immediately available funds, check or other means approved by the Company at least two days prior to the applicable Closing Date, in the amount as set forth in Appendix A on the signature page hereto. Upon such Closing Date, the Escrow Agent shall release such funds to the Company. The undersigned shall receive notice and evidence of the digital entry of the number of the Securities owned by undersigned reflected on the books and records of the Company and verified by StartEngine Secure, (the “Transfer Agent”), which books and records shall bear a notation that the Securities were sold in reliance upon Regulation A.
3. Representations and Warranties of the Company.
The Company represents and warrants to Subscriber that the following representations and warranties are true and complete in all material respects as of the date of each Closing Date, except as otherwise indicated. For purposes of this Agreement, an individual shall be deemed to have “knowledge” of a particular fact or other matter if such individual is actually aware of such fact. The Company will be deemed to have “knowledge” of a particular fact or other matter if one of the Company’s current officers has, or at any time had, actual knowledge of such fact or other matter.
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(a) Organization and Standing. The Company is a corporation duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Company has all requisite power and authority to own and operate its properties and assets, to execute and deliver this Subscription Agreement, and any other agreements or instruments required hereunder. The Company is duly qualified and is authorized to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in all jurisdictions in which the nature of its activities and of its properties (both owned and leased) makes such qualification necessary, except for those jurisdictions in which failure to do so would not have a material adverse effect on the Company or its business.
(b) Issuance of the Securities. The issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities in accordance with this Subscription Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company. The Securities, when so issued, sold and delivered against payment therefor in accordance with the provisions of this Subscription Agreement, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
(c) Authority for Agreement. The execution and delivery by the Company of this Subscription Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (including the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities) are within the Company’s powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company. Upon full execution hereof as provided herein, this Subscription Agreement shall constitute a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by 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) with respect to provisions relating to indemnification and contribution, as limited by considerations of public policy and by federal or state securities laws.
(d) No filings. Assuming the accuracy of the Subscriber’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 4 hereof, no order, license, consent, authorization or approval of, or exemption by, or action by or in respect of, or notice to, or filing or registration with, any governmental body, agency or official is required by or with respect to the Company in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Subscription Agreement except (i) for such filings as may be required under Regulation A or under any applicable state securities laws, (ii) for such other filings and approvals as have been made or obtained, or (iii) where the failure to obtain any such order, license, consent, authorization, approval or exemption or give any such notice or make any filing or registration would not have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company to perform its obligations hereunder.
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(e) Capitalization. The authorized and outstanding Common Stock of the Company immediately prior to the initial investment in the Securities is as set forth “Securities Being Offered” in the Offering Circular. Except as set forth in the Offering Circular, there are no outstanding options, warrants, rights (including conversion or preemptive rights and rights of first refusal), or agreements of any kind (oral or written) for the purchase or acquisition from the Company of any of its securities.
(f) Financial statements. Complete copies of the Company’s financial statements meeting the requirements of Form 1-A under the Securities Act (the “Financial Statements”) have been made available to the Subscriber and appear in the Offering Circular. The Financial Statements are based on the books and records of the Company and fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Company as of the respective dates they were prepared and the results of the operations and cash flows of the Company for the periods indicated. The auditing firm, or each firm, which has audited the Financial Statements, is an independent accounting firm within the rules and regulations adopted by the SEC.
(g) Proceeds. The Company shall use the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Securities as set forth in “Use of Proceeds to Issuer” in the Offering Circular.
(h) Litigation. Except as set forth in the Offering Circular, there is no pending action, suit, proceeding, arbitration, mediation, complaint, claim, charge or investigation before any court, arbitrator, mediator or governmental body, or to the Company’s knowledge, currently threatened in writing (a) against the Company or (b) against any consultant, officer, manager, director or key employee of the Company arising out of his or her consulting, employment or board relationship with the Company or that could otherwise materially impact the Company.
4. Representations and Warranties of Subscriber. By executing this Subscription Agreement, Subscriber (and, if Subscriber is purchasing the Securities subscribed for hereby in a fiduciary capacity, the person or persons for whom Subscriber is so purchasing) represents and warrants, which representations and warranties are true and complete in all material respects as of such Subscriber’s respective Closing Date(s):
(a) Requisite Power and Authority. Such Subscriber has all necessary power and authority under all applicable provisions of law to execute and deliver this Subscription Agreement, and other agreements required hereunder and to carry out their provisions. All action on Subscriber’s part required for the lawful execution and delivery of this Subscription Agreement and other agreements required hereunder have been or will be effectively taken prior to the Closing Date. Upon their execution and delivery, this Subscription Agreement and other agreements required hereunder will be valid and binding obligations of Subscriber, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except (a) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights and (b) as limited by general principles of equity that restrict the availability of equitable remedies.
