As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 7, 2020October 26, 2023

Registration No. 333-__________333-

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Hancock Jaffe Laboratories, Inc.enVVeno Medical Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware 384133-0936180
(State or other jurisdiction of (Primary Standard Industrial(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)Classification Code Number) Identification Number)

 

70 Doppler

Irvine, California 92618

(949) 261-2900

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

 

Robert A. Berman

Chief Executive Officer

Hancock Jaffe Laboratories, Inc.enVVeno Medical Corporation

70 Doppler

Irvine, California 92618

(949) 261-2900

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

 

Please send a copy of all communications to:

Barry I. Grossman, Esq.

Matthew Bernstein, Esq.

Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP

1345 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10105-0302

(212) 370-1300

 

Approximate date of commencement proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

 

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If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. ☒

 

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

 

Large accelerated filerAccelerated filer
Non-accelerated filerSmaller reporting company
  Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complyingwith any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of Securities Act.

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered (1) 

Amount to be

Registered

(2) (3)

  

Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price per Security

(2) (3)

  Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price (2) (3)  Amount of Registration Fee (4) 
Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share        
Preferred Stock, par value $0.00001 per share        
Warrants to Purchase common stock, Preferred Stock or other Securities (5)            
Subscription Rights to Purchase common stock or Preferred Stock                
Debt Securities (which may be senior or subordinated, convertible or non-convertible, secured or unsecured)                
Units (6)            
TOTAL       $75,000,000  $9,735.00 

(1)Securities registered hereunder may be sold separately, together or as units with other securities registered hereunder.
(2)Not specified as to each class of securities to be registered pursuant to Form S-3 General Instruction II.D.
(3)The Registrant is registering an indeterminate aggregate principal amount and number of securities of each identified class of securities up to a proposed aggregate offering price of $75,000,000, which may be offered from time to time in unspecified numbers and at indeterminate prices, and as may be issuable upon conversion, redemption, repurchase, exchange, or exercise of any securities registered hereunder, including under any applicable anti-dilution provisions. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the shares being registered hereunder include such indeterminate number of shares of common stock and preferred stock as may be issuable with respect to the shares being registered hereunder as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(4)The registration fee is calculated in accordance with Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(5)Warrants may represent rights to purchase debt securities, common stock, preferred stock or other securities registered hereunder.
(6)Each Unit consists of any combination of two or more of the securities being registered hereby.

 

The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until this Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 

 

 

The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. WeThe selling stockholders may not sell the securities until the Registration Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, of which this prospectus is a part, is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED APRIL 7, 2020OCTOBER 26, 2023

 

Prospectus

 

 

$75,000,00014,708,942 Shares of Common Stock

 

COMMON STOCKThis prospectus relates to the resale by selling stockholders of up to 14,708,942 shares of common stock of enVVeno Medical Corporation (“we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company,” or “enVVeno”). The shares offered for resale by this prospectus consist of (i) 3,844,704 shares of common stock issued by the Company to certain institutional investors pursuant to a securities purchase agreement, dated October 6, 2023, in a private placement offering that closed on October 11, 2023 (the “Private Placement Offering”), (ii) 977,900 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the pre-funded warrants (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”) issued by the Company in the Private Placement Offering, (iii) 4,822,604 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the tranche A warrants (the “Tranche A Warrants”) issued by the Company in the Private Placement Offering, (iv) 4,822,604 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the tranche B warrants (the “Tranche B Warrants,” and together with the Pre-Funded Warrants, Tranche A Warrants and Tranche B Warrants, the “Investor Warrants”) issued by the Company in the Private Placement Offering, and (v) 241,130 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants (the “Placement Agent Warrants”, and together with the Investors Warrant, the “Warrants”) issued by the Company to the placement agent as consideration in the Private Placement Offering.

PREFERRED STOCK

WARRANTS

SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS

DEBT SECURITIES

UNITS

common stock;
preferred stock;
warrants to purchase our securities;
subscription rights to purchase any of the foregoing securities;
secured or unsecured debt securities consisting of notes, debentures or other evidences of indebtedness which may be senior debt securities, senior subordinated debt securities or subordinated debt securities, each of which may be convertible into equity securities; or
units comprised of, or other combinations of, the foregoing securities.

 

We may offer and sell these securities separately or together, in one or more series or classes and in amounts, at prices and on terms described in one or more offerings. We may offer securities through underwriting syndicates managed or co-managed by one or more underwriters or dealers, through agents or directly to purchasers. The prospectus supplement for each offeringwill not receive any proceeds from the resale of securities will describe in detail the plan of distribution for that offering. For general information about the distribution of securities offered, please see “Plan of Distribution” in this prospectus.

Each time our securities are offered, we will provide a prospectus supplement containing more specific information about the particular offering and attach it to this prospectus. The prospectus supplements may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus.This prospectus may not be used to offer or sell securities without a prospectus supplement which includes a descriptionany of the method and termsshares of this offering.common stock being registered hereby sold by the selling stockholders. However, we may receive proceeds from the exercise of the Warrants held by the selling stockholders exercised other than pursuant to any applicable cashless exercise provisions of such Warrants.

 

Our common stock is quotedlisted on Thethe NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “HJLI.“NVNO.” The last reported sale price of our common stock on Thethe NASDAQ Capital Market on April 6, 2020October 24, 2023 was $0.28$5.25 per share.

The aggregateselling stockholders may offer all or part of the shares for resale from time to time through public or private transactions, at either prevailing market valueprices or at privately negotiated prices. Our registration of our outstandingthe shares of common stock held by non-affiliates is approximately $13,659,380 based on 19,132,138 shares of outstanding common stock, of which 19,104,028 shares are held by non-affiliates, and a per share price of $0.715 which was the closing sale price of our common stock as quoted on The NASDAQ Capital Market on March 2, 2020. During the 12 calendar month period that ends on, and includes, the date of this prospectus, we have not offered and sold any of our securities pursuant to General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3.

If we decide to seek a listing of any preferred stock warrants, subscriptions rights, debt securities or units offeredcovered by this prospectus does not mean that the selling stockholders will offer or sell any of the shares or exercise any of the Warrants. With regard only to the shares the selling stockholders sell for their own behalf, the selling stockholders may be deemed an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Company has paid all of the registration expenses incurred in connection with the registration of the shares. We will not pay any of the selling commissions, brokerage fees and related expenses.

We are an “emerging growth company” as that term is defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 and, as such, have elected to take advantage of certain reduced public company reporting requirements for this prospectus supplement will disclose the exchange or market on which the securities will be listed, if any, or where we have made an application for listing, if any.and future filings.

 

Investing in our securities involves certain risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 8 and6, including the risk factors in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 2, 2023, which is incorporated by reference herein, as well as in any other recently filed quarterly or current reports and, if any, in the relevant prospectus supplement.reports. We urge you to carefully read this prospectus, and the accompanying prospectus supplement, together with the documents we incorporate by reference, describing the terms of these securities before investing.

 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

The date of this Prospectus is ___________

October 26, 2023

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 Page
About This Prospectus1
Cautionary StatementNote Regarding Forward-Looking Statements21
Prospectus Summary32
The Offering5
Risk Factors6
Use of Proceeds7
Determination of Offering Price8
Use of ProceedsSelling Stockholders9
Plan of Distribution1011
Description of Securities We May Offerto be Registered12
Forms ofIndemnification For Securities Act Liabilities1915
Experts16
Legal Matters2016
Experts20
Where You Can Find Additional Information2016
Incorporation of Documents by Reference2016

 

ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

This prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form S-3 that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, utilizing a “shelf” registration process. Under this shelf registration process, we may offer and sell, either individually or in combination, in one or more offerings, any of the securities described in this prospectus, for total gross proceeds of up to $75,000,000. This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer. Each time we offer securities under this prospectus, we will provide a prospectus supplement to this prospectus that will contain more specific information about the terms of that offering. We may also authorize one or more free writing prospectuses to be provided to you that may contain material information relating to these offerings. The prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus that we may authorize to be provided to you may also add, update or change any of the information contained in this prospectus or in the documents that we have incorporated by reference into this prospectus.

We urge you to read carefully this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement and any free writing prospectuses we have authorized for use in connection with a specific offering, together with the information incorporated herein by reference as described under the heading “Incorporation of Documents by Reference,” before investing in any of the securities being offered. You should rely only on the information contained in or incorporated by reference into, this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement, along withprospectus. Neither we nor the information contained in any free writing prospectuses weselling stockholders have authorized for use in connection with a specific offering. We have not authorized anyoneany other person to provide you with information different from or in addition to that contained in this prospectus. If anyone provides you with different or additional information. This prospectus isinconsistent information, you should not rely on it. The selling stockholders are not making an offer to sell onlythese securities in any jurisdiction where an offer or sale is not permitted. You should assume that the securities offered hereby, but only under circumstances and in jurisdictions where it is lawful to do so.

The information appearing in this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement or any related free writing prospectus is accurate only as of the date on the front of the document and any information we have incorporated by reference is accurate only as of the date of the document incorporated by reference, regardless of the time of deliverycover of this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement or any related free writing prospectus, or any saleprospectus. Our business, financial condition, results of a security.operations and prospects may have changed since that date.

 

This prospectus contains summaries of certain provisions containedWe further note that the representations, warranties and covenants made by us in some of the documents described herein, but referenceany document that is made to the actual documents for complete information. All of the summaries are qualified in their entirety by the actual documents. Copies of some of the documents referred to herein have been filed will be filed or will be incorporated by reference as exhibitsan exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part and you may obtain copiesin any document that is incorporated by reference herein were made solely for the benefit of those documentsthe parties to such agreement, including, in some cases, for the purpose of allocating risk among the parties to such agreements, and should not be deemed to be a representation, warranty or covenant to you. Moreover, such representations, warranties or covenants were accurate only as described below underof the section entitled “Where You Can Find Additional Information.”date when made. Accordingly, such representations, warranties and covenants should not be relied on as accurately representing the current state of our affairs.

 

This prospectus includes estimates, statistics and other industry data that we obtained from industry publications, research, surveys and studies conducted by third parties and publicly available information. Such data involves a number of assumptions and limitations and contains projections and estimates of the future performance of the industries in which we operate that are subject to a high degree of uncertainty. This prospectus also includes data based on our own internal estimates. We caution you not to give undue weight to such projections, assumptions and estimates.

This prospectus contains, or incorporates by reference, trademarks, tradenames, service marks and service names of Hancock Jaffe Laboratories, Inc.enVVeno Medical Corporation and its subsidiaries, such as VenoValve® and enVVe®. Solely for convenience, trademarks and trade names referred to in this prospectus appear without the ® and ™ symbols, but those references are not intended to indicate that we will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, our rights, or that the applicable owner will not assert its rights, to these trademarks and trade names. We do not intend our use or display of other companies’ trade names or trademarks to imply a relationship with, or endorsement or sponsorship of us by, any other companies.

Unless the contest otherwise requires, the terms “enVVeno,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” “our” and similar terms used in this prospectus refer to enVVeno Medical Corporation and its subsidiaries.

 

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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement and the documents incorporated by reference herein contain or may contain forward looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. All statements other than statements of historical fact contained in this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement and the documents incorporated by reference herein, including statements regarding future events, our future financial performance, business strategy, and plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. We have attempted to identify forward-looking statements by terminology including “anticipates,” “believes,” “can,” “continue,” “could,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “plans,” “potential,” “predicts,” “should,” or “will” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These statements relate to future events or our future financial performance or condition and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievement to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Although we do not make forward looking statements unless we believe we have a reasonable basis for doing so, we cannot guarantee their accuracy. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about:

failure to obtain U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) approval to commercially sell our product candidates in a timely manner or at all;
whether surgeons and patients in our target markets accept our product candidates, if approved;
the expected growth of our business and our operations, and the capital resources needed to progress our business plan;
failure to scale up of the manufacturing process of our product candidates in a timely manner, or at all;
failure to manufacture our product candidates at a competitive price;
our ability to retain and recruit key personnel, including the development of a sales and marketing infrastructure;
reliance on third party suppliers for certain components of our product candidates;
reliance on third parties to commercialize and distribute our product candidates in the United States and internationally;
changes in external competitive market factors;
uncertainties in generating sustained revenue or achieving profitability;
unanticipated working capital or other cash requirements;
changes in FDA regulations, including testing procedures, of medical devices and related promotional and marketing activities;
our estimates of our expenses, ongoing losses, future revenue, capital requirements and our needs for, or ability to obtain, additional financing;
our ability to obtain and maintain intellectual property protection for our product candidates;
our ability to regain compliance with the continued listing requirements of the Nasdaq Capital Market or otherwise maintain the listing of our securities on the Nasdaq Capital Market; and
changes in our business strategy or an inability to execute our strategy due to unanticipated changes in the medical device industry.

These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including the risks outlined under “Risk Factors” or elsewhere in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein, which may cause our or our industry’s actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Moreover, we operate in a highly regulated, very competitive, and rapidly changing environment. New risks emerge from time to time and it is not possible for us to predict all risk factors, nor can we address the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause our actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements.

 

We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that we believe may affect our financial condition, results of operations, business strategy, short term and long term business operations, and financial needs. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those reflected in the forward lookingforward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed in this prospectus, and in particular, the risks discussed below and under the heading “Risk Factors” and those discussed in other documents we file with the SEC. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 20192022 and 20182021 and notes incorporated by reference herein. We undertake no obligation to revise or publicly release the results of any revision to these forward-looking statements, except as required by law. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events and circumstances discussed in this prospectus may not occur and actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statement.

 

You should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statement, each of which applies only as of the date of this prospectus. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this prospectus to conform our statements to actual results or changed expectations.

Any forward-looking statement you read in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement or any document incorporated by reference reflects our current views with respect to future events and is subject to these and other risks, uncertainties and assumptions relating to our operations, operating results, growth strategy and liquidity. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements because such statements speak only as to the date when made. We assume no obligation to publicly update or revise these forward-looking statements for any reason, or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future, except as otherwise required by applicable law. You are advised, however, to consult any further disclosures we make on related subjects in our reports on Forms 10-Q, 8-K and 10-K filed with the SEC. You should understand that it is not possible to predict or identify all risk factors. Consequently, you should not consider any such list to be a complete set of all potential risks or uncertainties.

 

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

 

This summary highlights selected information contained elsewhere in this prospectus. This summary does not contain all the information that you should consider before investing in our Company. You should carefully read the entire prospectus, including all documents incorporated by reference herein. In particular, attention should be directed to our “Risk Factors,” “Information With Respect to the Company,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the financial statements and related notes thereto contained herein or otherwise incorporated by reference hereto, before making an investment decision.

 

As used herein, and any amendment or supplement hereto, unless otherwise indicated, “we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company,” “HJLI” or similar terminology means Hancock Jaffe Laboratories, Inc.

