Summary

Use of Proceeds

The Rights Offering

Market Price of Common Stock and Dividend Policy

Plan of Distribution

Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference

Experts

Market Price of the rights offering, but is not intended to be complete. See the information in the section entitled “The Rights Offering” in this prospectus for a more detailed descriptionCommon Stock and Dividend Policy

Plan of the rights offering.Distribution

Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference

Experts

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RELATING TO THE RIGHTS OFFERING

The following are examples of what we anticipate will be common questions about the rights offering. The answers are based on selected information from this prospectus. The following questions and answers do not contain all of the information that may be important to you and may not address all of the questions that you may have about the rights offering. This prospectus contains more detailed descriptions of the terms and conditions of the rights offering and provide additional information about us and our business, including potential risks related to the rights offering, our common stock, and our business.

Exercising the rights and investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. We urge you to carefully read the section entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 12 of this prospectus, and all other information included in this prospectus in its entirety before you decide whether to exercise your rights.

What is a rights offering?

A rights offering is a distribution of subscription rights on a pro rata basis to all stockholders of a company. We are distributing to holders of our common stock as of 5:00 p.m., New York time, on [    ], the “record date,” at no charge, non-transferable subscription rights to purchase shares of our common stock. You will receive one subscription right for every share of our common stock you owned as of 5:00 p.m., New York time, on the record date. The subscription rights will be evidenced by rights certificates.

What is a right?

Each whole right gives our stockholders the opportunity to purchase 1.30462367 shares of our common stock for $[    ] per share and carries with it a basic subscription privilege and an over-subscription privilege, as described below.

How many shares may I purchase if I exercise my rights?

Each right entitles you to purchase 1.30462367 shares of our common stock for $[    ] per share. We will not issue fractional shares of common stock in the rights offering, and holders will only be entitled to purchase a whole number of shares of common stock, rounded down to the nearest whole number a holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase. For example, if you owned 100 shares of our common stock on the record date, you would be granted 100 subscription rights and you would have the right to purchase 130 shares of our common stock (130.462367 rounded down to the nearest whole number) for $[    ] per share (or a total payment of $[    ]). You may exercise any number of your subscription rights, or you may choose not to exercise any subscription rights.

If you hold your shares in street name through a broker, bank, or other nominee who uses the services of the Depository Trust Company, or “DTC,” then DTC will issue one subscription right to your nominee for every share of our common stock you own at the record date. The basic subscription right can then be used to purchase 1.30462367 shares of common stock for $[    ] per share. As in the example above, if you owned 100 shares of our common stock on the record date, you have the right to purchase 130 shares of common stock for $[    ] per share. For more information, see “What should I do if I want to participate in the rights offering, but my shares are held in the name of my broker, dealer, custodian bank or other nominees?” in this section.

Will fractional subscription shares be issued?

No. We will not issue fractional shares of common stock in the rights offering, and holders will only be entitled to purchase a whole number of shares of common stock, rounded down to the nearest whole number a holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase.

What is the basic subscription privilege?

The basic subscription privilege of each subscription right entitles you to purchase 1.30462367 shares of our common stock at the subscription price of $[    ] per share.

What is the over-subscription privilege?

If you purchase all of the shares of common stock available to you pursuant to your basic subscription privilege, you may also choose to purchase any portion of our shares of common stock that are not purchased by our other stockholders through the exercise of their respective basic subscription privileges. You should indicate on your rights certificate how many additional shares you would like to purchase pursuant to your over-subscription privilege.

If sufficient shares of common stock are available, we will seek to honor your over-subscription request in full. If, however, over-subscription requests exceed the number of shares of common stock available for sale in the rights offering, we will allocate the available shares of common stock pro rata among each person properly exercising the over-subscription privilege in proportion to the number of shares of common stock each person subscribed for under the basic subscription privilege. If this pro rata allocation results in any person receiving a greater number of shares of common stock than the person subscribed for pursuant to the exercise of the over-subscription privilege, then such person will be allocated only that number of shares for which the person over-subscribed, and the remaining shares of common stock will be allocated among all other persons exercising the over-subscription privilege on the same pro rata basis described above. The proration process will be repeated until all shares of common stock have been allocated or all over-subscription requests have been satisfied, whichever occurs earlier.

In order to properly exercise your over-subscription privilege, you must deliver the subscription payment related to your over-subscription privilege prior to the expiration of the rights offering. Because we will not know the total number of unsubscribed shares prior to the expiration of the rights offering, if you wish to maximize the number of shares you purchase pursuant to your over-subscription privilege, you will need to deliver payment in an amount equal to the aggregate subscription price for the maximum number of shares of our common stock that may be available to you (i.e., for the maximum number of shares of our common stock available to you, assuming you exercise all of your basic subscription privilege and are allotted the full amount of your over-subscription as elected by you). For more information, see the section entitled “The Rights Offering — Over-Subscription Privilege.”

Fractional common shares resulting from the exercise of the over-subscription privilege will be eliminated by rounding down to the nearest whole share, with the total subscription payment being adjusted accordingly.

Am I required to exercise all of the rights I receive in the rights offering?

No. You may exercise any number of your subscription rights, or you may choose not to exercise any subscription rights. However, if you choose not to exercise your basic subscription privilege in full, the relative percentage of our shares of common stock that you own will decrease, and your voting and other rights will be diluted. In addition, if you do not exercise your basic subscription privilege in full, you will not be entitled to participate in the over-subscription privilege. For more information, see “How many shares of common stock will be outstanding after the rights offering?” in this section.

Will our officers, directors and significant stockholders be exercising their subscription rights?

Our officers, directors and greater than 5% beneficial stockholders may participate in this offering at the same subscription price per share as all other purchasers, but none of our officers, directors or greater than 5% beneficial stockholders are obligated to so participate.

Hale Partnership Fund, L.P. and related parties (the “Hale Funds”), which in the aggregate, as of the record date, owned approximately 23.8% of our outstanding shares, have indicated that they intend to participate in the rights offering and to fully subscribe for additional shares pursuant to the over-subscription privilege.  However, there is no guarantee or commitment that the Hale Funds will ultimately decide to exercise any of their rights, including their basic or over-subscription privilege. Steven A. Hale II, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, is the manager of the investment advisor and general partner of each of the Hale Funds.

Has our board of directors made a recommendation to our stockholders regarding the exercise of rights under the rights offering?

No. Our board of directors is making no recommendation regarding your exercise of the subscription rights. Stockholders who exercise their subscription rights risk loss on their investment. We cannot assure you that the market price of our common stock will be above the subscription price or that anyone purchasing shares at the subscription price will be able to sell those shares in the future at the same price or a higher price. You are urged to make your decision based on your own assessment of our business and the rights offering. Please see the section entitled “Risk Factors” for a discussion of some of the risks involved in investing in our common stock.

Why are we conducting the rights offering?

We are conducting the rights offering to provide for additional cash for acquisitions, including purchasing additional stock or debt of HC Government Realty Trust, Inc. A rights offering provides the eligible stockholders the opportunity to participate in a capital raise on a pro rata basis and minimizes the dilution of their ownership interest in our company. Assuming all the shares of common stock offered are sold, we expect that the gross proceeds from the rights offering will be approximately $[●] million.

How was the subscription price of $[    ] per share determined?

The subscription price was determined by our board of directors. Factors considered by the board of directors included our net asset value, the strategic alternatives to our Company for raising capital, the price at which our shareholders might be willing to participate in the rights offering, historical and current trading prices of our common stock, and the general condition of the securities market. We cannot assure you that the market price for our common stock during the rights offering will be equal to or above the subscription price or that a subscribing owner of rights will be able to sell the shares of common stock purchased in the rights offering at a price equal to or greater than the subscription price.

How soon must I act to exercise my rights?

If you received a rights certificate and elect to exercise any or all of your subscription rights, the subscription agent must receive your completed and signed rights certificate and payment prior to the expiration of the rights offering, which is [                    ], 2020, at 5:00 p.m., New York time. If you hold your shares in the name of a custodian bank, broker, dealer or other nominee, your custodian bank, broker, dealer or other nominee may establish a deadline prior to 5:00 p.m. New York time, on [                    ], 2020 by which you must provide it with your instructions to exercise your subscription rights and pay for your shares.

Although we will make reasonable attempts to provide this prospectus to holders of subscription rights, the rights offering and all subscription rights will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York time on [                    ], 2020 (unless extended), whether or not we have been able to locate each person entitled to subscription rights. Although we have the option of extending the expiration of the rights offering, we currently do not intend to do so.

May I transfer my rights?

No, you may not sell, transfer or assign your subscription rights to anyone. Subscription rights will not be traded on the OTC Market Group’s OTCQB. Subscription rights may only be exercised by the stockholder who receives them.

Are we requiring a minimum subscription to complete the rights offering?

There is no minimum subscription requirement in the rights offering. However, our board of directors reserves the right to cancel the rights offering for any reason, including if our board of directors believes that there is insufficient participation by our stockholders.

Can the board of directors cancel, terminate, amend or extend the rights offering?

Yes. We have the option to extend the rights offering and the period for exercising your subscription rights, although we do not presently intend to do so. Our board of directors may cancel the rights offering at any time for any reason. If the rights offering is cancelled, all subscription payments received by the subscription agent will be returned promptly, without interest or penalty. Our board of directors reserves the right to amend or modify the terms of the rights offering at any time, for any reason.

When will I receive my subscription rights certificate?

Promptly after the date of this prospectus, the subscription agent will send a subscription rights certificate to each registered holder of our common stock as of the close of business on the record date, based on our stockholder registry maintained at the transfer agent for our common stock. If you hold your shares of common stock through a brokerage account, bank, or other nominee, you will not receive an actual subscription rights certificate. Instead, as described in this prospectus, you must instruct your broker, bank or nominee whether or not to exercise rights on your behalf. If you wish to obtain a separate subscription rights certificate, you should promptly contact your broker, bank or other nominee and request a separate subscription rights certificate. It is not necessary to have a physical subscription rights certificate, if you hold your shares of common stock through a brokerage account, bank, or other nominee, to elect to exercise your rights.

 What will happen if I choose not to exercise my subscription rights?

If you do not exercise any subscription rights, the number of our shares of common stock you own will not change. Due to the fact that shares may be purchased by other stockholders, your percentage ownership of our Company will be diluted after the completion of the rights offering, unless you exercise your basic subscription privilege. For more information, see “How many shares of common stock will be outstanding after the rights offering?” in this section.

How do I exercise my subscription rights?

If you wish to participate in the rights offering, you must take the following steps:

Please follow the payment and delivery instructions accompanying the rights certificate. Do not deliver documents to HG Holdings. You are solely responsible for completing delivery to the subscription agent of your subscription documents, rights certificate and payment. We urge you to allow sufficient time for delivery of your subscription materials to the subscription agent so that they are received by the subscription agent by 5:00 p.m., New York time, on [                    ], 2020. We are not responsible for subscription materials sent directly to our offices.

If you cannot deliver your rights certificate to the subscription agent prior to the expiration of the rights offering, you may follow the guaranteed delivery procedures described under “The Rights Offering—Guaranteed Delivery Procedures.”

If you send a payment that is insufficient to purchase the number of shares you requested, or if the number of shares you requested is not specified in the forms, the payment received will be applied to exercise your subscription rights to the fullest extent possible based on the amount of the payment received, subject to the availability of shares under the over-subscription privilege and the elimination of fractional shares. Any excess subscription payments received by the subscription agent will be returned promptly, without interest or penalty, following the expiration of the rights offering.

What should I do if I want to participate in the rights offering, but my shares are held in the name of my broker, dealer, custodian bank or other nominee?

If you hold your shares of common stock in the name of a broker, dealer, custodian bank or other nominee, then your broker, dealer, custodian bank or other nominee is the record holder of the shares you own. You will not receive a rights certificate. The record holder must exercise the subscription rights on your behalf for the shares of common stock you wish to purchase.

If you wish to purchase shares of our common stock through the rights offering, please promptly contact your broker, dealer, custodian bank or other nominee as record holder of your shares. We will ask your record holder to notify you of the rights offering. However, if you are not contacted by your broker, dealer, custodian bank or other nominee, you should promptly initiate contact with that intermediary. Your broker, dealer, custodian bank or other nominee may establish a deadline prior to the 5:00 p.m. New York time on [    ], 2020, which we established as the expiration date of the rights offering.

When will I receive my new shares?

If you purchase shares in the rights offering by submitting a rights certificate and payment, we will issue shares in book-entry form, or deliver certificates evidencing the new shares purchased as soon as practicable after the completion of the rights offering. If your shares as of the record date were held in “street name” and you participate in the rights offering, your custodian bank, broker, dealer or other nominee will be credited with the shares of common stock you purchase in the rights offering as soon as practicable after the completion of the rights offering.

After I send in my payment and rights certificate, may I change or cancel my exercise of rights?

No. All exercises of subscription rights are irrevocable, even if you later learn information that you consider to be unfavorable to the exercise of your subscription rights. You should not exercise your subscription rights unless you are certain that you wish to purchase additional shares of our common stock at a subscription price of $[    ] per share.

