As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 5, 2020

 

Registration No. 333-                      

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

Vislink Technologies, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   20-5856795

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

Carleton M. Miller

Vislink Technologies, Inc.

101 Bilby Rd., Suite 15, Bldg. 2

Hackettstown, NJ 07840

(941) 953-9035

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

The Company Corporation

251 Little Falls Drive

Wilmington, DE 19808

(866) 963-8506

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

Copies to:

 

David E. Danovitch, Esq.

Scott M. Miller, Esq.

Michael DeDonato, Esq.

Sullivan & Worcester LLP

1633 Broadway

New York, NY 10019

(212) 660-3060

 

Carleton M. Miller

Vislink Technologies, Inc.

101 Bilby Rd., Suite 15, Bldg. 2

Hackettstown, NJ 07840

(941) 953-9035

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after this registration statement is declared effective.

 

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. [  ]

 

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. [X]

 

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. [  ]

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. [  ]

 

If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. [  ]

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. [  ]

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:

 

Large accelerated filer [  ] Accelerated filer [  ]
Non-accelerated filer [X] Smaller reporting company [X]
    Emerging growth company [  ]

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. [  ]

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of Each Class of

Securities to be Registered

 

Amount to be Registered

(1)

   

Proposed Maximum

Offering Price

Per Unit

    Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price (2)     Amount of Registration Fee (3)  
Common stock, par value $0.00001 per share                        
Preferred stock, par value $0.00001 per share                            
Warrants                            
Units (4)                            
Total     N/A       N/A     $ 100,000,000     $ 12,980  

 

 

(1) There are being registered under this registration statement such indeterminate number of shares of the registrant’s common stock and preferred stock; such indeterminate number of the registrant’s warrants to purchase common stock, preferred stock, and/or units; and such indeterminate number of the registrant’s units as may be sold by the registrant from time to time, which together shall have an aggregate initial offering price not to exceed $100,000,000. Any securities registered hereunder may be sold separately or as units with other securities registered hereunder. The securities registered hereunder also include such indeterminate number of shares of common stock and preferred stock as may be issued upon conversion of or exchange for preferred stock that provide for conversion or exchange, upon exercise of warrants or pursuant to the antidilution provisions of any of such securities. Includes consideration to be received by the registrant, if applicable, for registered securities that are issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange of other registered securities. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the shares being registered hereunder include such indeterminate number of shares of the registrant’s common stock and preferred stock as may be issuable with respect to the shares being registered hereunder as a result of stock splits, stock dividends, or similar transactions.
   
(2) The proposed maximum offering price per unit will be determined from time to time by the registrant in connection with, and at the time of, the issuance of the securities and is not specified as to each class of security pursuant to General Instruction II.D. of Form S-3 under the Securities Act.
   
(3) Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act based on the proposed maximum aggregate offering price of all securities listed.
   
(4) Each unit will represent an interest in two or more other securities, which may or may not be separable from one another.

 

The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 

     

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

This registration statement contains:

 

  a base prospectus, which covers the offering, issuance and sales by us of up to $100,000,000 in the aggregate of the securities identified above from time to time in one or more offerings; and
     
  a sales agreement prospectus, which covers the offering, issuance and sales by us of up to $9,800,000 in the aggregate of shares of common stock that may be issued and sold identified above from time to time under a sales agreement by and among us and A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners, as sales agent; and

 

The base prospectus immediately follows this explanatory note. The specific terms of any securities to be offered pursuant to the base prospectus will be specified in a prospectus supplement to the base prospectus. The sales agreement prospectus immediately follows the base prospectus. The $9,800,000 of common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, that may be offered, issued and sold under the sales agreement prospectus is included in the $100,000,000 of securities that may be offered, issued and sold by us under the base prospectus. Upon termination of the sales agreement, any portion of the $9,800,000 included in the sales agreement prospectus that is not sold pursuant to the sales agreement will be available for sale in other offerings pursuant to the base prospectus, and if no shares are sold under the sales agreement, the full $9,800,000 of securities may be sold in other offerings pursuant to the base prospectus.

 

     

 

 

The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities under this prospectus until the registration statement of which it is a part and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

PROSPECTUS

 

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED MAY 5, 2020

 

 

$100,000,000

 

Common Stock

Preferred Stock

Warrants

Units

 

Vislink Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”, “we”, “us” or “our”) may offer and sell, from time to time in one or more offerings, any combination of our common stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Common Stock”), preferred stock, par value $0.00001 per share (“Preferred Stock”), warrants, or units having an aggregate initial offering price not exceeding $100,000,000. Our shares of Preferred Stock, warrants, and units may be convertible or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or Preferred Stock or other of our securities and have not been approved for listing on any market or exchange, and we have not made any application for such listing.

 

Each time we sell a particular class or series of our securities, we will provide specific terms of such securities offered in a supplement to this prospectus. Such prospectus supplement may also add, update or change information in this prospectus. You should read this prospectus and any prospectus supplement, as well as the documents incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference into this prospectus, carefully before you invest in any securities.

 

This prospectus may not be used to offer or sell our securities unless accompanied by a prospectus supplement relating to the offered securities.

 

Our Common Stock is presently listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “VISL”. On April 30, 2020, the last reported sale price of our Common Stock was $0.34. Each prospectus supplement will indicate if our securities offered thereby will be listed on any securities exchange.

 

As of the date of this prospectus, the aggregate market value of our outstanding common stock held by non-affiliates was approximately $29,950,416.06, based on 88,239,062 shares of outstanding common stock, of which 149,603 shares are held by affiliates, and a per share price of $0.34, which represents the closing sale price of our common stock on April 30, 2020,  which is the highest closing sale price of our common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market within the prior 60 days. As of the date of this prospectus, we have not offered or sold any common stock pursuant to General Instruction I.B.6 to Form S-3 during the 12 calendar month period that ends on and includes the date hereof. Pursuant to General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3, in no event will we sell securities in a public primary offering with a value exceeding more than one-third of our “public float” (the market value of our common stock held by our non-affiliates) in any 12-month period so long as our public float remains below $75,000,000.

 

Our securities may be sold directly by us, through dealers or agents designated from time to time, to or through underwriters or dealers or through a combination of these methods on a continuous or delayed basis. See “Plan of Distribution” in this prospectus. We may also describe the plan of distribution for any particular offering of our securities in a prospectus supplement. If any agents, underwriters or dealers are involved in the sale of any of our securities in respect of which this prospectus is being delivered, we will disclose their names and the nature of our arrangements with them in a prospectus supplement. The net proceeds that we expect to receive from any such sale will also be included in a prospectus supplement.

 

Investing in our securities involves various risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 7 of this prospectus and in the applicable prospectus supplement, and in the risks discussed in the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus and in the applicable prospectus supplement, as they may be amended, updated or modified periodically in our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You should carefully read and consider these risk factors before you invest in our securities.

 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

This prospectus is dated __________, 2020

 

     

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS 1
OUR BUSINESS 2
RISK FACTORS 7
SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS 22
USE OF PROCEEDS 24
THE SECURITIES THAT WE MAY OFFER 25
DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK 26
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED STOCK 27
DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS 29
DESCRIPTION OF UNITS 31
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION 32
LEGAL MATTERS 34
EXPERTS 34
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION 34
INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE 35

 

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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

 

This prospectus is part of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 that we filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) using a “shelf” registration process. Under this shelf registration process, we may sell any combination of the securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings from time to time having an aggregate initial offering price of $100,000,000. This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities that we may offer. Each time that we offer securities, we will provide you with a prospectus supplement that describes the specific amounts, prices and terms of the securities that we offer. The prospectus supplement also may add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. You should read carefully both this prospectus and any prospectus supplement, together with additional information described below under the caption “Where You Can Find More Information.”

 

This prospectus does not contain all of the information provided in the registration statement that we filed with the SEC. You should read both this prospectus, including the section titled “Risk Factors,” and the accompanying prospectus supplement, together with the additional information described under the heading “Where You Can Find More Information.”

 

THIS PROSPECTUS MAY NOT BE USED TO CONSUMMATE A SALE OF SECURITIES UNLESS IT IS ACCOMPANIED BY A PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT.

 

You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus or a prospectus supplement. We have not authorized any other person to provide you with different information. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. This prospectus is not an offer to sell securities, and it is not soliciting an offer to buy securities, in any jurisdiction where such offer or sale is not permitted. You should assume that the information appearing in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement, as well as information that we have previously filed with the SEC and incorporated by reference, is accurate as of the date on the front of those documents only. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since those dates.

 

This prospectus contains summaries of certain provisions contained in some of the documents described herein, but reference is made to the actual documents for complete information. All of the summaries are qualified in their entirety by the actual documents. Copies of some of the documents referred to herein have been filed, will be filed or will be incorporated by reference as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, and you may obtain copies of those documents as described below under the section entitled “Where You Can Find More Information.”

 

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OUR BUSINESS

 

Except where the context otherwise requires, the terms, “we,” “us,” “our” or “the Company,” refer to the business of Vislink Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiaries.

 

Overview

 

The overarching strategy of Vislink Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) is to design, develop and deliver advanced wireless communications solutions that provide customers in its target markets with enhanced levels of reliability, mobility, performance and efficiency in their business operations and missions. Prior to April 2019, the Company’s business lines included the brands and sub-brands of Integrated Microwave Technologies, LLC (“IMT”) and Vislink Communication Systems (“Vislink” or “VCS”). There was considerable brand interaction, owing to complementary market focus, compatible product and technology development roadmaps, and solution integration opportunities. During the process of merging the respective product and support offerings across the brands, which began in 2017, the legacy brand names were maintained in markets where strong traditional identification of them existed.

 

Effective February 11, 2019, xG Technology, Inc. changed the name of its corporate entity to Vislink Technologies, Inc. On April 2, 2019, the Company announced the official global repositioning of its brands to the worldwide market. As part of this rebranding initiative, the Company united its individual product brands under the single Vislink brand entity. The rebranding also included an updated visual identity with respect to logos, tag lines, and other graphical elements, and a completely redesigned website. The Company also redefined its product offerings around three key vertical markets: Live Production, Military/Government (“Mil/Gov”) and Satellite solutions (“Satellite”).

 

Technology Overview

 

Vislink manufactures and sells microwave communications equipment utilizing Coded Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (“COFDM”) technology. COFDM is a transmission technique that combines encoding technology with Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (“OFDM”) modulation to provide the low latency and high image clarity required for real-time live broadcasting video transmissions. Vislink has extensive experience in ultra-compact COFDM wireless technology, which has allowed the Company to develop integrated solutions that deliver reliable video footage captured from both aerial and ground-based sources to fixed and mobile receiver locations. Over the years, Vislink has also been involved in the development of a number of broadcast microwave innovations, including digital transmission techniques for use over conventional analog links, compact wireless camera systems, lightweight carbon fiber portable satellite systems, software-defined portable MPEG-2/MPEG-4 (H.264) systems and one of the first wireless 4K ultra high definition camera systems.

 

Live Production Market

 

In the Live Production market, Vislink provides communication links for the wireless capture, delivery, and management of secure, high-quality video from live sports, entertainment, and broadcast news events.

 

Key segments within the live sports and entertainment sector are sports production, sports venue entertainment systems, movie director video assist, e-sports and the non-professional user segment. Customers within this market are major domestic and international professional sports teams, associations and organizations, movie production companies, live video production service providers, system integrators and a growing segment of drone and unoccupied ground vehicle providers. For this sector, Vislink provides a range of premium, mid-market and embedded wireless camera systems that include receivers, transmitters, amplifiers, and other components and accessories.

 

Customers within the broadcast news sector include blue-chip, tier-1 major network television stations, both domestic and international over-the-air broadcasters, multi-channel broadcasters, network owners and station groups and cable and satellite news providers. For this sector, Vislink designs, develop, and markets solutions to support electronic newsgathering activities from news helicopters and ground-based news vehicles, camera operations, central receive sites, remote onsite and studio newscasts and live television events. These solutions include premium digital broadcast microwave video systems, wireless camera systems, portable microwave systems, and fixed point-to-point systems.

 

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Mil/Gov Market

 

The Mil/Gov market consists of key segments that include state, local and federal law enforcement agencies, branches of domestic armed forces, an international defense and government agencies and system integrators who serve these markets. Customers within this market include state police forces, sheriff’s departments, fire departments, first responders, the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Army. The solutions Vislink provides to this market are secure video communications and mission-critical wireless video solutions for applications, including occupied and unoccupied aerial and ground systems, mobile and handheld receive systems and transmitters for concealed video surveillance.

 

Satellite Market

 

In the Satellite market, Vislink is a leading global provider of satellite communication services, with solutions designed for use in both fixed installations and small, rapidly deployable configurations. Vislink has been supplying satellite communications solutions for over 30 years, and currently has several thousand terminals in use worldwide. Clients for these solutions include organizations in broadcast & media, law enforcement, and defense sectors. The solutions that Vislink provides to these sectors are designed to provide immediate, reliable, and secure video communications under challenging environments and conditions, particularly in situations where prepositioned infrastructure is unreliable or unavailable. The product range developed for this market features man-portable satellite communication units, flyaway terminals, vehicle-mounted systems and related modules that enhance performance and optimize bandwidth.

 

Our Strategy

 

With our cost reduction initiatives completed in 2019, the plan going forward is to grow the business in the Live Production, Mil/Gov and Satellite sectors. These industries allow us to offer a broad array of end-to-end, high-reliability, high-data-rate, long-range wireless video transmission solutions. Our solutions are being used for applications in growing market segments, including in-game sports video mobile feeds, real-time capture and display of footage from drones and other aerial platforms, and rapid-response electronic newsgathering operations.

 

The key sector strategies are to expand the various markets for existing miniature wireless video products, which include the educational sector, videographers, and video service providers; introduce complete end-to-end intellectual property technology into traditional broadcast and media markets; provide complete end-to-end solutions for the video surveillance market, and provide turnkey satellite communications solutions to address the need for communications in challenging environments.

 

The successful integration of the IMT and Vislink product lines, and subsequent rebranding of them as a single entity, has allowed the Company to leverage the traditional strengths of each brand. We are now able to offer an expanded suite of products and services in the worldwide markets in which we operate. Integrating the IMT and Vislink product lines has enabled the Company to take advantage of the limited overlap that previously existed in product offerings, sales channels and market coverage between the two brands. For example, there was a substantial Vislink client base in international markets where IMT products had a limited presence. Also, the IMT product portfolio, which was strong among U.S. federal law enforcement and high-end sports broadcasting customers, has been augmented with additional solutions based on enhanced product configurations. Finally, Vislink has traditionally focused on licensed spectrum solutions where IMT has pioneered the use of non-licensed spectrum for many applications. Combining our shared spectrum and interference mitigation intellectual property with the expanded product lineup may provide an opening into new customer bases that currently do not have access to licensed spectrum.

 

Company Information

 

Effective February 11, 2019, xG Technology, Inc. changed its name to Vislink Technologies, Inc. Our executive offices are located at 101 Bilby Rd., Suite 15, Bldg. 2, Hackettstown, NJ 07840, and our telephone number is (908) 852-3700. Our website address is www.vislink.com. Information contained in our website does not form part of this registration statement and is intended for informational purposes only.

 

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Risks Associated with Our Business and this Offering

 

An investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risks summarized below. The risks are discussed more fully in the “Risk Factors” section of this prospectus immediately following this prospectus summary.

 

These risks include, but are not limited to:

 

  we have a history of operating losses and we may continue to realize net losses for at least the next 12 months;
  we may not be able to continue as a going concern and may not be able to operate in the future;
  our business depends upon our ability to generate sustained sales of our products and technology;
  our business depends on our ability to continually develop and commercialize new products and technologies and penetrate new markets;
  we need to obtain or maintain patents or other appropriate protection for the intellectual property utilized in our technologies;
  our industry is highly competitive and we may not be able to compete with companies with larger resources than we have;
  we may require additional capital to develop new products;
  new regulations or standards or changes in existing regulations or standards related to our products may result in unanticipated costs or liabilities;
  we may fail to meet publicly announced financial guidance or other expectations about our business;
  our inability to continue to comply with the continued listing requirements of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”); and
  the effects of outbreaks of pandemic or contagious diseases, including the length and severity of the recent worldwide outbreak of COVID-19, including its impact on our business.

 

Recent Developments

 

Appointment of New Executives

 

On January 15, 2020, our board of directors (“Board”) appointed Carleton M. Miller to the roles of Chief Executive Officer of the Company and a member of the Board, effective January 15, 2020. As part of the Mr. Miller’s employment agreement, he will receive an inducement award of a time-based option to purchase 2,155,481 shares of Common Stock. Additionally, he will receive an inducement award of a performance-based option to purchase 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5653(c)(4) outside of our existing equity compensation plans (the “Performance-Based Option”).

 

On February 27, 2020, we entered into an employment agreement with Michael Bond in connection with his contemplated employment as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective as of April 1, 2020 (the “Bond Employment Agreement”). Pursuant to the Bond Employment Agreement, Mr. Bond will receive an annual base salary of $250,000 per year, and an annual cash bonus in accordance with the terms of any annual cash bonus incentive plan maintained for our key executive officers. The Bond Employment Agreement also provides that on April 1, 2020 Mr. Bond will receive an award of stock options to purchase a quantity of shares equal to one percent of our fully diluted outstanding shares of Common Stock as of April 1, 2020 under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4) outside of the Company’s existing equity compensation plans.

 

February 2020 Public Offering

 

On February 14, 2020, we closed on an underwriting public offering for 12,445,000 shares of Common Stock, 12,445,000 warrants to purchase 9,333,750 shares of Common Stock, and 14,827,200 pre-funded warrants, with each such pre-funded warrant exercisable for one share of Common Stock, together with 14,827,200 warrants to purchase 11,120,400 shares of Common Stock (the “February 2020 Offering”). We received gross proceeds of approximately $6 million, less offering costs of $560,000, for net proceeds of $5,438,000. We have earmarked the use of the net proceeds from the February 2020 Offering for working capital and general corporate purposes.

 

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Departure of Former Executive(s)

 

Payne Separation Agreement

 

On February 24, 2020, John Payne agreed to step down from his role as President and Chief Operating Officer of IMT and concluded his employment with us on March 19, 2020. We entered into a separation agreement with Mr. Payne in connection with the conclusion of his employment (the “Payne Separation Agreement”), which provided that Mr. Payne is entitled to receive severance in the form of six (6) months of salary continuation for an aggregate amount of $175,000. In connection with the foregoing, the Board appointed Carleton M. Miller, our Chief Executive Officer, to the additional position of President, effective upon Mr. Payne’s departure on March 19, 2020.

 

Branton Separation Agreement

 

On March 31, 2020, Roger G. Branton concluded his employment as our Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. We entered into a separation agreement with Mr. Branton in connection with the conclusion of his employment (the “Branton Separation Agreement”), which provides that Mr. Branton is entitled to receive severance pay in the form of salary continuation for 12 months for an aggregate amount of $300,000.

 

Amended Related Party Agreement

 

Effective February 25, 2020, an amendment to a related party agreement between us and MB Merchant Group, LLC (“MBMG”) was executed into a letter agreement (the “MBMG Agreement”), pursuant to which we and MBMG agreed to amend and restate certain service agreements previously entered into with MBMG as well as its predecessor entity (the “MBMG Agreements”). Pursuant to the MBMG Agreement, MBMG has agreed to provide only the following services to us: (i) to conduct merger and acquisition searches, negotiating and structuring deal terms and other related services in connection with closing suitable acquisitions for us, and (ii) to seek and secure financing for us, except in those regions in which we had previously appointed a business representative to exclusively seek such opportunities, and subject in each case to prior approval by our Chief Executive Officer on a case-by-case basis (collectively, the “MBMG Services”). Pursuant to the MBMG Agreement, MBMG will no longer provide strategic planning and financial structuring services or technical consulting services, review patent applications or provide consulting services with respect to certain legal matters.

 

Pursuant to the MBMG Agreement, in consideration for the MBMG Services, we agreed to compensate MBMG through payment of: (i) an acquisition fee equal to (A) the greater of $250,000 or 6% of the total acquisition price for deals in which the total consideration paid by us is less than $50 million; (B) $3,000,000 plus 4% of the consideration paid by us in excess of $50 million for deals in which the total consideration paid by us is between $50 million and $100 million; (C) $5,000,000 plus 2% of the consideration paid by us in excess of $100 million for deals in which the total consideration paid by us is between $100 million and $400 million; or (D) $10,200,000 plus 1.1% of the consideration paid by us in excess of $400 million for deals in which the total consideration paid by us exceeds $400 million; (ii) a success-based due diligence fee of $250,000 on successfully closed deals, (iii) a waivable success-based finance fee of 2% of the acquisition price and (iv) an incentive fee of 5% of an external advisor’s higher valuation of an acquisition, with such fees subject to a customary 12-month tail period in the event of termination of the MBMG Agreement. The MBMG Agreement further provides that (x) MBMG shall have the option to convert up to 50% of all such fees into Common Stock so long as a receivable remains outstanding, convertible at a fixed price of 110% of the lower of the price of such shares on the day of closing or such price in connection with any acquisition financing, as applicable; (y) we will no longer compensate MBMG through, among other discontinued fees, a $50,000 monthly consulting fee that would have been due pursuant to the MBMG Agreements and (z) in full satisfaction of specified claims arising out of the MBMG Agreements, we shall pay MBMG $420,000, with $200,000 to be paid within three days of the execution of the MBMG Agreement and $220,000 to be paid within 30 days of such execution.

 

MBMG is an affiliate of Richard L. Mooers, a member of our Board, and Roger G. Branton, a member of our Board and our former Chief Financial Officer.

 

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

On April 10, 2020, IMT was granted a loan (the “Loan”) from Texas Security Bank in the aggregate amount of $1,167,700, pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”) under Division A, Title I of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), which was enacted on March 27, 2020.

 

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The Loan, which is in the form of a promissory note dated April 5, 2020 issued by the Borrower, matures on April 5, 2022 and bears interest at a rate of 1.00% per annum, payable monthly commencing on October 5, 2020. The Note may be prepaid by the Borrower at any time prior to maturity with no prepayment penalties. We intend to use the Loan amount for payroll costs, costs used to continue group health care benefits, mortgage payments, rent, utilities, and interest on other debt obligations. Under the terms of the PPP, certain amounts of the Loan may be forgiven if they are used for qualifying expenses as described in the CARES Act.

 

Nasdaq Notifications

 

As previously disclosed in our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with SEC on September 27, 2019, we received written notice from the staff of the Listing Qualifications Department of Nasdaq (the “Staff”) on September 26, 2019 indicating that we were not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) because the closing bid price for the Common Stock had closed below $1.00 per share for the previous 30 consecutive business days (the “Minimum Bid Price Requirement”). Further, as previously disclosed in our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on March 31, 2020, we received notice from Nasdaq on March 25, 2020 indicating that, while we had not regained compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement, the Staff had determined that we were eligible for an additional 180-day period, or until September 21, 2020, to regain compliance.

 

As previously disclosed in our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with SEC on April 23, 2020, we received notice from Nasdaq on April 17, 2020 that the 180-day grace period to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement under applicable Nasdaq rules has been extended due to the global market impact caused by COVID-19. More specifically, Nasdaq has stated that the compliance periods for any company previously notified about non-compliance will be suspended effective April 16, 2020 through June 30, 2020. On July 1, 2020, companies would receive the balance of any pending compliance period exception to come back into compliance with the applicable Minimum Bid Price Requirement. As a result of this extension, we now have until December 7, 2020 to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement.

 

As previously disclosed in our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with SEC on March 5, 2020, we received a letter from the Staff on March 4, 2020 notifying us that the Staff has determined that we did not comply with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d) because the February 2020 Offering did not meet the Nasdaq definition of a public offering under Nasdaq Listing Rule IM-5635-3. The Staff’s determination was based on (i) the extent of the offering’s distribution, (ii) the existence of a prior relationship between us and the investors in such offering, and (iii) the significant discount to the minimum price, as defined in Nasdaq rules. On March 18, 2020, we submitted a plan to regain compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635. On April 30, 2020, we received another letter from the Staff notifying us that the Staff has determined not to delist our Common Stock for such non-compliance and that the Staff has closed this matter by issuing us a letter of reprimand in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(4).

 

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RISK FACTORS

 

An investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should consider and read carefully all of the risks and uncertainties described below, together with all of the other information contained or incorporated by reference into this prospectus and in any prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus or in the documents incorporated by reference herein and therein before deciding to invest in such securities. If any of the following risks, or any risk described elsewhere in this and in any prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus or in the documents incorporated by reference herein and therein, occurs, our business, business prospects, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows could be materially adversely affected. In any such case, the trading price of our Common Stock could decline, and you could lose all or part of your investment. The risks described below and in any prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus and in the documents incorporated by reference herein and therein are not the only ones facing us. Additional risks not currently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also adversely affect us. This prospectus also contains forward-looking statements, estimates and projections that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements because of specific factors, including the risks described below and in the documents incorporated by reference herein.

 

You should carefully consider the following risk factors in evaluating our business and us. The factors listed below and in the prospectus and in any prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus represent certain important factors that we believe could cause our business results to differ. These factors are not intended to represent a complete list of the general or specific risks that may affect us. It should be recognized that other risks may be significant, presently or in the future, and the risks set forth below may affect us to a greater extent than indicated. If any of the following risks occur, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be materially and adversely affected. You should also consider the other information included in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “Form 10-K”) and subsequent quarterly reports filed with the SEC, which are incorporated herein by reference into this registration statement, as well as in any applicable prospectus supplement and contained or to be contained in our filings with the SEC and incorporated by reference in this prospectus, together with all of the other information contained in this prospectus, or any applicable prospectus supplement. For a description of these reports and documents, and information about where you can find them, see “Where You Can Find More Information” and “Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference.” If any of the risks or uncertainties described in our SEC filings or any prospectus supplement or any additional risks and uncertainties actually occur, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

 

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Risks Related to the Company and Our Business

 

We have included in our financial statements disclosure regarding our liquidity and financial condition as a result of our recurring operating losses and cash used from operations.

 

As reflected in the condensed consolidated financial statements, we had working capital and an accumulated deficit of approximately $3.6 million and approximately $252.6 million, respectively, at December 31, 2019. In addition, we had a loss from operations of approximately $17.2 million and cash used in operating activities of approximately $8.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2019.

 

Our consolidated financial statements are prepared assuming we can continue as a going concern, which contemplates continuity of operations through realization of assets, and the settling of liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company completed a cost reduction plan announced in April 2018 that resulted in approximately $9.9 million in annual savings. Savings were realized through immediate cost reductions by eliminating certain personnel costs, associated benefits and reduction in other expenses. Specifically, the Company eliminated 83 full-time and contracted positions from the business, with salary and benefits savings totaling $8.9 million. The Company also removed $996,000 in annual non-labor costs from the business. The Company also completed an additional $1.3 million in savings related to facilities consolidation. This includes consolidating the two sites in Colchester, U.K. into one, which was completed in April 2019, and the expected savings are approximately $0.5 million through June 2020. The Company also successfully completed a sublease related to its Billerica facility with expected savings of $0.6 million through May 31, 2021. As part of its cost cutting measures, the Company also vacated office and warehouse in Sunrise, Florida when the lease expired on May 13, 2019 for total annual savings of approximately $0.2 million.

 

On July 11, 2019, we closed an underwritten public offering (the “July 2019 Offering”) for 1,550,000 shares of Common Stock, warrants to purchase 6,000,000 shares of Common Stock and, pre-funded warrants to purchase 4,450,000 shares of Common Stock in place of Common Stock. We received gross proceeds of $11,995,550 from the offering, before deducting underwriting-related fees and other offering expenses payable by us. We used a portion of the net proceeds from the equity financing to satisfy outstanding principal and accrued interest due on then-outstanding convertible promissory notes and the balance of the proceeds raised in such offering for working capital for daily operating expenditures.

 

On November 27, 2019, we raised additional capital in an underwritten public offering in which we sold 3,201,200 shares of Common Stock, pre-funded warrants exercisable for 11,893,100 shares of Common Stock and warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 11,320,725 shares of Common Stock. We received gross proceeds of $3,988,096.40 from the offering, before deducting underwriting-related fees and other offering expenses payable by us. We have used the proceeds raised in such offering to provide working capital for daily operating expenditures.

 

On February 14, 2020, we closed an underwritten public offering of 12,445,000 shares of Common Stock, 12,445,000 warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 9,333,750 shares of Common Stock, and 14,827,200 pre-funded warrants, with each such pre-funded warrant exercisable for one share of Common Stock, together with 14,827,200 warrants to purchase 11,120,400 shares of Common Stock. We received gross proceeds of approximately $6 million from such offering, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses, and excluding the exercise of any such pre-funded warrants or warrants. We have used the proceeds raised in such offering to provide us with working capital and for general corporate purposes. Notwithstanding the receipt of the proceeds from such raises described above, the reduction of debt using proceeds from the July 2019 Offering, and our cost-reduction initiatives, we may lack adequate financial resources to generate cash from operations, because, among other reasons, our ability to recognize revenue and ultimately cash receipts is contingent upon, but not limited to, acceptable performance of the delivered equipment and services.

 

If we are not able to comply with the applicable continued listing requirements or standards of Nasdaq, Nasdaq could delist our Common Stock.

 

Our Common Stock is currently listed on Nasdaq. In order to maintain such listing, we must satisfy minimum financial and other continued listing requirements and standards, including those regarding director independence and independent committee requirements, minimum stockholders’ equity, minimum share price, and certain corporate governance requirements.

 

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As previously disclosed in our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with SEC on September 27, 2019, we received written notice from the Staff on September 26, 2019 indicating that we were not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) because the closing bid price for the Common Stock had closed below $1.00 per share for the previous 30 consecutive business days (the “Minimum Bid Price Requirement”). Further, as previously disclosed in our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on March 31, 2020, we received notice from Nasdaq on March 25, 2020 indicating that, while we had not regained compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement, the Staff had determined that we were eligible for an additional 180-day period, or until September 21, 2020, to regain compliance. To regain compliance, the closing bid of our Common Stock must meet or exceed $1.00 per share for at least ten (10) consecutive business days during the 180-day grace period. As previously disclosed in our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with SEC on April 23, 2020, we received notice from Nasdaq on April 17, 2020 that the 180-day grace period to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement under applicable Nasdaq rules has been extended due to the global market impact caused by COVID-19. More specifically, Nasdaq has stated that the compliance periods for any company previously notified about non-compliance will be suspended effective April 16, 2020 through June 30, 2020. On July 1, 2020, companies would receive the balance of any pending compliance period exception to come back into compliance with the applicable Minimum Bid Price Requirement. As a result of this extension, we now have until December 7, 2020 to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement.

 

During the compliance period, our Common Stock will continue to be listed and traded on The Nasdaq Capital Market. If we cannot regain in compliance by December 7, 2020, we may be afforded a second 180 calendar day grace period. To qualify, we would be required to meet the continued listing requirement for market value of publicly held shares and all other initial listing standards for The Nasdaq Capital Market, with the exception of the Minimum Bid Price Requirement. In addition, we would be required to notify Nasdaq of our intent to cure the Minimum Bid Price Requirement deficiency by effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary. See “Recent Developments” on page 4 of this prospectus regarding Nasdaq’s written notifications to us.

 

As previously disclosed in our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with SEC on March 5, 2020, we received a letter from the Staff on March 4, 2020 notifying us that the Staff has determined that we did not comply with Listing Rule 5635(d) because the February 2020 Offering did not meet the Nasdaq definition of a public offering under Listing Rule IM-5635-3. The Staff’s determination was based on (i) the extent of the offering’s distribution, (ii) the existence of a prior relationship between us and the investors in such offering, and (iii) the significant discount to the minimum price, as defined in Nasdaq rules. On March 18, 2020, we submitted a plan to regain compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635. On April 30, 2020, we received another letter from the Staff notifying us that the Staff has determined not to delist our Common Stock for such non-compliance and that the Staff has closed this matter by issuing us a letter of reprimand in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(4).