Overview

 

Hancock Jaffe Laboratories, Inc.enVVeno Medical Corporation is a late clinical-stage medical device company developing tissue basedfocused on the advancement of innovative bioprosthetic (tissue-based) solutions to improve the standard of care for the treatment of venous disease. Chronic Venous Disease (CVD) is the world’s most prevalent chronic disease, impacting approximately 71% of the adult population of the U.S. Chronic Venous Insufficiency (CVI), is a large subset of CVD, which most often occurs when valves inside of the veins of the leg become damaged, resulting in the backwards flow of blood (reflux), blood pooling in the lower leg, increased pressure in the veins of the leg (venous hypertension) and in severe cases, venous ulcers that are designeddifficult to be life sustaining or life enhancingheal. The Company is developing surgical and non-surgical replacement venous valves for patients with cardiovascular disease, and peripheral arterial and venous disease. The Company’s products are being developed to address large unmet medical needs by either offering treatments where none currently exist or by substantially increasing the current standardssuffering from severe CVI of care. Our two lead products which we are developing are: the VenoValve®, a porcine based device to be surgically implanted in the deep venous system of the leg.

The Company’s lead product is the VenoValve®, which is a first-in-class surgical replacement venous valve that is currently being evaluated in a U.S. pivotal study. The Company is also developing a second product called enVVe®, which is a first-in-class, non-surgical, transcatheter based replacement venous valve. The Company is currently conducting pre-clinical testing on enVVe. Both the VenoValve and enVVe are designed to act as one-way valves, to help assist in propelling blood up the veins of the leg, to treat a debilitating condition called chronic venous insufficiency (“CVI”); and the CoreoGraft®, a bovine based conduitback to be used to revascularize the heart during coronary artery bypass graft (“CABG”) surgeries. Both of our current productsand lungs.

The VenoValve and enVVe are being developed first for approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”)(FDA). We expect the VenoValve to be eligible for FDA approval first, followed two to three years later by enVVe. If approved, we expect the VenoValve and enVVe to co-exist, with the VenoValve as a surgical replacement venous valve option and enVVe as a non-surgical replacement venous valve option, although we cannot provide any assurance that either the VenoValve or enVVe will receive approval from the FDA (see the section entitled “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K). There are currently receive tissueno devices approved as surgical or non-surgical replacement venous valves, and there are currently no effective treatments for developmentdeep venous CVI caused by incompetent valves.

Our team of our products from one domestic supplierofficers and one international supplier. Our current business model is to license, sell, or enter into strategic alliances with large medical device companies with respect to our products, either prior to or after FDA approval. Our current senior management teamdirectors has been affiliated with more than 50 productsnumerous medical devices that have received FDA approval or CE marking.marking and that have been commercially successful. We currently leasedevelop and manufacture our products in a 14,507 sq. ft. leased manufacturing facility in Irvine, California, where we manufacture products for our clinical trials and which has previously been FDAISO 13485-2016 certified for commercialthe design, development and manufacturing of product.

Each of our product candidates will be required to successfully complete clinical trials and other testing to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of the product candidate before it will be approved by the FDA. The completion of these clinical trials and testing will require a significant amount of capital and the hiring of additional personnel.tissue based implantable medical devices.

 

Products

VenoValve

CVI Background

 

Chronic venous disease (“CVD”) is the world’s most prevalent chronic disease. CVD is generally classified using a standardized system known as CEAP (clinical, etiological, anatomical, and pathophysiological). The CEAP system consists of seven clinical classifications (C0 to C6) with C4, C5 toand C6 being the most severe casescategories of CVD.

 

Chronic Venous Insufficiency (“CVI”) is a large subset of CVD and is generally used to describe patients with C4 to C6 CVD. CVI is a debilitating condition that affects the venous system of the leg causing pain, swelling, edema, skin changes, and ulcerations.

The venous vasculature of the human leg includescontains three vein systems: the superficial venousdeep vein system, the deepsuperficial vein system, and the perforator vein system which connects the deep system to the superficial veinssystem. The deep venous system is located below the muscle and deep veins.facia in the center portion of the leg and is responsible for approximately 90% of the blood flow. In order for blood to return to the heart from the foot, ankle, and lower leg, the calf muscle serves as a pump and pushes the blood up the veins of the leg against gravity and through a series of one-way valves. Each valve is supposed to open as blood passes through, and then close as blood movesprogresses up the veins of the leg to the next valve. CVI has two primary causes: obstruction, which occurs when a blood clot in the veins of the leg hardens and prevents the free flow of blood; and valvular incompetence which is usually the result of injury to the valves from blood clots, which occurs when the one-way valves in the veins of the leg do not close as they should, causingfail and become incompetent. When the valves fail, gravity causes the blood to flow backwards and in the wrong direction (reflux) and to pool. As blood pools in the lower leg, resulting in increased venous pressure inside the veins increases (venous hypertension). CVI can occurReflux, and the resulting venous hypertension, causes the leg to swell, resulting in debilitating pain, and in the superficial vein system, the deep vein system, or in both. The initial version of the VenoValve is being developed to treat CVI resulting from valvular incompetence in the deep vein system of the leg.most severe cases, venous ulcers.

 

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Estimates indicate that approximately 4.8 million people in the U.S. have C5 to C6 CVI including patients that develop venous leg ulcers from CVI (C6 patients). Over one million new severe cases of CVI occur each year in the U.S., mostly from patients who have experienced a deep vein thrombosis (blood clot). Of those patients suffering from severe CVI, approximately 55% (2.4 million) have reflux in the deep vein system, or both the deep vein system and the superficial vein system. The average patient seeking treatment of a venous ulcer spends as much as $30,000 a year on wound care, and the total direct medical costs from venous ulcer sufferers in the U.S. has been estimated to exceed $38 billion a year. Aside from the direct medical costs, severe

Severe CVI sufferers experience a significantly reduced quality of life. Daily activities such as preparing meals, housework, and personal hygiene (washing and bathing) become difficult due to reduced mobility. For many severe CVI sufferers, intense pain, which frequently occurs at night, prevents patients from getting adequate sleep. Severe CVI sufferers are known to miss aboutapproximately 40% more work daysworkdays than the average worker. A high percentage of venous ulcer patients also experience severe itching, leg swelling, and an odorous discharge. Wound dressing changes, which occur several times a week, can be extremely painful. In addition,Venous ulcers from deep venous ulcersCVI are very difficult to heal, and a significant percentage of venous ulcers remain unhealed for more than a year. Even if healed, recurrence rates for venous ulcers are known to be high (20% to 40%) within the first year and as high as 60% after five years. Patients with severe CVI often become housebound and experience social isolation due to difficulty with ambulation. As a result, studies have shown that patients with active venous ulcers experience higher rates of anxiety and depression, with reported rates of anxiety of up to 30% and depression up to 40%. Rates of depression caused by venous ulcers among the elderly are even higher, with 48% of elderly venous ulcer patients having severe depressive symptoms.

Prevalence is generally defined as the portion of the population that has a given condition. Estimates indicate that the prevalence of people in the U.S. with severe, deep venous CVI (C4 to C6 disease) with reflux to be approximately 20 million. Incidence is generally defined as the number of new cases of an ailment that develop in a given time period. We estimate that approximately 3.5 million new patients with severe deep venous CVI are diagnosed each year in the U.S. including patients that develop venous leg ulcers (C6 patients). The average patient seeking treatment of a venous ulcer spends as much as $30,000 a year on wound care, and the total direct medical costs from venous ulcer sufferers in the U.S. has been estimated to exceed $3 billion a year.

 

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The OpportunityVenoValve

 

The VenoValveVenoValve® is a porcine based replacement venous valve developed at HJLIenVVeno Medical to be surgically implanted in the deep veinvenous system of the leg to treat CVI.severe CVI occurs when the valves in the veins of the leg fail, causing blood to flow backwards and pool in the lower leg and ankle. The backwards flow of the blood is called reflux. Reflux results in increased pressure in the veins of the leg, known as venous hypertension. Venous hypertension leads to swelling, discoloration, severe pain, and open sores called venous ulcers.caused by valvular incompetence. By reducing reflux and lowering pressure (venous hypertension) within the deep venous hypertension,system of the leg, the VenoValve has the potential to reduce or eliminate the symptoms of severe deep venous severe CVI, including the potential to heal recurring venous leg ulcers. The VenoValve is designed to be surgically implanted into the femoral vein of the patient onin an outpatient basisopen surgical procedure via a 5 to 6 inch5-to-6-inch incision in the upper thigh.

There are presently no FDA approved medical devices As our planned initial entrant to address valvular incompetence, or effective treatments for deepthe replacement venous CVI. Current treatment options include compression garments, or constant leg elevation. These treatments are generally ineffective for patientsvalve market, we estimate that approximately 2.5 million people with severe deep venous CVI as they attempt to alleviate the symptoms of CVI without addressing the underlying causes of the disease. In addition, we believe that compliance with compression garments and leg elevation is extremely low, especially among the elderly. Valve transplants from other parts of the body have been attempted, but with very-poor results. Many attempts to create substitute valves have also failed, usually resulting in early thromboses. The premise behind the VenoValve is that by reducing the underlying causes of CVI, reflux and venous hypertension, the debilitating symptoms of CVI will decrease, resulting in improvement in the quality of the lives of CVI sufferers.

There are approximately 2.4 million people in the U.S. that suffer from severe deep venous CVI due to valvular incompetence. The average person with a venous ulcer spends approximately $30,000 per year on wound care, resulting in approximately $38 billion of direct medical costs. For those venous ulcers that do heal, there is a 20% to 40% recurrence rate within one year.would be candidates for the VenoValve.

 

VenoValve Clinical Status

 

After consultation with the FDA, and as a precursor to the U.S. pivotal trial, in 2020 we are conductingconducted a small first-in-manfirst-in-human study for the VenoValve in Colombia.Colombia which included eleven (11) patients. The first phase of the first-in-man Colombian trial included 10 patients. In addition to providing safety and efficacy data, the purpose of the first-in-manfirst-in-human study iswas to provide proof of concept, and to provide valuable feedback to make any necessary product modifications or adjustments to our surgical implantation proceduresprocedure for the VenoValve prior to conducting the U.S.VenoValve pivotal trial. In December of 2018, we received regulatory approval from Instituto Nacional de Vigilancia de Medicamentos y Alimentos (“INVIMA”), the Colombian equivalent of the FDA. On February 19, 2019, we announced that the first VenoValve was successfully implanted in a patient in Bogota. Between April of 2019 and December of 2019, we successfully implanted VenoValves in 9 additional patients, completing the implantations for the first phase of the Colombian first-in-man study. Endpoints for the VenoValve first-in-manfirst-in-human study includeincluded safety (device related adverse events), reflux time, measured by doppler,Duplex Ultrasound, rVCSS scoring, which is a VCSS scoremeasurement created by international vascular societies and is used by the clinician to measure disease severity,progression and regression, a VAS score used by the patient to measure pain.pain, and quality of life measurements.

 

On March 4, 2020, Dr. Jorge Hernando Ulloa,Results from the Primary Investigatorone year first-in-human study were presented at the Charing Cross International Symposium in April of 2021. Among the eleven (11) patients in the study, reflux time improved an average of 54%, Venous Clinical Severity Scores (“VCSSs”) improved an average of 56%, and visual analog scale (VAS) scores, which are used by patients to measure pain, improved an average of 76%, all at one (1) year when compared to pre-surgery levels. VCSS scores are a validated measurement commonly used to objectively assess outcomes in the treatment of venous disease, and include ten characteristics including pain, inflammation, skin changes such as pigmentation and induration, the number of active ulcers, and ulcer duration. The improvement in VCSS scores is significant and indicates the VenoValve patients who had severe CVI pre-surgery, had mild CVI or the complete absence of disease at one-year post surgery.

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Related safety incidences during the one year first-in-human study for the Company’s first-in-man VenoValve study in Colombia, presented updated VenoValve data at the 32nd Annual American Venous Forum meeting on Amelia Island, Florida. Dr. Ulloa’s presentation included data on eight VenoValve patients that are six months post VenoValve surgery (including one patient that is one year post surgery), two patients that are 90 days post-surgery, and one patient that is 60 days post-surgery. For the first patient to receive the VenoValve who is now one year post surgery, Reflux has improved 73% and is now normal, the severity of her CVI has improved 94%, and her pain has improved 75%. This patient showed continued improvement between her six month and one year visits. Because proper directional blood flow in the leg has been restored on a long term basis, the venous system has normalized and there are barely any manifestations of the disease for that patient. Overall, VenoValves have been implanted in 11 patients in Colombia. Across all 11 patients and when comparing pre-operative levels to data recorded at their most recent office visits, Reflux, VCSS Scores, and VAS scores have improved 51%, 61%, and 65% respectively. That includes one patient who is currently occluded, and whose VenoValve is currently not functioning as intended. VenoValve safety incidences have been unchanged since last reported, and include one (1) fluid pocket (which was as aspirated), intolerance from Coumadin anticoagulation therapy, and two (2)three (3) minor wound infections (treated with antibiotics)., and one occlusion due to patient non-compliance with anti-coagulation therapy.

 

HJLI has begun preparingAt the end of the VenoValve first-in-human study, eight (8) study participants agreed to additional monitoring. In November of 2022, three-year follow-up data was presented for Pre-Investigationalthis cohort of patients at the 49th Annual VEITH Symposium in New York city.

On August 3, 2020, we announced that the FDA granted Breakthrough Device Exemption (“IDE”) discussionsDesignation status to the VenoValve. The FDA’s Breakthrough Devices Program was established to enable priority review for devices that provide more effective treatment or diagnosis of life threatening or irreversibly debilitating diseases or conditions. The goal of the FDA’s Breakthrough Devices Program is to provide patients and health care providers with timely access to medical devices by speeding up their development, assessment, and review, while preserving the FDA’s mission to protect and promote public health.

In March 2021, we submitted an IDE application with the FDA and in April 2021, we received notification from the FDA that our IDE application was approved. An investigational device exemption or IDE from the FDA is required before a medical device company can proceed with a pivotal trial for a Class III medical device. This approval allowed us to proceed with our U.S. pivotal study for the VenoValve which is called the SAVVE (Surgical Anti-reflux Venous Valve Endoprosthesis) clinical study. The SAVVE study is a prospective, non-blinded, single arm, multi-center study of seventy-five (75) CVI patients to be enrolled at up to 30 U.S. sites.

Efficacy endpoints for the SAVVE pivotal study include rVCSS scores, which will be used to provide evidence of clinical meaningful benefit, as well as reflux time measurements, VAS pain scores, quality of life measurements, ulcer healing (for CEAP class C6 patients), and intra-operative and one-year vein patency and valve functionality. Safety endpoints include device related events including mortality, pulmonary embolism, and ipsilateral deep vein thrombosis, and procedure related events including infection and bleeding.

The first patient in the SAVVE pivotal study was enrolled in October of 2021. Following enrollment of the first patient the SAVVE study was delayed due to COVID-19 restrictions. In November of 2022, we announced we had passed a preliminary safety review by the FDA for the first twenty (20) patients enrolled in the SAVVE trial. The FDA had requested that we submit preliminary safety data at thirty (30) days post VenoValve® implantation for the first twenty (20) patients enrolled in the study. The preliminary safety data included one (1) device related (mild) and two (2) procedure related (moderate) adverse events. After review by the FDA, the study was cleared to continue without modification or interruption.