How many shares of common stock will be outstanding after the rights offering?

As of [                    ], 2020, 14,946,839 of our shares of common stock were issued and outstanding. Assuming no other transactions by us involving shares of our common stock, and no options for shares of our common stock are exercised, prior to the expiration of the rights offering, if the rights offering is fully subscribed through the exercise of the subscription rights, then an additional 19,500,000 of our shares of common stock will be issued and outstanding after the closing of the rights offering, for a total of 34,446,839 shares of common stock outstanding. As a result of the rights offering, the ownership interests and voting interests of the existing stockholders that do not fully exercise their basic subscription privileges will be diluted.

Are there risks in exercising my subscription rights?

Yes. The exercise of your subscription rights involves risks. Exercising your subscription rights involves the purchase of additional shares of common stock and should be considered as carefully as you would consider any other equity investment. Among other things, you should carefully consider the risks described in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in this prospectus.

If the rights offering is not completed, will my subscription payment be refunded to me?

Yes. The subscription agent will hold all funds it receives in a segregated bank account until completion of the rights offering. If the rights offering is not completed, all subscription payments received by the subscription agent will be returned promptly, without interest or penalty. If you own shares in “street name,” it may take longer for you to receive payment because the subscription agent will return payments through the record holder of your shares.

How do I exercise my rights if I live outside the United States?

We will not mail this prospectus or the rights certificates to stockholders whose addresses are outside the United States or who have an army post office or foreign post office address. The subscription agent will hold rights certificates for their account. To exercise subscription rights, our foreign stockholders must notify the subscription agent and timely follow other procedures described in the section entitled “The Rights Offering — Foreign Stockholders.”

What fees or charges apply if I purchase the shares of common stock?

We are not charging any fee or sales commission to issue subscription rights to you or to issue shares to you if you exercise your subscription rights. If you exercise your subscription rights through your broker, dealer, custodian bank or other nominee, you are responsible for paying any fees your nominee may charge you.

What are the material U.S. federal income tax consequences of exercising my subscription rights?

For U.S. federal income tax purposes, you should not recognize income or loss upon receipt or exercise of subscription rights. You should consult your tax advisor as to your particular tax consequences resulting from the rights offering. For a more detailed discussion, see the section entitled “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences.”

To whom should I send my forms and payment?

If your shares are held in the name of a broker, dealer or other nominee, then you should send your subscription documents, rights certificate, notices of guaranteed delivery and subscription payment to that record holder. If you are the record holder, then you should send your subscription documents, rights certificate, notices of guaranteed delivery and subscription payment (if payment is by check) by hand delivery, first class mail or courier service to:

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company

1 State Street Plaza – 30th Floor

New York, NY 10004

Attn: Reorganization Department

Phone Number: (212) 845-3287

Your payment of the subscription price must be made in United States dollars for the full number of shares of our common stock for which you are subscribing by (i) cashier’s or certified check drawn upon a United States bank payable to the subscription agent at the address set forth above, or (ii) wire transfer of immediately available funds to: JP Morgan Chase Bank, Account Name: Continental as agent for HG Holdings, Inc., Routing Number: 02000021, Swift Code : CHASUS33, Account Number: 475-481410.

You are solely responsible for completing delivery to the subscription agent of your subscription materials. The subscription materials are to be received by the subscription agent on or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York time, on [                    ], 2020. We urge you to allow sufficient time for delivery of your subscription materials to the subscription agent.

Whom should I contact if I have other questions?

If you have any questions about the rights offering or wish to request another copy of a document, please contact Morrow Sodali LLC, the information agent for the rights offering, at (800) 662-5200 for banks, brokers, or stockholders.

For a more complete description of the rights offering, see “The Rights Offering” beginning on page 19.

SUMMARY

This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in this prospectus. This summary is not complete and may not contain all of the information that you should consider before deciding whether or not you should exercise your rights. You should read the entire prospectus carefully, including the section entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 12 of this prospectus and all other information included in this prospectus in its entirety before you decide whether to exercise your rights.

HG Holdings, Inc.

General

We were incorporated in Delaware in 1984. Until March 2, 2018, we were a leading design, marketing and distribution resource in the upscale segment of the wood residential furniture market. On March 2, 2018, we sold substantially all our assets and changed our name to HG Holdings, Inc. On March 19, 2019, we acquired an equity interest in HC Government Realty Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (“HC Realty”). HC Realty currently owns and operates a portfolio of 20 single-tenant properties leased entirely to the United States of America for occupancy by federal agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Social Security Administration and the Department of Transportation.

Asset Sale

On March 2, 2018, we sold substantially all of our assets (the “Asset Sale”) to Stanley Furniture Company LLC, formerly Churchill Downs LLC (“Buyer”), pursuant to the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 20, 2018, as amended by the First Amendment thereto dated January 22, 2018 (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”). As part of the consideration for the Asset Sale, Buyer paid a purchase price consisting of cash in the amount of approximately $10.8 million (of which approximately $1.3 million was used to pay the outstanding amount under our credit agreement), and a subordinated secured promissory note in the principal amount of approximately $7.4 million (the “Original Note”).

In connection with the Asset Sale, we indicated our board of directors would evaluate alternatives for use of the cash consideration from the Asset Sale, including using a portion of the cash to either repurchase our common stock or pay a special dividend to stockholders and also using a portion of the cash to acquire non-furniture related assets that will allow us to potentially derive a benefit from our net operating loss carryforwards. Our board of directors determined not to pay a special dividend. Our board does not intend to repurchase additional shares of our common stock at this time and anticipates retaining the remaining cash for use in acquiring non-furniture related assets and to fund operating expenses until an acquisition. We are making this rights offering to raise additional cash for acquisitions which could provide us greater resources and flexibility in acquiring non-furniture assets, including purchasing additional stock or debt of HC Realty.

Stone & Leigh Asset Sale

On September 6, 2018, the Buyer sold certain of its assets, including certain inventory and the Stone & Leigh tradename (the “S&L Asset Sale”) to Stone & Leigh, LLC (“S&L”), which is owned by a group which includes Matthew W. Smith, the Company’s former interim Chief Executive Officer. As a part of the S&L Asset Sale, the Buyer assigned to S&L certain of its rights and obligations under the Original Note issued to the Company in March 2018 as partial consideration for the Asset Sale. In connection with the assignment, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Subordinated Secured promissory note with the Buyer (the “A&R Note”) with a principal amount as of the assignment date of $3.3 million and a new Subordinated Secured Promissory Note with S&L (the “S&L Note”) with a principal amount of $4.4 million as of the assignment date. For further information on the A&R Note and S&L Note, see “Forbearance Agreement with respect to Second A&R Note and Prepayment” on page 2 and Note 4 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, which is attached hereto as Annex A.

Acquisition of Equity Interest in HC Government Realty Trust, Inc.

On March 19, 2019, we purchased 300,000 shares of HC Realty’s Common Stock (the “HC Realty Common Stock”) for an aggregate purchase price of $3,000,000 and 200,000 shares of HC Realty’s 10.00% Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (the “HC Realty Series B Stock”) for an aggregate purchase price of $2,000,000. At December 31, 2019, we owned approximately 16.4% of the as-converted equity interest of HC Realty; however, we do not control HC Realty as a result of our current ownership interest.  If the rights offering is fully subscribed, we anticipate using the proceeds of the rights offering to acquire a sufficient number of shares of HC Realty Series B Stock to control HC Realty as a result of our equity ownership of HC Realty. See “Recent Developments” on page 3 for information on additional purchases of HC Realty Series B Stock.

Certain other investors, including certain investors affiliated with Hale Partnership Capital Management, LLC (“HPCM”), purchased an additional 850,000 shares of HC Realty Series B Stock for an aggregate purchase price of $8,500,000 on March 19, 2019. While some of these investors have other investments with HPCM, each of these investors made a separate and direct investment in HC Realty and HPCM does not receive management fees, performance fees, or another economic benefit with respect to these investor’s investment in HC Realty Series B Stock. On March 21, 2019, HC Realty’s board of directors excepted the acquisitions of HC Realty Common Stock and/or HC Realty Series B Stock as discussed above from the ownership restrictions included in HC Realty’s articles of incorporation.

On March 19, 2019, we, together with certain other lenders, including certain entities affiliated with HPCM (collectively, the “Lenders”), entered into a loan agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) with HC Realty’s operating partnership, and HCM Agency, LLC, as collateral agent (the “Agent”), pursuant to which the Lenders provided HC Realty’s operating partnership with a $10,500,000 senior secured term loan (the “Initial Term Loan”), of which $2,000,000 was provided by us. The Agent is affiliated with HPCM.

In connection with the transactions discussed above, Steven A. Hale II, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, was appointed to serve as HC Realty’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. In addition, Mr. Hale, Brad G. Garner, our Principal Financial and Accounting Officer, and Matthew A. Hultquist, one of our directors, were each appointed to serve as directors of HC Realty. HC Realty’s Board of Directors is composed of five directors. Initially Messrs. Hale, Garner and Hultquist received no compensation from HC Realty for serving in these roles; however, in October 2019, Mr. Hale began to receive a salary of $225,000 for serving as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of HC Realty.  In addition in October 2019, Mr. Hale received a share grant of 31,381 shares of HC Realty Common Stock in connection with his service as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of HC Realty and Mr. Garner received a restricted stock award of 4,882 shares of HC Realty Common Stock for his service as a director of HC Realty which shares vest on the one year anniversary of the grant. In October 2019, Mr. Hultquist also became part-time employee of HC Realty providing advice identifying properties for acquisition as well as acquisition assistance.  As a result, our board of directors has determined that Mr. Hultquist is no longer an independent director.  Our board intends to add a least one additional independent director to the board during 2020.

See Annex C of this prospectus for additional information on HC Realty Common Stock, HC Realty Series B Stock and the Loan Agreement. See Annexes C, D and E of this prospectus for additional information on HC Realty.

Forbearance Agreement with respect to Second A&R Note and Prepayment

On February 7, 2019, the A&R Note was amended and Buyer delivered a Second Amended and Restated Subordinated Promissory Note (the “Second A&R Note”). On August 21, 2019, we delivered a notice of default (the “Notice of Default”) to the Buyer with respect to the Second A&R Note. On October 31, 2019, we entered into a Forbearance Agreement (the “Forbearance Agreement”) with the Buyer and certain affiliates (the “Loan Parties) pursuant to which we agreed to forbear from exercising our rights and remedies under the Second A&R Note until February 24, 2020 or earlier in the event of (i) a default occurring under the Second A&R Note other than specified previous defaults acknowledged in the Forbearance Agreement or (ii) a breach of the Forbearance Agreement by the Buyer or affiliated parties.

The Forbearance Agreement became effective on November 1, 2019 (the “Effective Date”) when the Buyer paid us $220,000 and certain other conditions were satisfied. The Forbearance Agreement also required the Buyer to make additional payments (the “Forbearance Period Payments”) to us, which payments were made and applied to the outstanding principal balance of the Second A&R Note.

During the period the forbearance is in effect, the Buyer agreed to maintain a minimum collateral value of not less than $2 million. The Buyer had certain cure rights in the event the minimum collateral value was not met.

We agreed to accept the following discounted payments in satisfaction of the Second A&R Note if the forbearance period was not terminated: (i) on or before the 90th day after the Effective Date, $2,230,000 less the sum of all Forbearance Period Payments and payments made to cure a minimum collateral value shortfall and (ii) after the 90th day following the Effective Date, $2,530,000 less Forbearance Period Payments and payments made to cure a minimum collateral value shortfall.

On February 24, 2020, we and the Loan Parties entered into a letter agreement (the “Forbearance Extension Letter Agreement”) extending the original outside termination date for the forbearance period under the Forbearance Agreement from February 24, 2020 to February 26, 2020. The other terms and condition of the Forbearance Agreement remained the same. The forbearance period terminated on February 26, 2020 under the terms of the Forbearance Extension Letter Agreement and the Forbearance Agreement.

On February 28, 2002 and March 3, 2020, we received prepayments of $200,000 and $350,000, respectively, of the principal amount of the Second A&R Note from the Buyer.

On March 6, 2020, we and the Loan Parties entered into a letter agreement (the “Second Forbearance Extension Letter Agreement”) extending, subject to certain conditions, the outside termination date from February 26, 2020 to March 17, 2020. The extension of the outside termination and the effectiveness of the Second Forbearance Extension Letter Agreement was conditioned on Buyer making payments to be applied to the outstanding principal balance of the Second A&R Note of $250,000 on or before March 12, 2020 and $750,000 on or before March 13, 2020. The Second Forbearance Extension Letter Agreement also required the Buyer to make an additional $391,969.82 payment on or before March 17, 2020 to be applied to the outstanding principal balance of the Second A&R Note. The other terms and conditions of the Forbearance Agreement remained the same.

On March 12 and 13, 2020, we received payments from Buyer of $250,000 and $750,000, respectively, pursuant to the Second Forbearance Extension Letter Agreement which payments were applied to the outstanding principal amount of the Second A&R Note.

On March 16, 2020, we received payment of $392,000 from the Buyer resulting in satisfaction of the Second A&R Note pursuant to the terms of the Forbearance Agreement as amended.