 

There can be no assurances that we will be able to regain compliance with Nasdaq’s listing standards, or if we do later regain compliance with Nasdaq’s listing standards, that we will be able to continue to comply with the applicable listing standards. In addition, there can be no assurance that, if and when we regain compliance with such listing standards, we may, again, in the future, fall out of compliance with such standards, and there can be no assurance that any proposed offering that we conduct pursuant to any prospectus or prospectus supplement forming a part of this registration statement will comply with Nasdaq’s listing standards. If we are unable to maintain compliance with these Nasdaq requirements, our Common Stock will be delisted from Nasdaq.

 

We face risks related to health epidemics and other outbreaks, which could significantly disrupt our operations and could have a material adverse impact on us, and the recent coronavirus outbreak could materially and adversely affect our business.

 

An outbreak of a new respiratory illness caused by COVID-19 has resulted in millions of infections and hundreds of thousands of deaths worldwide, as of the date of filing of this prospectus supplement, and continues to spread across the globe, including the United States, the major market in which we operate. The outbreak of COVID-19 or by other epidemics could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. If COVID-19 worsens in the United States, or in any other regions in which we have material operations or sales, our business activities originating from affected areas, including sales, manufacturing and supply chain related activities, could be adversely affected. Disruptive activities from COVID-19 could still include the temporary closure of our manufacturing facilities and those used in our supply chain processes, restrictions on the export or shipment of our products, significant cutback of ocean container delivery from Asia, business closures in impacted areas, and restrictions on our employees’ and consultants’ ability to travel and to meet with customers. The extent to which COVID-19 impacts our results will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted, including new information which may emerge concerning the severity of the virus and the actions to contain it or treat its impact, among others. COVID-19 could also result in social, economic and labor instability in the countries in which we or our customers and suppliers operate.

 

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If workers at one or more of our offices or the offices of our suppliers or manufacturers become ill or are quarantined and in either or both events are therefore unable to work, our operations could be subject to disruption. Further, if our manufacturers become unable to obtain necessary raw materials or components, we may incur higher supply costs or our manufacturers may be required to reduce production levels, either of which may negatively affect our financial condition or results of operations. In addition, the capital markets have been disrupted and our efforts to raise necessary capital will likely be adversely impacted by the outbreak of COVID-19. As a result, we cannot forecast with any certainty when the disruptions caused by such outbreak will cease to impact our business and the results of our operations. In reviewing our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2019, as well as the notes to such financial statements, including our discussion of our ability to continue as a going concern set forth therein, which financial statements and notes are incorporated by reference to this registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, and any accompanying supplements, consider the additional uncertainties caused by the outbreak of COVID-19.The extent to which COVID-19 affects our results will depend on future developments that are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted, including actions to contain COVID-19 or address and treat its effects, among others.

 

At several of our annual stockholder meetings, including our 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, we failed to obtain ratification by our stockholders of certain proposals submitted for approval of our stockholders at prior annual meetings, which could be deemed to be defective corporate acts.

 

At our 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, our Board submitted to our stockholders, for their approval, (i) a proposal to approve our 2015 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and (ii) a proposal to approve our 2015 Incentive Compensation Plan. At our 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders our Board submitted to our stockholders, for their approval, (i) a proposal to approve our 2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and (ii) a proposal to approve our 2016 Incentive Compensation Plan. At our 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders our Board submitted to our stockholders, for their approval, (i) a proposal to approve an amendment to our 2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan to increase the number of shares of Common Stock available for sale under such plan; (ii) a proposal to approve an amendment to our 2016 Incentive Compensation Plan to increase the number of shares of Common Stock available for sale under such plan; and (iii) a proposal to approve our 2017 Incentive Compensation Plan.

 

At each of these annual meetings, our inspector of elections determined that the applicable proposal received the requisite stockholder approval pursuant to our amended and restated by-laws (“Bylaws”) and certified that the proposal passed, which was subsequently disclosed in an applicable Current Report on Form 8-K. Questions have been raised as to whether the votes on such proposals were tabulated in accordance with the provisions of our Bylaws and whether the requisite number of votes were obtained to approve each of these proposals.

 

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (“DGCL”) and in order to continue to remain in compliance with Nasdaq’s Listing Rules, we submitted all of these proposals, again, to our stockholders at our 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders for ratification in order to resolve any defects in the corporate acts relating to the approval of these proposals by our stockholders at the prior meetings. We were unable to obtain ratification by our stockholders for any of these proposals submitted to them at the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Although we intend to resubmit these proposals again to our stockholders for ratification, there can be no assurance that any of these proposals will be ratified. In the event that we are unable to secure such ratifications secured or are not deemed to be effective, among other consequences, this could result in a determination that none of the shares issued by us under these plans were duly authorized and validly issued, which could create accounting issues, affect our liquidity and capital structure, and expose us to claims from recipients of any stock awards granted pursuant to such plans, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

 

We are planning to hold another meeting in 2020 to obtain approval and ratification for these measures, but there is no assurance that we will be able to do so.

 

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We may require additional capital in the future to develop new products. If we do not obtain any such additional financing, if required, our business prospects, financial condition and results of operations will be adversely affected.

 

We may require additional capital in the future to develop new products. We may not be able to secure adequate additional financing when needed on acceptable terms, or at all. To execute our business strategy, we may issue additional equity securities in public or private offerings, potentially at a price lower than the offering price of the securities issuable pursuant to this registration statement or the market price of our Common Stock at the time of such issuance. If we cannot secure sufficient additional funding, we may be forced to forego strategic opportunities or delay, scale back and eliminate future product development.

 

Defects or errors in our products and services or in products made by our suppliers could harm our brand and relations with our customers and expose us to liability. If we experience product recalls, we may incur significant expenses and experience decreased demand for our products.

 

Our products are inherently complex and may contain defects and errors that are only detectable when the products are in use. Because our products are used for both personal and business purposes, such defects or errors could have a serious impact on our end customers, which could damage our reputation, harm our customer relationships and expose us to liability. Defects or impurities in our components, materials or software, equipment failures or other difficulties could adversely affect our ability, and that of our customers, to ship products on a timely basis as well as customer or licensee demand for our products. Any such shipment delays or declines in demand could reduce our revenues and harm our ability to achieve or sustain desired levels of profitability. We and our customers may also experience component or software failures or defects that could require significant product recalls, rework and/or repairs that are not covered by warranty reserves.

 

We may fail to meet publicly announced financial guidance or other expectations about our business, which would cause our Common Stock to decline in value.

 

From time to time, we provide preliminary financial results or forward-looking financial guidance, to our investors. Such statements are based on our current views, expectations and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results, performance, achievements or share prices to be materially different from any future results, performance, achievements or share prices expressed or implied by such statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, among others, changes to the assumptions used to forecast or calculate such guidance or expectations, or the occurrence of risks related to our performance and our business, including those discussed in these risk factors, among others. Any failure to meet any financial guidance or expectations regarding our future performance could harm our reputation and cause our stock price to decline.

 

The requirements of being a U.S. public company may strain our resources and divert management’s attention.

 

As a U.S. public company, we are subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, the listing requirements of Nasdaq, and other applicable securities rules and regulations. Compliance with these rules and regulations will increase our legal and financial compliance costs, make some activities more difficult, time-consuming, or costly, and increase demand on our systems and resources. The Exchange Act requires, among other things, that we file annual and current reports with respect to our business and operating results.

 

As a result of disclosure of information in this prospectus and in filings required of a public company, our business and financial condition is more visible, which we believe may result in threatened or actual litigation, including by competitors and other third parties. If such claims are successful, our business and operating results could be harmed, and even if the claims do not result in litigation or are resolved in our favor, these claims, and the time and resources necessary to resolve them, could divert resources of our management and harm our business and operating results.

 

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In the event that our Common Stock is delisted from Nasdaq, U.S. broker-dealers may be discouraged from effecting transactions in shares of our Common Stock because they may be considered penny stocks and thus be subject to the penny stock rules.

 

The SEC has adopted a number of rules to regulate “penny stock” that restrict transactions involving stock which is deemed to be penny stock. Such rules include Rules 3a51-1, 15g-1, 15g-2, 15g-3, 15g-4, 15g-5, 15g-6, 15g-7, and 15g-9 under the Exchange Act. These rules may have the effect of reducing the liquidity of penny stocks. “Penny stocks” generally are equity securities with a price of less than $5.00 per share (other than securities registered on certain national securities exchanges or quoted on Nasdaq if current price and volume information with respect to transactions in such securities is provided by the exchange or system). Our shares of Common Stock have in the past constituted, and may again in the future constitute, “penny stock” within the meaning of the rules. The additional sales practice and disclosure requirements imposed upon U.S. broker-dealers may discourage such broker-dealers from effecting transactions in shares of our Common Stock, which could severely limit the market liquidity of such shares of Common Stock and impede their sale in the secondary market.

 

A U.S. broker-dealer selling penny stock to anyone other than an established customer or “accredited investor” (generally, an individual with net worth in excess of $1,000,000 or an annual income exceeding $200,000, or $300,000 together with his or her spouse) must make a special suitability determination for the purchaser and must receive the purchaser’s written consent to the transaction prior to sale, unless the broker-dealer or the transaction is otherwise exempt. In addition, the “penny stock” regulations require the U.S. broker-dealer to deliver, prior to any transaction involving a “penny stock”, a disclosure schedule prepared in accordance with SEC standards relating to the “penny stock” market, unless the broker-dealer or the transaction is otherwise exempt. A U.S. broker-dealer is also required to disclose commissions payable to the U.S. broker-dealer and the registered representative and current quotations for the securities. Finally, a U.S. broker-dealer is required to submit monthly statements disclosing recent price information with respect to the “penny stock” held in a customer’s account and information with respect to the limited market in “penny stocks”.

 

Stockholders should be aware that, according to the SEC, the market for “penny stocks” has suffered in recent years from patterns of fraud and abuse. Such patterns include (i) control of the market for the security by one or a few broker-dealers that are often related to the promoter or issuer; (ii) manipulation of prices through prearranged matching of purchases and sales and false and misleading press releases; (iii) “boiler room” practices involving high-pressure sales tactics and unrealistic price projections by inexperienced sales persons; (iv) excessive and undisclosed bid-ask differentials and markups by selling broker-dealers; and (v) the wholesale dumping of the same securities by promoters and broker-dealers after prices have been manipulated to a desired level, resulting in investor losses. Our management is aware of the abuses that have occurred historically in the penny stock market. Although we do not expect to be in a position to dictate the behavior of the market or of broker-dealers who participate in the market, management will strive within the confines of practical limitations to prevent the described patterns from being established with respect to our securities.

 

We acknowledge material weaknesses in the controls and procedures of our financial reporting and may identify additional material weaknesses in the future that may cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations, including timeliness, or result in material misstatements of our financial statements. If we continue to fail to remediate our material weaknesses or if we fail to implement effective controls and procedures for our financial reporting, our ability to accurately and timely report our financial results could be adversely affected, which likely would adversely affect the value of our Common Stock.

 

Our management has previously identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting as a result of not properly performing an effective risk assessment or monitoring of our internal controls over financial reporting. Notwithstanding the completed integration of IMT and Vislink, there remain risks related to the timing and accuracy of the information from various accounting and Material Requirement Planning (“MRP”) systems whereby the Company has experienced delays in receiving information in a timely manner from its subsidiaries. As of December 31, 2019, we concluded that certain of these material weaknesses continued to exist.

 

We made modest improvements on the integration of information issues in 2019 as we worked to implement a single accounting and MRP system. In October 2019, we successfully tested such system with anticipated full adoption by 2020. We are continuing to further remediate the material weakness identified above as its resources permit.

 

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A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system’s objectives will be met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected. Failure of our internal control systems to prevent error or fraud could materially adversely impact us, could lead to restatements of our financial statements and investors not being able to rely on the completeness and accuracy of the financial information contained in our filings with the SEC, and could potentially subject us to sanctions or investigations by the SEC or other regulatory authorities or stockholder litigation. Any such failure could also cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information or our ongoing ability to meet SEC filing deadlines, which likely would adversely affect the value of our Common Stock and severely limit or even eliminate the prospects for our success in obtaining new capital.

 

Our charter documents and Delaware law could prevent a takeover that stockholders consider favorable and could also reduce the market price of our Common Stock.

 

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as amended (“Certificate of Incorporation”), and our Bylaws contain provisions that could delay or prevent a change in control of our Company. These provisions could also make it more difficult for stockholders to elect directors and take other corporate actions. These provisions include:

 

  authorizing the Board to issue, without stockholder approval, preferred stock with rights senior to those of our Common Stock;
     
  limiting the persons who may call special meetings of stockholders; and
     
  requiring advance notification of stockholder nominations and proposals.

 

In addition, the provisions of Section 203 of the DGCL govern us. These provisions may prohibit large stockholders, in particular those owning 15% or more of our outstanding voting stock, from merging or combining with us for a certain period of time without the consent of our Board.

 

These and other provisions in our Certificate of Incorporation and our Bylaws and under Delaware law could discourage potential takeover attempts, reduce the price that investors might be willing to pay in the future for shares of our Common Stock and result in the market price of our Common Stock being lower than it would be without these provisions.

 

If securities or industry analysts do not publish or cease publishing research or reports about us, our business or our market, or if they change their recommendations regarding our Common Stock adversely, our share price and trading volume could decline.

 

The trading market for our shares of Common Stock will be influenced by the research and reports that industry or securities analysts may publish about us, our business, our market or our competitors. If any of the analysts who may cover us change their recommendation regarding our Common Stock adversely, or provide more favorable relative recommendations about our competitors, our share price would likely decline. If any analyst who may cover us were to cease coverage of our Company or fail to regularly publish reports on us, we could lose visibility in the financial markets, which in turn could cause our Common Stock price or trading volume to decline.

 

Although certain technical problems experienced by users may not be caused by our products, our business and reputation may be harmed if users perceive our solutions as the cause of a slow or unreliable network connection, or a high-profile network failure.

 

We expect that our products will be in many different locations and user environments and will be capable of providing transmission of video, mobile broadband connectivity and interference mitigation, among other applications. The ability of our products to operate effectively can be negatively impacted by many different elements unrelated to our products. Although certain technical problems experienced by users may not be caused by our products, users often may perceive the underlying cause to be a result of poor performance of our technology. This perception, even if incorrect, could harm our business and reputation. Similarly, a high-profile network failure may be caused by improper operation of the network or failure of a network component that we did not supply, but other service providers may perceive that our products were implicated, which, even if incorrect, could harm our business, operating results and financial condition.

 

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Our ability to sell our products will be highly dependent on the quality of our support and services offerings, and our failure to offer high-quality support and services would have a material adverse effect on our sales and results of operations.

 

Once our products are deployed, our channel partners and end-customers will depend on our support organization to resolve any issues relating to our products. A high level of support will be important for the successful marketing and sale of our products. In many cases, our channel partners will likely provide support directly to our end-customers. We will not have complete control over the level or quality of support provided by our channel partners. These channel partners may also provide support for other third-party products, which may potentially distract resources from support for our products. If we and our channel partners do not effectively assist our end-customers in deploying our products, succeed in helping our end-customers quickly resolve post-deployment issues or provide effective ongoing support, our ability to sell our products to existing end-customers could be adversely affected and our reputation with potential end-customers could be harmed. In some cases, we guarantee a certain level of performance to our channel partners and end-customers, which could prove to be resource-intensive and expensive for us to fulfill if unforeseen technical problems were to arise.

 

We may fail to recruit and retain qualified personnel.

 

We expect to rapidly expand our operations and grow our sales, development and administrative operations. This expansion is expected to place a significant strain on our management and will require hiring a significant number of qualified personnel. Accordingly, recruiting and retaining such personnel in the future will be critical to our success. There is intense competition from other companies for qualified personnel in the areas of our activities. If we fail to identify, attract, retain and motivate these highly skilled personnel, we may be unable to continue our marketing and development activities, and this could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and future prospects.

 

We rely on key executive officers, and their knowledge of our business and technical expertise would be difficult to replace.

 

We are highly dependent on our executive officers because of their expertise and experience in the telecommunications industry. We have agreements with our executive officers containing customary non-disclosure, non-compete, confidentiality and assignment of inventions provisions. We do not have “key person” life insurance policies for any of our officers. The loss of the technical knowledge and management and industry expertise of any of our key personnel could result in delays in product development, loss of customers and sales and diversion of management resources, which could adversely affect our operating results.

 

We purchase some components, subassemblies and products from a limited number of suppliers. The loss of any of these suppliers may substantially disrupt our ability to obtain orders and fulfill sales as we design and qualify new components.

 

We sometimes rely on third party components and technology to build and operate our products, and, until full integration with IMT and VCS, we may rely on our contract manufacturers to obtain the components, subassemblies and products necessary for the manufacture of our products. Shortages in components that we use in our products are possible, and our ability to predict the availability of such components is limited. While components and supplies are generally available from a variety of sources, we and our contract manufacturers currently depend on a single or limited number of suppliers for several components for our products. If our suppliers of these components or technology were to enter into exclusive relationships with other providers of wireless networking equipment or were to discontinue providing such components and technology to us and we were unable to replace them cost effectively, or at all, our ability to provide our products would be impaired. We and our contract manufacturers generally rely on purchase orders rather than long-term contracts with these suppliers. As a result, even if available, we and our contract manufacturers may not be able to secure sufficient components at reasonable prices or of acceptable quality to build our products in a timely manner. Therefore, we may be unable to meet customer demand for our products, which would have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition.

 

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We do not have long-term contracts with our existing contract manufacturers. The loss of any of our existing contract manufacturers could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition.

 

We do not have long-term contracts with our existing contract manufacturers. If any of our existing contract manufacturers are unable or unwilling to manufacture our products in the future, the loss of such contract manufacturers could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition.

 

Our intellectual property protections may be insufficient to properly safeguard our technology.

 

Our success and ability to compete effectively are, in large part, dependent upon proprietary technology that we have developed internally. Given the rapid pace of innovation and technological change within the wireless and broadband industries, the technological and creative skill of our personnel, consultants and contractors and their ability to develop, enhance and market new products and upgrades to existing products are critical to our continued success. We rely primarily on patent laws to protect our proprietary rights. As of April 30, 2020, in the United States, we have 43 patents granted, no patent applications pending and no provisional applications pending. Internationally, we have 16 patents granted and no patent applications pending. There can be no assurance that patents pending or future patent applications will be issued, or that if issued, we would have the resources to protect any such issued patent from infringement. Further, we cannot patent much of the technology that is important to our business. To date, we have relied on copyright, trademark and trade secret laws, as well as confidentiality procedures, non-compete and/or work for hire invention assignment agreements and licensing arrangements with our employees, consultants, contractors, customers and vendors, to establish and protect our rights to this technology and, to the best extent possible, control the access to and distribution of our technology, software, documentation and other proprietary information. Despite these precautions, it may be possible for a third party to copy or otherwise obtain and use this technology without authorization. Policing unauthorized use of this technology is difficult. There can be no assurance that the steps that we take or will take will prevent misappropriation of, or prevent an unauthorized third party from obtaining or using, the technology we rely on. In addition, effective protection may be unavailable or limited in some jurisdictions. Litigation may be necessary in the future to enforce or protect our rights.

 

We may be subject to claims of intellectual property infringement or invalidity. Expenses incurred with respect to monitoring, protecting, and defending our intellectual property rights could adversely affect our business.

 

Competitors and others may infringe on our intellectual property rights, or may allege that we have infringed on theirs. Monitoring infringement and misappropriation of intellectual property can be difficult and expensive, and we may not be able to detect infringement or misappropriation of our proprietary rights. We may also incur significant litigation expenses in protecting our intellectual property or defending our use of intellectual property, reducing our ability to fund product initiatives. These expenses could have an adverse effect on our future cash flows and results of operations. If we are found to infringe on the rights of others we could be required to discontinue offering certain products or systems, to pay damages, or purchase a license to use the intellectual property in question from its owner. Litigation can also distract management from the day-to-day operations of the business.

 

Enforcement of our intellectual property rights abroad, particularly in China, is limited and it is often difficult to protect and enforce such rights.

 

Patent protection outside the United States is generally not as comprehensive as in the United States and may not protect our intellectual property in some countries where our products are sold or may be sold in the future. Even if patents are granted outside the United States, effective enforcement in those countries may not be available. Many companies have encountered substantial intellectual property infringement in countries where we sell, or intend to sell, products or have our products manufactured.

 

In particular, the legal regime relating to intellectual property rights in China is limited and it is often difficult to protect and enforce such rights. The regulatory scheme for enforcing China’s intellectual property laws may not be as developed as regulatory schemes in other countries. Any advancement of an intellectual property enforcement claim through China’s regulatory scheme may require an extensive amount of time, allowing intellectual property infringers to continue largely unimpeded, to our commercial detriment in the Chinese and other export markets. In addition, rules of evidence may be unclear, inconsistent or difficult to comply with, making it difficult to prove infringement of our intellectual property rights. As a result, enforcement cases involving technology, such as copyright infringement of software code, or unauthorized manufacture or sale of products containing patented inventions, may be difficult or not possible to sustain.

 

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These factors may make it increasingly complicated for us to enforce our intellectual property rights against parties misappropriating or copying our technology or products without our authorization, allowing competing enterprises to harm our business in the Chinese or other export markets by affecting the pricing for our products, reducing our own sales and diluting our brand or product quality reputation.

 

The intellectual property rights of others may prevent us from developing new products or entering new markets.

 

The telecommunications industry is characterized by the rapid development of new technologies, which requires us to continuously introduce new products and expand into new markets that may be created. Therefore, our success depends in part on our ability to continually adapt our products and systems to incorporate new technologies and to expand into markets that may be created by new technologies. If technologies are protected by the intellectual property rights of others, including our competitors, we may be prevented from introducing new products or expanding into new markets created by these technologies. If the intellectual property rights of others prevent us from taking advantage of innovative technologies, our financial condition, operating results or prospects may be harmed.

 

Further impairment charges could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

 

We are required to test our finite-lived intangible assets for impairment if events occur or circumstances change that would indicate the remaining net book value of the finite-lived intangible assets might not be recoverable. These events or circumstances could include a significant change in the business climate, including a significant sustained decline in an entity’s market value, legal factors, operating performance indicators, competition, sale or disposition of a significant portion of our business, potential government actions and other factors. If the fair value of our finite-lived intangible assets is less than their book value in the future, we could be required to record impairment charges. Although we did not recognize any impairment in 2017 or in 2019, during 2018, we recognized an asset impairment charge of $413,000 of which included $168,000 related to software development costs due to our analysis of the net realizable value of our capitalized software costs. The amount of any further impairment could be significant and could have a material adverse effect on our reported financial results for the period in which the charge is taken.

 

We rely on the availability of third-party licenses. If these licenses are available to us only on less favorable terms or not at all in the future, our business and operating results would be harmed.

 

We have incorporated third-party licensed technology into our products. It may be necessary in the future to renew licenses relating to various aspects of these products or to seek additional licenses for existing or new products. There can be no assurance that the necessary licenses will be available on acceptable terms or at all. The inability to obtain certain licenses or other rights, or to obtain those licenses or rights on favorable terms, or the need to engage in litigation regarding these matters, could result in delays in product releases until such time, if ever, as equivalent technology could be identified, licensed or developed and integrated into our products and might have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition. Moreover, the inclusion in our products of intellectual property licensed from third parties on a nonexclusive basis could limit our ability to protect our proprietary rights in our products.

 

Our customers could also become the target of litigation relating to the patent and other intellectual property rights of others.

 

Any litigation relating to the intellectual property rights of others could trigger technical support and indemnification obligations in licenses or customer agreements that we may enter into. These obligations could result in substantial expenses, including the payment by us of costs and damages relating to claims of intellectual property infringement. In addition to the time and expense required for us to provide support or indemnification to our customers, any such litigation could disrupt the businesses of our customers, which in turn could hurt our relationships with such customers and cause the sale of our products to decrease. No assurance can be given that claims for indemnification will not be made, or that if made, such claims would not have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results or financial conditions.

 

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We expect to base our inventory purchasing decisions on our forecasts of customers’ demand, and if our forecasts are inaccurate, our operating results could be materially harmed.

 

As our customer base increases, we expect to place orders with our contract manufacturers based on our forecasts of our customers’ demand. Our forecasts will be based on multiple assumptions, each of which may cause our estimates to be inaccurate, affecting our ability to provide products to our customers. When demand for our products increases significantly, we may not be able to meet demand on a timely basis, and we may need to expend a significant amount of time working with our customers to allocate limited supply and maintain positive customer relations, or we may incur additional costs in order to rush the manufacture and delivery of additional products. If we underestimate customers’ demand, we may forego revenue opportunities, lose market share and damage our customer relationships. Conversely, if we overestimate customer demand, we may purchase more inventory than we are able to sell at any given time or at all. In addition, we grant our distributors stock rotation rights, which require us to accept stock back from a distributor’s inventory, including obsolete inventory. As a result of our failure to properly estimate demand for our products, we could have excess or obsolete inventory, resulting in a decline in the value of our inventory, which would increase our costs of revenues and reduce our liquidity. Our failure to accurately manage inventory relative to demand would adversely affect our operating results.

 

If our technology does not work as well as planned or if we are unsuccessful in developing and selling new products or in penetrating new markets, our business and operating results would suffer.

 

Our success and ability to compete are dependent on technology which we have developed or may develop in the future. There is a risk that the technology that we have developed or may develop may not work as intended, or that the marketing of the technology may not be as successful as anticipated. Further, the markets in which we and our customers compete or plan to compete are characterized by constantly and rapidly changing technologies and technological obsolescence. Our ability to compete successfully depends on our ability to design, develop, manufacture, assemble, test, market and support new products and enhancements on a timely and cost-effective basis to keep pace with market needs and satisfy the demands of customers. A fundamental shift in technologies in any of our target markets could harm our competitive position within these markets. Our failure to anticipate these shifts, to develop new technologies or to react to changes in existing technologies could materially delay our development of new products, which could result in product obsolescence, decreased revenue and a loss of customer wins to our competitors. The development of new technologies and products generally require substantial investment and can require long development and testing periods before they are commercially viable. We intend to continue to make substantial investments in developing new technologies and products and it is possible that that we may not successfully be able to develop or acquire new products or product enhancements that compete effectively within our target markets or differentiate our products based on functionality, performance or cost and that our new technologies and products will not result in meaningful revenue. Any delays in developing and releasing new or enhanced products could cause us to lose revenue opportunities and customers. Any technical flaws in product releases could diminish the innovative impact of our products and have a negative effect on customer adoption and our reputation. If we fail to introduce new products that meet the demands of our customers or target markets or do not achieve market acceptance, or if we fail to penetrate new markets, our revenue will not increase over time and our operating results and competitive position would suffer.

 

Computer malware, viruses, hacking and phishing attacks could harm our business and results of operations.

 

Computer malware, viruses, and computer hacking and phishing attacks have become more prevalent in our industry and may occur on our systems in the future. Though it is difficult to determine what, if any, harm may directly result from any specific interruption or attack, any failure to maintain performance, reliability, security, and availability of our products and technical infrastructure to the satisfaction of our users may harm our reputation and our ability to attract and retain customers.

 

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If we do not effectively manage changes in our business, these changes could place a significant strain on our management and operations.

 

Our ability to grow successfully requires an effective planning and management process. The expansion and growth of our business could place a significant strain on our management systems, infrastructure and other resources. To manage our growth successfully, we must continue to improve and expand our systems and infrastructure in a timely and efficient manner. Our controls, systems, procedures and resources may not be adequate to support a changing and growing company. If our management fails to respond effectively to changes and growth in our business, including acquisitions, this could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and future prospects.

 

If our estimates relating to our critical accounting policies are based on assumptions or judgments that change or prove to be incorrect, our operating results could fall below expectations of securities analysts and investors, resulting in a decline in our stock price.

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires our management to make estimates, assumptions and judgments that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets, liabilities, equity, revenue and expenses that are not readily apparent from other sources. Our operating results may be adversely affected if our assumptions change or if actual circumstances differ from those in our assumptions, which could cause our operating results to fall below the expectations of financial analysts and investors, resulting in a decline in our stock price. Management makes estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent 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. Significant estimates and assumptions include reserves and write-downs related to receivables and inventories, the recoverability of long-lived assets, the valuation allowance relating to the Company’s deferred tax assets, valuation of equity and derivative instruments, and debt discounts and the valuation of the assets and liabilities acquired by us.

 

Our exposure to the credit risks of our customers may make it difficult to collect accounts receivable and could adversely affect our operating results and financial condition.

 

In the course of our sales to customers, we may encounter difficulty collecting accounts receivable and could be exposed to risks associated with uncollectible accounts receivable. Economic conditions may impact some of our customers’ ability to pay their accounts payable. While we will attempt to monitor these situations carefully and attempt to take appropriate measures to collect accounts receivable balances, we have written down accounts receivable and written off doubtful accounts in prior periods and may be unable to avoid accounts receivable write-downs or write-offs of doubtful accounts in the future. Such write-downs or write-offs could negatively affect our operating results for the period in which they occur.

 

Demand for our defense-related products and products for emergency response services depends on government spending.

 

The U.S. military market is largely dependent upon government budgets, particularly the defense budget. The funding of government programs is subject to Congressional appropriation. Although multi-year contracts may be authorized in connection with major procurements, Congress generally appropriates funds on a fiscal year basis even though a program may be expected to continue for several years. Consequently, programs are often only partially funded and additional funds are committed only as Congress makes further appropriations. No assurance can be given that an increase in defense spending will be allocated to programs that would benefit our business. A decrease in levels of defense spending or the government’s termination of, or failure to fully fund, one or more of the contracts for which our products may be utilized could have a material adverse effect on our financial position and results of operations.

 

In addition, the sale of our products to local municipalities for emergency response services depends on government spending allocated to such areas. There can be no assurance that government spending will be allocated to emergency response services at a level that would benefit our business. A decrease in levels of government spending for emergency response services, or the government’s termination of, or failure to fully fund, one or more of the contracts for which our products may be utilized with respect to emergency response services, could have a material adverse effect on our financial position and results of operations.

 

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Our failure to obtain and maintain required certifications could impair our ability to bid on defense contracts.

 

In order for us to participate in certain government programs we could be required to obtain and maintain quality certification and certain standards for Department of Defense wireless security such as certification by the Joint Interoperability and Test Command and to meet production standards in order to be eligible to bid on government contracts. If we fail to maintain these certifications or any additional certification which may be required, we will be ineligible to bid for contracts which may impair our financial operations and consequently, our ability to continue in business.

 

Regulation of the telecommunications industry could harm our operating results and future prospects.

 

The traditional telecommunications industry is highly regulated, and our business and financial condition could be adversely affected by changes in regulations relating to the Internet telecommunications industry. Currently, there are few laws or regulations that apply directly to access to or commerce on intellectual property networks, but future regulations could include sales taxes and tariffs in previously unregulated areas and provider access charges. We could be adversely affected by regulation of intellectual property networks and commerce in any country where we market equipment and services to service or content providers. Regulations governing the range of services and business models that can be offered by service providers or content providers could adversely affect those customers’ needs for products designed to enable a wide range of such services or business models. For instance, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) has issued regulations governing aspects of fixed broadband networks and wireless networks. These regulations might impact service provider and content provider business models and as such, providers’ needs for Internet telecommunications equipment and services. In addition, many jurisdictions are evaluating or implementing regulations relating to cyber security, privacy and data protection, which could affect the market and requirements for networking and security equipment.

