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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 4, 2018June 16, 2023

Registration No. 333-            


 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON,Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


MOSYS,PERASO INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

3674
77-0291941

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of


incorporation or organization)

3674

(Primary Standard

Industrial
Classification

Code Number)

77-0291941

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

Number)

2309 Bering DriveDr.

San Jose, California 95131

Tel: (408) 418-7500

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

Leonard PerhamJames Sullivan

Chief ExecutiveFinancial Officer and President

MoSys,Peraso Inc.

2309 Bering DriveDr.

San Jose, CACalifornia 95131

Tel: (408) 418‑7500418-7500

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

Copies of all communications to:

Blake Baron, Esq.

Alan B. Kalin

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw PittmanMitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP

2550 Hanover Street437 Madison Ave., 25th Floor
New York, NY 10022

Palo Alto, CA 94304Tel: (917) 546 7709

(650) 233-4048

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:

From time to timepublic: As soon as practicable after this registration statement is declared effective.

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. 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.


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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, or a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer”filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “smaller reporting“emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer

Accelerated filer

Large AcceleratedNon-accelerated filer

Accelerated filer 

Non-accelerated Filer 

(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Smaller reporting company

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 13(a)7(a)(2)(B) of the ExchangeSecurities Act.


CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

 

 

 

Title of each class of
securities to be registered

Amount
To be
Registered
(1)

Proposed maximum
offering price
per share
(2)

Proposed maximum
aggregate
offering price

Amount of
registration
fee
(3)

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, underlying common stock purchase warrants

662,500

$2.35

$1,556,875

193.83

(1)

There are being registered pursuant to this registration statement such shares of common stock and such amount of warrants to purchase shares of common stock as may be offered from time to time pursuant to the prospectus contained in the registration statement. The securities registered hereunder may be sold separately, together or as units. These contracts would be issued together with securities registered hereunder. There are also being registered hereunder an indeterminate amount or number of shares of the securities as may be issuable upon conversion or exchange of warrants or pursuant to antidilution provisions thereof.

(2)

Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h)(1) of the regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) based on the price at which the warrants may be exercised.

(3)

Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(o) of the regulations under the Securities Act of 1933.

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, as amended, 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.

 


 

The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. The selling stockholdersSelling Stockholder may not sell these securities pursuant to this prospectus until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and we are not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state or jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not solicitingpermitted.

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED JUNE 16, 2023

PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS

 

5,714,286 Shares of Common Stock Issuable upon Exercise of the Purchase Warrants

This prospectus relates to the resale of up to an aggregate of 5,714,286 shares of our common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), issuable upon the exercise of the purchase warrants (“Purchase Warrants”) by Armistice Capital Master Fund Ltd. (the “Selling Stockholder”), that were issued pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) dated May 31, 2023, between the Company and the Selling Stockholder.

We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the Common Stock covered by this prospectus by the Selling Stockholder. All net proceeds from the sale of the Common Stock covered by this prospectus will go to the Selling Stockholder. See “Use of Proceeds.”

The Selling Stockholder may sell all or a portion of the Common Stock covered by this prospectus from time to time in market transactions through any market on which our shares of Common Stock are then traded, in negotiated transactions or otherwise, and at prices and on terms that will be determined by the then prevailing market price or at negotiated prices directly or through a broker or brokers, who may act as agent or as principal or by a combination of such methods of sale. See “Plan of Distribution.”

Our Common Stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “PRSO.” On June 15, 2023, the last reported sale price of our Common Stock was $0.66.

Investing in our shares of Common Stock involves a high degree of risk. Before buying any shares of Common Stock, you should review carefully the risks and uncertainties described under the heading Risk Factorssection beginning on page 5 of this prospectus and in the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) nor any other regulatory body has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The date of this prospectus is                  , 2023.

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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUSii
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY1
RISK FACTORS5
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS9
PRIVATE OFFFERING OF PURCHASE WARRANTS10
USE OF PROCEEDS11
DIVIDEND POLICY11
DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK12
SELLING STOCKHOLDER16
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION17
LEGAL MATTERS18
EXPERTS18
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION19
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE19

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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the SEC. As permitted by the rules and regulations of the SEC, the registration statement filed by us includes additional information not contained in this prospectus. You may read the registration statement and the other reports we file with the SEC at the SEC’s website described below under the heading “Where You Can Find More Information.”

Neither we nor the Selling Stockholder have authorized anyone to provide you with information different from that contained in this prospectus, any amendment or supplement to this prospectus or any free writing prospectus prepared by us or on our behalf. Neither we nor the Selling Stockholder take any responsibility for, or can provide any assurance as to the reliability of, any information other than the information contained in this prospectus, any amendment or supplement to this prospectus or any free writing prospectus prepared by us or on our behalf. We and the Selling Stockholder are offering to sell, and seeking offers to buy, shares of our Common Stock only in jurisdictions where offers and sales are permitted. You should assume that the information appearing in this prospectus or in any free writing prospectus prepared by us is accurate only as of their respective dates or on the date or dates which are specified in such documents. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since those dates.

Neither we nor the Selling Stockholder are offering to sell or seeking offers to purchase these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED JANUARY 4, 2018

PROSPECTUS

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662,500 Shares of Common Stock

Issuable upon Exercise of Outstanding Warrants

This prospectus relates to the resale, from time to time, by the selling stockholders identified in We have not done anything that would permit this prospectus under the caption “Selling Stockholders,” of up to 662,500shares of our common stock, par value $0.001 per share, issuable upon exercise of outstanding common stock purchase warrants issued in a private placement transaction on July 6, 2017. We are not selling any shares of common stock under this prospectus and will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares of common stock by the selling stockholders. We will receive proceeds from the cash exercise of the warrants, which, if exercised in cash with respect to all of the 662,500 shares of common stock, would result in gross proceeds of approximately $1,556,875 to us before commissions and expenses. The selling stockholders will bear all commissions and discounts, if any, attributable to the resale of the shares.

The selling stockholders may sell the shares of our common stock offered by this prospectus from time to time on terms to be determined at the time of sale through ordinary brokerage transactionsoffering or through any other means described in this prospectus under the caption “Plan of Distribution.” The shares of common stock may be sold at fixed prices, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to prevailing market pricepossession or at negotiated prices.

Our common stock is listed on The NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “MOSY.” On January 3, 2017, the last reported closing sale price of our common stock on The NASDAQ Capital Market was $1.25 per share.

INVESTING IN OUR SECURITIES INVOLVES RISKS.

SEE “RISK FACTORS” ON PAGE 7.

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.

The datedistribution of this prospectus is January 4, 2018.


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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

1

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

1

PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

2

RISK FACTORS

7

USE OF PROCEEDS

7

MARKET INFORMATION FOR OUR COMMON STOCK

7

DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

8

SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

10

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

11

LEGAL MATTERS

13

EXPERTS

13

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

13

INFORMATION INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

13

 In this prospectus, “MoSys,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to MoSys, Inc. and its subsidiaries.

You should rely only on information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. We have not authorized any person to provide you with information that differs from what is contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. If any person does provide you with information that differs from what is contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, you should not rely on it. This prospectus is not an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities other than the securities to which it relates, or an offer of solicitation in any jurisdiction where offersaction for that purpose is required, other than in the United States. 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 securities as to distribution of the prospectus outside of the United States.

Unless the context otherwise requires, references to “Peraso,” “we,” “our,” “us” or salesthe “Company” in this prospectus mean Peraso Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

The following summary highlights information contained elsewhere in this prospectus and does not contain all of the information that you should consider in making your investment decision. Before investing in our securities, you should read this entire prospectus carefully, including the section entitled “Risk Factors” included elsewhere in this prospectus, and the documents incorporated by reference herein, including the sections entitled “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our financial statements and the related notes thereto, in the documents incorporated by reference herein. Some of the statements in this prospectus and in the documents incorporated by reference herein, constitute forward-looking statements. See “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”

Overview

We were formerly known as MoSys, Inc. (“MoSys”) and were incorporated in California in 1991 and reincorporated in 2000 in Delaware. On September 14, 2021, we and our subsidiaries, 2864552 Ontario Inc. and 2864555 Ontario Inc., entered into an Arrangement Agreement (the “Arrangement Agreement”) with Peraso Technologies Inc. (“Peraso Tech”), a corporation existing under the laws of the province of Ontario, to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Peraso Tech (the “Peraso Shares”), including those Peraso Shares to be issued in connection with the conversion or exchange of secured convertible debentures and common share purchase warrants of Peraso Tech, as applicable, by way of a statutory plan of arrangement (the “Arrangement”) under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario). On December 17, 2021, following the satisfaction of the closing conditions set forth in the Arrangement Agreement, the Arrangement was completed and we changed our name to “Peraso Inc.” and began trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market (the “Nasdaq”) under the symbol “PRSO.”

For accounting purposes, the legal subsidiary, Peraso Tech, was treated as the accounting acquirer and we, the legal parent, have been treated as the accounting acquiree. The transaction was accounted for as a reverse acquisition in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 805, Business Combinations (ASC 805). Accordingly, the financial condition and results of operations discussed herein are a continuation of Peraso Tech’s financial results prior to December 17, 2021 and exclude the financial results of us prior to December 17, 2021. See Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements for additional disclosure.


Our strategy and primary business objective is to be a profitable, IP-rich fabless semiconductor company offering integrated circuits, or ICs, modules and related non-recurring engineering services. We specialize in the development of mmWave semiconductors, primarily in the 60 GHz spectrum band for 802.11ad/ay compliant devices and in the 28/39 GHz spectrum bands for 5G-compliant devices. We derive our revenue from selling semiconductor devices, as well as modules based on using those mmWave semiconductor devices. We have pioneered a high-volume mmWave production test methodology using standard low cost production test equipment. It has taken us several years to refine performance of this production test methodology, and we believe this places us in a leadership position in addressing operational challenges of delivering mmWave products into high-volume markets. During 2021, we augmented our business model by selling complete mmWave modules. The primary advantage provided by a module is the silicon and the antenna are integrated into a single device. A differentiating characteristic of mmWave technology is that the RF amplifiers must be as close as possible to the antenna to minimize loss, and by providing a module, we can guarantee the performance of the amplifier/antenna interface.

We also acquired a memory product line marketed under the Accelerator Engine name. This memory product line comprises our Bandwidth Engine and Quad Partition Rate IC products, which integrate our proprietary, 1T-SRAM high-density embedded memory and a highly-efficient serial interface protocol resulting in a monolithic memory IC solution optimized for memory bandwidth and transaction access performance.

We incurred net losses of approximately $3.1 million and $6.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and $32.4 million and $10.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and had an accumulated deficit of approximately $152.7 million as of March 31, 2023. These and prior year losses have resulted in significant negative cash flows for almost a decade and have necessitated that we raise substantial amounts of additional capital during this period.

We will need to increase revenues substantially beyond levels that we have attained in the past in order to generate sustainable operating profit and sufficient cash flows to continue doing business without raising additional capital from time to time.

Recent Developments

Memory IC Product End-of-Life

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, or TSMC, is the sole foundry that manufactures the wafers used to produce our memory IC products. TSMC recently informed us that it would be discontinuing the foundry process used to produce wafers, in turn, necessary to manufacture our memory ICs. As a result, we have informed our memory IC customers that we are initiating an end-of-life, or EOL, of our memory IC products. We have notified our customers to provide purchase orders during 2023 that we expect to fulfill during 2024. We are requiring customers to pay a deposit upon purchase order placement to reserve supply and provide funding for our required inventory purchases. Under our EOL plan, we intend to complete all shipments of our memory products during 2024, and, as a result, we do not permitted. anticipate any shipments of our memory products after December 31, 2024. However, the timing of EOL shipments will be dependent on deliveries from our suppliers, as well as the delivery schedules requested by our customers.


Summary of Risk Factors

Our business and this offering are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, discussed in more detail in the following section. These risks include, among others, the following key risks:

Risks Related to this Offering

It is not possible to predict the actual number of shares we will issue under the Purchase Agreement to the Selling Stockholder, or the actual gross proceeds resulting from exercises of Purchase Warrants for cash, if any.

The issuances of Common Stock to the Selling Stockholder upon exercise of Purchase Warrants will cause dilution to our existing stockholders, and the sale of the shares of Common Stock acquired by the Selling Stockholder, or the perception that such sales may occur, could cause the price of our Common Stock to fall.

Investors who buy shares at different times will likely pay different prices and may experience different levels of dilution.

Our management team will have broad discretion over the use of the net proceeds from shares of Common Stock issued to the Selling Stockholder following its exercise of Warrants for cash, if any, and you may not agree with how we use the proceeds and the proceeds may not be invested successfully.

There may be future sales of our Common Stock, which could adversely affect the market price of our Common Stock and dilute a stockholder’s ownership of Common Stock.

Potential volatility of the price of our Common Stock could negatively affect your investment.

Provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws or Delaware law might delay or prevent a change-of-control transaction and depress the market price of our stock.

Certain of our Common Stock warrants are accounted for as a warrant liability and recorded at fair value with changes in fair value each period reported in earnings, which may have an adverse effect on the market price of our Common Stock.

If we fail to maintain compliance with the continued listing requirements of the Nasdaq Stock Market, our Common Stock may be delisted and the price of our Common Stock and our ability to access the capital markets could be negatively impacted.

Corporate Information

We were founded in 1991 and reincorporated in Delaware in 2000. Our principal corporate offices are located at 2309 Bering Drive, San Jose, California 95131. Our telephone number is (408) 418-7500. The address of our website is www.perasoinc.com. The information provided on or accessible through our website (or any other website referred to in the registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part, or the documents incorporated by reference herein) is not part of the registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part, and is not incorporated by reference as part of the registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part.