We previously recorded an impairment loss of $0.9 million on the Second A&R Note in the second quarter of 2019. As of December 31, 2019, the outstanding principal amount of the Second A&R Note was $2.6 million and its carrying value was $0.7 million. As a result of the payments received form the Buyer in January, February, and March of 2020 on the Second A&R Note, we expect to record a gain of $1.3 million on the payoff of the Second A&R Note during the quarter ended March 31, 2020.

Recent Developments

On April 3, 2020, we used $1.0 million of our cash to purchase an additional 100,000 shares of HC Realty Series B Stock, as a result of which we currently own approximately 19.1% of the as-converted equity interest in HC Realty.  On April 9, 2020, we entered into a subscription agreement with HC Realty to use an additional $2.5 million of our cash to purchase an additional 250,000 shares of HC Realty Series B Stock. We purchased these additional 250,000 shares of HC Realty Series B Stock on April 29, 2020. We now own approximately 25.9% of the as-converted equity interest in HC Realty and we are presumed to control HC Realty within the meaning of Section 2(a)(9) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”).  If the rights offering is fully subscribed, we anticipate using the proceeds of the rights offering to acquire a sufficient number of additional shares of HC Realty Series B Stock so that we primarily control HC Realty within the meaning of Rule 3a-1 of the 1940 Act.  See, “Risk Factors – We may be required to register under the Investment Company Act of 1940” for additional information on the 1940 Act.

Summary Financial Information

The following is a summary of selected statement of operations and balance sheet data for each of the periods indicated. The selected financial data presented below for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 are derived from our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes.

(In thousands of dollars, except per share amounts)

Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Statements

The following unaudited pro forma financial statements reflect the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2019 and the results of operations for the twelve months ended December 31, 2019 after giving effect to (1) the acquisition of equity interest in HC Realty and the loan agreement entered into with HC Realty’s operating partnership in March 2019, (2) the payoff of the Second A&R Note by Buyer on March 17, 2020, and (3) the  acquisitions of additional equity interest in HC Realty in April 2020. The unaudited pro forma statement of operations for the twelve months ended December 31, 2019 gives effect to the each of the foregoing transactions as if those transactions occurred January 1, 2019.  The unaudited pro forma balance sheet gives effect to the payoff of the Second A&R Note in March 2020 and the acquisitions of additional equity interest in HC Realty in April 2020 as if those transactions occurred as of December 31, 2019.

These unaudited pro forma financial statements are prepared for informational purposes only and are based on assumption and estimates considered appropriate by management. They are, however, not necessarily indicative of what the Company’s financial condition and results of operations would have been if the investment had been consummated as of the dates indicated, nor do they purport to represent the results of operations for future periods.

These unaudited pro forma financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s respective audited consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto as of and for the year ended December 31, 2019 included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 13, 2020, a copy of which is attached to this prospectus as Annex A.

HG HOLDINGS, INC.

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA BALANCE SHEET

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2019

(in thousands, except share data)

HG HOLDINGS, INC.

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

FOR THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDED DECMEBER 31, 2019

(in thousands, except per share data)

HG HOLDINGS, INC.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

Unless otherwise specified and except for per share data, all amounts referenced in the notes to the unaudited pro forma statement of operations and balance sheet are stated in thousands.

The Rights Offering

The following summary describes the principal terms of the rights offering, but is not intended to be complete. See the information in the section entitled “The Rights Offering” in this prospectus for a more detailed description of the terms and conditions of the rights offering.

RISK FACTORS

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the specific risks described below before making an investment decision. Any of the risks we describe below could cause our business, financial condition, results of operations or future prospects to be materially adversely affected. The market price of our common stock could decline if one or more of these risks and uncertainties develop into actual events and you could lose all or part of your investment. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations or future prospects. Some of the statements in this section of the prospectus are forward-looking statements. For more information about forward-looking statements, please see the section of this prospectus entitled “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”

Risks Related to the Rights Offering

The price of our common stock is volatile and may decline before or after the subscription rights expire.

The market price of our common stock is subject to fluctuations in response to numerous factors, including factors that have little or nothing to do with us or our performance, and these fluctuations could materially reduce our stock price. These factors include, among other things:

In addition, the stock market historically has experienced significant price and volume fluctuations. These fluctuations are often unrelated to the operating performance of particular companies. These broad market fluctuations may cause declines in the market price of our common stock.

When the rights offering is completed, your ownership interest will be diluted if you do not exercise your subscription rights.

To the extent that you do not exercise your rights and shares are purchased by other stockholders in the rights offering, your proportionate voting interest will be reduced, and the percentage that your original shares represent of our expanded equity after the rights offering will be diluted.

The subscription rights are non-transferable, and thus there will no market for them.

You may not sell, transfer or assign your subscription rights to anyone else. We do not intend to list the subscription rights on any securities exchange or any other trading market. Because the subscription rights are non-transferable, there is no market or other means for you to directly realize any value associated with them.

The subscription price determined for the rights offering is not necessarily an indication of the fair value of our common stock.

The subscription price is $[            ] per share. The subscription price was determined by our board of directors. Factors considered by the board of directors included our net asset value, the strategic alternatives to our Company for raising capital, the price at which our shareholders might be willing to participate in the rights offering, historical and current trading prices of our common stock, the business prospects of our Company and the general condition of the securities market. We cannot assure you that the market price for our common stock during the rights offering will be equal to or above the subscription price or that a subscribing owner of rights will be able to sell the shares of common stock purchased in the rights offering at a price equal to or greater than the subscription price.

You may not revoke your subscription exercise and you could be committed to buying shares above the prevailing market price.

Once you exercise your subscription rights, you may not revoke the exercise of such rights. The public trading market price of our common stock may decline before the subscription rights expire. If you exercise your subscription rights and, afterwards, the public trading market price of our common stock decreases below the subscription price, you will have committed to buying shares of our common stock at a price above the prevailing market price, in which case you will have an immediate, unrealized loss. We cannot assure that, following the exercise of your rights, you will be able to sell your shares of common stock at a price equal to or greater than the subscription price, and you may lose all or part of your investment in our common stock. Until the shares are deliveredissued to you, you will not be able to sell the shares of our common stock that you purchase in the rights offering. Certificates representing sharesShares of our common stock purchased pursuant to the basic subscription privilege will be deliveredissued promptly after expiration of the rights offering; certificates representing shares of our common stock purchased pursuant to the over-subscription privilege will be deliveredissued promptly after expiration of the rights offering and after all pro rata allocations and adjustments have been completed. We will not pay you interest on funds delivered to the subscription agent pursuant to the exercise of rights.

Our common stock is traded on the OTC Market Group’s OTCQB under the symbol “STLY,” and the last reported sales price of our common stock on OTCQB on the record date of [                ], 2020, was $[            ] per share. Moreover, you may be unable to sell your shares of common stock at a price equal to or greater than the subscription price you paid for such shares.

If you do not act promptly and follow the subscription instructions, your exercise of subscription rights may be rejected.

Subscription rights holders who desire to purchase shares in the rights offering must act promptly to ensure that all required forms and payments are actually received by the subscription agent before [                    ], 2020, the expiration date of the rights offering, unless extended. If you are a beneficial owner of shares, but not a record holder, you must act promptly to ensure that your broker, bank, or other nominee acts for you and that all required forms and payments are actually received by the subscription agent before the expiration date of the rights offering. We will not be responsible if your broker, custodian, or nominee fails to ensure that all required forms and payments are actually received by the subscription agent before the expiration date of the rights offering. If you fail to complete and sign the required subscription forms, send an incorrect payment amount or otherwise fail to follow the subscription procedures that apply to your exercise in the rights offering, the subscription agent may, depending on the circumstances, reject your subscription or accept it only to the extent of the payment received. Neither we nor our subscription agent undertakes to contact you concerning an incomplete or incorrect subscription form or payment, nor are we under any obligation to correct such forms or payment. We have the sole discretion to determine whether a subscription exercise properly follows the subscription procedures.

Significant sales of our common stock, or the perception that significant sales may occur in the future, could adversely affect the market price for the subscription rights and our common stock.

The sale of substantial amounts of our common stock could adversely affect the price of these securities. Sales of substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market, and the availability of shares for future sale, including up to 19,500,000 shares of our common stock to be issued in the rights offering, could adversely affect the prevailing market price of our common stock and could cause the market price of our common stock to remain low for a substantial amount of time. Also options and restricted stock awards may also be granted under the Company’s incentive plans. We cannot foresee the impact of such potential sales on the market, but it is possible that if a significant percentage of such available shares were attempted to be sold within a short period of time, the market for our shares would be adversely affected. It is also unclear whether or not the market for our common stock could absorb a large number of attempted sales in a short period of time, regardless of the price at which they might be offered. Even if a substantial number of sales do not occur within a short period of time, the mere existence of this “market overhang” could have a negative impact on the market for our common stock and our ability to raise additional capital.

We may use the proceeds of this rights offering in ways with which you may disagree.

We intend to use the net proceeds of this offering for cash for acquisitions including purchasing additional HC Realty Series B Stock, HC Realty Common Stock, or debt of HC Realty. Accordingly, we will have significant discretion in the use of the net proceeds of this offering, and it is possible that we may allocate the proceeds differently than investors in this offering desire, or that we will fail to maximize our return on these proceeds. You will be relying on the judgment of our management with regard to the use of the proceeds from the rights offer, and you will not have the opportunity, as part of your investment decision, to assess whether the proceeds are being used appropriately. For more information, see the section entitled “Use of Proceeds.”

We may cancel the rights offering at any time, and neither we nor the subscription agent will have any obligation to you except to return your exercise payments.

We may, in our sole discretion, decide not to continue with the rights offering or cancel the rights offering. If the rights offering is cancelled, all subscription payments received by the subscription agent will be returned promptly, without interest or penalty.

The rights offering does not have a minimum amount of proceeds, which means that if you exercise your rights, you may acquire additional shares of our common stock when we may require additional capital.

There is no minimum amount of proceeds required to complete the rights offering. In addition, an exercise of your subscription rights is irrevocable. Therefore, if you exercise the basic subscription privilege or the over-subscription privilege, but we do not raise the desired amount of capital in this rights offering and the rights offering is not fully subscribed, you may be investing in a company that may require additional capital.

The tax treatment of the rights offering is uncertain and it may be treated as a taxable event to our stockholders.

If the rights offering is deemed to be part of a “disproportionate distribution” under Section 305 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), our stockholders may recognize taxable income for U.S. federal income tax purposes in connection with the receipt of subscription rights in the rights offering depending on our current and accumulated earnings and profits and your tax basis in our common stock. A “disproportionate distribution” is a distribution or a series of distributions, including deemed distributions, that has the effect of the receipt of cash or other property by some stockholders and an increase in the proportionate interest of other stockholders in a company’s assets or earnings and profits. The disproportionate distribution rules are complicated, however, and their application is uncertain. Please read “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences” for further information on the treatment of the rights offering.

The rights offering may limit our ability to use some or all of our net operating loss carryforwards.

As of September 30,December 31, 2019, we have net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards for federal income tax purposes of approximately $33.7$33.8 million. Our ability to utilize our NOL carryforwards to reduce taxable income in future years could become subject to significant limitations under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code if we undergo an ownership change. We would undergo an ownership change if, among other things, the stockholders who own or have owned, directly or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of our common stock, or are otherwise treated as five percent (5%) stockholders under Section 382 and the regulations promulgated thereunder, increase their aggregate percentage ownership of our stock by more than 50 percentage points over the lowest percentage of the stock owned by these stockholders at any time during the testing period, which is generally the three-year period preceding the potential ownership change. In the event of an ownership change, Section 382 imposes an annual limitation on the amount of taxable income a corporation may offset with NOL carryforwards. Any unused annual limitation may be carried over to later years until the applicable expiration date for the respective NOL carryforwards.

The rights offering is not currently expected to result in an ownership change, but it may increase the likelihood that we may undergo an ownership change for purposes of Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code in the future, which would limit our ability to use any NOL carryforwards as described above. Moreover, no assurances can be given that an ownership change under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code has not occurred prior to the rights offering or will not occur as a result of the rights offering.

Risks Relating to the Ownership of Our Common Stock

Our common stock was delisted fromis listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) following the Asset Sale,OTCQB and there may be reducedlimited ability to trade our common stock.

Subsequent to the Asset Sale, our common stock was delisted from the Nasdaq Stock Market pursuant to Nasdaq’s authority under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5101. While tradingTrading of our common stock is currently conducted in the over-the-counter market on the OTCQB, which is generally a less active, and therefore a less liquid, trading market than other types of markets such trading could substantially reduce the market liquidity of our common stock.as a stock exchanges. As a result, an investor may find it more difficult to dispose of, or obtain accurate quotations for the price of, our common stock.stock than if our stock was traded on other markets.

Our common stock may be deemed a “penny stock.”