 

In addition, environmental regulations relevant to electronic equipment manufacturing or operations may impact our business and financial condition adversely. For instance, the European Union has adopted regulations on Electronic waste, e-waste, e-scrap, or waste electrical and electronic equipment, Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances and Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals. Furthermore, some governments have regulations prohibiting government entities from purchasing security products that do not meet specified indigenous certification criteria even though those criteria may be in conflict with accepted international standards. Similar regulations are in effect or under consideration in several jurisdictions where we do business.

 

The adoption and implementation of such regulations could decrease demand for our products, increase the cost of building and selling our products and impact our ability to ship products into affected areas and recognize revenue in a timely manner. Any of these impacts could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

 

Risks Relating to Our Industry

 

Our industry is subject to rapid technological change, and we must make substantial investments in new products, services and technologies to compete successfully.

 

New technological innovations generally require a substantial investment before they are commercially viable. We intend to continue to make substantial investments in developing new products and technologies, and it is possible that our development efforts will not be successful and that our new technologies will not result in meaningful revenues. Our future success will depend on our ability to continue to develop and introduce new products, technologies and enhancements on a timely basis. Our future success will also depend on our ability to keep pace with technological developments, protect our intellectual property, satisfy customer requirements, meet customer expectations, price our products and services competitively and achieve market acceptance. The introduction of products embodying new technologies and the emergence of new industry standards could render our existing products and technologies, and products and technologies currently under development, obsolete and unmarketable. If we fail to anticipate or respond adequately to technological developments or customer requirements, or experience any significant delays in development, introduction or shipment of our products and technologies in commercial quantities, demand for our products and our customers’ and licensees’ products that use our technologies could decrease, and our competitive position could be damaged.

 

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We may be subject to infringement claims in the future.

 

We may be unaware of filed patent applications and issued patents that could include claims covering our products. Parties making claims of infringement may be able to obtain injunctive or other equitable relief that could effectively block our ability to sell or supply our products or license our technology and could cause us to pay substantial royalties, licensing fees or damages. The defense of any lawsuit could divert management’s efforts and attention from ordinary business operations and result in time-consuming and expensive litigation, regardless of the merits of such claims. These outcomes may (i) require us to stop selling products or using technology that contains the allegedly infringing intellectual property; (ii) require us to redesign those products that contain the allegedly infringing intellectual property; (iii) require us to pay substantial damages to the party whose intellectual property rights we may be found to be infringing; (iv) result in the loss of existing customers or prohibit the acquisition of new customers; (v) cause us to attempt to obtain a license to the relevant intellectual property from third parties, which may not be available on reasonable terms or at all; (vi) materially and adversely affect our brand in the market place and cause a substantial loss of goodwill; (vii) cause our stock price to decline significantly; (viii) materially and adversely affect our liquidity, including our ability to pay debts and other obligations as they become due; or (ix) lead to our bankruptcy or liquidation.

 

Our industry is highly competitive and we may not be able to compete effectively.

 

The communications industry is highly competitive, rapidly evolving, and subject to constant technological change. We expect that new competitors are likely to join existing competitors. Many of our competitors may be larger and have greater financial, technical, operational, marketing and other resources and experience than we do. In the event that a competitor expends significant resources, we may not be able to successfully compete. In addition, the pace of technological change makes it impossible for us to predict whether we will face new competitors using different technologies to provide products. If our competitors were to provide better and more cost-effective products than our products we may not be able to capture any significant market share.

 

Regulation of Voice over Internet Protocol (“VoIP”) services is developing and therefore uncertain and future legislative, regulatory or judicial actions could adversely affect our business.

 

VoIP services have developed in an environment largely free from government regulation. However, the United States and other countries have begun to assert regulatory authority over VoIP and are continuing to evaluate how VoIP will be regulated in the future. Both the application of existing rules to us and our prospective customers and the effects of future regulatory developments are uncertain. Future legislative, judicial or other regulatory actions could have a negative effect on our business. In addition, future regulatory developments could increase our cost of doing business and limit its growth.

 

New regulations or standards or changes in existing regulations or standards in the United States or internationally related to our products may result in unanticipated costs or liabilities, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and future sales, and could place additional burdens on the operations of our business.

 

Our products may be subject to governmental regulations in a variety of jurisdictions. In order to achieve and maintain market acceptance, our technology and products will have to comply with these regulations as well as a significant number of industry standards. In the United States, our technology and products will have to comply with various regulations defined by the FCC and others. We may also have to comply with similar international regulations. For example, our wireless communication products operate through the transmission of radio signals, and radio emissions are subject to regulation in the United States and in other countries in which we intend to do business. In the United States, various federal agencies including the Center for Devices and Radiological Health of the Food and Drug Administration, the FCC, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and various state agencies have promulgated regulations that concern the use of radio/electromagnetic emissions standards. Member countries of the European Union have enacted similar standards concerning electrical safety and electromagnetic compatibility and emissions, and chemical substances and use standards.

 

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As these regulations and standards evolve, and if new regulations or standards are implemented, we may be required to modify our technology or products or develop and support new versions of our technology or products, and our compliance with these regulations and standards may become more burdensome. The failure of technology or our products to comply, or delays in compliance, with the various existing and evolving industry regulations and standards could prevent or delay introduction of our technology or products, which could harm our business. End-customer uncertainty regarding future policies may also affect demand for communications products, including our products. Moreover, channel partners or end-customers may require us, or we may otherwise deem it necessary or advisable, to alter our technology or products to address actual or anticipated changes in the regulatory environment. Our inability to alter our technology or products to address these requirements and any regulatory changes may have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition.

 

Compliance with environmental, health and safety laws and regulations, including new regulations requiring higher standards, may increase our costs, limit our ability to utilize supply chains, and force design changes to our products.

 

Our operations are subject to a variety of environmental, health and safety laws and regulations and equivalent local, state, and regulatory agencies in each of the jurisdictions in which we currently operate or may operate in the future. The manufacturing of our products uses substances regulated under various federal, state, local laws and regulations governing the environment and worker health and safety. If we, including any contract manufacturers that we may employ, do not comply with these laws including any new regulations, such non-compliance could reduce the net realizable value of our products, which would result in an immediate charge to our income statements. Our non-compliance with such laws could also negatively impact our operations and financial position as a result of fines, penalties that may be imposed on us, and increase the cost of mandated remediation or delays to any contract manufacturers we may utilize, thus we may suffer a loss of revenues, be unable to sell our products in certain markets and/or countries, be subject to penalties and enforced fees and/or suffer a competitive disadvantage. Costs to comply with current laws and regulations and/or similar future laws and regulations, if applicable, could include costs associated with modifying our products, recycling and other waste processing costs, legal and regulatory costs and insurance costs. We cannot assure you that the costs to comply with these new laws or with current and future environmental and worker health and safety laws will not have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition.

 

Governmental regulations affecting the import or export of products or affecting products containing encryption capabilities could negatively affect our revenues.

 

The United States and various foreign governments have imposed controls, export license requirements, and restrictions on the import or export of some technologies, especially encryption technology. In addition, from time to time, governmental agencies have proposed additional regulation of encryption technology, such as requiring certification, notifications, review of source code, or the escrow and governmental recovery of private encryption keys. For example, Russia and China recently have implemented new requirements relating to products containing encryption and India has imposed special warranty and other obligations associated with technology deemed critical. Governmental regulation of encryption or IP networking technology and regulation of imports or exports, or our failure to obtain required import or export approval for our products, could harm our international and domestic sales prospects and adversely affect our revenue expectation. In addition, failure to comply with such regulations could result in penalties, costs, and restrictions on import or export privileges or adversely affect sales to government agencies or government funded projects.

 

If wireless devices pose safety risks, we may be subject to new regulations, and demand for our products and those of our licensees and customers may decrease.

 

Concerns over the effects of radio frequency emissions, even if unfounded, may have the effect of discouraging the use of wireless devices, which may decrease demand for our products and those of our licensees and customers. In recent years, the FCC and foreign regulatory agencies have updated the guidelines and methods they use for evaluating radio frequency emissions from radio equipment, including wireless phones and other wireless devices. In addition, interest groups have requested that the FCC investigate claims that wireless communication technologies pose health concerns and cause interference with airbags, hearing aids and medical devices. Concerns have also been expressed over the possibility of safety risks due to a lack of attention associated with the use of wireless devices while driving. Any legislation that may be adopted in response to these expressions of concern could reduce demand for our products and those of our licensees and customers in the United States as well as foreign countries.

 

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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement, and the documents that we reference herein and therein and have filed as exhibits to the registration statement, include forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act, that relate to future events or our future financial performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Words such as, but not limited to, “anticipate,” “aim,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “design,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “predict,” “poise,” “project,” “potential,” “suggest,” “should,” “strategy,” “target,” “will,” “would,” and similar expressions or phrases, or the negative of those expressions or phrases, are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Although we believe that we have a reasonable basis for each forward-looking statement contained in this prospectus and incorporated by reference into this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement and the documents that we reference herein and therein and have filed as exhibits to the registration statement, we caution you that these statements are based on our projections of the future that are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements, to differ. The section in this prospectus entitled “Risk Factors” and the sections in our periodic reports, including the sections entitled “Business” in our recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent quarterly reports filed with the SEC, as well as other sections in this prospectus and the documents or reports incorporated by reference into this prospectus, and any accompanying prospectus supplement and the documents that we reference herein and therein and have filed as exhibits to the registration statement, discuss some of the factors that could contribute to these differences. These forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements about:

 

  our projected financial position;
     
  our estimates regarding expenses, future revenues and capital requirements;
     
  our mitigation of any uncertainty regarding our ability to continue as a going concern;
     
  our need to raise substantial additional capital to fund our operations;
     
  our ability to continue to comply with the continued listing requirements of Nasdaq;
     
  our ability to obtain the necessary regulatory approvals to market and commercialize our products;
     
  the results of market research conducted by us or others;
     
  our ability to obtain and maintain intellectual property protection for our current products;
     
  our ability to protect our intellectual property rights and the potential for us to incur substantial costs from lawsuits to enforce or protect our intellectual property rights;
     
  the possibility that a third party may claim we have infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated their intellectual property rights and that we may incur substantial costs and be required to devote substantial time defending against these claims;
     
  our reliance on third-party suppliers and manufacturers;
     
  the success of competitors and products that are or become available;
     
  our ability to expand our organization to accommodate potential growth and our ability to retain and attract key personnel;

 

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  the potential for us to incur substantial costs resulting from product liability lawsuits against us and the potential for these product liability lawsuits to cause us to limit our commercialization of our products;
     
  market acceptance of our products, the size and growth of the potential markets for our current products and any future products that we may seek to develop, and our ability to serve those markets;
     
  the successful development of our commercialization capabilities, including sales and marketing capabilities; and
     
  other events or factors, many of which are beyond our control, including those resulting from such events, or the prospect of such events, including war, terrorism and other international conflicts, public health issues including health epidemics or pandemics, such as the recent outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and natural disasters such as fire, hurricanes, earthquakes, tornados or other adverse weather and climate conditions, whether occurring in the United States or elsewhere, could disrupt our operations, disrupt the operations of our suppliers or result in political or economic instability.

 

We may not actually achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in our forward-looking statements, and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements should be regarded solely as our current plans, estimates and beliefs. We have included important factors in the cautionary statements included in this document, particularly in the section entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 7 of this prospectus that we believe could cause actual results or events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements that we make. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks emerge from time to time. It is not possible for our management to predict all risks, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements we may make. Given these risks and uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. Our forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact of any future acquisitions, mergers, dispositions, joint ventures or investments we may make. You should read this prospectus and the documents that we have filed as exhibits to this prospectus and incorporated by reference herein, and any accompanying prospectus supplement and the documents that we reference herein and therein and have filed as exhibits to the registration statement, completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from the plans, intentions and expectations disclosed in the forward-looking statements that we make. The forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus, and in any such supplements and documents are made as of the date of this prospectus, supplement and documents, and we do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

 

Except as otherwise provided in the applicable prospectus supplement, we intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of the securities offered by this prospectus for working capital and general corporate purposes.

 

The intended application of the proceeds from the sale of any particular offering of securities using this prospectus will be described in the accompanying prospectus supplement relating to such offering. The precise amount and timing of the application of these proceeds will depend on our funding requirements and the availability and costs of other funds.

 

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THE SECURITIES THAT WE MAY OFFER

 

The descriptions of our securities contained in this prospectus, together with the applicable prospectus supplements, summarize all of the material terms and provisions of the various types of securities that we may offer. We will describe in the applicable prospectus supplement relating to any securities the particular terms of such securities offered by that prospectus supplement. If we indicate in the applicable prospectus supplement, the terms of such securities may differ from the terms that we have summarized below. We will also include in the prospectus supplement information, where applicable, about material United States federal income tax considerations relating to such securities, and the securities exchange, if any, on which such securities will be listed.

 

We may sell from time to time, in one or more offerings, either individually or in any combination:

 

  shares of our Common Stock;
     
  shares of our Preferred Stock;
     
  warrants to purchase any of the securities listed above; and/or
     
  units consisting of any of the securities listed above.

 

The terms of any securities that we offer will be determined at the time of sale. We may issue securities that are exchangeable for or convertible into Common Stock or any of the other securities that may be sold under this prospectus. When particular securities are offered, a supplement to this prospectus will be filed with the SEC, which will describe the terms of the offering and sale of the offered securities.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK

 

The following description of our Common Stock and certain provisions of our Certificate of Incorporation and our Bylaws are summaries and are qualified by reference to our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws. Such summaries do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the DGCL, as well as copies of our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, which have been filed as exhibits to prior reports filed by us with the SEC and are incorporated by reference as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.

 

Common Stock

 

We are authorized to issue up to 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock. As of April 30, 2020, there were 88,239,062 shares of our Common Stock issued and outstanding. The outstanding shares of our Common Stock are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

On May 13, 2019, a 1-for-10 reverse stock split of our outstanding Common Stock became effective for the trading of our Common Stock. All share and price information in this prospectus has been adjusted to reflect such 1-for-10 reverse stock split.

 

Voting Rights

 

Each stockholder has one vote for each share of Common Stock held on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders. A stockholder may vote in person or by proxy. Elections of directors are determined by a plurality of the votes cast and all other matters are decided by a majority of the votes cast by those holders of shares of stock outstanding and who are entitled to vote. Because our stockholders do not have cumulative voting rights, stockholders holding a majority of the voting power of our shares of Common Stock will be able to elect all of our directors. Our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws provide that stockholder actions may be effected at a duly called meeting of stockholders or pursuant to written consent of the majority of stockholders. A special meeting of stockholders may be called by the majority of our board of directors or by a committee determined by our board of directors with power to call such meetings.

 

Dividend Rights

 

The holders of outstanding shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive dividends out of funds legally available at the times and in the amounts that our board of directors may determine, provided that required dividends, if any, on Preferred Stock have been paid or provided for. However, to date we have not paid or declared cash distributions or dividends on our Common Stock and do not currently intend to pay cash dividends on our Common Stock in the foreseeable future. We intend to retain all earnings, if and when generated, to finance our operations. The declaration of cash dividends in the future will be determined by the board of directors based upon our earnings, financial condition, capital requirements and other relevant factors.

 

No Preemptive or Similar Rights

 

Holders of our Common Stock do not have preemptive rights, and our Common Stock is not convertible or redeemable.

 

Right to Receive Liquidation Distributions

 

Upon our dissolution, liquidation or winding-up, the assets legally available for distribution to our stockholders and remaining after payment to holders of Preferred Stock of the amounts, if any, to which they are entitled, are distributable ratably among the holders of our Common Stock subject to any senior class of securities.

 

Transfer Agent and Registrar

 

Our transfer agent and registrar for our Common Stock in the United States is Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company. Our Common Stock is listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “VISL”.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED STOCK

 

The following description of our Preferred Stock and certain provisions of our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws are summaries and are qualified by reference to our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws. Such summaries do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the DGCL, as well as copies of our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, which have been filed as exhibits to prior reports filed by us with the SEC and are incorporated by reference as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.

 

Preferred Stock

 

We are authorized to issue up to 10,000,000 shares of “blank check” Preferred Stock. Shares of our Preferred Stock may be issued in series, and each such series shall have such voting powers, full or limited, or no voting powers, and such designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, as shall be stated and expressed in the certificate of designations relating to such series, as approved by our board of directors and filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. Our board of directors is expressly vested with the authority to determine and fix in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuances of Preferred Stock, the voting powers, designations, preferences and rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof of each such series to the full extent now or hereafter permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

Of such 10,000,000 shares of “blank check” Preferred Stock that we are authorized to issue, 5,000,000 of such shares were designated as our Series D Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Series D Preferred Stock”) and 5,000 shares were designated as our Series E Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Series E Preferred Stock”). On February 5, 2016, we terminated our Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.00001 per share, and our Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.00001 per share. On December 6, 2016, we terminated our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.00001 per share. As of April 30, 2020, we have no shares of Series D Preferred Stock outstanding and no shares of Series E Preferred Stock outstanding.

 

Terms of the Preferred Stock That We May Offer and Sell to You

 

We summarize below some of the provisions that will apply to the Preferred Stock that we may offer to you unless the applicable prospectus supplement provides otherwise. This summary may not contain all information that is important to you. You should read the prospectus supplement, which will contain additional information and which may update or change some of the information below. Prior to the issuance of any new series of Preferred Stock, we will further amend our Certificate of Incorporation by way of a certificate of designations designating such series and setting forth its terms. We will file the certificate of designations that contains the terms of each new series of Preferred Stock with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, and we will file a copy of the certificate of designation with the SEC, each time we designate a new series of Preferred Stock. Each certificate of designation will establish the number of shares included in a designated series and fix the designation, powers, privileges, preferences and rights of the shares of each series as well as any applicable qualifications, limitations or restrictions. You should refer to our Certificate of Incorporation, including the applicable certificate of designation relating to such series of Preferred Stock and all other then-effective certificates of designations, before deciding to buy shares of any series of our Preferred Stock as described in the applicable prospectus supplement.

 

Our board of directors has the authority, without further action by the stockholders, to issue Preferred Stock in one or more series and to fix the number of shares, dividend rights, conversion rights, voting rights, redemption rights, liquidation preferences, sinking funds, and any other rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions applicable to each such series of Preferred Stock.

 

The issuance of any Preferred Stock could adversely affect the rights of the holders of Common Stock and, therefore, reduce the value of the Common Stock. The ability of our board of directors to issue Preferred Stock could discourage, delay or prevent a takeover or other corporate action.

 

The terms of any particular series of Preferred Stock will be described in the prospectus supplement relating to that particular series of Preferred Stock, including, where applicable:

 

  the designation, stated value and liquidation preference of such Preferred Stock;

 

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  the number of shares within such series;
     
  the offering price;
     
 

the dividend rate or rates (or method of calculation), the date or dates from which dividends shall accrue,

and whether such dividends shall be cumulative or noncumulative and, if cumulative, the dates from which dividends shall commence to cumulate;

     
  any redemption or sinking fund provisions;
     
  the amount that shares of such series shall be entitled to receive in the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding-up;
     
  the terms and conditions, if any, on which shares of such series shall be convertible or exchangeable for shares of our capital stock of any other class or classes, or other series of the same class;
     
  the voting rights, if any, of shares of such series; the status as to reissuance or sale of shares of such series redeemed, purchased, or otherwise reacquired, or surrendered to us on conversion or exchange;
     
  the conditions and restrictions, if any, on the payment of dividends or on the making of other distributions on, or the purchase, redemption or other acquisition by us or any subsidiary, of the common stock or of any other class of our shares ranking junior to the shares of such series as to dividends or upon liquidation;
     
  the conditions and restrictions, if any, on the creation of indebtedness by us or by any subsidiary, or on the issuance of any additional stock ranking on a parity with or prior to the shares of such series as to dividends or upon liquidation; and
     
  any additional dividend, liquidation, redemption, sinking or retirement fund and other rights, preferences, privileges, limitations and restrictions of such Preferred Stock.

 

 

The description of the terms of a particular series of Preferred Stock in the applicable prospectus supplement will not be complete. You should refer to our Certificate of Incorporation, including the applicable certificate of designations relating to such series of Preferred Stock, and all other then-effective certificates of designations, for complete information regarding a series of our Preferred Stock.

 

The Preferred Stock will, when issued against payment of the consideration payable therefor, be fully paid and nonassessable.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS

 

The following description, together with the additional information that we may include in any applicable prospectus supplements, summarizes the material terms and provisions of the warrants that we may offer under this prospectus and the related warrant agreements and warrant certificates. While the terms summarized below will apply generally to any warrants that we may offer, we will describe the particular terms of any series of warrants in more detail in the applicable prospectus supplement. If we indicate in the prospectus supplement, the terms of any warrants offered under that prospectus supplement may differ from the terms described below. If there are differences between that prospectus supplement and this prospectus, the prospectus supplement will control. Thus, the statements we make in this section may not apply to a particular series of warrants. Specific warrant agreements will contain additional important terms and provisions and will be incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the registration statement which includes this prospectus.

 

General

 

We may issue warrants for the purchase of Common Stock and/or Preferred Stock in one or more series. We may issue warrants independently or together with Common Stock and/or Preferred Stock, and the warrants may be attached to or separate from these securities.

 

We will evidence each series of warrants by warrant certificates that we may issue under a separate agreement. We may enter into the warrant agreement with a warrant agent. Each warrant agent may be a bank that we select which has its principal office in the United States and a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000. We may also choose to act as our own warrant agent. We will indicate the name and address of any such warrant agent in the applicable prospectus supplement relating to a particular series of warrants.

 

We will describe in the applicable prospectus supplement the terms of the series of warrants, including:

 

  the offering price and aggregate number of warrants offered;
     
  the currency for which the warrants may be purchased;
     
 

if applicable, the designation and terms of the securities with which the warrants are issued and the number of warrants issued with each such security or each principal amount of such security;

 

     
  if applicable, the date on and after which the warrants and the related securities will be separately transferable;
     
  in the case of warrants to purchase Common Stock or Preferred Stock, the number of shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock, as the case may be, purchasable upon the exercise of one warrant and the price at which these shares may be purchased upon such exercise;
     
  the warrant agreement under which the warrants will be issued;
     
 

the effect of any merger, consolidation, sale or other disposition of our business on the warrant agreement

and the warrants;

     
  anti-dilution provisions of the warrants, if any;
     
  the terms of any rights to redeem or call the warrants;
     
  any provisions for changes to or adjustments in the exercise price or number of securities issuable upon exercising the warrants;

 

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  the manner in which the warrant agreement and warrants may be modified;
     
  the identities of the warrant agent and any calculation or other agent for the warrants;
     
  federal income tax consequences of holding or exercising the warrants;
     
  the terms of the securities issuable upon exercise of the warrants;
     
  any securities exchange or quotation system on which the warrants or any securities deliverable upon exercise of the warrants may be listed; and
     
  any other specific terms, preferences, rights or limitations of or restrictions on the warrants.

 

Before exercising their warrants, holders of warrants will not have any of the rights of holders of the securities purchasable upon such exercise, including in the case of warrants to purchase Common Stock or Preferred Stock, the right to receive dividends, if any, or, payments upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding up or to exercise voting rights, if any.

 

Exercise of Warrants

 

Each warrant will entitle the holder to purchase the securities that we specify in the applicable prospectus supplement at the exercise price that we describe in the applicable prospectus supplement. Unless we otherwise specify in the applicable prospectus supplement, holders of the warrants may exercise the warrants at any time up to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the expiration date that we set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. After the close of business on the expiration date, unexercised warrants will become void.

 

Holders of the warrants may exercise the warrants by delivering the warrant certificate representing the warrants to be exercised together with specified information, and paying the required amount to the warrant agent in immediately available funds, as provided in the applicable prospectus supplement. We will set forth on the reverse side of the warrant certificate, and in the applicable prospectus supplement, the information that the holder of the warrant will be required to deliver to the warrant agent.

 

Until the warrant is properly exercised, no holder of any warrant will be entitled to any rights of a holder of the securities purchasable upon exercise of the warrant.

 

Upon receipt of the required payment and the warrant certificate properly completed and duly executed at the corporate trust office of the warrant agent or any other office indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will issue and deliver the securities purchasable upon such exercise. If fewer than all of the warrants represented by the warrant certificate are exercised, then we will issue a new warrant certificate for the remaining amount of warrants. If we so indicate in the applicable prospectus supplement, holders of the warrants may surrender securities as all or part of the exercise price for warrants.

 

Enforceability of Rights By Holders of Warrants

 

Any warrant agent will act solely as our agent under the applicable warrant agreement and will not assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust with any holder of any warrant. A single bank or trust company may act as warrant agent for more than one issue of warrants. A warrant agent will have no duty or responsibility in case of any default by us under the applicable warrant agreement or warrant, including any duty or responsibility to initiate any proceedings at law or otherwise, or to make any demand upon us. Any holder of a warrant may, without the consent of the related warrant agent or the holder of any other warrant, enforce by appropriate legal action its right to exercise, and receive the securities purchasable upon exercise of, its warrants in accordance with their terms.

 

Calculation Agent

 

Calculations relating to warrants may be made by a calculation agent, an institution that we appoint as our agent for this purpose. The prospectus supplement for a particular warrant will name the institution that we have appointed to act as the calculation agent for that warrant as of the original issue date for that warrant. We may appoint a different institution to serve as calculation agent from time to time after the original issue date without the consent or notification of the holders.

 

The calculation agent’s determination of any amount of money payable or securities deliverable with respect to a warrant will be final and binding in the absence of manifest error.

 

Governing Law

 

Unless we provide otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, the warrants and warrant agreements, and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to the warrants or warrant agreements, will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF UNITS

 

We may issue units comprising one or more of the other securities described in this prospectus in any combination. Each unit will be issued so that the holder of the unit is also the holder of each security included in the unit. Thus, the holder of a unit will have the rights and obligations of a holder of each included security. The unit agreement under which a unit is issued may provide that the securities included in the unit may not be held or transferred separately, at any time or at any time before a specified date.

 

The applicable prospectus supplement will describe:

 

  the designation and terms of the units and of the securities comprising the units, including whether and under what circumstances those securities may be held or transferred separately;
     
  any unit agreement under which the units will be issued;
     
  any provisions for the issuance, payment, settlement, transfer or exchange of the units or of the securities comprising the units; and
     
  whether the units will be issued in fully registered or global form.

 

The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the terms of any units. The preceding description and any description of units in the applicable prospectus supplement does not purport to be complete and is subject to and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the unit agreement and, if applicable, collateral arrangements and depositary arrangements relating to such units.

 

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

We may sell the securities being offered pursuant to this prospectus through underwriters or dealers, through agents, or directly to one or more purchasers or through a combination of these methods. The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the terms of the offering of the securities, including:

 

  the name or names of any underwriters, if any, and if required, any dealers or agents;
     
  the purchase price of the securities and the proceeds that we will receive from the sale;
     
  any underwriting discounts and other items constituting underwriters’ compensation;
     
  any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers; and
     
  any securities exchange or market on which the securities may be listed.

 

We may distribute the securities from time to time in one or more transactions at:

 

  a fixed price or prices, which may be changed;
     
  market prices prevailing at the time of sale;
     
  prices related to such prevailing market prices; or
     
  negotiated prices.

 

Only underwriters named in the prospectus supplement are underwriters of the securities offered by the prospectus supplement.

 

If underwriters are used in an offering, we will execute an underwriting agreement with such underwriters and will specify the name of each underwriter and the terms of the transaction (including any underwriting discounts and other terms constituting compensation of the underwriters and any dealers) in a prospectus supplement. The securities may be offered to the public either through underwriting syndicates represented by managing underwriters or directly by one or more investment banking firms or others, as designated. If an underwriting syndicate is used, the managing underwriter(s) will be specified on the cover of the prospectus supplement. If underwriters are used in the sale, the offered securities will be acquired by the underwriters for their own accounts and may be resold from time to time in one or more transactions, including negotiated transactions, at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of sale. Any public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers may be changed from time to time. Unless otherwise set forth in the prospectus supplement, the obligations of the underwriters to purchase the offered securities will be subject to conditions precedent and the underwriters will be obligated to purchase all of the offered securities if any are purchased.

 

We may grant to the underwriters options to purchase additional securities to cover over-allotments, if any, at the public offering price, with additional underwriting commissions or discounts, as may be set forth in a related prospectus supplement. The terms of any over-allotment option will be set forth in the prospectus supplement for those securities.

 

If we use a dealer in the sale of the securities being offered pursuant to this prospectus or any prospectus supplement, we will sell the securities to the dealer, as principal. The dealer may then resell the securities to the public at varying prices to be determined by the dealer at the time of resale. The names of the dealers and the terms of the transaction will be specified in a prospectus supplement.

 

We may sell the securities directly or through agents we designate from time to time. We will name any agent involved in the offering and sale of securities and we will describe any commissions we will pay the agent in the prospectus supplement. Unless the prospectus supplement states otherwise, any agent will act on a best-efforts basis for the period of its appointment.

 

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We may authorize agents or underwriters to solicit offers by institutional investors to purchase securities from us at the public offering price set forth in the prospectus supplement pursuant to delayed delivery contracts providing for payment and delivery on a specified date in the future. We will describe the conditions to these contracts and the commissions we must pay for solicitation of these contracts in the prospectus supplement.

 

We may also sell equity securities covered by this registration statement in an “at the market” offering as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) under the Securities Act. Such offering may be made into an existing trading market for such securities in transactions at other than a fixed price on or through the facilities of The Nasdaq Capital Market or any other securities exchange or quotation or trading service on which such securities may be listed, quoted or traded at the time of sale.

 

Such at the market offerings, if any, may be conducted by underwriters acting as principal or agent.

 

In connection with the sale of the securities, underwriters, dealers or agents may receive compensation from us or from purchasers of the securities for whom they act as agents in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions. Underwriters may sell the securities to or through dealers, and those dealers may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the underwriters or commissions from the purchasers for whom they may act as agents. Underwriters, dealers and agents that participate in the distribution of the securities, and any institutional investors or others that purchase securities directly and then resell the securities, may be deemed to be underwriters, and any discounts or commissions received by them from us and any profit on the resale of the securities by them may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act.

 

We may provide agents and underwriters with indemnification against particular civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or contribution with respect to payments that the agents or underwriters may make with respect to such liabilities. Agents and underwriters may engage in transactions with, or perform services for, us in the ordinary course of business.

 

In addition, we may enter into derivative transactions with third parties (including the writing of options) in privately negotiated transactions. If the applicable prospectus supplement indicates, in connection with such a transaction, the third parties may, pursuant to this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement, sell securities covered by this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement. If so, the third party may use securities borrowed from us or others to settle such sales and may use securities received from us to close out any related short positions. We may also loan or pledge securities covered by this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement to third parties, who may sell the loaned securities or, in an event of default in the case of a pledge, sell the pledged securities pursuant to this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement. The third party in such sale transactions will be an underwriter and will be identified in the applicable prospectus supplement or in a post-effective amendment.

 

To facilitate an offering of a series of securities, persons participating in the offering may engage in transactions that stabilize, maintain, or otherwise affect the market price of the securities. This may include over-allotments or short sales of the securities, which involves the sale by persons participating in the offering of more securities than have been sold to them by us. In those circumstances, such persons would cover such over-allotments or short positions by purchasing in the open market or by exercising the over-allotment option granted to those persons. In addition, those persons may stabilize or maintain the price of the securities by bidding for or purchasing securities in the open market or by imposing penalty bids, whereby selling concessions allowed to underwriters or dealers participating in any such offering may be reclaimed if securities sold by them are repurchased in connection with stabilization transactions. The effect of these transactions may be to stabilize or maintain the market price of the securities at a level above that which might otherwise prevail in the open market. Such transactions, if commenced, may be discontinued at any time. We make no representation or prediction as to the direction or magnitude of any effect that the transactions described above, if implemented, may have on the price of our securities.