The Offering

IssuerPeraso Inc. 
Shares offered5,714,286 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Purchase Warrants.
Shares of Common Stock outstanding prior to this offering20,684,804 shares of Common Stock. 
Use of proceedsWe will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares of Common Stock by the Selling Stockholder. All net proceeds from the sale of the shares of Common Stock covered by this prospectus will go to the Selling Stockholder. See “Use of Proceeds.”
Nasdaq Capital Market symbolOur Common Stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “PRSO.”
Risk factorsInvestment in our Common Stock involves a high degree of risk and could result in a loss of your entire investment. See the section entitled “Risk Factors” of this prospectus and the section entitled “Risk Factors” in the documents incorporated by reference herein for a discussion of factors you should carefully consider before investing in our Common Stock.

Unless otherwise indicated, the number of shares of our Common Stock outstanding prior to this offering is based on 20,684,804 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of June 9, 2023, and excludes as of such date:

6,084,964 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exchange of exchangeable shares;

1,473,758 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock options;

1,152,232 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the vesting of restricted stock units;

1,458,174 shares of Common Stock available for future issuance under the Company’s 2019 Stock Incentive Plan;
100,771 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants dated October 4, 2018 at $2.40 per share;
3,675,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants dated November 30, 2022 at $1.00 per share;

3,464,286 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants at $0.01 per share; and

5,714,286 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Purchase Warrants at $0.70 per share.

Additionally, unless otherwise stated, all information in this registration statement:

reflects all currency in United States dollars.


RISK FACTORS

Investing in our securities includes a high degree of risk. Prior to making a decision about investing in our securities, you should consider carefully the specific factors discussed below, together with all of the other information contained in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference, including the risks identified under “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2023. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects could be materially and adversely affected by these risks.

Risks Related to this Offering

It is accurate onlynot possible to predict the actual number of shares we will issue under the Purchase Agreement to the Selling Stockholder, or the actual gross proceeds resulting from exercises of Purchase Warrants for cash, if any.

On May 31, 2023, we entered into the Purchase Agreement with the Selling Stockholder, pursuant to which, among other things, we issued Purchase Warrants to the Selling Stockholder to purchase up to 5,714,286 shares of our Common Stock with an initial exercise price of $0.70 per share of Common Stock, exercisable immediately commencing upon issuance (the “Initial Exercise Date”) for a period of five years from the Initial Exercise Date, subject to certain limitations and conditions set forth in the Purchase Warrants. The shares of our Common Stock that may be issued under the Purchase Warrants may be issued to the Selling Stockholder at its discretion from time to time, subject to certain limitations and conditions set forth in the Warrants.

The Selling Stockholder generally has the right to control the timing and amount of exercises of Purchase Warrants for cash, if any. Sales of our Common Stock, if any, by the Selling Stockholder will depend upon, among other things, market conditions and other factors to be determined by the Selling Stockholder. The Selling Stockholder may ultimately decide to sell all, some or none of the shares of our Common Stock that may be available for potential resale. Depending on market liquidity at the time, resales of those shares by the Selling Stockholder may cause the public trading price of our Common Stock to decrease.

Because the Selling Stockholder has the right, under certain circumstances, to exercise the Purchase Warrants on a cashless basis (and the exercise price thereunder is subject to adjustment, as discussed in more detail below), it is not possible for us to predict, as of the date of this prospectus even though this prospectus may be delivered orand prior to any such exercises, the number of shares may be sold under this prospectus on a later date.


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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

This prospectus relatesCommon Stock that we will issue to the resaleSelling Stockholder under the Purchase Agreement, the exercise price per share that the Selling Stockholder will pay for shares upon exercise of the Purchase Warrants, or the aggregate gross proceeds that we will receive from those exercises by the selling stockholders identified in this prospectusSelling Stockholder under the caption “Selling Stockholders,”Purchase Agreement, if any.

In addition, the Selling Stockholder will not be required to acquire any shares of our Common Stock if such acquisition would result in the Selling Stockholder’s beneficial ownership exceeding 4.99% of the then issued and outstanding Common Stock.

The issuances of Common Stock to the Selling Stockholder upon exercise of Purchase Warrants will cause dilution to our existing stockholders, and the sale of the shares of Common Stock acquired by the Selling Stockholder, or the perception that such sales may occur, could cause the price of our Common Stock to fall.

If and when the Selling Stockholder exercises its Purchase Warrants, after the Selling Stockholder has acquired the shares, the Selling Stockholder may resell all, some, or none of those shares at any time or from time to time in its discretion. Therefore, issuances to the Selling Stockholder upon exercise of upPurchase Warrants could result in substantial dilution to 662,500the interests of other holders of our Common Stock. Additionally, the issuance of a substantial number of shares of our comment stock, par value $0.001 per share, issuableCommon Stock to the Selling Stockholder, or the anticipation of such issuances, could make it more difficult for us to sell equity or equity-related securities in the future at a time and at a price that we might otherwise wish to effect sales.


Investors who buy shares at different times will likely pay different prices and may experience different levels of dilution.

If and when the Selling Stockholder elects to sell shares of our Common Stock upon exercise of the Purchase Warrants, the Selling Stockholder may resell all, some or none of such shares at any time or from time to time in its discretion and at different prices. As a result, investors who purchase shares from the Selling Stockholder in this offering at different times will likely pay different prices for those shares, and so may experience different levels of dilution and in some cases substantial dilution and different outcomes in their investment results. Investors may experience a decline in the value of the shares they purchase from the Selling Stockholder in this offering as a result of future sales made by us to the Selling Stockholder at prices lower than the prices such investors paid for their shares in this offering. In addition, if we sell a substantial number of shares to the Selling Stockholder under the Purchase Agreement, or if investors expect that we will do so, the actual sales of shares or the mere existence of our arrangement with the Selling Stockholder may make it more difficult for us to sell equity or equity-related securities in the future at a time and at a price that we might otherwise wish to effect such sales.

Our management team will have broad discretion over the use of the net proceeds from shares of Common Stock issued to the Selling Stockholder following its exercise of Warrants for cash, if any, and you may not agree with how we use the proceeds and the proceeds may not be invested successfully.

Our management team will have broad discretion as to the use of the net proceeds from the issuance of shares of Common Stock to the Selling Stockholder following its exercise of Purchase Warrants for cash, if any, and we could use such proceeds for purposes other than those contemplated at the time of commencement of this offering. Accordingly, you will be relying on the judgment of our management team with regard to the use of those net proceeds, and you will not have the opportunity, as part of your investment decision, to assess whether the proceeds are being used appropriately. It is possible that, pending their use, we may invest those net proceeds in a way that does not yield a favorable, or any, return for us. The failure of our management team to use such funds effectively could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, operating results and cash flows.

There may be future sales of our Common Stock, which could adversely affect the market price of our Common Stock and dilute a stockholder’s ownership of Common Stock.

The sale of our Common Stock resulting from (a) exercise of any options or vesting of restricted stock units granted to executive officers and other employees under our equity compensation plan and (b) of any warrants, and other issuances of our Common Stock could have an adverse effect on the market price of the shares of our Common Stock. Other than the restrictions set forth in the section titled “Plan of Distribution,” we are not restricted from issuing additional shares of Common Stock, including any securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive shares of Common Stock, provided that we are subject to the requirements of the Nasdaq Capital Market (which generally requires stockholder approval for any transactions which would result in the issuance of more than 20% of our then outstanding commonshares of Common Stock or voting rights representing over 20% of our then outstanding shares of stock). Sales of a substantial number of shares of our Common Stock in the public market or the perception that such sales might occur could materially adversely affect the market price of the shares of our Common Stock. Because our decision to issue securities in any future offering will depend on market conditions and other factors beyond our control, we cannot predict or estimate the amount, timing or nature of our future offerings. Accordingly, our stockholders bear the risk that our future offerings will reduce the market price of our Common Stock and dilute their stock holdings in us.

Potential volatility of the price of our Common Stock could negatively affect your investment.

We cannot assure you that there will continue to be an active trading market for our Common Stock. Historically, the stock market, as well as our Common Stock, has experienced significant price and volume fluctuations. The closing market price for our Common Stock has varied between a high of $2.57 on August 9, 2022, and a low of $0.25 on May 19, 2023, in the twelve-month period ended May 30, 2023. During this time, the price per share of Common Stock has ranged from an intra-day low of $0.20 per share to an intra-day high of $2.69 per share. Market prices of securities of technology companies can be highly volatile and frequently reach levels that bear no relationship to the operating performance of such companies. These market prices generally are not sustainable and are subject to wide variations. If our Common Stock trades to unsustainably high levels, it is likely that the market price of our Common Stock will thereafter experience a material decline. As a result of fluctuations in the price of our Common Stock, you may be unable to sell your shares at or above the price you paid for them. In addition, if we seek additional financing, including through the sale of equity or convertible securities, such sales could cause our stock price to decline and result in dilution to existing stockholders.


In addition, the stock markets in general, and the markets for semiconductor stocks in particular, have experienced significant volatility that has often been unrelated to the financial condition or results of operations of particular companies. These broad market fluctuations may adversely affect the trading price of our Common Stock and, consequently, adversely affect the price at which you could sell the shares that you purchase in this offering. In the past, following periods of volatility in the market or significant price declines, 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, financial condition, results of operations and growth prospects.

Provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws or Delaware law might delay or prevent a change-of-control transaction and depress the market price of our stock.

Various provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws might have the effect of making it more difficult for a third party to acquire, or discouraging a third party from attempting to acquire, control of our company. These provisions could limit the price that certain investors might be willing to pay in the future for shares of our Common Stock. Certain of these provisions eliminate cumulative voting in the election of directors, limit the right of stockholders to call special meetings and establish specific procedures for director nominations by stockholders and the submission of other proposals for consideration at stockholder meetings.

We are also subject to provisions of Delaware law which could delay or make more difficult a merger, tender offer or proxy contest involving our company. In particular, Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law prohibits a Delaware corporation from engaging in any business combination with any interested stockholder for a period of three years unless specific conditions are met. Any of these provisions could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control, including without limitation, discouraging a proxy contest or making more difficult the acquisition of a substantial block of our Common Stock.

Under our certificate of incorporation, our board of directors may issue up to a maximum of 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock without stockholder approval on such terms as the board might determine. The rights of the holders of Common Stock will be subject to, and might be adversely affected by, the rights of the holders of any preferred stock that might be issued in the future.

Certain of our Common Stock warrants are accounted for as a warrant liability and recorded at fair value with changes in fair value each period reported in earnings, which may have an adverse effect on the market price of our Common Stock.

In accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, we are required to evaluate our Common Stock warrants to determine whether they should be accounted for as a warrant liability or as equity. At each reporting period (1) the warrants will be reevaluated for proper accounting treatment as a liability or equity and (2) the fair value of the liability of the warrants will be re-measured. The change in the fair value of the liability will be recorded as other income (expense) in our statement of operations and comprehensive loss. This accounting treatment may adversely affect the market price of our securities, as we may incur additional expense. In addition, changes in the inputs and assumptions for the valuation model we use to determine the fair value of such liability may have a material impact on the estimated fair value of the warrant liability. As a result, our financial statements and results of operations will fluctuate quarterly, based on various factors, many of which are outside of our control, including the share price of our Common Stock. We expect that we will recognize non-cash gains or losses on our warrants or any other similar derivative instruments in each reporting period and that the warrants, issuedamount of such gains or losses could be material. We expect that the Purchase Warrants will be accounted for as a liability rather than equity. The impact of changes in fair value on earnings may have an adverse effect on the market price of our Common Stock.


If we fail to maintain compliance with the continued listing requirements of the Nasdaq Stock Market, our Common Stock may be delisted and the price of our Common Stock and our ability to access the capital markets could be negatively impacted.

Our Common Stock may lose value and our Common Stock could be delisted from Nasdaq due to several factors or a private placement transactioncombination of such factors. While our Common Stock currently trades on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol “PRSO,” there can be no assurance that we will be able to maintain such listing. This market has continued listing standards that we must comply with in order to maintain the listing of our Common Stock. The continued listing standards include, among others, a minimum bid price requirement of $1.00 per share. If our Common Stock trades below the $1.00 minimum closing bid price requirement for 30 consecutive business days or if we do not meet other listing requirements, we may be notified by Nasdaq of non-compliance. On February 1, 2023, we received a notice from Nasdaq, indicating that, based upon the closing bid price of our Common Stock for the previous 30 business days, we no longer meet the requirement to maintain a minimum bid price of $1 per share, as set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) (the “Notice”).

In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), we have been provided a period of 180 calendar days, or until July 6, 2017. On January 6, 2018,  662,50031, 2023, in which to regain compliance. In order to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement, the closing bid price of our Common Stock must be at least $1 per share for a minimum of ten consecutive business days during this 180-day period. In the event that we do not regain compliance within this 180-day period, we may be eligible to seek an additional compliance period of 180 calendar days if we 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 bid price requirement, and provide written notice to Nasdaq of our intent to cure the deficiency during this second compliance period, by effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary. However, if it appears to the Nasdaq Staff that we will not be able to cure the deficiency, or if we are otherwise not eligible, Nasdaq will provide notice to us that our common stock will become exercisable bybe subject to delisting.

The above mentioned notice does not result in the selling stockholders.immediate delisting of our Common Stock from the Nasdaq Capital Market. We are not selling any sharesintend to monitor the closing bid price of common stock underour Common Stock and consider our available options in the event that the closing bid price of our Common Stock remains below $1 per share. There can be no assurance that we will be able to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement or maintain compliance with the other listing requirements. As of the date of this prospectus, and willwe have not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares of common stock by the selling stockholders.

This prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form S‑1regained compliance. There can be no assurance that we filed withwould pursue a reverse stock split or be able to obtain the Securities and Exchange Commission,approvals necessary to effect a reverse stock split. In addition, there can be no assurance that, following any reverse stock split, the per share trading price of our Common Stock would remain above $1.00 per share or SEC. It omits some of the information containedthat we would be able to continue to meet other listing requirements. If we were to be delisted, we would expect our Common Stock to be traded in the registration statement and reference is made toover-the-counter market which could adversely affect the registration statement, as well as other documentsliquidity of our Common Stock. Additionally, we have filed with the SEC that have been incorporated by reference, for further information with regard to us and the securities being offered by the selling stockholders. Any statement contained in the prospectus concerning the provisions of any document filed as an exhibit to the registration statement or otherwise filed with the SEC is not necessarily complete, and in each instance, reference is made to the copy of the document filed.could face significant material adverse consequences, including:

You should read this prospectus, any documents that we incorporate by reference in this prospectus and the registration statement, and the additional information described below under “Where You Can Find Additional Information” and “Information Incorporated by Reference” before making an investment decision.

a limited availability of market quotations for our Common Stock;

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

a reduced amount of analyst coverage

a decreased ability to issue additional securities or obtain additional financing in the future;

reduced liquidity for our stockholders;

potential loss of confidence by customers, collaboration partners and employees; and

loss of institutional investor interest.


CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

Some of the statements in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference constitute forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause our or our industry’s actual results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These factors include, among others, those incorporated by reference under “Risk Factors” below.

In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by termsterminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” or “continue” or similar terms.

Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements. Our actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including the risk factors incorporated by reference under the headingsection titled “Risk Factors” below and a variety of other factors, including, without limitation, statements about our future business operations and results, the market for our technology, our strategy and competition.

Moreover, neither we nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of these statements. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any of the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events discussed or incorporated by reference in this prospectus may not occur.

 

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

PRIVATE OFFERING OF PURCHASE WARRANTS

The following summary highlights information contained elsewhere or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. This summary does not contain all of the information you should consider before investing in the securities. Before making an investment decision, you should read the entire prospectus carefully, including the matters discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” in this prospectus.

Our Company

We are a fabless semiconductor company focused on the development and sale of integrated circuits, or ICs, for the high-speed networking, communications, storage and data center markets. Our solutions deliver time-to-market, performance, power, area and economic benefits for system original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs. Our principal product line and source of substantially all of our revenue is the Bandwidth Engine® product family. Bandwidth Engine ICs combine our proprietary 1T-SRAM® high-density embedded memory, integrated macro functions and high-speed serial interface, or SerDes, I/O, with our intelligent access technology and a highly efficient interface protocol. Historically, our primary business was the design, development, marketing, sale and support of differentiated intellectual property, or IP, including embedded memory and high-speed parallel and SerDes I/O used in advanced systems-on-chips, or SoCs.

Our future success and ability to achieve and maintain profitability are dependent on the marketing and sales of our Bandwidth Engine IC products into networking, communications and other markets requiring high-bandwidth memory access.

We incurred a net loss of $10.1 million for the nine month period ended September 30, 2017 and had an accumulated deficit of $224.2 million as of September 30, 2017. In addition, we incurred net losses of approximately $32.0 million and $31.5 million for the years ended DecemberOn May 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. These and prior year losses have resulted in significant negative cash flows for almost a decade and have required us to raise substantial amounts of additional capital during this period. To date, we have primarily financed our operations through multiple offerings of common stock to investors and affiliates, as well as asset sale transactions.

In March 2016,2023, we entered into a 10% Senior Secured Convertible Notethe Purchase Agreement with the purchasers of $8.0 million principal amount of 10% Senior Secured Convertible Notes due August 15, 2018 (the "Notes"), at par, in a private placement transaction. The Notes bear interest at the annual rate of 10%. Accrued interest is payable semi-annually in cash or in-kind through the issuance of identical new Notes, or with a combination of the two, at our option. Since issuance of the Notes, we have made the interest payments in-kind through the issuance of additional notes totaling approximately $1.2 million. Further, the Notes restrict our ability to incur any indebtedness for borrowed money, unless such indebtedness by its terms is expressly subordinated to the Notes in right of payment and to the security interest of the Note holder(s) in respect to the priority and enforcement of any security interest in our property securing such new debt; provided that the Note holder(s) security interest and cash payment rights under the Notes shall be subordinate to a maximum of $5 million of indebtedness for a secured accounts receivable line of credit facility under certain conditions.

We expect to continue to incur operating losses for the foreseeable future as we secure customers for and continue to invest in the commercialization of our Bandwidth Engine IC products. We will need to increase revenues substantially beyond levels that we have attained in the past in order to generate sustainable operating profit and sufficient cash flows to continue doing business without raising additional capital from time to time. As a result of our expected operating losses and cash burn for the foreseeable future, recurring losses from operations, and the need to repay the Notes and accrued interest in 2018, if we are unable to raise sufficient capital through additional debt or equity arrangements, there will be uncertainty regarding our ability to maintain liquidity sufficient to operate our business effectively, which raises substantial doubt as to our ability to continue as a going concern. There can be no assurance that such additional capital, whether in the form of debt or equity financing, will be sufficient or available and, if available, that such capital will be offered on terms and conditions acceptable to us. We are primarily focusing our resources on producing and selling our existing products, and have substantially curtailed new product development. If we are unsuccessful in these efforts, we will need to implement additional cost reduction strategies, which could further affect our near- and long-term business plan. These efforts may include, but are not limited to, further reducing headcount and curtailing business activities.

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The address and phone number of our principal executive offices are MoSys, Inc., 2309 Bering Drive, San Jose, CA 95131, (408) 418‑7500.

Our Strategy

Our primary business objective is to be an IP-rich fabless semiconductor company offering ICs that deliver unparalleled bandwidth performance for next generation data center, networking and communications systems.

Our Business

Bandwidth Engine

The Bandwidth Engine is a memory-dominated IC that has been designed to be a high-performance companion IC to packet processors. While the Bandwidth Engine primarily functions as a memory device with a high-performance and high-efficiency interface, it also can accelerate certain processing operations by serving as a co-processor element. Our Bandwidth Engine ICs combine: (1) our proprietary high-density, high-speed, low latency embedded memory, (2) our SerDes, (3) an open-standard interface protocol and (4) intelligent access technology. We believe an IC combining our 1T-SRAM memory and serial I/O with logic and other intelligence functions provides a system-level solution and significantly improves overall system performance at lower cost, size and power consumption. Our Bandwidth Engine ICs can provide up to and over 4.5 billion memory accesses per second, which is more than twice the performance of current memory-based solutions. They also can enable system designers to significantly narrow the gap between processor and memory IC performance. Customers that design Bandwidth Engine ICs onto the line cards in their networking systems will re-architect their systems at the line-card level and use our product to replace traditional memory solutions. When compared with existing commercially available solutions, our Bandwidth Engine ICs may:

·

provide up to four times the performance;

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reduce power by approximately 50%;

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reduce cost by greater than 50%; and

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result in a dramatic reduction in IC pin counts on the line card.

Our first generation Bandwidth Engine IC, or BE1, products contain 576 megabytes, or MB, of memory and use a serial I/O with up to 16 lanes operating at up to 10.3 Gbps per lane. Variations of the BE1 can have up to two interface ports, with up to eight serial receiver and eight serial transmitter lanes per port for a total of 16 lanes of 10.3 Gbps SerDes interface. These ICs include an arithmetic logic unit, which can perform read-modify-write operations. We have been shipping our BE1 products since 2012. We have notified customers, however, that we intend to discontinue our BE1 products. We expect to complete final shipments of our BE1 products by the end of 2018.

Our second generation Bandwidth Engine IC, BE2, products contain 576 MB of memory and use serial I/O with up to 16 lanes operating at up to 15 Gbps per lane. In addition to a speed improvement of up to 50%, the architecture enables several family member parts with added specialized features. To date, we have announced three unique devices in this product family:

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MSR620 with burst features optimized for oversubscription buffer applications;

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MSR720 with a write cache and memory coherency capability that allows for deterministic look-ups optimized for state and queue type applications; and

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MSR820 with increased intelligence for lookup, metering and statistics applications by adding dual counters, atomic and extensive metering functions.

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We have been shipping our BE2 products since 2013. These products represented the majority of our revenues in 2016. We expect our BE2 products to represent the majority of our revenues for the foreseeable future.

Our third generation Bandwidth Engine IC, or BE3, products contain 1152 MB of memory and use serial I/O with up to 16 lanes operating at up to 30 Gbps per lane. BE3 targets support for packet-processing applications with up to five billion memory single word accesses per second, as well as burst mode to enable full duplex buffering up to 400Gbps for ingress, egress and oversubscription applications. To date, we have announced three unique devices in this product family:

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MSR630 enables high rate lookup or high-performance buffer capabilities; and

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MSR830 offers additional offload capabilities for functions such as statistics and metering to increase performance and add features for next-generation networking and communications equipment; and

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MSRZ30 builds upon the capabilities and performance of the MSR830, with data rates, interface protocol and data structures that are optimized for the EZchip NPS‑400 network processing unit, or NPU, and can increase memory bandwidth by up to 50%.

We commenced sampling of our BE3 products in 2016, and expect to qualify these products for mass production in the first half of 2018. We do not have a current estimate of the timing for significant revenues from our BE3 products.

IP Licensing and Distribution

Historically, we offered our memory and I/O technologies on a worldwide basis to semiconductor companies, electronic product manufacturers, foundries, intellectual property companies and design companies through product development, technology licensing and joint marketing relationships. We licensed our IP technology to semiconductor companies who incorporated our technology into ICs that they sold to their customers. As a result of the change in our corporate strategy, since early 2012, our IP licensing activities have been limited, and we expect this to continue. However, for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and the year ended December 31, 2016, approximately 15% and 24%, respectively, of our total revenues were generated from licensing and royalties related to our existing licensing arrangements, as we continued to perform and deliver under outstanding license agreements and collect royalties from 1T- SRAM licensees. To date, we have completed our performance obligations under our existing licensing agreements, and we expect licensing and royalty revenues to be minimal in future years.

Description of the Private Placement of Warrants

On  June 30, 2017, we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), with participating investors, who are the selling stockholders identified in this prospectus under the caption “Selling Stockholders,”Selling Stockholder pursuant to which we soldagreed to offer and issued,sell to the Selling Stockholder, in a registered direct offering, an aggregate of 1,325,0002,250,000 shares (the “Shares”) of our common stockCommon Stock at an offeringa negotiated purchase price of $1.70$0.70 per share (the “Shares”) on July 6, 2017. In addition, pursuantShare. We also offered and sold to the Purchase Agreement, we agreed to sell and issue a warrant to purchase one half of a share of the Common Stock for each share purchased for cash in the offering pursuant to Common Stock Purchase Warrants, or theSelling Stockholder pre-funded warrants to purchase 662,500up to 3,464,286 shares of our common stock.

Common Stock (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”), in lieu of shares of Common Stock at the Selling Stockholder’s election. Each Pre-Funded Warrant is exercisable for one share of Common Stock. The warrants have anpurchase price of each Pre-Funded Warrant was $0.69, and the exercise price of $2.35each Pre-Funded Warrant is $0.01 per share of our common stock,share. The Pre-Funded Warrants are immediately exercisable and may be exercised from time to time beginning January 6, 2018 (the “Initial Exercise Date”), and at any time thereafter up tountil all of the date that is five years fromPre-Funded Warrants are exercised in full.

The Shares, the date when first exercisable, at which time any unexercised warrants will expirePre-Funded Warrants and cease to be exercisable. The warrants will be exercisable, at the option of each holder, in whole or in part by delivering to us a duly executed exercise notice and by payment in full in immediately available funds for the number of shares of common stock purchased upon such exercise. If a registration statement registering the issuance of the shares of common stock underlying the warrants under the Securities Act is not then effective or available, the holder may exercise the warrant through a cashless exercise, in whole or in part, in which case the holder would receive upon such exercise the net number of shares of common stock determined according to the formula set forth in the warrant. No fractional shares of common stock will be issued in connection with the exercise of a warrant. In lieu of fractional shares, we will either pay the holder an amount in cash equal to the fractional amount multiplied by the exercise price or round up to the next whole share.

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A holder will not have the right to exercise any portion of the warrant if the holder (together with its affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% (or on election of the holder, 9.99%) of the number of shares of our stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the exercise, as such percentage ownership is determined in accordance with the terms of the warrants. However, any holder may increase or decrease such percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 9.99% upon notice to us, provided that any increase in such percentage shall not be effective until 61 days after such notice to us.

The initial exercise price per share of common stock purchasable upon exercise of the warrants is $2.35 per share of common stock. The exercise price is subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of certain stock dividends and distributions, stock splits, stock combinations, reclassifications or similar events affecting our common stock.

In the event of a fundamental transaction, as described in the warrants, which generally includes any reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification of our common stock, the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of our properties or assets, our consolidation or merger with or into another person, the holders of the warrants will be entitled to receive upon exercise of the warrants the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property that the holders would have received had they exercised the warrants immediately prior to such fundamental transaction.

We filed the registration statement on Form S‑1, of which this prospectus is a part, to fulfill our obligation under the Purchase Agreement to provide for the resale by these investors of up to 662,500 shares of common stockCommon Stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants. We agreedPre-Funded Warrants (the “Pre-Funded Warrant Shares”) were offered by us pursuant to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause suchan effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-258386), which was declared effective by the SEC on August 9, 2021, and a corresponding prospectus supplement, dated May 31, 2023.

In a concurrent private placement, we sold to become effective 181 days following the dateSelling Stockholder warrants (the “Purchase Warrants” and together with the Pre-Funded Warrants, the “Warrants”) to purchase up to 5,714,286 shares of Common Stock (the “Purchase Warrant Shares” and together with the Pre-Funded Warrant Shares, the “Warrant Shares”). The Purchase Warrants are exercisable immediately upon issuance (the “Initial Exercise Date”) at an exercise price of the warrants  (July 6, 2017)$0.70 per share and to keep such registration statement effective at all times until (a) the warrant shares are sold under such registration statement or pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, (b) the warrant shares may be sold without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, and (c)expire on the five-year anniversary of the Initial Exercise Date, whichever is the earliest to occur.Date.