Our common stock may be considered a "penny stock"“penny stock” as defined in the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder, unless the price of our shares of common stock is at least $5.00. We expect that our share price will remain less than $5.00. Unless our common stock is otherwise excluded from the definition of “penny stock”, the penny stock rules apply. The penny stock rules require a broker-dealer, prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from the rules, to deliver a standardized risk disclosure document that provides information about penny stocks and the nature and level of risks in the penny stock market. The broker-dealer also must provide the customer with current bid and offer quotations for the penny stock, the compensation of the broker dealer and its sales person in the transaction, and monthly account statements showing the market value of each penny stock held in the customer'scustomer’s account. In addition, the penny stock rules require that the broker dealer, not otherwise exempt from such rules, must make a special written determination that the penny stock is suitable for the purchaser and receive the purchaser'spurchaser’s written agreement to the transaction. These disclosure rules have the effect of reducing the level of trading activity in the secondary market for a stock that becomes subject to the penny stock rules. So long as our common stock is subject to the penny stock rules, the level of trading activity could be limited and it may be difficult for investors to sell our common stock.

Our executive officers and some of our directors may have potential or actual conflicts of interest because of their positions with HCPM and HC Realty

Steven A. Hale II, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, is sole manager of HPCM which serves as the investment adviser for the Hale Funds and two current holders of HC Realty Series B Stock.  The Hale Funds own approximately 24.7% of our outstanding common stock. We also own HC Realty Series B Stock and HC Realty Common Stock and hold debt of HC Realty’s operating partnership. Mr. Hale also serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and a director of HC Realty.  Bradley G Garner, our Principal Financial and Accounting Officer, also serves as a director of HC Realty and is chief compliance officer for HPCM.  Matthew A. Hultquist, one of our directors, also serves as a director of HC Realty and is a part time employee of HC Realty serving as Senior Vice President –Acquisitions.

Mr. Hale and Mr. Garner owe fiduciary duties to us, as well as to HC Realty as a result of their positions with HC Realty and to the Hale Funds and two current holders of HC Realty Series B Stock as a result of their positions with HPCM, the investment adviser to these parties.  Mr. Hultquist owes fiduciary duties to us and to HC Realty.  As a result, these executive officers and directors may have potential or actual conflicts of interest when faced with decisions that could have different implications for us and HC Realty.  In addition, Mr. Hale and Mr. Garner may have potential or actual conflicts of interest when faced with decisions that could have different implications for us and the Hale Funds or the two holders of HC Realty Series B Stock advised by HPCM.  For example, these potential conflicts could arise over matters such as funding and capital matters.            

Risks Related to Our Business

We have no revenue-generating operations owned directly by the Company and have limited sources of income following the Asset Sale, which may negatively impact the value and liquidity of our common stock.

As a result of the Asset Sale, we havehad no revenue-generating operations and no sources of income other than payments of interest and principal under the subordinated secured promissory notes from Buyer and S&L, then remaining payments to be made to us under the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act, refundable alternative minimum tax credits, and repayment at death of premiums we have paid for a split dollar life insurance policy for a former executive officer,officer. As of March 19, 2019, our sources of income also include dividends on HC Realty Common Stock and HC Realty Series B Stock, and interest paid on the loan we made to HC Realty’s operating partnership. There can be no guarantee that suitable assets in addition to our investment in HC Realty will be available for us to purchase or that any assets acquired will generate the revenues anticipated or any revenue at all. A failure by us to secure additional sources of revenue could negatively impact the value and liquidity of our common stock.

We may not receive the amount owed us under the secured promissory notesnote from Buyer and S&L.

There is a risk we may not receiveThe S&L Note, which had an outstanding principal amount of $3.3 million as of December 31, 2019, will mature and the amounts owedentire principal amount will be payable in March 2023.  S&L’s ability to make payments to us from Buyer under the A&R Note or S&L under the S&L Note may be adversely impacted by the current pandemic health event resulting from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as S&L’s operations may be adversely impacted by disruptions to the supply chain and distribution channels for its products caused by this pandemic. Consequently,  we may needhas have to foreclose onrecord impairment charges with respect to the S&L Note. There is no guarantee that S&L will pay us the amounts owed under the S&L Note or that, in the event of default by S&L, the collateral securing those notes which may notthe S&L Note will be sufficient to pay those notesthe S&L Note in full.

Our investment in HC Realty may lose value.

In connection with using cash proceeds from the Asset Sale to acquire non-furniture related assets, we acquired an equity interest in HC Realty on March 19, 2019 by purchasing HC Common Stock and HC Series B Stock. As a result of these and subsequent stock purchases, we currently own approximately 16.4%25.9% of the as-converted equity interest of HC Realty. On March 19, 2019, we also made a loan to HC Realty’s operating partnership. There is no guarantee that HC Realty will be successful implementing its business strategy for the acquisition, management and disposition of GSA properties and as a result our HC Common Stock and HC Series B Stock may lose value and the repayment of our loan to HC Realty’s operating partnership may be negatively impacted.

Our business may be adversely impacted as a result of the pandemic health event resulting from novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

The pandemic health event resulting from novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has adversely impacted, and may continue to adversely impact, economic activity nationally and globally.  These economic and market conditions and other effects resulting from novel coronavirus (COVID-19) may adversely affect us.  At this point, the extent to which the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) may impact us is uncertain. S&L’s ability to make payments to us under the S&L Note may be adversely impacted by the current pandemic health event resulting from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as S&L’s operations may be adversely impacted by disruptions to the supply chain and distribution channels for its products caused by this pandemic. Consequently,  we may has have to record impairment charges with respect to the S&L Note.  We will also monitor the impact of this pandemic on our investment in HC Realty, but we are not currently anticipating a significant impact as HC Realty holds properties that are leased entirely to the United States Government for occupancy by federal agencies.  

The value of our equity investment in HC Realty would be adversely affected if HC Realty failed to qualify as a REIT.

HC Realty has elected to be treated as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Its continued qualification as a REIT depends on its satisfaction of certain asset, income, organizational, distribution and stockholder ownership requirements on a continuing basis. Its ability to satisfy some of the asset tests depends upon the fair market values of its assets, some of which are not able to be precisely determined and for which HC Realty has indicated it will not obtain independent appraisals. If HC Realty fails to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year, and certain statutory relief provisions are not available, HC Realty would be subject to U.S. federal income tax on its taxable income at regular corporate rates and distributions to stockholders would not be deductible by it in computing its taxable income. Any such corporate tax liability could be substantial and would reduce the amount of cash available for distribution. Unless entitled to relief under certain Internal Revenue Code provisions, HC Realty also would be disqualified from taxation as a REIT for the four taxable years following the year during which HC Realty ceased to qualify as a REIT. In addition, if HC Realty fails to qualify as a REIT, HC Realty will no longer be required to make distributions. As a result of all these factors, HC Realty’s failure to qualify as a REIT could impair its ability to expand business and raise capital and could adversely affect the value of our HC Common Stock and HC Series B Stock.

An “ownership change” could limit the use of our net operating loss carryforwards and our potential to derive a benefit from our net operating loss carryforwards.

If an “ownership change” occurs pursuant to applicable statutory regulations, we are potentially subject to limitations on the use of our net operating loss carryforwards which in turn could adversely impact our potential to derive a benefit from our net operating loss carryforwards. While we have entered into a rights agreement designed to preserve and protect our net operating loss carryforwards, there is no guarantee that the rights agreement will prevent us from experiencing an ownership change and, therefore, having a limitation on our ability to use our net operating loss carryforwards. In general, an “ownership change” would occur if there is a cumulative change in the ownership of our common stock of more than 50% by one or more “5% shareholders” during a three-year test period.

Failure to successfully identify, acquire and, to the extent applicable, operate non-furniture related assets could cause our stock price to decline.

Following the closing of the Asset Sale, we began evaluating alternatives for using cash proceeds from the Asset Sale to acquire non-furniture related assets. We have not identifiedacquired any assets for acquisition other than the equity interest we acquired in HC Realty and we may not be able to identify other profitable assets. In addition, any assets that we do acquire, including our equity interest in HC Realty, may not be profitable. If we are not successful in identifying, acquiring and, to the extent applicable, operating non-furniture related assets, our stock price may decline.

We will likely have no operating history in the business of non-furniturenon-furniture related assets to be acquired, and therefore, with respect to certain assets, we will be subject to the risks inherent in establishing a new line of business.

Other than the equity interest we acquired in HC Realty, we have not identified additional assets to be acquired or the line or lines of business to which any such assets may relate and, therefore, cannot fully describe the specific risks presented by an acquisition of such assets. It is likely that we will have had no operating history in the line of business of any such assets to be acquired, and it is possible that any such assets that we may acquire will have a limited operating history in their business. Accordingly, to the extent we acquire any such assets, our future success may in part be subject to the risks, expenses, problems and delays inherent in establishing a new line of business and the ultimate success of such new business cannot be assured. In addition, prior to March 2019, our management doesdid not have prior experience relating to the operations of a real estate investment trust such as HC Realty and the ultimate success of our investment in HC Realty cannot be assured.

Resources may be expended in researching potential acquisitions that might not be consummated.

The investigation of non-furniture company assets to acquire and the negotiation, drafting and execution of relevant agreements and other documents will require substantial management time and attention in addition to potentially incurring legal and other professional expenses. If a decision is made not to complete a specific acquisition, the costs incurred up to that point for the proposed transaction likely would not be recoverable. As of December 31, 2018,2019, we had not incurred any$10,000 of such related expenses. Furthermore, even if an agreement is reached relating to a specific acquisition, we may fail to consummate the acquisition for any number of reasons including those beyond our control.

We may be required to register under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

Under Section 3(a)(l)(C) of the Investment Company1940 Act, of 1940 (the "1940 Act"), an issuer is deemed to be an investment company if it is engaged in the business of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding, or trading in securities, and owns or proposes to acquire “investment securities” having a value exceeding 40% of the value of the issuer'sissuer’s total assets (exclusive of U.S. government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis. The 1940 Act defines “investment securities” broadly to include virtually all securities except U.S. government securities and securities issued by majority-owned subsidiaries that are not themselves regulated or exempt investment companies. Consequently, the A&R Note (while it was outstanding) and S&L Note, as well as the securities of HC Realty we hold, may be considered investment securities and we may fall within the scope of Section 3(a)(1)(C) of the 1940 Act.

A company that falls within the scope of Section 3(a)(1)(C) of the 1940 Act can avoid being regulated as an investment company if it can rely on certain of the exclusions or exemptions under the 1940 Act. One such exclusion is Rule 3a-2 under the 1940 Act, which allowstemporarily relieves certain issuers that are in transition to a 3(a)(1)(C)non-investment company business from regulation under the1940 Act (a “transient investment company”). The rule provides a one-year safe harbor for a company (asto comply with another exemption or exclusion under the 1940 Act provided that the company has a "transient investment company")bona fide intent to be primarily engaged in a business other than that of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading in securities. The one-year grace period of one year from the date of classification (in our case,started on the date of the Asset Sale, which was March 2, 2018) to avoid registration under the 1940 Act, so long as it does not intend to engage primarily in the business of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading in securities. While we2018, and ended on March 2, 2019. We did not acquire sufficient assets within one year from closing the Asset Sale as contemplated by Rule 3a-2,3a-2. There is no assurance that we will not deemed subject to the Rule is a safe harbor1940 Act and failure to comply with that Rule does not necessarily indicate a needbe required to register under the 1940 Act.as an investment company.

WeWhile in transient investment company status, we have actively pursued alternatives for using cash proceeds from the Asset Sale for the acquisition of non-furniture related assets and acquired an equity interest in HC Government Realty Trust, Inc. (“HC Realty”) on March 19, 2019; however,2019. On April 3, 2020, we used $1.0 million of our cash to purchase an additional 100,000 shares of HC Realty Series B Stock, as a result of which we currently own approximately 19.1% of the as-converted equity interest in HC Realty.  On April 9, 2020, we entered into a subscription agreement with HC Realty to use an additional $2.5 million of our cash to purchase an additional 250,000 shares of HC Realty Series B Stock.  We purchased these additional 250,000 shares of HC Realty Series B Stock on April 29, 2020. We now own approximately 25.9% of the as-converted equity interest in HC Realty and we are presumed to control HC Realty within the meaning of Section 2(a)(9) of the 1940 Act.

If the rights offering is fully subscribed, we intend to use the proceeds for acquisitions of non-investment businesses, including purchasing additional HC Realty Series B Stock. We anticipate that these additional purchases will allow us to rely on the exemption from investment company registration set forth in Rule 3a-1 of the 1940 Act because we would own (i) at least 25% of the HC Realty Common Stock on an as-converted basis, resulting in us being presumed to control HC Realty within the meaning of Section 2(a)(9) of the 1940 Act and (ii) a sufficient number of shares of HC Realty Series B Stock so that we primarily control HC Realty within the meaning of Rule 3a-1 of the 1940 Act.

If the rights offering is not successful and we do not acquire at least 50% of the shares of the outstanding HC Realty Series B Stock, we could becomebe deemed subject to the 1940 Act and be required to register under the 1940 Act. Registered investment companies are subject to extensive, restrictive and potentially adverse regulation relating to, among other things, operating methods, management, capital structure, dividends and transactions with affiliates.

