DIGITAL ALLY INC
For the period ended Mar 3, 2025. Filed Mar 4, 2025.
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PROPOSAL NO. 2 — THE REVERSE STOCK SPLIT PROPOSAL
PROPOSAL NO. 2
TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD, IN ITS SOLE AND ABSOLUTE DISCRETION, AND WITHOUT FURTHER ACTION OF THE STOCKHOLDERS, TO FILE AN AMENDMENT TO OUR ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION, TO EFFECT A REVERSE STOCK SPLIT OF OUR ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING COMMON STOCK AT A RATIO TO BE DETERMINED BY THE BOARD, RANGING FROM ONE-FOR-FIVE (1:5) TO ONE-FOR-ONE HUNDRED (1:100), WITH SUCH REVERSE STOCK SPLIT TO BE EFFECTED AT SUCH TIME AND DATE, IF AT ALL, AS DETERMINED BY THE BOARD IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, BUT NO LATER THAN APRIL 1, 2026, WHEN THE AUTHORITY GRANTED IN THIS PROPOSAL TO IMPLEMENT THE REVERSE STOCK SPLIT WOULD TERMINATE
Summary
Our Board has determined that it is advisable and in the Company’s and its stockholders’ best interests that our Board be granted the authority to effect a reverse stock split in accordance with the Nasdaq Listing Rules (the “Reverse Stock Split”) of all of our outstanding shares of Common Stock by ratios to be determined by the Board at their discretion, without correspondingly decreasing the number of authorized shares of Common Stock (the “Exchange Ratio”). The proposal provides that our Board shall have sole discretion pursuant to Section 78.390 of the Nevada Revised Statutes (the “NRS”) to elect, as it determines to be in the Company’s best interests, for the purpose of maintaining the listing of our Common Stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market or for any other valid reason, whether or not to effect the Reverse Stock Split. Should the Board proceed with a Reverse Stock Split, the exact ratio shall be set at a whole number within the range determined by our Board in its sole discretion. Our Board believes that the availability of alternative Reverse Stock Split ratios will provide it with the flexibility to implement the Reverse Stock Split in a manner designed to maximize the anticipated benefits for the Company and its shareholders. In determining whether to implement the Reverse Stock Split following the receipt of shareholder approval, our Board may consider, among other things, factors such as:
| ● | the historical trading price and trading volume of our Common Stock; |
| ● | the then prevailing trading price and trading volume of our Common Stock and the anticipated impact of the Reverse Stock Split on the trading market for our Common Stock; |
| ● | our ability to have our shares of Common Stock remain listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market; |
| ● | the number of shares of Common Stock needed to reserve for issuance upon exercise and conversion of all outstanding warrants and other convertible securities; |
| ● | the anticipated impact of the Reverse Stock Split on our ability to raise additional financing; and |
| ● | prevailing general market and economic conditions. |
Any Reverse Stock Split would become effective upon filing of an amendment to the Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada. The amendment filed thereby would set forth the number of shares of Common Stock to be combined into one share of our Common Stock, within the limits set forth in this proposal. Except for adjustments that may result from the treatment of fractional shares as described below, each holder of our shares of Common Stock would hold the same percentage of our outstanding Common Stock immediately following a Reverse Stock Split as such stockholder holds immediately prior to the Reverse Stock Split.
Our Board believes that approval of the amendment to the Articles of Incorporation to allow the Board to effect the Reverse Stock Split is in the best interests of the Company and our stockholders and has unanimously recommended that the proposed amendment be presented to our stockholders for approval.