The OfferingPurchase Warrants are exercisable on a “cashless” basis if at any time they are exercised there is not an effective registration statement for the resale of the Purchase Warrant Shares in place, or there is not a current resale prospectus then available.

Shares of common stock offered by the selling stockholders:

662,500 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the outstanding common stock purchase warrants.

Shares of common stock outstanding before this offering:

8,067,635

Shares of common stock outstanding after completion of this offering, assuming full exercise of the common stock purchase warrants:

8,730,135

Terms of the Offering:

The selling stockholders, including their transferees, donees, pledgees, assignees and successors-in-interest, may sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of the shares of common stock offered by this prospectus from time to time on The NASDAQ Capital Market or any other stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the shares are traded or in private transactions. The shares of common stock may be sold at fixed prices, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to prevailing market price or at negotiated prices.

The exercise price and number of Warrant Shares are subject to adjustment in the event of any stock dividend or split, reverse stock split, recapitalization, reorganization or similar transaction, as described in the Warrants.

The Purchase Agreement contained customary representations and warranties and agreements of the Company and the Selling Stockholder and customary indemnification rights and obligations of the parties. The closing of the offering occurred on June 2, 2023 (the “Closing Date”), once the customary closing conditions were met. We received gross proceeds of approximately $4.0 million in connection with the offering, before deducting placement agent fees and related offering expenses.

From the date of the Purchase Agreement until six months after the Closing Date, the Selling Stockholder has a right to participate in subsequent financings by us up to an amount equal to 30% of the total amount of such financing by giving notice of the exercise of such right on the third trading day after which the Selling Stockholder receives notice of the proposed financing.

From the date of the Purchase Agreement until 90 days after the Closing Date, the provisions of the Purchase Agreement generally prohibit us from issuing or agreeing to issue shares of Common Stock or Common Stock equivalents other than under equity compensation plans, outstanding rights to acquire Common Stock or Common Stock equivalents, or in connection with certain strategic transactions.

Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, we are also prohibited from (i) entering into an “ATM” offering, that is an offering of Common Stock into the existing trading market for our Common Stock at a price or prices related to the then-market price of the Common Stock, within six months after the date of the Purchase Agreement and (ii) issuing or agreeing to issue shares of Common Stock or Common Stock equivalents that are variable until the earlier of 12 months after the date of the Purchase Agreement or the date the Purchaser no longer holds any Warrants.

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Use of Proceeds:

All proceeds from the sale of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the outstanding common stock purchase warrants will be for the account of the selling stockholders. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of common stock offered pursuant to this prospectus. However, we will receive proceeds upon any cash exercise of the common stock purchase warrants. See the section titled “Use of Proceeds” in this prospectus.

NASDAQ Capital Market symbol:

MOSY

Trading:

Our shares of common stock currently trade on The NASDAQ Capital Market. There is no established trading market for the common stock purchase warrants and we do not intend to list the common stock purchase warrants on any exchange or other trading system.

Risk Factors:

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk and purchasers of our securities may lose their entire investment. See “Risk Factors” below and the other information included elsewhere in this prospectus for a discussion of factors you should carefully consider before deciding to invest in our securities.

 

The Purchase Warrants and the Purchase Warrant Shares were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), instead were offered pursuant to the exemption provided in Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act and Regulation D promulgated thereunder, or in the event of an issuance of Warrant Shares on a cashless basis, pursuant to the exemption provided in Section 3(a)(9) under the Securities Act.

In connection with the Purchase Agreement, we entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with the Selling Stockholder. Under the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company was required to file a registration statement within 15 calendar days after signing the Registration Rights Agreement to register the Purchase Warrant Shares for resale by the Selling Stockholder. The Company’s failure to meet the filing deadlines and other requirements set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement may subject the Company to monetary penalties.

The Benchmark Company, LLC acted as the sole placement agent (the “Placement Agent”) on a “best efforts” and exclusive basis, in connection with the offering. The Placement Agent was entitled to a cash fee of 7.0% of the gross proceeds paid to the Company for the Shares and the Pre-Funded Warrants and reimbursement of certain out-of-pocket expenses. Further, we agreed to issue to Benchmark five-year warrants to purchase up to 285,714 shares of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.70 per share, which are immediately exercisable (the “Placement Agent Warrants”), provided that the number of shares underlying the Placement Agent Warrants represents 5.0% of the aggregate number of shares of our common stock shown aboveCommon Stock and shares underlying the Pre-Funded Warrants sold. The Placement Agent Warrant will also be exercisable on a cashless basis.

The foregoing summaries of the Pre-Funded Warrants, the Purchase Warrants, the Placement Agent Warrants, the Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement do not purport to be outstanding immediately beforecomplete and after this offering is basedare qualified in their entirety by reference to the definitive transaction documents. Copies of the form of Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the form of Pre-Funded Warrant, the form of Purchase Warrant and the form of Placement Agent Warrant were attached as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2, 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3, respectively, to our Current Report on 8,067,635 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2017, and excludes, as of such date:

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1,021,102 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the 10% Subordinate Senior Secured Convertible Notes due August 15, 2018;

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72,759 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding exercisable stock options with a weighted average exercise price of approximately $10.55 per share;

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234,685 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding stock options that are not exercisable;

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376,490 shares of common stock issuable upon vesting of restricted stock units;

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231,185 shares of common stock available for future issuance under our equity incentive plans;

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146,712 shares of common stock available for sale under our employee stock purchase plan; and

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662,500 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.

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RISK FACTORS

An investment in our common stock is risky. Prior to making a decision about investing in our common stock, you should carefully consider the specific risks discussed in our other filingsForm 8-K filed with the SEC on June 2, 2023 which areis incorporated by reference in this prospectus, together with all of the other information contained in this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement, or otherwise incorporated by reference in this prospectus. The risks and uncertainties described in our SEC filings are not the only ones facing us. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us, or that we currently see as immaterial, may also harm our business. If any of the risks or uncertainties described in the applicable prospectus supplement or our SEC filings or any such additional risks and uncertainties actually occur, our business, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition could be materially and adversely affected. In that case, the trading price of our common stock could decline, and you might lose part or all of your investment.herein.

USE OF PROCEEDS

All shares of our common stock offered by this prospectus are being registered for the account of the selling stockholders.

We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of these shares. We will receivethe shares of Common Stock by the Selling Stockholder. All net proceeds from the cash exercisesale of the warrants which, if exercised in cash with respect to all of the 662,500 shares of common stock, would result in gross proceedsCommon Stock covered by this prospectus will go to the Selling Stockholder. We expect that the Selling Stockholder will sell their shares of $1,556,875 to us before commissions and expenses. We intend to use the net proceeds, if any, received from the exerciseCommon Stock as described under “Plan of the warrants for working capital and other general corporate purposes.

MARKET INFORMATION FOR OUR COMMON STOCK

The following table sets forth the high and low reported closing sale prices on the NASDAQ Capital Market for the periods indicated:Distribution.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

High 

    

Low 

2017 (THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2017)

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Quarter (January 1 – March 31, 2017)

 

$

4.32 

 

$

2.00 

Second Quarter (April 1 – June 30, 2017)

 

$

2.70 

 

$

0.64 

Third Quarter (July 1 – September 30, 2017)

 

$

1.81 

 

$

0.89 

Fourth Quarter (October 1 – December 31, 2017)

 

$

1.45 

 

$

0.64 

 

Dividend PolicyDIVIDEND POLICY

We

To date, we have never declared or paid anyno cash dividends on our common stockshares of Common Stock and we do not currently anticipate declaring or payingexpect to pay cash dividends on our common stockCommon Stock in the foreseeable future. We currently intend to retain all of our future earnings, if any, to finance operations.provide funds for operations of our business. Therefore, any potential return investors may have in our Common Stock will be in the form of appreciation, if any, in the market value of their shares of Common Stock. We are not subject to any legal restrictions respecting the payment of dividends, except that we may not pay dividends if the payment would render us insolvent. Any future determination relatingas to the payment of cash dividends on our dividend policyCommon Stock will be made at the discretion of our boardBoard of directorsDirectors.


DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

Capital Stock

The following description of our capital stock is summarized from, and will depend onqualified in its entirety by reference to, our certificate of incorporation, as amended, including the certificates of designation, as amended, setting forth the terms of our preferred stock. This summary is not intended to give full effect to provisions of statutory or common law. We urge you to review the following documents because they, and not this summary, define the rights of a numberholder of factors, including future earnings, capital requirements, financial conditions, future prospects, contractual restrictionsshares of common stock and other factors that our board of directors may deem relevant.preferred stock:

Holders of Record

the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or the “DGCL”, as it may be amended from time to time;

our certificate of incorporation, as it may be amended or restated from time to time; and

our bylaws, as they may be amended or restated from time to time.

General

As of December 31, 2017,the date of this prospectus, our authorized capital stock currently consists of 140,000,000 shares, which are divided into two classes consisting of 120,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, and 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share.

As of June 9, 2023, there were approximately 16 holders20,684,804 shares of Common Stock outstanding and 1 share of Series A special voting preferred stock outstanding. As of June 9, 2023, there were outstanding 6,084,964 exchangeable shares exchangeable for 6,084,964 shares of Common Stock, 1,473,758 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock options, 1,152,232 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the vesting of outstanding restricted stock units, 1,458,174 shares of Common Stock available for future issuance under the Amended and Restated 2019 Stock Incentive Plan, warrants to purchase up to 100,771 shares of Common Stock with an exercise price of $2.40 per share, warrants to purchase up to 3,675,000 shares of Common Stock with an exercise price of $1.00 per share, Pre-Funded Warrants to purchase up to 3,464,286 shares of Common Stock with an exercise price of $0.01 per share and Purchase Warrants to purchase up to 5,714,286 shares of Common Stock with an exercise price of $0.70 per share.

Common Stock

At June 5, 2023, there were 20,684,804 shares of Common Stock outstanding and held of record of our common stock.by 68 stockholders. The actual number of stockholders is significantly greater than this number of stockholders of record stockholders and includes stockholders who are beneficial owners but whose shares are held in street name by brokers and other nominees. This number of stockholders of record also does not include stockholders whose shares may be held in trust by other entities.

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DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

General

The following description of our capital stock and provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws is a summary only and not a complete description.

Our authorized capital stock consists of 120,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share

Common Stock

As of December 31, 2017,  8,067,635 shares of our common stock were outstanding and held of record by 16 stockholders. Each holder of our common stockCommon Stock is entitled to—to:

·

one vote per share on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders;

·

dividends as may be declared by our board of directors out of funds legally available for that purpose, subject to the rights of any preferred stock that may be outstanding; and

·

his, her or its pro rata share in any distribution of our assets after payment or providing for the payment of liabilities and the liquidation preference of any outstanding preferred stock in the event of liquidation.

Holders of common stockCommon Stock have no cumulative voting rights, redemption rights or preemptive rights to purchase or subscribe for any shares of our common stockCommon Stock or other securities. All of the outstanding shares of common stockCommon Stock are fully paid and nonassessable. The rights, preferences and privileges of holders of our common stockCommon Stock are subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of the holders of shares of any series of preferred stock that we may designate and issue in the future.


Preferred Stock

We have designated 120,000 shares of our preferred stock as Series AA preferred stock for issuance pursuant to the exercise of rights under our rights plan, none of which are outstanding. For more information on the rights plan, see the discussion below. We have no current intention to issue any other shares of preferred stock.

Our board of directors has the authority, subject to any limitations prescribed by Delaware law, to issue shares of preferred stock in one or more series and to fix and determine the relative rights and preferences of the shares constituting any series to be established, without any further vote or action by the stockholders. Any shares of our preferred stock so issued may have priority over our common stockCommon Stock with respect to dividend, liquidation and other rights.

Our board of directors may authorize the issuance of our preferred stock with voting or conversion rights that could adversely affect the voting power or other rights of the holders of our common stock.Common Stock. Although the issuance of our preferred stock could provide us with flexibility in connection with possible acquisitions and other corporate purposes, under some circumstances, it could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change of control.

Series A Special Voting Preferred Stock and Exchangeable Shares

We were formerly known as MoSys, Inc. (“MoSys”). On September 14, 2021, we and our subsidiaries, 2864552 Ontario Inc. and 2864555 Ontario Inc., entered into the Arrangement Agreement (the “Arrangement Agreement”) with Peraso Technologies Inc. (“Peraso Tech”), a privately-held corporation existing under the laws of the province of Ontario, to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Peraso Tech (” Peraso Shares”), including those Peraso Shares to be issued in connection with the conversion or exchange of secured convertible debentures and common share purchase warrants of Peraso Tech, as applicable, by way of a statutory plan of arrangement (the “Arrangement”), under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario).

Pursuant to the completion of the Arrangement, each Peraso Share that was issued and outstanding immediately prior to December 17, 2021 was converted into the right to receive newly issued shares of Common Stock of the Company or shares of 2864555 Ontario Inc., which are exchangeable for shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the “Exchangeable Shares”) at the election of each former Peraso Tech stockholder.

In connection with the Arrangement Agreement, on December 15, 2021, the Company filed the Certificate of Designation of Series A Special Voting Preferred Stock (the “Series A Certificate of Designation”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to designate Series A Special Voting Preferred Stock (the “Special Voting Share”) in accordance with the terms of the Arrangement Agreement in order to enable the holders of Exchangeable Shares to exercise their voting rights.

Each Exchangeable Share is exchangeable for one share of Common Stock of the Company and while outstanding, the Special Voting Share enables holders of Exchangeable Shares to cast votes on matters for which holders of the Common Stock are entitled to vote, and by virtue of the share terms relating to the Exchangeable Shares, to receive dividends that are economically equivalent to any dividends declared with respect to the shares of Common Stock.