On October 6, 2023, we announced we had achieved full enrollment (75 subjects) in the SAVVE trial, having enrolled eighteen (18) patients over the final two (2) months of the study. Full enrollment occurred approximately four (4) months earlier than expected due to increased demand for the VenoValve. The Company expects to release initial, topline safety data from the SAVVE study in Q4 of 2023, and initial, topline rVCSS efficacy data from the SAVVE study in Q2 of 2024. With the FDA indicating that one-year data for all 75 patients will be necessary prior to the filing of the application seeking pre-market (PMA) approval for the VenoValve, the Company will be eligible to file its IDEthe PMA application seeking approval for the U.S. pivotal trial.

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in Q4 of 2024.

 

CoreoGraftenVVe

 

Background

Heart disease isOn September 21, 2022, we announced the leading causedevelopment of death among men and women in the U.S. accountinga non-surgical transcatheter based replacement venous valve called enVVe®, for about 1 in every 4 deaths. Coronary heart disease is the most common type of heart disease, killing over 370,000 people each year. Coronary heart disease occurs when arteries around the heart become blocked or occluded, in most cases by plaque. Although balloon angioplasty with or without cardiac stents have become the norm if one or two arteries are blocked, coronary artery bypass surgery remains the treatment of choiceCVI of the deep veins of the leg. Initial, preliminary bench testing and pre-clinical testing for patientsenVVe have been successfully completed. On October 6, 2023, contemporaneously with multiple blocked arteries. Approximately 200,000 coronary artery bypass graft (“CABG”) surgeries take place each yearthe announcement of a twenty-eight million dollar ($28,000,000) capital raise, we announced plans to expedite the development of enVVe. The Company expects to begin a six (6) month GLP animal study for enVVe in the U.S. Infirst quarter of 2024 and to be ready to file for IDE approval for the U.S., CABG surgeries areenVVe pivotal trial by the most commonly performed cardiac procedure. CABG surgeries alone account for 55%end of all cardiac surgeries, and CABG surgeries when combined with valve replacement surgeries account for approximately 62% of all cardiac surgeries. The next largest category accounts for 10% of cardiac surgeries. The number of CABG surgeries are expected to increase as the population continues to age. On average, three grafts are used for each CABG surgery.2024.

 

Although CABG surgeries are invasive, improved surgical techniques overenVVe is delivered into the years have lowered the fatality rate from CABG surgeries to between 1% and 3% prior to discharge from the hospital. Arteries around heart are accessed via an incision along the sternum known as a sternotomy. Once the incision is made, the sternum (chest) is divided (“cracked”) to access the heart and its surrounding arteries.

CABG surgery is relatively safe and effective. In most instances, doctors prefer to use the left internal memory artery (“LIMA”), an artery running inside the ribcage and close to the sternum, to re-vascularize the left side of the heart. Use of the LIMA to revascularize the left descending coronary artery (known as the “widow maker”) has become the gold standard for revascularizing the left side of the heart during CABG surgeries. For the right side of the heart, and where additional grafts are needed on the left side, the current standard of care is to harvest the saphenousfemoral vein from the patient’s leg to be dissected into pieces and used as bypass grafts around the heart. Unfortunately, saphenous vein grafts (“SVGs”) are not nearly as effective as the LIMA for revascularizing the heart. In fact, SVGs continue to be the weak link for CABG surgeries.

The saphenous vein harvest procedure is itself invasive. Either a long incision is made along the inner leg of the patient via a minimally invasive procedure requiring no general anesthesia and no overnight hospital stay. Due to harvest the vein, or the saphenous vein is extracted endoscopically. Regardlessminimally invasive nature of the type of bypass procedure, bypass graft harvest remains an invasive and complication prone aspect of the CABG procedure. Present standard-of-care complications are described in recent published reports in major medical journals. The percentage of complications from the harvest procedure can be as high as 24%. This is mainly due to non-healing of the saphenous wound or development of infection in the area of the saphenous vein harvest site.

While the LIMA is known for excellent short term and long term patency rates, studies indicate that between 10% and 40% percent of SVGs that are used as conduits for CABG surgeries fail within the first year after the CABG surgery. A significant percentage fail within the first 30 days. At 10 years, the SVGs failure rate can be as high as 75%. When a graft fails, it becomes blocked or occluded, depriving the heart of blood flow. Mortality during the first year after bypass graft failure is very high, between 5% and 9%. For purposes of comparison, a 3% threshold is consideredwe expect to be able to reach patients with less severe CVI or who may otherwise not be good candidates for a high cardiac risk. In fact, a relatively recent study in Denmark has reported that mortality rates at 8surgical device, and estimate the U.S. market for enVVe to 10 years after CABG surgery are as high as 60% to 80%be approximately 3.5 million patients. . While a life expectancy of 8 to 10 years following CABG surgery may have been acceptable in the past, expectations have changed and with people now generally living longer, additional focus is now being placed on extending life expectancies following CABG surgeries.

Researchers have determined that there are two main causes of SVGs failure: size mismatch, and a thickening of the interior of the SVGs that begins immediately following the harvest procedure. Size mismatch occurs because the diameter of SVGs is often significantly larger than the diameter of the coronary arteries around the heart. This size mismatch causes flow disturbances, leading to graft thromboses and graft failure. The thickening of the cell walls of SVGs occur when a layer of endothelial cells on the inner surface of the SVGs are disturbed beginning at the harvesting procedure, starting a chain reaction which causes the cells to thicken and the inside of the graft to narrow, resulting in blood clots and graft failure.

 

The OpportunitySelling Stockholders

 

The CoreoGraft is a bovine based off the shelf conduit that could potentially be used to revascularize the heart during CABG surgery, insteadshares offered for resale by this prospectus consist of harvesting the saphenous vein from the patient’s leg. In addition to avoiding the invasive and painful SVGs harvest process, HJLI’s CoreoGraft more closely matches the size(i) 3,844,704 shares of common stock issued in Private Placement Offering, (ii) 977,900 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the coronary arteries aroundPre-Funded Warrants issued in the heart, eliminating graft failures that occur due to size mismatch. In addition, with no graft harvest needed, the CoreoGraft could also reduce or eliminate the inner thickening that burdens and leads to failurePrivate Placement Offering, (iii) 4,822,604 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the SVGs. It has been reported that SVGs have failure rates as high as 10% to 40% within one yearTranche A Warrants issued in the Private Placement Offering, (iv) 4,822,604 shares of implantation when used as grafts for CABG surgery.

In addition to providing a potential alternative to SVGs,common stock issuable upon exercise of the CoreoGraft could be used when making grafts fromTranche B Warrants issued in the patients’ own arteriesPrivate Placement Offering, and veins is not an option. For example, patients with systemic arterial and vascular disease often do not have suitable vessels to be used as grafts. For other patients, such as women who have undergone radiation treatment for breast cancer and have a higher incidence(v) 241,130 shares of heart disease, usingcommon stock issuable upon exercise of the LIMA may not be an option ifPlacement Agent Warrants issued by the LIMA was damaged by radiation during breast cancer treatment. Another example are patients undergoing a second CABG surgery. Due in large part to early SVGs failures, patients may need a second CABG surgery. If the SVGs were used for the first CABG surgery, the patient may have insufficient veins to harvest. While the CoreoGraft may start out as a product for patients with no other options, if the CoreoGraft establishes good short term and long term patency rates, it could become the graft of first choice for all CABG patients in additionCompany to the LIMA.

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Approximately 200,000 CABG surgeries are performed each yearplacement agent as consideration in the U.S., representing more than 55% of all cardiac surgeries and accounting for between $15 Billion and $25 Billion in annual expenditures. With an average of three grafts used per surgery, we believe the potential U.S. addressable market for the CoreoGraft to be more than $2 Billion per year. There are currently no FDA approved prosthetic grafts for CABG surgeries.

Clinical Status

In January of 2020, we announced the results of a six month, nine sheep, animal feasibility study for the CoreoGraft. Bypasses were accomplished by attaching the CoreoGrafts from the ascending aorta to the left anterior descending artery, and surgeries were preformed both on-pump and off-pump. Partners for the feasibility study included the Texas Heart Institute, and American Preclinical Services.

Test subjects were evaluated via angiograms and flow monitors during the study, and a full pathology examination of the CoreoGrafts and the surrounding tissue was performed post necropsy.

The results from the feasibility study demonstrated that the CoreoGrafts remained patent (open) and fully functional at 30, 90, and 180 day intervals after implantation. In addition, pathology examinations of the grafts and surrounding tissue at the conclusion of the study showed no signs of thrombosis, infection, aneurysmal degeneration, changes in the lumen, or other problems that are known to plague and lead to failure of SVGs.

In addition to exceptional patency, pathology examinations indicated full endothelialization for grafts implanted for 180 days both throughout the CoreoGrafts and into the left anterior descending arteries. Endothelium is a layer of endothelial cells that naturally exist throughout healthy veins and arteries that acts as a barrier between blood and the surrounding tissue, which helps promote the smooth passage of blood. Endothelium are known to produce a variety anti-clotting and other positive characteristics that are essential to healthy veins and arteries. The presence of full endothelialization within the longer term CoreoGrafts indicates that the graft is being accepted and assimilated in a manner similar to natural healthy veins and arteries that exist throughout the vascular system and is an indication of long-term biocompatibility.

Since we believe the results of the CoreoGraft feasibility study were positive, HJLI will now explore the possibility of conducting a first-in-man study outside of the U.S., where the CoreoGrafts would be implanted and tested in humans.

Private Placement Offering.

 

Our Competitive StrengthsPrincipal Offices

 

We believe we will offer the cardiovascular device market a compelling value proposition with the launch of our two product candidates, if approved, for the following reasons:

We have extensive experience of proprietary processing and manufacturing methodology specifically applicable to the design, processing, manufacturing and sterilization of our biologic tissue devices. We believe that our patents, which cover certain aspects of our devices and the processing methods of biologic valvular tissue as a “bioprosthetic” device, may provide an advantage over potential competitors.
We operate a 14,507 square foot manufacturing facility in Irvine, California. Our facility is designed expressly for the manufacture of Class III tissue based implantable medical devices and is equipped for research and development, prototype fabrication, current good manufacturing practices, or cGMP, and manufacturing and shipping for Class III medical devices, including biologic cardiovascular devices.
We have attracted senior executives who are experienced in research and development and who have worked on over 50 medical devices that have received FDA approval or CE marking. We also have the advantage of an experienced board of directors and scientific advisory board who will provide guidance as we move towards market launch.

Intellectual Property

We possess an extensive proprietary processing and manufacturing methodology specifically applicable to the design, processing, manufacturing and sterilization of biologic devices. This includes FDA compliant quality control and assurance programs, proprietary tissue processing technologies demonstrated to eliminate recipient immune responses, trusted relationship with abattoir suppliers, and a combination of tissue preservation and gamma irradiation that enhances device functions and guarantees sterility. We have filed patent applications for our VenoValve product and Implantable Vein Frame Two product with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office though there is no assurance that patents will be issued. We also are working on new developments for our CoreoGraft product and expect to be filing for patent protection on that product as well.

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Risks Associated with Our Business

Our business is subject to many significant risks, as more fully described in the section entitled “Risk Factors” immediately following this prospectus summary. You should read and carefully consider these risks, together with the risks set forth under the section entitled “Risk Factors” and all of the other information in this prospectus, including the financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus, before deciding whether to invest in our common stock. If any of the risks discussed in this prospectus actually occur, our business, financial condition or operating results could be materially and adversely affected. In particular, our risks include, but are not limited to, the following:

failure to obtain FDA approval to commercially sell our product candidates in a timely manner or at all;
whether surgeons and patients in our target markets accept our product candidates, if approved;
our ability to retain and recruit key personnel;
reliance on third party suppliers for certain components of our product candidates;
unanticipated working capital or other cash requirements;
changes in FDA regulations, including testing procedures, of medical devices;
our estimates of our expenses, ongoing losses, future revenue, capital requirements and our needs for, or ability to obtain, additional financing;
our ability to obtain and maintain intellectual property protection for our product candidates;
changes in our business strategy or an inability to execute our strategy due to unanticipated changes in the medical device industry; and
adverse impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company

We qualify as an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS Act. For as long as we remain an emerging growth company, we may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies. These provisions include, but are not limited to:

being permitted to have only two years of audited financial statements and only two years of related selected financial data and management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations disclosure;
an exemption from compliance with the auditor attestation requirement in the assessment of our internal control over financial reporting pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act;
reduced disclosure about executive compensation arrangements in our periodic reports, registration statements and proxy statements; and
exemptions from the requirements to seek non-binding advisory votes on executive compensation or golden parachute arrangements.

In addition, the JOBS Act permits emerging growth companies to take advantage of an extended transition period to comply with new or revised accounting standards applicable to public companies. We chose to “opt out” of this provision. We will remain an emerging growth company until the earliest of (i) the end of the fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the completion of our initial public offering, (ii) the first fiscal year after our annual gross revenues exceed $1.07 billion, (iii) the date on which we have, during the immediately preceding three-year period, issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt securities or (iv) the end of any fiscal year in which the market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the end of the second quarter of that fiscal year.

Corporate Information

We were incorporated in Delaware on December 22, 1999. Our principal executive offices are located at 70 Doppler, Irvine, California, 92618, and our telephone number is (949) 261-2900. Our corporate website address is www.hancockjaffe.com. The information contained on our website or accessiblethat can be accessed through our website isdoes not aconstitute part of this prospectus and the inclusion of our website addressis not incorporated in any manner into this prospectus is an inactive textual reference only.prospectus.

 

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THE OFFERING

Common stock offered by the selling stockholders herein:14,708,942 shares (inclusive of the shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants)
Common stock outstanding: (1)13,316,636 shares
Common stock outstanding after the offering:24,180,874 shares (assuming the exercise of all of the Warrants)
Use of Proceeds:We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the common stock by the selling stockholders. We may receive proceeds upon the exercise of the Warrants (to the extent the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part is then effective and, if applicable, the “cashless exercise” provision is not utilized by the holder). Any proceeds will be used for general corporate and working capital or for other purposes that the Board of Directors, in their good faith, deems to be in the best interest of the Company. No assurances can be given that any of the Warrants will be exercised for cash or otherwise. See “Use of Proceeds.”
Listing of securities:Our common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “NVNO.”
Risk Factors:An investment in our company is highly speculative and involves a significant degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” and other information included in this prospectus for a discussion of factors you should carefully consider before deciding to invest in shares of our common stock.

(1)The number of shares of common stock to be outstanding after this offering as reflected above is based on the actual total number of shares outstanding as of October 26, 2023 and does not include, as of that date:
the shares issuable upon exercise of any of the Warrants;
3,853,852 shares of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options with a weighted average exercise price of  $8.88 per share;
400,000 shares of our common stock issuable upon the vesting of restricted stock units;
4,506,121 shares of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding warrants with a weighted average exercise price of  $7.96;
1,759,035 shares of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding pre-funded warrants with an exercise price of $0.0001; and
any additional shares of our common stock reserved for future issuance under our equity incentive plan.