Board Discretion to Implement the Reverse Stock Split
A Reverse Stock Split will be effected, if at all, only upon a determination by our Board that a Reverse Stock Split (with an Exchange Ratio determined by our Board as described above) is necessary and is also in the Company’s best interest. Such determination shall be based upon certain factors, including, but not limited to, the historical trading price and trading volume of our Common Stock, the then prevailing trading price and trading volume of our Common Stock and the anticipated impact of a Reverse Stock Split on the trading market for our Common Stock, our ability to have our shares of Common Stock remain listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market, the number of shares of Common Stock needed to reserve for issuance upon exercise and conversion of all outstanding warrants and other convertible securities, the anticipated impact of a Reverse Stock Split on our ability to raise additional financing, and prevailing general market and economic conditions. No further action on the part of shareholders would be required to either implement or not implement the Reverse Stock Split. If our shareholders approve the proposal, and the Board determines to effect the Reverse Stock Split, we would communicate to the public, prior to the Effective Date (as defined below), additional details regarding the Reverse Stock Split, including the specific Exchange Ratio selected by the Board***.***
Effective Date
If the proposed amendment to the Articles of Incorporation to give effect to the Reverse Stock Split is approved at the Special Meeting, subject to the conditions set out in this Proposal No. 2, then a Reverse Stock Split will become effective as of 5:30 p.m. Local Time on the effective date of the certificate of amendment to our Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada, which we would expect to be the date of filing (the “Effective Date”). Except as explained below with respect to fractional shares, each issued share of Common Stock immediately prior to the Effective Date will automatically be changed, as of the Effective Date, into a fraction of a share of Common Stock based on the Exchange Ratio determined by the Board. Except as explained below with respect to fractional shares, each issued share of Common Stock immediately prior to the Effective Date will automatically be changed, as of the Effective Date, into a fraction of a share of Common Stock, based on the Exchange Ratio within the approved range determined by the Board.
Purpose of Reverse Stock Split
The primary purpose for the Reverse Stock Split is based on the Board’s belief that the Reverse Stock Split may be necessary to maintain the listing of our Common Stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market. In the event that the Board, in its sole discretion, determines to implement the Reverse Stock Split for such purpose, the Board believes that the Reverse Stock Split could also improve the marketability and liquidity of the Common Stock.
Maintain our listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market. Our Common Stock is traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market. Among other rules, the Company must be in compliance with the minimum bid price requirement for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market, as set forth under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) (the “Minimum Bid Price Requirement”), where the closing bid price of the Common Stock must not fall below $1.00 per share for thirty (30) consecutive business days. If in the future the Company fails to comply with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement and is required to cure the minimum bid price deficiency, the Company may affect the reserve stock split as a way to regain compliance. In the event that our stock price satisfies the Minimum Bid Price Requirement of at least $1.00 for at least ten (10) consecutive business days without requiring a Reverse Stock Split, the Board will not implement a Reverse Stock Split. However, if we do not regain compliance within the allotted compliance period(s), including any extensions that may be granted by the Nasdaq Capital Market, Nasdaq Capital Market will provide notice that our shares of Common Stock will be subject to delisting. We intend to monitor the closing bid price for our Common Stock and will consider available options to resolve any potential noncompliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement, as may be necessary, so to avoid delisting. The Board has considered the potential harm to the Company and its shareholders should Nasdaq Capital Market delist our Common Stock from the Nasdaq Capital Market. Delisting our Common Stock could adversely affect the liquidity of our Common Stock because alternatives, such as the OTC QX, OTC QB and the “pink sheets,” are generally considered to be less efficient markets. An investor likely would find it less convenient to sell, or to obtain accurate quotations in seeking to buy our Common Stock on an over-the-counter market. Many investors likely would not buy or sell our Common Stock due to difficulty in accessing over-the-counter markets, policies preventing them from trading in securities not listed on a national exchange or other reasons. The Board believes that a Reverse Stock Split is a potentially effective means for us to maintain compliance with the rules of the Nasdaq Capital Market and to avoid, or at least mitigate, the likely adverse consequences of our Common Stock being delisted from the Nasdaq Capital Market by producing the immediate effect of increasing the bid price of our Common Stock