A more detailed description of the Exchangeable Shares and the preferences, rights and limitations of the Special Voting Share is set forth in the Definitive Proxy Statement we filed with the SEC on October 18, 2021. The foregoing description of the Series A Certificate of Designation does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text thereof, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 20, 2021.


Antitakeover Effects of Provisions of Our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws and of Delaware Law.Law

Certain provisions of our charter documents and Delaware law could have an anti-takeover effect and could delay, discourage or prevent a tender offer or takeover attempt that a stockholder might consider to be in its best interests, including attempts that might otherwise result in a premium being paid over the market price of our common stock.Common Stock.

Certificate of Incorporation and

Bylaws. Our certificate of incorporation provides that stockholders can take action only at a duly called annual or special meeting of the stockholders and not by written consent. At the same time, our bylaws

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provide that special meetings of stockholders may be called only by our chairman of the board, our chief executive officer, a majority of the total number of authorized directors or any individual holder of 25% of the outstanding shares of common stock.Common Stock. These provisions could delay consideration of a stockholder proposal until the next annual meeting. Our bylaws provide for an advance notice procedure for the nomination, other than by or at the direction of our board of directors, of candidates for election as directors, as well as for other stockholder proposals to be considered at annual meetings of stockholders. In addition, under our bylaws newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors or any vacancies in the board resulting from death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office or other cause during a director’s term in office can be filled by the vote of the remaining directors in office, and the board is expressly authorized to amend the bylaws without stockholder consent. These provisions may preclude a third party from removing incumbent directors and can control of our board of directors. Accordingly, these provisions could discourage a third party from initiating a proxy contest, making a tender offer or otherwise attempting to gain control of our company.

Delaware TakeoverAnti-Takeover Statute. Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or DGCL, generally prohibits a publicly-held Delaware corporation from engaging in an acquisition, asset sale or other transaction resulting in a financial benefit to any person who, together with affiliates and associates, owns, or within three years did own, 15.0% or more of a corporation’s voting stock. The prohibition continues for a period of three years after the date of the transaction in which the person becomes an owner of 15.0% or more of the corporation’s voting stock, unless the business combination is approved in a prescribed manner. The statute could prohibit, delay, defer or prevent a change in control with respect to our company.

Antitakeover Effects

Indemnification

The following summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of Our Rights Plan

On November 10, 2010, we executed a rights agreement in connection with the declaration by our board of directors of a dividend of one preferred stock purchase right to be paid on November 10, 2010,any statutes referred to as the "record date," for each share of our common stock issuedbelow and outstanding at the close of business on the record date. Each right entitles the registered holder to purchase one one-thousandth of a share of our Series AA Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share, at a price of $48.00 per one one-thousandth of a share of such Series AA Preferred Stock, subject to adjustment, including as a result of our one-for-ten reverse stock split in February 2017 (which adjustment is not reflected here). Generally, the rights will not be exercisable until a third party acquires 15% of our common stock or commences or announces its intent to commence a tender offer for at least 15% of our common stock, other than holders of "grandfathered stock" as defined in the rights agreement.

Under the rights agreement, the firm of Ingalls & Snyder, or I&S, and its managed account beneficial owners collectively will not trigger the rights as long as none of their shares are held for the purpose of acquiring control or effecting change or influence in control of us. This exclusion applies only to shares of common stock for which there is only shared dispositive power and I&S has only non-discretionary voting power.

The rights agreement could delay, deter or prevent an investor from acquiring us in a transaction that could otherwise result in our stockholders receiving a premium over the market price for their shares of common stock.  The above discussion of the rights agreement is not complete, and we urge you to read the entire rights agreement and our certificate of incorporation, as amended, and our bylaws.

Section 145 of the DGCL provides that a corporation has the power to seeindemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or a person serving at the request of the corporation for another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise in related capacities against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with an action, suit or proceeding to which he was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, ending or completed action, suit or proceeding by reason of such position, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, in any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful, except that, in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification shall be made with respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or other adjudicating court determines that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all of the termscircumstances of the case, such person is fairly and conditionsreasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.


Our certificate of incorporation states that, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as it may be amended, none of our directors shall be personally liable to us or to our stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. The certificate of incorporation also states that we shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the DGCL, indemnify and hold harmless all of our directors. To the extent permitted by applicable law, we are also authorized to provide indemnification of (and advancement of expenses to) agents (and any other persons to which Delaware law permits us to provide indemnification) through bylaw provisions, agreements with such agents or other persons, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, in excess of the indemnification and advancement otherwise permitted by Section 145 of the DGCL, subject only to limits created by applicable Delaware law (statutory or non-statutory) with respect to actions for breach of duty to us, our stockholders, and others.

As permitted by our certificate of incorporation and the DGCL, our bylaws provide that we shall indemnify our directors and officers against actions by third parties, and that we shall indemnify our directors, officers and employees against actions brought by or on behalf of the Company. The bylaws also permit us to secure insurance on behalf of any officer, director, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability arising out of his or her actions in that capacity if he or she is serving at our request. We have obtained officer and director liability insurance with respect to liabilities arising out of various matters, including matters arising under the Securities Act.

We have entered into agreements with each of our directors that, among other things, indemnify them for certain expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by them in any action or proceeding, including any action by us or in our right, arising out of the person’s services as a director or officer of ours or any other company or enterprise to which the person provides services at our request.

In the ordinary course of business, we enter into contractual arrangements under which we may agree to indemnify the counter-party from losses relating to a breach of representations and warranties, a failure to perform certain covenants, or claims and losses arising from certain external events as outlined within the contract, which may include, for example, losses arising from litigation or claims relating to past performance. Such indemnification clauses may not be subject to maximum loss clauses. We have also entered into indemnification agreements with our officers and directors. No material amounts related to these indemnifications were reflected in our consolidated financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2023 or 2022.

The Company has not estimated the maximum potential amount of indemnification liability under these agreements due to the limited history of prior claims and the unique facts and circumstances applicable to each particular agreement. To date, the Series AA Preferred Stock and the rightsCompany has not made any payments related to acquirethese indemnification agreements.


SELLING STOCKHOLDER

The 5,714,286 shares of such stock. (See item (n) under “Information Incorporated by Reference.”

Transfer Agent and Registrar

The transfer agent and registrarCommon stock being registered for our common stock is Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.

NASDAQresale hereby are issuable upon exercise of the Purchase Warrants that were issued to Armistice Capital Market Listing

Our common stock is listed on The NASDAQ Capital Market underMaster Fund Ltd., also referred to herein as the symbol “MOSY.”

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SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

This prospectus covers an aggregatethose Purchase Warrants, see “Private Offering of up to 662,500Purchase Warrants” above. We are registering the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Purchase Warrants in order to permit the Selling Stockholder to offer the shares for resale from time to time. Except for its participation in our common stockfinancing that may be sold or otherwise disposedclosed on November 30, 2022, the Selling Stockholder has not had any material relationship with us within the past three years.

The table below lists the Selling Stockholder and other information regarding the beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock by such Selling Stockholder. The second column lists the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the selling stockholders. SuchSelling Stockholder, as of June 9, 2023, assuming exercise of all of the warrants (including the Purchase Warrants) held by such Selling Stockholder on such date, without regard to any limitations on exercises. The third column lists the shares areof Common Stock being offered by this prospectus by the Selling Stockholder.

In accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement with the Selling Stockholder, this prospectus generally covers the resale of the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Purchase Warrants, determined as if the outstanding Purchase Warrants were exercised in full as of the trading day immediately preceding the date this registration statement was initially filed with the SEC, each as of the trading day immediately preceding the applicable date of determination and all subject to adjustment as provided in the selling stockholders uponregistration right agreement, without regard to any limitations on the exercise of the common stock purchase warrants we issued toPurchase Warrants. The fourth column assumes the selling stockholders in a private placement transaction.

The following table1 sets forth information about each selling stockholder, including (i) the sharessale of our common stock beneficially owned by the selling stockholder prior to this offering, (ii) the number of shares being offered by the selling stockholder pursuant to this prospectus and (iii) the selling stockholder’s beneficial ownership after completion of this offering, assuming that all of the shares covered hereby (but noneoffered by the Selling Stockholder pursuant to this prospectus.

Under the terms of the other shares, if any, held byPurchase Warrants, the selling stockholders) are sold. The registrationSelling Stockholder may not exercise the Purchase Warrants to the extent such exercise would cause the Selling Stockholder, together with its affiliates and attribution parties, to beneficially own a number of the shares of common stockCommon Stock which would exceed 4.99% of our then outstanding Common Stock following such exercise, excluding for purposes of such determination shares of Common Stock issuable to the selling stockholders upon the exercise of such Purchase Warrants which have not been exercised. The number of shares in the warrants doessecond and fourth columns do not necessarily mean that the selling stockholders willreflect this limitation. The Selling Stockholder may sell all, or any of such shares. The selling stockholders may sell or otherwise dispose of all, a portionsome or none of suchtheir shares from time to time. We do not know the numberin this offering. See “Plan of shares, if any, that will be offered for sale or other disposition by any of the selling stockholders under this prospectus. Furthermore, the selling stockholders may have sold, transferred or disposed of the shares of common stock covered hereby in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act since the date on which we filed this prospectus.

The table is based on information supplied to us by the selling stockholders, with beneficial ownership and percentage ownership determined in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC and includes voting or investment power with respect to shares of stock. This information does not necessarily indicate beneficial ownership for any other purpose. In computing the number of shares beneficially owned by a selling stockholder and the percentage ownership of that selling stockholder, shares of common stock subject to warrants held by that selling stockholder that are exercisable as of December 31, 2017, or exercisable within 60 days after December 31, 2017, are deemed outstanding. Such shares, however, are not deemed outstanding for the purposes of computing the percentage ownership of any other person. The percentage of beneficial ownership after this offering is based on 8,067,635 shares outstanding on December 31, 2017.

To our knowledge and except as noted below, none of the selling stockholders has, or within the past three years has had, any position, office or other material relationship with us or any of our predecessors or affiliates.Distribution.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beneficial
Ownership
Before This
Offering

 

Shares
Underlying
Warrants

 

Beneficial Ownership After This
Offering

 

Selling Stockholder(1)

    

Number of
Shares Owned

    

Offered
Hereby
(8)

    

Number of
Shares Owned

    

Percentage of
Outstanding Shares

 

Hudson Bay Master Fund Ltd

 

147,500 

 

147,500 

 

 

 

Intracoastal Capital, LLC(2)

 

147,500 

 

147,500 

 

 

 

CVI Investments, Inc. (3)

 

147,500 

 

147,500 

 

 

 

Herald Investment Trust PLC(4) 

 

462,000 

 

72,500 

 

389,500 

 

4.83 

%

Empery Asset Master, LTD(5)

 

68,105 

 

68,105 

 

 

*

 

Empery Tax Efficient, LP(6)

 

31,795 

 

31,795 

 

 

*

 

Empery Tax Efficient II, LP(7)

 

47,600 

 

47,600 

 

 

*

 


*Represents holdings of less than one percent.

Selling Stockholder Number of Shares of Common Stock Owned Prior to Offering  Maximum Number of Shares of Common Stock to be Sold Pursuant to this Prospectus  Number of Shares of Common Stock Owned After the Offering  Percentage of Common Stock Owned After the Offering(3) 
Armistice Capital Master Fund Ltd. (1)(2)  15,024,086   5,714,286   9,309,800   27.8%

(1)

(1)

This table and the information in the notes belowThe securities are based upon information supplied by the selling stockholders, including reports and amendments thereto filed with the SEC on Schedule 13G.

(2)

Mitchell P. Kopin and Daniel B. Asher, each of whom are managers of Intracoastal Capital LLC, or Intracoastal, have shared voting control and investment discretion over the securities reported herein that aredirectly held by Intracoastal. AsArmistice Capital Master Fund Ltd., a result, each of Mr. Kopin and Mr. Asher may be deemed to have beneficial ownership (as determined under Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of the securities reported herein that are held by Intracoastal.

(3)

Heights Capital Management, Inc.Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Master Fund”), the authorized agent of CVI Investments, Inc., or CVI, has discretionary authority to vote and dispose of the shares held by CVI and may be deemed to be beneficially owned by: (i) Armistice Capital, LLC (“Armistice Capital”), as the beneficial owner of these shares. Martin

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Kobinger, in his capacity as investment manager of Heightsthe Master Fund; and (ii) Steven Boyd, as the Managing Member of Armistice Capital. The address of the Master Fund is c/o Armistice Capital, Management, Inc., may also be deemedLLC, 510 Madison Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10022.

(2)The number of shares beneficially owned includes (i) 2,170,514 shares of Common Stock, (ii) 5,714,286 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Purchase Warrants, (iii) 3,464,286 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants and (iv) 3,675,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants, which have an exercise price of $1.00. The warrants are subject to have investment discretion and voting power over the shares held by CVI. Mr. Kobinger disclaims any sucha beneficial ownership limitation of 4.99% or 9.99%, which such limitation restricts the Selling Stockholder from exercising that portion of the shares.

(4)

In a Form 13F filed with the SEC on November 13, 2017, Herald Investment Management Ltd reportedwarrants that it had sole dispositive power and voting authority with respect to all shares. The individual with dispositive power or voting power with respect to the shares includedwould result in the table is Adrian Butterworth.

(5)

Empery Asset Management LP, the authorized agent of Empery Asset Master Ltd, or EAM, has discretionary authority to voteSelling Stockholder and dispose of the shares held by EAM and may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of these shares. Martin Hoe and Ryan Lane, in their capacity as investment managers of Empery Asset Management LP, may also be deemed to have investment discretion and voting power over the shares held by EAM. EAM, Mr. Hoe and Mr. Lane each disclaim any beneficial ownership of these shares.