 

All securities we may offer, other than Common Stock, will be new issues of securities with no established trading market. Any agents or underwriters may make a market in these securities, but will not be obligated to do so and may discontinue any market making at any time without notice. We cannot guarantee the liquidity of the trading markets for any securities. There is currently no market for any of the offered securities, other than our Common Stock which is listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market. We have no current plans for listing of the Preferred Stock, warrants, units or subscription rights on any securities exchange or quotation system; any such listing with respect to any particular Preferred Stock, warrants, units or subscription rights will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement or other offering materials, as the case may be. Any underwriters to whom securities are sold by us for public offering and sale may make a market in the securities, but such underwriters will not be obligated to do so and may discontinue any market making at any time without notice.

 

In order to comply with the securities laws of some states, if applicable, the securities offered pursuant to this prospectus will be sold in those states only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in some states securities may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in the applicable state or an exemption from the registration or qualification requirement is available and complied with.

 

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LEGAL MATTERS

 

The validity of the issuance of the shares of Common Stock and shares of preferred stock offered hereby will be passed upon for us by Sullivan &Worcester LLP, New York, New York.

 

EXPERTS

 

Our audited consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 and for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2019 are incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any prospectus supplement, which form a part of the registration statement, have been audited by Marcum LLP, independent registered public accountants, to the extent and for the periods set forth in their report incorporated by reference herein, and in reliance on such report given upon the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

 

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

 

This prospectus constitutes a part of a registration statement on Form S-3 filed under the Securities Act. As permitted by the SEC’s rules, this prospectus and any prospectus supplement, which form a part of the registration statement, do not contain all of the information that is included in the registration statement. You will find additional information about us in the registration statement. Any statements made in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement concerning legal documents are not necessarily complete and you should read the documents that are filed as exhibits to the registration statement or otherwise filed with the SEC for a more complete understanding of the document or matter.

 

We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. Our SEC filings are available to the public at no cost from the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

 

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INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

 

We have filed a registration statement on Form S-3 with the SEC under the Securities Act. This prospectus is part of the registration statement, but the registration statement includes and incorporates by reference additional information and exhibits. The SEC permits us to “incorporate by reference” the information contained in documents we file with the SEC, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents rather than by including them in this prospectus. Information that is incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this prospectus and you should read it with the same care that you read this prospectus. Information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and supersede the information that is either contained, or incorporated by reference, in this prospectus, and will be considered to be a part of this prospectus from the date those documents are filed. We have filed with the SEC, and incorporate by reference in this prospectus:

 

  our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, filed with the SEC on April 1, 2020;
     
  our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the SEC on March 30, 2020, as supplemented by Definitive Additional Materials, filed with the SEC on April 17, 2020 and April 21, 2020;
     
  Current Reports on Form 8-K or Form 8-K/A, as applicable, filed with the SEC on January 17, 2020, January 24, 2020, January 28, 2020, February 12, 2020, February 14, 2020, February 19, 2020, February 27, 2020, February 28, 2020, March 5, 2020, March 31, 2020, April 23, 2020 and May 1, 2020 (other than any portions thereof deemed furnished and not filed); and
     
  The description of our Common Stock contained in our Form 8-A, filed with the SEC on June 26, 2013.

 

We also incorporate by reference all additional documents that we file with the SEC under the terms of Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are made after the initial filing of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part and prior to effectiveness of the registration statement and after the initial filing date of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part until the offering of the particular securities covered by a prospectus supplement or term sheet has been completed. We are not, however, incorporating, in each case, any documents or information that we are deemed to furnish and not file in accordance with SEC rules.

 

You may request, and we will provide you with, a copy of these filings, at no cost, by contacting us at:

 

Vislink Technologies, Inc.

101 Bilby Rd., Suite 15, Bldg. 2

Hackettstown, NJ 07840 (941) 953-9035

 

Copies of these filings are also available through the “Investor” section of our website at www.vislinktechnologies.com. For other ways to obtain a copy of these filings, please refer to “Where You Can Find More Information” above.

 

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The information contained in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. These securities may not be sold until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

PROSPECTUS (Subject to Completion) Dated May 5, 2020

 

 

Up To $9,800,000

Common Stock

 

On May 5, 2020, Vislink Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”, “we”, “us” or “our”) entered into a certain sales agreement (the “Sales Agreement”) with A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners (“A.G.P.”), relating to shares of our common stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Common Stock”), offered by this prospectus. In accordance with the terms of the Sales Agreement, we may offer and sell shares of our Common Stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $9,800,000 from time to time through A.G.P.

 

Our common stock is quoted on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “VISL.” On April 30, 2020, the last reported sale price of our Common Stock was $0.34 per share.

 

Sales of our Common Stock, if any, under this prospectus may be made in sales deemed to be “at the market offerings” as defined in Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). If authorized by us in writing, A.G.P. may also sell shares of our Common Stock in negotiated transactions at market prices prevailing at the time of sale or at prices related to such prevailing market prices. A.G.P. is not required to sell any specific number or dollar amount of securities, but will act as a sales agent using commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales practices, on mutually agreed terms between A.G.P. and us. Pursuant to the Sales Agreement, A.G.P. will not sell a number of shares of Common Stock under this prospectus that would exceed (i) the amount of shares of Common Stock registered under this registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part, or the amount of shares offered under this prospectus, and (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock authorized to be issued pursuant to our certificate of incorporation, as amended (“Certificate of Incorporation”). There is no arrangement for funds to be received in any escrow, trust or similar arrangement.

 

As of the date of this prospectus supplement, the aggregate market value of our outstanding Common Stock held by non-affiliates was approximately $29,950,416.06, based on 88,239,062 shares of outstanding Common Stock, of which 149,603 shares are held by affiliates, and a per share price of $0.34, which represents the closing sale price of our Common Stock on April 30, 2020, which is the highest closing sale price of our Common Stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market within the prior 60 days. As of the date of this prospectus supplement, we have not offered or sold any Common Stock pursuant to General Instruction I.B.6 to Form S-3 during the 12 calendar month period that ends on and includes the date hereof. Pursuant to General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3, in no event will we sell securities in a public primary offering with a value exceeding more than one-third of our “public float” (the market value of our Common Stock held by our non-affiliates) in any 12-month period so long as our public float remains below $75,000,000.

 

The compensation to A.G.P. for sales of Common Stock sold pursuant to the Sales Agreement will be equal to 3.0% of the gross proceeds of any shares of Common Stock sold under the Sales Agreement. In connection with the sale of the Common Stock on our behalf, A.G.P. will be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and the compensation of A.G.P. will be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts. We have also agreed to provide indemnification and contribution to A.G.P. with respect to certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

 

Investing in our Common Stock involves risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 7 of this prospectus, and under similar headings in the other documents that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus.

 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

A.G.P.

 

The date of this prospectus is ________, 2020

 

     

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS ii
SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS iii
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY 1
THE OFFERING 6
RISK FACTORS 7
USE OF PROCEEDS 10
MARKET PRICE OF OUR COMMON STOCK 11
DIVIDEND POLICY 12
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION 14
LEGAL MATTERS 16
EXPERTS 16
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION 16
INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE 17

 

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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

 

This prospectus relates to part of a registration statement on Form S-3 that we have filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), utilizing a “shelf” registration process. Under this shelf registration process, we may sell any combination of the securities described in our base prospectus included in the shelf registration statement in one or more offerings up to a total aggregate offering price of $100,000,000. The $9,800,000 of shares of Common Stock that may be offered, issued and sold under this prospectus is included in the $100,000,000 of securities that may be offered, issued and sold by us pursuant to our shelf registration statement. In connection with such offers and when accompanied by the base prospectus included in the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, this prospectus will be deemed a prospectus supplement to such base prospectus.

 

This prospectus relates to the offering of our Common Stock. Before buying any of the Common Stock that we are offering, we urge you to carefully read this prospectus, together with the accompanying base prospectus and the information incorporated by reference as described under the headings “Where You Can Find More Information” and “Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference” in this prospectus, and any free writing prospectus or prospectus supplement that we have authorized for use in connection with this offering. These documents contain important information that you should consider when making your investment decision.

 

This prospectus describes the terms of this offering of Common Stock and also adds to and updates information contained in the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus. To the extent there is a conflict between the information contained in this prospectus, on the one hand, and the information contained in any document incorporated by reference into this prospectus that was filed with the SEC, before the date of this prospectus, on the other hand, you should rely on the information in this prospectus. If any statement in one of these documents is inconsistent with a statement in another document having a later date — for example, a document incorporated by reference into this prospectus — the statement in the document having the later date modifies or supersedes the earlier statement.

 

We have not, and the sales agent has not, authorized anyone to provide you with information different than that contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any free writing prospectus or prospectus supplement that we have authorized for use in connection with this offering. We take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. You should assume that the information appearing in this prospectus, the documents incorporated by reference herein, and in any free writing prospectus or prospectus supplement that we have authorized for use in connection with this offering is accurate only as of the date of those respective documents. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since those dates. You should read this prospectus, the documents incorporated by reference herein, and any free writing prospectus or prospectus supplement that we have authorized for use in connection with this offering in their entirety before making an investment decision.

 

We are offering to sell, and are seeking offers to buy, the shares only in jurisdictions where such offers and sales are permitted. The distribution of this prospectus and the offering of the shares in certain jurisdictions or to certain persons within such jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons outside the United States who come into possession of this prospectus must inform themselves about and observe any restrictions relating to the offering of the shares of our Common Stock and the distribution of this prospectus outside the United States. This prospectus does not constitute, and may not be used in connection with, an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities offered by this prospectus by any person in any jurisdiction in which it is unlawful for such person to make such an offer or solicitation.

 

We own or have rights to various trademarks, service marks and trade names that we use in connection with the operation of our business. This prospectus may also contain trademarks, service marks and trade names of third parties, which are the property of their respective owners. Our use or display of third parties’ trademarks, service marks, trade names or products in this prospectus is not intended to, and does not imply a relationship with, or endorsement or sponsorship by us. Solely for convenience, the trademarks, service marks and trade names referred to in this prospectus may appear without the ®, TM or SM symbols, but such references are not intended to indicate, in any way, that we will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, our rights or the right of the applicable licensor to these trademarks, service marks and trade names.

 

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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement, and the documents that we reference herein and therein and have filed as exhibits to the registration statement, include forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act, that relate to future events or our future financial performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Words such as, but not limited to, “anticipate,” “aim,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “design,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “predict,” “poise,” “project,” “potential,” “suggest,” “should,” “strategy,” “target,” “will,” “would,” and similar expressions or phrases, or the negative of those expressions or phrases, are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Although we believe that we have a reasonable basis for each forward-looking statement contained in this prospectus and incorporated by reference into this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement and the documents that we reference herein and therein and have filed as exhibits to the registration statement, we caution you that these statements are based on our projections of the future that are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements, to differ. The section in this prospectus entitled “Risk Factors” and the sections in our periodic reports, including the sections entitled “Business” in our Form 10-K most recently filed with the SEC and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our Form 10-K most recently filed with the SEC and subsequent quarterly reports filed with the SEC, as well as other sections in this prospectus and the documents or reports incorporated by reference into this prospectus, and any accompanying prospectus supplement and the documents that we reference herein and therein and have filed as exhibits to the registration statement, discuss some of the factors that could contribute to these differences. These forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements about:

 

  our projected financial position;
     
  our estimates regarding expenses, future revenues and capital requirements;
     
  our mitigation of any uncertainty regarding our ability to continue as a going concern;
     
  our need to raise substantial additional capital to fund our operations;
     
  our ability to continue to comply with the continued listing requirements of Nasdaq;
     
  our ability to obtain the necessary regulatory approvals to market and commercialize our products;
     
  the results of market research conducted by us or others;
     
  our ability to obtain and maintain intellectual property protection for our current products;
     
  our ability to protect our intellectual property rights and the potential for us to incur substantial costs from lawsuits to enforce or protect our intellectual property rights;
     
  the possibility that a third party may claim we have infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated their intellectual property rights and that we may incur substantial costs and be required to devote substantial time defending against these claims;
     
  our reliance on third-party suppliers and manufacturers;
     
  the success of competitors and products that are or become available;

 

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  our ability to expand our organization to accommodate potential growth and our ability to retain and attract key personnel;
     
  the potential for us to incur substantial costs resulting from product liability lawsuits against us and the potential for these product liability lawsuits to cause us to limit our commercialization of our products;
     
  market acceptance of our products, the size and growth of the potential markets for our current products and any future products that we may seek to develop, and our ability to serve those markets; and

 

  the successful development of our commercialization capabilities, including sales and marketing capabilities; and
     
  other events or factors, many of which are beyond our control, including those resulting from such events, or the prospect of such events, including war, terrorism and other international conflicts, public health issues including health epidemics or pandemics, such as the recent outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and natural disasters such as fire, hurricanes, earthquakes, tornados or other adverse weather and climate conditions, whether occurring in the United States or elsewhere, could disrupt our operations, disrupt the operations of our suppliers or result in political or economic instability.

 

We may not actually achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in our forward-looking statements, and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements should be regarded solely as our current plans, estimates and beliefs. We have included important factors in the cautionary statements included in this document, particularly in the section entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 7 of this prospectus that we believe could cause actual results or events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements that we make. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks emerge from time to time. It is not possible for our management to predict all risks, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements we may make. Given these risks and uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. Our forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact of any future acquisitions, mergers, dispositions, joint ventures or investments we may make. You should read this prospectus and the documents that we have filed as exhibits to this prospectus and incorporated by reference herein, and any accompanying prospectus supplement and the documents that we reference herein and therein and have filed as exhibits to the registration statement, completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from the plans, intentions and expectations disclosed in the forward-looking statements that we make. The forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus, and in any such supplements and documents are made as of the date of this prospectus, supplement and documents, and we do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.

 

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PROPSECTUS SUMMARY

 

The following summary is qualified in its entirety by, and should be read together with, the more detailed information and financial statements and related notes thereto appearing elsewhere or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. Before you decide to invest in our securities, you should read the entire prospectus carefully, including the risk factors and the financial statements and related notes included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

 

Unless otherwise indicated or unless the context requires otherwise, this prospectus includes the accounts of

Vislink Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, collectively referred to as “we”, “us”, “our” or the “Company”.

 

Overview

 

The overarching strategy of Vislink Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) is to design, develop and deliver advanced wireless communications solutions that provide customers in its target markets with enhanced levels of reliability, mobility, performance and efficiency in their business operations and missions. Prior to April 2019, the Company’s business lines included the brands and sub-brands of Integrated Microwave Technologies LLC (“IMT”) and Vislink Communication Systems (“Vislink” or “VCS”). There was considerable brand interaction, owing to complementary market focus, compatible product and technology development roadmaps, and solution integration opportunities. During the process of merging the respective product and support offerings across the brands, which began in 2017, the legacy brand names were maintained in markets where strong traditional identification of them existed.

 

Effective February 11, 2019, xG Technology, Inc. changed the name of its corporate entity to Vislink Technologies, Inc. On April 2, 2019, the Company announced the official global repositioning of its brands to the worldwide market. As part of this rebranding initiative, the Company united its individual product brands under the single Vislink brand entity. The rebranding also included an updated visual identity with respect to logos, tag lines, and other graphical elements, and a completely redesigned website. The Company also redefined its product offerings around three key vertical markets: Live Production, Military/Government (“Mil/Gov”) and Satellite solutions (“Satellite”).

 

Technology Overview

 

Vislink manufactures and sells microwave communications equipment utilizing Coded Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (“COFDM”) technology. COFDM is a transmission technique that combines encoding technology with Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (“OFDM”) modulation to provide the low latency and high image clarity required for real-time live broadcasting video transmissions. Vislink has extensive experience in ultra-compact COFDM wireless technology, which has allowed the Company to develop integrated solutions that deliver reliable video footage captured from both aerial and ground-based sources to fixed and mobile receiver locations. Over the years, Vislink has also been involved in the development of a number of broadcast microwave innovations, including digital transmission techniques for use over conventional analog links, compact wireless camera systems, lightweight carbon fiber portable satellite systems, software-defined portable MPEG-2/MPEG-4 (H.264) systems and one of the first wireless 4K ultra high definition camera systems.

 

Live Production Market

 

In the Live Production market, Vislink provides communication links for the wireless capture, delivery, and management of secure, high-quality video from live sports, entertainment, and broadcast news events.

 

Key segments within the live sports and entertainment sector are sports production, sports venue entertainment systems, movie director video assist, e-sports and the non-professional user segment. Customers within this market are major domestic and international professional sports teams, associations and organizations, movie production companies, live video production service providers, system integrators and a growing segment of drone and unoccupied ground vehicle providers. For this sector, Vislink provides a range of premium, mid-market and embedded wireless camera systems that include receivers, transmitters, amplifiers, and other components and accessories.

 

Customers within the broadcast news sector include blue-chip, tier-1 major network television stations, both domestic and international over-the-air broadcasters, multi-channel broadcasters, network owners and station groups and cable and satellite news providers. For this sector, Vislink designs, develop, and markets solutions to support electronic newsgathering activities from news helicopters and ground-based news vehicles, camera operations, central receive sites, remote onsite and studio newscasts and live television events. These solutions include premium digital broadcast microwave video systems, wireless camera systems, portable microwave systems, and fixed point-to-point systems.

 

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Mil/Gov Market

 

The Mil/Gov market consists of key segments that include state, local and federal law enforcement agencies, branches of domestic armed forces, an international defense and government agencies and system integrators who serve these markets. Customers within this market include state police forces, sheriff’s departments, fire departments, first responders, the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Army. The solutions Vislink provides to this market are secure video communications and mission-critical wireless video solutions for applications, including occupied and unoccupied aerial and ground systems, mobile and handheld receive systems and transmitters for concealed video surveillance.

 

Satellite Market

 

In the Satellite market, Vislink is a leading global provider of satellite communication services, with solutions designed for use in both fixed installations and small, rapidly deployable configurations. Vislink has been supplying satellite communications solutions for over 30 years, and currently has several thousand terminals in use worldwide. Clients for these solutions include organizations in broadcast & media, law enforcement, and defense sectors. The solutions that Vislink provides to these sectors are designed to provide immediate, reliable, and secure video communications under challenging environments and conditions, particularly in situations where prepositioned infrastructure is unreliable or unavailable. The product range developed for this market features man-portable satellite communication units, flyaway terminals, vehicle-mounted systems and related modules that enhance performance and optimize bandwidth.

 

Our Strategy

 

With our cost reduction initiatives completed in 2019, the plan going forward is to grow the business in the Live Production, Mil/Gov and Satellite sectors. These industries allow us to offer a broad array of end-to-end, high-reliability, high-data-rate, long-range wireless video transmission solutions. Our solutions are being used for applications in growing market segments, including in-game sports video mobile feeds, real-time capture and display of footage from drones and other aerial platforms, and rapid-response electronic newsgathering operations.

 

The key sector strategies are to expand the various markets for existing miniature wireless video products, which include the educational sector, videographers, and video service providers; introduce complete end-to-end intellectual property technology into traditional broadcast and media markets; provide complete end-to-end solutions for the video surveillance market, and provide turnkey satellite communications solutions to address the need for communications in challenging environments.

 

The successful integration of the IMT and Vislink product lines, and subsequent rebranding of them as a single entity, has allowed the Company to leverage the traditional strengths of each brand. We are now able to offer an expanded suite of products and services in the worldwide markets in which we operate. Integrating the IMT and Vislink product lines has enabled the Company to take advantage of the limited overlap that previously existed in product offerings, sales channels and market coverage between the two brands. For example, there was a substantial Vislink client base in international markets where IMT products had a limited presence. Also, the IMT product portfolio, which was strong among U.S. federal law enforcement and high-end sports broadcasting customers, has been augmented with additional solutions based on enhanced product configurations. Finally, Vislink has traditionally focused on licensed spectrum solutions where IMT has pioneered the use of non-licensed spectrum for many applications. Combining our shared spectrum and interference mitigation intellectual property with the expanded product lineup may provide an opening into new customer bases that currently do not have access to licensed spectrum.

 

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Company Information

 

Effective February 11, 2019, xG Technology, Inc. changed its name to Vislink Technologies, Inc. Our executive offices are located at 101 Bilby Rd., Suite 15, Bldg. 2, Hackettstown, NJ 07840, and our telephone number is (908) 852-3700. Our website address is www.vislink.com. Information contained in our website does not form part of this registration statement and is intended for informational purposes only.

 

Risks Associated with Our Business and this Offering

 

An investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risks summarized below. The risks are discussed more fully in the “Risk Factors” section of this prospectus immediately following this prospectus summary.

 

These risks include, but are not limited to:

 

  we have a history of operating losses and we may continue to realize net losses for at least the next 12 months;
  we may not be able to continue as a going concern and may not be able to operate in the future;
  our business depends upon our ability to generate sustained sales of our products and technology;
  our business depends on our ability to continually develop and commercialize new products and technologies and penetrate new markets;
  we need to obtain or maintain patents or other appropriate protection for the intellectual property utilized in our technologies;
  our industry is highly competitive and we may not be able to compete with companies with larger resources than we have;
  we may require additional capital to develop new products;
  new regulations or standards or changes in existing regulations or standards related to our products may result in unanticipated costs or liabilities;
  we may fail to meet publicly announced financial guidance or other expectations about our business;
  our inability to continue to comply with the continued listing requirements of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”);
  the effects of outbreaks of pandemic or contagious diseases, including the length and severity of the recent worldwide outbreak of COVID-19, including its impact on our business.

 

Recent Developments

 

Appointment of New Executives

 

On January 15, 2020, our board of directors (“Board”) appointed Carleton M. Miller to the roles of Chief Executive Officer of the Company and a member of the Board, effective January 15, 2020. As part of the Mr. Miller’s employment agreement, he will receive an inducement award of a time-based option to purchase 2,155,481 shares of Common Stock. Additionally, he will receive an inducement award of a performance-based option to purchase 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5653(c)(4) outside of our existing equity compensation plans (the “Performance-Based Option”).

 

On February 27, 2020, we entered into an employment agreement with Michael Bond in connection with his contemplated employment as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective as of April 1, 2020 (the “Bond Employment Agreement”). Pursuant to the Bond Employment Agreement, Mr. Bond will receive an annual base salary of $250,000 per year, and an annual cash bonus in accordance with the terms of any annual cash bonus incentive plan maintained for our key executive officers. The Bond Employment Agreement also provides that on April 1, 2020 Mr. Bond will receive an award of stock options to purchase a quantity of shares equal to one percent of our fully diluted outstanding shares of Common Stock as of April 1, 2020 under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4) outside of the Company’s existing equity compensation plans.

 

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February 2020 Public Offering

 

On February 14, 2020, we closed on an underwriting public offering for 12,445,000 shares of Common Stock, 12,445,000 warrants to purchase 9,333,750 shares of Common Stock, and 14,827,200 pre-funded warrants, with each such pre-funded warrant exercisable for one share of Common Stock, together with 14,827,200 warrants to purchase 11,120,400 shares of Common Stock (the “February 2020 Offering”). We received gross proceeds of approximately $6 million, less offering costs of $560,000, for net proceeds of $5,438,000. We have earmarked the use of the net proceeds from the February 2020 Offering for working capital and general corporate purposes.

 

Departure of Former Executive(s)

 

Payne Separation Agreement

 

On February 24, 2020, John Payne agreed to step down from his role as President and Chief Operating Officer of IMT and concluded his employment with us on March 19, 2020. We entered into a separation agreement with Mr. Payne in connection with the conclusion of his employment (the “Payne Separation Agreement”), which provided that Mr. Payne is entitled to receive severance in the form of six (6) months of salary continuation for an aggregate amount of $175,000. In connection with the foregoing, the Board appointed Carleton M. Miller, our Chief Executive Officer, to the additional position of President, effective upon Mr. Payne’s departure on March 19, 2020.

 

Branton Separation Agreement

 

On March 31, 2020, Roger G. Branton concluded his employment as our Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. We entered into a separation agreement with Mr. Branton in connection with the conclusion of his employment (the “Branton Separation Agreement”), which provides that Mr. Branton is entitled to receive severance pay in the form of salary continuation for 12 months for an aggregate amount of $300,000.

 

Amended Related Party Agreement

 

Effective February 25, 2020, an amendment to a related party agreement between us and MB Merchant Group, LLC (“MBMG”) was executed into a letter agreement (the “MBMG Agreement”), pursuant to which we and MBMG agreed to amend and restate certain service agreements previously entered into with MBMG as well as its predecessor entity (the “MBMG Agreements”). Pursuant to the MBMG Agreement, MBMG has agreed to provide only the following services to us: (i) to conduct merger and acquisition searches, negotiating and structuring deal terms and other related services in connection with closing suitable acquisitions for us, and (ii) to seek and secure financing for us, except in those regions in which we had previously appointed a business representative to exclusively seek such opportunities, and subject in each case to prior approval by our Chief Executive Officer on a case-by-case basis (collectively, the “MBMG Services”). Pursuant to the MBMG Agreement, MBMG will no longer provide strategic planning and financial structuring services or technical consulting services, review patent applications or provide consulting services with respect to certain legal matters.

 

Pursuant to the MBMG Agreement, in consideration for the MBMG Services, we agreed to compensate MBMG through payment of: (i) an acquisition fee equal to (A) the greater of $250,000 or 6% of the total acquisition price for deals in which the total consideration paid by us is less than $50 million; (B) $3,000,000 plus 4% of the consideration paid by us in excess of $50 million for deals in which the total consideration paid by us is between $50 million and $100 million; (C) $5,000,000 plus 2% of the consideration paid by us in excess of $100 million for deals in which the total consideration paid by us is between $100 million and $400 million; or (D) $10,200,000 plus 1.1% of the consideration paid by us in excess of $400 million for deals in which the total consideration paid by us exceeds $400 million; (ii) a success-based due diligence fee of $250,000 on successfully closed deals, (iii) a waivable success-based finance fee of 2% of the acquisition price and (iv) an incentive fee of 5% of an external advisor’s higher valuation of an acquisition, with such fees subject to a customary 12-month tail period in the event of termination of the MBMG Agreement. The MBMG Agreement further provides that (x) MBMG shall have the option to convert up to 50% of all such fees into Common Stock so long as a receivable remains outstanding, convertible at a fixed price of 110% of the lower of the price of such shares on the day of closing or such price in connection with any acquisition financing, as applicable; (y) we will no longer compensate MBMG through, among other discontinued fees, a $50,000 monthly consulting fee that would have been due pursuant to the MBMG Agreements and (z) in full satisfaction of specified claims arising out of the MBMG Agreements, we shall pay MBMG $420,000, with $200,000 to be paid within three days of the execution of the MBMG Agreement and $220,000 to be paid within 30 days of such execution.

 

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MBMG is an affiliate of Richard L. Mooers, a member of our Board, and Roger G. Branton, a member of our Board and our former Chief Financial Officer.

 

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

On April 10, 2020, IMT was granted a loan (the “Loan”) from Texas Security Bank in the aggregate amount of $1,167,700, pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”) under Division A, Title I of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), which was enacted on March 27, 2020.

 

The Loan, which is in the form of a promissory note dated April 5, 2020 issued by the Borrower, matures on April 5, 2022 and bears interest at a rate of 1.00% per annum, payable monthly commencing on October 5, 2020. The Note may be prepaid by the Borrower at any time prior to maturity with no prepayment penalties. We intend to use the Loan amount for payroll costs, costs used to continue group health care benefits, mortgage payments, rent, utilities, and interest on other debt obligations. Under the terms of the PPP, certain amounts of the Loan may be forgiven if they are used for qualifying expenses as described in the CARES Act.

 

Nasdaq Notifications

 

As previously disclosed in our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with SEC on September 27, 2019, we received written notice from the staff of the Listing Qualifications Department of Nasdaq (the “Staff”) on September 26, 2019 indicating that we were not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) because the closing bid price for the Common Stock had closed below $1.00 per share for the previous 30 consecutive business days (the “Minimum Bid Price Requirement”). Further, as previously disclosed in our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on March 31, 2020, we received notice from Nasdaq on March 25, 2020 indicating that, while we had not regained compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement, the Staff had determined that we were eligible for an additional 180-day period, or until September 21, 2020, to regain compliance.

 

As previously disclosed in our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with SEC on April 23, 2020, we received notice from Nasdaq on April 17, 2020 that the 180-day grace period to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement under applicable Nasdaq rules has been extended due to the global market impact caused by COVID-19. More specifically, Nasdaq has stated that the compliance periods for any company previously notified about non-compliance will be suspended effective April 16, 2020 through June 30, 2020. On July 1, 2020, companies would receive the balance of any pending compliance period exception to come back into compliance with the applicable Minimum Bid Price Requirement. As a result of this extension, we now have until December 7, 2020 to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement.

 

As previously disclosed in our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with SEC on March 5, 2020, we received a letter from the Staff on March 4, 2020 notifying us that the Staff has determined that we did not comply with Listing Rule 5635(d) because the February 2020 Offering did not meet the Nasdaq definition of a public offering under Listing Rule IM-5635-3. The Staff’s determination was based on (i) the extent of the offering’s distribution, (ii) the existence of a prior relationship between us and the investors in such offering, and (iii) the significant discount to the minimum price, as defined in Nasdaq rules. On March 18, 2020, we submitted a plan to regain compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635. On April 30, 2020, we received another letter from the Staff notifying us that the Staff has determined not to delist our Common Stock for such non-compliance and that the Staff has closed this matter by issuing us a letter of reprimand in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(4).

 

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THE OFFERING

 

Common Stock offered by us Shares of our Common Stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $9.8 million.
   
Manner of offering “At the market offering” that may be made from time to time through or to A.G.P., as sales agent or principal. See “Plan of Distribution” on page 32 of this prospectus.
   
Use of Proceeds We intend to use the net proceeds, if any, from this offering, for working capital and general corporate purposes. See “Use of Proceeds” on page 24 of this prospectus.
   
Risk Factors Investing in our Common Stock involves a high degree of risk. Please read the information contained in and incorporated by reference under the heading “Risk Factors” on page 7 of this prospectus and under similar headings in the other documents that are filed after the date hereof and incorporated by reference into this prospectus.
   
Nasdaq Capital Market Listing Our Common Stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “VISL.”

 

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RISK FACTORS

 

Investing in our Common Stock involves a high degree of risk. Prior to making a decision about investing in our Common Stock, you should read carefully all of the risks and uncertainties described below, together with all of the other information contained or incorporated by reference into this prospectus or in the documents incorporated by reference herein, and as described or may be described in any subsequent periodic report under the heading “Item 1A. Risk Factors,” as well as in any applicable prospectus supplement and contained or to be contained in our filings with the SEC and incorporated by reference in this prospectus or in any applicable prospectus supplement or such filings with the SEC, together with all of the other information contained in this prospectus, or any applicable prospectus supplement. For a description of these reports and documents, and information about where you can find them, see “Where You Can Find More Information” and “Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference.” If any of the risks or uncertainties described in our SEC filings or any prospectus supplement or any additional risks and uncertainties actually occur, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

 

Risks Relating to this Offering

 

We may allocate the net proceeds from this offering in ways that you or other stockholders may not approve.