*Improve the marketability and liquidity of the Common Stock.*If this proposal is approved by the stockholders at the Special Meeting and the Board elects to implement a Reverse Stock Split, we also believe that the increased market price of our Common Stock expected as a result of implementing the Reverse Stock Split will improve the marketability and liquidity of our Common Stock and will encourage interest and trading in our Common Stock. The Reverse Stock Split could allow a broader range of institutions to invest in our Common Stock (namely, funds that are prohibited from buying stocks whose price is below a certain threshold), potentially increasing the liquidity of our Common Stock. The Reverse Stock Split could also help increase analyst and broker interest in our stock as their policies can discourage them from following or recommending companies with low stock prices. Because of the trading volatility often associated with low-priced stocks, many brokerage houses and institutional investors have internal policies and practices that either prohibit them from investing in low-priced stocks or tend to discourage individual brokers from recommending low-priced stocks to their customers. Some of those policies and practices may function to make the processing of trades in low-priced stocks economically unattractive to brokers. Additionally, because brokers’ commissions on low-priced stocks generally represent a higher percentage of the stock price than commissions on higher-priced stocks, the current average price per share of our Common Stock can result in individual stockholders paying transaction costs representing a higher percentage of their total share value than would be the case if the share price were substantially higher. It should be noted, however, that the liquidity of our Common Stock may in fact be adversely affected by a Reverse Stock Split given the reduced number of shares of Common Stock that would be outstanding after a Reverse Stock Split.
For the above reasons, we believe that providing the Board with the ability to effect the Reverse Stock Split, in the event that it determines, in its sole discretion, that implementing a Reverse Stock Split will help us regain and/or maintain compliance with the Nasdaq listing requirements or otherwise, as a result, could improve the marketability and liquidity of our Common Stock, is in the best interests of the Company and our shareholders. However, regardless as to whether or not the Board believes that implementing a Reverse Stock Split could help us regain and maintain compliance with the Nasdaq listing requirements, the Board reserves the right not to implement the Reverse Stock Split if it determines, in its sole discretion, that it otherwise would not be in our and our shareholders’ best interests.
Risks of Reverse Stock Split
*We cannot assure you that the proposed Reverse Stock Split will increase our stock price and have the desired effect of maintaining compliance with the rules of Nasdaq Capital Market.*The Board expects that a Reverse Stock Split will increase the market price of our Common Stock so that we are able to regain and maintain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement, in case of noncompliance. However, the effect of a Reverse Stock Split upon the market price of our Common Stock cannot be predicted with any certainty, and the history of similar reverse stock splits for companies in like circumstances is varied.
It is possible that the per share price of our Common Stock after a Reverse Stock Split would not rise in proportion to the reduction in the number of shares of our Common Stock outstanding resulting from such Reverse Stock Split, and the market price per post-Reverse Stock Split share may not exceed or remain in excess of the $1.00 minimum bid price for a sustained period of time, and the Reverse Stock Split may not result in a per share price that would attract brokers and investors who do not trade in lower priced stocks. Even if we effect the Reverse Stock Split, the market price of our Common Stock may decrease due to factors unrelated to the Reverse Stock Split. In any case, the market price of our Common Stock may also be based on other factors which may be unrelated to the number of shares outstanding, including our future performance. If the Reverse Stock Split is consummated and the trading price of the Common Stock declines, the percentage decline as an absolute number and as a percentage of our overall market capitalization may be greater than would occur in the absence of the Reverse Stock Split. Even if the market price per post-Reverse Stock Split share of our Common Stock remains in excess of $1.00 per share, we may be delisted due to a failure to meet other continued listing requirements, including Nasdaq Capital Market requirements related to the minimum stockholders’ equity, the minimum number of shares that must be in the public float, the minimum market value of the public float and the minimum number of round lot holders.