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RISK FACTORS

 

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Before deciding whether to invest in our securities, you should carefully consider the following risk factors togetherincorporated by reference herein, including, without limitation, those risk factors included in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 2, 2023, along with theany other risk factors included in any future filings we describemake with the SEC and in any prospectus supplement and in any relatedor free writing prospectus for a specific offering of securities, as well as those incorporated by reference into this prospectus or such prospectus supplement.prospectus. You should also carefully consider other information contained and incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement, including our financial statements and the related notes thereto incorporated by reference in this prospectus. The risks and uncertainties described in the applicable prospectus supplement and our other filings with the SEC and incorporated by reference herein and in any applicable prospectus supplement are not the only ones we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently consider immaterial may also adversely affect us. If any of the described risks occur, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be materially harmed. In such case, the value of our securities could decline and you may lose all or part of your investment.

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Risks Related to the CoronavirusUSE OF PROCEEDS

 

We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the common stock by the selling stockholders. We may receive proceeds upon the exercise of the Warrants (to the extent the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part is then effective and, if applicable, the “cashless exercise” provision is not utilized by the holder). Any proceeds will be used for general corporate and working capital or for other purposes that the Board of Directors, in their good faith, deems to be in the best interest of the Company. No assurances can be given that any of such Warrants will be exercised.

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The coronavirus pandemic has significantly negatively impacted our business.DETERMINATION OF OFFERING PRICE

The coronavirus pandemic has disruptedselling stockholders will offer common stock at the global economy and has negatively impacted large populations including people and businessesprevailing market prices or a privately negotiated price as it may determine from time to time.

The offering price of our common stock to be sold by the selling stockholders will not necessarily bear any relationship to our book value, assets, past operating results, financial condition or any other established criteria of value. The facts that may be directlyconsidered in determining the offering price include, but are not limited to, our financial condition and prospects, our operating history and the general condition of the securities market.

In addition, there is no assurance that our common stock will trade at market prices in excess of the offering price as prices for common stock in any public market will be determined in the marketplace and may be influenced by many factors, including the depth and liquidity.

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SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

The following table sets forth certain information as of October 26, 2023 regarding the selling stockholders and the shares of common stock currently owned by them and offered by them in this prospectus. Except as indicated in the footnotes to the following table, the selling stockholders named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares set forth opposite their name.

Other than as described in the footnotes below, none of the selling stockholders or indirectly involvedtheir affiliates has held a position as an officer or director of the Company, nor do the selling stockholders or any of their affiliates have any material relationship of any kind with the operationus or any of our companyaffiliates. All information with respect to share ownership has been furnished by the selling stockholders. The common stock being offered is being registered to permit secondary trading of the shares and the manufacturing, development, and testing of our product candidates. The full scope and economic impactselling stockholders may offer all or part of the coronavirus is still unknown and there are many riskscommon stock owned for resale from the coronavirus that could generally and negatively impact economies and healthcare providerstime to time. Other than as described in the countries where wefootnotes below, the selling stockholders do business,not have any family relationships with our officers, directors or controlling stockholders. Furthermore, none of the medical device industry asselling stockholders is a whole,registered broker-dealer or an affiliate of a registered broker-dealer.

The term “selling stockholder” also includes any transferees, pledges, donees, or other successors in interest to the selling stockholders named in the table below. To our knowledge, subject to applicable community property laws, each person named in the table has sole voting and development stage, pre-revenue companiesinvestment power with respect to the common stock set forth opposite such as HJLI. Atperson’s name. We will file a supplement to this prospectus (or a post-effective amendment hereto, if necessary) to name successors to any named selling stockholder who is able to use this prospectus to resell the securities registered hereby.

Name of Selling Stockholder 

Number of Shares of Common Stock Owned

Prior to Offering (1)

  

Maximum Number of Shares of Common Stock to be Sold Pursuant

to this Prospectus

  

Number of Shares of Common Stock Owned

After Offering Assuming All

Shares are Sold (2)

  

Percentage of Common Stock Owned

After Offering Assuming All

Shares are Sold (2)

 
Adar1 Partners LP (3)  645,882   645,882   0   - 
Altium Growth Fund LP (4)  1,033,413   1,033,413   0   - 
Armistice Capital, LLC (5)  2,066,826   2,066,826   0   - 
Bigger Capital Fund LP (6)  258,351   258,351   0   - 
Blackwell Partners LLC Series A (7)  1,165,617   1,165,617   0   - 
Boothbay Absolute Return Strategies LP (8)  154,020   154,020   0   - 
Boothbay Diversified Alpha Master Fund LP (9)  78,498   78,498   0   - 
CVI Investments Inc. (10)  516,705   516,705   0   - 
District 2 Capital Fund LP (11)  516,705   516,705   0   - 
Dunlap Capital Partners LP (12)  904,236   904,236   0   - 
Kingdon Healthcare Master Fund LP (13)  187,890   155,013   32,877   * 
Kingsbrook Opportunities Master Fund LP (14)  284,187   284,187   0   - 
Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. (15)  96,452   96,452   0   - 
Lytton-Kambara Foundation (16)  775,059   775,059   0   - 
L1 Capital Global Opportunities Master Fund (17)  516,705   516,705   0   - 
M Kingdon Offshore Master Fund LP (18)  1,581,414   1,395,111   186,303   1.27%
Nantahala Capital Partners Limited Partnership (19)  334,935   334,935   0   - 
NCP RFM LP (20)  307,917   307,917   0   - 
Nicholas Stergis (21)  144,678   144,678   0   - 
Perceptive Life Science Master Fund, Ltd. (22)  3,365,191   2,583,576   781,615   4.92%
Pinehurst Partners LP (23)  258,351   258,351   0   - 
Velan Capital Master Fund LP (24)  516,705   516,705   0   - 

* Less than 1%

1.For each selling stockholder, includes shares of common stock known by us to be held by such selling stockholder as of the date of the prospectus plus any shares of common stock that are issuable upon exercise of Warrants that are being registered hereunder. This column does not include any other securities that a selling stockholder may hold, including any other warrants that such selling stockholder may hold (including any pre-funded warrants), that are not applicable to this registration statement.
2.Assumes the sale of all shares offered pursuant to this prospectus. The “Percentage of Shares Owned After Offering Assuming All Shares are Sold” are based on 13,316,636 shares of our common stock outstanding and assumes for each Selling Stockholder that all shares registered for such Selling Stockholder herein are issued to the Selling Stockholders and sold and assuming the exercise of all warrants, held by the applicable Selling Stockholders. This column does not include any other securities that a selling stockholder may hold, including any other warrants that such selling stockholder may hold, that are not applicable to this registration statement.
3.The shares registered for resale herein include 215,294 shares of common stock, 215,294 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Tranche A Warrants and 215,294 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Tranche B Warrants. Daniel Schneeberger is the Managing Member of the General Partner of ADAR1 Partners, LP and thereby may be deemed to beneficially own the securities held by ADAR1 Partners, LP. The principal business address for ADAR1 Partners, LP is 3503 Wild Cherry Drive, Building 9, Austin, TX 78738.
4.The shares registered for resale herein include 344,471 shares of common stock, 344,471 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Tranche A Warrants and 344,471 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Tranche B Warrants. Altium Capital Management, LP, the investment manager of Altium Growth Fund, LP, has voting and investment power over these securities. Jacob Gottlieb is the managing member of Altium Capital Growth GP, LLC, which is the general partner of Altium Growth Fund, LP. Each of Altium Growth Fund, LP and Jacob Gottlieb disclaims beneficial ownership over these securities, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein. The principal address of Altium Capital Management, LP is 152 West 57th Street, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10019.
5.The shares registered for resale herein include 688,942 shares of common stock, 688,942 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Tranche A Warrants and 688,942 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Tranche B Warrants. The securities are directly held by Armistice Capital Master Fund Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Master Fund”), and may be deemed to be beneficially owned by: (i) Armistice Capital, LLC (“Armistice Capital”), as the investment manager of the Master Fund; and (ii) Steven Boyd, as the Managing Member of Armistice Capital. The warrants are subject to a beneficial ownership limitation of 4.99%, which such limitation restricts the Selling Stockholder from exercising that portion of the warrants that would result in the Selling Stockholder and its affiliates owning, after exercise, a number of shares of common stock in excess of the beneficial ownership limitation. The address of Armistice Capital Master Fund Ltd. is c/o Armistice Capital, LLC, 510 Madison Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10022.
6.The shares registered for resale herein include 86,117 shares of common stock, 86,117 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Tranche A Warrants and 86,117 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Tranche B Warrants. Bigger Capital GP LLC is the general partner of Bigger Capital Fund, LP and has voting control and investment discretion over securities held by Bigger Capital Fund, LP. Michael Bigger is the Managing Member of Bigger Capital GP, LLC and as a result may be considered beneficial owners of any securities deemed beneficially owned by Bigger Capital GP, LLC. Mr. Bigger disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein. The principal business address of Bigger Capital Fund, LP is 11700 W Charleston Blvd 170-659, Las Vegas, NV 89135.
7.The shares registered for resale herein include 388,539 shares of common stock, 388,539 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Tranche A Warrants and 388,539 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Tranche B Warrants. Nantahala Capital Management, LLC, a Registered Investment Adviser, is a general partner, an investment manager, or a sub-advisor of Blackwell Partners LLC Series A and has the power and investment discretion over the securities held by Blackwell Partners LLC Series A and may be considered the beneficial owner of any securities deemed to be beneficially owned by Blackwell Partners LLC Series A. Wilmot Harkey and Daniel Mack are managing members of Nantahala Capital Management, LLC and as a result may be considered beneficial owners of any securities deemed beneficially owned by Nantahala Capital Management, LLC. Mr. Harkey and Mr. Mack disclaim beneficial ownership of these securities, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein. The principal business address of Blackwell Partners LLC Series A is 280 South Mangum Street, Suite 210, Durham, NC 27701.

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8.The shares registered for resale herein include 51,340 shares of common stock, 51,340 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Tranche A Warrants and 51,340 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Tranche B Warrants. Boothbay Absolute Return Strategies, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“BBARS”), is managed by Boothbay Fund Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Boothbay’’). Boothbay, in its capacity as the investment manager of BBARS, has the power to vote and the power to direct the disposition of all securities held by BBARS. Ari Glass is the Managing Member of Boothbay. Each of BBARS, Boothbay and Mr. Glass disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein. The principal business address of Boothbay Absolute Return Strategies, LP is c/o Kingsbrook Partners LP, 689 Fifth Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10022.
9.The shares registered for resale herein include 26,166 shares of common stock, 26,166 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Tranche A Warrants and 26,166 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Tranche B Warrants. Boothbay Diversified Alpha Master Fund LP, a Cayman Islands limited partnership (“BBDAMF”), is managed by Boothbay. Boothbay, in its capacity as the Investment manager of BBDAMF, has the power to vote and the power to direct the disposition of all securities held by BBDAMF. Ari Glass is the Managing Member of Boothbay. Each of BBDAMF, Boothbay and Mr. Glass disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein. The principal business address of BBDAMF is c/o Kingsbrook Partners LP, 689 Fifth Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10022.
10.The shares registered for resale herein include 172,235 shares of common stock, 172,235 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Tranche A Warrants and 172,235 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Tranche B Warrants. Heights Capital Management, Inc. (“Heights Capital”), the authorized agent of CVI Investments, Inc. (“CVI”), has discretionary authority to vote and dispose of the securities held by CVI and may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of these securities. Martin Kobinger, in his capacity as Investment Manager of Heights Capital, may also be deemed to have investment discretion and voting power over the securities held by CVI. Mr. Kobinger disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein. CVI is affiliated with one or more FINRA members, none of whom are currently expected to participate in the resale pursuant to the prospectus contained in this registration statement.
11.The shares registered for resale herein include 172,235 shares of common stock, 172,235 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Tranche A Warrants and 172,235 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Tranche B Warrants. District 2 GP LLC is the general partner of District 2 Capital Fund LP and has voting control and investment discretion over securities held by District 2 Capital Fund LP. Michael Bigger is the Managing Member of District 2 GP LLC and as a result may be considered beneficial owners of any securities deemed beneficially owned by District 2 GP LLC. Mr. Bigger disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein. The principal business address of District 2 Capital Fund LP is 14 Wall Street, 2nd Floor, Huntington NY 11743.
12.The shares registered for resale herein include 301,412 shares of common stock, 301,412 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Tranche A Warrants and 301,412 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Tranche B Warrants. Carter Dunlap is the control person of Dunlap Capital Partners LP (“Dunlap Capital”), and has voting control and investment discretion over securities held by Dunlap Capital and may be considered the beneficial owner of any securities deemed to be beneficially owned by Dunlap Capital. Mr. Dunlap disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein. The principal business address of Dunlap Capital is 155 Sansome Street, Number 810, San Francisco, CA 94104.
13.The shares registered for resale herein include 40,000 shares of common stock, 11,671 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Pre-Funded Warrants, 51,671 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Tranche A Warrants and 51,671 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Tranche B Warrants. Mark Kingdon, as the managing member of Kingdon GP II, LLC, which is the general partner of Kingdon Healthcare Master Fund, LP, has voting or investment control over the securities held by Kingdon Healthcare Master Fund, LP. The address of Kingdon Healthcare Master Fund, LP is c/o Kingdon Capital Management, LLC, 152 W. 57th Street, 50th Floor, New York, NY 10019.
14.The shares registered for resale herein include 94,729 shares of common stock, 94,729 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Tranche A Warrants and 94,729 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Tranche B Warrants. Kingsbrook Partners LP (“Kingsbrook Partners”) is the investment manager of Kingsbrook Opportunities Master Fund LP (“Kingsbrook Opportunities”) and consequently has voting control and investment discretion over securities held by Kingsbrook Opportunities. Kingsbrook Opportunities GP LLC (“Opportunities GP”) is the general partner of Kingsbrook Opportunities and may be considered the beneficial owner of any securities deemed to be beneficially owned by Kingsbrook Opportunities. KB GP LLC (“GP LLC”) is the general partner of Kingsbrook Partners and may be considered the beneficial owner of any securities deemed to be beneficially owned by Kingsbrook Partners. Ari J. Storch, Adam J. Chill and Scott M. Wallace are the sole managing members of Opportunities GP and GP LLC and as a result may be considered beneficial owners of any securities deemed beneficially owned by Opportunities GP and GP LLC. Each of Kingsbrook Partners, Opportunities GP, GP LLC and Messrs. Storch, Chill and Wallace disclaim beneficial ownership of these securities, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein. The principal business address of Kingsbrook Partners LP is c/o Kingsbrook Partners LP, 689 Fifth Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10022.
15The shares registered for resale herein consist of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Placement Agent Warrants issued in the Private Placement Offering. David Rosenberg is the control person of Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. (“Ladenburg”), and has voting control and investment discretion over securities held by Ladenburg and may be considered the beneficial owner of any securities deemed to be beneficially owned by Ladenburg. Mr. Rosenburg disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein. The principal business address of Ladenburg is 640 5th Avenue, 4th floor, New York, NY 10019.
16.The shares registered for resale herein include 258,353 shares of common stock, 258,353 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Tranche A Warrants and 258,353 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Tranche B Warrants. Laurance Lytton is the control person of Lytton-Kambara Foundation, and has voting control and investment discretion over securities held by Lytton-Kambara Foundation and may be considered the beneficial owner of any securities deemed to be beneficially owned by Lytton-Kambara Foundation. Mr. Lytton disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein. The principal business address of Lytton-Kambara Foundation is 467 Central Park West 17-A, New York, NY 10025.
17.The shares registered for resale herein include 172,235 shares of common stock, 172,235 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Tranche A Warrants and 172,235 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Tranche B Warrants. David Feldman is the control person of L1 Capital Global Opportunities Master Fund (“L1 Capital”), and has sole voting control and investment discretion over the securities held by L1 Capital. Mr. Feldman disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein. The principal business address of the L1 Capital is 161A Shedden Road, 1 Artillery Court, PO Box 10085, Grand Cayman KY1-1001, Cayman Islands.
18.The shares registered for resale herein include 360,000 shares of common stock, 105,037 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Pre-Funded Warrants, 465,037 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Tranche A Warrants and 465,037 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Tranche B Warrants. Mark Kingdon, as the managing member of Kingdon GP, LLC, which is the general partner of M. Kingdon Offshore Master Fund, LP has voting or investment control over the securities held by M. Kingdon Offshore Master Fund, LP. The address of M. Kingdon Offshore Master Fund, LP is c/o Kingdon Capital Management, LLC, 152 W. 57th Street, 50th Floor, New York, NY 10019.
19.The shares registered for resale herein include 111,645 shares of common stock, 111,645 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Tranche A Warrants and 111,645 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Tranche B Warrants. Nantahala Capital Management, LLC, a Registered Investment Adviser, is a general partner, an investment manager, or a sub-advisor of Nantahala Capital Partners Limited Partnership and has the power and investment discretion over the securities held by Nantahala Capital Partners Limited Partnership and may be considered the beneficial owner of any securities deemed to be beneficially owned by Nantahala Capital Partners Limited Partnership. Wilmot Harkey and Daniel Mack are managing members of Nantahala Capital Management, LLC and as a result may be considered beneficial owners of any securities deemed beneficially owned by Nantahala Capital Management, LLC. Mr. Harkey and Mr. Mack disclaim beneficial ownership of these securities, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein. The principal business address of Nantahala Capital Partners Limited Partnership is 130 Main St., 2nd Floor, New Canaan, CT 06840.
20.The shares registered for resale herein include 102,639 shares of common stock, 102,639 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Tranche A Warrants and 102,639 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Tranche B Warrants. Nantahala Capital Management, LLC, a Registered Investment Adviser, is a general partner, an investment manager, or a sub-advisor of NCP RFM LP and has the power and investment discretion over the securities held by NCP RFM LP and may be considered the beneficial owner of any securities deemed to be beneficially owned by NCP RFM LP. Wilmot Harkey and Daniel Mack are managing members of Nantahala Capital Management, LLC and as a result may be considered beneficial owners of any securities deemed beneficially owned by Nantahala Capital Management, LLC. Mr. Harkey and Mr. Mack disclaim beneficial ownership of these securities, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein. The principal business address of NCP RFM LP is 130 Main St., 2nd Floor, New Canaan, CT 06840.
21The shares registered for resale herein consist of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Placement Agent Warrants issued in the Private Placement Offering.
22.The shares registered for resale herein include 861,192 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Pre-Funded Warrants, 861,192 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Tranche A Warrants and 861,192 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Tranche B Warrants. Perceptive Advisors LLC (“Perceptive Advisors”) serves as the investment manager to Perceptive Life Science Master Fund, Ltd. (“Perceptive”) and may be deemed to beneficially own such securities. Joseph Edelman is the managing member of Perceptive Advisors and may be deemed to have voting and dispositive power over the securities held by Perceptive. The principal business address of Perceptive is 51 Astor Place, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10003.
23.The shares registered for resale herein include 86,117 shares of common stock, 86,117 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Tranche A Warrants and 86,117 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Tranche B Warrants. Nantahala Capital Management, LLC, a Registered Investment Adviser, is a general partner, an investment manager, or a sub-advisor of Pinehurst Partners LP and has the power and investment discretion over the securities held by Pinehurst Partners LP and may be considered the beneficial owner of any securities deemed to be beneficially owned by Pinehurst Partners LP. Wilmot Harkey and Daniel Mack are managing members of Nantahala Capital Management, LLC and as a result may be considered beneficial owners of any securities deemed beneficially owned by Nantahala Capital Management, LLC. Mr. Harkey and Mr. Mack disclaim beneficial ownership of these securities, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein. The principal business address of Pinehurst Partners LP is c/o Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, DE 19801.
24.The shares registered for resale herein include 172,235 shares of common stock, 172,235 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Tranche A Warrants and 172,235 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Tranche B Warrants. Velan Capital Holdings LLC (“Velan GP”), as the general partner of the Selling Stockholder, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares beneficially owned by the Selling Stockholder. Velan Capital Investment Management LP (“Velan Capital”), as the investment manager of the Selling Stockholder, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares beneficially owned by the Selling Stockholder. Velan Capital Management LLC (“Velan IM GP”), as the general partner of Velan Capital, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares beneficially owned by the Selling Stockholder. Balaji Venkataraman, as a Managing Member of each of Velan GP and Velan IM GP, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares beneficially owned by the Selling Stockholder. Adam Morgan, as a Managing Member of each of Velan GP and Velan IM GP, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares beneficially owned by the Selling Stockholder.