 

We currently intend to use the net proceeds of this offering, if any, for working capital and general corporate purposes. We have no current agreements, commitments or understandings for any material acquisitions or licenses of any products, businesses or technologies. This expected use of the net proceeds from this offering represents our intentions based upon our current plans and business conditions. The amounts and timing of our actual expenditures may vary significantly depending on numerous factors, including timing of receipts from our customers. Because the number and variability of factors that will determine our use of the proceeds from this offering, their ultimate use may vary substantially from their currently intended use. As a result, our management will retain broad discretion over the allocation of the net proceeds from this offering and could spend the proceeds in ways that do not necessarily improve our operating results or enhance the value of our Common Stock. See “Use of Proceeds.”

 

Exercise of options or warrants or conversion of convertible securities may have a dilutive effect on your percentage ownership and may result in a dilution of your voting power and an increase in the number of shares of Common Stock eligible for future resale in the public market, which may negatively impact the trading price of our shares of Common Stock.

 

The exercise or conversion of some or all of our outstanding options, warrants, or convertible securities could result in significant dilution in the percentage ownership interest of investors in this offering and in the percentage ownership interest of our existing common stockholders and in a significant dilution of voting rights and earnings per share.

 

As of April 30, 2020, we have (i) 1,555,601 outstanding warrants to purchase up to 1,449,994 shares of our Common Stock at a weighted exercise price of $12.90 per share; (ii) outstanding options granted under our equity compensation plans to purchase up to 482,550 shares of our Common Stock at a weighted average price of $14.89 per share; (iii) outstanding time-vested award options granted as an inducement to our Chief Executive Officer, outside of our equity compensation plans, for an aggregate of 2,155,481 shares of our Common Stock at a weighted average price of $0.2626 per share; and (iv) outstanding performance-based award options granted as an inducement to our Chief Executive Officer, outside of our equity compensation plans, of 1,500,000 shares of our common stock at a weighted average exercise price of $0.27586 per share.

 

To the extent warrants and/or conversion rights are exercised, additional shares of Common Stock will be issued, and such issuance will dilute stockholders.

 

In addition to the dilutive effects described above, the exercise of those securities would lead to an increase in the number of shares of Common Stock eligible for resale in the public market. Sales of substantial numbers of such shares of Common Stock in the public market could adversely affect the market price of our shares of Common Stock. Substantial dilution and/or a substantial increase in the number of shares of Common Stock available for future resale may negatively impact the trading price of our shares of Common Stock.

 

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We may seek to raise additional funds, finance acquisitions or develop strategic relationships by issuing securities that would dilute your ownership. Depending on the terms available to us, if these activities result in significant dilution, it may negatively impact the trading price of our shares of Common Stock.

 

We have financed our operations, and we expect to continue to finance our operations, acquisitions, if any, and the development of strategic relationships by issuing equity and/or convertible securities, which could significantly reduce the percentage ownership of our existing stockholders. Further, any additional financing that we secure, may require the granting of rights, preferences or privileges senior to, or pari passu with, those of our Common Stock. Any issuances by us of equity securities may be at or below the prevailing market price of our Common Stock and in any event may have a dilutive impact on your ownership interest, which could cause the market price of our Common Stock to decline. We may also raise additional funds through the incurrence of debt or the issuance or sale of other securities or instruments senior to our shares of Common Stock. The holders of any securities or instruments we may issue may have rights superior to the rights of our common stockholders. If we experience dilution from the issuance of additional securities and we grant superior rights to new securities over common stockholders, it may negatively impact the trading price of our shares of Common Stock and you may lose all or part of your investment.

 

The market price of our shares of Common Stock is particularly volatile given our status as a relatively unknown company with a generally small and thinly traded public float and lack of profits, which could lead to wide fluctuations in our share price. You may be unable to sell your shares of Common Stock at or above your purchase price, which may result in substantial losses to you.

 

The market for our shares of Common Stock is characterized by significant price volatility when compared to the shares of larger, more established companies that trade on a national securities exchange and have large public floats, and we expect that our share price will continue to be more volatile than the shares of such larger, more established companies for the indefinite future. The volatility in our share price is attributable to a number of factors, including the fact that our shares are thinly traded relative to larger, more established companies. The price for our shares of Common Stock could, for example, decline precipitously in the event that a large number of our shares of Common Stock are sold on the market without commensurate demand. In addition, because we may be considered a speculative or “risky” investment due to our lack of profits to date, certain investors may, under the fear of losing all or most of their investment in the event of negative news or lack of progress, be more inclined to sell their shares of Common Stock on the market more quickly and at greater discounts, thus resulting in a rapid downward decline in the price of our Common Stock. Many of these factors are beyond our control and may decrease the market price of our shares of Common Stock, regardless of our operating performance.

 

The market price of our Common Stock is still likely to be highly volatile and subject to wide fluctuations, and you may be unable to resell your shares of Common Stock at or above the price at which you acquired them.

 

The market price of our Common Stock is likely to be highly volatile and could be subject to wide fluctuations in response to a number of factors that are beyond our control, including, but not limited to:

 

  variations in our revenues and operating expenses;
     
  actual or anticipated changes in the estimates of our operating results or changes in stock market analyst recommendations regarding our Common Stock, other comparable companies or our industry generally;
     
  market conditions in our industry, the industries of our customers and the economy as a whole;

 

  actual or expected changes in our growth rates or our competitors’ growth rates;

 

  developments in the financial markets and worldwide or regional economies;
     
  announcements of innovations or new products or services by us or our competitors;
     
  announcements by the government relating to regulations that govern our industry;
     
  sales of our Common Stock or other securities by us or in the open market;
     
  changes in the market valuations of other comparable companies;

 

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  we may fail to meet publicly announced financial guidance or other expectations about our business; and
     
  other events or factors, many of which are beyond our control, including those resulting from such events, or the prospect of such events, including war, terrorism and other international conflicts, public health issues including health epidemics or pandemics, such as the recent outbreak of COVID-19, and natural disasters such as fire, hurricanes, earthquakes, tornados or other adverse weather and climate conditions, whether occurring in the United States or elsewhere, could disrupt our operations, disrupt the operations of our suppliers or result in political or economic instability.

 

In addition, if the market for technology stocks or the stock market in general experiences loss of investor confidence, the trading price of our Common Stock could decline for reasons unrelated to our business, financial condition or operating results. The trading price of our shares of Common Stock might also decline in reaction to events that affect other companies in our industry, even if these events do not directly affect us. In the past, following periods of volatility in the market, securities class-action litigation has often been instituted against companies. Such litigation, if instituted against us, could result in substantial costs and diversion of management’s attention and resources, which could materially and adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition.

 

We have not paid dividends in the past and do not expect to pay dividends for the foreseeable future, and any return on investment may be limited to potential future appreciation in the value of our Common Stock.

 

We currently intend to retain any future earnings to support the development and expansion of our business and do not anticipate paying cash dividends on our shares of Common Stock in the foreseeable future. Our payment of any future dividends will be at the discretion of our Board after taking into account various factors, including without limitation, our financial condition, operating results, cash needs, growth plans and the terms of any credit agreements that we may be a party to at the time. To the extent we do not pay dividends, our shares of Common Stock may be less valuable because a return on investment will only occur if and to the extent our stock price appreciates, which may never occur. In addition, investors must rely on sales of their Common Stock after price appreciation as the only way to realize their investment, and if the price of our Common Stock does not appreciate, then there will be no return on investment. Investors seeking cash dividends should not purchase our Common Stock.

 

The actual number of shares of Common Stock that we will issue under the Sales Agreement, at any one time or in total, is uncertain.

 

Subject to certain limitations in the Sales Agreement and compliance with applicable law, we have the discretion to deliver placement notices to A.G.P. at any time throughout the term of the Sales Agreement. The number of shares of Common Stock that are sold by A.G.P. after we deliver a placement notice will fluctuate based on the market price of the Common Stock during the sales period and limits that we set with A.G.P.

 

The shares of Common Stock offered under this prospectus may be sold in “at the market” offerings, and investors who buy shares at different times will likely pay different prices.

 

Investors who purchase shares of Common Stock under this prospectus at different times will likely pay different prices, and so may experience different outcomes in their investment results. We will have discretion, subject to market demand, to vary the timing, prices, and numbers of shares of Common Stock sold, and there is no minimum or maximum sales price. Investors may experience declines in the value of their shares of Common Stock as a result of share sales made at prices lower than the prices that such investors paid.

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

 

We currently intend to use the net proceeds from this offering, if any, for working capital and general corporate purposes.

 

The timing and amount of our actual expenditures will be based on many factors, including cash flows from operations and the anticipated growth of our business. As of the date of this prospectus, we cannot specify with certainty all of the particular uses for the net proceeds to us from this offering. As a result, our management will have broad discretion regarding the timing and application of the net proceeds from this offering. Pending their ultimate use, we intend to invest the net proceeds in short-term, investment-grade, interest-bearing instruments.

 

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MARKET PRICE OF OUR COMMON STOCK

 

Our Common Stock is presently listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “VISL”. On April 30, 2020, the last reported sale price of our Common Stock was $0.34.

 

Holders

 

As of April 30, 2020, we had 24 registered holders of record of our Common Stock. A substantially greater number of holders of our Common Stock are “street name” or beneficial holders, whose shares of record are held through banks, brokers, other financial institutions and registered clearing agencies.

 

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DIVIDEND POLICY

 

We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our Common Stock and do not anticipate declaring or paying any cash dividends on our Common Stock in the foreseeable future. We expect to retain all available funds and any future earnings to support operations and fund the development and growth of our business. Our board of directors has the right to authorize the issuance of preferred stock in the future, without further stockholder approval, the holders of which may have preferences over the holders of our Common Stock as to payment of dividends.

 

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DILUTION

 

If you invest in our Common Stock in this offering, your ownership interest will be diluted immediately to the extent of the difference between the public offering price per share of our Common Stock and the as adjusted net tangible book value per share of our Common Stock after this offering.

 

Our historical net tangible book value as of December 31, 2019 was $6,307,000, or $0.29 per share of our Common Stock. Historical net tangible book value per share represents the amount of our total tangible assets, less total liabilities, divided by the number of shares of our Common Stock outstanding as of December 31, 2019.

 

Our pro forma net tangible book value as of December 31, 2019 was $12,923,000, or $0.15 per share of our Common Stock after giving effect to our receipt (i) net proceeds of $5,438,000 from sale of 12,445,000 shares of Common Stock in the February 2020 Offering, (ii) net proceeds of $10,000 from the exercise of an aggregate of 22,970,300 pre-funded warrants and the issuance of an aggregate of 22,970,300 shares of Common Stock; (iii) the cashless exercise of an aggregate 41,696,572 warrants and the issuance of an aggregate of 31,272,429 shares of Common Stock; and (iv) $1,167,700 from IMT’s issuance of a promissory note dated April 5, 2020 (the “IMT Note”).

 

After giving effect to the pro forma adjustments and the issuance and sale of up to 28,823,529 shares of our Common Stock in this offering (based on an assumed offering price of $0.34, which was the closing price of our Common Stock on April 30, 2020), and after deducting the sales agent discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us, our historical net tangible book value as of December 31, 2019 would have been $0.29 per share. This represents an immediate decrease in pro forma net tangible book value per share of $0.10 to existing stockholders and immediate dilution of $0.15 per share to new investors purchasing Common Stock in this offering. Dilution per share to new investors is determined by subtracting historical net tangible book value per share after this offering from the public offering price per share paid by new investors. The following table illustrates this dilution on a per share basis:

 

Public offering price per share           $ 0.34  
Historical net tangible book value per share as of December 31, 2019, before giving effect to: (1) the February 2020 Offering and (2) the issuance of the IMT Note   $ 0.29          
Decrease in net tangible book value per share attributable to (1) the February 2020 Offering, (2) the exercise of the warrants and pre-funded warrants described above and (3) new investors     0.10          
Pro forma, as adjusted net tangible book value per share after giving effect to this offering           $ 0.19  
Dilution to pro forma, as adjusted, net tangible book value per share to new investors in this offering           $ 0.15  

 

The following table summarizes as of December 31, 2019, on a pro forma basis, as described above, the number of shares of our Common Stock, the total consideration and the average price per share (1) paid to us by our existing stockholders and (2) to be paid by investors purchasing shares of our Common Stock in this offering at an assumed public offering price of $0.34, which was the closing price of our Common Stock on April 30, 2020, before deducting sales agent discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us:

 

    Shares Purchased     Total Consideration     Average Price  
    Number     Percent     Amount     Percent     Per Share  
Existing stockholders     21,551,333       43 %   $ 234,966,847       96 %   $ 10.90  
New investors     28,823,529       57 %   $ 9,800,000       4 %   $ 0.34  
Total     50,374,862       100.0 %   $ 244,766,847       100.0 %   $ 4.86  

 

The total number of shares of our Common Stock reflected in the discussion and tables above is based on 21,551,333 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of December 31, 2019 and excludes outstanding warrants and options exercisable to purchase 25,128,447 and 341,083 shares of Common Stock, respectively, as of December 31, 2019.

 

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

We have entered into the Sales Agreement with A.G.P., under which we may issue and sell shares of our Common Stock from time to time of up to $9,800,000 to or through A.G.P., acting as our sales agent. The sales of our Common Stock, if any, under this prospectus and any prospectus supplement will be made at market prices by any method deemed to be an “at the market offering” as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) under the Securities Act, including sales made directly on The Nasdaq Capital Market, on any other existing trading market for our Common Stock or to or through a market maker.

 

Pursuant to the Sales Agreement, A.G.P. will not sell a number of shares of Common Stock under this prospectus that would exceed (i) the amount of shares of Common Stock registered under this registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part, or the amount of shares offered under this prospectus, and (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock authorized to be issued pursuant to our Certificate of Incorporation. As of April 30, 2020, we are authorized to issue up to 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to our Certificate of Incorporation, 88,239,062 shares of our Common Stock are issued, which leaves 11,760,938 shares of Common Stock that are unissued, including 15,954 shares of Common Stock held in treasury. We have also reserved a total of 5,588,025 shares of Common stock for issuance upon outstanding options and warrants. Therefore, as of April 30, 2020, there are a limited number of shares of Common Stock available for sale under this prospectus. In the event that the price per share of our Common Stock increases over time, this would result in our ability to raise a larger amount of capital by selling less shares. We are planning to hold an annual meeting of our stockholders on May 8, 2020, one of the purposes of which is to obtain stockholder approval for our board of directors to amend our Certificate of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split of all of the outstanding shares of our Common Stock, which would reduce the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding and thereby increase the number of shares of Common Stock that would be available for sale pursuant to this prospectus. However, there can be no assurance that such proposal will be approved by our stockholders at such annual meeting.

 

Each time that we wish to issue and sell shares of our Common Stock under the Sales Agreement, we will provide A.G.P. with a placement notice describing the amount of such shares to be sold, the time period during which sales are requested to be made, any limitation on the amount of shares of Common Stock that may be sold in any single day, any minimum price below which sales may not be made or any minimum price requested for sales in a given time period and any other instructions relevant to such requested sales. Upon receipt of a placement notice, A.G.P., acting as our sales agent, will use commercially reasonable efforts, consistent with its normal trading and sales practices and applicable state and federal laws, rules and regulations and the rules of The Nasdaq Capital Market, to sell shares of our Common Stock under the terms and subject to the conditions of the placement notice and the Sales Agreement. We or A.G.P. may suspend the offering of Common Stock pursuant to a placement notice upon notice and subject to other conditions.

 

Settlement for sales of Common Stock, unless the relevant parties agree otherwise, will occur on the second trading day following the date on which any sales are made in return for payment of the net proceeds to us. There are no arrangements to place any of the proceeds of this offering in an escrow, trust or similar account. Sales of our Common Stock as contemplated in this prospectus and any prospectus supplement will be settled through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company or by such other means as we and A.G.P. may agree upon.

 

We will pay A.G.P. commissions for its services in acting as our sales agent in the sale of our Common Stock pursuant to the Sales Agreement. A.G.P. will be entitled to compensation at a fixed commission rate of 3.0% of the gross proceeds from the sale of our Common Stock on our behalf pursuant to the Sales Agreement. We have also agreed to reimburse A.G.P. for its reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including but not limited to the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of its legal counsel) in an amount not to exceed $40,000 and up to an additional $10,000 per year for maintenance.

 

We estimate that the total expenses for this offering, excluding compensation payable to A.G.P. and certain expenses reimbursable to A.G.P. under the terms of the Sales Agreement, will be approximately $100,000. The remaining sales proceeds, after deducting any expenses payable by us and any transaction fees imposed by any governmental, regulatory, or self-regulatory organization in connection with the sales, will equal our net proceeds for the sale of such Common Stock.

 

Because there are no minimum sale requirements as a condition to this offering, the actual total public offering price, commissions and net proceeds to us, if any, are not determinable at this time. The actual dollar amount and number of shares of Common Stock we sell through this prospectus and any prospectus supplement will be dependent, among other things, on market conditions and our capital raising requirements.

 

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We will report at least quarterly the number of shares of Common Stock sold through A.G.P. under the Sales Agreement, the net proceeds to us and the compensation paid by us to A.G.P. in connection with the sales of Common Stock under the Sales Agreement.

 

In connection with the sale of the Common Stock on our behalf, A.G.P. will be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act, and the compensation of A.G.P. will be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts. We have agreed to provide indemnification and contribution to A.G.P. against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

 

A.G.P. will not engage in any market making activities involving our Common Stock while the offering is ongoing under this prospectus and any prospectus supplement if such activity would be prohibited under Regulation M or other anti-manipulation rules under the Securities Act. As our sales agent, A.G.P. will not engage in any transactions that stabilizes our Common Stock.

 

The offering pursuant to the Sales Agreement will terminate upon the earlier of (i) the sale of all shares of Common Stock subject to the Sales Agreement and (ii) termination of the Sales Agreement as permitted therein. We may terminate the Sales Agreement in our sole discretion at any time by giving 10 days’ prior notice to A.G.P. A.G.P. may terminate the Sales Agreement under the circumstances specified in the Sales Agreement and in its sole discretion at any time by giving 10 days’ prior notice to us.

 

A.G.P. and/or its affiliates have provided, and may in the future provide, various investment banking and other financial services for us, for which services they have received and may in the future receive customary fees.

 

A.G.P. acted as sole book-running managers in our follow-on underwritten offering that closed on February 14, 2020 for 12,445,000 shares of Common Stock, 12,445,000 warrants to purchase 9,333,750 shares of Common Stock, and 14,827,200 pre-funded warrants, with each such pre-funded warrant exercisable for one share of Common Stock, together with 14,827,200 warrants to purchase 11,120,400 shares of Common Stock, which resulted in gross proceeds of approximately $6 million.

 

This prospectus and any prospectus supplement is in electronic format and may be made available on a website maintained by A.G.P., and A.G.P. may distribute this prospectus and any prospectus supplement electronically.

 

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LEGAL MATTERS

 

The validity of the shares of Common Stock offered by this prospectus will be passed upon by Sullivan & Worcester LLP, New York, New York. A.G.P. is being represented in connection with this offering by Gracin & Marlow, LLP, New York, New York.

 

EXPERTS

 

Our audited consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 and for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2019 are incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any prospectus supplement, which form a part of the registration statement, have been audited by Marcum LLP, independent registered public accountants, to the extent and for the periods set forth in their report incorporated by reference herein, and in reliance on such report given upon the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

 

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

 

This prospectus is part of the registration statement on Form S-3 we filed with the SEC under the Securities Act and does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement. Whenever a reference is made in this prospectus to any of our contracts, agreements or other documents, the reference may not be complete, and you should refer to the exhibits that are a part of the registration statement or the exhibits to the reports or other documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus for a copy of such contract, agreement or other document.

 

We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. Our SEC filings are available to the public at no cost from the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

 

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INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

 

We incorporate by reference the filed documents listed below, except as superseded, supplemented or modified by this prospectus, and any future filings we will make with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (unless otherwise noted, the SEC file number for each of the documents listed below is 001-36019):

 

  our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, filed with the SEC on April 1, 2020;
     
  our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the SEC on March 30, 2020, as supplemented by Definitive Additional Materials, filed with the SEC on April 17, 2020 and April 21, 2020;
     
  Current Reports on Form 8-K or Form 8-K/A, as applicable, filed with the SEC on January 17, 2020, January 24, 2020, January 28, 2020, February 12, 2020, February 14, 2020, February 19, 2020, February 27, 2020, February 28, 2020, March 5, 2020, March 31, 2020, April 23, 2020 and May 1, 2020 (other than any portions thereof deemed furnished and not filed); and
     
  The description of our Common Stock and our warrants contained in our Form 8-A, filed with the SEC on June 26, 2013.

 

We also incorporate by reference into this prospectus additional documents (other than current reports furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits on such form that are related to such items) that we may file with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the completion or termination of the offering, including all such documents that we may file with the SEC after the initial filing of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part and prior to effectiveness of the registration statement and after the initial filing date of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part until the offering of Common Stock covered by this prospectus has been completed, but excluding any information deemed furnished and not filed with the SEC. Any statements contained in a previously filed document incorporated by reference into this prospectus is deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained in this prospectus, or in a subsequently filed document also incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes that statement.

 

This prospectus may contain information that updates, modifies or is contrary to information in one or more of the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus. You should rely only on the information incorporated by reference or provided in this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone else to provide you with different information. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date of this prospectus, or the date of the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

 

We will provide to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom this prospectus is delivered, upon written or oral request, at no cost to the requester, a copy of any and all of the information that is incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

 

You may request, and we will provide you with, a copy of these filings, at no cost, by contacting us at:

 

Vislink Technologies, Inc.

101 Bilby Rd., Suite 15, Bldg. 2

Hackettstown, NJ 07840 (941) 953-9035

 

Copies of these filings are also available through the “Investor” section of our website at www.vislinktechnologies.com. For other ways to obtain a copy of these filings, please refer to “Where You Can Find More Information” above.

 

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Up To $9,800,000

Common Stock

 

 

 

PROSPECTUS

 

 

 

A.G.P.

 

The date of this prospectus is ________, 2020

 

     

 

 

PART II

 

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION.

 

The expenses in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities being registered, other than underwriting discounts and commissions, are estimated below:

 

SEC registration fee   $ 12,980  
FINRA filing fee   $ 15,500  
Nasdaq listing fee     *  
Legal fees and expenses     *  
Accounting fees and expenses     *  
Transfer agent fees and expense     *  
Printing and engraving expenses     *  
Miscellaneous expenses     *  
Total     *  

 

*Estimated expenses are presently not known and cannot be estimated.

 

ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

 

Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL allows a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation will not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where the directors breached the duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit. Our Certificate of Incorporation provides for this limitation of liability.

 

Section 145 of the DGCL provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any person who was, is or is threatened to be made, party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was an officer, director, employee or agent of such corporation or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation’s best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was illegal. A Delaware corporation may indemnify any persons who are, or were, a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit, provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation’s best interests, provided that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if the officer, director, employee or agent is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where an officer or director is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him against the expenses which such officer or directors has actually and reasonably incurred.

 

Section 145 further authorizes a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would otherwise have the power to indemnify him under Section 145.

 

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The indemnification rights set forth above shall not be exclusive of any other right which an indemnified person may have or hereafter acquire under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of such person.

 

We maintain a general liability insurance policy that covers liabilities of directors and officers of our corporation arising out of claims based on acts or omissions in their capacities as directors or officers.

 

ITEM 16. EXHIBITS

 

(a) The following exhibits are filed as part of this registration statement.

 

Exhibit

Number

  Description of Exhibit
1.1*   Sales Agreement, dated May 5, 2020, by and between Vislink Technologies, Inc. and A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners.
3.1(i)   Amended & Restated Certificate of Incorporation (1)
3.1(i)(a)   Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation filed June 11, 2014 (2)
3.1 (i)(b)   Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation filed July 10, 2015 (25)
3.1(i)(c)   Amended and Restated Certificate of Designation of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (16)
3.1(i)(d)   Certificate of Designation of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (12)
3.1(i)(e)   Certificate of Designation of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock (17)
3.1(i)(f)   Certificate of Elimination for Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (16)
3.1(i)(g)   Certificate of Elimination for Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (23)
3.1(i)(h)   Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation filed June 10, 2016 (20)
3.1(i)(i)   Certificate of Designation of Series E Convertible Preferred Stock (24)
3.1(i)(j)   Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on February 11, 2019(39)
3.1(ii)   Amended & Restated Bylaws (3)
4.1   Form of Common Stock Certificate of the Registrant (4)
4.2   Form of Warrant Agreement by and between the Registrant and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and Form of Warrant Certificate for the offering closed July 24, 2013 and August 19, 2013 (5)
4.3   Form of Underwriters’ Warrant for the offering closed July 24, 2013 (1)
4.4   Form of Underwriters’ Warrant for the offering closed November 18, 2013 (6)
4.5   Form of Warrant issued in December 30, 2014 Offering (10)
4.6   Form of Warrant issued in February 11, 2015 Offering (11)
4.7   Form of Warrant issued in February 24, 2015 Offering (12)
4.8   Form of 8% Convertible Note (13)
4.9   Form of Series A Warrant for the August 2015 Offering (14)
4.10   Form of Pre-funded Series B Warrant for the August 2015 Offering (14)
4.11   Form of Series C Warrant for the August 2015 Offering (14)
4.12   Form of Series D Warrant for the August 2015 Offering (14)
4.13   Form of 5% Convertible Note (15)
4.14   Form of Amendment, dated April 29, 2016, to Series A Warrant to Purchase Common Stock of xG Technology, Inc., dated August 19, 2015(18)
4.15   Form of Amendment, dated April 29, 2016, to Warrant to Purchase Common Stock of xG Technology, Inc., dated February 29, 2016 (18)
4.16   Form of Warrant (19)
4.17   Form of Vislink Promissory Note (27)
4.18   Form of Underwriters’ Warrant for February 2017 Offering (28)
4.19   Form of Warrant for August 2017 Offering (31)
4.20   Form of 6% Senior Secured Convertible Debenture(36)
4.21   Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant(36)
4.22   Form of Amended and Restated 6% Senior Secured Debenture(37)

 

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4.23   Form of Second Amended and Restated 6% Senior Secured Debenture(38)
4.24   Form of 10% Senior Secured Convertible Debenture(38)
4.25   Warrant Agreement, including Form of Common Warrant and Form of Pre-Funded Warrant from July 2019 Offering(40)
4.26   Form of Warrant Agreement, including Form of Common Warrant and Form of Pre-Funded Warrant from November 2019 Offering(41)
4.27   Form of Warrant Agreement, including Form of Common Warrant and Form of Pre-Funded Warrant from February 2020 Offering(42)
4.28   Description of Registrant’s Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.(47)
4.29**   Form of Warrant Agreement, including form of Warrant.
4.30**   Form of Unit Agreement
5.1*   Opinion of Sullivan &Worcester LLP.
10.1   2013 Long Term Incentive Plan (7)
10.2   Forms of Agreement Under 2013 Long Term Incentive Plan (7)
10.3   2004 Option Plan (7)
10.4   2005 Option Plan (7)
10.5   2006 Option Plan (7)
10.6   2007 Option Plan (7)
10.7   2009 Option Plan (7)
10.8   Forms of Award Documents under 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2009 Option Plans (7)
10.9   Sunrise Office Lease (7)
10.10   Care21 Agreement (7)
10.11   Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 22, 2014, by and between the Company and Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC. (8)
10.12   Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 19, 2014, by and between the Company and Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC. (8)
10.13   Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 19, 2014, by and between the Company and Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC. (8)
10.14   Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2014, by and between the Company, LPC, Affiliate Purchasers, and the Other Investors (9)
10.15   Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 30, 2014, by and between the Company and 31 Group, LLC. (10)
10.16   Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 11, 2015, by and between the Company and 31 Group, LLC. (11)
10.17   Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 24, 2014, by and between the Company and 31 Group, LLC. (12)
10.18   Form of Purchase Agreement dated as of June 11, 2015 (13)
10.19   Amendment to Purchase Agreement dated as of June 11, 2015 (25)
10.20   Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 29, 2016, by and between the Company and Integrated Microwave Technologies, LLC (15)
10.21   Form of Securities Purchase Agreement (15)
10.22   $1,500,000 Initial Payment Note from the Company to IMT (15)
10.23   Form of Subscription Agreement, dated May 12, 2016, between the Company and the Purchasers thereto (19)
10.24   2015 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (21)
10.25   2015 Incentive Compensation Plan (21)
10.26   2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (22)
10.27   2016 Incentive Compensation Plan (22)
10.28   Deed of Variation to Business Purchase Agreement by and between the Company, Vislink PLC, Vislink International Limited and Vislink Inc., dated January 13, 2017 (26)
10.29   Settlement Agreement between the Company and the Holders thereto, dated January 13, 2017 (26)
10.30   Security Agreement, dated February 2, 2017, between the Company and the Vislink Sellers (27)
10.31   Service Agreement between James Walton and Vislink International Limited, dated October 19, 2015 (29)
10.32   Purchase Agreement, dated May 19, 2017, between the Company and Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC (30)
10.33   Registration Rights Agreement, dated May 19, 2017, between the Company and Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC (30)
10.34   Securities Purchase Agreement, dated August 15, 2017, between the Company and the Purchasers thereto (31)
10.35   Amendment to 2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan(33)
10.36   Amendment to 2016 Incentive Compensation Plan(34)

 

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10.37   2017 Incentive Compensation Plan(35)
10.38   Form of Securities Purchase Agreement, dated May 29, 2018, by and among the Company and the purchaser signatories thereto(36)
10.39   Form of Security Agreement, dated Mya 29, 2018, by and among the Company and each of the secured parties thereto(36)
10.40   Form of Subsidiary Guarantee, dated May 29, 2018, by and among the Company, the purchasers under the Securities Purchase Agreement, and each of the Company’s subsidiaries(36)
10.41   Form of Registration Rights Agreement, dated May 29, 2018, by and among the Company and the purchasers under the Securities Purchase Agreement(36)
10.43   Form of Voting Agreement, each dated May 29, 2018, between the Company and each purchaser under the Securities Purchase Agreement (36)
10.44   Form of Securities Purchase Agreement, dated December 3, 2018, by and among the Company and the purchaser signatories thereto(38)
10.45   Form of Security Agreement, dated December 3, 2018, by and among the Company and each of the secured parties thereto(38)
10.46   Form of Subsidiary Guarantee, dated December 3, 2018 executed by each of the Company’s subsidiaries(38)
10.47   Form of Registration Rights Agreement, dated December 3, 2018, by and among the Company and the purchasers under the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated December 3, 2018(38)
10.48   Form of Voting Agreement, each dated December 3, 2018, executed by each purchaser under the Securities Purchase Agreement , dated December 3, 2018(38)
10.49   Employment Agreement by and between the Company and Carleton Miller, dated as of January 22, 2020(43)
10.50   Notice of Grant of Stock Option for Time-Vested Options and Stock Option Agreement by and between the Company and Carleton Miller, dated as of January 22, 2020(43)
10.51   Notice of Grant of Stock Option for Performance-Vested Options and Stock Option Agreement by and between the Company and Carleton Miller, dated as of January 22, 2020(43)
10.52   Form of Separation Agreement to be executed by the Company and John Payne upon the conclusion of John Payne’s employment(44)
10.53   Employment Agreement by and between the Company and Michael Bond, dated as of February 27, 2020(45)
10.54   Form of Separation Agreement to be executed by the Company and Roger G. Branton upon the conclusion of Roger G. Branton’s employment(45)
10.55   Form of Indemnification Agreement by and between the Company and its officers and directors(47)
14.1   Code of Ethics(32)
21.1   Subsidiaries of the Registrant(46)
23.1*   Consent of Marcum LLP
23.2*   Consent of Sullivan &Worcester LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

 

* Filed herewith
** To be filed by amendment or as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference, if applicable.
(1) Filed as an Exhibit on Form S-1 with the SEC on October 23, 2013.
(2) Filed as an Exhibit on Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on June 13, 2014.
(3) Filed as an Exhibit on Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q with the SEC on August 30, 2013.
(4) Filed as an Exhibit on Form S-1/A with the SEC on May 21, 2013.
(5) Filed as an Exhibit on Current Report to Form 8-K with the SEC on August 19, 2013.
(6) Filed as an Exhibit on Form S-1/A with the SEC on November 6, 2013.
(7) Filed as an Exhibit on Form S-1 with the SEC on March 7, 2013.
(8) Filed as an Exhibit on Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on September 24, 2014.
(9) Filed as an Exhibit on Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on November 26, 2014.
(10) Filed as an Exhibit on Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on December 31, 2014.
(11) Filed as an Exhibit on Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on February 13, 2015.
(12) Filed as an Exhibit on Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on February 26, 2015.
(13) Filed as an Exhibit on Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on June 12, 2015.
(14) Filed as an Exhibit on Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on August 20, 2015.
(15) Filed as an Exhibit on Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on February 3, 2016.
(16) Filed as an Exhibit on Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on February 10, 2016.
(17) Filed as an Exhibit on Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on April 27, 2016

 

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(18) Filed as an Exhibit on Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on May 2, 2016
(19) Filed as an Exhibit on Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on May 13, 2016.
(20) Filed as an Exhibit on Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on June 20, 2016.
(21) Filed as an Exhibit on Annual Report on Form 10-K with the SEC on April 14, 2016.
(22) Filed as an Exhibit on Form S-1 with the SEC on June 27, 2016
(23) Filed as an Exhibit on Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on December 7, 2016.
(24) Filed as an Exhibit on Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on December 27, 2016.
(25) Filed as an Exhibit on Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on July 20, 2015.
(26) Filed as an Exhibit on Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on January 19, 2017.
(27) Filed as an Exhibit on Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on February 6, 2017.
(28) Filed as an Exhibit on Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on February 10, 2017.
(29) Filed as an Exhibit on Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on February 23, 2017.
(30) Filed as an Exhibit on Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on May 23, 2017.
(31) Filed as an Exhibit on Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on August 16, 2017.
(32) Filed as an Exhibit on Annual Report on Form 10-K with the SEC on March 6, 2014.
(33) Filed as Appendix D on Definitive Schedule 14A with the SEC on May 22, 2017
(34) Filed as Appendix E on Definitive Schedule 14A with the SEC on May 22, 2017
(35) Filed as Appendix F on Definitive Schedule 14A with the SEC on May 22, 2017
(36) Filed as an Exhibit on Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on May 29, 2018.
(37) Filed as an Exhibit on Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on October 11, 2018.
(38) Filed as an Exhibit on Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on December 4, 2018.
(39) Filed an Exhibit on Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on February 26, 2019.
(40) Filed as an Exhibit on Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on July 16, 2019.
(41) Filed as an Exhibit on Form S-1/A with the SEC on November 22, 2019.
(42) Filed as an Exhibit on Form S-1/A with the SEC on February 3, 2020.
(43) Filed as an Exhibit on Current Report on Form 8-K/A with the SEC on January 24, 2020.
(44) Filed as an Exhibit on Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on February 27, 2020.
(45) Filed as an Exhibit on Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on February 28, 2020.
(46) Filed as an Exhibit on Form S-1/A with the SEC on October 30, 2019.
(47) Filed as an Exhibit on Annual Report on Form 10-K with the SEC on April 1, 2020.