The proposed Reverse Stock Split may decrease the liquidity of our Common Stock. The liquidity of our Common Stock may be harmed by a Reverse Stock Split given the reduced number of shares of Common Stock that would be outstanding after the Reverse Stock Split, particularly if the stock price does not increase as a result of the Reverse Stock Split. In addition, investors might consider the increased proportion of unissued authorized shares of Common Stock to issued shares to have an anti-takeover effect under certain circumstances, because the proportion allows for dilutive issuances which could prevent certain stockholders from changing the composition of the Board or render tender offers for a combination with another entity more difficult to successfully complete. The Board does not intend for the Reverse Stock Split to have any anti-takeover effects.
Principal Effects of Reverse Stock Split
*Common Stock.*If this proposal is approved by the shareholders at the Special Meeting and the Board determines to effect the Reverse Stock Split and thus amend the Articles of Incorporation, the Company will file a certificate of amendment to the Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada. Except for adjustments that may result from the treatment of fractional shares as described below, each issued share of Common Stock immediately prior to the Effective Date will automatically be changed, as of the Effective Date, into a fraction of a share of Common Stock based on the Exchange Ratio determined by the Board. In addition, proportional adjustments will be made to the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable under, and other terms of, our stock plans, as well as to the number of shares of Common Stock issuable under, and the exercise price of, our outstanding warrants.
Except for adjustments that may result from the treatment of fractional shares of Common Stock as described below, because a Reverse Stock Split would apply to all issued shares of our Common Stock, the proposed Reverse Stock Split would not alter the relative rights and preferences of our existing shareholders nor affect any shareholder’s proportionate equity interest in the Company. For example, a holder of two percent (2%) of the voting power of the outstanding shares of our Common Stock immediately prior to the effectiveness of a Reverse Stock Split will generally continue to hold two percent (2%) of the voting power of the outstanding shares of our Common Stock immediately after a Reverse Stock Split. Moreover, the number of shareholders of record will not be affected by a Reverse Stock Split. The amendment to the Articles of Incorporation itself would not change the number of authorized shares of our Common Stock. A Reverse Stock Split will have the effect of creating additional unreserved shares of our authorized Common Stock. Other than those shares needed to satisfy the conversion and/or exercise of the Company’s outstanding convertible notes, convertible preferred stock and warrants, these additional shares of Common Stock may be used by us for various purposes in the future without further shareholder approval, including, among other things:
| ● | raising capital to fund our operations and to continue as a going concern; |
| ● | establishing strategic relationships with other companies; |
| ● | providing equity incentives to our employees, officers or directors; and |
| ● | expanding our business or product lines through the acquisition of other businesses or products. |
While a Reverse Stock Split will make additional shares of Common Stock available for the Company to use in connection with the foregoing, the primary purpose of a Reverse Stock Split is to increase our stock price in order to regain and/or maintain compliance with Nasdaq Minimum Bid Price Requirement, which compliance will be a factor in determining the ratio of a Reverse Stock Split.
Effect on Employee Plans, Options, Restricted Stock Awards and Convertible or Exchangeable Securities. Pursuant to the terms of our stock option and restricted stock plans (the “Plans”), the Board or a committee thereof, as applicable, would adjust the number of shares of Common Stock available for future grant under the Plans, the number of shares of Common Stock underlying outstanding awards, the exercise price per share of outstanding stock options, and other terms of outstanding awards issued pursuant to the Plans to equitably reflect the effects of a Reverse Stock Split. Based upon a Reverse Stock Split ratio determined by the Board, proportionate adjustments are also generally required to be made to the per share exercise or conversion prices, as applicable, and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise or conversion, as applicable, of outstanding options, preferred stock and warrants, and any other convertible or exchangeable securities that may entitle the holders thereof to purchase, exchange for, or convert into, shares of Common Stock. This would result in approximately the same aggregate price being required to be paid under such options, preferred stock, warrants and other then outstanding convertible or exchangeable securities upon exercise or conversion, as applicable, and approximately the same value of shares of Common Stock being delivered upon such exercise, exchange or conversion, immediately following a Reverse Stock Split. The number of shares of Common Stock subject to restricted stock awards will be similarly adjusted, subject to our treatment of fractional shares of Common Stock. The number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to these securities and our Plans will be adjusted proportionately based upon a Reverse Stock Split ratio determined by the Board, subject to our treatment of fractional shares of Common Stock.