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(b) Investment Representations. Subscriber understands that the Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Subscriber also understands that the Securities are being offered and sold pursuant to an exemption from registration contained in the Securities Act based in part upon Subscriber’s representations contained in this Subscription Agreement.
(c) Illiquidity and Continued Economic Risk. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that there is no ready public market for the Securities and that there is no guarantee that a market for their resale will ever exist. Subscriber must bear the economic risk of this investment indefinitely and the Company has no obligation to list the Securities on any market or take any steps (including registration under the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) with respect to facilitating trading or resale of the Securities. Subscriber acknowledges that Subscriber is able to bear the economic risk of losing Subscriber’s entire investment in the Securities. Subscriber also understands that an investment in the Company involves significant risks and has taken full cognizance of and understands all of the risk factors relating to the purchase of Securities.
(d) Accredited Investor Status or Investment Limits. Subscriber represents that either:
(i) Subscriber is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Securities Act. Subscriber represents and warrants that it meets one or more of the criteria set forth in Appendix A attached hereto; or
(ii) The purchase price of the Securities (including any fee to be paid by the Subscriber), together with any other amounts previously used to purchase Securities in this offering, does not exceed 10% of the greater of the Subscriber’s annual income or net worth.
Subscriber represents that to the extent it has any questions with respect to its status as an accredited investor, or the application of the investment limits, it has sought professional advice.
(e) Shareholder information. Within five days after receipt of a request from the Company, the Subscriber hereby agrees to provide such information with respect to its status as a shareholder (or potential shareholder) and to execute and deliver such documents as may reasonably be necessary to comply with any and all laws and regulations to which the Company is or may become subject. Subscriber further agrees that in the event it transfers any Securities, it will require the transferee of such Securities to agree to provide such information to the Company as a condition of such transfer.
(f) Valuation. The Subscriber acknowledges that the price of the Securities was set by the Company on the basis of the Company’s internal valuation and no warranties are made as to value. The Subscriber further acknowledges that future offerings of Securities may be made at lower valuations, with the result that the Subscriber’s investment will bear a lower valuation.
(g) Domicile. Subscriber maintains Subscriber’s domicile (and is not a transient or temporary resident) at the address shown on the signature page.
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(h) No Brokerage Fees. There are no claims for brokerage commission, finders’ fees or similar compensation in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Subscription Agreement or related documents based on any arrangement or agreement binding upon Subscriber.
(i) Foreign Investors. If Subscriber is not a United States person (as defined by Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended), Subscriber hereby represents that it has satisfied itself as to the full observance of the laws of its jurisdiction in connection with any invitation to subscribe for the Securities or any use of this Subscription Agreement, including (i) the legal requirements within its jurisdiction for the purchase of the Securities, (ii) any foreign exchange restrictions applicable to such purchase, (iii) any governmental or other consents that may need to be obtained, and (iv) the income tax and other tax consequences, if any, that may be relevant to the purchase, holding, redemption, sale, or transfer of the Securities. Subscriber’s subscription and payment for and continued beneficial ownership of the Securities will not violate any applicable securities or other laws of the Subscriber’s jurisdiction.
5. Proxy.
(a) The Subscriber hereby appoints the President of the Company, or his or her successor, as the Subscriber’s true and lawful proxy and attorney, with the power to act alone and with full power of substitution, to, consistent with this instrument and on behalf of the Subscriber, (i) vote all Securities held of record by the Subscriber (including any shares of the Company’s capital stock that the Subscriber may acquire in the future), (ii) give and receive notices and communications, (iii) execute any written consent, instrument or document that the President determines is necessary or appropriate at the President’s complete discretion, and (iv) take all actions necessary or appropriate in the judgment of the President for the accomplishment of the foregoing. The proxy and power granted by the Subscriber pursuant to this Section are coupled with an interest. Such proxy and power will be irrevocable. The proxy and power, so long as the Subscriber is an individual, will survive the death, incompetency and disability of the Subscriber and, so long as the Subscriber is an entity, will survive the merger or reorganization of the Subscriber or any other entity holding the Securities. However, the Proxy will terminate upon the earlier of the closing of a firm-commitment underwritten public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act covering the offer and sale of Common Stock, the effectiveness of a registration statement under the Exchange Act covering the Common Stock or five years after the execution of this Subscription Agreement. The President is an intended third-party beneficiary of this Section and has the right, power and authority to enforce the provisions hereof as though he or she was a party hereto.