 

ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS.

 

(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

 

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

 

(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

 

(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of the securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

 

(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change to such information in this registration statement;

 

provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of this registration statement;

 

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(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

 

(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser:

 

(i) If the registrant is relying on Rule 430B;

 

(A) Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and

 

(B) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 (b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date of the Securities Act prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date; or

 

(ii) If the registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.

 

(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities:

 

The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

 

(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

 

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(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;

 

(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and

 

(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

 

(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing of the Registration Statement on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Sarasota, State of Florida, on the 5th day of May, 2020.

 

  VISLINK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Carleton M. Miller
   

Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose individual signature appears below hereby authorizes and appoints Carleton M. Miller and Michael Bond, and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution and full power to act without the other, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to act in his or her name, place and stead, and to execute in the name and on behalf of each person, individually and in each capacity stated below, and to file any and all amendments to this registration statement, filed after the date hereof, any related registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, filed after the date hereof, and any or all pre- or post-effective amendments thereto, filed after the date hereof, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or any substitute or substitutes for each of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates stated.

 

Signature   Title   Date
         
/s/ Carleton M. Miller   Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Director   May 5, 2020
Carleton M. Miller        
         
/s/ Michael Bond   Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)   May 5, 2020
Michael Bond        
         
/s/ Susan Swenson   Chairman of the Board of Directors   May 5, 2020
Susan Swenson        
         
/s/ Roger G. Branton   Director   May 5, 2020
Roger G. Branton        
         
/s/ Richard L. Mooers   Director   May 5, 2020
Richard L. Mooers        
         
/s/ George F. Schmitt   Director   May 5, 2020
George F. Schmitt        
         
/s/ Ralph Faison   Director   May 5, 2020
Ralph Faison        
         
/s/ James T. Conway   Director   May 5, 2020
James T. Conway        
         
/s/ Jude T. Panetta   Director   May 5, 2020
Jude T. Panetta        
         
/s/ Brian K. Krolicki   Director   May 5, 2020
Brian K. Krolicki        

 

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Exhibit 1.1

 

Vislink Technologies, Inc.

 

COMMON STOCK

 

SALES AGREEMENT

 

May 5, 2020

 

A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners

590 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10022

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Vislink Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), confirms its agreement (this “Agreement”) with A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners, as follows:

 

1. Issuance and Sale of Shares. The Company agrees that, from time to time during the term of this Agreement, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, it may issue and sell to or through A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners, acting as agent and/or principal (the “Sales Agent”), shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Common Stock”), subject to the limitations set forth in Section 3(b) hereof. The issuance and sale of shares of Common Stock to or through the Sales Agent will be effected pursuant to the Registration Statement (as defined below) to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act (as defined below) by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”).

 

On the date of this Agreement, the Company has filed, or will file, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”), with the Commission, a shelf registration statement on Form S-3, including a base prospectus, relating to certain securities, including the Common Stock, to be issued from time to time by the Company, and which incorporates by reference documents that the Company has filed or will file in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Exchange Act”). The Company has prepared a prospectus supplement specifically relating to the offering of Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement included as part of such registration statement (the “ATM Prospectus”). As soon as practicable following the date that such registration statement is declared effective, the Company will furnish to the Sales Agent, for use by the Sales Agent, copies of the ATM Prospectus included as part of such registration statement, relating to the Placement Shares (as defined below). Except where the context otherwise requires, such registration statement, as amended when it becomes effective, including all documents filed as part thereof or incorporated by reference therein, and including any information contained in a Prospectus (as defined below) subsequently filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act or deemed to be a part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B or 462(b) of the Securities Act, is herein called the “Registration Statement.” The base prospectus, including all documents incorporated therein by reference (to the extent such information has not been superseded or modified in accordance with Rule 412 under the Securities Act (as qualified by Rule 430B(g) of the Securities Act), and the ATM Prospectus, including all documents incorporated therein by reference (to the extent such information has not been superseded or modified in accordance with Rule 412 under the Securities Act (as qualified by Rule 430B(g) of the Securities Act), each of which is included in the Registration Statement, as it or they may be supplemented by any additional prospectus supplement, in the form in which such prospectus and/or ATM Prospectus have most recently been filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, together with any “issuer free writing prospectus” (“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”), as defined in Rule 433 of the Securities Act (“Rule 433”), relating to the Placement Shares that (i) is required to be filed with the Commission by the Company or (ii) is exempt from filing pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i), in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g), is herein called the “Prospectus.” Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein, and any reference herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing after the execution hereof of any document with the Commission deemed to be incorporated by reference therein. For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or to any amendment or supplement thereto shall be deemed to include any copy filed with the Commission pursuant to either the Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval System, or if applicable, the Interactive Data Electronic Applications (collectively “EDGAR”).

 

     

 

 

2. Placements. Each time that the Company wishes to issue and sell the Common Stock through the Sales Agent, as agent, hereunder (each, a “Placement”), it will notify the Sales Agent by email notice (or other method mutually agreed to in writing by the parties) (a “Placement Notice”) containing the parameters in accordance with which it desires the Common Stock to be sold, which shall at a minimum include the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued (the “Placement Shares”), the time period during which sales are requested to be made, any limitation on the number of shares of Common Stock that may be sold in any one Trading Day (as defined in Section 3) and any minimum price below which sales may not be made, a form of which containing such minimum sales parameters necessary is attached hereto as Schedule 1. The Placement Notice shall originate from any of the individuals from the Company set forth on Schedule 2 (with a copy to each of the other individuals from the Company listed on such schedule), and shall be addressed to each of the individuals from the Sales Agent set forth on Schedule 2, as such Schedule 2 may be amended from time to time. The Placement Notice shall be effective upon receipt by the Sales Agent unless and until (i) in accordance with the notice requirements set forth in Section 4, the Sales Agent declines to accept the terms contained therein for any reason, in its sole discretion, (ii) the entire amount of the Placement Shares have been sold, (iii) in accordance with the notice requirements set forth in Section 4, the Company suspends or terminates the Placement Notice, (iv) the Company issues a subsequent Placement Notice with parameters superseding those on the earlier dated Placement Notice, or (v) the Agreement has been terminated under the provisions of Section 11. The amount of any discount, commission or other compensation to be paid by the Company to the Sales Agent in connection with the sale of the Placement Shares through the Sales Agent, as agent, shall be as set forth in Schedule 3. It is expressly acknowledged and agreed that neither the Company nor the Sales Agent will have any obligation whatsoever with respect to a Placement or any Placement Shares unless and until the Company delivers a Placement Notice to the Sales Agent and the Sales Agent does not decline such Placement Notice pursuant to the terms set forth above, and then only upon the terms specified therein and herein. In the event of a conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of a Placement Notice, the terms of the Placement Notice will control.

 

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3. Sale of Placement Shares by the Sales Agent.

 

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, upon the Company’s issuance of a Placement Notice, and unless the sale of the Placement Shares described therein has been declined, suspended, or otherwise terminated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Sales Agent, as agent for the Company, will use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales practices and applicable state and federal laws, rules and regulations and the rules of The Nasdaq Capital Market (the “Exchange”), for the period specified in the Placement Notice, to sell such Placement Shares up to the amount specified by the Company in, and otherwise in accordance with the terms of such Placement Notice. If acting as agent hereunder, the Sales Agent will provide written confirmation to the Company (including by email correspondence to each of the individuals of the Company set forth on Schedule 2, if receipt of such correspondence is actually acknowledged by any of the individuals to whom the notice is sent, other than via auto-reply) no later than the opening of the Trading Day (as defined below) immediately following the Trading Day on which it has made sales of Placement Shares hereunder setting forth the number of Placement Shares sold on such day, the compensation payable by the Company to the Sales Agent pursuant to Section 2 with respect to such sales, and the Net Proceeds (as defined below) payable to the Company, with an itemization of the deductions made by the Sales Agent (as set forth in Section 5(a)) from the gross proceeds that it receives from such sales. Subject to the terms of the Placement Notice, the Sales Agent may sell Placement Shares by any method permitted by law deemed to be an “at the market” offering as defined in Rule 415 under the Securities Act, including without limitation sales made directly on the Exchange, on any other existing trading market for the Common Stock or to or through a market maker. Subject to the terms of a Placement Notice, the Sales Agent may also sell Placement Shares by any other method permitted by law, including but not limited to in negotiated transactions with the Company’s prior written consent. The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) there can be no assurance that the Sales Agent will be successful in selling Placement Shares, (ii) the Sales Agent will incur no liability or obligation to the Company or any other person or entity if it does not sell Placement Shares for any reason other than a failure by the Sales Agent to use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales practices and applicable law and regulations to sell such Placement Shares as required under this Agreement and (iii) the Sales Agent shall be under no obligation to purchase Placement Shares on a principal basis pursuant to this Agreement, except as otherwise agreed by the Sales Agent and the Company in writing and expressly set forth in a Placement Notice. For the purposes hereof, “Trading Day” means any day on which the Company’s Common Stock is purchased and sold on the principal market on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted.

 

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(b) Under no circumstances shall the Company cause or request the offer or sale of any Placement Shares if, after giving effect to the sale of such Placement Shares, the aggregate number or gross sales proceeds of Placement Shares sold pursuant to this Agreement would exceed the lesser of: (i) the number or dollar amount of shares of Common Stock registered pursuant to the Registration Statement pursuant to which the offering hereunder is being made, (ii) the number of authorized but unissued and unreserved shares of Common Stock, (iii) the number or dollar amount of shares of Common Stock permitted to be offered and sold by the Company under Form S-3 (including General Instruction I.B.6. of Form S-3, if and for so long as applicable), (iv) the number or dollar amount of shares of Common Stock authorized from time to time to be issued and sold under this Agreement by the Company’s board of directors, a duly authorized committee thereof or a duly authorized executive committee, and notified to the Sales Agent in writing, or (v) the number or dollar amount of shares of Common Stock for which the Company has filed the ATM Prospectus or other prospectus supplement specifically relating to the offering of the Placement Shares pursuant to this Agreement. Under no circumstances shall the Company cause or request the offer or sale of any Placement Shares pursuant to this Agreement at a price lower than the minimum price authorized from time to time by the Company’s board of directors, a duly authorized committee thereof or a duly authorized executive committee, and notified to the Sales Agent in writing. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that compliance with the limitations set forth in this Section 3(b) on the number or dollar amount of Placement Shares that may be issued and sold under this Agreement from time to time shall be the sole responsibility of the Company, and that the Sales Agent shall have no obligation in connection with such compliance.

 

(c) During the term of this Agreement, neither the Sales Agent nor any of its affiliates or subsidiaries shall engage in (i) any short sale of any security of the Company or (ii) any sale of any security of the Company that the Sales Agent does not own or any sale which is consummated by the delivery of a security of the Company borrowed by, or for the account of, the Sales Agent. During the term of this Agreement and notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Sales Agent agrees that in no event will the Sales Agent or its affiliates engage in any market making, bidding, stabilization or other trading activity with regard to the Common Stock or related derivative securities if such activity would be prohibited under Regulation M or other anti-manipulation rules under the Exchange Act.

 

4. Suspension of Sales.

 

(a) The Company or the Sales Agent may, upon notice to the other party in writing (including by email correspondence to each of the individuals of the other party set forth on Schedule 2, if receipt of such correspondence is actually acknowledged by any of the individuals to whom the notice is sent, other than via auto-reply) or by telephone (confirmed immediately by verifiable facsimile transmission or email correspondence to each of the individuals of the other party set forth on Schedule 2), suspend any sale of Placement Shares for a period of time (a “Suspension Period”); provided, however, that such suspension shall not affect or impair either party’s obligations with respect to any Placement Shares sold hereunder prior to the receipt of such notice. Each of the parties agrees that no such notice under this Section 4 shall be effective against the other unless it is made to one of the individuals named on Schedule 2 hereto, as such schedule may be amended from time to time. During a Suspension Period, the Company shall not issue any Placement Notices and the Sales Agent shall not sell any Placement Shares hereunder. The party that issued a suspension notice shall notify the other party in writing of the Trading Day on which the Suspension Period shall expire not later than twenty-four (24) hours prior to such Trading Day.

 

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(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, during any period in which the Company is in possession of material non-public information, the Company and the Sales Agent agree that (i) no sale of Placement Shares will take place, (ii) the Company shall not request the sale of any Placement Shares, and (iii) the Sales Agent shall not be obligated to sell or offer to sell any Placement Shares.

 

5. Settlement.

 

(a) Settlement of Placement Shares. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Placement Notice, settlement for sales of Placement Shares will occur on the second (2nd) Trading Day (or such earlier day as is industry practice for regular-way trading) following the respective Point of Sale (as defined below) (each, a “Settlement Date”). The amount of proceeds to be delivered to the Company on a Settlement Date against receipt of the Placement Shares sold (the “Net Proceeds”) will be equal to the aggregate sales price received by the Sales Agent at which such Placement Shares were sold, after deduction for (i) the Sales Agent’s discount, commission or other compensation for such sales payable by the Company pursuant to Section 2 hereof, and (ii) any transaction fees imposed by any clearing organization or any governmental or self-regulatory organization in respect of such sales.

 

(b) Delivery of Placement Shares. On or before each Settlement Date, the Company will, or will cause its transfer agent to, electronically transfer the Placement Shares being sold by crediting the Sales Agent’s or its designee’s account (provided the Sales Agent shall have given the Company written notice of such designee prior to the Settlement Date) at The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit and Withdrawal at Custodian System or by such other means of delivery as may be mutually agreed upon by the parties hereto which in all cases shall be freely tradable, transferable, registered shares in good deliverable form. On each Settlement Date, the Sales Agent will deliver the related Net Proceeds in same day funds to an account designated by the Company on, or prior to, the Settlement Date. The Company agrees that if the Company, or its transfer agent (if applicable), defaults in its obligation to deliver duly authorized Placement Shares on a Settlement Date, the Company agrees that in addition to and in no way limiting the rights and obligations set forth in Section 9(a) (Indemnification and Contribution) hereto, the Company will (i) hold the Sales Agent, its directors, officers, members, partners, employees and agents of the Sales Agent, each broker dealer affiliate of the Sales Agent, and each person, if any, who (A) controls the Sales Agent within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act or (B) is controlled by or is under common control with the Sales Agent (each, a “Sales Agent Affiliate”), and the Sales Agent’s clearing organization, harmless against any loss, claim, damage, or expense (including reasonable legal fees and expenses), as incurred, arising out of or in connection with such default by the Company or its transfer agent (if applicable) and (ii) pay to the Sales Agent any commission, discount, or other compensation to which it would otherwise have been entitled absent such default.

 

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6. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Sales Agent that as of each Applicable Time (as defined in Section 22(a)), unless such representation, warranty or agreement specifies a different time or times:

 

(a) Compliance with Registration Requirements. As of each Applicable Time other than the date of this Agreement, the Registration Statement and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement will have been declared effective by the Commission under the Securities Act. The Company has complied to the Commission’s satisfaction with all requests of the Commission for additional or supplemental information related to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement is in effect and no proceedings for such purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, are contemplated or threatened by the Commission. The Registration Statement and, assuming no act or omission on the part of the Sales Agent that would make such statements untrue, the offer and sale of the Placement Shares as contemplated hereby meet the requirements of Rule 415 under the Securities Act and comply in all material respects with said Rule. In the section entitled “Plan of Distribution” in the ATM Prospectus, the Company has named A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners as an agent that the Company has engaged in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

 

(b) No Misstatement or Omission. The Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time it became or becomes effective, complied or will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act. The Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, on the date of such Prospectus or amendment or supplement, complied or will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act. The Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time it became or becomes effective, did not and will not contain any 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. The Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, as of its date, did not and, as of each Point of Sale and each Settlement Date, will not contain 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. The representations and warranties set forth in the two immediately preceding sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, or the Prospectus, or any amendments or supplements thereto, made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Sales Agent furnished to the Company in writing by the Sales Agent expressly for use therein. “Point of Sale” means, for a Placement, the time at which an acquiror of Placement Shares entered into a contract, binding upon such acquiror, to acquire such Placement Shares.

 

(c) Offering Materials Furnished to the Sales Agent. Copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements thereto and all documents incorporated by reference therein that were filed with the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement, have been delivered, or are publicly available through EDGAR, to the Sales Agent. Each Prospectus delivered to the Sales Agent for use in connection with the sale of the Placement Shares pursuant to this Agreement will be identical to the version of such Prospectus filed with the Commission via EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

 

(d) Conformity with Securities Act and Exchange Act. The Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, and the documents incorporated by reference therein, when such documents were or are filed with the Commission under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or became or become effective under the Securities Act, as the case may be, conformed or will conform in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable. At each Settlement Date, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as of such date, will conform in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act.

 

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(e) Distribution of Offering Material By the Company. The Company has not distributed and will not distribute, prior to the completion of the Sales Agent’s distribution of the Placement Shares, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Placement Shares other than the Prospectus or the Registration Statement.

 

(f) The Sales Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, and constitutes a valid, legal, and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as rights to indemnity hereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws and except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally, and subject to general principles of equity. The Company has full corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to authorize, issue and sell the Placement Shares as contemplated by this Agreement. This Agreement conforms in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

 

(g) Authorization of the Placement Shares. The Placement Shares, when issued and paid for as contemplated herein, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, will be issued in compliance with all applicable securities laws, and will be free of preemptive, registration or similar rights, and will conform to the description of the Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

 

(h) Ineligible Issuer. At the time of filing the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the Securities Act) of the Securities and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405.

 

(i) No Applicable Registration or Other Similar Rights. There are no persons with registration or other similar rights to have any equity or debt securities registered for sale under the Registration Statement or included in the offering contemplated by this Agreement, except for such rights as have been duly waived. No person has the right to act as an underwriter or as a financial advisor to the Company in connection with the offer and sale of the Placement Shares hereunder, whether as a result of the filing or effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the sale of the Placement Shares as contemplated hereby or otherwise.

 

(j) Good Standing; No Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries (i) has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is chartered or organized with full corporate power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and (ii) is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect or change or would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on or change or affect the assets, business, operations, earnings, properties, operations, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole or prevent or materially interfere with the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (a “Material Adverse Effect”).

 

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(k) Independent Accountants. To the knowledge of the Company, Marcum LLP, who certified certain financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and delivered its report with respect to the audited consolidated financial statements and schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, is an independent registered public accounting firm as required by the Securities Act and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Marcum LLP has not, during the periods covered by the financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, provided to the Company any non-audit services, as such term is used in Section 10A(g) of the Exchange Act.

 

(l) Exchange Act; Nasdaq Capital Market. The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act. The Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act, nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration. All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 12, 13, 14 or 15 of the Exchange Act and incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, when they became or become effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable and were filed on a timely basis with the Commission, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. There are no contracts or other documents required to be described in the Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement which have not been described or filed as required. The shares of Common Stock are listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market (the “Exchange”), and the Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, delisting the shares of Common Stock from the Exchange, nor has the Company received any notification that the Exchange is contemplating terminating such listing except as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. The Company has submitted the Application for Listing of Additional Shares with the Exchange to list the shares of Common Stock included in Placement Shares.

 

(m) Common Stock. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, and, except as otherwise set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, all outstanding shares of capital stock of the subsidiaries are owned by the Company either directly or through wholly owned subsidiaries free and clear of any perfected security interest or any other security interests, claims, liens or encumbrances. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there are no outstanding options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue, or rights to convert any obligations into or exchange any securities or interests for capital stock or other ownership interests of any subsidiary of the Company.

 

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(n) Capitalization. The Company’s authorized equity capitalization is as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus; the capital stock of the Company conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus; other than as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; the issuance of the Placement Shares is not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights to subscribe for or purchase the capital stock or other securities of the Company; and except as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, no options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue, or rights to convert any obligations into or exchange any securities for, shares of capital stock of or ownership interests in the Company are outstanding; and, other than as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have Material Adverse Effect, all offers and sales by the Company of the Company’s shares of Common Stock prior to the date hereof were at all relevant times duly registered under the Securities Act or were exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and were duly registered or the subject of an available exemption from the registration requirements of the applicable state securities or blue sky laws. No holder of the Securities will be subject to personal liability for obligations of the Company solely by reason of being such a holder. The description of the Company’s stock option, stock bonus and other stock plans or arrangements, and the options or other rights granted thereunder, as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, accurately and fairly present, in all material respects, the information required to be shown with respect to such plans, arrangements, options and rights.

 

(o) Market Capitalization. At the time the Registration Statement was or will be declared effective, and at the time the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K was filed with the Commission, the Company met or will meet the then applicable requirements for the use of Form S-3 under the Securities Act, including, but not limited to, General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3, if applicable. As of the date on which the Registration Statement was filed and will be declared effective, the aggregate market value of the outstanding voting and non-voting common equity (as defined in Securities Act Rule 405) of the Company held by persons other than affiliates of the Company (pursuant to Securities Act Rule 144, those that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, control, or are controlled by, or are under common control with, the Company) (the “Non-Affiliate Shares”), was approximately $29,950,416.06 (calculated by multiplying (x) the price at which the common equity of the Company closed on the Exchange on April 30, 2020, which was $0.34 by (y) the number of Non-Affiliate Shares, which was 88,089,459).

 

(p) The agreements and documents described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained therein and there are no agreements or other documents required by the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or to be filed with the Commission as exhibits to the Registration Statement, that have not been so described or filed. Each agreement or other instrument (however characterized or described) to which the Company is a party or by which it is or may be bound or affected and (i) that is referred to in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, or (ii) is material to the Company’s business, has been duly authorized and validly executed by the Company, is in full force and effect in all material respects and is enforceable against the Company and, to the Company’s knowledge, the other parties thereto, in accordance with its terms, except (x) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (y) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may be limited under the federal and state securities laws, and (z) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought. None of such agreements or instruments has been assigned by the Company, and neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any other party is in default thereunder and, to the Company’s knowledge, no event has occurred that, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a default thereunder. To the best of the Company’s knowledge, performance by the Company of the material provisions of such agreements or instruments will not result in a violation of any existing applicable law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any governmental agency or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its assets or businesses.

 

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(q) Outstanding Debt. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Company does not have any outstanding debt and the Company does not have outstanding any preferred equity securities that are rated by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act).

 

(r) Summary of Statements. The statements in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any documents incorporated by reference therein, as applicable, under the headings “Item 1.—Business,” “Item 1A—Risk Factors,” “Item 13.–Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence,” “Description of Securities,” “Description of Securities We Are Offering,” and “Item 11. – Executive Compensation” insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries in all material respects of such legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings.

 

(s) Investment Company Act. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, will not be an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

(t) Distribution of the Placement Shares. No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required in connection with the transactions contemplated herein, except such as have been obtained under the Securities Act and such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the distribution of the Securities by the Placement Shares in the manner contemplated herein and in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

 

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(u) No Conflict. Neither the execution of this Agreement, the issue and sale of the Placement Shares nor the consummation of any other of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment of the terms of the Placement Shares hereof will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of or result in a default under or give to others any right of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both), or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, (i) the charter or by-laws of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) for such conflicts, breaches or violations and impositions of any lien, charge or encumbrance that would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor, to its knowledge, any other party is in violation, breach or default of any agreement that has resulted in or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Each approval, consent, order, authorization, designation, declaration or filing by or with any regulatory, administrative or other governmental body necessary in connection with the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the performance of the Company of the transactions herein contemplated has been obtained or made and is in full force and effect.

 

(v) Registration Rights. No holders of securities of the Company have rights to the registration of such securities under the Registration Statement except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and no person has any registration rights in connection with the filing of the Registration Statement and the consummation of the offering (including the offering of the Placement Shares contemplated under this Agreement) except for any such rights as have been validly waived.

 

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(w) Financial Statements. The consolidated historical financial statements, including the notes thereto, and schedules of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus present fairly the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of the dates and for the periods indicated, comply as to form with the applicable accounting requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise noted therein). Except as included or incorporated by reference therein, no historical or pro forma financial statements are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus under the Securities Act. The pro forma and pro forma as adjusted financial information and the related notes, if any, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus have been properly compiled and prepared in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and present fairly the information shown therein, and the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions and circumstances referred to therein. All non-GAAP financial information, if any, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus complies with the requirements of Regulation G and Item 10 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act; and, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there are no material off-balance sheet arrangements (as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act) or any other relationships with unconsolidated entities or other persons, that may have a material current or, to the Company’s knowledge, material future effect on the Company’s consolidated financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures, capital resources or significant components of revenue or expenses that are required to be disclosed therein that are not disclosed. No other financial statements or notes are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus other than those that have been included or incorporated by reference therein in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. Each of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus discloses all material off-balance sheet transactions, arrangements, obligations (including contingent obligations), and other relationships of the Company with unconsolidated entities or other persons 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, capital resources, or significant components of revenues or expenses. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, (a) neither the Company nor any of its direct and indirect subsidiaries, including each entity disclosed or described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as being a subsidiary of the Company, has incurred any material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, or entered into any material transactions other than in the ordinary course of business, (b) the Company has not declared or paid any dividends or made any distribution of any kind with respect to its capital stock, (c) there has not been any change in the capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or, other than in the course of business or any grants under any stock compensation plan, (d) no officer or director of the Company has resigned from any position with the Company; (e) there has not been any development involving a prospective material adverse change, which, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, and (f) there has not been any Material Adverse Effect on the Company’s long-term or short-term debt. There are no outstanding loans, advances (except normal advances for business expenses in the ordinary course of business) or guarantees or 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, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

 

(x) Proceedings. No 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 or its or their property is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or involving the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any executive officer or director which has not been disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus which is required to be disclosed or that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

 

(y) Property. Each of the Company and each of its subsidiaries owns or leases all such properties as are necessary to the conduct of its operations as presently conducted free and clear of all liens other than as disclosed in the Registration Statement.

 

(z) Violation or Default. Neither the Company nor any subsidiary is in violation or default of (i) any provision of its certificate of incorporation (as the same may be amended or restated from time to time) and its Bylaws (as the same may be amended or restated from time to time), (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which it is a party or bound or to which its property is subject, or (iii) any applicable statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or such subsidiary or any of its properties, as applicable, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), such violations or defaults as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(aa) Employees; Labor. No labor problem or dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is threatened or imminent, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or its subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, contractors or customers, which could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(bb) Insurance. The Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are in the Company’s reasonable judgment prudent and customary in the businesses in which it is engaged; the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms of such policies and instruments in all material respects; and there are no claims by the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause; and neither the Company nor any such 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 would not have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

 

(cc) Dividends or Distributions. No subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company, except as described in or contemplated by the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

 

(dd) Authorizations. The Company is and at all times has been in compliance with all statutes, rules, or regulations applicable to the ownership, testing, development, manufacture, packaging, processing, use, distribution, marketing, labeling, promotion, sale, offer for sale, storage, import, export or disposal of any product manufactured or distributed by the Company, except as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by all applicable authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, except where such failure would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has received any written notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

 

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(ee) Tax Law Compliance. The Company has filed all returns (as hereinafter defined) required to be filed with taxing authorities prior to the date hereof or has duly obtained extensions of time for the filing thereof. The Company has paid all taxes (as hereinafter defined) shown as due on such returns that were filed and has paid all taxes imposed on or assessed against the Company. The provisions for taxes payable, if any, shown on the financial statements filed with or as part of or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement are sufficient for all accrued and unpaid taxes, whether or not disputed, and for all periods to and including the dates of such consolidated financial statements. Other than as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, (i) no issues have been raised (and are currently pending) by any taxing authority in connection with any of the returns or taxes asserted as due from the Company, and (ii) no waivers of statutes of limitation with respect to the returns or collection of taxes have been given by or requested from the Company. There are no tax liens against the assets, properties or business of the Company. The term “taxes” means all federal, state, local, foreign and other net income, gross income, gross receipts, sales, use, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, profits, license, lease, service, service use, withholding, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, property, windfall profits, customs, duties or other taxes, fees, assessments or charges of any kind whatever, together with any interest and any penalties, additions to tax or additional amounts with respect thereto. The term “returns” means all returns, declarations, reports, statements and other documents required to be filed in respect to taxes.

 

(ff) Internal Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as set forth in or contemplated in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting are effective and the Company is not aware of any material weakness in its internal control over financial reporting.