*Listing.*Our shares of Common Stock currently trade on the Nasdaq Capital Market. If implemented, a Reverse Stock Split will not directly affect the listing of our Common Stock on Nasdaq Capital Market, although we believe that a Reverse Stock Split could potentially increase our stock price, facilitating compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement. Following a Reverse Stock Split, our Common Stock will continue to be listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “DGLY”, although our Common Stock would have a new committee on uniform securities identification procedures, or CUSIP number, a number used to identify our Common Stock.
“Public Company” Status. Our Common Stock is currently registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, and we are subject to the “public company” periodic reporting and other requirements of the Exchange Act. If implemented, the proposed Reverse Stock Split will not affect our status as a public company or this registration under the Exchange Act. The Reverse Stock Split is not intended as, and will not have the effect of, a “going private transaction” covered by Rule 13e-3 under the Exchange Act.
Odd Lot Transactions. It is likely that some of our stockholders will own “odd-lots” of less than 100 shares of Common Stock following a Reverse Stock Split. A purchase or sale of less than 100 shares of Common Stock (an “odd lot” transaction) may result in incrementally higher trading costs through certain brokers, particularly “full service” brokers, and generally may be more difficult than a “round lot” sale. Therefore, those stockholders who own less than 100 shares of Common Stock following a Reverse Stock Split may be required to pay somewhat higher transaction costs and may experience some difficulties or delays should they then determine to sell their shares of Common Stock.
Authorized but Unissued Shares; Potential Anti-Takeover Effects. Our Articles of Incorporation presently authorizes 200,000,000 shares of Common Stock and 10,000,000 shares of blank check preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share. If implemented, a Reverse Stock Split would not change the number of authorized shares of Common Stock, although a Reverse Stock Split would decrease the number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock. Therefore, because the number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock would decrease, the number of shares of Common Stock remaining available for issuance by us in the future would increase.
Such additional shares of Common Stock would be available for issuance from time to time for corporate purposes such as issuances of Common Stock in connection with capital-raising transactions and acquisitions of companies or other assets, as well as for issuance upon conversion or exercise of securities such as convertible preferred stock, convertible debt, warrants or options convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock. We believe that the availability of the additional shares of Common Stock will provide us with the flexibility to meet business needs as they arise, to take advantage of favorable opportunities and to respond effectively in a changing corporate environment. For example, we may elect to issue shares of Common Stock to raise equity capital, to make acquisitions through the use of stock, to establish strategic relationships with other companies, to adopt additional employee benefit plans or reserve additional shares of Common Stock for issuance under such plans, where the Board determines it advisable to do so, without the necessity of soliciting further stockholder approval, subject to applicable stockholder vote requirements under Nevada law and Nasdaq rules. If we issue additional shares of Common Stock for any of these purposes, the aggregate ownership interest of our current stockholders, and the interest of each such existing stockholder, would be diluted, possibly substantially.
The additional shares of our Common Stock that would become available for issuance upon an effective Reverse Stock Split could also be used by us to oppose a hostile takeover attempt or delay or prevent a change of control or changes in or removal of our management, including any transaction that may be favored by a majority of our stockholders or in which our stockholders might otherwise receive a premium for their shares of Common Stock over then-current market prices or benefit in some other manner. Although the increased proportion of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to issued shares of Common Stock could, under certain circumstances, have an anti-takeover effect, a Reverse Stock Split is not being proposed in order to respond to a hostile takeover attempt or to an attempt to obtain control of the Company.
Fractional Shares
We will not issue fractional certificates for post-Reverse Stock Split shares of Common Stock in connection with a Reverse Stock Split. To the extent any holders of pre-Reverse Stock Split shares of Common Stock are entitled to fractional shares of Common Stock as a result of a Reverse Stock Split, the Company will issue an additional share to all holders of fractional shares of Common Stock.