(b) Other than with respect to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the President, in his or her capacity as the Subscriber’s true and lawful proxy and attorney pursuant to this Section (collectively, the “Proxy”), the Proxy will not be liable for any act done or omitted in his, her or its capacity as representative of the Subscriber pursuant to this instrument while acting in good faith, and any act done or omitted pursuant to the written advice of outside counsel will be conclusive evidence of such good faith. The Proxy has no duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth in this instrument, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities on behalf of the Subscriber otherwise exist against the Proxy. The Subscriber shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Proxy from and against any and all losses, liabilities, damages, claims, penalties, fines, forfeitures, actions, fees, costs and expenses (including the fees and expenses of counsel and experts and their staffs and all expense of document location, duplication and shipment) (collectively, “Proxy Losses”) arising out of or in connection with any act done or omitted in the Proxy’s capacity as representative of the Subscriber pursuant to this instrument, in each case as such Proxy Losses are suffered or incurred; provided, that in the event that any such Proxy Losses are finally adjudicated to have been directly caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Proxy, the Company shall reimburse the Subscriber the amount of such indemnified Proxy Losses to the extent attributable to such gross negligence or willful misconduct (provided that the Proxy’s aggregate liability hereunder shall in no event exceed the Purchase Price). In no event will the Proxy be required to advance his, her or its own funds on behalf of the Subscriber or otherwise. The Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing indemnities will survive the resignation or removal of the Proxy or the termination of this instrument.
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(c) A decision, act, consent or instruction of the Proxy constitutes a decision of the Subscriber and is final, binding and conclusive upon the Subscriber. The Company, shareholders of the Company and any other third party may rely upon any decision, act, consent or instruction of the Proxy as being the decision, act, consent or instruction of the Subscriber. The Company, shareholders of the Company and any other third party are hereby relieved from any liability to any person for any acts done by them in accordance with such decision, act, consent or instruction of the Proxy.
(d) The Subscriber hereby agrees to take any and all actions determined by the Company’s board of directors in good faith to be advisable to reorganize this instrument and any Securities held by the Subscriber into a special-purpose vehicle or other entity designed to aggregate the interests of holders of Securities issued in this Offering.
(e) If any provision of this Proxy or any part of any this Section 5 is held under any circumstances to be invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, then (a) such provision or part thereof shall, with respect to such circumstances and in such jurisdiction, be deemed amended to conform to applicable laws so as to be valid and enforceable to the fullest possible extent, (b) the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision or part thereof under such circumstances and in such jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of such provision or part thereof under any other circumstances or in any other jurisdiction, and (c) the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision or part thereof shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of such provision or the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Proxy. Each provision of this proxy is separable from every other provision of this proxy, and each part of each provision of this Proxy is separable from every other part of such provision.
6. Survival of Representations and Indemnity. The representations, warranties and covenants made by the Subscriber herein shall survive the Termination Date of this Agreement. The Subscriber agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its respective officers, directors and affiliates, and each other person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever (including, but not limited to, any and all reasonable attorneys’ fees, including attorneys’ fees on appeal) and expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any false representation or warranty or breach of failure by the Subscriber to comply with any covenant or agreement made by the Subscriber herein or in any other document furnished by the Subscriber to any of the foregoing in connection with this transaction.
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7. Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Subscription Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.
EACH OF THE SUBSCRIBER AND THE COMPANY CONSENTS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION LOCATED WITHIN THE STATE OF DELAWARE AND NO OTHER PLACE AND IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT NOT ARISING UNDER THE FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS MAY BE LITIGATED IN SUCH COURTS.