 

(gg) Disclosure Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain “disclosure controls and procedures” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act); such disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

 

(hh) Environmental Laws. (i) The Company and its subsidiaries (x) are in compliance with any and all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, requirements, decisions and orders relating to the protection of human health or safety, the environment, natural resources, hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (y) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses, certificates or other authorizations or approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses, and (z) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability under or relating to any Environmental Laws, including for the investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in any such notice, and (ii) there are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws of or relating to the Company or its subsidiaries, except in the case of each of (i) and (ii) above, for any such failure to comply, or failure to receive required permits, licenses or approvals, or cost or liability, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(ii) ERISA Matters. To the knowledge of the Company, none of the following events has occurred or exists: (i) a failure to fulfill the obligations, if any, under the minimum funding standards of Section 302 of the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to a Plan, determined without regard to any waiver of such obligations or extension of any amortization period; (ii) an audit or investigation by the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any other federal or state governmental agency or any foreign regulatory agency with respect to the employment or compensation of employees by any of the Company or any of its subsidiaries that could have a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) any breach of any contractual obligation, or any violation of law or applicable qualification standards, with respect to the employment or compensation of employees by the Company or any of its subsidiaries that could have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, none of the following events has occurred or, is reasonably likely to occur: (i) a material increase in the aggregate amount of contributions required to be made to all Plans in the current fiscal year of the Company and its subsidiaries compared to the amount of such contributions made in the most recently completed fiscal year of the Company and its subsidiaries; (ii) a material increase in the “accumulated post-retirement benefit obligations” (within the meaning of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 106) of the Company and its subsidiaries compared to the amount of such obligations in the most recently completed fiscal year of the Company and its subsidiaries; (iii) any event or condition giving rise to a liability under Title IV of ERISA that could have a Material Adverse Effect; or (iv) the filing of a claim by one or more employees or former employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries related to their employment that could have a Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this paragraph, the term “Plan” means a material employee benefit plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA) subject to Title IV of ERISA with respect to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries may have any liability.

 

(jj) Sarbanes-Oxley Acts. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company and any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), including Section 402 relating to loans and Sections 302 and 906 relating to certifications.

 

(kk) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA; and the Company, its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, its affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.

 

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(ll) Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with all applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements and the money laundering statutes and the rules and regulations thereunder, including but not limited to the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by the USA PATRIOT Act, and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no 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 best knowledge of the Company, threatened.

 

(mm) OFAC Matters. None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently the subject or the target of any applicable sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Government (including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”)), the United Nations Security Council (“UNSC”), the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury (“HMT”), or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), nor is the Company or any of its subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject or target of Sanctions; and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity (i) to fund any activities of or business with any person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions or (ii) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions.

 

(nn) Sanctions. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, is a person that is, or is 50% or more owned or otherwise controlled by a person that is: (i) the subject of any Sanctions (a “Sanctioned Person”); or (ii) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is, or whose government is, the subject of Sanctions that broadly prohibit dealings with that country or territory (currently, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea Region of the Ukraine) (collectively, “Sanctioned Countries” and each, a “Sanctioned Country”).

 

(oo) Sanctioned Persons and Countries. Except as has been disclosed to the Sales Agent or is not material to the analysis under any Sanctions, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has engaged in any dealings or transactions with or for the benefit of a Sanctioned Person, or with or in a Sanctioned Country, in the preceding five (5) years, nor does the Company or any of its subsidiaries have any plans to increase its dealings or transactions with Sanctioned Persons, or with or in Sanctioned Countries.

 

(pp) XBRL. The interactive data in the eXtensible Business Reporting Language (“XBRL”) included as an exhibit to the Registration Statement fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

 

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(qq) Personal Property. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them, free and clear of all encumbrances and defects; and all personal property held under lease by the Company or any subsidiary is held by it under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases, in each case, with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company or the subsidiary.

 

(rr) Related Transactions. No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company on the one hand, and the directors, officers, or shareholders of the Company on the other hand, which is required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and which is not so described. To the knowledge of the Company, no officer, director or significant shareholder of the Company is a person associated with a broker-dealer or controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a broker-dealer.

 

(ss) Subsidiaries. Exhibit 21.1 to the Registration Statement sets forth the only significant subsidiaries of the Company as defined by Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X.

 

(tt) Statistical and Market-Related Data. The statistical and market-related data included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate.

 

(uu) Federal Reserve System. Neither the issuance, sale and delivery of the Placement Shares nor the application of the proceeds thereof by the Company as described in each of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

 

(vv) Capital Stock or Long-Term Debt. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (i) there has not been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, 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 any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the business, properties, prospects, earnings, rights, assets, management, financial position, or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; (ii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any transaction or agreement that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained 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 each of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

 

(ww) Forward-Looking Statements. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) included in any of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.

 

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(xx) Intellectual Property. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, to the Company’s knowledge, the Company and its subsidiaries own, possess, license or have other rights to use, on reasonable terms, all 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 (collectively, the “Intellectual Property”) necessary for the conduct of the Company’s business as now conducted or as proposed in the Prospectus to be conducted and as described in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, except to the extent that the failure to own, possess, license or otherwise hold adequate rights to use such Intellectual Property would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company’s Intellectual Property has not been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part. To the Company’s knowledge, there are no material defects in any of the patents or patent applications within the Intellectual Property. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, to the knowledge of the Company (a) there are no rights of third parties to any such Intellectual Property; (b) there is no material infringement by third parties of any such Intellectual Property; (c) there is no pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the Company’s rights in or to any such Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (d) there is no pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the validity or scope of any such Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (e) there is no pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company infringes or otherwise violates any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of others, and the Company is unaware of any other fact which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (f) there is no U.S. patent that contains claims that dominate or may dominate any Intellectual Property described in the Prospectus as being owned by or licensed to the Company or that interferes with the issued or pending claims of any such Intellectual Property that is necessary for the conduct of the Company’s business as now conducted or as proposed in the Prospectus to be conducted and as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus; (g) there is no prior art of which the Company is aware that may render any U.S. patent held by the Company invalid; and (h) no employee of the Company is or has been in violation of any term of any employment contract, patent disclosure agreement, invention assignment agreement, non-competition agreement, non-solicitation agreement, nondisclosure agreement or any restrictive covenant to or with a former employer where the basis of such violation relates to such employee’s employment with the Company; and (i) the Company has complied with the terms of each agreement pursuant to which Intellectual Property has been licensed to the Company, and all such agreements are in full force and effect.

 

(yy) Relationship with the Sales Agent. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company (i) does not have any material lending or other relationship with any bank or lending affiliate of the Sales Agent and (ii) does not intend to use any of the proceeds from the sale of any Placement Shares hereunder to repay any outstanding debt owed to any affiliate of the Sales Agent.

 

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(zz) Governmental Authority. The agreements and documents described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained or incorporated by reference therein and there are no agreements or other documents required by the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or to be filed with the Commission as exhibits to the Registration Statement or to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, that have not been so described or filed or incorporated by reference. Each agreement or other instrument (however characterized or described) to which the Company is a party or by which it is or may be bound or affected and (i) that is referred to or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, or (ii) is material to the Company’s business, has been duly authorized and validly executed by the Company, is in full force and effect in all material respects and is enforceable against the Company and, to the Company’s knowledge, the other parties thereto, in accordance with its terms, except (x) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (y) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may be limited under the federal and state securities laws, and (z) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, none of such agreements or instruments has been assigned by the Company, and neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any other party is in default thereunder and, to the Company’s knowledge, no event has occurred that, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a default thereunder except for a default or event which would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. To the Company’s knowledge, performance by the Company of the material provisions of such agreements or instruments will not result in a violation of any existing applicable law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any governmental agency or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its assets or businesses (each, a “Governmental Authority”), including, without limitation, those relating to environmental laws and regulations.

 

(aaa) Non-Compliance with Governmental Authority. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, each of the Company and its subsidiaries, to the extent applicable, (i) have not received any written notice from any court or arbitrator or Governmental Authority or third party asserting non-compliance with any permits required by any such Governmental Entity, except for such non-compliance as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) have not received written notice of any claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action from any court or arbitrator or Governmental Authority or third party alleging that any product operation of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any law or permits nor, to the Company’s knowledge, is any such claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action threatened, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iii) are not a party to any corporate integrity agreements, monitoring agreements, consent decrees, settlement orders, or similar agreements with or imposed by any Governmental Authority. In addition, none of the Company or its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company or its subsidiaries, any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents is debarred, suspended or excluded, or has been convicted of any crime or, to the knowledge of the Company or its subsidiaries, engaged in any conduct that could result in a debarment, suspension or exclusion from any federal or state government health care program or human clinical research, or to the knowledge of the Company or its subsidiaries, is subject to any inquiry, investigation, proceeding, or other similar action by a Governmental Authority that could reasonably be expected to result in any such debarment, suspension or exclusion.

 

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(bbb) Smaller Reporting Company. As of the time of the initial filing of the Registration Statement and as of the date hereof, the Company was a “smaller reporting company,” as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act rules and regulations.

 

(ccc) Insiders. To the Company’s knowledge, all information contained in the questionnaires (the “Questionnaires”) completed by each of the Company’s directors and officers immediately prior to the Offering (the “Insiders”), as supplemented by all information concerning the Company’s directors, officers and principal shareholders as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus provided to the Sales Agent, is true and correct in all material respects and the Company has not become aware of any information which would cause the information disclosed in the Questionnaires to become materially inaccurate and incorrect.

 

(ddd) FINRA Matters. Except as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there are no claims, payments, arrangements, agreements or understandings relating to the payment of a finder’s, consulting or origination fee by the Company or any Insider with respect to the sale of the Placement Shares hereunder or any other arrangements, agreements or understandings of the Company with respect to the sale of the Placement Shares hereunder or, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its shareholders that may affect the Sales Agent’s compensation, as determined by FINRA. Except as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or the amount of fees to FINRA members with respect to this Agreement, the Company has not made any direct or indirect payments (in cash, securities or otherwise) to: (i) any person, as a finder’s fee, consulting fee or otherwise, in consideration of such person raising capital for the Company or introducing to the Company persons who raised or provided capital to the Company; (ii) any FINRA member; or (iii) any person or entity that has any direct or indirect affiliation or association with any FINRA member, within the six (6) months prior to the date of this Agreement, other than the payment to the Underwriters as provided hereunder in connection with the sale of the Placement Shares. None of the net proceeds of the sale of the Placement Shares will be paid by the Company to any participating FINRA member or its affiliates, except as specifically authorized herein. Except as disclosed in their FINRA confirmations, there is no (i) officer or director of the Company, or, to the Company’s knowledge, (ii) beneficial owner of 5% or more of any class of the Company’s securities or (iii) beneficial owner of the Company’s unregistered equity securities which were acquired during the 180-day period immediately preceding the filing of the Registration Statement that is an affiliate or associated person of a FINRA member participating in the sale of the Placement Shares (as determined in accordance with the rules and regulations of FINRA). All information provided by the Company in its FINRA questionnaire to Representative Counsel specifically for use by Representative Counsel in connection with its Public Offering System filings (and related disclosure) with FINRA is true, correct and complete in all material respects. Neither the Company nor any of its related entities (i) is required to register as a “broker” or “dealer” in accordance with the provisions of the Exchange Act or (ii) directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is a “person associated with a member” or “associated person of a member” (within the meaning of Article I of the NASD Manual administered by FINRA).

 

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(eee) Confidentiality. To the Company’s knowledge, no director, officer, key employee or consultant of the Company is subject to any confidentiality, non-disclosure, non-competition agreement or non-solicitation agreement with any employer or prior employer that could reasonably be expected to materially affect his ability to be and act in his respective capacity of the Company or be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or its subsidiaries.

 

(fff) Integration. Neither the Company, nor any of its affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of the Securities Act that would require the registration of any such securities under the Securities Act.

 

(ggg) Regulation M. Neither the Company nor, to its knowledge, any of its employees, directors or stockholders (without the consent of the Sales Agent) has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that has constituted or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under Regulation M of the Exchange Act, or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale of the Placement Shares.

 

(hhh) Conformity of Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conformed or will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act on the date of first use, and the Company has complied or will comply with any filing requirements applicable to such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus pursuant to the Securities Act. Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Placement Shares, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein that has not been superseded or modified. The Company has not made any offer relating to the Placement Shares that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus without the prior written consent of the Sales Agent. The Company has retained in accordance with the Securities Act all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses that were not required to be filed pursuant to the Securities Act.

 

(iii) Certificates. Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Sales Agent or counsel for the Sales Agent in connection with the offering of the Placement Shares shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company, as to matters covered thereby.

 

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7. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with the Sales Agent that:

 

(a) Registration Statement Amendments. After the date of this Agreement and during any period in which a Prospectus relating to any Placement Shares is required to be delivered by the Sales Agent under the Securities Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 153 or Rule 172 under the Securities Act), (i) the Company will notify the Sales Agent promptly of the time when any subsequent amendment to the Registration Statement, other than documents incorporated by reference, has been filed with the Commission and/or has become effective or any subsequent supplement to the Prospectus has been filed and of any request by the Commission for any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information; (ii) the Company will prepare and file with the Commission, promptly upon the Sales Agent’s reasonable request, any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or Prospectus that, in the Sales Agent’s reasonable opinion, may be necessary or advisable in connection with the distribution of the Placement Shares by the Sales Agent (provided, however, that the failure of the Sales Agent to make such request shall not relieve the Company of any obligation or liability hereunder, or affect the Sales Agent’s right to rely on the representations and warranties made by the Company in this Agreement, and provided, further, that the only remedy the Sales Agent shall have with respect to the failure to make such filing shall be to cease making sales under this Agreement until such amendment or supplement is filed); (iii) the Company will not file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus, other than documents incorporated by reference, relating to the Placement Shares or a security convertible into the Placement Shares unless a copy thereof has been submitted to the Sales Agent within a reasonable period of time before the filing and the Sales Agent has not reasonably objected thereto (provided, however, that the failure of the Sales Agent to make such objection shall not relieve the Company of any obligation or liability hereunder, or affect the Sales Agent’s right to rely on the representations and warranties made by the Company in this Agreement, and provided, further, that the only remedy the Sales Agent shall have with respect to the failure by the Company to obtain such consent shall be to cease making sales under this Agreement); (iv) the Company will furnish to the Sales Agent at the time of filing thereof a copy of any document that upon filing is deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement or Prospectus, except for those documents available via EDGAR; and (v) the Company will cause each amendment or supplement to the Prospectus, other than documents incorporated by reference, to be filed with the Commission as required pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) of the Securities Act) or, in the case of any documents incorporated by reference, to be filed with the Commission as required pursuant to the Exchange Act, within the time period prescribed.

 

(b) Notice of Commission Stop Orders. The Company will advise the Sales Agent, promptly after it receives notice or obtains knowledge thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to, or other order preventing or suspending the use of, the Prospectus, of the suspension of the qualification of the Placement Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation of any proceeding for any such purpose or any examination pursuant to Section 8(e) of the Securities Act, or if the Company becomes the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act in connection with the offering of the Placement Shares; and it will promptly use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such a stop order should be issued. Until such time as any stop order is lifted, the Sales Agent shall cease making offers and sales under this Agreement.

 

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(c) Delivery of Prospectus; Subsequent Changes. During any period in which a Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares is required to be delivered by the Sales Agent under the Securities Act with respect to a pending sale of the Placement Shares (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 153 or Rule 172 under the Securities Act), the Company will comply with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as from time to time in force, and to file on or before their respective due dates all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, 15(d) or any other provision of or under the Exchange Act. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act, the Company will promptly notify the Sales Agent to suspend the offering of Placement Shares during such period and the Company will promptly amend or supplement the Registration Statement or Prospectus (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; provided, however, that the Company may delay any such amendment or supplement if, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, it is in the best interests of the Company to do so.

 

(d) Listing of Placement Shares. During any period in which the Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares is required to be delivered by the Sales Agent under the Securities Act with respect to a pending sale of the Placement Shares (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 153 or Rule 172 under the Securities Act), the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Placement Shares to be listed on the Exchange and to qualify the Placement Shares for sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Sales Agent reasonably designates and to continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Placement Shares; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or dealer in securities or file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction.

 

(e) Delivery of Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Company will furnish to the Sales Agent and its counsel (at the expense of the Company) copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (including all documents incorporated by reference therein) and all amendments and supplements to the Registration Statement or Prospectus that are filed with the Commission during any period in which a Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares is required to be delivered under the Securities Act (including all documents filed with the Commission during such period that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein), in each case as soon as reasonably practicable and in such quantities as the Sales Agent may from time to time reasonably request and, at the Sales Agent’s request, will also furnish copies of the Prospectus to each exchange or market on which sales of the Placement Shares may be made; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to furnish any document (other than the Prospectus) to the Sales Agent to the extent such document is available on EDGAR.

 

(f) Earnings Statement. The Company will make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 15 months after the end of the Company’s current fiscal quarter, an earnings statement of the Company (which need not be audited) covering a 12-month period that complies with Section 11(a) and Rule 158 of the Securities Act. The terms “earnings statement” and “make generally available to its security holders” shall have the meanings set forth in Rule 158 under the Securities Act.

 

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(g) Expenses. The Company, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereunder are consummated or this Agreement is terminated in accordance with the provisions of Section 11 hereunder, will pay the following expenses all incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including, but not limited to, expenses relating to (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement and each amendment and supplement thereto, of each Prospectus and of each amendment and supplement thereto, (ii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the Placement Shares, including any stock or other transfer taxes and any stamp or other duties payable upon the sale, issuance or delivery of the Placement Shares to the Sales Agent, (iii) the fees and disbursements of the counsel, accountants and other advisors to the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (iv) the qualification of the Placement Shares under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 7(d) of this Agreement, including filing fees (provided, however, that any fees or disbursements of counsel for the Sales Agent in connection therewith shall be paid by the Sales Agent except as set forth in (ix) below), (v) the printing and delivery to the Sales Agent of copies of the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, and of this Agreement, (vi) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing or qualification of the Placement Shares for trading on the Exchange, (vii) the fees and expenses of the transfer agent or registrar for the Common Stock; (viii) filing fees and expenses, if any, of the Commission and the FINRA Corporate Financing Department (provided, however, that any fees or disbursements of counsel for the Sales Agent in connection therewith shall be paid by the Sales Agent except as set forth in (ix) below) and (ix) the Company shall reimburse the Sales Agent for its reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including but not limited to the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of counsel to the Sales Agent) in an amount not to exceed $40,000 and up to an additional $10,000 per fiscal year for ongoing maintenance (paid as $2,500 each fiscal quarter).

 

(h) Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the Net Proceeds as described in the Prospectus in the section entitled “Use of Proceeds.”

 

(i) Notice of Other Sales. The Company (I) shall provide the Sales Agent notice as promptly as reasonably possible before it offers to sell, contracts to sell, sells, grants any option to sell or otherwise disposes of any shares of Common Stock (other than Placement Shares offered pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement) or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, or warrants or any rights to purchase or acquire Common Stock, during the period beginning on the fifth (5th) Trading Day immediately prior to the date on which any Placement Notice is delivered to the Sales Agent hereunder and ending on the fifth (5th) Trading Day immediately following the final Settlement Date with respect to Placement Shares sold pursuant to such Placement Notice (or, if the Placement Notice has been terminated or suspended prior to the sale of all Placement Shares covered by a Placement Notice, the fifth (5th) Trading Day immediately following the date of such suspension or termination), and (II) will not directly or indirectly in any other “at-the-market” or continuous equity transaction offer to sell, sell, contract to sell, grant any option to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock (other than the Placement Shares offered pursuant to this Agreement) or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock, warrants or any rights to purchase or acquire, shares of Common Stock prior to the termination of this Agreement; provided, however, that such notice requirements or restrictions, as the case may be, will not be required in connection with the Company’s issuance or sale of (i) shares of Common Stock, options to purchase shares of Common Stock, other equity awards or shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of options or other equity awards, pursuant to any employee or director stock option or benefits plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company whether now in effect or hereafter implemented, (ii) shares of Common Stock issuable upon exchange, conversion or redemption of securities or the exercise of warrants, options or other rights in effect or outstanding, and disclosed in filings by the Company available on EDGAR or otherwise in writing (including by email correspondence) to the Sales Agent and (iii) shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock as consideration for mergers, acquisitions, sale or purchase of assets or other business combinations or strategic alliances occurring after the date of this Agreement which are not issued for capital raising purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall provide the Sales Agent notice at least two (2) days prior to pursuing any private or public offerings of equity and/or other securities (including debt securities) in one or more transactions.

 

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(j) Change of Circumstances. The Company will, at any time during a fiscal quarter in which the Company intends to tender a Placement Notice or sell Placement Shares, advise the Sales Agent promptly after it shall have received notice or obtained knowledge thereof, of any information or fact that would alter or affect in any material respect any opinion, certificate, letter or other document provided to the Sales Agent pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(k) Due Diligence Cooperation. The Company will cooperate with any reasonable due diligence review conducted by the Sales Agent or its agents in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, providing information and making available documents and senior corporate officers, during regular business hours and at the Company’s principal offices, as the Sales Agent may reasonably request.

 

(l) Required Filings Relating to Placement of Placement Shares. The Company shall set forth in each Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed by the Company with the Commission in respect of any quarter in which sales of Placement Shares were made by or through the Sales Agent under this Agreement, with regard to the relevant period, the amount of Placement Shares sold to or through the Sales Agent, the Net Proceeds to the Company and the compensation payable by the Company to the Sales Agent with respect to such sales of Placement Shares. To the extent that the filing of a prospectus supplement with the Commission with respect to any sales of Placement Shares becomes required under Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, the Company agrees that, on or before such dates as the Securities Act shall require, the Company will (i) file a prospectus supplement with the Commission under the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, which prospectus supplement will set forth, with regard to the relevant period, the amount of Placement Shares sold to or through the Sales Agent, the Net Proceeds to the Company and the compensation payable by the Company to the Sales Agent with respect to such Placement Shares, and (ii) deliver such number of copies of each such prospectus supplement to each exchange or market on which such sales were effected as may be required by the rules or regulations of such exchange or market. The Company shall afford the Sales Agent and its counsel with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment upon, shall consult with the Sales Agent and its counsel on the form and substance of, and shall give due consideration to all such comments from the Sales Agent or its counsel on, any such filing prior to the issuance, filing or public disclosure thereof; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to submit for review (A) any portion of any periodic reports filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act other than the specific disclosure relating to any sales of Placement Shares and (B) any disclosure contained in periodic reports filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act if it shall have previously provided the same disclosure for review in connection with a previous filing.

 

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(m) Representation Dates; Certificate. On or prior to the date the first Placement Notice is given hereunder and each time the Company (i) files the Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares or amends or supplements the Registration Statement or the Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares (other than (A) a prospectus supplement filed in accordance with Section 7(l) of this Agreement or (B) a supplement or amendment that relates to an offering of securities other than the Placement Shares) by means of a post-effective amendment, sticker, or supplement but not by means of incorporation of document(s) by reference to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares; (ii) files an annual report on Form 10-K under the Exchange Act (including any Form 10-K/A containing amended financial information or a material amendment to the previously filed Form 10-K); (iii) files a quarterly report on Form 10-Q under the Exchange Act; or (iv) files a current report on Form 8-K containing amended financial information (other than an earnings release, to “furnish” information pursuant to Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K or to provide disclosure pursuant to Item 8.01 of Form 8-K relating to the reclassification of certain properties as discontinued operations in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 144) under the Exchange Act (each date of filing of one or more of the documents referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) shall be a “Representation Date”), the Company shall furnish the Sales Agent within three (3) Trading Days after each Representation Date with a certificate, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 7(m). The requirement to provide a certificate under this Section 7(m) shall be waived for any Representation Date occurring at a time at which no Placement Notice is pending, which waiver shall continue until the earlier to occur of the date the Company delivers a Placement Notice hereunder (which for such calendar quarter shall be considered a Representation Date) and the next occurring Representation Date; provided, however, that such waiver shall not apply for any Representation Date on which the Company files its annual report on Form 10-K. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company subsequently decides to sell Placement Shares following a Representation Date when the Company relied on such waiver and did not provide the Sales Agent with a certificate under this Section 7(m), then before the Company delivers the Placement Notice or the Sales Agent sells any Placement Shares, the Company shall provide the Sales Agent with a certificate, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 7(m), dated the date of the Placement Notice.

 

(n) Legal Opinion. On or prior to the date the first Placement Notice is given hereunder, the Company shall cause to be furnished to the Sales Agent (i) the written opinion and negative assurance of Sullivan & Worcester LLP, as counsel to the Company, or other counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Sales Agent (“SEC Counsel”), and (ii) the written opinion of Dennis Cook, Esq., intellectual property counsel to the Company, or other counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Sales Agent (“Intellectual Property Counsel” and, together with SEC Counsel, “Company Counsel”), in each case substantially in the forms previously agreed between the Company and the Sales Agent. Thereafter, within three (3) Trading Days after each Representation Date with respect to which the Company is obligated to deliver a certificate pursuant to Section 7(m) for which no waiver is applicable pursuant to Section 7(m), and not more than once per calendar quarter, the Company shall cause to be furnished to the Sales Agent the written opinion and negative assurance of each Company Counsel substantially in the forms previously agreed between the Company and the Sales Agent, modified, as necessary, to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented; provided, however, that if each Company Counsel has previously furnished to the Sales Agent such written opinion and negative assurance of such counsel, in each case substantially in the forms previously agreed between the Company and the Sales Agent, then each Company Counsel may, in respect of any future Representation Date, furnish the Sales Agent with a letter signed by such counsel (each, a “Reliance Letter”) in lieu of such opinion and negative assurance of such counsel to the effect that the Sales Agent may rely on the prior opinion and negative assurance of such counsel delivered pursuant to this Section 7(n) to the same extent as if it were dated the date of such Reliance Letter (except that statements in such prior opinion and negative assurance shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended or supplemented to the date of such Reliance Letter).

 

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(o) Comfort Letter. On or prior to the date the first Placement Notice is given hereunder and within three (3) Trading Days after each subsequent Representation Date with respect to which the Company is obligated to deliver a certificate pursuant to Section 7(m) for which no waiver is applicable pursuant to Section 7(m), other than a Representation Date under Section 7(m)(iii) or Section 7(m)(iv) unless with respect to a Representation Date under Section 7(m)(iv) the Sales Agent reasonably requests delivery thereof, the Company shall cause its independent accountants to furnish the Sales Agent letters (the “Comfort Letters”), dated the date that the Comfort Letter is delivered, in form and substance satisfactory to the Sales Agent, (i) confirming that they are an independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the PCAOB and are in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission, (ii) stating, as of such date, the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial information and other matters ordinarily covered by accountants’ “comfort letters” to the Sales Agent in connection with registered public offerings (the first such letter, the “Initial Comfort Letter”) and (iii) updating the Initial Comfort Letter with any information that would have been included in the Initial Comfort Letter had it been given on such date and modified as necessary to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as amended and supplemented to the date of such letter.

 

(p) Market Activities. The Company will not, directly or indirectly, (i) take any action designed to cause or result in, or that constitutes or might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Common Stock or (ii) sell, bid for, or purchase shares of Common Stock in violation of Regulation M, or pay anyone any compensation for soliciting purchases of the Placement Shares other than the Sales Agent.

 

(q) Insurance. The Company shall maintain insurance in such amounts and covering such risks as is reasonable and customary for the business in which it is engaged.

 

(r) Investment Company Act. The Company will conduct its affairs in such a manner so as to reasonably ensure that it is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Placement Shares and the application of proceeds therefrom as described in the Prospectus, will not be, an “investment company” within the meaning of such term under the Investment Company Act.

 

(s) Securities Act and Exchange Act. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act as from time to time in force, so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of, or dealings in, the Placement Shares as contemplated by the provisions hereof and the Prospectus.

 

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(t) No Offer to Sell. Other than the Prospectus and an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus approved in advance by the Company and the Sales Agent in its capacity as principal or agent hereunder, neither the Sales Agent nor the Company (including its agents and representatives, other than the Sales Agent in its capacity as such) will make, use, prepare, authorize, approve or refer to any written communication (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act), required to be filed with the Commission, that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy Placement Shares hereunder.

 

(u) Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all effective applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

 

(v) Transfer Agent. The Company shall maintain, at its sole expense, a registrar and transfer agent for the Common Stock.

 

8. Conditions to the Sales Agent’s Obligations. The obligations of the Sales Agent hereunder with respect to a Placement will be subject to the continuing accuracy and completeness of the representations and warranties made by the Company herein, to the due performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, to the completion by the Sales Agent of a due diligence review satisfactory to the Sales Agent in its reasonable judgment, and to the continuing satisfaction (or waiver by the Sales Agent in its sole discretion) of the following additional conditions:

 

(a) Registration Statement Effective. The Registration Statement shall be effective and shall be available for the sale of all Placement Shares contemplated to be issued by any Placement Notice.

 

(b) Securities Act Filings Made. The Company shall have filed with the Commission the ATM Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act not later than the Commission’s close of business on the second Business Day following the date of this Agreement. All other filings with the Commission required by Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 under the Securities Act to have been filed prior to the issuance of any Placement Notice hereunder shall have been made within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) of the Securities Act) or Rule 433, as applicable.

 

(c) No Material Notices. None of the following events shall have occurred and be continuing: (i) receipt by the Company of any request for additional information from the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority during the period of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the response to which would require any post-effective amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus; (ii) the issuance by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; (iii) receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Placement Shares for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; (iv) the occurrence of any event that makes any material statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any material document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement, related Prospectus or such documents so that, in the case of the Registration Statement, it will not contain any materially untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and, that in the case of the Prospectus, it will not contain any materially untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any 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.

 

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(d) No Misstatement or Material Omission. The Sales Agent shall not have advised the Company that the Registration Statement or Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, contains an untrue statement of fact that in the Sales Agent’s reasonable opinion is material, or omits to state a fact that in the Sales Agent’s reasonable opinion is material and is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

 

(e) Material Changes. Except as contemplated in the Prospectus, or disclosed in the Company’s reports filed with the Commission, there shall not have been any material adverse change in the authorized capital stock of the Company or any Material Adverse Effect or any development that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or any downgrading in or withdrawal of the rating assigned to any of the Company’s securities (other than asset backed securities) by any rating organization or a public announcement by any rating organization that it has under surveillance or review its rating of any of the Company’s securities (other than asset backed securities), the effect of which, in the case of any such action by a rating organization described above, in the reasonable judgment of the Sales Agent (without relieving the Company of any obligation or liability it may otherwise have), is so material as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering of the Placement Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement and the Prospectus.

 

(f) Representation Certificate. The Sales Agent shall have received the certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7(m) on or before the date on which delivery of such certificate is required pursuant to Section 7(m).

 

(g) Legal Opinions. The Sales Agent shall have received the opinion and negative assurance of each Company Counsel required to be delivered pursuant Section 7(n) on or before the date on which such delivery of such opinion and negative assurance is required pursuant to Section 7(n).

 

(h) Comfort Letter. The Sales Agent shall have received the Comfort Letter required to be delivered pursuant Section 7(o) on or before the date on which such delivery of such Comfort Letter is required pursuant to Section 7(o).

 

(i) Officer’s Certificate. On or prior to the date the first Placement Notice is given hereunder, the Sales Agent shall have received a certificate, signed on behalf of the Company by its President and Chief Executive Officer, certifying as to (i) the certificate of incorporation of the Company (as the same may be amended or restated from time to time), (ii) the Bylaws of the Company (as the same may be amended or restated from time to time), (iii) the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company (or a committee thereof) authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the issuance of the Placement Shares and (iv) the incumbency of the officers duly authorized to execute this Agreement and the other documents contemplated by this Agreement.

