As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 1, 2023March 22, 2024
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
MOTUS GI HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
MOTUS GI HOLDINGS, INC. |
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) |
Delaware | 81-4042793 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
1301 East Broward Boulevard, 3rd Floor
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301
(954) 541-8000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
offices)
Mark Pomeranz
Chief Executive Officer
Motus GI Holdings, Inc.
1301 East Broward Boulevard, 3rd Floor
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301
Tel: (954) 541-8000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)service)
Copies of all communications, including communications sent to the agent for service, to:
Steven M. Skolnick, Esq.
Lowenstein Sandler LLP
1251 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10020
Telephone: (212) 262-6700
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:public: From time to time after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
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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. ☒
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 OFAct of 1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTIONas amended, or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), MAY DETERMINE.may determine.
The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. The selling stockholders named in this prospectusSelling Stockholder may not sellresell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities, and the selling stockholders named in this prospectus are not soliciting an offernor is it a solicitation of offers to buy these securities, in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED JUNE 1, 2023MARCH 22, 2024
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS
Motus GI Holdings, Inc.
8,491,1254,400,001 Shares
of Common Stock
The selling stockholders named in thisThis prospectus may use this prospectusrelates to offer and resell from time to timethe resale of up to 8,491,1254,400,001 shares of Motus GI Holdings, Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” “our” or “us”) common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“(the “Common Stock”), which are comprisedby the selling stockholder listed in this prospectus or their permitted transferees (the “Selling Stockholder”). The shares of Common Stock registered for resale pursuant to this prospectus consist of (i) 525,000 shares (the “Shares”) of our Common Stock issued in a private placement on May 19, 2023 (the “Private Placement”), pursuant to a certain Securities Purchase Agreement by and between us and a certain institutional and accredited investor (the “Purchaser”), dated as of May 17, 2023 (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”), (ii) 3,617,0122,200,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Pre-FundedSeries B-1 Warrant Shares”) issuable upon the exercise of the pre-fundedSeries B-1 warrants (the “Pre-FundedSeries B-1 Warrants”) issued in the Private Placement, pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, (iii) 4,142,012and (ii) 2,200,001 shares of Common Stock (the “CommonSeries B-2 Warrant Shares”, and together with the Pre-FundedSeries B-1 Warrant Shares, the “Purchaser Warrant Shares”) issuable upon the exercise of the commonSeries B-2 warrants (the “CommonSeries B-2 Warrants”) issued in the Private Placement, pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, and (iv) 207,101 shares of Common Stock (the “Placement Agent Warrant Shares”) issuable upon the exercise of the placement agent warrants (the “Placement Agent Warrants” and together with the Pre-Funded Warrants and the CommonSeries B-1 Warrants, the “Warrants”) we issued to certain selling stockholders as the designees of H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (“Wainwright”) on May 19, 2023, as part of Wainwright’s compensation for serving as our exclusive placement agent in connection with the Private Placement.
We refer to the Common Warrants, the Pre-Funded Warrants and the Placement Agent Warrants collectively as the “Warrants.”
. The Shares, Pre-Funded Warrants and Common Warrants were issued to the PurchaserSelling Stockholder in reliance upon the exemption from the registration requirements in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amendeda private placement offering (the “Securities ActPrivate Placement”) and Regulation D (Rule 506) thereunder. The Purchaser represented that it was an “accredited investor” (as defined by Rule 501 under the Securities Act). We are registering the offer and resale of the Shares, Pre-Funded Warrant Shares and the Common Warrant Shares to satisfy a provision in a certain registration rights agreement, dated May 17, 2023 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which we agreed to register the resale of the Shares, the Pre-Funded Warrant Shares and the Common Warrant Shares.closed on February 26, 2024.
In addition,For additional information about the Private Placement, Agentsee “Private Placement.”
The Series B-1 Warrants were issued to Wainwright’s designees in relianceand the Series B-2 Warrants have an exercise price of $0.74 per share. The Series B-1 Warrants will be exercisable upon issuance until the exemption from the registration requirements in Section 4(a)(2)five (5) year anniversary of the Securities Act and Regulation D thereunder.
date of issuance. The Series B-2 Warrants will be exercisable upon issuance until eighteen (18) months after the date of issuance. The Selling Stockholder may, from time to time, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of their shares of Common Stock or interests in their shares of Common Stock on any stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the shares of Common Stock are traded or in private transactions. These dispositions may be at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of sale, at prices related to the prevailing market price, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices. See “Plan of Distribution” in this prospectus for more information. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of our Common Stock by the selling stockholders. However, we will receive proceeds from the exercise of the Warrants if the Warrants are exercised for cash. We intend to use those proceeds, if any, for general corporate purposes.
Any shares of Common Stock subject to resale hereunder will have been issued by us and acquired by the selling stockholders prior to any resale of such shares pursuant to this prospectus.
The selling stockholders named in this prospectus, or their donees, pledgees, transferees or other successors-in-interest, may offer or resell the shares from time to time through public or private transactions at prevailing market prices, at prices related to prevailing market prices or at privately negotiated prices. The selling stockholders will bear all commissions and discounts, if any, attributable to the sale of shares of Common Stock offered hereby, and all selling and other expenses incurred by the selling stockholders. We will bear all costs, expenses and fees in connection with the registrationdisposition of the shares of Common Stock offered hereby. For additional information on the methods of sale that may be used by the selling stockholders, see “PlanSelling Stockholder. However, we will receive the proceeds of Distribution”any cash exercise of the Warrants. See “Use of Proceeds” beginning on page 78 and “Plan of Distribution” beginning on page 9 of this prospectus.prospectus for more information.
Our Common Stock is listed on theThe Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) under the symbol “MOTS.”“MOTS”. On May 26, 2023,March 20, 2024, the last reported sale price of our Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Capital Market was $0.73 per share.
We are an “emerging growth company” as that term is used in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, and, as such, we have elected to take advantage of certain reduced public company reporting requirements for this prospectus and future filings.$0.52.
InvestingYou should read this prospectus, together with additional information described under the headings “Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference” and “Where You Can Find More Information,” carefully before you invest in any of our securities.
An investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. TheseBefore deciding whether to invest in our securities, you should consider carefully the risks and uncertainties described in the section captioned “Risk Factors” contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, on March 18, 2024 and our other filings we make with the SEC from time to time, which are discussedincorporated by reference herein in their entirety, together with other information in this prospectus under “Risk Factors” beginning on page 3 and in the documentsinformation incorporated by reference into this prospectus.herein.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)SEC nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacydetermined if this prospectus is truthful or accuracy of this prospectus.complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
The date of this prospectus is , 20232024
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This prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form S-3 that we filed with the SEC using a “shelf” registration process. The selling stockholders named in this prospectus may resell, from time to time, in one or more offerings, the shares of Common Stock offered by this prospectus. Information about the selling stockholders may change over time. When the selling stockholders sells shares of Common Stock under this prospectus, we will, if necessary and required by law, provide a prospectus supplement that will contain specific information about the terms of that offering. Any prospectus supplement may also add to, update, modify or replace information contained in this prospectus. If a prospectus supplement is provided and the description of the offering in the prospectus supplement varies from the information in this prospectus, you should rely on the information in the prospectus supplement. You should carefully read this prospectus and the accompanying prospectus supplement, if any, along with all of the information incorporated by reference herein and therein, before making an investment decision.
You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus or any applicable prospectus supplement. We have not, and the selling stockholders have not, authorized any other person to provide you with different or additional information. If anyone provides you with different or additional information, you should not rely on it. This prospectus is not an offer to sell, nor are the selling stockholders seeking an offer to buy, the shares offered by this prospectus in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. No offers or sales of any of the shares of Common Stock are to be made in any jurisdiction in which such an offer or sale is not permitted. You should assume that the information contained in this prospectus or in any applicable prospectus supplement is accurate only as of the date on the front cover thereof or the date of the document incorporated by reference, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or any applicable prospectus supplement or any sales of the shares of Common Stock offered hereby or thereby.
You should read the entire prospectus and any prospectus supplement and any related issuer free writing prospectus, as well as the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus or any prospectus supplement or any related issuer free writing prospectus, before making an investment decision. Neither the delivery of this prospectus or any prospectus supplement or any issuer free writing prospectus nor any sale made hereunder shall under any circumstances imply that the information contained or incorporated by reference herein or in any prospectus supplement or issuer free writing prospectus is correct as of any date subsequent to the date hereof or of such prospectus supplement or issuer free writing prospectus, as applicable. You should assume that the information appearing in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement or any document incorporated by reference is accurate only as of the date of the applicable documents, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or any sale of securities. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since that date.
This summary provides an overview of selectedhighlights information contained elsewhere or incorporated by reference in this prospectus and does not contain all of the information you should consider before investing in our securities. You should carefully read the prospectus, the information incorporated by reference and the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part in their entirety before investing in our securities, including the information discussed under “Risk Factors” in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference andherein. This summary does not contain all of the information that you should consider before deciding to invest in our securities. You should read this entire prospectus carefully, including the section entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 4, our consolidated financial statements and the related notes that areand the other information incorporated by reference in this prospectus. As used ininto this prospectus unless the context otherwise indicates, the terms “we,” “our,” “us,” or “the Company” refer to Motus GI Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.before making an investment decision.
This prospectus and the information incorporated by reference herein contain references to trademarks, service marks and trade names owned by us or other companies. Solely for convenience, trademarks, service marks and trade names referred to in this prospectus and the information incorporated by reference herein, including logos, artwork, and other visual displays, may appear without the ® or ® symbols, but such references are not intended to indicate, in any way, that we will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, our rights or the rights of the applicable licensor to these trademarks, service marks and trade names. We do not intend our use or display of other companies’ trade names, service marks or trademarks to imply a relationship with, or endorsement or sponsorship of us by, any other companies. Other trademarks, trade names and service marks appearing in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein are the property of their respective owners.
Corporate Overview
We have developed the Pure-Vu System, a medical device that has been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) to help facilitate the cleansing of a poorly prepared gastrointestinal tract during colonoscopy and to help facilitate upper gastrointestinal (“GI”) endoscopy procedures. Theprocedures and colonoscopies. A redesigned version of the system received FDA 510(k) clearance in Q4 of 2023 which improves the overall ease of use of the system and lowers the overall cost of goods by nearly 50%. An earlier version of the Pure-Vu System is also CE marked in the European Economic Area (EEA) for use in colonoscopy. The Pure-Vu System integrates with standard and slim colonoscopes, as well as gastroscopes, to improve visualization during colonoscopy and upper GI procedures while preserving established procedural workflow and techniques. Through irrigation and evacuation of debris, the Pure-Vu System is designed to provide better-quality exams. Challenges exist for inpatient colonoscopy and endoscopy, particularly for patients who are elderly, with comorbidities, or active bleeds, where the ability to visualize, diagnose and treat is often compromised due to debris, including fecal matter, blood, or blood clots. We believe this is especially true in high acuity patients, like GI bleeding where the existence of blood and blood clots can impair a physician’s view and removing them can be critical in allowing a physician the ability to identify and treat the source of bleeding on a timely basis. We believe use of the Pure-Vu System may lead to positive outcomes and lower costs for hospitals by safely and quickly improving visualization of the colon and upper GI tract, potentially enabling effective diagnosis and treatment without delay. In multiple clinical studies to date, involving the treatment of challenging inpatient and outpatient cases, the Pure-Vu System has consistently helped achieve adequate bowel cleanliness rates greater than 95% following a reduced prep regimen. We also believe that the technology may be useful in the future as a tool to help reduce user dependency on conventional pre-procedural bowel prep regimens. Based on our review and analysis of 2019 market data and 2021 projections for the U.S. and Europe, as obtained from iData Research Inc., we believe that during 20222023 approximately 1.5 million inpatient colonoscopy procedures were performed in the U.S. and approximately 4.8 million worldwide. Upper GI bleeds occurred in the U.S. at a rate of approximately 400,000 cases per year in 2019, according to iData Research Inc. The Pure-Vu System has been assigned an ICD-10 code in the US. The system does not currently have unique codes with any private or governmental third-party payors in any other country or for any other use; however, we may pursue reimbursement activities in the future, particularly in the outpatient colonoscopy market. WeSince we received 510(k) clearance in February 2022Q4 2023 from the FDA for ourthe new Pure-Vu EVS System for use in the Upper GI tract and haveColon we commenced commercializationlimited market introduction of this product.
Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company
We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”), and, for as long as we continue to be an “emerging growth company,” we may choose to take advantage of exemptions from various reporting requirements applicable to other public companies but not to “emerging growth companies,” including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. We could be an “emerging growth company” for up to five years from the date of our initial public offering in February 2018, which would beproduct at the end of the current fiscal year, ending December 31, 2023, or until the earliest of (i) the last day of the first fiscal year in which our annual gross revenues exceed $1.07 billion, (ii) the date that we become a “large accelerated filer” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act, which would occur if the market value of our Common Stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter, or (iii) the date on which we have issued more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt during the preceding three-year period. We intend to take advantage of these reporting exemptions described above until we are no longer an “emerging growth company.” Under the JOBS Act, “emerging growth companies” can also delay adopting new or revised accounting standards until such time as those standards apply to private companies. We have irrevocably elected not to avail ourselves of this exemption from new or revised accounting standards and, therefore, we will be subject to2023. Both devices leverage the same new or revised accounting standardsWorkstation and feature key enhancements such as other public companiesa larger and more powerful suction channel, more efficient irrigation jets, a smaller profile distal tip that are not “emerging growth companies.”offers enhanced flexibility during insertion, enhanced navigation and a much easier bed side set up.
Corporate Information
We are a Delaware corporation formed in September 2016 under the name Eight-Ten Merger Corp. In November 2016, we changed our name to Motus GI Holdings, Inc. We are the parent company of Motus GI Medical Technologies Ltd., an Israeli corporation, and Motus GI, LLC (formerly Motus GI, Inc.), a Delaware limited liability company. Motus GI, Inc. was converted from a Corporation into a Limited Liability Company effective January 1, 2021.
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Our principal executive offices are located at 1301 East Broward Boulevard, 3rd Floor, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301. Our phone number is (954) 541-8000 and our web address is www.motusgi.com. Our website and the information containedwww.motusgi.com.
We make available free of charge on or through the Investor Relations link on our website, www.motusgi.com, access to press releases and investor presentations, as well as all materials that canwe file electronically with the SEC, including our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports, filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act as soon as reasonably practicable after electronically filing such materials with, or furnishing them to, the SEC. The SEC maintains an Internet website, www.sec.gov, that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information that we file electronically with the SEC.
“Motus GI,” “Pure-Vu,” and our other registered or common law trademarks, service marks or trade names appearing herein are the property of Motus GI Holdings, Inc. Some trademarks referred to in this report are referred to without the ® and ™ symbols, but such references should not be accessedconstrued as any indicator that their respective owners will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, their rights thereto. We do not intend the use or display of other companies’ trademarks and trade names to imply a relationship with, or endorsement or sponsorship of us by, any other companies.
Information contained in, or accessible through, our website willdoes not be deemed to be incorporated by reference in, and are not consideredconstitute part of this prospectus.prospectus or registration statement and inclusions of our website address in this prospectus or registration statement are inactive textual references only. You should not rely on our website or any such information in making your decision whether to purchase our securities.
the offeringTHE OFFERING
Shares of Common Stock offered by the | Up to | |
Use of Proceeds | We will not receive any proceeds from the shares of Common Stock offered by the Selling Stockholder pursuant to this prospectus. However, we will receive the proceeds of any cash exercise of the Warrants. We intend to use the net proceeds from any cash exercise of the Warrants for working capital and general corporate purposes. Please see the section entitled see “Use of Proceeds” on page 8 of this prospectus for a more detailed discussion. | |
National Securities Exchange Listing | Our Common Stock is currently listed on Nasdaq under the symbol “MOTS”. There is no established public trading market for the Warrants and we do not expect a market to develop. In addition, we do not intend to apply to list the Warrants on any national securities exchange or other nationally recognized trading system. Without an active trading market, the liquidity of the Warrants will be limited. | |
Risk Factors | An investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Please see the section entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 4 of this prospectus. In addition before deciding whether to invest in our securities, you should consider carefully the risks and uncertainties described in the section captioned “Risk Factors” contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 filed with the SEC on March 18, 2024, and other filings we make with the SEC from time to time, which are |
The number of shares of Common Stock to be outstanding upon completion of this offering is based on 5,210,876 of our shares of Common Stock outstanding as of March 19, 2024 and excludes the following:
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● | 60,170 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of | |
● | 18,487,402 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of | |
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An investment in our securities involves certain risks.a high degree of risk. Before investingdeciding whether to invest in our securities, you should consider carefully consider the risks and uncertainties and assumptions discussed underdescribed in the heading “Risk Factors” includedsection captioned “Risk Factors” contained in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 filed with the SEC on March 18, 2024, and any updates in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q or Current Reports on Form 8-K, togetherother filings we make with all of the other information appearing in this prospectus or incorporated by reference into this prospectus and which may be amended, supplemented or supersededSEC from time to time, which are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety, together with other reports we file withinformation in this prospectus and the SEC in the future. The risks so described are not the only risks facing our company. Additional risks not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business operations. Anyinformation incorporated by reference herein. If any of these risks could materially and adversely affectactually occurs, our business, financial condition, results of operations andor cash flows andflow could result in a losssuffer materially. In such an event, the trading price of all or partour shares of your investment. In any case, the value of the securities offered by means of this prospectusCommon Stock could decline, due to any of these risks, and you maymight lose all or part of your investment. Please also read carefully the section below entitled “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”
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SPECIALCAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
CertainExcept for historical information, set forth in this prospectus or incorporated by reference herein may contain “forward-looking statements” withincontains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the meaningsafe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 under Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act that are intendedof 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Forward-looking statements include statements with respect to our beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, expectations, anticipations, assumptions, estimates, intentions and future performance, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may be beyond our control, and which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be coveredmaterially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the “safe harbor” created by those sections. Forward-looking statements, which are based on certain assumptions and describe our future plans, strategies and expectations, can generally be identified by the use ofsuch forward-looking terms such as “believe,” “expect,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “would,” “could,” “seek,” “intend,” “plan,” “goal,” “project,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “strategy”, “future”, “likely” or other comparable terms and references to future periods.statements. All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference regarding our strategies, prospects, financial condition, operations, costs, plans and objectivesfact are statements that could be forward-looking statements. Examples ofYou can identify these forward-looking statements include, among others, statements we make regarding expectations for revenues, cash flowsthrough our use of words such as “may,” “can,” “anticipate,” “assume,” “should,” “indicate,” “would,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “expect,” “seek,” “estimate,” “continue,” “plan,” “point to,” “project,” “predict,” “could,” “intend,” “target,” “potential” and financial performance,other similar words and expressions of the anticipated results of our development efforts and the timing for receipt of required regulatory approvals and product launches.future.