EACH OF SUBSCRIBER AND THE COMPANY ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF AND HIMSELF AND IN CONNECTION WITH ITS AND HIS RESPECTIVE PROPERTIES, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS AND WAIVES ANY DEFENSE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, AND IRREVOCABLY AGREES TO BE BOUND BY ANY JUDGMENT RENDERED THEREBY IN CONNECTION WITH THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT NOT ARISING UNDER THE FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS. EACH OF SUBSCRIBER AND THE COMPANY FURTHER IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS OUT OF ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COURTS IN THE MANNER AND IN THE ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 8 AND THE SIGNATURE PAGE OF THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT.
EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT BUT NOT INCLUDING CLAIMS UNDER THE FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR THE ACTIONS OF EITHER PARTY IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE AND ENFORCEMENT THEREOF. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO ALSO WAIVES ANY BOND OR SURETY OR SECURITY UPON SUCH BOND WHICH MIGHT, BUT FOR THIS WAIVER, BE REQUIRED OF SUCH PARTY. THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING, AND THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT. BY AGREEING TO THIS WAIVER, THE SUBSCRIBER IS NOT DEEMED TO WAIVE THE COMPANY’S COMPLIANCE WITH THE FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS AND THE RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER.
8. Notices. Notice, requests, demands and other communications relating to this Subscription Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if and when (a) delivered personally, on the date of such delivery; or (b) mailed by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, in the third day after the posting thereof; or (c) emailed, telecopied or cabled, on the date of such delivery to the address of the respective parties as follows:
If to the Company, to: | with a required copy to: | |
ACME AtronOmatic, Inc. | ||
111 W. Jefferson St., Suite 200 | ||
Orlando, FL 32801 | ||
If to a Subscriber, to Subscriber’s address as shown on the signature page hereto. |
or to such other address as may be specified by written notice from time to time by the party entitled to receive such notice. Any notices, requests, demands or other communications by telecopy or cable shall be confirmed by letter given in accordance with (a) or (b) above.
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9. Miscellaneous.
(a) All pronouns and any variations thereof shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular or plural, as the identity of the person or persons or entity or entities may require.
(b) This Subscription Agreement is not transferable or assignable by Subscriber.
(c) The representations, warranties and agreements contained herein shall be deemed to be made by and be binding upon Subscriber and its heirs, executors, administrators and successors and shall inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns.
(d) None of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement may be waived, changed or terminated orally or otherwise, except as specifically set forth herein or except by a writing signed by the Company and Subscriber.
(e) In the event any part of this Subscription Agreement is found to be void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions are intended to be separable and binding with the same effect as if the void or unenforceable part were never the subject of agreement.
(f) The invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of one or more of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of the remainder of this Subscription Agreement in such jurisdiction or the validity, legality or enforceability of this Subscription Agreement, including any such provision, in any other jurisdiction, it being intended that all rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.
(g) This Subscription Agreement supersedes all prior discussions and agreements between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and contains the sole and entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.
(h) The terms and provisions of this Subscription Agreement are intended solely for the benefit of each party hereto and their respective successors and assigns, and it is not the intention of the parties to confer, and no provision hereof shall confer, third-party beneficiary rights upon any other person.
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(i) The headings used in this Subscription Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and do not define or limit the provisions hereof.
(j) This Subscription Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original, but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument.
(k) If any recapitalization or other transaction affecting the stock of the Company is effected, then any new, substituted or additional securities or other property which is distributed with respect to the Securities shall be immediately subject to this Subscription Agreement, to the same extent that the Securities, immediately prior thereto, shall have been covered by this Subscription Agreement.
(l) No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Subscription Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.
9. Subscription Procedure. Each Subscriber, by providing his or her information, including name, address and subscription amount, and clicking “accept” and/or checking the appropriate box on the online investment platform (“Online Acceptance”), confirms such Subscriber’s information and his or her investment through the platform and confirms such Subscriber’s electronic signature to this Subscription Agreement. Each party hereto agrees that (a) Subscriber's electronic signature as provided through Online Acceptance is the legal equivalent of his or her manual signature on this Subscription Agreement and constitutes execution and delivery of this Subscription Agreement by Subscriber, (b) the Company's acceptance of Subscriber's subscription through the platform and its electronic signature hereto is the legal equivalent of its manual signature on this Subscription Agreement and constitutes execution and delivery of this Subscription Agreement by the Company and (c) each party's execution and delivery of this Subscription Agreement as provided in this Section 9 establishes such party's acceptance of the terms and conditions of this Subscription Agreement.