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

Each selling stockholder of the securities and any of their pledgees, assignees and successors-in-interest may, from time we have identifiedto time, sell any or all of their securities covered hereby on the Nasdaq Capital Market or any other stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the securities are traded or in private transactions. These sales may be at fixed or negotiated prices. A selling stockholder may use any one or more of the following coronavirus related risks that we believe have a greater likelihood of negatively impacting our company specific, including, but not limited to:methods when selling securities:

 

 Federal, Stateordinary brokerage transactions and local shelter-in-place directivestransactions in which limit our employees from accessing our facility to manufacture, develop and test our product candidates.the broker dealer solicits purchasers;
 Travel restrictions and quarantine requirements which prevent us from initiating and continuing animal studies and patient trial both inside and outside of the United States.
The burden on hospitals and medical personnel resulting in the cancellation of non-essential medical procedures such as surgical procedures needed to implant our product candidates for pre-clinical and clinical trials.
Delays in the procurement of certain supplies and equipment that are needed to develop and test our product candidates.
Erosion of the capital markets which make it more difficult to obtain the financing that we need to fund and continue our operations.
Potential back-log at regulatory agencies such as the FDA which may result in delays in obtaining regulatory approvals.
Travel restrictions which prevent patients from participating and continuing the participation in clinical trials.

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USE OF PROCEEDS

Unless otherwise indicated in a prospectus supplement, we intend to use the net proceeds from these sales for general corporate purposes, which includes, without limitation, the continued development of our two lead products, VenoValve and the CoreoGraft, and working capital. The amounts and timing of these expenditures will depend on numerous factors, including the development of our current business initiatives.

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

We may sell the securities from time to time to or through underwriters or dealers, through agents, or directly to one or more purchasers. A distribution of the securities offered by this prospectus may also be effected through the issuance of derivative securities, including without limitation, warrants, rights to purchase and subscriptions. In addition, the manner in which we may sell some or all of the securities covered by this prospectus includes, without limitation, through:

a block tradetrades in which a broker-dealerthe broker dealer will attempt to sell the securities as agent but may position orand resell a portion of the block as principal in order to facilitate the transaction;
 purchases by a broker-dealer,broker dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealerbroker dealer for its account;
an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;
privately negotiated transactions;
settlement of short sales;
in transactions through broker dealers that agree with the selling stockholders to sell a specified number of such securities at a stipulated price per security;
through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise;
a combination of any such methods of sale; or
 ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which a broker solicits purchasers.

A prospectus supplement or supplements with respect to each series of securities will describe the terms of the offering, including, to the extent applicable:

the terms of the offering;
the name or names of the underwriters or agents and the amounts of securities underwritten or purchased by each of them, if any;
the public offering price or purchase price of the securities orany other consideration therefor, and the proceedsmethod permitted pursuant to be received by us from the sale;
any delayed delivery requirements;
any over-allotment options under which underwriters may purchase additional securities from us;
any underwriting discounts or agency fees and other items constituting underwriters’ or agents’ compensation;
any discounts or concessions allowed or re-allowed or paid to dealers; and
any securities exchange or market on which the securities may be listed.applicable law.

 

The offerselling stockholders may also sell securities under Rule 144 or any other exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), if available, rather than under this prospectus.

Broker dealers engaged by the selling stockholders may arrange for other brokers dealers to participate in sales. Broker dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the selling stockholders (or, if any broker dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of securities, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated, but, except as set forth in a supplement to this prospectus, in the case of an agency transaction not in excess of a customary brokerage commission in compliance with FINRA Rule 2121; and in the case of a principal transaction a markup or markdown in compliance with FINRA Rule 2121.

In connection with the sale of the securities describedor interests therein, the selling stockholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in this prospectus by us,turn engage in short sales of the underwriterssecurities in the course of hedging the positions they assume. The selling stockholders may also sell securities short and deliver these securities to close out their short positions, or loan or pledge the third parties described abovesecurities to broker-dealers that in turn may be effected from time to time insell these securities. The selling stockholders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or create one or more transactions, including privately negotiated transactions, either:derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of securities offered by this prospectus, which securities such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).

 

at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed;
in an “at the market” offering within the meaning of Rule 415(a)(4) of the Securities Act;
at prices related to such prevailing market prices; or
at negotiated prices.

Only underwriters namedThe selling stockholders and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the prospectus supplement willsecurities may be underwritersdeemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the securities offeredpurchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. Each selling stockholder has informed the Company that it does not have any written or oral agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the securities.

The Company is required to pay certain fees and expenses incurred by the prospectus supplement.Company incident to the registration of the securities. The Company has agreed to indemnify the selling stockholders against certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

 

UnderwritersWe agreed to keep this prospectus effective until the earlier of (i) the date on which the securities may be resold by the selling stockholders without registration and Agents; Direct Saleswithout regard to any volume or manner-of-sale limitations by reason of Rule 144, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information under Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect or (ii) all of the securities have been sold pursuant to this prospectus or Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect. The resale securities will be sold only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers if required under applicable state securities laws. In addition, in certain states, the resale securities covered hereby may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in the applicable state or an exemption from the registration or qualification requirement is available and is complied with.

 

If underwriters are usedUnder applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, any person engaged in a sale, they will acquire the offereddistribution of the resale securities for their own account and may resell the offered securities from time to timenot simultaneously engage in one or more transactions, including negotiated transactions, at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of sale. We may offer the securitiesmarket making activities with respect to the public through underwriting syndicates represented by managing underwriters or by underwriters without a syndicate.

Unlesscommon stock for the prospectus supplement states otherwise,applicable restricted period, as defined in Regulation M, prior to the obligationscommencement of the underwriters to purchasedistribution. In addition, the securitiesselling stockholders will be subject to the conditions set forth in the applicable underwriting agreement. Subject to certain conditions, the underwriters will be obligated to purchase allprovisions of the securities offeredExchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including Regulation M, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of the common stock by the prospectus supplement,selling stockholders or any other than securities covered by any over-allotment option. Any public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or re-allowed or paid to dealers may change from time to time. We may use underwriters with whom we have a material relationship.person. We will describe in themake copies of this prospectus supplement, naming the underwriter, the nature of any such relationship.

We may sell securities directly or through agents we designate from time to time. We will name any agent involved in the offering and sale of securities, and we will describe any commissions we will pay the agent in the prospectus supplement. Unless the prospectus supplement states otherwise, our agent will act on a best-efforts basis for the period of its appointment.

We may authorize agents or underwriters to solicit offers by certain types of institutional investors to purchase securities from us at the public offering price set forth in the prospectus supplement pursuant to delayed delivery contracts providing for payment and delivery on a specified date in the future. We will describe the conditions to these contracts and the commissions we must pay for solicitation of these contracts in the prospectus supplement.

Dealers

We may sell the offered securities to dealers as principals. The dealer may then resell such securitiesavailable to the public eitherselling stockholders and have informed them of the need to deliver a copy of this prospectus to each purchaser at varying pricesor prior to be determined by the dealer or at a fixed offering price agreed to with us at the time of resale.the sale (including by compliance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act).

 

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Institutional Purchasers

We may authorize agents, dealers or underwriters to solicit certain institutional investors to purchase offered securities on a delayed delivery basis pursuant to delayed delivery contracts providing for payment and delivery on a specified future date. The applicable prospectus supplement or other offering materials, as the case may be, will provide the details of any such arrangement, including the offering price and commissions payable on the solicitations.

We will enter into such delayed contracts only with institutional purchasers that we approve. These institutions may include commercial and savings banks, insurance companies, pension funds, investment companies and educational and charitable institutions.

Indemnification; Other Relationships

We may provide agents, underwriters, dealers and remarketing firms with indemnification against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or contribution with respect to payments that the agents or underwriters may make with respect to these liabilities. Agents, underwriters, dealers and remarketing firms, and their affiliates, may engage in transactions with, or perform services for, us in the ordinary course of business. This includes commercial banking and investment banking transactions.

Market-Making; Stabilization and Other Transactions

There is currently no market for any of the offered securities, other than our common stock, which is quoted on The NASDAQ Capital Market. If the offered securities are traded after their initial issuance, they may trade at a discount from their initial offering price, depending upon prevailing interest rates, the market for similar securities and other factors. While it is possible that an underwriter could inform us that it intends to make a market in the offered securities, such underwriter would not be obligated to do so, and any such market-making could be discontinued at any time without notice. Therefore, no assurance can be given as to whether an active trading market will develop for the offered securities. We have no current plans for listing of the debt securities, preferred stock, warrants or subscription rights on any securities exchange or quotation system; any such listing with respect to any particular debt securities, preferred stock, warrants or subscription rights will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement or other offering materials, as the case may be.

Any underwriter may engage in over-allotment, stabilizing transactions, short-covering transactions and penalty bids in accordance with Regulation M under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. Over-allotment involves sales in excess of the offering size, which create a short position. Stabilizing transactions permit bids to purchase the underlying security so long as the stabilizing bids do not exceed a specified maximum price. Syndicate-covering or other short-covering transactions involve purchases of the securities, either through exercise of the over-allotment option or in the open market after the distribution is completed, to cover short positions. Penalty bids permit the underwriters to reclaim a selling concession from a dealer when the securities originally sold by the dealer are purchased in a stabilizing or covering transaction to cover short positions. Those activities may cause the price of the securities to be higher than it would otherwise be. If commenced, the underwriters may discontinue any of the activities at any time.

Any underwriters or agents that are qualified market makers on The NASDAQ Capital Market may engage in passive market making transactions in our common stock on The NASDAQ Capital Market in accordance with Regulation M under the Exchange Act, during the business day prior to the pricing of the offering, before the commencement of offers or sales of our common stock. Passive market makers must comply with applicable volume and price limitations and must be identified as passive market makers. In general, a passive market maker must display its bid at a price not in excess of the highest independent bid for such security; if all independent bids are lowered below the passive market maker’s bid, however, the passive market maker’s bid must then be lowered when certain purchase limits are exceeded. Passive market making may stabilize the market price of the securities at a level above that which might otherwise prevail in the open market and, if commenced, may be discontinued at any time.