No Appraisal Rights
Under Nevada law, our stockholders would not be entitled to appraisal rights in connection with the implementation of a Reverse Stock Split, and we will not independently provide our stockholders with any such rights.
Certain United States Federal Income Tax Consequences
The following is a summary of certain United States federal income tax consequences of a Reverse Stock Split. It does not address any state, local or foreign income or other tax consequences, which, depending upon the jurisdiction and the status of the stockholder/taxpayer, may vary from the United States federal income tax consequences. It applies to you only if you held pre-Reverse Stock Split shares of Common Stock as capital assets for United States federal income tax purposes. This discussion does not apply to you if you are a member of a class of our stockholders subject to special rules, such as (a) a dealer in securities or currencies, (b) a trader in securities that elects to use a mark-to-market method of accounting for your securities holdings, (c) a bank, (d) a life insurance company, (e) a tax-exempt organization, (f) a person that owns shares of Common Stock that are a hedge, or that are hedged, against interest rate risks, (g) a person who owns shares of Common Stock as part of a straddle or conversion transaction for tax purposes, or (h) a person whose functional currency for tax purposes is not the U.S. dollar. The discussion is based on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), its legislative history, existing, temporary and proposed regulations under the Internal Revenue Code, published rulings and court decisions, all as of the date hereof. These laws, regulations and other guidance are subject to change, possibly on a retroactive basis. We have not sought and will not seek an opinion of counsel or a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service regarding the United States federal income tax consequences of a Reverse Stock Split.
PLEASE CONSULT YOUR OWN TAX ADVISOR CONCERNING THE CONSEQUENCES OF A REVERSE STOCK SPLIT IN YOUR PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER TAXING JURISDICTION.
Tax Consequences to United States Holders of Common Stock. A United States holder, as used herein, is a stockholder who or that is, for United States federal income tax purposes: (a) a citizen or individual resident of the United States, (b) a domestic corporation, (c) an estate whose income is subject to United States federal income tax regardless of its source, or (d) a trust, if a United States court can exercise primary supervision over the trust’s administration and one or more United States persons are authorized to control all substantial decisions of the trust. This discussion applies only to United States holders.
Except for adjustments that may result from the treatment of fractional shares of Common Stock as described above, no gain or loss should be recognized by a stockholder upon such stockholder’s exchange of pre-Reverse Stock Split shares of Common Stock for post-Reverse Stock Split shares of Common Stock pursuant to a Reverse Stock Split, and the aggregate adjusted basis of the post-Reverse Stock Split shares of Common Stock received will be the same as the aggregate adjusted basis of the Common Stock exchanged for such new shares. The stockholder’s holding period for the post-Reverse Stock Split shares of Common Stock will include the period during which the stockholder held the pre-Reverse Stock Split shares of Common Stock surrendered.
Accounting Consequences
Following the Effective Date of a Reverse Stock Split, if any, the net income or loss and net book value per share of Common Stock will be increased because there will be fewer shares of Common Stock outstanding. We do not anticipate that any other accounting consequences would arise as a result of a Reverse Stock Split.
Exchange of Stock Certificates
As of the Effective Date, each certificate representing shares of our Common Stock outstanding before a Reverse Stock Split will be deemed, for all corporate purposes, to evidence ownership of the reduced number of shares of our Common Stock resulting from a Reverse Stock Split. All shares of Common Stock underlying options, warrants, preferred stock and other securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into Common Stock also automatically will be adjusted on the Effective Date.
