CLOUDASTRUCTURE INC

S-11 cloudastructure_s1.htm DRAFT REGISTRATION STATEMENT

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Under

The Securities Act of 1933

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

228 Hamilton Avenue,3rd Floor **

Palo Alto, California 94301

(650) 644-4160

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

James McCormick

Chief Executive Officer

**228 Hamilton Avenue, 3rd Floor

Palo Alto, California 94301

(650) 644-4160

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

Copies to:

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.

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 check the following box.☒

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 post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) 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.☐

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

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

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The information 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 it 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 [●] [●], 2024*

[●] Shares of Class A Common Stock

This prospectus relates to the registration of the resale of up to [●] shares of our Class A common stock (our “Class A common stock”) by our stockholders identified in this prospectus (the “Registered Stockholders”), in connection with our direct listing (the “Direct Listing”), on the Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”). Unlike an initial public offering, the resale by the Registered Stockholders is not being underwritten on a firm-commitment basis by any investment bank. The Registered Stockholders may, or may not, elect to sell their shares of Class A common stock covered by this prospectus, as and to the extent they may determine. The Registered Stockholders may offer, sell or distribute all or a portion of the shares of Class A common stock hereby registered publicly or through private transactions at prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices. If the Registered Stockholders choose to sell their shares of Class A common stock, we will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares of Class A common stock by the Registered Stockholders.

[Our board of directors [and our stockholders] have each approved on [●] [●], 2024 a [●]-for-[●] reverse stock split of all classes of our issued and outstanding capital stock (the “Reverse Stock Split”). On [●] [●], 2024, we filed an amended and restated certificate of incorporation with the State of Delaware to immediately effect the Reverse Stock Split. All share and per share information in this prospectus have been adjusted to reflect the Reverse Stock Split, unless otherwise stated.]

No public market for our Class A common stock currently exists, and our shares of Class A common stock have a limited history of trading in private transactions. Based on information available to us, the low and high sales price per share of our Class A common stock for such private transactions during the period from [●] [●], 20[●] through [●] [●], 2024 was $[●] and $[●], respectively. On July 14, 2020, we commenced an offering of units under the exemption from registration provided by Tier 2 of Regulation A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Each unit consisted of two shares of our Class A common stock and one warrant to purchase one share of Class A common stock for a period of 18 months following the date of issuance. Through August 24, 2021, the purchase price of each unit was $1.00 per unit, and the exercise price of each warrant was $0.75 per warrant share. On August 25, 2021, we updated the purchase price of each unit to $1.20 per unit, and the exercise price of each warrant to $0.90 per warrant share. On May 19, 2022, we again updated the purchase price of each unit to $2.00 per unit, and the exercise price of each warrant to $1.50 per warrant share. As of June 30, 2024, we had issued approximately 72.5 million shares of Class A common stock in our Regulation A offering, including shares issued upon exercise of our outstanding warrants, and approximately 214,428 warrants remained outstanding.

Recent purchase prices of our Class A common stock in private transactions may have little or no relation to the opening public price of our shares of Class A common stock on Nasdaq or the subsequent trading price of our shares of Class A common stock on Nasdaq. For more information, see “Sale Price History of Our Capital Stock.” Further, the listing of our Class A common stock on Nasdaq, without a firm-commitment underwritten offering, is a novel method for commencing public trading in shares of our Class A common stock and, consequently, the trading volume and price of shares of our Class A common stock may be more volatile than if shares of our Class A common stock were initially listed in connection with an initial public offering underwritten on a firm-commitment basis.

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On the day that our shares of Class A common stock are initially listed on Nasdaq, Nasdaq will begin accepting, but not executing, pre-opening buy and sell orders and will begin to continuously generate the indicative Current Reference Price (as defined below) on the basis of such accepted orders. The Current Reference Price is calculated each second and, during a 10-minute “Display Only” period, is disseminated, along with other indicative imbalance information, to market participants by Nasdaq on its NOII and BookViewer tools. Following the “Display Only” period, a “Pre-Launch” period begins, during which Maxim Group LLC (the “Advisor”), in its capacity as our financial advisorto perform the functions under Nasdaq Rule 4120(c)(8), must notify Nasdaq that our shares are “ready to trade.” Once the Advisor has notified Nasdaq that our shares of Class A common stock are ready to trade, Nasdaq will calculate the Current Reference Price for our shares of Class A common stock, in accordance with Nasdaq rules. If the Advisor then approves proceeding at the Current Reference Price, Nasdaq will conduct a price validation test in accordance with Nasdaq Rule 4120(c)(8). As part of conducting such price validation test, Nasdaq may consult with the Advisor, if the price bands need to be modified, to select the new price bands for purposes of applying such test iteratively until the validation tests yield a price within such bands. Upon completion of such price validation checks, the applicable orders that have been entered will be executed at such price and regular trading of our shares of Class A common stock on Nasdaq will commence. Under Nasdaq rules, the “Current Reference Price” means: (i) the single price at which the maximum number of orders to buy or sell can be matched; (ii) if there is more than one price at which the maximum number of orders to buy or sell can be matched, then it is the price that minimizes the imbalance between orders to buy or sell (i.e. minimizes the number of shares that would remain unmatched at such price); (iii) if more than one price exists under (ii), then it is the entered price (i.e. the specified price entered in an order by a customer to buy or sell) at which our shares of Class A common stock will remain unmatched (i.e. will not be bought or sold); and (iv) if more than one price exists under (iii), a price determined by Nasdaq in consultation with the Advisor in its capacity as our financial advisor. In the event that more than one price exists under (iii), the Advisor will exercise any consultation rights only to the extent that it can do so consistent with the anti-manipulation provisions of the federal securities laws, including Regulation M, or applicable relief granted thereunder. Neither we nor the Registered Stockholders will be involved in Nasdaq’s price-setting mechanism, including any decision to delay or proceed with trading, nor will we or they control or influence the Advisor in carrying out its role as a financial adviser. The Advisor will determine when our shares of Class A common stock are ready to trade and approve proceeding at the Current Reference Price primarily based on considerations of volume, timing and price. In particular, the Advisor will determine, based primarily on pre-opening buy and sell orders, when a reasonable amount of volume will cross on the opening trade such that sufficient price discovery has been made to open trading at the Current Reference Price. For more information, see “Plan of Distribution” beginning on page 80 of this prospectus.

We have applied to list our Class A common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol“CSAI*.*”We expect our Class A common stock to begin trading on Nasdaq on or about [●] [●], 2024.

If our Nasdaq application is not approved or we otherwise determine that we will not be able to secure the listing of our Class A common stock on Nasdaq, we will not complete this Direct Listing. This listing is a condition to the offering. No assurance can be given that our Nasdaq application will be approved and that our Class A common stock will ever be listed on Nasdaq. If our listing application is not approved by Nasdaq, we will not be able to consummate the offering and we will terminate this Direct Listing.

We are an “emerging growth company” and a “smaller reporting company” as defined under the federal securities laws and, as such, have elected to comply with certain reduced public company reporting requirements for this prospectus and may elect to do so in future filings. See “Prospectus Summary—Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company and a Smaller Reporting Company.”

Investing in our Class A common stock involves a high degree of risk. See the “Risk Factors” section beginning on page 6 of this prospectus for the risks and uncertainties you should consider before investing in our Class A common stock.

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.

Prospectus dated [●] [●], 2024

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