Fees and Commissions

If 5% or more of the net proceeds of any offering of securities made under this prospectus will be received by a FINRA member participating in the offering or affiliates or associated persons of such FINRA member, the offering will be conducted in accordance with FINRA Rule 5121.

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DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES WE MAY OFFERTO BE REGISTERED

 

General

 

This prospectus describes the general terms of our capital stock. The following description is not complete and may not contain all the information you should consider before investing in our capital stock. For a more detailed description of these securities, you should read the applicable provisions of Delaware law and our certificate of incorporation and our bylaws. When we offer to sell a particular series of these securities, we will describe the specific termsAs of the series in a supplement todate of this prospectus. Accordingly, for a description of the terms of any series of securities, you must refer to both the prospectus, supplement relating to that series and the description of the securities described in this prospectus. To the extent the information contained in the prospectus supplement differs from this summary description, you should rely on the information in the prospectus supplement.

The total number of shares ofour authorized capital stock we are authorized to issue is 60,000,000 shares,consisted of which (a) 50,000,000 are common stock and (b) 10,000,000 are preferred stock.

We, directly or through agents, dealers or underwriters designated from time to time, may offer, issue and sell, together or separately, up to $75,000,000 in the aggregate of:

common stock;
preferred stock;
warrants to purchase our securities;
subscription rights to purchase our securities;
secured or unsecured debt securities consisting of notes, debentures or other evidences of indebtedness which may be senior debt securities, senior subordinated debt securities or subordinated debt securities, each of which may be convertible into equity securities; or
units comprised of, or other combinations of, the foregoing securities.

We may issue the debt securities as exchangeable for or convertible into260,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.00001 par value per share, of which (a) 250,000,000 shares are common stock, $0.00001 par value per share and (b) 10,000,000 shares are preferred stock or other securities that may be sold by us pursuant to this prospectus or any combinationstock. As of the foregoing. The preferred stock may also be exchangeable for and/or convertible intoOctober 26, 2023, there were 13,316,636 shares of our common stock another seriesoutstanding and there were no shares of preferred stock or other securities that may be sold by us pursuant to this prospectus or any combination of the foregoing. When a particular series of securities is offered, a supplement to this prospectus will be delivered with this prospectus, which will set forth the terms of the offeringPreferred Stock issued and sale of the offered securities.outstanding.

 

Common Stock

 

As of April 6, 2020,October 26, 2023, there were 19,132,13813,316,636 shares of common stock issued and outstanding, held of record by approximately 10990 stockholders. Subject to preferential rights with respect to any outstanding preferred stock, all outstanding shares of common stock are of the same class and have equal rights and attributes. Under the terms of certificate of incorporation, holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote for each share held on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders, including the election of directors, and do not have cumulative voting rights. The holders of outstanding shares of common stock are entitled to receive dividends out of assets or funds legally available for the payment of dividends of such times and in such amounts as our board of directors from time to time may determine. Our common stock is not entitled to pre-emptive rights and is not subject to conversion or redemption. Upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of our company, the assets legally available for distribution to stockholders are distributable ratably among the holders of our common stock after payment of liquidation preferences, if any, on any outstanding payment of other claims of creditors. The rights, preferences and privileges of holders of common stock are subject to and may be adversely affected by the rights of the holders of shares of any series of preferred stock that we may designate and issue in the future.

Preferred Stock

Our certificate of incorporation empowers our board of directors, without action by our shareholders, to issue up to 10,00,000 shares of preferred stock from time to time in one or more series, which preferred stock may be offered by this prospectus and supplements thereto. As of April 6, 2020, there were no shares of preferred stock designated, issued or outstanding. Our board may fix the rights, preferences, privileges, and restrictions of our authorized but undesignated preferred shares, including:

We will fix the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions of the preferred stock of each series in the certificate of designation relating to that series. We will file as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, or will incorporate by reference from a current report on Form 8-K that we file with the SEC, the form of any certificate of designation that describes the terms of the series of preferred stock we are offering before the issuance of the related series of preferred stock. This description will include any or all of the following, as required:

the title and stated value;
the number of shares we are offering;
the liquidation preference per share;

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the purchase price;
the dividend rate, period and payment date and method of calculation for dividends;
whether dividends will be cumulative or non-cumulative and, if cumulative, the date from which dividends will accumulate;
any contractual limitations on our ability to declare, set aside or pay any dividends;
the procedures for any auction and remarketing, if any;
the provisions for a sinking fund, if any;
the provisions for redemption or repurchase, if applicable, and any restrictions on our ability to exercise those redemption and repurchase rights;
any listing of the preferred stock on any securities exchange or market;
whether the preferred stock will be convertible into our common stock, and, if applicable, the conversion price, or how it will be calculated, and the conversion period;
whether the preferred stock will be exchangeable into debt securities, and, if applicable, the exchange price, or how it will be calculated, and the exchange period;
voting rights, if any, of the preferred stock;
preemptive rights, if any;
restrictions on transfer, sale or other assignment, if any;
a discussion of any material or special United States federal income tax considerations applicable to the preferred stock;
the relative ranking and preferences of the preferred stock as to dividend rights and rights if we liquidate, dissolve or wind up our affairs;
any limitations on issuance of any class or series of preferred stock ranking senior to or on a parity with the series of preferred stock as to dividend rights and rights if we liquidate, dissolve or wind up our affairs; and
any other specific terms, preferences, rights or limitations of, or restrictions on, the preferred stock.

If we issue shares of preferred stock under this prospectus, after receipt of payment therefor, the shares will be fully paid and non-assessable.

The DGCL provides that the holders of preferred stock will have the right to vote separately as a class on any proposal involving fundamental changes in the rights of holders of that preferred stock. This right is in addition to any voting rights provided for in the applicable certificate of designation.

Our board of directors may authorize the issuance of preferred stock with voting or conversion rights that could adversely affect the voting power or other rights of the holders of our common stock. Preferred stock could be issued quickly with terms designed to delay or prevent a change in control of our Company or make removal of management more difficult. Additionally, the issuance of preferred stock could have the effect of decreasing the market price of our common stock.

Warrants

We may issue warrants to purchase our securities or other rights, including rights to receive payment in cash or securities based on the value, rate or price of one or more specified commodities, currencies, securities or indices, or any combination of the foregoing. Warrants may be issued independently or together with any other securities that may be sold by us pursuant to this prospectus or any combination of the foregoing and may be attached to, or separate from, such securities. To the extent warrants that we issue are to be publicly-traded, each series of such warrants will be issued under a separate warrant agreement to be entered into between us and a warrant agent.

We will file as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, or will incorporate by reference from a current report on Form 8-K that we file with the SEC, forms of the warrant and warrant agreement, if any. The prospectus supplement relating to any warrants that we may offer will contain the specific terms of the warrants and a description of the material provisions of the applicable warrant agreement, if any. These terms may include the following:

the title of the warrants;
the price or prices at which the warrants will be issued;
the designation, amount and terms of the securities or other rights for which the warrants are exercisable;
the designation and terms of the other securities, if any, with which the warrants are to be issued and the number of warrants issued with each other security;
the aggregate number of warrants;
any provisions for adjustment of the number or amount of securities receivable upon exercise of the warrants or the exercise price of the warrants;
the price or prices at which the securities or other rights purchasable upon exercise of the warrants may be purchased;
if applicable, the date on and after which the warrants and the securities or other rights purchasable upon exercise of the warrants will be separately transferable;
a discussion of any material U.S. federal income tax considerations applicable to the exercise of the warrants;
the date on which the right to exercise the warrants will commence, and the date on which the right will expire;
the maximum or minimum number of warrants that may be exercised at any time;
information with respect to book-entry procedures, if any; and
any other terms of the warrants, including terms, procedures and limitations relating to the exchange and exercise of the warrants.

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Exercise of Warrants. Each warrant will entitle the holder of warrants to purchase the amount of securities or other rights, at the exercise price stated or determinable in the prospectus supplement for the warrants. Warrants may be exercised at any time up to the close of business on the expiration date shown in the applicable prospectus supplement, unless otherwise specified in such prospectus supplement. After the close of business on the expiration date, if applicable, unexercised warrants will become void. Warrants may be exercised in the manner described in the applicable prospectus supplement. When the warrant holder makes the payment and properly completes and signs the warrant certificate at the corporate trust office of the warrant agent, if any, or any other office indicated in the prospectus supplement, we will, as soon as possible, forward the securities or other rights that the warrant holder has purchased. If the warrant holder exercises less than all of the warrants represented by the warrant certificate, we will issue a new warrant certificate for the remaining warrants.

Subscription Rights

We may issue rights to purchase our securities. The rights may or may not be transferable by the persons purchasing or receiving the rights. In connection with any rights offering, we may enter into a standby underwriting or other arrangement with one or more underwriters or other persons pursuant to which such underwriters or other persons would purchase any offered securities remaining unsubscribed for after such rights offering. In connection with a rights offering to holders of our capital stock a prospectus supplement will be distributed to such holders on the record date for receiving rights in the rights offering set by us.

We will file as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, or will incorporate by reference from a current report on Form 8-K that we file with the SEC, forms of the subscription rights, standby underwriting agreement or other agreements, if any. The prospectus supplement relating to any rights that we offer will include specific terms relating to the offering, including, among other matters:

the date of determining the security holders entitled to the rights distribution;
the aggregate number of rights issued and the aggregate amount of securities purchasable upon exercise of the rights;
the exercise price;
the conditions to completion of the rights offering;
the date on which the right to exercise the rights will commence and the date on which the rights will expire; and
any applicable federal income tax considerations.

Each right would entitle the holder of the rights to purchase the principal amount of securities at the exercise price set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. Rights may be exercised at any time up to the close of business on the expiration date for the rights provided in the applicable prospectus supplement. After the close of business on the expiration date, all unexercised rights will become void.

Holders may exercise rights as described in the applicable prospectus supplement. Upon receipt of payment and the rights certificate properly completed and duly executed at the corporate trust office of the rights agent, if any, or any other office indicated in the prospectus supplement, we will, as soon as practicable, forward the securities purchasable upon exercise of the rights. If less than all of the rights issued in any rights offering are exercised, we may offer any unsubscribed securities directly to persons other than stockholders, to or through agents, underwriters or dealers or through a combination of such methods, including pursuant to standby underwriting arrangements, as described in the applicable prospectus supplement.

Debt Securities

As used in this prospectus, the term “debt securities” means the debentures, notes, bonds and other evidences of indebtedness that we may issue from time to time. The debt securities will either be senior debt securities, senior subordinated debt or subordinated debt securities. We may also issue convertible debt securities. Debt securities may be issued under an indenture (which we refer to herein as an Indenture), which are contracts entered into between us and a trustee to be named therein. The Indenture has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. We may issue debt securities and incur additional indebtedness other than through the offering of debt securities pursuant to this prospectus. It is likely that convertible debt securities will not be issued under an Indenture.

The debt securities may be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a secured or unsecured senior or subordinated basis by one or more guarantors, if any. The obligations of any guarantor under its guarantee will be limited as necessary to prevent that guarantee from constituting a fraudulent conveyance under applicable law. In the event that any series of debt securities will be subordinated to other indebtedness that we have outstanding or may incur, the terms of the subordination will be set forth in the prospectus supplement relating to the subordinated debt securities.

We may issue debt securities from time to time in one or more series, in each case with the same or various maturities, at par or at a discount. Unless indicated in a prospectus supplement, we may issue additional debt securities of a particular series without the consent of the holders of the debt securities of such series outstanding at the time of the issuance. Any such additional debt securities, together with all other outstanding debt securities of that series, will constitute a single series of debt securities under the applicable Indenture and will be equal in ranking.

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Should an Indenture relate to unsecured indebtedness, in the event of a bankruptcy or other liquidation event involving a distribution of assets to satisfy our outstanding indebtedness or an event of default under a loan agreement relating to secured indebtedness of our company or its subsidiaries, the holders of such secured indebtedness, if any, would be entitled to receive payment of principal and interest prior to payments on the unsecured indebtedness issued under an Indenture.

Each prospectus supplement will describe the terms relating to the specific series of debt securities. These terms will include some or all of the following:

the title of debt securities and whether the debt securities are senior or subordinated;
any limit on the aggregate principal amount of debt securities of such series;
the percentage of the principal amount at which the debt securities of any series will be issued;
the ability to issue additional debt securities of the same series;
the purchase price for the debt securities and the denominations of the debt securities;
the specific designation of the series of debt securities being offered;
the maturity date or dates of the debt securities and the date or dates upon which the debt securities are payable and the rate or rates at which the debt securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, which may be fixed or variable, or the method by which such rate shall be determined;
the basis for calculating interest;
the date or dates from which any interest will accrue or the method by which such date or dates will be determined;
the duration of any deferral period, including the period during which interest payment periods may be extended;
whether the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the debt securities may be determined with reference to any index, formula or other method, such as one or more currencies, commodities, equity indices or other indices, and the manner of determining the amount of such payments;
the dates on which we will pay interest on the debt securities and the regular record date for determining who is entitled to the interest payable on any interest payment date;
the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the debt securities will be payable, where any securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange or conversion, as applicable, and notices and demands may be delivered to or upon us pursuant to the applicable Indenture;
the rate or rates of amortization of the debt securities;
any terms for the attachment to the debt securities of warrants, options or other rights to purchase or sell our securities;
if the debt securities will be secured by any collateral and, if so, a general description of the collateral and the terms and provisions of such collateral security, pledge or other agreements;
if we possess the option to do so, the periods within which and the prices at which we may redeem the debt securities, in whole or in part, pursuant to optional redemption provisions, and the other terms and conditions of any such provisions;
our obligation or discretion, if any, to redeem, repay or purchase debt securities by making periodic payments to a sinking fund or through an analogous provision or at the option of holders of the debt securities, and the period or periods within which and the price or prices at which we will redeem, repay or purchase the debt securities, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation, and the other terms and conditions of such obligation;
the terms and conditions, if any, regarding the option or mandatory conversion or exchange of debt securities;
the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which any debt securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part at our option and, if other than by a board resolution, the manner in which any election by us to redeem the debt securities shall be evidenced;
any restriction or condition on the transferability of the debt securities of a particular series;
the portion, or methods of determining the portion, of the principal amount of the debt securities which we must pay upon the acceleration of the maturity of the debt securities in connection with any event of default;
the currency or currencies in which the debt securities will be denominated and in which principal, any premium and any interest will or may be payable or a description of any units based on or relating to a currency or currencies in which the debt securities will be denominated;
provisions, if any, granting special rights to holders of the debt securities upon the occurrence of specified events;
any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the events of default or our covenants with respect to the applicable series of debt securities, and whether or not such events of default or covenants are consistent with those contained in the applicable Indenture;
any limitation on our ability to incur debt, redeem stock, sell our assets or other restrictions;
the application, if any, of the terms of the applicable Indenture relating to defeasance and covenant defeasance (which terms are described below) to the debt securities;
what subordination provisions will apply to the debt securities
the terms, if any, upon which the holders may convert or exchange the debt securities into or for our securities or property;
whether we are issuing the debt securities in whole or in part in global form;
any change in the right of the trustee or the requisite holders of debt securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable because of an event of default;
the depositary for global or certificated debt securities, if any;

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any material federal income tax consequences applicable to the debt securities, including any debt securities denominated and made payable, as described in the prospectus supplements, in foreign currencies, or units based on or related to foreign currencies;
any right we may have to satisfy, discharge and defease our obligations under the debt securities, or terminate or eliminate restrictive covenants or events of default in the Indentures, by depositing money or U.S. government obligations with the trustee of the Indentures;
the names of any trustees, depositories, authenticating or paying agents, transfer agents or registrars or other agents with respect to the debt securities;
to whom any interest on any debt security shall be payable, if other than the person in whose name the security is registered, on the record date for such interest, the extent to which, or the manner in which, any interest payable on a temporary global debt security will be paid;
if the principal of or any premium or interest on any debt securities is to be payable in one or more currencies or currency units other than as stated, the currency, currencies or currency units in which it shall be paid and the periods within and terms and conditions upon which such election is to be made and the amounts payable (or the manner in which such amount shall be determined);
the portion of the principal amount of any debt securities which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity of the debt securities pursuant to the applicable Indenture;
if the principal amount payable at the stated maturity of any debt security of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to the stated maturity, the amount which shall be deemed to be the principal amount of such debt securities as of any such date for any purpose, including the principal amount thereof which shall be due and payable upon any maturity other than the stated maturity or which shall be deemed to be outstanding as of any date prior to the stated maturity (or, in any such case, the manner in which such amount deemed to be the principal amount shall be determined); and
any other specific terms of the debt securities, including any modifications to the events of default under the debt securities and any other terms which may be required by or advisable under applicable laws or regulations.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, we do not anticipate the debt securities will be listed on any securities exchange. Holders of the debt securities may present registered debt securities for exchange or transfer in the manner described in the applicable prospectus supplement. Except as limited by the applicable Indenture, we will provide these services without charge, other than any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection with the exchange or transfer.