(6)

Empery Asset Management LP, the authorized agent of Empery Tax Efficient, LP, or ETE, has discretionary authority to vote and dispose of the shares held by ETE and may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of these shares. Martin Hoe and Ryan Lane, in their capacity as investment managers of Empery Asset Management LP, may also be deemed to have investment discretion and voting power over the shares held by ETE. ETE, Mr. Hoe and Mr. Lane each disclaim any beneficial ownership of these shares.

(7)

Empery Asset Management LP, the authorized agent of Empery Tax Efficient II, LP or ETE II, has discretionary authority to vote and dispose of the shares held by ETE II and may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of these shares. Martin Hoe and Ryan Lane, in their capacity as investment managers of Empery Asset Management LP, may also be deemed to have investment discretion and voting power over the shares held by ETE II. ETE II, Mr. Hoe and Mr. Lane each disclaim any beneficial ownership of these shares.

(8)

The actualits affiliates owning, after exercise, a number of shares of common stock offered herebyCommon Stock in excess of the beneficial ownership limitation. The amounts and includedpercentage in the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part includes, in accordance with Rule 416 undertable do not give effect to the Securities Act, such indeterminate number of additionalbeneficial ownership limitations. 

(3)Based on 20,684,804 shares of our common stockCommon Stock outstanding as may become issuable in connection with any proportionate adjustment for any stock splits, stock combinations, stock dividends, recapitalizations or similar events with respect to common stock.

of June 9, 2023, and assumes that following the offering all of the warrants will have been exercised (such that 33,538,376 shares of Common Stock will be outstanding), and all of the shares offered by the Selling Stockholder hereunder will have been sold.

 


PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

The selling stockholders, including their transferees, donees,Selling Stockholder and any of its respective pledgees, assignees and successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of their securities covered hereby on the shares of common stock offered by this prospectus from time to time on The NASDAQ Capital MarketNasdaq or any other stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the sharessecurities are traded or in private transactions. These dispositionssales may be at fixed prices, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to prevailing market price or at negotiated prices. The selling stockholdersSelling Stockholder may use any one or more of the following methods when selling shares:securities:

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ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers;

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block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the sharessecurities as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;

·

purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;

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an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;

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privately negotiated transactions;

·

settlement of short sales;

in transactions through broker-dealers maythat agree with the selling shareholdersuch Selling Stockholder to sell a specified number of such sharessecurities at a stipulated price per share;

security;

·

a combination of any such methods of sale;

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·

through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise; or

·

a combination of any such methods of sale; or

any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.

The selling stockholdersSelling Stockholder may also sell sharessecurities under Rule 144 or any other exemption from registration under the Securities Act, if available, rather than under this prospectus.

Broker-dealers engaged by the selling stockholdersSelling Stockholder may arrange for other brokers-dealers to participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the selling stockholders or,Selling Stockholder (or, if any broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of shares,securities, from the purchaserpurchaser) in amounts to be negotiated. The selling stockholders do not expect these commissions and discounts relatingnegotiated, but, except as set forth in a supplement to their sales of shares to exceed what is customarythis prospectus, in the typescase of transactions involved.  A manageran agency transaction not in excess of Intracoastal, onea customary brokerage commission in compliance with FINRA Rule 2121; and in the case of a principal transaction a markup or markdown in compliance with FINRA Rule 2121.

In connection with the sale of the selling stockholders, is also a control person of a broker-dealer. As a result of such common control, Intracoastal may be deemed to be an affiliate of a broker-dealer. Intracoastal acquired its warrants insecurities or interests therein, the ordinary course of business, and will acquire the shares issuable on exercise of those warrants in the ordinary course of business.  As of the date of this prospectus Intracoastal did not have any arrangements or understandings with any person to distribute such securities.

The selling stockholdersSelling Stockholder may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the common stocksecurities in the course of hedging the positions they assume. The selling stockholdersSelling Stockholder may also sell shares of our common stocksecurities short and deliver these securities to close out itstheir short positions, or loan or pledge the common stocksecurities to broker-dealers that in turn may sell these securities. The selling stockholdersSelling Stockholder may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or the creation ofcreate one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of sharessecurities offered by this prospectus, which sharessecurities such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus as(as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction..transaction).

The selling stockholdersSelling Stockholder and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the sharessecurities may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the sharessecurities purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. Each selling stockholderThe Selling Stockholder has informed us that it does not have any written or oral agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the common stock.securities.

Because


We are required to pay certain fees and expenses incurred by us incident to the selling stockholdersregistration of the securities. We have agreed to indemnify each Selling Stockholder against certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

We agreed to keep this prospectus effective until the earlier of (i) the date on which the securities may be deemedresold by a Selling Stockholder without registration and without regard to any volume or manner-of-sale limitations by reason of Rule 144, without the requirement for us to be an “underwriter” withinin compliance with the meaning of the Securities Act, it will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act. In addition, any securities covered by this prospectus which qualify for sale pursuant tocurrent public information under Rule 144 under the Securities Act may beor any other rule of similar effect or (ii) all of the securities have been sold underpursuant to this prospectus or Rule 144 rather than under this prospectus.the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect. The selling stockholders have advised us that there is no underwriter or coordinating broker acting in connection with the proposed sale of the resale securities by the selling stockholders.

The shares will be sold only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers if required under applicable state securities laws. In addition, in certain states, the sharesresale securities covered hereby 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 is complied with.

Under applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, any person engaged in the distribution of the resale sharessecurities may not simultaneously engage in market making activities with respect to ourthe common stock for the applicable restricted period, as defined in Regulation M, prior to the commencement of the distribution. In addition, the selling stockholdersSelling Stockholder will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including Regulation M, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of shares of ourthe common stock by the selling stockholdersSelling Stockholder or any other person.

We will make copies of this prospectus available to the Selling Stockholder and have agreedinformed them of the need to use commercially reasonable effortsdeliver a copy of this prospectus to keepeach purchaser at or prior to the registration statement continuously effective at all times until (a)time of the warrant shares are sold under such registration statement or pursuant tosale (including by compliance with Rule 144172 under the Securities Act, (b) the warrant shares may be sold without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, and (c) the five-year anniversary ofAct).

Company Standstill

From the date of the issuancePurchase Agreement until 90 days after the Closing Date, the provisions of the warrants, whichever is the earliestPurchase Agreement generally prohibit us from issuing or agreeing to

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occur. The shares will be sold only through registeredCommon Stock or licensed brokerscommon stock equivalents other than under equity compensation plans, outstanding rights to acquire Common Stock or dealers if required under applicable state securities laws. In addition, in certain states, the shares may not be sold unless they have been registeredcommon stock equivalent, or qualified for sale in the applicable state or an exemption from the registration or qualification requirement is available and is complied with.

We are required to pay certain fees and expenses in connection with certain strategic transactions.

Pursuant to the registrationterms of the Purchase Agreement, we are also prohibited from (i) entering into an at-the-market, or ATM, offering, that is an offering of Common Stock into its existing trading market for the Common Stock at a price or prices related to the then-market price of the Common Stock, within six months after the date of the Purchase Agreement and (ii) issuing or agreeing to issue shares of Common Stock or common stock issuable upon exerciseequivalents that are variable until the earlier of 12 months after the date of the warrant. We have agreed to indemnifyPurchase Agreement or the selling stockholders against certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities underdate the Securities Act.

We will not receiveinvestor no longer holds any proceeds from the sale of the shares by the selling stockholders.Pre-Funded Warrants or Purchase Warrants.

LEGAL MATTERS

The validity of the issuance of shares of any securitiesCommon Stock offered hereby will be passed upon for us by Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Palo Alto, California.Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP.

EXPERTS

EXPERTS

The

Our consolidated financial statements of MoSys, Inc. as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2016,2022 and 2021 incorporated in this prospectusRegistration Statement on Form S-1 by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10‑K10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016,2022, have been so incorporated in reliance on the report (which contains an explanatory paragraph relating to MoSys’ ability to continue as a going concern as described in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements) of BPM LLP,Weinberg & Company, P.A., an independent registered public accounting firm, given onas indicated in their report with respect thereto, and are included herein in reliance upon the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.accounting in giving said report.


WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

We file annual, quarterly and special reports and other informationhave filed with the SEC, which you can readunder the Securities Act, a registration statement on Form S-1 relating to the securities offered hereby. This prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement and the exhibits and schedules thereto. For further information with respect to our website is www.mosys.com. The information available on or through our website is not part of or incorporatedcompany and the securities we are offering by reference into, this prospectus you should refer to the registration statement, including the exhibits and should not be relied upon. You may read and obtain copies at prescribed rates of any documentschedules thereto. The SEC also maintains an Internet site that we file with the SEC at its Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1‑800‑SEC‑0330 for further information on the operation of the Public Reference Room. Our SEC filings are also available to you free of charge at the SEC’s web site at http://www.sec.gov, which contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding issuersregistrants that file electronically with the SEC. The SEC’s website address is http://www.sec.gov.

This

We file periodic reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC in accordance with requirements of the Exchange Act. These periodic reports, proxy statements and other information are available at the SEC’s website address referred to above. You may also access our reports and proxy statements free of charge at our website, www.peraso.com. The information contained on our website is not a prospectus and does not constitute a part of this prospectus. The prospectus included in this filing is part of a registration statement on Form S‑1 that wefiled by us with the SEC. The full registration statement can be obtained from the SEC, as indicated above, or from us. You may request a copy of any of our periodic reports filed with the SEC at no cost, by writing or telephoning us at the following address:

Peraso Inc.

2309 Bering Dr.

San Jose, California 95131

Tel: (408) 418-7500

Attention: James Sullivan, Chief Financial Officer

You should rely only on the information contained in or incorporated by reference or provided in this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone else to provide you with different information. We are not making an offer of whichthese securities in any state where the offer is not permitted. You should not assume the information in this prospectus is a part, underaccurate as of any date other than the Securities Act, with respect todate on the sharesfront of common stock offered hereby. This prospectus omits some information contained in the registration statement in accordance with SEC rules and regulations. You should review the information and exhibits in the registration statement for further information about us and the securities being offered hereby. Statements in this prospectus concerning any document we filed as an exhibit to the registration statement or that we otherwise filed with the SEC are not intended to be comprehensive and are qualified by reference to the filings. You should review the complete document to evaluate these statements.prospectus.

INFORMATION INCORPORATED

INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

The SEC allows us to “incorporateincorporate by reference” into this prospectus much ofreference the information we file with the SEC,it, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those publicly available documents. The informationanother document that we incorporate by reference into this prospectus is considered to be part of this prospectus.

have filed separately with the SEC. We hereby incorporate by reference the following information or documents listed below,into this prospectus, except for information “furnished” under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K or other than those documents orinformation “furnished” to the portions of those documentsSEC which is not deemed to be furnishedfiled and not filedincorporated in accordance with SEC rules:this prospectus:

(a)

our Annual Report on Form 10‑K10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016,2022, filed with the SEC on March 30, 2017;

29, 2023;

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(b)

our Current ReportQuarterly Reports on Form 8‑K10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on February 14, 2017;

May 15, 2023;

(c)

our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 3, 2023, and June 2, 2023; and

the description of our Common Stock contained in the “Description of Securities” filed as Exhibit 4.6 to our Annual Report on Form 8‑K10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on March 7, 2017;

29, 2023.

(d)

our Current Report on Form 8‑K filed with the SEC on April 12, 2017;

Any information in any of the foregoing documents will automatically be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that information in this prospectus or in a later filed document that is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or replaces such information.

(e)

our Quarterly Report on Form 10‑Q for the three months ended March 31, 2017, filed with the SEC on May 12, 2017;

(f)

our Current Report on Form 8‑K filed with the SEC on June 30, 2017;

(g)

our Quarterly Report on Form 10‑Q for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, filed with the SEC on August 10, 2017;

(h)

our Current Report on Form 8‑K filed with the SEC on October 2, 2017;

(i)

our Current Report on Form 8‑K filed with the SEC on October 10, 2017;

(j)

our Current Report on Form 8‑K filed with the SEC on October 23, 2017;

(k)

our Quarterly Report on Form 10‑Q for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, filed with the SEC on November 14, 2017;

(l)

our definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on November 27, 2017;

(m)

our Current Report on Form 8‑K filed with the SEC on December 22, 2017; and

(n)

the description of our capital stock set forth in our Registration Statement on Form 8‑A, filed with the SEC on June 26, 2001, as amended by Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form 8‑A/A, filed with the SEC on November 12, 2010, Amendment No. 3 on Form 8‑A/A, filed on July 27, 2011, and Amendment No. 4 on Form 8‑A/A, filed on May 24, 2012

We also incorporate by reference any future filings other(other than current reports furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8‑K8-K and exhibits filed on such form that are related to such items,items) made with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, filed after the effective date of the registration statement, of which this prospectus is a part, in each case, other than those documents or the portions of those documents deemedprior to be furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC rules, until the termination of the offering of the securities under the registration statement of whichmade by this prospectus forms a part.prospectus. Information in such future filings updates and supplements the information provided in this prospectus.

We Any statements in any such future filings will provide without chargeautomatically be deemed to each person, includingmodify and supersede any beneficial owners,information in any document we previously filed with the SEC that is incorporated or deemed to whom this prospectus is delivered, upon hisbe incorporated herein by reference to the extent that statements in the later filed document modify or herreplace such earlier statements.

Upon written or oral request, we will provide to you, without charge, a copy of any or all reports orof the documents referred to above which have been or may bethat are incorporated by reference into this prospectus but not delivered with thisthe prospectus, excludingincluding exhibits to those reports or documents unless theywhich are specifically incorporated by reference into thosesuch documents. You may request a copy of these documents by writing or telephoning us at the following address.

MoSys,Requests should be directed to: Peraso Inc.