Forward-looking statementsThere are neither historical facts nor assurancesa number of future performance. Instead, they are based only on our current beliefs, expectations and assumptions regarding the future of our business, future plans and strategies, projections, anticipated events and trends, the economy and other future conditions. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of our control. Our actual results and financial condition may differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Therefore, you should not rely on any of these forward-looking statements. Importantimportant factors that could cause ourthe actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those indicatedexpressed in theany forward-looking statementsstatement made by us. These factors include, among others, the following:but are not limited to:
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● | our ability to execute our strategic restructuring program aimed at capital preservation, reduction in cash expenditures and reduction of our workforce; | |
● | our ability to enter into and consummate strategic alternatives, including any acquisition, merger, reverse merger, other business combination, sale of assets, licensing and other strategic transactions; | |
● | our history of operating losses in each year since inception and expectation that we will continue to incur operating losses for the foreseeable future; | |
● | our current and future capital requirements to support our development and commercialization efforts for the Pure-Vu System and our ability to satisfy our capital needs; | |
● | our ability to remain compliant with the requirements of The Nasdaq Capital Market for continued listing; | |
● | our dependence on the Pure-Vu System, our sole product; | |
● | our ability to commercialize the Pure-Vu System; | |
● | our Pure-Vu System and the procedure to cleanse the colon in preparation for colonoscopy are not currently separately reimbursable through private or governmental third-party payors; | |
● | our ability to obtain approval or certification from regulatory agents or other competent entities in different jurisdictions for the Pure-Vu System; | |
● | our dependence on third-parties to manufacture the Pure-Vu System; | |
● | our ability to maintain or protect the validity of our patents and other intellectual property; | |
● | our ability to retain key executives and medical and science personnel; | |
● | our ability to internally develop new inventions and intellectual property; | |
● | interpretations of current laws and the passages of future laws; | |
● | acceptance of our business model by investors; | |
● | the accuracy of our estimates regarding expenses and capital requirements; | |
● | our ability to adequately support growth; | |
● | our ability to predict the financial impact of inflation on costs such as labor, freight and materials; | |
● | our ability to project in the short term the hospital medical device environment considering the global pandemic and strains on hospital systems; | |
● | the impact of the events occurring in the Middle East and the conflict taking place in Israel; and | |
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AnyThe foregoing does not represent an exhaustive list of matters that may be covered by the forward-looking statement madestatements contained herein or risk factors that we are faced with that may cause our actual results to differ from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements. The events and circumstances reflected in our forward-looking statements may not be achieved or occur and actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. You should review the factors and risks and other information we describe in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, as well as any amendments thereto reflected in subsequent reports we will file from time to time with the SEC.
All forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by us in this prospectus is based onlycautionary note. You are cautioned to not place undue reliance on information currently available to us and speaksany forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which it is made. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether writtenof this prospectus or oral, that may be made from time to time, whether as a resultthe date of new information, future developments or otherwise. We anticipate that subsequent events and developments will cause our views to change.the document incorporated by reference herein. You should read this prospectus and the documents referenced herein or thereinthat we incorporate by reference and have filed as exhibits to the registration statement, of which this prospectus is a part, completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect. OurIn light of the significant uncertainties in these forward-looking statements, doyou should not reflectregard these statements as a representation or warranty by us or any other person that will achieve our objectives and plans in any specified time frame, or at all. We have no obligation, and expressly disclaims any obligation, to update, revise or correct any of the potential impact of any future acquisitions, merger, dispositions, joint ventures or investments we may undertake. We qualify all of our forward-looking statements, by these cautionary statements.
All shareswhether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. We have expressed our Common Stock offered by this prospectus are being registered for the accounts of the selling stockholders,expectations, beliefs and we will not receive any proceeds from the sale of these shares of Common Stock.projections in good faith and believe they have a reasonable basis. However, we cannot assure you that our expectations, beliefs or projections will receive proceeds from the exercise of the Warrants if the Warrants are exercised for cash. We intend to use those proceeds, if any, for general corporate purposes.
Up to 8,491,125 shares of our Common Stock are currently being offered by the selling stockholders.
Private Placement
On May 17, 2023, we entered into the Securities Purchase Agreement with the Purchaser, pursuant to which we issued and sold to the Purchaser in the Private Placement an aggregate of (i) 525,000 shares of Common Stock, (ii) Pre-Funded Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 3,617,012 shares of Common Stock and (iii) Common Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 4,142,012 shares of Common Stock, in each case, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Securities Purchase Agreement, at a combined offering price of $0.845 per Share and accompanying Common Warrant to purchase one share of Common Stock and $0.8449 per Pre-Funded Warrant to purchase one share of Common Stock and accompanying Common Warrant to purchase one share of Common Stock, for gross proceeds of approximately $3.5 million. The Private Placement closed on May 19, 2023.
The Common Warrants have an exercise price of $0.72 per share. The Common Warrants are immediately exercisable and mayresult or be exercised at any time after their original issuance until November 20, 2028. The Pre-Funded Warrants have an exercise price of $0.0001 per share. The Pre-Funded Warrants are immediately exercisable and may be exercised at any time until the Pre-Funded Warrants are exercised in full. A holder of Common Warrantsachieved or Pre-Funded Warrants may not exercise any portion of such holder’s Common Warrants or Pre-Funded Warrants to the extent that the holder, together with its affiliates, would beneficially own more than 4.99% (or, at the election of the holder, 9.99%) of the Company’s outstanding shares of Common Stock immediately after exercise, except that upon at least 61 days’ prior notice from the holder to the Company, the holder may increase the beneficial ownership limitation to up to 9.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the exercise. If at any time of exercise, there is no effective registration statement under the Securities Act registering the resale of the Common Warrant Shares by the selling shareholders, the Common Warrants may also be exercised, in whole or in part, by means of a cashless exercise according to a formula set forth in the Common Warrants. The Pre-Funded Warrants may also be exercised, in whole or in part, by means of a cashless exercise according to a formula set forth in the Pre-Funded Warrants.
In connection with the Private Placement, we entered into the Registration Rights Agreement with the Purchaser, pursuant to which, among other things, we agreed to prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-3 to register for resale the Shares and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Common Warrants and Pre-Funded Warrants by June 1, 2023. We have also agreed to cause such registration statement to become effective under the Securities Act by the 45th day following the date of the Registration Rights Agreement (or by the 75th day following the date of the Registration Rights Agreement if there is a full review of the registration statement by the SEC). In addition, we agreed that, upon the registration statement being declared effective, we will use best efforts to keep such registration statement effective until the earlier of (i) the selling stockholders have sold all of the Shares and the Purchaser Warrant Shares or (ii) such shares may be resold by the selling stockholders pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act without any public information requirements or volume or manner of sale limitations.
Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, we are registering the Shares and the Purchaser Warrant Shares in order to permit the selling stockholders to offer such shares for resale from time to time pursuant to this prospectus. The selling stockholders may also sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or a portion of their shares in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, or pursuant to another effective registration statement covering those shares.
Wainwright acted as the exclusive placement agent for the Private Placement. Pursuant to a certain engagement letter, dated May 5, 2023, as amended, we issued to the designees of Wainwright Placement Agent Warrants to purchase up to 207,101 shares of Common Stock, equal to 5.0% of the aggregate number of Shares and shares of Common Stock underlying the Pre-Funded Warrants placed in the Private Placement. The Placement Agent Warrants are exercisable immediately, have an exercise price of $1.0563 per share (equal to 125% of the offering price per Share and accompanying Common Warrant), and terminate on November 20, 2028. A holder of a Placement Agent Warrant may not exercise any portion of such holder’s Placement Agent Warrants to the extent that the holder, together with its affiliates, would beneficially own more than 4.99% (or, at the election of the holder, 9.99%) of our outstanding shares of Common Stock immediately after exercise, except that upon at least 61 days’ prior notice from the holder to us, the holder may increase the beneficial ownership limitation to up to 9.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the exercise. If at any time of exercise, there is no effective registration statement under the Securities Act registering the resale of the Placement Agent Warrant Shares by the selling shareholders, then the Placement Agent Warrants may also be exercised, in whole or in part, by means of a cashless exercise according to a formula set forth in the Placement Agent Warrants.
The selling stockholders do not have any registration rights in connection with the Placement Agent Warrants.
The Shares, the Pre-Funded Warrants, the Pre-Funded Warrant Shares, the Common Warrants, the Common Warrant Shares, the Placement Agent Warrants and the Placement Agent Warrant Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act and were offered pursuant to the exemption from registration provided in Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act, and Rule 506(b) promulgated thereunder.
Relationship with the Selling Stockholders
Except with respect to the following, none of the selling stockholders has, or within the past three years has had, any position, office or other material relationship with us.
The selling stockholders participated in the Private Placement.
Affiliates of Wainwright
Each of Michael Vasinkevich, Noam Rubinstein, Craig Schwabe and Charles Worthman are affiliated with Wainwright, a registered broker-dealer, which served as our placement agent for the Private Placement, for which it received cash and warrant compensation. In connection with the Private Placement, each of Michael Vasinkevich, Noam Rubinstein, Craig Schwabe and Charles Worthman, as a designee of Wainwright, received the Placement Agent Warrants.
Information About Selling Stockholder Offering
The shares of Common Stock being offered by the selling stockholders are those previously issued to the selling stockholders, and those issuable to the selling stockholders, upon the exercise of the Warrants. For additional information regarding the issuances of those shares of Common Stock, see “—Private Placement” above. We are registering the shares of Common Stock in order to permit the selling stockholders to offer the shares for resale from time to time.
The table below lists the selling stockholders and other information regarding the ownership of the shares of Common Stock by each of the selling stockholders. The second column lists the number of shares of Common Stock owned by each selling stockholder, based on its ownership of the shares of Common Stock and securities convertible into shares of Common Stock, as of May 19, 2023, assuming exercise of the securities convertible into shares of Common Stock held by the selling stockholders on that date, without regard to any limitations on exercises.
The third column lists the shares of Common Stock being offered by this prospectus by the selling stockholders.
In accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, this prospectus generally covers the resale of the sum of (i) the Shares issued to the selling stockholders in the “—Private Placement” described above and (ii) the maximum number of Purchaser Warrant Shares. In addition, this prospectus covers the maximum number of the Placement Agent Warrant Shares. The table below assumes that the outstanding Warrants were exercised in full as of the trading day immediately preceding the date this registration statement was initially filed with the SEC, each as of the trading day immediately preceding the applicable date of determination and all subject to adjustment as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement, without regard to any limitations on the exercise of the Warrants. The fourth column assumes the sale of all of the shares offered by the selling stockholders pursuant to this prospectus. The fifth column lists the percentages of shares of Common Stock owned by the selling stockholders after this offering, taking account of any limitations on exercise set forth in the applicable convertible securities.accomplished.
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On February 21, 2024, we entered into a warrant exchange agreement (the “Warrant Exchange Agreement”) with the Selling Stockholder holding certain of our existing warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 2,933,334 shares of Common Stock, issued to the Selling Stockholder on December 21, 2023 (the “Existing Warrants”). Pursuant to the Warrant Exchange Agreement, the Selling Stockholder agreed to exercise for cash its Existing Warrants at a reduced exercise price of $0.925 per share in consideration for our agreement to issue in a private placement the Series B-1 Warrants and the Series B-2 Warrants. The Series B-1 Warrants and the Series B-2 Warrants have an exercise price of $0.74 per share. The Series B-1 Warrants will be exercisable upon issuance until the five (5) year anniversary of the date of issuance. The Series B-2 Warrants will be exercisable upon issuance until eighteen (18) months after the date of issuance. The Series B-1 Warrants and the Series B-2 Warrants were issued on February 26, 2024. We received aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $2.7 million from the exercise of the Existing Warrants, before deducting financial advisory fees and other offering expenses payable by us.
Pursuant to the Warrant Exchange Agreement, we agreed to file a registration statement on Form S-3 (or other appropriate form if the Company is not then Form S-3 eligible) providing for the resale of the Series B-1 Warrant Shares and the Series B-2 Warrant Shares within five (5) business days of the filing of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, and to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared effective by the SEC within 30 calendar days following the date of the filing of the resale registration statement with the SEC and to keep such registration statement effective at all times until the Holder no longer owns any Series B-1 Warrants or Series B-2 Warrants or the shares issuable upon exercise thereof.
We engaged A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners (the “Financial Advisor”) to act as our financial advisor in accordance with that certain financial advisory agreement, by and between us and the Financial Advisor, dated as of February 21, 2023 (the “Engagement Letter”), in connection with the transactions summarized above. We paid the Financial Advisor (i) a cash fee of approximately $135,000, equal to 5.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds received from the Selling Stockholder’s exercise of its Existing Warrants and (ii) $50,000 for reimbursement of certain expenses in connection with the transaction pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Engagement Letter.