Our transfer agent, Securities Transfer Corporation, will act as the exchange agent for purposes of exchanging stock certificates subsequent to the Reverse Stock Split. Shortly after the Effective Date, stockholders of record will receive written instructions requesting them to complete and return a letter of transmittal and surrender their old stock certificates for new stock certificates reflecting the adjusted number of shares as a result of a Reverse Stock Split. Certificates representing shares of Common Stock issued in connection with a Reverse Stock Split will continue to bear the same restrictive legends, if any, that were borne by the surrendered certificates representing the shares of Common Stock outstanding prior to a Reverse Stock Split. No new certificates will be issued until such stockholder has surrendered any outstanding certificates, together with the properly completed and executed letter of transmittal, to the exchange agent. Until surrendered, each certificate representing shares of Common Stock outstanding before a Reverse Stock Split would continue to be valid and would represent the adjusted number of shares of Common Stock, based on the ratio of a Reverse Stock Split.
Any stockholder whose stock certificates are lost, destroyed or stolen will be entitled to a new certificate or certificates representing post-Reverse Stock Split shares of Common Stock upon compliance with the requirements that we and our transfer agent customarily apply in connection with lost, destroyed or stolen certificates. Instructions as to lost, destroyed or stolen certificates will be included in the letter of instructions from the exchange agent.
Upon a Reverse Stock Split, if implemented, we intend to treat stockholders holding our Common Stock in “street name,” through a bank, broker or other nominee, in the same manner as registered stockholders whose shares of Common Stock are registered in their names. Banks, brokers and other nominees will be instructed to effect a Reverse Stock Split for their beneficial holders holding our Common Stock in “street name.” However, such banks, brokers and other nominees may have different procedures than registered stockholders for processing a Reverse Stock Split. If you hold your shares in “street name” with a bank, broker or other nominee, and if you have any questions in this regard, we encourage you to contact your bank, broker or nominee.
YOU SHOULD NOT DESTROY YOUR STOCK CERTIFICATES AND YOU SHOULD NOT SEND THEM NOW. YOU SHOULD SEND YOUR STOCK CERTIFICATES ONLY AFTER YOU HAVE RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE EXCHANGE AGENT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE INSTRUCTIONS.
If any certificates for shares of Common Stock are to be issued in a name other than that in which the certificates for shares of Common Stock surrendered are registered, the stockholder requesting the reissuance will be required to pay to us any transfer taxes or establish to our satisfaction that such taxes have been paid or are not payable and, in addition, (a) the transfer must comply with all applicable federal and state securities laws, and (b) the surrendered certificate must be properly endorsed and otherwise be in proper form for transfer.
Book-Entry
The Company’s registered stockholders may hold some or all of their shares of Common Stock electronically in book-entry form with our transfer agent. These stockholders do not have stock certificates evidencing their ownership of Common Stock. They are, however, provided with a statement reflecting the number of shares of Common Stock registered in their accounts.
| ● | If you hold registered shares of Common Stock in book-entry form, you do not need to take any action to receive your post-Reverse Stock Split shares of Common Stock in registered book-entry form. |
| ● | If you are entitled to post-Reverse Stock Split shares of Common Stock, a transaction statement will automatically be sent to your address of record by our transfer agent as soon as practicable after the Effective Date indicating the number of shares of Common Stock that you hold. |
Interests of Directors and Executive Officers
Our Board of Directors and executive officers have no substantial interests, directly or indirectly, in the matters set forth in this proposal except to the extent of their ownership of shares of our Common Stock and equity awards granted to them under our equity incentive plans.
Reservation of Right to Abandon a Reverse Stock Split
We reserve the right to abandon a Reverse Stock Split without further action by our stockholders at any time before the Effective Date, even if our stockholders authorize the Reverse Stock Split at the Special Meeting.By voting in favor of the Board’s right to effect a Reverse Stock Split, you are expressly authorizing the Board to determine not to proceed with, and abandon, a Reverse Stock Split if it should so decide.
Approval of Proposal No. 2 requires the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of Common Stock then represented at the meeting and entitled to vote on Proposal No. 2. Abstentions and broker non-votes by holders of Common Stock will have the same effect as votes against Proposal No. 2.
The Board unanimously recommends a vote “FOR” Proposal No. 2.
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