2309 Bering Drive

San Jose, CA 95131

(408) 418‑7500

, Attention: James Sullivan, Chief Financial Officer, 2309 Bering Dr., San Jose, California 95131, Tel: (408) 418-7500.

In addition, you may obtain a copy of these filings from the SEC as described above in the section entitled “Where You Can Find More Information.”

 

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Table

 

5,714,286 Shares of ContentsCommon Stock issuable upon exercise of the Purchase Warrants

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PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS

ItemITEM 13. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

The following table sets forth the estimated costsfees and expenses payable by the registrant in connection with the offeringregistration of the securities being registered.hereunder. All amounts are estimates except the SEC registration fee.

SEC registration fee

$

188 

Accounting fees and expenses

$

2,500 

Legal fees and expenses

$

15,000 

Printing and miscellaneous expenses

$

500 

Total

$

18,188 

Item Amount
to be paid
 
SEC registration fee $382.78 
Legal fees and expenses $10,000.00 
Accounting fees and expenses $3,950.00 
Miscellaneous fees and expenses $2,000.00 
Total $16,332.78 

ItemITEM 14. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

The following summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of any statutes referred to below and to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), and the Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”) of Peraso Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).

Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law,DGCL provides that a corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of the DGCL, authorizes a court to award,corporation, or a corporation’s boardperson serving at the request of directors to grant, indemnity to directorsthe corporation for another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise in related capacities against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and officersamounts paid in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act.

As permittedsettlement actually and reasonably incurred by the DGCL, our bylaws provideperson in connection with an action, suit or proceeding to which he was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, ending or completed action, suit or proceeding by reason of such position, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, in any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful, except that, wein the case of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification shall indemnify our directorsbe made with respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and officers,only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or other adjudicating court determines that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and may indemnify our employees andreasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other agents,court shall deem proper.

The Company’s Certificate of Incorporation states that, to the fullest extent permitted by law.the DGCL as it may be amended, none of its directors shall be personally liable to the Company or to its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. The bylawsCertificate of Incorporation also states that the Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the DGCL, indemnify and hold harmless all of its directors. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Company is also authorized to provide indemnification of (and advancement of expenses to) agents (and any other persons to which Delaware law permits the Company to provide indemnification) through bylaw provisions, agreements with such agents or other persons, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, in excess of the indemnification and advancement otherwise permitted by Section 145 of the DGCL, subject only to limits created by applicable Delaware law (statutory or non-statutory) with respect to actions for breach of duty to the Company, its stockholders, and others.

As permitted by the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and the DGCL, the Company’s Bylaws provide that the Company shall indemnify its directors and officers against actions by third parties, and that the Company shall indemnify its directors, officers and employees against actions brought by or on behalf of the Company. The Bylaws also permit usthe Company to secure insurance on behalf of any officer, director, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability arising out of his or her actions in that capacity if he or she is serving at ourthe Company’s request. We haveThe Company has obtained officer and director liability insurance with respect to liabilities arising out of various matters, including matters arising under the Securities Act.

We have

The Company has entered into agreements with oureach of its directors and executive officers that, among other things, indemnify them for certain expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by them in any action or proceeding, including any action by usthe Company or in ourthe Company’s right, arising out of the person’s services as a director or officer of oursthe Company or any other company or enterprise to which the person provides services at ourthe Company’s request.

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ItemITEM 15. Recent Sales of Unregistered SecuritiesSecurities.

On July 6, 2017, we sold warrants to purchase an aggregate of 662,500

Set forth below is information regarding shares of our commoncapital stock issued by the Company since June 16, 2020 that were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Also included is the consideration received by the Company for such shares and information relating to purchasersthe section of the Securities Act, or rule of the SEC, under which exemption from registration was claimed.

1.On February 1, 2021, the Company issued 42,672 shares of Common Stock valued at $139,964 to the holder of the Senior Secured Convertible Notes due August 15, 2023 in settlement of the accrued interest for the six month period ended February 15, 2021. Such shares were issued in a private placement transaction that was exempt from the registration requirements under the Securities Act pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.

2.On December 17, 2021 (the “Closing Date”), pursuant to the terms and conditions of that certain Arrangement Agreement, dated September 14, 2021, as amended (the “Arrangement Agreement”), an aggregate of 9,295,097 exchangeable shares and 3,558,151 shares of Common Stock were issued to the former stockholders of Peraso Technologies Inc. (“Peraso”). Of such shares, pursuant to the terms of the Arrangement Agreement, the Company held in escrow an aggregate of 1,312,878 exchangeable shares and 502,567 shares of Common Stock (collectively, the “Earnout Shares”). The Earnout Shares are escrowed pursuant to the terms of an escrow agreement on a pro rata basis from the aggregate consideration received by the Peraso stockholders, subject to the offset by the Company for any losses in accordance with the Arrangement Agreement. Such Earnout Shares shall be released, subject to any offset claim, upon the satisfaction of the earlier of: (a) any date following the first anniversary of the Closing Date and prior to the third anniversary of the Closing Date where the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for any 20 trading days within a period of 30 consecutive trading days is at least $8.57 per share, subject to adjustment for stock splits or other similar transactions; (b) the date of any sale of all or substantially all of the assets or shares of the Company; or (c) the date of any bankruptcy, insolvency, restructuring, receivership, administration, wind-up, liquidation, dissolution, or similar event involving the Company. All and any voting rights and other stockholder rights, other than with respect to dividends and distributions, with respect to the Earnout Shares are suspended until the Earnout Shares are released from escrow.

The issuance of (i) the shares of our common stockCommon Stock to those Peraso stockholders that elected to receive or otherwise will receive shares of Common Stock in a concurrent public offeringconnection with the Arrangement Agreement and (ii) the exchangeable shares to those Peraso stockholders that elected to receive exchangeable shares in connection with the Arrangement Agreement were issued in reliance upon the exemption from registration provided by Section 3(a)(10) of registeredthe Securities Act pursuant to the approval of the terms and conditions of the issuance and exchange of such securities by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) by the final order issued and entered on Form S‑November 26, 2021.

3.On November 28, 2022, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with Armistice Capital Master Fund Ltd. (the “Purchaser”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to offer and sell to the Purchaser, in a registered direct offering, an aggregate of 1,300,000 shares of Common Stock at a negotiated purchase price of $1.00 per share. The Company also offered and sold to the Purchaser pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 1,150,000 shares of Common Stock, in lieu of shares of Common Stock at the Purchaser’s election. Each pre-funded warrant was exercisable for one share of Common Stock. The purchase price of each pre-funded warrant was $0.99, and the exercise price of each pre-funded warrant was $0.01 per share. The pre-funded warrants were immediately exercisable and were exercised at any time until all of the pre-funded warrants are exercised in full. As of the date hereof, all pre-funded warrants have been exercised.

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The shares, the pre-funded warrants and the shares of our common stockCommon Stock issuable upon the exercise of the pre-funded warrants were offered by the Company pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-258386), which was declared effective by the SEC on August 9, 2021 and a corresponding prospectus supplement, dated November 28, 2022.

In a concurrent private placement offering, the Company also issued to the Purchaser warrants to purchase up to 3,675,000 shares of Common Stock. The purchase warrants are exercisable beginning six months and one day from the date of the Securities Purchase Agreement at an exercise price of $1.36 per share and will expire on the five-year anniversary of the initial exercise date, which exercise price was adjusted to $1.00 per share pursuant to an amendment entered into on May 31, 2023.

The closing of the offering occurred on November 30, 2022. The Company received gross proceeds of approximately $2.45 million in connection with the offering, before deducting placement agent fees and related offering expenses.

The purchase warrants and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the purchase warrants were not registered under the Securities Act pursuant to the exemption provided in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Regulation D promulgated thereunder, or in the event of an issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to the purchase warrants on a cashless basis, pursuant to the exemption provided in Section 3(a)(9) under the Securities Act.

4.On May 31, 2023, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with the Purchaser, pursuant to which the Company agreed to offer and sell to the Purchaser, in a registered direct offering, an aggregate of 2,250,000 shares of Common Stock, at a negotiated purchase price of $0.70 per share. The Company also offered and sold to the Purchaser pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 3,464,286 shares of Common Stock, in lieu of shares of Common Stock at the Purchaser’s election. Each pre-funded warrant is exercisable for one share of Common Stock. The purchase price of each pre-funded warrant was $0.69, and the exercise price of each pre-funded warrant is $0.01 per share. The pre-funded warrants are immediately exercisable and may be exercised at any time until all of the pre-funded warrants are exercised in full.

The shares, the pre-funded warrants and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the pre-funded warrants were offered by the Company pursuant to the Registration Statement and a corresponding prospectus supplement, dated May 31, 2023.

In a concurrent private placement offering, the Company also issued to the Purchaser purchase warrants to purchase up to 5,714,286 shares of Common Stock. The purchase warrants are immediately exercisable at an exercise price of $0.70 per share and expire on the five-year anniversary of the initial exercise date.

The closing of the offering occurred on June 2, 2023. The Company received gross proceeds of approximately $4.0 million in connection with the offering, before deducting placement agent fees and related offering expenses. The Company agreed to issue the placement agent for this offering warrants to purchase up to 285,714 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.70 per share. Such warrants are immediately exercisable for a period of five years.

The purchase warrants, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the purchase warrants and the placement agent warrants were not registered under the Securities Act and Rule 506(b) promulgated thereunder.

On August 23, 2016, we accepted for cancellation exchanged options to purchase an aggregate of 4,569,959 shares of common stock and issued from the Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Incentive Plan replacement options covering 3,340,273 shares of common stock.  The exchange was effected pursuant to the exemption from registration provided underin Section 3(a)(9)4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.  The option exchange resulted in a net reductionand Regulation D promulgated thereunder, or in the numberevent of an issuance of shares underlying our outstanding derivative equity securities of 1,229,686.

On March 14, 2016, we entered intoCommon Stock on a 10% Senior Secured Convertible Note Purchase Agreement with the purchaser of $8,000,000 principal amount of 10% Senior Secured Convertible Notes due August 15, 2018, at par, in a private placement transaction effectedcashless basis, pursuant to anthe exemption from the registration requirementsprovided in Section 3(a)(9) under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) thereof.Act.

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ITEM 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

(a) Exhibit Index

2.1(1)**Arrangement Agreement with Peraso Technologies Inc.
2.2(2)First Amending Agreement dated October 21, 2021
3.1(3)Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company
3.1.1(4)Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company
3.1.2(5)Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Peraso Inc., filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on August 27, 2019
3.1.3(6)Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation (Name Change)
3.1.4(7)Certificate of Designation of Series A Special Voting Preferred Stock
3.2(8)Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company
4.1(9)Specimen Common Stock Certificate
4.2(10)Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant
4.3(11)Form of Securities Purchase Agreement
4.4(12)Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant
4.5(13)Description of the Registrant’s Securities
4.6.1(14)*Peraso Inc. 2010 Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan
4.6.2(15)*Amended and Restated Peraso Inc. 2019 Stock Incentive Plan
4.7.1(16)Form of Agreement for Stock Option Grant pursuant to the Peraso Inc. Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Incentive Plan
4.7.2(17)Form of Notice of Grant of Stock Option Award and Agreement pursuant to the Peraso Inc. 2019 Stock Incentive Plan
4.8.1(18)Form of Notice of Grant of Restricted Stock Unit Award and Agreement under the Peraso Inc. Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Incentive Plan
4.8.2(19)Form of Notice of Grant of Restricted Stock Unit Award and Agreement under the Peraso Inc. 2019 Stock Incentive Plan
4.9(20)*Amended Peraso Technologies Inc. 2009 Share Option Plan
4.10(21)Form of Pre-Funded Common Stock Purchase Warrant
4.11(22)Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant
4.12(23)Form of Pre-Funded Warrant
4.13(24)Form of Purchase Warrant
4.14(25)Form of Placement Agent Warrant
5.1+Opinion of Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
10.1(26)*Employment offer letter agreement between the Company and James Sullivan dated January 18, 2018
10.2(27)*Change-in-control Agreement between the Company and James Sullivan dated January 18, 2008
10.3(28)*Form of Option Agreement for Stock Option Grant pursuant to 2010 Equity Incentive Plan
10.4(29)*Form of Notice of Restricted Stock Unit Award and Agreement under the Peraso Inc. 2010 Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan
10.5(30)*Form of New Employee Inducement Grant Stock Option Agreement (revised February 2012) 
10.6(31)Form of Indemnification Agreement used from June 2012 to present

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Item 16.

Reference is hereby made to the attached Exhibit Index, which is incorporated herein by reference.