Debt securities may bear interest at a fixed rate or a variable rate as specified in the prospectus supplement. In addition, if specified in the prospectus supplement, we may sell debt securities bearing no interest or interest a t a rate that at the time of issuance is below the prevailing market rate, or at a discount below their stated principal amount. We will describe in the applicable prospectus supplement any special federal income tax considerations applicable to these discounted debt securities.

We may issue debt securities with the principal amount payable on any principal payment date, or the amount of interest payable on any interest payment date, to be determined by referring to one or more currency exchange rates, commodity prices, equity indices or other factors. Holders of such debt securities may receive a principal amount on any principal payment date, or interest payments on any interest payment date, that are greater or less than the amount of principal or interest otherwise payable on such dates, depending upon the value on such dates of applicable currency, commodity, equity index or other factors. The applicable prospectus supplement will contain information as to how we will determine the amount of principal or interest payable on any date, as well as the currencies, commodities, equity indices or other factors to which the amount payable on that date relates and certain additional tax considerations.

Units

We may issue units consisting of any combination of the other types of securities offered under this prospectus in one or more series. We may evidence each series of units by unit certificates that we may issue under a separate agreement. We may enter into unit agreements with a unit agent. Each unit agent, if any, may be a bank or trust company that we select. We will indicate the name and address of the unit agent, if any, in the applicable prospectus supplement relating to a particular series of units. Specific unit agreements, if any, will contain additional important terms and provisions. We will file as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, or will incorporate by reference from a current report that we file with the SEC, the form of unit and the form of each unit agreement, if any, relating to units offered under this prospectus.

If we offer any units, certain terms of that series of units will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement, including, without limitation, the following, as applicable:

the title of the series of units;
identification and description of the separate constituent securities comprising the units;
the price or prices at which the units will be issued;
the date, if any, on and after which the constituent securities comprising the units will be separately transferable;
a discussion of certain United States federal income tax considerations applicable to the units; and
any other material terms of the units and their constituent securities.

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Delaware Anti-Takeover Law and Provisions of Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws

 

Some provisions of Delaware law, our certificate of incorporation and our bylaws contain provisions that could make the following transactions more difficult: an acquisition of us by means of a tender offer; an acquisition of us by means of a proxy contest or otherwise; or the removal of our incumbent officers and directors. It is possible that these provisions could make it more difficult to accomplish or could deter transactions that stockholders may otherwise consider to be in their best interest or in our best interests, including transactions which provide for payment of a premium over the market price for our shares.

 

These provisions, summarized below, are intended to discourage coercive takeover practices and inadequate takeover bids. These provisions are also designed to encourage persons seeking to acquire control of us to first negotiate with our board of directors. We believe that the benefits of the increased protection of our potential ability to negotiate with the proponent of an unfriendly or unsolicited proposal to acquire or restructure us outweigh the disadvantages of discouraging these proposals because negotiation of these proposals could result in an improvement of their terms.

 

Delaware Anti-Takeover Law

We are subject to Section 203 of the DGCL. Section 203 generally prohibits a publicly traded corporation from engaging in a “business combination” with an “interested stockholder” for a period of three years after the date of the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder, unless:

 

 prior to the date of the transaction, the board of directors of the corporation approved either the business combination or the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder;
 upon consummation of the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding specified shares; or
 at or subsequent to the date of the transaction, the business combination is approved by the board of directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least 66 2/3 % of the outstanding voting stock which is not owned by the interested stockholder.

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Section 203 defines a “business combination” to include:

 

 any merger or consolidation involving the corporation and the interested stockholder;
 any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition of 10% or more of the assets of the corporation to or with the interested stockholder;
 subject to exceptions, any transaction that results in the issuance or transfer by the corporation of any stock of the corporation to the interested stockholder;
 subject to exceptions, any transaction involving the corporation that has the effect of increasing the proportionate share of the stock of any class or series of the corporation beneficially owned by the interested stockholder; or
 the receipt by the interested stockholder of the benefit of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges or other financial benefits provided by or through the corporation.

 

In general, Section 203 defines an “interested stockholder” as any person that is:

 

 the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation;
 an affiliate or associate of the corporation who was the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation at any time within three years immediately prior to the relevant date; or
 the affiliates and associates of the above.

 

Under specific circumstances, Section 203 makes it more difficult for an “interested stockholder” to effect various business combinations with a corporation for a three-year period, although the stockholders may, by adopting an amendment to the corporation’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws, elect not to be governed by this section, effective 12 months after adoption.

 

Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws do not exclude us from the restrictions of Section 203. We anticipate that the provisions of Section 203 might encourage companies interested in acquiring us to negotiate in advance with our board of directors since the stockholder approval requirement would be avoided if a majority of the directors then in office approve either the business combination or the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder.

 

Undesignated Preferred Stock

The ability of our board of directors, without action by the stockholders, to issue up to 10,000,000 shares of undesignated preferred stock with voting or other rights or preferences as designated by our board of directors could impede the success of any attempt to change control of us. These and other provisions may have the effect of deferring hostile takeovers or delaying changes in control or management of our company.

 

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Stockholder Meetings

Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide that a special meeting of stockholders may be called only by our chairman of the board, chief executive officer or president, or by a resolution adopted by a majority of our board of directors.

 

Requirements for Advance Notification of Stockholder Nominations and Proposals

Our bylaws establish advance notice procedures with respect to stockholder proposals to be brought before a stockholder meeting and the nomination of candidates for election as directors, other than nominations made by or at the direction of the board of directors or a committee of the board of directors.

 

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Elimination of Stockholder Action by Written Consent

Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws eliminate the right of stockholders to act by written consent without a meeting.

 

Removal of Directors

Our certificate of incorporation provides that no member of our board of directors may be removed from office by our stockholders except for cause and, in addition to any other vote required by law, upon the approval of not less than two-thirds of the total voting power of all of our outstanding voting stock then entitled to vote in the election of directors.

 

Stockholders Not Entitled to Cumulative Voting

Our certificate of incorporation does not permit stockholders to cumulate their votes in the election of directors. Accordingly, the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of our common stock entitled to vote in any election of directors can elect all of the directors standing for election, if they choose, other than any directors that holders of our preferred stock may be entitled to elect.

 

Choice of Forum

Our certificate of incorporation provides that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware will be the exclusive forum for any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf; any action asserting a breach of fiduciary duty; any action asserting a claim against us arising pursuant to the DGCL, our certificate of incorporation or our bylaws; any action to interpret, apply, enforce, or determine the validity of our certificate of incorporation or bylaws; or any action asserting a claim against us that is governed by the internal affairs doctrine. The enforceability of similar choice of forum provisions in other companies’ certificates of incorporation has been challenged in legal proceedings, and it is possible that a court could find these types of provisions to be inapplicable or unenforceable.

 

Amendment Provisions

The amendment of any of the above provisions to our certificate of incorporation, except for the provision making it possible for our board of directors to issue preferred stock, would require approval by holders of at least two thirdsa majority of the total voting power of all of our outstanding voting stock. The amendment of any of the above provisions to our bylaws would require the affirmative vote of 66 2/3 % of the outstanding voting stock or our board of directors.

 

The provisions of the DGCL, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our amended and restated bylaws could have the effect of discouraging others from attempting hostile takeovers and, as a consequence, they may also inhibit temporary fluctuations in the market price of our common stock that often result from actual or rumored hostile takeover attempts. These provisions may also have the effect of preventing changes in the composition of our board and management. It is possible that these provisions could make it more difficult to accomplish transactions that stockholders may otherwise deem to be in their best interests.

 

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FORMS OFINDEMNIFICATION FOR SECURITIES

Each security may be represented either by a certificate issued in definitive form to a particular investor or by one or more global securities representing the entire issuance of securities. Certificated securities in definitive form and global securities will be issued in registered form. Definitive securities name you or your nominee as the owner of the security, and in order to transfer or exchange these securities or to receive payments other than interest or other interim payments, you or your nominee must physically deliver the securities to the trustee, registrar, paying agent or other agent, as applicable. Global securities name a depositary or its nominee as the owner of the debt securities, warrants or units represented by these global securities. The depositary maintains a computerized system that will reflect each investor’s beneficial ownership of the securities through an account maintained by the investor with its broker/dealer, bank, trust company or other representative, as we explain more fully below.

Registered Global Securities ACT LIABILITIES

 

Section 102 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware permits a corporation to eliminate the personal liability of directors of a corporation to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for breaches of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of a law, authorizations of the payments of a dividend or approval of a stock repurchase or redemption in violation of Delaware corporate law or for any transactions from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. Our certificate of incorporation provides that no director will be liable to us or our stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duties as a director, subject to the same exceptions as described above. We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors which may, issuein some cases, be broader than the securitiesspecific indemnification provisions contained under Delaware law. We also expect to maintain standard insurance policies that provide coverage (1) to our directors and officers against loss arising from claims made by reason of breach of duty or other wrongful act and (2) to us with respect to indemnification payments we may make to such officers and directors.

Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides that a corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation and certain other persons serving at the request of the corporation in related capacities against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlements actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with a threatened, pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding to which he or she is or is threatened to be made a party by reason of such position, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, in any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful, except that, in the formcase of oneactions brought by or more fully registered global securities that will be deposited with a depositary or its nominee identified in the applicable prospectus supplement and registered in the name of that depositary or nominee. In those cases, one or more registered global securities will be issued in a denomination or aggregate denominations equal to the portionright of the aggregate principalcorporation, indemnification is limited to expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with defense or face amountsettlement of the securities tosuch action or suit and no indemnification shall be represented by registered global securities. Unless and until it is exchanged in whole for securities in definitive registered form, a registered global security may not be transferred except as a whole by and among the depositary for the registered global security, the nominees of the depositary or any successors of the depositary or those nominees.

The specific terms of the depositary arrangementmade with respect to any securitiesclaim, issue, or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be represented by a registered global security will be described inliable to the prospectus supplement relatingcorporation unless and only to those securities. We anticipatethe extent that the following provisionsCourt of Chancery or other adjudicating court determines that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper. In addition, to the extent that a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit, or proceeding described above (or claim, issue, or matter therein), such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith. Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an officer or director in defending any civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative action, suit, or proceeding may be advanced by the corporation upon receipt of an undertaking by such person to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to indemnification by the corporation under Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that we will, apply to all depositary arrangements.

Ownershipthe fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify any person made or threatened to be made a party to an action or proceeding by reason of beneficial intereststhe fact that he or she (or his or her testators or intestate) is or was our director or officer or serves or served at any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise in a registered global security will be limited to persons, called participants, that have accounts with the depositarysimilar capacity or persons that may hold interests through participants. Upon the issuance of a registered global security, the depositary will credit, on its book-entry registration and transfer system, the participants’ accounts with the respective principalas an employee or face amounts of the securities beneficially owned by the participants. Any dealers, underwriters or agents participating in the distribution of the securities will designate the accounts to be credited. Ownership of beneficial interests in a registered global security will be shown on, and the transfer of ownership interests will be effected only through, records maintained by the depositary,agent at our request, including service with respect to interestsemployee benefit plans maintained or sponsored by us, against expenses (including attorneys’), judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement incurred in connection with the investigation, preparation to defend, or defense of participants,such action, suit, proceeding, or claim. However, we are not required to indemnify or advance expenses in connection with any action, suit, proceeding, claim, or counterclaim initiated by us or on behalf of us. Our amended and onrestated bylaws provides that we will indemnify and hold harmless each person who was or is a party or threatened to be made a party to any action, suit, or proceeding by reason of the recordsfact that he or she is or was our director or officer, or is or was serving at our request in a similar capacity of participants,another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to interestsemployee benefit plans (whether the basis of persons holding through participants. The lawssuch action, suit, or proceeding is an action in an official capacity as a director or officer or in any other capacity while serving as a director of some states may require that some purchasers of securities take physical delivery of these securities in definitive form. These laws may impair your abilityofficer) to own, transfer or pledge beneficial interests in registered global securities.

So long as the depositary, or its nominee, is the registered owner of a registered global security, that depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole owner or holder of the securities representedfullest extent authorized by the registered global security forDelaware General Corporation Law against all purposesexpense, liability and loss (including attorney’s fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes, or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, and this indemnification continues after such person has ceased to be an officer or director and inures to the benefit of such person’s heirs, executors and administrators. The indemnification rights also include the right generally to be advanced expenses, subject to any undertaking required under the applicable indenture, warrant agreement or unit agreement.

Except as described below, owners of beneficial interests in a registered global security will not be entitled to have the securities represented by the registered global security registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of the securities in definitive form and will not be considered the owners or holders of the securities under the applicable indenture, warrant agreement or unit agreement. Accordingly, each person owning a beneficial interest in a registered global security must rely on the procedures of the depositary for that registered global security and, if that person is not a participant, on the procedures of the participant through which the person owns its interest, to exercise any rights of a holder under the applicable indenture, warrant agreement or unit agreement. We understand that under existing industry practices, if we request any action of holders or if an owner of a beneficial interest in a registered global security desires to give or take any action that a holder is entitled to give or take under the applicable indenture, warrant agreement or unit agreement, the depositary for the registered global security would authorize the participants holding the relevant beneficial interests to give or take that action,Delaware General Corporation Law, and the participants would authorize beneficial owners owning through themright generally to giverecover expenses to enforce an indemnification claim or take that action or would otherwise act upon the instructions of beneficial owners holding through them.