The Company has not sought or obtained an exemptive order, no-action letter or any other assurances from the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff regarding the Company’s ability to rely on Rule 3a-2 or Rule 3a-1 of the 1940 Act, nor has the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff provided any such order, no-action letter or other assurances.  If we are required to register under the 1940 Act, compliance with these additional regulatory burdens would significantly increase our operating expenses.

Following the closing of the Asset Sale, we became a “shell company” under the federal securities laws.

As a result of the Asset Sale, we no longer had an operating business, and accordingly, after the closing of the Asset Sale, we became a shell company as defined by Rule 405 of the Securities Act and Exchange Act Rule 12b-2. As a result of our acquisition of an equity interest in HC Realty on March 19, 2019, we are no longer a shell company. However, applicable securities rules prohibit shell companies from using a Form S-8 registration statement to register securities pursuant to employee compensation plans and from utilizing Form S-3 for the registration of securities for 12 months after we cease to be a shell company.

To assist the Securities and Exchange Commission in the identification of shell companies, we were required to check a box on our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and our annual reports on Form 10-K indicating that we were a shell company.

Under Rule 144 of the Securities Act, a holder of restricted securities of a company that was a “shell company” is not allowed to resell their securities in reliance upon Rule 144 for a period of 12 months after the company ceases to be a shell company and files required information with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The inability to utilize registration statements on Forms S-8 and S-3 would likely increase our costs to register securities in the future. Additionally, the loss of the use of Rule 144 and Form S-8 might make the offering and sale of our securities to employees, directors and others under compensatory arrangements more expensive and less attractive to recipients.

We have identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, and we cannot assure you that additional material weaknesses or significant deficiencies will not occur in the future. If our internal control over financial reporting or our disclosure controls and procedures are not effective, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results, which may cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information and may lead to a decline in our stock price.

Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. A “material weakness” is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our consolidated financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. We identified a material weakness in our internal control during the third quarter of 2018 over the assignment of a portion of the Original Note to S&L. Specifically, we did not design and maintain effective controls related to the accounting with respect to the recording of a gain on extinguishment of the Original Note. If our remediation efforts for this material weakness is not successful, or if other material weaknesses arise in the future, our ability to properly manage the business may be impaired and we may be unable to accurately report our financial results. This could result in previously reported financial results being restated, which could result in a loss of investor confidence and may lead to a decline in our stock price.

Our executive officers, directors and 10% stockholders have significant voting power and may vote their shares in a manner that is not in the best interest of other stockholders.

Our executive officers, directors and 10% stockholders control approximately 48%56% of the voting power represented by our outstanding common stock. If these stockholders act together, they may be able to exert significant control over our management and affairs requiring stockholder approval, such as the election of directors or the dissolution of the company. This concentration of ownership may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control and might adversely affect the market price of our common stock. This concentration of ownership may not be in the best interests of all our stockholders.

Our management, who will be employed on a part-time basis for the foreseeable future, currently has outside business interests that will require their time and attention and may interfere with their ability to devote all of their time to our business, which may adversely affect our business and operations.

Since our business will be limited until we find suitable non-furniture assets for acquisition, our only employees consist of our two executive officers, who will be employed for the foreseeable future on a part-time basis and who have outside business interests that could require substantial time and attention. Our executive officers are associated with Hale Partnership Capital Management LLC and devote significant time to its affairs. Our executive officers are also associated with HC Government Realty Trust, Inc. On March 19, 2019, we acquired an equity interest in HC Realty and made a loan to HC Realty’s operating partnership. We cannot accurately predict the amount of time and attention that will be required of our officers to perform their ongoing duties related to outside business interests. The inability of our officers to devote sufficient time to managing our business could have a material adverse effect on our business and operations.

USE OF PROCEEDS

Although the actual amount will depend on participation in the rights offering, we expect that the gross proceeds from the rights offering will be approximately $[●] million. We intend to use the proceeds of the rights offering to provide additional cash for acquisitions including purchasing additional HC Realty Series B Stock (so that we own at least 50% of the outstanding shares of HC Realty Series B stock), HC Realty Common Stock, or debt of HC Realty.

CAPITALIZATION

The following table describes capitalization as of September 30,December 31, 2019, on an actual basis and as adjusted to give effect to the rights offering, assuming gross proceeds from the rights offering of $[●���] million and before deducting the estimated offering expenses. As adjusted balances are subject to change based upon final participation in the rights offering. You should read this table together with the information under the heading “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition” and our unaudited consolidated financial statements and related notes and other financial information in our QuarterlyAnnual Report on Form 10-Q10-K for the quarter ended September 30,December 31, 2019 attached as Annex BA hereto.

THE RIGHTS OFFERING

The Subscription Rights

We are distributing, at no charge, to the record holders of our shares of common stock as of [            ], 2020, the record date, non-transferable subscription rights to purchase shares of our common stock at a subscription price of $[            ] per share. The subscription rights will entitle the holders of our common stock to purchase approximately 19,500,000 shares of our common stock.

Each eligible holder of record of shares of our common stock will receive one subscription right for each share of common stock owned by such holder as of 5:00 p.m., New York time, on the record date. Each subscription right will entitle the holder to a basic subscription privilege and an over-subscription privilege.

We intend to keep the rights offering open until [            ], 2020, unless our board of directors, in its sole discretion, extends such time.

Basic Subscription Privilege

With your basic subscription privilege, each right entitles you to purchase [            ]1.30462367 shares of our common stock, upon delivery of the required documents and payment of the subscription price of $[            ] per share, prior to the expiration of the rights offering. You will receive one subscription right for each share of our common stock you owned as of 5:00 p.m., New York time, on the record date. You may exercise all or a portion of your basic subscription privilege; however, if you exercise less than your full basic subscription privilege, you will not be entitled to purchase shares under your over-subscription privilege.

We will not issue fractional shares of common stock in the rights offering, and holders will only be entitled to purchase a whole number of shares of common stock, rounded down to the nearest whole number a holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase, with the total subscription payment being adjusted accordingly. Any excess subscription payments received by the subscription agent will be returned promptly, without interest or penalty.

Over-Subscription Privilege

If you purchase all of the shares of our common stock available to you pursuant to your basic subscription privilege, you may also choose to purchase a portion of the shares of our common stock that are not purchased by other stockholders through the exercise of their respective basic subscription privileges. If sufficient shares of common stock are available, we will seek to honor the over-subscription requests in full. If, however, over-subscription requests exceed the number of shares of common stock available, we will allocate the available shares of common stock pro rata among each person properly exercising the over-subscription privilege in proportion to the number of shares of common stock each person subscribed for under the basic subscription privilege. If this pro rata allocation results in any person receiving a greater number of shares of common stock than the person subscribed for pursuant to the exercise of the over-subscription privilege, then such person will be allocated only that number of shares for which the person over-subscribed, and the remaining shares of common stock will be allocated among all other persons exercising the over-subscription privilege on the same pro rata basis described above. The proration process will be repeated until all shares of common stock have been allocated or all over-subscription requests have been fulfilled, whichever occurs earlier. In the event the exercise of the over-subscription privilege by a stockholder who is not currently treated as a 5% stockholder under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code would result in such stockholder being treated as a 5% stockholder under Section 382, the Company reserves the right (i) to reduce the number of shares purchased by such stockholder so such stockholder would not be treated as a 5% stockholder under Section 382 and (ii) to allocate the shares subject to that reduction pro rata to other stockholders exercising the over-subscription privilege. We believe this reduction right will help us protect our NOLs by reducing the number of stockholders in determining whether an “ownership change” has occurred which could limit the use of our NOLs. See, “Risk Factors – An “ownership change” could limit the use of our net operating loss carryforwards and our potential to derive a benefit from our net operating loss carryforwards.”

In order to properly exercise your over-subscription privilege, you must deliver the subscription payment related to your over-subscription privilege prior to the expiration of the rights offer. Because we will not know the total number of unsubscribed shares prior to the expiration of the rights offer, if you wish to maximize the number of shares you purchase pursuant to your over-subscription privilege, you will need to deliver payment in an amount equal to the aggregate subscription price for the maximum number of shares of our common stock that may be available to you (i.e., for the maximum number of shares of common stock available to you, assuming you exercise all of your basic subscription privilege and are allotted the full amount of your over-subscription as elected by you).

We can provide no assurance that you will actually be entitled to purchase the number of shares issuable upon the exercise of your over-subscription privilege in full at the expiration of the rights offering. We will not be able to satisfy your exercise of the over-subscription privilege if all of our stockholders exercise their basic subscription privileges in full, and we will only honor an over-subscription privilege to the extent a sufficient amount of shares of our common stock are available following the exercise of subscription rights under the basic subscription privileges.

To the extent the aggregate subscription price of the maximum number of unsubscribed shares available to you pursuant to the over-subscription privilege is less than the amount you actually paid in connection with the exercise of the over-subscription privilege, you will be allocated only the number of unsubscribed shares available to you, and any excess subscription payments received by the subscription agent will be returned promptly, without interest or penalty. To the extent the amount you actually paid in connection with the exercise of the over-subscription privilege is less than the aggregate subscription price of the maximum number of unsubscribed shares available to you pursuant to the over-subscription privilege, you will be allocated the number of unsubscribed shares for which you actually paid in connection with the over-subscription privilege.

Delivery of Shares of Common Stock Acquired in the Rights Offering

If you purchase shares in the rights offering by submitting a rights certificate and payment, we will mail you a stock certificateissue shares in book-entry form or deliver certificates evidencing the new shares purchased as soon as practicable after the completion of the rights offering. One stock certificate will be generated for each rights certificate processed. Until your stock certificate is received, you may not be able to sell the shares of common stock acquired in the rights offering. If, as of the record date, your shares were held by a custodian bank, broker, dealer or other nominee,in “street name” and you participate in the rights offer, you will not receive stock certificates for your new shares. Your custodian bank, broker, dealer or other nominee will be credited with the shares of common stock you purchase in the rights offering as soon as practicable after the completion of the rights offering.

Reasons for the Rights Offering

Prior to approving the rights offering, our board of directors carefully considered our available cash for acquisitions, the greater resources and flexibility in acquiring additional non-furniture assets potentially provided by the additional cash that may be raised in a rights offering, other capital-raising opportunities, as well as the dilution of the ownership percentage of the current holders of our common stock that may be caused by the rights offering if they do not exercise their rights in full.

After weighing the factors discussed above and the effect of the $____ million in additional cash, before expenses, that may be generated by the sale of shares pursuant to the rights offering, our board of directors determined that the rights offering is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. Although we believe that the rights offering will provide greater resources and flexibility in acquiring non-furniture assets, the board of directors is not making any recommendation as to whether you should exercise your subscription rights.

Effect of Rights Offering on Existing Stockholders

The ownership interests and voting interests of the existing stockholders that do not fully exercise their basic subscription privileges will be diluted.

Method of Exercising Subscription Rights

The exercise of subscription rights is irrevocable and may not be cancelled or modified. You may exercise your subscription rights as follows:

Subscription by Registered Holders

If you hold certificates of shares of our common stock, the number of rights you may exercise pursuant to the basic subscription privilege will be indicated on the rights certificate delivered to you. You may exercise your subscription rights by properly completing and executing the rights certificate and forwarding it, together with your full subscription payment, to the subscription agent at the address set forth below in this section under the heading “Subscription Agent,” prior to the expiration of the rights offering.

Subscription by DTC Participants

We expect that the exercise of your subscription rights may be made through the facilities of DTC. If your subscription rights are held of record through DTC, you may exercise your subscription rights by instructing DTC, or having your broker instruct DTC, to transfer your subscription rights from your account to the account of the subscription agent, together with certification as to the aggregate number of subscription rights you are exercising and the number of shares of our common stock you are subscribing for under your basic subscription privilege and your over-subscription privilege, if any, and your full subscription payment.

Subscription by Beneficial Owners

If you are a beneficial owner of our shares of common stock that are registered in the name of a broker, dealer, custodian bank or other nominee, you will not receive a rights certificate. Instead, one subscription right will be issued to the nominee record holder for each share of our common stock that you own at the record date. If you are not contacted by your broker, dealer, custodian bank or other nominee, you should promptly contact your broker, dealer, custodian bank or other nominee in order to subscribe for shares of our common stock in the rights offering.

If you hold your shares of our common stock in the name of a broker, dealer, custodian bank or other nominee, your nominee will exercise the subscription rights on your behalf in accordance with your instructions. Your nominee may establish a deadline that may be before the 5:00 p.m., New York time, [            ], 2020 expiration date we have established for the rights offering.

Payment Method for Registered Holders

As described in the instructions accompanying the rights certificate, payments must be made in full in United States dollars for the full number of shares of our common stock for which you are subscribing by (i) cashier’s or certified check drawn upon a United States bank payable to the subscription agent at the address set forth below in this section under the heading “Subscription Agent.Agent,” or (ii) wire transfer of immediately available funds to: JP Morgan Chase Bank, Account Name: Continental as agent for HG Holdings, Inc., Routing Number: 02000021, Swift Code : CHASUS33, Account Number: 475-481410.