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This prospectus covers the resale or other disposition by the Selling Stockholder identified in the table below of up to an aggregate 4,400,001 shares of our Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants. The Selling Stockholder acquired its securities in the transactions described above under the heading “Private Placement.”
The Warrants a selling stockholder may not exerciseheld by the Selling Stockholder contain limitations which prevent the holder from exercising such Warrants to the extentif such exercise would cause such selling stockholder,the Selling Stockholder, together with its affiliates and attributioncertain related parties, to beneficially own a number of shares of Common Stock which would exceed 4.99% or 9.99%, as applicable, of our then outstanding shares of Common Stock following such exercise, excluding for purposes of such determination, shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants which have not been exercised.
The table below sets forth, as of March 19, 2024, the following information regarding the Selling Stockholder:
● | the names of the Selling Stockholder; | |
● | the number of shares of Common Stock owned by the Selling Stockholder prior to this offering, without regard to any beneficial ownership limitations contained in the Warrants; | |
● | the number of shares of Common Stock to be offered by the Selling Stockholder in this offering; | |
● | the number of shares of Common Stock to be owned by the Selling Stockholder assuming the sale of all of the shares of Common Stock covered by this prospectus; and | |
● | the percentage of our issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock to be owned by Selling Stockholder assuming the sale of all of the shares of Common Stock covered by this prospectus based on the number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding as of March 19, 2024. |
Except as described above, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Selling Stockholder has been determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act and includes, for such purpose, shares of Common Stock that the Selling Stockholder has the right to acquire within 60 days of March 19, 2024.
All information with respect to the Common Stock ownership of the Selling Stockholder has been furnished by or on behalf of the Selling Stockholder. We believe, based on information supplied by the Selling Stockholder, that except as may otherwise be indicated in the second column does not reflect this limitation. The selling stockholdersfootnotes to the table below, the Selling Stockholder has sole voting and dispositive power with respect to the shares of Common Stock reported as beneficially owned by the Selling Stockholder. Because the Selling Stockholder identified in the table may sell all, some or noneall of theirthe shares inof Common Stock beneficially owned by them and covered by this prospectus, and because there are currently no agreements, arrangements or understandings with respect to the sale of any of the shares of Common Stock, no estimate can be given as to the number of shares of Common Stock available for resale hereby that will be held by the Selling Stockholder upon termination of this offering. See “PlanIn addition, the Selling Stockholder may have sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, Distribution.”or may sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of, at any time and from time to time, the shares of Common Stock they beneficially own in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act after the date on which they provided the information set forth in the table below. We have, therefore, assumed for the purposes of the following table, that the Selling Stockholder will sell all of the shares of Common Stock owned beneficially by it that are covered by this prospectus, but will not sell any other shares of Common Stock that they presently own. Except as set forth below, the Selling Stockholder has not held any position or office, or have otherwise had a material relationship, with us or any of our subsidiaries within the past three years other than as a result of the ownership of our shares of Common Stock or other securities.
Name of Selling stockholder | Number of shares of Common Stock Owned Prior to Offering | Maximum Number of shares of Common Stock to be Sold Pursuant to this Prospectus | Number of shares of Common Stock Owned After Offering | Percentage of Common Stock Owned After Offering(1) | ||||||||||||
Armistice Capital, LLC (2) | 8,584,021 | (2) | 8,284,024 | 299,997 | 2.2 | % | ||||||||||
Michael Vasinkevich(3) | 132,804 | 132,804 | - | * | ||||||||||||
Noam Rubinstein(3) | 65,236 | 65,236 | - | * | ||||||||||||
Craig Schwabe(3) | 6,990 | 6,990 | - | * | ||||||||||||
Charles Worthman(3) | 2,071 | 2,071 | - | * |
Name of Selling Stockholder | Shares Owned prior to Offering (1)(2) | Shares Offered by this Prospectus | Shares Owned after Offering | Percentage of Shares Beneficially Owned after Offering (3) | ||||||||||||
Armistice Capital, LLC (4) | 7,629,469 | (4) | 4,400,001 | (5) | 273,500 | (6) | 4.99 | % |
(1) | Based upon the internal books and records of the Company. | |
(2) | Includes shares of Common Stock that are not being offered pursuant to this prospectus. | |
(3) | Percentage is based on | |
(4) | Consists of (i) Series B-1 Warrants to purchase up to 2,200,000 shares of Common Stock, | |
(5) | The number of shares | |
(6) | The |
PLANUSE OF DISTRIBUTIONPROCEEDS
Each selling stockholderThe Common Stock to be offered and sold using this prospectus will be offered and sold by the Selling Stockholder named in this prospectus. Accordingly, we will not receive any proceeds from any sale of the shares of Common Stock in this offering. We will pay all of the fees and expenses incurred by us in connection with this registration. However, we will receive the proceeds of any cash exercise of the Warrants. We intend to use the net proceeds from any cash exercise of the Warrants for working capital and general corporate purposes.
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The Selling Stockholder of the securities and any of their pledgees, assignees and successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of their shares of Common Stocksecurities covered hereby on theThe Nasdaq Capital Market or any other stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the shares of Common Stocksecurities are traded or in private transactions. These sales may be at fixed or negotiated prices. A selling stockholderSelling Stockholder may use any one or more of the following methods when selling securities:
● | ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers; | |
● | block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the securities as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction; | |
● | purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account; | |
● | 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 | |
● | 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 | |
● | any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law. |
The selling stockholdersSelling Stockholder may also sell shares of Common Stocksecurities under Rule 144 or any other exemption from registration under the Securities Act, if available, rather than under this prospectus.
Broker-dealers engaged by the selling stockholdersSelling Stockholder may arrange for other brokers-dealers to participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the selling stockholdersSelling Stockholder (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,Prospectus, in the case of an agency transaction not in excess of a customary brokerage commission in compliance with FINRA Rule 2440;2121 of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA,; and in the case of a principal transaction a markup or markdown in compliance with FINRA IM-2440.Rule 2121.
In connection with the sale of shares of Common Stockthe securities or interests therein, the selling stockholdersSelling Stockholder may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the shares of Common Stocksecurities in the course of hedging the positions they assume. The selling stockholdersSelling Stockholder may also sell shares of Common Stocksecurities short and deliver these securities to close out their short positions, or loan or pledge the securities to broker-dealers that in turn may sell these shares of Common Stock.securities. The selling stockholdersSelling Stockholder may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or create one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of shares of Common Stocksecurities offered by this prospectus, which shares of Common Stocksecurities such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).