Payments to holdersdefend specified suits with respect to securities represented by a registered global security registered in the nameadvances of a depositary or its nominee will be made to the depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner of the registered global security. None of the Company, the trustees, the warrant agents, the unit agents or any other agent of the Company, agent of the trustees, the warrant agents or unit agents will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in the registered global security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to those beneficial ownership interests.

We expect that the depositary for any of the securities represented by a registered global security, upon receipt of any payment of principal, premium, interest or other payment or distribution to holders of that registered global security, will immediately credit participants’ accounts in amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in that registered global security as shown on the records of the depositary. We also expect that payments by participants to owners of beneficial interests in a registered global security held through participants will be governed by standing customer instructions and customary practices, as is now the case with the securities held for the accounts of customers or registered in “street name,” and will be the responsibility of those participants.

If the depositary for any of these securities represented by a registered global security is at any time unwilling or unable to continue as depositary or ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and a successor depositary registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act is not appointed by us within 90 days, we will issue securities in definitive form in exchange for the registered global security that had been held by the depositary. Any securities issued in definitive form in exchange for a registered global security will be registered in the name or names that the depositary gives to the relevant trustee, warrant agent, unit agent or other relevant agent of ours or theirs. It is expected that the depositary’s instructions will be based upon directions received by the depositary from participants with respect to ownership of beneficial interests in the registered global security that had been held by the depositary.indemnification expenses.

 

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LEGAL MATTERS

 

Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, the validity of the securities offered by this prospectus will bewere passed upon for us by Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, New York, New York. If legal matters in connection with offerings made by this prospectus are passed on by counsel for the underwriters, dealers or agents, if any, that counsel will be named in the applicable prospectus supplement.LLP.

 

EXPERTS

 

The consolidated financial statements of Hancock Jaffe Laboratories, Inc.enVVeno Medical Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 and for each of the years ended December 31, 20192022 and 20182021 have been auditedincorporated by Marcum LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as statedreference in their report appearing herein. Such financial statements are included in this prospectus andthe registration statement in reliance upon the report (which report includes an explanatory paragraph relating to our ability to continue as a going concern) of Marcum LLP, appearing elsewhere herein,independent registered public accounting firm, and upon the authority of suchsaid firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

 

WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

We file annual, quarter and periodic reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission using the Commission’s EDGAR system. The Commission maintains a web site that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding registrants that file electronically with the Commission. The address of such site is http//www.sec.gov.

 

INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

 

We are “incorporating by reference” in this prospectus certain documents we file with the SEC, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information in the documents incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this prospectus. Statements contained in documents that we file with the SEC and that are incorporated by reference in this prospectus will automatically update and supersede information contained in this prospectus, including information in previously filed documents or reports that have been incorporated by reference in this prospectus, to the extent the new information differs from or is inconsistent with the old information. We have filed or may file the following documents with the SEC and they are incorporated herein by reference as of their respective dates of filing.

 

 1.Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, filed with the SEC on March 18, 2020;
2.Our Current Reports on Form 8-K2022, filed with the SEC on March 2, 2020,2023;
2.Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 25, 2020 and31, 2023, filed with the SEC on April 3, 2020; and28, 2023;
 3.The description of our common stock contained in our Registration StatementOur Quarterly Report on Form 8-A, filed on May 25, 2018 pursuant to Section 12(b) of10-Q for the Exchange Act, which incorporates by reference the description of the shares of our common stock contained in the section entitled “Description of Securities” in our Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-220372), as initiallyquarter ended June 30, 2023, filed with the SEC on September 7, 2017, as amended,July 31, 2023; and any amendment or report
4.Our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 12, 2023.
5.Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Qfor purposes of updating such description.the quarter ended September 30, 2023, filed with the SEC on October 25, 2023

 

All documents that we filed with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this registration statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this registration statement that indicates that all securities offered under this prospectus have been sold, or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, will be deemed to be incorporated in this registration statement by reference and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

 

Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus shall be deemed modified, superseded or replaced for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained in this prospectus, or in any subsequently filed document that also is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus, modifies, supersedes or replaces such statement. Any statement so modified, superseded or replaced shall not be deemed, except as so modified, superseded or replaced, to constitute a part of this prospectus. None of the information that we disclose under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K or any corresponding information, either furnished under Item 9.01 or included as an exhibit therein, that we may from time to time furnish to the SEC will be incorporated by reference into, or otherwise included in, this prospectus, except as otherwise expressly set forth in the relevant document. Subject to the foregoing, all information appearing in this prospectus is qualified in its entirety by the information appearing in the documents incorporated by reference.

 

You may requests,request, orally or in writing, a copy of these documents, which will be provided to you at no cost (other than exhibits, unless such exhibits are specifically incorporate by reference), by contacting the Company at Hancock Jaffe Laboratories, Inc.,enVVeno Medical Corporation, at 70 Doppler, Irvine, California 92618, attention: Corporate Secretary. Our telephone number is (949) 261-2900. Information about us is also available at our website athttp: https://www.hancockjaffe.com/envveno.com/. However, the information in our website is not a part of this prospectus and is not incorporated by reference.

 

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You should rely only on the information contained in this document. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information that is different. This document may only be used where it is legal to sell these securities. The information in this document may only be accurate on the date of this document.

Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known may also impair our business operations. The risks and uncertainties described in this document and other risks and uncertainties which we may face in the future will have a greater impact on those who purchase our common stock. These purchasers will purchase our common stock at the market price or at a privately negotiated price and will run the risk of losing their entire investment.

14,708,942 Shares of Common Stock

PROSPECTUS

October 26, 2023

 

 

 

PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

 

The Company is paying all expenses of the offering. No portion of these expenses will be borne by the selling security holder. The following table sets forthselling security holder, however, will pay any other expenses incurred in selling its common stock, including any brokerage commissions or costs of sale. Following is an itemized statement of all expenses to be paid byin connection with this registration statement. All of the registrant. All amounts shown are estimates, except for the registration fee.SEC Registration Fees.

 

SEC registration fee $9,735 
Legal fees and expenses $

15,000

 
Accounting fees and expenses $8,500 
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses  * 
Warrant Agent Fees and Expenses  * 
Miscellaneous  * 
Total $33,235 

* These fees are calculated based on the securities offered and the number of issuances and accordingly cannot be estimated at this time. The applicable prospectus supplement will set forth the estimated amount of expenses of any offering of securities.

SEC registration fee $11,593.35 
Legal fees and expenses $35,000 
Accounting fees and expenses $10,000 
Total $56,593.35 

 

Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

 

Section 102145 of the General Corporation LawDGCL inter alia, empowers a Delaware corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the Statecorporation) by reason of Delawarethe fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. Similar indemnity is authorized for such persons against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of any such threatened, pending or completed action or suit if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and provided further that (unless a court of competent jurisdiction otherwise provides) such person shall not have been adjudged liable to the corporation. Any such indemnification may be made only as authorized in each specific case upon a determination by the stockholders or disinterested directors or by independent legal counsel in a written opinion that indemnification is proper because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct.

Section 145 further authorizes a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would otherwise have the power to indemnify him under Section 145. We maintain policies insuring our officers and directors against certain liabilities for actions taken in such capacities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a corporation to eliminateinclude in its certificate of incorporation a provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors of a corporationdirector to the corporation or its stockholdersshareholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, exceptprovided that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i) for breachesany breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of a law, authorizations(iii) under Section 174 of the paymentsDGCL (relating to unlawful payment of a dividenddividends and unlawful stock purchase or approval of a stock repurchaseredemption) or redemption in violation of Delaware corporate law or(iv) for any transactionstransaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. Our amended and restated certificate

Article 10 of incorporation provides that no director will be liablethe bylaws of the Company contains provisions which are designed to us or our stockholders for monetary damages for breachprovide mandatory indemnification of fiduciary duties as a director, subject to the same exceptions as described above. We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors which may, in some cases, be broader than the specific indemnification provisions contained under Delaware law. We also expect to maintain standard insurance policies that provide coverage (1) to our directors and officers against loss arising from claims made by reason of breach of duty or other wrongful act and (2) to us with respect to indemnification payments we may make to such officers and directors.

Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides that a corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation and certain other persons serving at the request of the corporation in related capacities against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlements actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with a threatened, pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding to which he or she is or is threatened to be made a party by reason of such position, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposedCompany to the best interests of the corporation,full extent permitted by law, as now in effect or later amended. The bylaws further provide that, if and in any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful, except that, in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, indemnification is limited to expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with defense or settlement of such action or suit and no indemnification shall be made with respect to any claim, issue, or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent thatrequired by the CourtDGCL, an advance payment of Chancery or other adjudicating court determines that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitledexpenses to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper. In addition, to the extent that a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit, or proceeding described above (or claim, issue, or matter therein), such person shallCompany that is entitled to indemnification will only be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith. Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an officer or director in defending any civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative action, suit, or proceeding may be advanced bymade upon delivery to the corporation upon receiptCompany of an undertaking, by such personor on behalf of the director or officer, to repay such amountall amounts so advanced if it is ultimately determined that such persondirector is not entitled to indemnification by the corporation under Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that we will, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify any person made or threatened to be made a party to an action or proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she (or his or her testators or intestate) is or was our director or officer or serves or served at any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise in a similar capacity or as an employee or agent at our request, including service with respect to employee benefit plans maintained or sponsored by us, against expenses (including attorneys’), judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement incurred in connection with the investigation, preparation to defend, or defense of such action, suit, proceeding, or claim. However, we are not required to indemnify or advance expenses in connection with any action, suit, proceeding, claim, or counterclaim initiated by us or on behalf of us. Our amended and restated bylaws provides that we will indemnify and hold harmless each person who was or is a party or threatened to be made a party to any action, suit, or proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she is or was our director or officer, or is or was serving at our request in a similar capacity of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (whether the basis of such action, suit, or proceeding is an action in an official capacity as a director or officer or in any other capacity while serving as a director of officer) to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law against all expense, liability and loss (including attorney’s fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes, or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, and this indemnification continues after such person has ceased to be an officer or director and inures to the benefit of such person’s heirs, executors and administrators. The indemnification rights also include the right generally to be advanced expenses, subject to any undertaking required under Delaware General Corporation Law, and the right generally to recover expenses to enforce an indemnification claim or to defend specified suits with respect to advances of indemnification expenses.indemnification.

 

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Item 16. Exhibits.

 

The following exhibits are filed with this Registration Statement.

 

The agreements included or incorporated by reference as exhibits to this registration statement contain representations and warranties by each of the parties to the applicable agreement. These representations and warranties were made solely for the benefit of the other parties to the applicable agreement and (i) were not intended to be treated as categorical statements of fact, but rather as a way of allocating the risk to one of the parties if those statements prove to be inaccurate; (ii) may have been qualified in such agreement by disclosures that were made to the other party in connection with the negotiation of the applicable agreement; (iii) may apply contract standards of “materiality” that are different from “materiality” under the applicable securities laws; and (iv) were made only as of the date of the applicable agreement or such other date or dates as may be specified in the agreement.

The undersigned registrant acknowledges that, notwithstanding the inclusion of the foregoing cautionary statements, it is responsible for considering whether additional specific disclosures of material information regarding material contractual provisions are required to make the statements in this registration statement not misleading.

Exhibit
Number Description of Document
1.1Form of Underwriting Agreement**
4.1Form of Certificate of Designation of Preferred Stock**
4.2Form of Warrant Agreement and Form of Warrant Certificate**
4.3Form of Subscription Rights Agreement and Form Subscription Rights Certificate**
4.4Form of Indenture*
4.5Form of Note**
4.6Form of Debt Securities**
5.1 Legal Opinion of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP*
12.1Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges**
23.1 Consent of Marcum LLP*
23.2 Consent of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP (included(contained in Exhibit 5.1)*5.1 hereto)
24.1 Power of Attorney (included in Part II of this Registration Statement)*
25.1107 Statement of Eligibility of trustee on Form T-1**+

*Filed herewith.Filing Fees Exhibit*
  
**If applicable, to be filed by an amendment or as an exhibit to a report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference
 
+To be filed pursuant to Rule 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act.Filed herewith.

 

Item 17. Undertakings.

 

(a) The undersigned Registrantregistrant hereby undertakes:

 

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

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

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

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

(3)(2) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

 

(4)(3) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:

 

(i) If the registrant is relying on Rule 430B:

(A) Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and

 

(ii)(B) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Sectionsection 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.date; or

 

(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of(ii) If the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933is subject to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

(i) Any preliminaryRule 430C, each prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

(ii) Any free writing prospectus424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to thean offering, prepared byother than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;

(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and

(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statementRule 430A, shall be deemed to be a newpart of and included in the registration statement relatingas of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the securities offered therein, andregistration statement or prospectus that was part of the offeringregistration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.first use.

 

(c) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to supplement the prospectus, after the expiration of the subscription period, to set forth the results of the subscription offer, the transactions by the underwriters during the subscription period, the amount of unsubscribed securities to be purchased by the underwriters, and the terms of any subsequent reoffering thereof. If any public offering by the underwriters is to be made on terms differing from those set forth on the cover page of the prospectus, a post-effective amendment will be filed to set forth the terms of such offering.

(d) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

(e) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to file an application for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act under subsection (a) of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Commission under Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act.

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Irvine, State of California, on this 726thday of April, 2020.October, 2023.

 

 HANCOCK JAFFE LABORATORIES, INC.ENVVENO MEDICAL CORPORATION
  
 By:/s/ Robert A. Berman
  Robert A. Berman
  Chief Executive Officer

 

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that each individual whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Robert A. Berman as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this registration statement, and to sign any registration statement for the same offering covered by this registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933 increasing the number of shares for which registration is sought, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, making such changes in this registration statement as such attorney-in-fact and agent so acting deem appropriate, with the SEC, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done with respect to the offering of securities contemplated by this registration statement, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

 

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

 

Signature Title Date
     
/s/ Robert A. Berman Chief Executive Officer and Director 

April 7, 2020

October 26, 2023
Robert A. Berman (Principal Executive Officer)  
     
/s/ Craig Glynn InterimChief Financial Officer & Interimand Treasurer April 7, 2020October 26, 2023
Craig Glynn (InterimPrincipal Financial Officer and Interim Principal Accounting Officer)  
     
/s/ Dr. Francis Duhay Director April 7, 2020October 26, 2023
Dr. Francis Duhay    
     
/s/ Dr. Sanjay Shrivastava Director April 7, 2020October 26, 2023
Dr. Sanjay Shrivastava    
     
/s/ Matthew M. Jenusaitis Director April 7, 2020October 26, 2023
Matthew M. Jenusaitis    
     
/s/ Robert C. Gray Director April 7, 2020October 26, 2023
Robert C. Gray    

 

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