Personal checks are not accepted. Payment received after the expiration of the rights offering may not be honored, and the subscription agent will return your payment to you promptly, without interest or penalty.

You should read and follow the delivery and payment instructions accompanying the rights certificate. DO NOT SEND RIGHTS CERTIFICATES OR PAYMENTS DIRECTLY TO HG HOLDINGS, INC. Except as described below under “—Guaranteed Delivery Procedures,” we will not consider your subscription received until the subscription agent has received delivery of a properly completed and duly executed rights certificate and other subscription documents and payment of the full subscription amount. The risk of delivery of all documents and payments is borne by you or your nominee, not by the subscription agent or us.

The method of delivery of rights certificates and payment of the subscription amount to the subscription agent will be at the risk of the holders of subscription rights. If sent by mail, we recommend that you send subscription materials and payments by check by overnight courier or by registered mail, properly insured, with return receipt requested, and that a sufficient number of days be allowed to ensure delivery to the subscription agent and clearance of payment prior to the expiration of the rights offering.

Unless a rights certificate provides that the shares of our common stock are to be delivered to the record holder of such rights or such certificate is submitted for the account of a bank or a broker, signatures on such rights certificate must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” (as such term is defined in Rule 17Ad-15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) that is a participant in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program, the New York Stock Exchange Program Medallion Signature Program or the Stock Exchange Medallion Program, subject to any standards and procedures adopted by the subscription agent.

Missing or Incomplete Subscription Information

If you do not indicate the number of subscription rights being exercised, or the subscription agent does not receive the full subscription payment for the number of subscription rights that you indicate are being exercised, then you will be deemed to have exercised the maximum number of subscription rights that may be exercised with the aggregate subscription payment you delivered to the subscription agent. If the subscription agent does not apply your full subscription payment to your purchase of our shares of common stock, any excess subscription payment received by the subscription agent will be returned promptly, without interest or penalty.

Expiration Date and Amendments

The subscription period, during which you may exercise your subscription rights, expires at 5:00 p.m., New York time, on [            ], 2020, which is the expiration of the rights offering. If you do not exercise your subscription rights prior to that time, your subscription rights will expire and will no longer be exercisable. We will not be required to issue shares of common stock to you if the subscription agent receives your rights certificate and subscription payment after that time, regardless of when the rights certificate and subscription payment were sent by you, unless you send the documents in compliance with the guaranteed delivery procedures described below. We have the option to extend the rights offering and the period for exercising your subscription rights, although we do not presently intend to do so. We may extend the expiration of the rights offering by giving oral or written notice to the subscription agent prior to the expiration of the rights offering. If we elect to extend the expiration of the rights offering, we will issue a press release announcing such extension no later than 9:00 a.m., New York time, on the next business day after the most recently announced expiration of the rights offering. We reserve the right to amend or modify the terms of the rights offering.

Subscription Price

The subscription price was determined by our board of directors. Factors considered by our board of directors included our net asset value, the strategic alternatives to our Company for raising capital, the price at which our shareholders might be willing to participate in the rights offering, historical and current trading prices of our common stock, and the general condition of the securities market. We cannot assure you that the market price for our common stock during the rights offering will be equal to or above the subscription price or that a subscribing owner of rights will be able to sell the shares of common stock purchased in the rights offering at a price equal to or greater than the subscription price.

We urge you to obtain a current quote for our common stock before exercising your subscription rights.

Conditions, Withdrawal and Termination

We reserve the right to withdraw the rights offering prior to the expiration of the rights offer for any reason. We may terminate the rights offering, in whole or in part, if at any time before completion of the rights offering there is any judgment, order, decree, injunction, statute, law or regulation entered, enacted, amended or held to be applicable to the rights offering that in the sole judgment of our board of directors would or might make the rights offering or its completion, whether in whole or in part, illegal or otherwise restrict or prohibit completion of the rights offering. We may waive any of these conditions and choose to proceed with the rights offering even if one or more of these events occur. If we terminate the rights offering, in whole or in part, all affected subscription rights will expire without value, and all excess subscription payments received by the subscription agent will be returned promptly, without interest or penalty. If we cancel the rights offering, we will issue a press release notifying stockholders of the cancellation, and all subscription payments received by the subscription agent will be returned promptly, without interest or penalty.

Subscription Agent

The subscription agent for this offering is Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company. The address to which subscription documents, rights certificates, notices of guaranteed delivery and subscription payments by check should be mailed or delivered is:

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company

1 State Street Plaza – 30^th30th Floor

New York, NY 10004

Attn: Reorganization Department

Phone Number: (212) 845-3287

You are solely responsible for completing delivery to the subscription agent of your subscription materials. The subscription materials are to be received by the subscription agent on or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York time, on [            ], 2020. We urge you to allow sufficient time for delivery of your subscription materials to the subscription agent. If you deliver subscription materials in a manner different from those described in this prospectus, we may not honor the exercise of your subscription rights.

Information Agent

We have appointed Morrow Sodali LLC as information agent for the rights offering. Any questions regarding the HG Holdings, Inc. rights offering or requests for additional copies of documents may be directed to Morrow Sodali LLC at (800) 662-5200 for banks, brokers, or stockholders, Monday through Friday (except bank holidays), between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., New York time.

Fees and Expenses

We will pay all fees charged by the subscription agent and information agent. You are responsible for paying any other commissions, fees, taxes or other expenses incurred in connection with the exercise of the subscription rights.

Fractional Shares

We will not issue fractional shares. Fractional shares of common stock resulting from the exercise of the basic subscription privilege will be eliminated by rounding down to the nearest whole share.

Medallion Guarantee May Be Required

YourIf you are signing on behalf of a registered holder in a representative capacity (e.g., as an officer or fiduciary), your signature on each subscription rights certificate must be guaranteed by an eligible institution, such as a member firm of a registered national securities exchange or a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., or a commercial bank or trust company having an office or correspondent in the United States, subject to standards and procedures adopted by the subscription agent, unless:agent.

You can obtain a signature guarantee from a financial institution – such as a commercial bank, savings, bank, credit union or broker dealer – that participates in one of the Medallion signature guarantee programs. The three Medallion signature guarantee programs are the following:

If a financial institution is not a member of a recognized Medallion signature guarantee program, it would not be able to provide signature guarantees. Also, if you are not a customer of a participating financial institution, it is likely the financial institution will not guarantee your signature. Therefore, the best source of a Medallion Guarantee would be a bank, savings and loan association, brokerage firm, or credit union with whom you do business. The participating financial institution will use a Medallion imprint or stamp to guarantee the signature, indicating that the financial institution is a member of a Medallion signature guarantee program and is an acceptable signature guarantor.

Notice to Nominees

If you are a broker, dealer, custodian bank or other nominee holder that holds shares of our common stock for the account of others on the record date, you should notify the beneficial owners of the shares for whom you are the nominee of the rights offering as soon as possible to learn their intentions with respect to exercising their subscription rights. You should obtain instructions from the beneficial owner, as set forth in the instructions we have provided to you for your distribution to beneficial owners. If the beneficial owner so instructs, you should submit information and payment for shares. We expect that the exercise of subscription rights on behalf of beneficial owners may be made through the facilities of DTC. You may exercise individual or aggregate beneficial owner subscription rights by instructing DTC to transfer subscription rights from your account to the account of the subscription agent, together with certification as to the aggregate number of subscription rights exercised and the number of common shares subscribed for under the basic subscription privilege and the over-subscription privilege, if any, and your full subscription payment.

Beneficial Owners

If you do not hold certificates for shares of our common stock, you are a beneficial owner of our shares of our common stock. Instead of receiving a rights certificate, you will receive your subscription rights through a broker, dealer, custodian bank or other nominee. We will ask your broker, dealer, custodian bank or other nominee to notify you of the rights offering.

You should contact your broker, dealer, custodian bank or other nominee if you do not receive information regarding the rights offering, but believe you are entitled to subscription rights. We are not responsible if you do not receive notice by your broker, dealer, custodian bank or other nominee or if you do not receive notice in time to respond to your nominee by the deadline established by the nominee, which may be prior to 5:00 p.m. New York time, on [            ], 2020.

If you wish to exercise your subscription rights, you will need to have your broker, dealer, custodian bank or other nominee act for you. If you hold certificates for shares of our common stock and received a rights certificate, but would prefer to have your broker, dealer, custodian bank or other nominee act for you, you should contact your nominee and request it to effect the transaction for you.

Guaranteed Delivery Procedures

If you wish to exercise subscription rights, but you do not have sufficient time to deliver the rights certificate evidencing your subscription rights to the subscription agent prior to the expiration of the rights offering, you may exercise your subscription rights by the following guaranteed delivery procedures:

Your Notice of Guaranteed Delivery must be delivered in substantially the same form provided with the “Form of Instructions for Use of HG Holdings, Inc. Subscription Rights Certificates,” which will be distributed to you with your rights certificate. Your Notice of Guaranteed Delivery must include a signature guarantee from an eligible institution, acceptable to the subscription agent. A form of that guarantee is included with the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.

In your Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, you must provide:

You may deliver your Notice of Guaranteed Delivery to the subscription agent in the same manner as your rights certificate at the address set forth above under “—Subscription Agent.” Eligible institutions may also alternatively transmit a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery to the subscription agent by facsimile transmission at [       ]. To confirm facsimile deliveries, eligible institutions may call [       ].

The information agent will send you additional copies of the form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery if you need them. You should call Morrow Sodali LLC, at (800) 662-5200 for banks, brokers, or stockholders, to request additional copies of the form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.

Non-TransferabilityNon-Transferability of Subscription Rights

The subscription rights granted to you are non-transferable and, therefore, you may not sell, transfer or assign your subscription rights to anyone. The subscription rights will not be traded on the OTC Market Groups OTCQB or any other stock exchange or market. The shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of the subscription rights are expected to be traded on the OTC Market Group’s OTCQB.

Validity of Subscriptions

We will resolve all questions regarding the validity and form of the exercise of your subscription rights, including time of receipt and eligibility to participate in the rights offering. Our determination will be final and binding. Once made, subscriptions and directions are irrevocable, and we will not accept any alternative, conditional or contingent subscriptions or directions. We reserve the absolute right to reject any subscriptions or directions not properly submitted or the acceptance of which would be unlawful. You must resolve any irregularities in connection with your subscriptions before the subscription period expires, unless waived by us in our sole discretion. Neither we nor the subscription agent shall be under any duty to notify you or your representative of defects in your subscriptions. A subscription will be considered accepted, subject to our right to withdraw or terminate the rights offering, only when a properly completed and duly executed rights certificate and any other required documents and the full subscription payment have been received by the subscription agent. Our interpretations of the terms and conditions of the rights offering will be final and binding.

Escrow Arrangements; Return of Funds

The subscription agent will hold funds received in payment for shares of our common stock in a segregated account pending completion of the rights offering. The subscription agent will hold this money in escrow until the rights offering is completed or is withdrawn and canceled. If the rights offering is canceled for any reason, all subscription payments received by the subscription agent will be returned promptly, without interest or penalty.

Stockholder Rights

You will have no rights as a holder of our shares of common stock you purchase in the rights offering, if any, until shares are issued in book-entry form, certificates representing our shares of common stock are issued to you, or until your account at your record holder is credited with shares of common stock purchased in the rights offering. You will have no right to revoke your subscriptions once made in accordance with the procedures set forth in this prospectus.

Foreign Stockholders

We will not mail this prospectus or rights certificates to stockholders with addresses that are outside the United States or that have an army post office or foreign post office address. The subscription agent will hold these rights certificates for their account. To exercise subscription rights, our foreign stockholders must notify the subscription agent prior to 11:00 a.m., New York time, at least three business days prior to the expiration of the rights offering of their exercise of such rights, and, with respect to holders whose addresses are outside the United States, provide evidence satisfactory to us, such as a legal opinion from local counsel, that the exercise of such subscription rights does not violate the laws of the jurisdiction of such stockholder.

No Revocation or Change

Once you submit the form of rights certificate to exercise any subscription rights, you are not allowed to revoke or change the exercise or request a refund of monies paid. All exercises of subscription rights are irrevocable, even if you learn information about us that you consider to be unfavorable. You should not exercise your subscription rights unless you are certain that you wish to purchase additional common shares at the subscription price.

Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences

For U.S. federal income tax purposes, you should not recognize income or loss upon receipt or exercise of subscription rights. For a more detailed discussion, see “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences.”

Trading of our Common Stock

Shares of our common stock are, and we expect that the shares of common stock to be issued in the rights offering will be, traded on the OTC Market Group’s OTCQB under the symbol “STLY.” The last reported sales price of our common stock on the OTCQB on January 17,May 4, 2020 the last practicable date before the filing of this prospectus, was $[            ].$0.54. We urge you to obtain a current market price for the shares of our common stock before making any determination with respect to the exercise of your rights.