10.8(32)*Executive Change-in-Control and Severance Policy
10.9(33)*Employment offer letter agreement between the Company and Daniel Lewis dated August 8, 2018
10.10(34)Securities Purchase Agreement
10.11(35)Securities Purchase Agreement
10.12(36)Form of Lock-Up Agreement
10.13(37)Intercompany Services Agreement
10.14(38)*Employment Agreement (Ronald Glibbery)
10.15(39)Employment offer letter agreement between the Company and Mark Lunsford dated October 7, 2023
10.16(40)*Employment Agreement (Brad Lynch)
10.17(41)*Employment Agreement (Alexander Tomkins)
10.18(42)*Amendment to offer of employment between the Company and Daniel Lewis dated April 15, 2022
10.19(43)*Amendment to offer of employment between the Company and James Sullivan dated April 15, 2022
10.20(44)*Amendment to employment agreement between Peraso Technologies Inc. and Brad Lynch dated April 15, 2022
10.21*+Amendment to offer of employment between the Company and Alex Tomkins dated April 19, 2023
10.22*+Amendment to offer of employment between the Company and Ronald Glibbery dated April 19, 2023
10.23*+Second Amendment to offer of employment between the Company and Brad Lynch dated April 19, 2023
10.24(45)**Technology License and Patent Assignment Agreement By and Between Intel Corporation and Peraso Inc. dated August 5, 2022
10.25(46)**Form of Securities Purchase Agreement
10.26(47)Form of Registration Rights Agreement
10.27(48)**Form of Securities Purchase Agreement
10.28(49)Form of Registration Rights Agreement
21.1(50)List of Subsidiaries
23.1+Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm-Weinberg & Co., P.A.
23.2+Consent of Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1+Power of Attorney (see signature page)
104+Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
107+Filing fee table

(1)Incorporated by reference to the same-numbered exhibit to Form 8-K, filed by the Company on September 15, 2021 (Commission File No. 000-32929).
(2)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Form 8-K, filed by the Company on October 22, 2021 (Commission File No. 000-32929)
(3)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.6 to Form 8-K filed by the Company on November 12, 2010 (Commission File No. 000-32929)
(4)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Form 8-K filed by the Company on February 14, 2017 (Commission File No. 000-32929).
(5)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Form 8-K filed by the Company on August 27, 2019 (Commission File No. 000-32929).
(6)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Form 8-K filed by the Company on December 20, 2021 (Commission File No. 000-32929).
(7)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Form 8-K filed by the Company on December 20, 2021 (Commission File No. 000-32929).
(8)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Form 8-K filed by the Company on November 23, 2021 (Commission File No. 000-32929).
(9)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 10-K filed by the Company on March 31, 2022 (Commission File No. 000-32929).
(10)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 8-K filed by the Company on June 30, 2017 (Commission File No. 000-32929).
(11)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K filed by the Company on June 30, 2017 (Commission File No. 000-32929).
(12)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to Form 8-K filed by the Company on October 3, 2018 (Commission File No. 000-32929).

(13)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to Form 10-K filed by the Company on March 31, 2022 (Commission File No. 000-32929).
(14)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Form 8-K filed by the Company on August 27, 2019 (Commission File No. 000-32929).
(15)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Form S-8 filed by the Company on January 7, 2022 (Commission File No. 333-262062).
(16)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.10 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8, filed July 28, 2010 (Commission File No. 333-168358).
(17)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.10 to the Company’s Current Report on Form S-8, filed on November 13, 2019 (Commission File No. 000-32929).
(18)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to the Company’s Form 10-Q filed on August 8, 2013 (Commission File No. 000-32929).

(19)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.13 to the Company’s Current Report on Form S-8, filed November 13, 2019 (Commission File No. 000-32929).
(20)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the registration statement on Form S-8 filed by the Company on January 7, 2022 (Commission File No. 333-262062).

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(21)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 8-K filed by the Company on November 30, 2022 (Commission File No. 000-32929).
(22)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Form 8-K filed by the Company on November 30, 2022 (Commission File No. 000-32929).
(23)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 8-K filed by the Company on June 2, 2023 (Commission File No. 000-32929).
(24)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Form 8-K filed by the Company on June 2, 2023 (Commission File No. 000-32929).
(25)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Form 8-K filed by the Company on June 2, 2023 (Commission File No. 000-32929).

(26)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 to Form 10-K filed by the Company on March 17, 2008 (Commission File No. 000-32929).
(27)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 to Form 10-K filed by the Company on March 17, 2008 (Commission File No. 000-32929).
(28)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.10 to Form S-8 filed by the Company on July 28, 2010 (Commission File No. 333-168358).
(29)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.8 to Form S-8 filed by the Company on June 5, 2009 (Commission File No. 333-159753).
(30)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to Form 10-K filed by the Company on March 15, 2012 (Commission File No. 000-32929).
(31)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 to Form 10-Q filed by the Company on August 9, 2012 (Commission File No. 000-32929).
(32)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99 to Schedule TO filed by the Company on July 26, 2016 (Commission File No. 005-78033).
(33)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to Form S-1/A filed by the Company on September 17, 2018 (Commission File No. 333-225193).

(34)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 to Form 8-K filed by the Company on October 3, 2018 (Commission File No. 000-32929).
(35)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K filed by the Company on April 17, 2020 (Commission File No. 000-32929).
(36)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K filed by the Company on December 20, 2021 (Commission File No. 000-32929).
(37)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Form 8-K filed by the Company on December 20, 2021 (Commission File No. 000-32929).
(38)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Form 8-K filed by the Company on December 20, 2021 (Commission File No. 000-32929).
(39)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to Form 10-K filed by the Company on March 29, 2023 (Commission File No. 000-32929).
(40)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to Form 10-K filed by the Company on March 29, 2023 (Commission File No. 000-32929).
(41)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to Form 10-K filed by the Company on March 29, 2023 (Commission File No. 000-32929).
(42)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 10-Q filed by the Company on August 15, 2022 (Commission File No. 000-32929).
(43)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Form 10-Q filed by the Company on August 15, 2022 (Commission File No. 000-32929).
(44)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Form 10-Q filed by the Company on August 15, 2022 (Commission File No. 000-32929).
(45)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 10-Q filed by the Company on November 14, 2022 (Commission File No. 000-32929).
(46)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K filed by the Company on November 30, 2022 (Commission File No. 000-32929).
(47)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Form 8-K filed by the Company on November 30, 2022 (Commission File No. 000-32929).
(48)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K filed by the Company on June 2, 2023 (Commission File No. 000-32929).
(49)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Form 8-K filed by the Company on June 2, 2023 (Commission File No. 000-32929).
(50)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21.1 to Form 10-K filed by the Company on March 31, 2022 (Commission File No. 000-32929).
+Filed herewith.
*Management contract, compensatory plan or arrangement.
**Certain schedules, exhibits and similar attachments have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The Company hereby undertakes to furnish copies of such omitted materials supplementally upon request by the SEC.

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ITEM 17. Undertakings.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 Sectionsection 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933.1933;

(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the 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 the Registration Statement.registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of 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 percent20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement.statement;

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

Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) above do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S‑1,  Form S‑3,  Form SF‑3 or Form F‑3 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the CommissionSEC by the Registrantregistrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.

(2) That for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post- effectivepost-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and thethis 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 of 1933 to any purchaser:

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

(i) Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) (§ 230.424(b)(3) of this chapter) shall be deemed to be part of the 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  for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. 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

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Table

(ii) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of Contentsa 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 of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of 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.

statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date; or

(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 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 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;

(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 of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) 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 of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrantRegistrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item 15 above,6 hereof, or otherwise, the registrantRegistrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange CommissionSEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrantRegistrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrantRegistrant 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 registrantRegistrant 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 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT
NUMBER

DESCRIPTION

3.1(1)

Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant

3.1.1(1A)

Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant

3.2(2)

Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant

4.1(3)

Specimen Common Stock Certificate

4.4(4)

Rights Agreement, dated November 10, 2010, by and between Registrant and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Rights Agent

4.4.1(4)

Form of Right Certificate

4.4.2(4)

Summary of Rights to Purchase Shares

4.4.3(5)

Amendment No. 1 to Rights Agreement, dated July 22, 2011, by and between Registrant and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Rights Agent

4.4.4(6)

Amendment No. 2 to Rights Agreement, dated May 18, 2012, by and between Registrant and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Rights Agent

4.5(7)

Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant

5.1**

Opinion of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

10.1(3)

Form of Indemnity Agreement between Registrant and each of its directors and executive officers

10.2(8)

Placement Agency Agreement

10.3(9)*

2000 Stock Option Plan and form of Option Agreement thereunder

10.3.1(10)*

Amended and Restated 2000 Stock Option and Equity Incentive Plan

10.4(11)*

Form of Stock Option Agreement pursuant to Amended and Restated 2000 Stock Option and Equity Incentive Plan

10.5(12)*

Form of New Employee Inducement Grant Stock Option Agreement

10.6(13)*

Employment offer letter agreement and Mutual Agreement to Arbitrate between Registrant and Leonard Perham dated as of November 8, 2007

10.7(14)

Form of Securities Purchase Agreement

10.8(15)*

Employment offer letter agreement between Registrant and James Sullivan dated December 21, 2007

10.9(16)*

Change-in-control Agreement between Registrant and James Sullivan dated January 18, 2008

10.10(17)*

Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Incentive Plan

10.11(18)*

Form of Option Agreement for Stock Option Grant pursuant to 2010 Equity Incentive Plan

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101

The following financial information from MoSys, Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10‑Q for the period ended September 30, 2017, filed with the SEC on November 14, 2017, formatted in Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL): (i) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, (ii) the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, (iii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, and (iv) Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 


*

Management contract, compensatory plan or arrangement.

**

Filed herewith.

(1)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.6 to Form 8‑K filed by the Company on November 12, 2010 (Commission File No. 000‑32929).

(1A)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Form 8‑K filed by the Company on February 14, 2017 (Commission File No. 000‑32929).

(2)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to Form 8‑K filed by the Company on October 29, 2008 (Commission File No. 000‑32929).

(3)

Incorporated by reference to the same-numbered exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form S‑1, as amended, originally filed by the Registrant with the SEC on August 4, 2000, declared effective June27, 2001 (Commission File No. 333‑43122).

(4)

Incorporated by reference to the same-numbered exhibit to Form 8‑K by the Registrant on November 12, 2010 (Commission File No. 000‑32929).

(5)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2.3 to the Current Report on Form 8‑K, filed by the Registrant on July 27, 2011 (Commission File No. 000‑32929).

(6)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2.4 to the Current Report on Form 8‑K, filed by the Registrant on May 24, 2012 (Commission File No. 000‑32929).

(7)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8‑K, filed by the Registrant on June 30, 2017 (Commission File No. 000‑32929).

(8)

Incorporated by reference to the same-numbered exhibit to Form 8‑K by the Registrant on June 30, 2017 (Commission File No. 000‑32929).

(9)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S‑1, as amended, originally filed August 4, 2000, declared effective June 17, 2001 (Commission File No. 333‑43122).

(10)

Incorporated by reference to Appendix B to the Company’s proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed by the Company on October 7, 2004 (Commission File No. 000‑32929).

(11)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to Form 10‑Q filed by the Company on August 9, 2005 (Commission File No. 000‑32929).

(12)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to Form 10‑K filed by the Company on March 17, 2008 (Commission File No. 000‑32929).

(13)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24 to Form 10‑K filed by the Company on March 17, 2008 (Commission File No. 000‑32929).

(14)

Incorporated by reference to the Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8‑K by the Registrant on June 30, 2017 (Commission File No. 000‑32929).

(15)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 to Form 10‑K filed by the Company on March 17, 2008 (Commission File No. 000‑32929).

(16)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 to Form 10‑K filed by the Company on March 17, 2008 (Commission File No. 000‑32929).

(17)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.8 to From S‑8 filed by the Company on August 8, 2014 (Commission File No. 000‑197989).

(18)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.10 to Form S‑8 filed by the Company on July 28, 2010 (Commission File No. 333‑168358).

(19)

Incorporated by reference to Appendix B to the proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed by the Company on May 26, 2010 (Commission File No. 000‑32929).

(20)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.8 to Form S‑8 filed by the Company on June 5, 2009 (Commission File No. 333‑159753).

SIGNATURES

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(21)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to Form 10-Q filed by the Company on November 14, 2017 (Commission File No. 000‑32929).

(22)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to Form 10-Q filed by the Company on November 14, 2017 (Commission File No. 000‑32929).

(23)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to Form 10‑K filed by the Company on March 15, 2012 (Commission File No. 000‑32929).

(24)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 to Form 10‑Q filed by the Company on May 9, 2012 (Commission File No. 000‑32929).

(25)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 to Form 10‑Q filed by the Company on August 9, 2012 (Commission File No. 000‑32929).

(26)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24 to Form 10‑K filed by the Company on March 14, 2014 (Commission File No. 000‑32929).

(27)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to Form 10‑K filed by the Company on March 14, 2014 (Commission File No. 000‑32929).

(28)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8‑K filed by the Company on March 15, 2016 (Commission File No. 000‑32929).

(29)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Form 8‑K filed by the Company on March 15, 2016 (Commission File No. 000‑32929).

(30)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Form 8‑K filed by the Company on March 15, 2016 (Commission File No. 000‑32929 (Commission File No. 333‑159753).

(31)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99(D)(7) to Schedule TO filed by the Company on July 26, 2016 (Commission File No. 005‑78033), as amended).

 

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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 on Form S-1 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Jose, State of California, on January 4, 2018.June 16, 2023.

PERASO INC.

MOSYS, INC

By:

By:

/s/ Leonard Perham

Leonard Perham

Chief Executive Officer, President and Director (principal executive officer)

By:

/s/ James W. Sullivan

James W. Sullivan

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer)

  

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONSMEN BY THESE PRESENTS,PRESENT, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Leonard PerhamRonald Glibbery and James W. Sullivan and each one of them, acting individually andany of whom may act without the joinder of the other, as his or her attorney-in-fact, eachtrue and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments), to this registration statement, and to sign any registration statement for the same offering covered by this Registration Statementregistration statement that is to be effective uponon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statementregistration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature

Title

Date

SIGNATURE

TITLE

DATE

/s/ Leonard PerhamRonald Glibbery

Chief Executive Officer President and Director (principal executive officer)

January 4, 2018

June 16, 2023

Leonard Perham

Ronald Glibbery

(principal executive officer)

/s/ James W. Sullivan

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer)

January 4, 2018

June 16, 2023

James W. Sullivan

(principal financial and accounting officer)

/s/ Stephen L. Domenik

Daniel Lewis

Director

January 4, 2018

June 16, 2023

Stephen L. Domenik

Daniel Lewis

/s/ Daniel Lewis

Ian McWalter

Director

January 4, 2018

June 16, 2023

Daniel Lewis

Ian McWalter

/s/ Daniel O’Neil

Andreas Melder

Director

January 4, 2018

June 16, 2023

Daniel O’Neil

Andreas Melder

/s/ Robert Y. NewellDirectorJune 16, 2023
Robert Y. Newell

 

 

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