Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Capitalization

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Capitalization
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Equity [Abstract]  
Capitalization
Note 13: Capitalization
As of December 31, 2023, under the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation dated August 20, 2020, the Company is authorized to issue: (i) 800 million shares of Class A common stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share, (ii) 205 million shares of Class V common stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share, and (iii) 10 million shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share, of which no shares were issued or outstanding as of December 31, 2023 and 2022. Holders of shares of Class A common stock and Class V common stock are each entitled to one vote on all matters to be voted upon by stockholders. The declaration, amount, and payment of any future dividends on shares of Class A common stock will be at the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors and will depend upon many factors, including the Company’s results of operations, financial condition, capital requirements, restrictions in its debt agreements, and other factors that the Company’s Board of Directors deems relevant. Holders of shares of Class A common stock are entitled to receive such dividends declared by the Company’s Board of Directors. Holders of shares of Class V common stock are not entitled to participate in any such dividends declared by the Company’s Board of Directors. The Company’s Board of Directors has not declared any cash dividends during the years ended December 31, 2023 or 2022.
March 2023 Private Placement
On April 6, 2023, pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated March 30, 2023 with the purchasers named therein (the “Purchasers”), which included certain affiliated entities of Chicago Pacific Founders GP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“CPF”), and the Company’s Chief Medical Officer and member of the Company’s board of directors, the Company issued 79.9 million units at a price of approximately $1.12 per unit for institutional investors, and a purchase price of approximately $1.19 per unit for employees and consultants. Each unit consists of one share of Class A common stock and 0.75 of a warrant to purchase one share of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $1.13. Certain institutional investors elected to receive pre-funded warrants to purchase Class A common stock in lieu of a portion of their Class A common stock. In total, the Company sold (i) an aggregate of 69.2 million shares of its Class A common stock (the “Shares”), (ii) warrants to purchase an aggregate of 59.9 million shares of Class A common stock, and (iii) pre-funded warrants to purchase an aggregate of 10.8 million shares of Class A common stock for aggregate proceeds of $86.6 million, net of $2.9 million in offering costs (collectively, the “March 2023 Private Placement”).
Registration Rights Agreement
On April 6, 2023, in connection with the Purchase Agreement, the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with the Purchasers. Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company agreed to prepare a registration statement for purposes of registering the resale of the Shares and shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the March 2023 Warrants, which was filed with the SEC on May 2, 2023 and declared effective by the SEC on June 14, 2023. The Registration Rights Agreement also contains certain shelf takedown and piggyback rights.
The Company has also agreed, among other things, to indemnify the Purchasers, their officers, directors, members, employees and agents, successors and assigns under the registration statement from certain liabilities and to pay all fees and expenses incident to the Company’s obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement.
Letter Agreement with CPF
On April 6, 2023, in connection with the Purchase Agreement, the Company entered into a letter agreement (the “Letter Agreement”) with CPF, Chicago Pacific Founders GP III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“CPF GP III”) (on behalf of the funds of which CPF is the general partner, certain funds of which CPF GP III is the general partner) and/or certain of their affiliated entities and funds (collectively, the “CPF Parties”). The Letter Agreement provides, pursuant to certain stipulations, that CPF will be entitled to designate one additional independent member of the Company’s board of directors and that CPF will be entitled to certain information rights and protective provisions. As of the date of the issuance of these consolidated financial statements, CPF has not exercised its right to designate a director under the terms of the Letter Agreement. CPF Parties also agreed to a standstill restriction from the date of the closing of the March 2023 Private Placement to June 30, 2024 that limits the ownership of the CPF Parties to 49.99% of the Company’s Class A common stock and Class V common stock.
Shelf Registration
On November 9, 2023, the Company filed a shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3 with a capacity of $250 million (the “Shelf Registration”), which was declared effective by the SEC on November 20, 2023, and entered into an Open Market Sales Agreement (“Sales Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company may issue and sell, from time to time, through the sales agent, shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, with an aggregate value of up to $75 million. The sales agent will make commercially reasonable efforts, following the Company’s instructions, to sell shares over time, adhering to specified limits. Sales will be conducted through at-the-market offerings as defined by Rule 415(a)(4) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The aggregate value of shares of Class A common stock that may be offered, issued, and sold under the Sales Agreement is included in the aggregate value of securities that may be offered, issued, and sold by the Company under the Shelf Registration. Upon termination of the Sales Agreement, any unused portion will be available for sale in other offerings pursuant to the Shelf Registration.