Outstanding Shares of Common Stock after the Rights Offering

As of January 17,May 4, 2020, 14,946,839 of our shares of common stock were issued and outstanding and there were no rights to purchase shares of our common stock outstanding. Assuming no other transactions by us involving shares of our common stock, and no options for shares of our common stock are exercised, prior to the expiration of the rights offering, if the rights offering is fully subscribed through the exercise of the subscription rights, then an additional 19,500,000 of our shares of common stock will be issued and outstanding after the closing of the rights offering, for a total of 34,446,839 shares of common stock outstanding. As a result of the rights offering, the ownership interests and voting interests of the existing stockholders that do not fully exercise their basic subscription privileges will be diluted.

Compliance with Regulations Pertaining to the Subscription Rights Offering

We are not making the subscription rights offering in any state or other jurisdiction in which it is unlawful to do so. We will offer the subscription rights in all states pursuant to exemptions from registration requirements. We are not seeking to register this offering in any state, and instead intend to rely on applicable offering exemptions under state securities laws (in some cases subject to notice filings). We are not aware of an applicable offering exemption in the states of Arizona, California or Ohio. Accordingly, persons residing in such states are not permitted to participate in this offering.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, we will not sell or accept an offer to purchase the subscription rights from you if you are a resident of any state or other jurisdiction in which we subsequently determine that the sale or offer of the subscription rights would be unlawful. If that happens, we may delay the commencement of the subscription rights offering in certain states or other jurisdictions in order to comply with the laws of those states or other jurisdictions. However, we may decide, in our sole discretion, not to modify the terms of the subscription rights offering as may be requested by certain states or other jurisdictions. If that happens and you are a resident of the state or jurisdiction that requests the modification, you will not be eligible to participate in the rights offering. We do not expect that there will be any changes in the terms of the rights offering.

MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES

The following summary describes the material U.S. federal income tax consequences of the receipt and exercise (or expiration) of the subscription rights or, if applicable, the over-subscription privilege, acquired through the rights offering and owning and disposing of the shares of common stock received upon exercise of the subscription rights. This summary is based upon the Internal Revenue Code, of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Treasury Regulations”) and administrative and judicial interpretations thereof, all as currently in effect and all of which are subject to differing interpretations or to change, possibly with retroactive effect. No assurance can be given that the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) would not assert, or that a court would not sustain, a position contrary to any of the U.S. federal income tax consequences described below.

This summary is for general information only and does not purport to discuss all aspects of U.S. federal income taxation that may be important to a particular holder in light of its particular circumstances or to holders that may be subject to special tax rules, including, but not limited to, partnerships or other pass-through entities, banks and other financial institutions, tax-exempt entities, employee stock ownership plans, certain former citizens or residents of the United States, insurance companies, regulated investment companies, real estate investment trusts, dealers in securities or currencies, brokers, traders in securities that have elected to use the mark-to-market method of accounting, persons holding subscription rights or shares of common stock as part of an integrated transaction, including a “straddle,” “hedge,” “constructive sale” or “conversion transaction,” persons whose functional currency for tax purposes is not the U.S. dollar, and persons subject to the alternative minimum tax provisions of the Code.

This summary applies to you only if you are a U.S. holder (as defined below) and receive your subscription rights in the rights offering, and you hold your subscription rights or shares of common stock issued to you upon exercise of the subscription rights or, if applicable, the over-subscription privilege, as capital assets within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Code. This summary does not apply to you if you are not a U.S. Holder.

We have not sought, and will not seek, a ruling from the IRS regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the rights offering or the related share issuances. The following summary does not address the tax consequences of the rights offering or the related share issuance under U.S. federal non-income foreign, state, or local tax laws.

You are a U.S. holder if you are a beneficial owner of subscription rights or common stock and you are:

If a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) receives the subscription rights or holds the common stock received upon exercise of the subscription rights or, if applicable, the over-subscription privilege, the tax treatment of a partner in such partnership generally will depend upon the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. Such a partner or partnership is urged to consult its own tax advisor as to the U.S. federal income tax consequences of receiving and exercising the subscription rights and acquiring, holding or disposing of our common shares.

ACCORDINGLY, EACH RECIPIENT OF RIGHTS IN THE RIGHTS OFFERING SHOULD CONSULT THE RECIPIENT’S OWN TAX ADVISOR WITH RESPECT TO THE TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE RIGHTS OFFERING AND THE RELATED SHARE ISSUANCES THAT MAY RESULT FROM SUCH RECIPIENT’S PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES.

Taxation of Subscription Rights

Receipt of Subscription Rights

Your receipt of subscription rights pursuant to the rights offering should not be treated as a taxable distribution with respect to your existing shares of common stock for U.S. federal income tax purposes provided that the rights offering is not part of a “disproportionate distribution”. Under Section 305 of the Code, a stockholder who receives a right to acquire shares should,would, in certain circumstances, be treated as having received a taxable dividend in an amount equal to the fair market value of such right. A common stockholder who receives a right to acquire shares of common stock generally shouldwould be treated as having received a taxable dividend if such stockholder’s proportionate interest in the earnings and profits or assets of the corporation is increased and any other stockholder receives a distribution of cash or other property. Distributions having such effect are referred to as “disproportionate distributions”. In addition, under the Treasury Regulations, any transaction or series of transactions, including a redemption or a recapitalization, may be treated as a distribution with respect to any shareholder whose proportionate interest in the earnings and profits or assets of the corporation is increased as a result of such transaction or series of transactions. Nevertheless, the Treasury Regulations also provide that Section 305(b) of the Code does not apply to a distribution of cash or property incident to an isolated redemption of stock. For purposes of the above, “stockholder” includes holders of warrants, options and convertible securities. Under the Treasury Regulations applicable to Section 305(b) of the Code, where the receipt of cash or property occurs more than 36 months following a distribution or series of distributions of stock, or where a distribution is made more than 36 months following the receipt of cash or property, such distribution or distributions will be presumed not to result in the receipt of cash or property by some stockholders and an increase in the proportionate interest of other stockholders, unless the receipt of cash or property by some stockholders and the distribution or series of distributions are made pursuant to a plan. The distribution of subscription rights will not result in the receipt by any stockholders of cash or property from the Company. Further, during the past 36 months, we have not made any distributions of cash or property on our common stock, except for a distribution incident to an isolated redemption of approximately 1.5% of our common stock in 2018, and do not anticipate making any distributions of cash or other property (other than stock or rights to acquire stock) in the foreseeable future with respect to our common stock. The isolated redemption of our common stock in 2018 was funded by proceeds of a sale of our assets and was not part of a plan of which the rights offering was a part. We believe, and based on the Treasury Regulations we intend to take the position, that Section 305(b) of the Code does not apply to the redemption of our common stock in 2018 because such distribution was incidentand the rights offering are unrelated isolated transactions which are not part of a plan to an isolated redemption of stock.increase any stockholder’s proportionate interest in our earnings and profits or assets. In addition, we currently do not have any convertible debt or preferred stock outstanding, nor do we intend to issue any convertible debt or preferred stock. Accordingly, we believe and intend to take the position that pursuant to Section 305 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations issued thereunder, the receipt of subscription rights are not part of a “disproportionate distribution” and thus should generally not be taxable to you. The application of the Code Section 305 rules to the rights offering is very complex and subject to uncertainty. No assurance can be given that the IRS or a court will agree with any position we may assert regarding the application of Section 305 of the Code to any transaction described or contemplated herein or that any challenge to any such position by the IRS, if made, will not be successful. If our position is determined by the IRS or a court to be incorrect, whether on the basis that the issuance of subscription rights is a “disproportionate distribution” or otherwise, the fair market value of the subscription rights would be taxable to you.

Tax Basis in the Subscription Rights

If the fair market value of the subscription rights you receive is less than 15% of the fair market value of your existing shares of common stock on the date you receive the subscription rights, the subscription rights will be allocated a zero basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes, unless you elect to allocate your basis in your existing shares of common stock between your existing shares of common stock and the subscription rights in proportion to the relative fair market values of the existing shares of common stock and the subscription rights determined on the date of receipt of the subscription rights. If you choose to allocate basis between your existing shares of common stock and the subscription rights, you must make this election on a statement included with your tax return for the taxable year in which you receive the subscription rights. Such an election is irrevocable.

However, if the fair market value of the subscription rights you receive is 15% or more of the fair market value of your existing shares of common stock on the date you receive the subscription rights, then you must allocate your basis in your existing shares of common stock between your existing shares of common stock and the subscription rights you receive in proportion to their fair market values determined on the date you receive the subscription rights. The fair market value of the subscription rights on the date the subscription rights will be distributed is uncertain. We have not obtained, and do not intend to obtain, an appraisal regarding the fair market value of the subscription rights. In determining the fair market value of the subscription rights, you should consider all relevant facts and circumstances, including any difference between the subscription price of the subscription rights and the trading price of our common stock on the date that the subscription rights are distributed, the length of the period during which the subscription rights may be exercised and the fact that the subscription rights are non-transferable.

Exercise of Subscription Rights

Generally, you should not recognize gain or loss on the exercise of a subscription right. Your tax basis in a new share of common stock acquired when you exercise a subscription right should be equal to your adjusted tax basis in the subscription right, if any, plus the subscription price. The holding period of a share of common stock acquired when you exercise your subscription rights should begin on the date of exercise.

If you exercise the subscription rights received in this rights offering after disposing of the shares of our common stock with respect to which the subscription rights are received, you should consult your tax advisor, including with regard to any potential application of “wash sale” rules under Section 1091 of the Code.

Expiration of Subscription Rights

If you allow subscription rights received in the rights offering to expire while you continue to hold common stock with respect to which the subscription rights are received, you should not recognize any gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and you should re-allocate any portion of the tax basis in your existing shares of common stock previously allocated to the subscription rights that have expired, if any, to the existing shares of common stock.

Sale or Other Disposition of Subscription Rights

If you sell or otherwise dispose of your subscription rights prior to the expiration date, you should recognize capital gain or loss equal to the difference between the amount of cash and the fair market value of any property you receive and your tax basis, if any, in the subscription rights sold or otherwise disposed of. Any capital gain or loss should be long-term capital gain or loss if the holding period for the subscription rights exceeds one year at the time of disposition. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to limitations under the Code.

Taxation of Shares of Common Stock

Distributions

Distributions with respect to shares of common stock acquired upon exercise of subscription rights should be taxable as dividend income when actually or constructively received to the extent of our current or accumulated earnings and profits as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes. To the extent that the amount of a distribution exceeds our current and accumulated earnings and profits, such distribution should be treated first as a tax-free return of capital to the extent of your adjusted tax basis in such shares of common stock and thereafter as capital gain. We currently do not make any cash distributions on our shares of common stock.

Dispositions

If you sell or otherwise dispose of the shares of common stock acquired upon exercise of the subscription rights, you should generally recognize capital gain or loss equal to the difference between the amount realized and your adjusted tax basis in the shares of common stock. Such capital gain or loss should be long-term capital gain or loss if your holding period for the shares of common stock is more than one year at the time of the disposition. Long-term capital gain of an individual is generally taxed at favorable rates. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to limitations.

Additional Medicare Tax on Net Investment Income

An additional 3.8% tax is imposed on the net investment income of certain U.S. citizens and residents, including an alien individual who is a lawful permanent resident of the United States or meets the substantial presence test under Code Section 7701(b), and on the undistributed net investment income of certain estates and trusts. Among other items, net investment income generally includes gross income from dividends and net gain from the disposition of property, such as the rights and the common stock, less certain deductions. You should consult your tax advisor with respect to this additional tax.

Information Reporting and Backup Withholding

You may be subject to information reporting and/or U.S. federal backup withholding with respect to dividend payments on or the gross proceeds from the disposition of our common stock acquired through the exercise of subscription rights. Backup withholding should not apply if you furnish a correct taxpayer identification number (certified on IRS Form W-9) or otherwise establish that you are exempt from backup withholding. Backup withholding may apply under certain circumstances if you (1) fail to furnish your social security or other taxpayer identification number (“TIN”), (2) furnish an incorrect TIN, (3) fail to report interest or dividends properly, or (4) fail to provide a certified statement, signed under penalty of perjury, that the TIN provided is correct, that you are not subject to backup withholding and that you are a U.S. person. Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amount withheld from a payment under the backup withholding rules is allowable as a credit against (and may entitle you to a refund with respect to) your U.S. federal income tax liability, provided that the required information is timely furnished to the IRS. Certain persons are exempt from backup withholding, including corporations and financial institutions. You are urged to consult your own tax advisor as to your qualification for exemption from backup withholding and the procedure for obtaining such exemption.

MARKET PRICE OF THE REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

Our common stock trades on the OTC Market Group’s OTCQB under the symbol “STLY”. As of January 17,May 4, 2020, there were approximately 169 holders of record.

DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

The following is a summary of the material terms of our capital stock. You are strongly encouraged, however, to read our restated certificate of incorporation, bylaws and other agreements, copies of which are available from us upon request or may be found in the “Investor Information” section of our website at www.hgholdingsinc.net under the heading “Investor Relations.”

General

The following description of our capital stock and provisions of our restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws are summaries and are qualified by reference to the restated certificate of incorporation and the bylaws currently in effect. Copies of these documents have been filed with the SEC.

Our authorized capital stock consists of 35,000,000 shares of common stock, of which 14,946,839[14,946,839] shares were outstanding on January 17,May 4, 2020, held by 169 holders of record, and 1,000,000 shares of blank check preferred stock, of which no shares were outstanding on January 17,May 4, 2020.