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APPENDIX A
An accredited investor, as defined in Rule 501(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, includes the following categories of investor:
(1) Any bank as defined in section 3(a)(2) of the Act, or any savings and loan association or other institution as defined in section 3(a)(5)(A) of the Act whether acting in its individual or fiduciary capacity; any broker or dealer registered pursuant to section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; any investment adviser registered pursuant to section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 or registered pursuant to the laws of a state; any investment adviser relying on the exemption from registering with the Commission under section 203(l) or (m) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940; any insurance company as defined in section 2(a)(13) of the Act; any investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or a business development company as defined in section 2(a)(48) of that Act; any Small Business Investment Company licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration under section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958; any Rural Business Investment Company as defined in section 384A of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act; any plan established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees, if such plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000; any employee benefit plan within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 if the investment decision is made by a plan fiduciary, as defined in section 3(21) of such act, which is either a bank, savings and loan association, insurance company, or registered investment adviser, or if the employee benefit plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000 or, if a self-directed plan, with investment decisions made solely by persons that are accredited investors;
(2) Any private business development company as defined in section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940;
(3) Any organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, corporation, Massachusetts or similar business trust, or partnership, or limited liability company, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000;
(4) Any director, executive officer, or general partner of the issuer of the securities being offered or sold, or any director, executive officer, or general partner of a general partner of that issuer;
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(5) Any natural person whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with that person's spouse or spousal equivalent, exceeds $1,000,000.
(i) Except as provided in paragraph (5)(ii) of this section, for purposes of calculating net worth under this paragraph (5):
(A) The person's primary residence shall not be included as an asset;
(B) Indebtedness that is secured by the person's primary residence, up to the estimated fair market value of the primary residence at the time of the sale of securities, shall not be included as a liability (except that if the amount of such indebtedness outstanding at the time of sale of securities exceeds the amount outstanding 60 days before such time, other than as a result of the acquisition of the primary residence, the amount of such excess shall be included as a liability); and
(C) Indebtedness that is secured by the person's primary residence in excess of the estimated fair market value of the primary residence at the time of the sale of securities shall be included as a liability;
(ii) Paragraph (5)(i) of this section will not apply to any calculation of a person's net worth made in connection with a purchase of securities in accordance with a right to purchase such securities, provided that:
(A) Such right was held by the person on July 20, 2010;
(B) The person qualified as an accredited investor on the basis of net worth at the time the person acquired such right; and
(C) The person held securities of the same issuer, other than such right, on July 20, 2010.
(6) Any natural person who had an individual income in excess of $200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with that person's spouse or spousal equivalent in excess of $300,000 in each of those years and has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year;
(7) Any trust, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, whose purchase is directed by a sophisticated person as described in §230.506(b)(2)(ii);
(8) Any entity in which all of the equity owners are accredited investors;
(9) Any entity, of a type of not listed in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (7), or (8), not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, owning investments in excess of $5,000,000;
(10) Any natural person holding in good standing one or more professional certifications or designations or credentials from an accredited educational institution that the Commission has designated as qualifying an individual for accredited investor status;
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(11) Any natural person who is a “knowledgeable employee,” as defined in rule 3c-5(a)(4) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.3c-5(a)(4)), of the issuer of the securities being offered or sold where the issuer would be an investment company, as defined in section 3 of such act, but for the exclusion provided by either section 3(c)(1) or section 3(c)(7) of such act;
(12) Any “family office,” as defined in rule 202(a)(11)(G)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (17 CFR 275.202(a)(11)(G)-1):
(i) With assets under management in excess of $5,000,000,
(ii) That is not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, and
(iii) Whose prospective investment is directed by a person who has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that such family office is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment; and
(13) Any “family client,” as defined in rule 202(a)(11)(G)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (17 CFR 275.202(a)(11)(G)-1)), of a family office meeting the requirements in paragraph (12) of this section and whose prospective investment in the issuer is directed by such family office pursuant to paragraph (12)(iii).
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Exhibit 11.1
CONSENT
We hereby consent to the inclusion in this Offering Statement on Form 1-A of our report dated April 23, 2024 with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of ACME AtronOmatic Inc. as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements, which report appears in the Offering Circular that is a part of this Offering Statement.
SetApart Accountancy Corp June 5, 2024
Los Angeles, California