 

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(j) No Suspension. Trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended on the Exchange and the Common Stock shall not have been delisted from the Exchange.

 

(k) Other Materials. On each date on which the Company is required to deliver a certificate pursuant to Section 7(m), the Company shall have furnished to the Sales Agent such appropriate further opinions, certificates, letters and documents as the Sales Agent may have reasonably requested. All such opinions, certificates, letters and other documents shall have been in compliance with the provisions hereof. The Company will furnish the Sales Agent with such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and other documents as the Sales Agent shall have reasonably requested.

 

(l) Approval for Listing. The Placement Shares shall either have been (i) approved for listing on the Exchange, subject only to notice of issuance, or (ii) the Company shall have filed an application for listing of the Placement Shares on the Exchange at, or prior to, the issuance of any Placement Notice.

 

(m) No Termination Event. There shall not have occurred any event that would permit the Sales Agent to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 11(a).

 

(n) FINRA. The Sales Agent shall have received a letter from the Corporate Financing Department of FINRA confirming that such department has determined to raise no objection with respect to the fairness or reasonableness of the terms and arrangements related to the sale of the Placement Shares pursuant to this Agreement.

 

9. Indemnification and Contribution.

 

(a) Company Indemnification. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Sales Agent, the directors, officers, members, partners, employees and agents of the Sales Agent each broker dealer affiliate of the Sales Agent, and each the Sales Agent Affiliate, if any, from and against any and all losses, claims, liabilities, expenses and damages (including, but not limited to, any and all reasonable investigative, legal and other expenses incurred in connection with, and any and all amounts paid in settlement (in accordance with Section 9(c)) of, any action, suit or proceeding between any of the indemnified parties and any indemnifying parties or between any indemnified party and any third party, or otherwise, or any claim asserted), as and when incurred, to which the Sales Agent, or any such person, may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange 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, directly or indirectly, on (x) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any application or other document executed by or on behalf of the Company or based on written information furnished by or on behalf of the Company filed in any jurisdiction in order to qualify the Common Stock under the securities laws thereof or filed with the Commission, (y) the omission or alleged omission to state in any such document a material fact required to be stated in it or necessary to make the statements in it not misleading or (z) any breach by any of the indemnifying parties of any of their respective representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement; provided, however, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to the extent that such loss, claim, liability, expense or damage arises from the sale of the Placement Shares pursuant to this Agreement and is caused directly by an untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in strict conformity with written information relating to the Sales Agent and furnished to the Company by the Sales Agent expressly for inclusion in any document as described in clause (x) of this Section 9(a). This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that the Company might otherwise have.

 

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(b) The Sales Agent Indemnification. The Sales Agent agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its directors and each officer of the Company that signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who (i) controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act or (ii) is controlled by or is under common control with the Company (each, a “Company Affiliate”) from and against any and all losses, claims, liabilities, expenses and damages (including, but not limited to, any and all reasonable investigative, legal and other expenses incurred in connection with, and any and all amounts paid in settlement (in accordance with Section 9(c)) of, any action, suit or proceeding between any of the indemnified parties and any indemnifying parties or between any indemnified party and any third party, or otherwise, or any claim asserted), as and when incurred, to which any such Company Affiliate, may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange 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, directly or indirectly, on (x) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or (y) the omission or alleged omission to state in any such document a material fact required to be stated in it or necessary to make the statements in it not misleading; provided, however, that this indemnity agreement shall apply only to the extent that such loss, claim, liability, expense or damage is caused directly by an untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in strict conformity with written information relating to the Sales Agent and furnished to the Company by the Sales Agent expressly for inclusion in any document as described in clause (x) of this Section 9(b).

 

(c) Procedure. Any party that proposes to assert the right to be indemnified under this Section 9 will, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action against such party in respect of which a claim is to be made against an indemnifying party or parties under this Section 9, notify each such indemnifying party of the commencement of such action, enclosing a copy of all papers served, but the omission so to notify such indemnifying party will not relieve the indemnifying party from (i) any liability that it might have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 9 and (ii) any liability that it may have to any indemnified party under the foregoing provision of this Section 9 unless, and only to the extent that, such omission results in the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses by the indemnifying party. If any such action is brought against any indemnified party and it notifies the indemnifying party of its commencement, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in and, to the extent that it elects by delivering written notice to the indemnified party promptly after receiving notice of the commencement of the action from the indemnified party, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense of the action, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to the indemnified party of its election to assume the defense, the indemnifying party will not be liable to the indemnified party for any legal or other expenses except as provided below and except for the reasonable costs of investigation subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the defense. The indemnified party will have the right to employ its own counsel in any such action, but the fees, expenses and other charges of such counsel will be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (1) the employment of counsel by the indemnified party has been authorized in writing by the indemnifying party, (2) the indemnified party has reasonably concluded (based on advice of counsel) that there may be legal defenses available to it or other indemnified parties that are different from or in addition to those available to the indemnifying party, (3) a conflict or potential conflict exists (based on advice of counsel to the indemnified party) between the indemnified party and the indemnifying party (in which case the indemnifying party will not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party) or (4) the indemnifying party has not in fact employed counsel to assume the defense of such action within a reasonable time after receiving notice of the commencement of the action, in each of which cases the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel will be at the expense of the indemnifying party or parties. It is understood that the indemnifying party or parties shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of more than one separate firm admitted to practice in such jurisdiction at any one time for all such indemnified party or parties. All such fees, disbursements and other charges will be reimbursed by the indemnifying party promptly as they are incurred. An indemnifying party will not, in any event, be liable for any settlement of any action or claim effected without its written consent. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of each indemnified party, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any pending or threatened claim, action or proceeding relating to the matters contemplated by this Section 9 (whether or not any indemnified party is a party thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising or that may arise out of such claim, action or proceeding.

 

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(d) Contribution. In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in the foregoing paragraphs of this Section 9 is applicable in accordance with its terms but for any reason is held to be unavailable from the Company or the Sales Agent, the Company and the Sales Agent will contribute to the total losses, claims, liabilities, expenses and damages (including any 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, but after deducting any contribution received by the Company from persons other than the Sales Agent, such as persons who control the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act, officers of the Company who signed the Registration Statement and directors of the Company, who also may be liable for contribution) to which the Company and the Sales Agent may be subject in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Sales Agent on the other. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Sales Agent on the other hand shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total Net Proceeds from the sale of the Placement Shares (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total compensation received by the Sales Agent from the sale of Placement Shares on behalf of the Company. If, but only if, the allocation provided by the foregoing sentence is not permitted by applicable law, the allocation of contribution shall be made in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in the foregoing sentence but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Sales Agent, on the other, with respect to the statements or omission that resulted in such loss, claim, liability, expense or damage, or action in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations with respect to such offering. Such relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Sales Agent, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Sales Agent agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 9(d) were to be determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to herein. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the loss, claim, liability, expense, or damage, or action in respect thereof, referred to above in this Section 9(d) shall be deemed to include, for the purpose of this Section 9(d), any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim to the extent consistent with Section 9(c) hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 9(d), the Sales Agent shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the commissions received by it under this Agreement and no person found guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) will be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 9(d), any person who controls a party to this Agreement within the meaning of the Securities Act will have the same rights to contribution as that party (and any officers, directors, members, partners, employees or agents of the Sales Agent and each broker dealer affiliate of the Sales Agent will have the same rights to contribution as the Sales Agent), and each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Company will have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the provisions hereof. Any party entitled to contribution, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action against such party in respect of which a claim for contribution may be made under this Section 9(d), will notify any such party or parties from whom contribution may be sought, but the omission to so notify will not relieve that party or parties from whom contribution may be sought from any other obligation it or they may have under this Section 9(d) except to the extent that the failure to so notify such other party materially prejudiced the substantive rights or defenses of the party from whom contribution is sought. Except for a settlement entered into pursuant to the last sentence of Section 9(c) hereof, no party will be liable for contribution with respect to any action or claim settled without its written consent if such consent is required pursuant to Section 9(c) hereof.

 

10. Representations and Agreements to Survive Delivery. The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in Section 9 of this Agreement and all representations and warranties of the Company herein or in certificates delivered pursuant hereto shall survive, as of their respective dates, regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of the Sales Agent, any controlling person of the Sales Agent, or the Company (or any of their respective officers, directors, members or controlling persons), (ii) delivery and acceptance of the Placement Shares and payment therefor or (iii) any termination of this Agreement.

 

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11. Termination.

 

(a) The Sales Agent shall have the right by giving notice as hereinafter specified at any time to terminate this Agreement if (i) any Material Adverse Effect, or any development that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect has occurred that, in the reasonable judgment of the Sales Agent, may materially impair the ability of the Sales Agent to sell the Placement Shares hereunder, (ii) the Company shall have failed, refused or been unable to perform any agreement on its part to be performed hereunder; provided, however, in the case of any failure of the Company to deliver (or cause another person to deliver) any certification, opinion, or letter required under Sections 7(m), 7(n), 7(o) or 7(p), the Sales Agent’s right to terminate shall not arise unless such failure to deliver (or cause to be delivered) continues for more than thirty (30) days from the date such delivery was required, (iii) any other condition of the Sales Agent’s obligations hereunder is not fulfilled, or (iv) any suspension or limitation of trading in the Placement Shares or in securities generally on the Exchange shall have occurred (including automatic halt in trading pursuant to market-decline triggers, other than those in which solely program trading is temporarily halted), or a major disruption of securities settlements or clearing services in the United States shall have occurred, or minimum prices for trading have been fixed on the Exchange. Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of Section 7(g) (Expenses), Section 9 (Indemnification and Contribution), Section 10 (Representations and Agreements to Survive Delivery), Section 11(f), Section 16 (Applicable Law; Consent to Jurisdiction) and Section 17 (Waiver of Jury Trial) hereof shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination. If the Sales Agent elects to terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section 11(a), the Sales Agent shall provide the required notice as specified in Section 12 (Notices).

 

(b) The Company shall have the right, by giving ten (10) days’ notice as hereinafter specified in Section 12, to terminate this Agreement in its sole discretion at any time after the date of this Agreement. Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of Section 7(g), Section 9, Section 10, Section 11(f), Section 16 and Section 17 hereof shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination.

 

(c) The Sales Agent shall have the right, by giving ten (10) days’ notice as hereinafter specified in Section 12, to terminate this Agreement in its sole discretion at any time after the date of this Agreement. Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of Section 7(g), Section 9, Section 10, Section 11(f), Section 16 and Section 17 hereof shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination.

 

(d) Unless earlier terminated pursuant to this Section 11, this Agreement shall automatically terminate upon the earlier to occur of (i) issuance and sale of all of the Placement Shares to or through the Sales Agent on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and (ii) the expiration of the Registration Statement on the third (3rd) anniversary of the initial effective date of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 415(a)(5) under the Securities Act; provided that the provisions of Section 7(g), Section 9, Section 10, Section 11(f), Section 16 and Section 17 hereof shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination.

 

(e) This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect unless terminated pursuant to Sections 11(a), (b), (c) or (d) above or otherwise by mutual agreement of the parties; provided, however, that any such termination by mutual agreement shall in all cases be deemed to provide that Section 7(g), Section 9, Section 10, Section 11(f), Section 16 and Section 17 shall remain in full force and effect.

 

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(f) Any termination of this Agreement shall be effective on the date specified in such notice of termination; provided, however, that such termination shall not be effective until the close of business on the date of receipt of such notice by the Sales Agent or the Company, as the case may be. If such termination shall occur prior to the Settlement Date for any sale of Placement Shares, such termination shall not become effective until the close of business on such Settlement Date and such Placement Shares shall settle in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

12. Notices. All notices or other communications required or permitted to be given by any party to any other party pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing, unless otherwise specified, and if sent to the Sales Agent, shall be delivered to:

 

A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners

590 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Attention: Tom Higgins

Email: atm@allianceg.com

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Gracin & Marlow, LLP

405 Lexington Avenue, 26th Floor

New York, New York 10174

Facsimile: (212) 208-4657

Attention: Leslie Marlow or Patrick Egan

 

and if to the Company, shall be delivered to:

 

Vislink Technologies, Inc.

1515 Ringling Blvd., Suite 310

Sarasota, Florida 34236

Attention: Chief Executive officer

Facsimile: ( ) [____]

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Sullivan & Worcester LLP

1633 Broadway

New York, New York 10019

Attention: David E. Danovitch

Facsimile: (212) 660-3001

 

Each party may change such address for notices by sending to the other party to this Agreement written notice of a new address for such purpose. Each such notice or other communication shall be deemed given (i) when delivered personally or by verifiable facsimile transmission (with an original to follow) on or before 4:30 p.m., New York City time, on a Business Day or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day, (ii) on the next Business Day after timely delivery to a nationally-recognized overnight courier and (iii) on the Business Day actually received if deposited in the U.S. mail (certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid). For purposes of this Agreement, “Business Day” shall mean any day on which the Exchange and commercial banks in the City of New York are open for business.

 

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An electronic communication (“Electronic Notice”) shall be deemed written notice for purposes of this Section 12 if sent to the electronic mail address specified by the receiving party under separate cover. Electronic Notice shall be deemed received at the time the party sending Electronic Notice receives confirmation of receipt by the receiving party (other than pursuant to auto-reply). Any party receiving Electronic Notice may request and shall be entitled to receive the notice on paper, in a nonelectronic form (“Nonelectronic Notice”) which shall be sent to the requesting party within ten (10) days of receipt of the written request for Nonelectronic Notice.

 

13. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and the Sales Agent and their respective successors and permitted assigns and, as to Sections 5(b) and 9, the other indemnified parties specified therein. References to any of the parties contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to include the successors and permitted assigns of such party. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any other person any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement. Neither party may assign its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other party; provided, however, that the Sales Agent may assign its rights and obligations hereunder to an affiliate of the Sales Agent without obtaining the Company’s consent.

 

14. Adjustments for Share Splits. The parties acknowledge and agree that all share-related numbers contained in this Agreement shall be adjusted to take into account any share split, share dividend or similar event effected with respect to the Common Stock.

 

15. Entire Agreement; Amendment; Severability. This Agreement (including all schedules and exhibits attached hereto and Placement Notices issued pursuant hereto) and any other writing entered into by the parties relating to this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all other prior and contemporaneous agreements and undertakings, both written and oral, among the parties hereto with regard to the subject matter hereof. Neither this Agreement nor any term hereof may be amended except pursuant to a written instrument executed by the Company and the Sales Agent. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable as written by a court of competent jurisdiction, then such provision shall be given full force and effect to the fullest possible extent that it is valid, legal and enforceable, and the remainder of the terms and provisions herein shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable term or provision was not contained herein, but only to the extent that giving effect to such provision and the remainder of the terms and provisions hereof shall be in accordance with the intent of the parties as reflected in this Agreement.

 

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16. Applicable Law; Consent to Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection with any transaction contemplated hereby, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof (certified or registered mail, return receipt requested) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.

 

17. Waiver of Jury Trial. The Company and the Sales Agent each hereby irrevocably waives any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any claim based upon or arising out of this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby.

 

18. Absence of Fiduciary Relationship. The Company acknowledges and agrees that:

 

(a) the Sales Agent is acting solely as agent in connection with the sale of the Placement Shares contemplated by this Agreement and the process leading to such transactions, and no fiduciary or advisory relationship between the Company or any of its respective affiliates, stockholders (or other equity holders), creditors or employees or any other party, on the one hand, and the Sales Agent, on the other hand, has been or will be created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, irrespective of whether the Sales Agent has advised or is advising the Company on other matters, and the Sales Agent has no obligation to the Company with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement;

 

(b) the Company is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

 

(c) the Sales Agent has not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and the Company has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate;

 

(d) the Company has been advised and is aware that the Sales Agent and its affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions which may involve interests that differ from those of the Company and that the Sales Agent has no obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to the Company by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship; and

 

(e) the Company waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims it may have against the Sales Agent, for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty and agrees that the Sales Agent shall have no liability (whether direct or indirect, in contract, tort or otherwise) to the Company in respect of such a fiduciary claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of the Company, including stockholders, partners, employees or creditors of the Company.

 

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19. Use of Information. The Sales Agent may not provide any information gained in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including due diligence, to any third party other than its legal counsel advising it on this Agreement unless expressly approved by the Company in writing.

 

20. 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. Delivery of an executed Agreement by one party to the other may be made by facsimile transmission.

 

21. Effect of Headings; Knowledge of the Company. The section and Exhibit headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. All references in this Agreement to the “knowledge of the Company” or the “Company’s knowledge” or similar qualifiers shall mean the actual knowledge of the directors and officers of the Company, after due inquiry.

 

22. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following term has the meaning set forth below:

 

(a) “Applicable Time” means the date of this Agreement, each Representation Date, each date on which a Placement Notice is given, each Point of Sale, and each Settlement Date.

 

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If the foregoing correctly sets forth the understanding between the Company and the Sales Agent, please so indicate in the space provided below for that purpose, whereupon this letter shall constitute a binding agreement between the Company and the Sales Agent.

 

  Very truly yours,
     
  VISLINK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Carleton M. Miller 
  Name: Carleton Miller  
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
  ACCEPTED as of the date first-above written:
     
  A.G.P./ALLIANCE GLOBAL PARTNERS
     
  By: /s/ Thomas Higgins
  Name: Thomas Higgins
  Title: Managing Director

 

     

 

 

SCHEDULE 1

 

 

 

Form of Placement Notice

 

 

 

  From: Vislink Technologies, Inc.
     
  To: A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners
    Attention: [●]
     
  Subject: Placement Notice
     
  Date: [●], 202[●]

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the Sales Agreement (the “Sales Agreement”) between Vislink Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners (the “Sales Agent”), dated [•], 2020, the Company hereby requests that the Sales Agent sell up to [•] shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Placement Shares”), at a minimum market price of $[•] per share, during the time period beginning [month, day, time] and ending [month, day, time] [and with no more than [•] Placement Shares sold in any one Trading Day].

 

[The Company may include such other sale parameters as it deems appropriate.]

 

Capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Sales Agreement.

 

     

 

 

SCHEDULE 2

 

Notice Parties

 

Vislink Technologies, Inc.

 

Carleton Miller (cmm@vislink.com)

 

Michael Bond (Michael.bond@vislink.com)

 

With copies to:

 

[  ] ([e-mail])

 

The Sales Agent

 

Thomas Higgins (thiggins@allianceg.com)

 

With copies to:

 

atm@allianceg.com

 

     

 

 

SCHEDULE 3

 

Compensation

 

The Company shall pay to the Sales Agent in cash, upon each sale of Placement Shares through the Sales Agent pursuant to this Agreement, an amount equal to 3.00% of the aggregate gross proceeds from each sale of Placement Shares.*

 

 

 

* The foregoing rate of compensation shall not apply when the Sales Agent purchases Placement Shares on a principal basis, in which case the Company may sell the Placement Shares to the Sales Agent as principal at a price to be mutually agreed upon by the Company and the Sales Agent at the relevant Point of Sale pursuant to the applicable Placement Notice (it being hereby acknowledged and agreed that the Sales Agent shall be under no obligation to purchase Placement Shares on a principal basis pursuant to the Sales Agreement, except as otherwise agreed by the Sales Agent and the Company in writing and expressly set forth in a Placement Notice).

 

     

 

 

Exhibit 7(m)

 

OFFICER CERTIFICATE

 

The undersigned, the duly qualified and appointed _____________________ of Vislink Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), does hereby certify in such capacity and on behalf of the Company, pursuant to Section 7(m) of the Sales Agreement, dated May 5, 2020 (the “Sales Agreement”), between the Company and A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners, that:

 

  (i) the representations and warranties of the Company in Section 6 of the Sales Agreement (A) to the extent such representations and warranties are subject to qualifications and exceptions contained therein relating to materiality or Material Adverse Effect, are true and correct on and as of the date hereof with the same force and effect as if expressly made on and as of the date hereof, except for those representations and warranties that speak solely as of a specific date and which were true and correct as of such date, and (B) to the extent such representations and warranties are not subject to any qualifications or exceptions, are true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof as if made on and as of the date hereof with the same force and effect as if expressly made on and as of the date hereof except for those representations and warranties that speak solely as of a specific date and which were true and correct as of such date; and;
     
  (ii) the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied pursuant to the Sales Agreement at or prior to the date hereof;
     
  (iii) as of the date hereof, (i) the Registration 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, (ii) the Prospectus 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 (iii) no event has occurred as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein not untrue or misleading for clauses (i) and (ii) above, respectively, to be true and correct;
     
  (iv) there has been no Material Adverse Effect since the date as of which information is given in the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented;
     
  (v) the Company does not possess any material non-public information; and
     
  (vi) the aggregate offering price of the Placement Shares that may be issued and sold pursuant to the Sales Agreement and the maximum number or amount of Placement Shares that may be sold pursuant to the Sales Agreement have been duly authorized by the Company’s board of directors or a duly authorized committee thereof.

 

Terms used herein and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Sales Agreement.

 

Dated: _____________ By:  
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

     

 

 

Exhibit 5.1

 

 

May 5, 2020

 

Vislink Technologies, Inc.

101 Bilby Rd., Suite 15, Bldg. 2

Hackettstown, NJ 07840

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This opinion is furnished to you in connection with a Registration Statement on Form S-3, as amended from time to time (the “Registration Statement”), filed by Vislink Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), on May 5, 2020, which Registration Statement including (i) the base prospectus contained therein (the “Prospectus”) relating to the registration for offering and sale from time to time by the Company of an indeterminate number of the following securities of the Company, with an initial aggregate offering price of up to $100,000,000: (A) shares (the “Common Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Common Stock”), (B) shares (the “Preferred Shares” and together with the Common Shares, the “Shares”) of the Company’s preferred stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”) in one or more series; (C) warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock and/or shares of Preferred Stock (the “Warrants”) issued pursuant to one or more warrant agreements in the forms to filed as exhibits to a post-effective amendment or in a Prospectus Supplement (as defined below) (each, a “Warrant Agreement”); and (D) units comprising shares of Common Stock, shares of Preferred Stock and/or Warrants (the “Units” and together with the Shares and the Warrants, the “Securities”) issued pursuant to one or more unit agreements in the forms to filed as exhibits to a post-effective amendment or in a Prospectus Supplement (each, a “Unit Agreement”), and (ii) the sales agreement prospectus contained therein (the “ATM Prospectus”) relating to the sale by the Company of shares of Common Stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $9,800,000 (the “ATM Shares”) pursuant to the sales agreement, dated May 5, 2020 (the “Sales Agreement”), by and between the Company and A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners. The Prospectus may be amended from time to time in connection with one or more post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, and the Prospectus provides that it will be supplemented in the future by one or more prospectus supplements (each, a “Prospectus Supplement”).

 

We are acting as special counsel for the Company in connection with the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the ATM Prospectus. In connection with this opinion, we have examined and relied upon the originals or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction of (i) the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as amended (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), (ii) the Company’s amended and restated by-laws (the “Bylaws”), (iii) the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the ATM Prospectus, including all exhibits filed therewith, and (iv) the Sales Agreement and all exhibits thereto, and have also examined and relied upon minutes of meetings and/or resolutions of the board of directors of the Company as provided to us by the Company, and such other documents as we have deemed necessary for purposes of rendering the opinion hereinafter set forth.

 

In addition to the foregoing, we have relied as to matters of fact upon the representations made by the Company and its representatives. In our examination of the foregoing documents, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies, the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents, the legal competence of all signatories to such documents and that each signatory to such document has or will have sufficient legal capacity to execute such document. Other than our examination of the documents indicated above, we have made no other examination in connection with this opinion.

 

With respect to our opinion as to the Common Stock, we have assumed that, at the time of issuance and sale, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock are authorized and available for issuance and that the consideration for the issuance and sale of the Common Stock (or other Securities convertible into, or exercisable for, Common Stock) is in an amount that is not less than the par value of the Common Stock. We have also assumed that any Warrants offered under the Registration Statement, and the related Warrant Agreement, will be executed in the forms filed as exhibits to a Prospectus Supplement. We have also assumed that with respect to any Securities being issued upon conversion of any other Securities or upon exercise of any Warrants, the applicable convertible Securities or Warrants will be valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights, and subject to general equity principles and to limitations on availability of equitable relief, including specific performance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

With respect to our opinion as to the Units, we have assumed that, at the time of issuance and sale, there are a sufficient number of Securities available for issuance and that the consideration for the issuance of the particular Securities underlying the sale of the Units is in an amount that is not less than the par value of such underlying Securities.

 

With respect to the opinion as to the Sales Agreement, we have assumed that (i) the obligations of each party set forth in the Sales Agreement are its valid and binding obligations, enforceable in accordance with their terms; (ii) no ATM Shares have been or will be offered, issued or sold in violation or breach of, nor will any such offering, issuance or sale result in a default under, any agreement or instrument that is binding upon the Company or any requirement or restriction imposed by any governmental or regulatory agency, authority or body; and (iii) after any issuance of the ATM Shares, the total number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, together with the total number of shares of Common Stock then reserved for issuance or obligated to be issued by the Company pursuant to any agreement or arrangement or otherwise, will not exceed the total number of shares of Common Stock then authorized under the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

Our opinions set forth below with respect to the validity or binding effect of any security or obligation may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, marshaling, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement generally of the rights and remedies of creditors and secured parties or the obligations of debtors, (ii) general principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), including but not limited to principles limiting the availability of specific performance or injunctive relief, and concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, (iii) the possible unenforceability under certain circumstances of provisions providing for indemnification, contribution, exculpation, release or waiver that may be contrary to public policy or violative of federal or state securities laws, rules or regulations, and (iv) the effect of course of dealing, course of performance, oral agreements or the like that would modify the terms of an agreement or the respective rights or obligations of the parties under an agreement.

 

We are members of the Bar of the State of New York. We do not hold ourselves out as being conversant with, or expressing any opinion with respect to, the laws of any jurisdiction other than the laws of the State of New York and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”). Accordingly, the opinions expressed herein are expressly limited to the laws of the State of New York and the DGCL. Our opinion is based on these laws as in effect on the date hereof. We express no opinion as to whether the laws of any other jurisdiction are applicable to the subject matter hereof. We are not rendering any opinion as to compliance with any federal or state law, rule or regulation relating to securities, or to the sale or issuance thereof.

 

On the basis of the foregoing and in reliance thereon, and subject to the qualifications herein stated, we are of the opinion that:

 

1. With respect to the Common Stock offered under the Registration Statement, provided that (i) the Registration Statement and any required post-effective amendment thereto have all become effective under the Securities Act and the Prospectus and any and all Prospectus Supplement(s) thereto required by applicable laws have been delivered and filed as required by such laws; (ii) the issuance of the Common Stock has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company; (iii) the issuance and sale of the Common Stock do not violate any applicable law, are in conformity with the Certificate of Incorporation, including, without limitation the authorization thereunder of a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock, and the Bylaws, do not result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and comply with any applicable requirements and restrictions imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company; and (iv) the certificates for the Common Stock have been duly executed by the Company, countersigned by the transfer agent therefor and duly delivered to the purchasers thereof against payment therefor, then the Common Stock, when issued and sold as contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the related Prospectus Supplement(s) and in accordance with any applicable duly authorized, executed and delivered purchase, underwriting or similar agreement, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

 

 

 

2. With respect to the Warrants to be issued under the Warrant Agreements and offered under the Registration Statement, provided that (i) the Registration Statement and any required post-effective amendment thereto have all become effective under the Securities Act and the Prospectus and any and all Prospectus Supplement(s) required by applicable laws have been delivered and filed as required by such laws; (ii) any applicable Warrant Agreement has been duly authorized by the Company and the applicable warrant agent by all necessary corporate action; (iii) any applicable Warrant Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and the applicable warrant agent and the terms of the Warrant Agreement have been established in accordance with applicable law; (iv) the issuance and terms of the Warrants have been duly authorized by the Company by all necessary corporate action; (v) the terms of the Warrants and of their issuance and sale have been duly established in conformity with any applicable Warrant Agreement and as described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the related Prospectus Supplement(s), so as not to violate any applicable law or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company, so as to be in conformity with the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, and so as to comply with any applicable requirements and restrictions imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company; and (vi) the Warrants have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and authenticated by the applicable warrant agent pursuant to any applicable Warrant Agreement and delivered against payment therefor, then the Warrants, when issued and sold in accordance with the applicable Warrant Agreement and a duly authorized, executed and delivered purchase, underwriting or similar agreement, will be valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights, and subject to general equity principles and to limitations on availability of equitable relief, including specific performance.

 

3. With respect to the Units offered under the Registration Statement, provided that (i) the Registration Statement and any required post-effective amendment thereto have all become effective under the Securities Act and the Prospectus and any and all Prospectus Supplement(s) required by applicable laws have been delivered and filed as required by such laws; (ii) the terms and issuance of the Units have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company; (iii) the terms of Units and their issuance and sale do not violate any applicable law, are in conformity with the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, do not result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and comply with any applicable requirements and restrictions imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company; (iv) the issuance and terms of the Units have been duly authorized by the Company by all necessary corporate action; (v) the terms of the Units and of their issuance and sale have been duly established in conformity with the applicable agreement(s) so as not to violate any applicable law or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company, so as to be in conformity with the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company; and (vi) the Units have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and delivered against payment therefor, then the Units, when issued and sold in accordance with the applicable agreement(s) and a duly authorized, executed and delivered purchase, underwriting or similar agreement, will be valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights, and subject to general equity principles and to limitations on availability of equitable relief, including specific performance.

 

4. With respect to the ATM Shares offered under the ATM Prospectus and pursuant to the Sales Agreement, provided that (i) the Registration Statement and any required post-effective amendment thereto have all become effective under the Securities Act and the Prospectus, ATM Prospectus and any and all Prospectus Supplement(s) thereto required by applicable laws have been delivered and filed as required by such laws; (ii) the issuance of the ATM Shares has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company; (iii) the issuance and sale of the ATM Shares do not violate any applicable law, are in conformity with the Certificate of Incorporation, including, without limitation the authorization thereunder of a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock, and the Bylaws, do not result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and comply with any applicable requirements and restrictions imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company; and (iv) the certificates for the ATM Shares have been duly executed by the Company, countersigned by the transfer agent therefor and duly delivered to the purchasers thereof against payment therefor, then ATM Shares, when issued and sold as contemplated in the Registration Statement, the ATM Prospectus and the related Prospectus Supplement(s) and in accordance with any applicable duly authorized, executed and delivered purchase, underwriting or similar agreement, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

 

 

 

This opinion letter speaks only as of the date hereof and we assume no obligation to update or supplement this opinion letter if any applicable laws change after the date of this opinion letter or if we become aware after the date of this opinion letter of any facts, whether existing before or arising after the date hereof, that might change the opinions expressed above.

 

This opinion is furnished in connection with the filing of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus Supplement and may not be relied upon for any other purpose without our prior written consent in each instance. Further, no portion of this opinion may be quoted, circulated or referred to in any other document for any other purpose without our prior written consent.

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement and to the reference to this firm under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus and the ATM Prospectus. In giving such consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  /s/ Sullivan & Worcester LLP

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 23.1

 

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm’s Consent

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of Vislink Technologies, Inc. on Form S-3 of our report dated March 31, 2020, with respect to our audits of the consolidated financial statements of Vislink Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 and for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2019 appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Vislink Technologies, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2019. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in the Prospectus, which is part of this Registration Statement.

 

Our report on the consolidated financial statements refers to a change in the Company’s method of accounting for leases in 2019 due to the adoption of ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), as amended, effective January 1, 2019, using the modified retrospective approach.

 

/s/ Marcum llp

 

Marcum LLP

New York, NY

May 5, 2020