Common Stock

EachSubject to the rights of any holders of our preferred stock of which there currently are none, each outstanding share of common stock entitles its holder to one vote on all matters submitted to a vote of our stockholders, including the election of directors. There are no cumulative voting rights. Generally, all matters to be voted on by stockholders must be approved by a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by all shares of common stock present or represented by proxy.

HoldersSubject to the rights of any holders of our preferred stock of which there currently are none, holders of common stock are entitled to receive ratably such dividends as may be declared by the board of directors out of funds legally available therefore. In the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding up of our Company holders of common stock are entitled to share ratably in all assets remaining after payment of liabilities and satisfaction of any preferential rights of the holders of the preferred stock. Holders of common stock have no preemptive, subscription or conversion rights. There are no redemption or sinking fund provisions, and there is no liability for further calls or assessments by the Company.

Preferred Stock

Pursuant to our certificate of incorporation, we are authorized to issue “blank check” preferred stock, which may be issued from time to time in one or more series upon authorization by our Board of Directors. Our Board of Directors, without further approval of the stockholders, is authorized to fix the dividend rights and terms, conversion rights, voting rights, redemption rights and terms, liquidation preferences, and any other rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions applicable to each series of the preferred stock. The issuance of preferred stock, while providing flexibility in connection with possible acquisitions and other corporate purposes could, among other things, adversely affect the voting power of the holders of common stock and, under certain circumstances, make it more difficult for a third party to gain control of us, discourage bids for our common stock at a premium or otherwise adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

Stockholder Rights Plan

On December 5, 2016, we entered into a Rights Agreement (the “Agreement”) in an effort to protect against a possible limitation on our ability to use our net operating loss carryforwards (“NOLs”). We may utilize these NOLs in certain circumstances to offset future U.S. taxable income and reduce our U.S. federal income tax liability, which may arise even if we incur an accounting loss in a given period for reporting purposes. Our ability to utilize our NOLs, however, could be substantially limited if an “ownership change,” as defined under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”), occurred. In general, an ownership change would occur if and when the percentage of ownership of our one or more “5-percent shareholders” (as defined under IRC Section 382) has increased by more than 50 percentage points over their lowest ownership percentage at any time during the prior three years (calculated on a rolling basis). These provisions can be triggered not only by merger and acquisition activity but by trading as well. The Agreement is designed to deter trading that would result in an ownership change that could lead to the loss of the NOLs and a resulting reduction in our company’s value.

In connection with the adopting of the Agreement, our board of directors authorized and declared a dividend of one preferred stock purchase right (a “Right”) for each outstanding share of common stock to stockholders of record as of the close of business on December 15, 2016. Each share of our common stock issued after December 25, 2026 (including shares issued in the rights offering) until the Separation Time (as defined below) will have a Right associated with it. In general, the Rights will work to impose a significant penalty upon any person or group which becomes the beneficial owner of 4.9% or more of our outstanding common stock or upon any 4.9% or greater holder which becomes the beneficial owner of an additional 1% or more of the outstanding shares of our common stock. There is no guarantee, however, that the Agreement will prevent us from experiencing an ownership change and, therefore, having a limitation on its ability to utilize its NOLs.

The Rights. Until the Separation Time (as defined below), each Right will be evidenced by either the registration of the associated share of our common stock on the stock transfer books or the certificate for the associated share of our common stock and may only be transferred with the associated share of our common stock. Following the Separation Time, separate certificates evidencing the Rights will be delivered to holders of record of our common stock as of the Separation Time and the Rights may be transferred independent of our common stock.

Holders’ Rights as Stockholders. The holders of Rights will, solely by reason of their ownership of Rights, have no rights as our stockholders, including, without limitation, the right to vote or to receive dividends.

Exercisability of the Rights. The Rights are not exercisable until the close of business on the earlier of (i) the tenth business day (subject to adjustment by our board) after the date on which any person commences a tender or exchange offer that, if consummated, would result in such person becoming an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Rights Agreement) (provided that if any tender or exchange offer is cancelled, terminated or otherwise withdrawn prior to the close of business on the tenth business day following its commencement without the purchase of any shares of our common stock, such offer shall be deemed, for these purposes, to never have been made) and (ii) the next business day after the first date of public announcement by us or by an Acquiring Person that a person has become an Acquiring Person (such date being the “Stock Acquisition Announcement Date” and the close of business on the earlier of (i) or (ii) being the “Separation Time”). On or after the Separation Time and prior to the Expiration Time (as defined below), the Rights will be exercisable and each Right will entitle the holder thereof to purchase from us for $8.00 (the “Exercise Price”) one one-thousandth of a share of our Series A Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Preferred Stock”).

Flip-In Event. In the event that a person becomes an Acquiring Person, each Right, other than those beneficially owned by the Acquiring Person which shall become null and void, will as of such date (the “Flip-in Date”) constitute the right to purchase from us for the Exercise Price shares of our common stock having an aggregate Market Price (as defined in the Rights Agreement) equal to twice the Exercise Price.  

Terms of the Preferred Stock. The terms of the Preferred Stock issuable upon exercise of the Rights are designed so that each one one-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock is the economic and voting equivalent of one whole share of our common stock. In addition, the Preferred Stock has certain minimum dividend and liquidation rights, which are set out in the form of Certificate of Designation of Series A Participating Preferred Stock attached as Exhibit B to the Agreement.

Exchange. Our board may, at its option, at any time after a Flip-in Date and prior to the time that an Acquiring Person becomes the beneficial owner of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of our common stock, elect to exchange all (but not less than all) of the then outstanding Rights (other than Rights beneficially owned by the Acquiring Person or any affiliate thereof, which Rights shall become void) for shares of our common stock at an exchange ratio of one share of our common stock per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction occurring after the Separation Time (the “Exchange Ratio”). Immediately upon such action by our board (the “Exchange Time”), the right to exercise the Rights will terminate and each Right will thereafter represent only the right to receive a number of shares of our common stock equal to the Exchange Ratio.

Substitution. Whenever we become obligated, as described in the preceding paragraphs, to issue shares of our common stock upon exercise of or in exchange for Rights, we, at our option, may substitute therefor shares of Preferred Stock, at a ratio of one one-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock for each share of our common stock so issuable, or, subject to certain conditions, other debt or equity securities.

Exempt Persons. Any person desiring to engage in an acquisition of our common stock that, if consummated, might cause such person to become an Acquiring Person may request that our board exempt such acquisition from the provisions of the Agreement such that the person would not be deemed to be an Acquiring Person. Our board may grant any such request if it determines, in its sole discretion, that the acquisition (i) does not (x) create a significant risk of material adverse tax consequences to us or (y) constitute an event of default under our prior credit facility which is no longer in force or (ii) is otherwise in the best interests of the Company. Our board has granted several exemptions under the Agreement. Currently, the effective exemptions are (i) an exemption requested by Solas Capital Management, LLC (“Solas”) to purchase up to an additional 16.9% of our outstanding common stock (which would result in Solas owning approximately 34% of our outstanding stock if the remaining exempted amount of approximately 11.2% of our outstanding common stock was fully purchased), and (ii) an exemption requested by the Hale Funds permitting them to purchase up to an additional 14.4% of our outstanding common stock (which would result in the Hale Funds owning approximately 32% of our outstanding common stock if the remaining exempted amount of approximately 7.3% of our outstanding common stock was fully purchased).

Redemption. Our board may, at its option and at any time prior to a Flip-in Date, redeem all (but not less than all) of the then outstanding rights at a price of $0.0001 per Right (the “Redemption Price”). Immediately upon the action of our board electing to redeem the Rights, and without any further action or notice, the right to exercise the Rights will terminate and each Right will thereafter represent only the right to receive the Redemption Price in cash or securities for each Right so held.

Anti-Dilution Adjustments. The Exercise Price and the number of Rights outstanding, or in certain circumstances the securities purchasable upon exercise of the Rights, are subject to adjustment from time to time to prevent dilution in the event of a stock dividend on, or a subdivision or a combination into a smaller number of shares of, our common stock, or the issuance or distribution of any securities or assets in respect of, in lieu of or in exchange for our common stock.

Supplements and Amendments. The Agreement may be supplemented or amended without the approval of holders of the Rights at any time and in any respect prior to the Flip-in Date. Subsequent to the Flip-in Date, the Agreement may only be supplemented or amended in certain limited circumstances as specified in the Agreement.

Expiration. The Rights and the Agreement will expire on the earliest of (i) the Exchange Time, (ii) the date on which the Rights are redeemed as described above, (iii) the close of business on the day after the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders if the amendment to the Agreement set forth in Amendment No. 2 thereto is not approved by stockholders at the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, (iv) the close of business on December 5, 2022, and (v) the time at which our board determines, in its sole discretion, that the NOLs are utilized in all material respects or no longer available in any material respect under Section 382 of the Code or any applicable state law or that an ownership change under Section 382 of the Code would not adversely impact in any material respect the time period in which we could use the NOLs, or materially impair the amount of the NOLs that could be used by us in any particular time period, for applicable tax purposes (in any such case, the “Expiration Time”).

Anti-Takeover Provisions

We are subject to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. Subject to certain exceptions, Section 203 prevents a publicly held Delaware corporation from engaging in a “business combination” with any “interested stockholder” for three years following the date that the person became an interested stockholder, unless the interested stockholder attained such status with the approval of our board of directors or unless the business combination is approved in a prescribed manner. A “business combination” includes, among other things, a merger or consolidation involving us, and the interested stockholder and the sale of more than 10% of our assets. In general, an “interested stockholder” is any entity or person beneficially owning 15% or more of our outstanding voting stock and any entity or person affiliated with or controlling or controlled by such entity or person.

In addition, our restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws include a number of provisions that may have the effect of discouraging persons from pursuing non-negotiated takeover attempts. These provisions include:

Options

As of September 30, 2019,May 4, 2020, options to purchase 42,28336,071 shares of our common stock at a weighted average exercise price of $6.20$5.54 per share were outstanding.

Transfer Agent and Registrar

The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and its telephone number is (212) 845-3287.

The OTC Market Group’s OTCQB

Our common stock is traded on the OTC Market Group’s OTCQB under the symbol “STLY.”

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

On or about [                    ], 2020, we will distribute the rights, rights certificates, and copies of this prospectus to individuals who owned shares of common stock on [                    ], 2020. If you wish to exercise your rights and purchase shares of common stock, you should complete the rights certificate and return it with payment for the shares (if by check), to the subscription agent Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, at the following address:

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company

1 State Street Plaza – 30^th30th Floor

New York, NY 10004

Attn: Reorganization Department

Phone Number: (212) 845-3287 

For more information, see the section of this prospectus entitled “The Rights Offering.” If you have any questions, you should contact the Information Agent, Morrow Sodali LLC, at (800) 662-5200 for banks, brokers, or stockholders.

We do not know of any existing agreements between any stockholder, broker, dealer, underwriter, or agent relating to the sale or distribution of the common stock underlying the rights.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

We file annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. Our SEC filings, including the registration statement and exhibits, are available to the public at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. You may also read and copy any document we file at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at (800) SEC-0330 for information on the operating rules and procedures for the public reference room.

We maintain an Internet site at www.hgholdingsinc.net. We have not incorporated by reference into this prospectus the information on our website, and you should not consider it to be a part of this prospectus.

This prospectus does not contain all of the information included in the registration statement. We have omitted certain parts of the registration statement in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC. For further information, we refer you to the registration statement, including its exhibits and schedules, which may be found at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Statements contained in this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement about the provisions or contents of any contract, agreement or any other document referred to are not necessarily complete. Please refer to the actual exhibit for a more complete description of the matters involved.

We have appointed Morrow Sodali LLC as the information agent for the rights offering. Any questions regarding the HG Holdings, Inc. rights offering or requests for additional copies of documents may be directed to Morrow Sodali LLC at (800) 662-5200 for banks, brokers, or stockholders, Monday through Friday (except bank holidays), between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., New York time.

INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

All documents filed by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (excluding any information “furnished” under applicable SEC rules, rather than “filed”) after the effective of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part and prior to the termination of the offering under this prospectus shall be deemed to be incorporated in this prospectus by reference and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained herein, or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus.

This prospectus incorporates documents by reference that are not delivered with the prospectus. Copies of these documents, other than the exhibits to the documents (unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference in such documents), are available upon written or oral request, at no charge, from us to each person, including beneficial owners, to whom this prospectus is delivered. Requests for such copies should be directed to HG Holdings, Inc., 2115 E. 7^th St., Suite 101, Charlotte, North Carolina 28204, Attention: Principal Financial and Accounting Officer, telephone number: (252) 355-4610 Ext. 108. The reports incorporated herein by reference may also be accessed through the website at we maintain at www.hgholdingsinc.net. Information on our website or any other website is not incorporated by reference into this prospectus and does not constitute part of this prospectus.

LEGAL MATTERS

Certain legal matters in connection with any offering of securities made by this prospectus will be passed upon for us by McGuireWoods LLP.

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