The selling stockholdersSelling Stockholder and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the shares of Common Stocksecurities may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the shares of Common Stocksecurities purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. Each selling stockholderThe Selling Stockholder has informed us that it does not have any written or oral agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the securities.
We are required to pay certain fees and expenses incurred by us incident to the registration of the shares of Common Stock.securities. We have agreed to indemnify the selling stockholdersSelling Stockholder against certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
We agreed to keep this prospectus effective until the earlier of (i) the date on which the shares of Common Stocksecurities may be resold by the selling stockholdersSelling Stockholder without registration and without regard to any volume or manner-of-sale limitations by reason of Rule 144, without the requirement for usthe 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 shares of Common Stocksecurities have been sold pursuant to this prospectus or Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect. The resale sharessecurities 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 sharessecurities covered hereby may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in the applicable state or an exemption from the registration or qualification requirement is available and is complied with.
Under applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, any person engaged in the distribution of the resale securities may not simultaneously engage in market making activities with respect to the Common Stock for the applicable restricted period, as defined in Regulation M, prior to the commencement of the distribution. In addition, the selling stockholdersSelling Stockholder will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including Regulation M, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of the Common Stock by the selling stockholdersSelling Stockholder or any other person. We will make copies of this prospectus available to the selling stockholdersSelling Stockholder and have informed them of the need to deliver a copy of this prospectus to each purchaser at or prior to the time of the sale (including by compliance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act).
Our Common Stock is quoted on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “MOTS”.
The following summary of the rights of our capital stock is not complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to our certificate of incorporation, as amended from time to time and currently in effect (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), and our bylaws, as amended from time to time and currently in effect (the “Bylaws”), copies of which are filed copies of which are filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, which are incorporated by reference herein.
We have one hundred and twenty five million (125,000,000) shares of capital stock authorized under our Certificate of Incorporation, consisting of (i) one hundred and fifteen million (115,000,000) shares of Common Stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share and (ii) ten million (10,000,000) shares designated as preferred stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share. As of March 19, 2024, we had 5,210,876 shares of Common Stock outstanding and no shares of preferred stock outstanding.
The additional shares of our authorized capital stock available for issuance may be issued at times and under circumstances so as to have a dilutive effect on earnings per share and on the equity ownership of the holders of our common stock. The ability of our board of directors to issue additional shares of stock could enhance the board’s ability to negotiate on behalf of the stockholders in a takeover situation but could also be used by the board to make a change-in-control more difficult, thereby denying stockholders the potential to sell their shares at a premium and entrenching current management.
Common Stock
The holders of our Common Stock are entitled to receive, ratably, dividends only if, when and as declared by our board of directors out of funds legally available therefor and after provision is made for each class of capital stock having preference over our Common Stock. There are no redemption or sinking fund provisions applicable to our Common Stock. The holders of our Common Stock have no conversion rights. . Holders of Common Stock have no preemptive or subscription rights to purchase any of our securities.
Each holder of our common stock is entitled to one vote for each outstanding share held of record in such holder’s name on all matters on which the holders are entitled to vote (or consent to). No holder of Common Stock is entitled to cumulate votes in voting for directors.
In the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, the holders of our common stock are entitled to share, ratably, in all assets remaining available for distribution after payment of all liabilities and after provision is made for each class of capital stock having preference over our common stock. All of the outstanding shares of our Common Stock are fully paid and non-assessable. The shares of Common Stock offered by this prospectus will also be fully paid and non-assessable.
Anti-Takeover Effects of Delaware law and Our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws
The provisions of Delaware law, our Certificate of Incorporation and our Bylaws may have the effect of delaying, deferring or discouraging another party from acquiring control of us.
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Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law
We are subject to Section 203 of the DGCL, which prohibits a Delaware corporation from engaging in any business combination with any interested stockholder for a period of three years after the date that such stockholder became an interested stockholder, with the following exceptions:
● | before such date, the board of directors of the corporation approved either the business combination or the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder; | |
● | upon completion 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 began, excluding for purposes of determining the voting stock outstanding (but not the outstanding voting stock owned by the interested stockholder) those shares owned (i) by persons who are directors and also officers and (ii) employee stock plans in which employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer; or | |
● | on or after such date, the business combination is approved by the board of directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of the stockholder, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least 66 2/3% of the outstanding voting stock that is not owned by the interested stockholder. |
In general, Section 203 defines business combination to include the following:
● | any sale, transfer, pledge or other disposition of 10% or more of the assets of the corporation involving the interested stockholder; | |
● | any merger or consolidation involving the corporation and the interested stockholder; | |
● | subject to certain exceptions, any transaction that results in the issuance or transfer by the corporation of any stock of the corporation to the interested stockholder; | |
● | any transaction involving the corporation that has the effect of increasing the proportionate share of the stock or 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 loss, advances, guarantees, pledges or other financial benefits by or through the corporation. |
In general, Section 203 defines an “interested stockholder” as an entity or person who, together with the person’s affiliates and associates, beneficially owns, or within three years prior to the time of determination of interested stockholder status did own, 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation.
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws
Our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws provide for:
● | authorizing the issuance of up to up to 10,000,000 shares of “blank check” preferred stock, the terms of which may be established and shares of which may be issued without stockholder approval; | |
● | requiring at least a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares entitled to vote, voting together as a single class, to amend our Bylaws or certain provisions our Certificate of Incorporation; | |
● | prohibiting stockholder action by written consent, thereby requiring all stockholder actions to be taken at a meeting of our stockholders; | |
● | eliminating the ability of stockholders to call a special meeting of stockholders; | |
● | establishing advance notice requirements for nominations for election to the board of directors or for proposing matters that can be acted upon at stockholder meetings; and | |
● | establishing Delaware as the exclusive jurisdiction for certain stockholder litigation against us. |
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The validity of the securitiesshares of Common Stock offered by this prospectushereby will be passed upon for us by Lowenstein Sandler LLP, New York, New York.
The consolidated balance sheets of Motus GI Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries (the “Company”)its subsidiaries as of December 31, 20222023 and 2021,2022, and the related consolidated statements of comprehensive loss, changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years then ended have been audited by EisnerAmper LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report which is incorporated herein by reference, which report includes an explanatory paragraph about the existence of substantial doubt concerning the Company'sCompany’s ability to continue as a going concern. Such financial statements have been incorporated herein by reference in reliance on the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
DISCLOSURE OF COMMISSION POSITION
ON INDEMNIFICATION FOR SECURITIES ACT LIABILITIES
Section 145 of the DGCL provides that we may 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, whether civil, criminal or investigative (other than an action by us or in our right) by reason of the fact that he is or was our director, officer, employee or agent, or is or was serving at our request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to our best interests, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. Section 145 further provides that we similarly may indemnify any such person serving in any such capacity who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by is or in our right to procure judgment in our favor, against expenses actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to our best interests and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to us unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all 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.
Our certificate of incorporation, as amended, limits the liability of our directors to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law. In addition, we have entered into indemnification agreements with certain of our directors and officers whereby we have agreed to indemnify those directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by law, including indemnification against expenses and liabilities incurred in legal proceedings to which the director or officer was, or is threatened to be made, a party by reason of the fact that such director or officer is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, provided that such director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner that the director or officer reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Company.
We have director and officer liability insurance to cover liabilities our directors and officers may incur in connection with their services to us, including matters arising under the Securities Act. Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws also provide that we will indemnify our directors and officers who, by reason of the fact that he or she is one of our officers or directors of our company, is involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, related to their board role with the company.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to our directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act 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, we will, unless in the opinion of our counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by us is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act with respect to the shares of Common Stock offered by this prospectus. This prospectus, which is part of the registration statement, omits certain information, exhibits, schedules and undertakings set forth in the registration statement. For further information pertaining to us and our securities, reference is made to our SEC filings and the registration statement and the exhibits and schedules to the registration statement. Statements contained in this prospectus as to the contents or provisions of any documents referred to in this prospectus are not necessarily complete, and in each instance where a copy of the document has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement, reference is made to the exhibit for a more complete description of the matters involved.
In addition, registration statements and certain other filings made with the SEC electronically are publicly available through the SEC’s web site at http://www.sec.gov. The registration statement, including all exhibits and amendments to the registration statement, has been filed electronically with the SEC.
We are subject to the informationalinformation and periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, and, in accordance therewithwith such requirements, will file annual, quarterly and currentperiodic reports, proxy statements, and other information with the SEC. The SEC maintains a website that containsThese periodic reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding registrants that file electronically withwill be available for inspection and copying at the SEC. The addressweb site of the SEC’sSEC referred to above. We also maintain a website isat www.sec.govhttps://www.motusgi.com.
We make available, at which you may access these materials free of charge on or through our website at www.motusgi.com, our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as soon as reasonably practicable after wethey are electronically file such materialfiled with, or otherwise furnish itfurnished to, the SEC.
The information contained in, or that can be accessed through, our website is not part of, and is not incorporated into, this prospectus. We have filed with the SEC a registration statement under the Securities Act, relating to the offering of these securities. The registration statement, including the attached exhibits, contains additional relevant information about us and the securities. This prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement. You can obtain a copy of the registration statement for free at www.sec.gov. The registration statement and the documents referred to below under “Incorporation of Certain Information By Reference” are also available onincluded our website www.motusgi.com.
We have not incorporated by reference intoaddress in this prospectus the information on our website, and you should not consider it to be a part of this prospectus.solely as an inactive textual reference.
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE
The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” the information that we have filedfile with it into this prospectus, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information we incorporateincorporated by reference is an important part of this prospectus. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be a part of this prospectus, and later information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and supersede information contained in this information. prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement.
We incorporate by reference the documents listed below and any future documents (excluding information furnished pursuant to Items 2.02 and 7.01 of Form 8-K)that we filehave previously filed with the SEC pursuant to Sections l3(a), l3(c), 14 or l5(d) of the Exchange Act, subsequent to the date of this prospectus and prior to the termination of the offering:SEC:
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● | our Current Reports on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on January | |
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All reports and other documents that we file with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of the initial registration statement and prior to effectiveness of the registration statement, and after the date of this prospectus but before the termination of the offering of the securities hereunder will also be considered to be incorporated by reference into this prospectus from the date of the filing of these reports and documents, and will supersede the information herein; provided, however, that all reports, exhibits and other information that we “furnish” to the SEC will not be considered incorporated by reference into this prospectus. We undertake to provide without charge to each person (including any beneficial owner) who receives a copy of this prospectus, upon written or oral request, a copy of all of the preceding documents that are incorporated by reference (other than exhibits, unless the exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference into these documents). You may request a copy of these materials in the manner set forth under the heading “Additional“Where You Can Find More Information,” above.
We will provide you without charge, upon your oral or written request, with a copy of any or all reports, proxy statements and other documents we file with the SEC, as well as any or all of the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus or the registration statement (other than exhibits to such documents unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference into such documents). Requests for such copies should be directed to
Motus GI Holdings, Inc.
Attn: Mark Pomeranz
Chief Executed Officer
1301 East Broward Boulevard, 3rd Floor
Ft. Lauderdale, F.L. 33301
Telephone: (954) 541-8000
4,400,001 Shares of Common Stock
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS
, 2024
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.
The fees andfollowing table indicates the expenses payable by usto be incurred in connection with the offering described in this registration statement, other than underwriting discounts and commissions, all of which will be paid by us. All amounts are estimated as follows:except the SEC registration fee.
Securities and Exchange Commission Registration Fee | $ | 674 | ||
Accounting Fees and Expenses | 15,000 | |||
Legal Fees and Expenses | 30,000 | |||
Miscellaneous Fees and Expenses | 1,326 | |||
Total | $ | 47,000 |
Amount | ||||
SEC Registration Fee | $ | 344.21 | ||
Legal Fees and Expenses | 15,000 | |||
Accounting Fees and Expenses | 15,000 | |||
Transfer Agent and Registrar fees and expenses | 2,000 | |||
Miscellaneous Expenses | 1,000 | |||
Total expenses | $ | 33,344.21 |
Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers. As permitted by Section 102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, we have adopted provisions in our Certificate of Incorporation and our Bylaws that limit or eliminate the personal liability of our directors for a breach of their fiduciary duty of care as a director. A director of the Company will not be personally liable to us or our stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability for:
These limitations of liability do not affect the availability of equitable remedies such as injunctive relief or rescission. Our Certificate of Incorporation also authorizes us to indemnify our officers, directors and other agents to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law. As permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law,
Our elsewhere herein. We have
Item 17. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
Each person whose signature appears below
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the registrant in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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