Filed
Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5)
Registration
No. 333-233260
PROSPECTUS
SUPPLEMENT
(To
prospectus dated November 19, 2019)
ENVERIC
BIOSCIENCES INC.
1,610,679
Shares of Common Stock
Pre-funded
Warrants to Purchase up to 610,679 Shares of Common
Stock
We
are offering 1,610,679 shares of our common stock pursuant to this
prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus to certain
institutional investors. Each share of common stock is being sold
at a price per share equal to $4.5018.
We
are also offering pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 610,679
shares of common stock (the “Pre-funded Warrants”) to each
purchaser whose purchase of shares of common stock in this offering
would otherwise result in such purchaser, together with its
affiliates and certain related parties, beneficially owning more
than 4.99% of our outstanding common stock immediately following
the consummation of this offering, in lieu of shares of common
stock that would otherwise result in such purchaser’s beneficial
ownership exceeding 4.99% (or, at the election of the purchaser,
9.99%) of our outstanding common stock. The purchase price of each
Pre-funded Warrant will be equal to the price per share at which
shares of common stock are sold to the public in this offering,
minus $0.01, and the exercise price of each Pre-funded Warrant will
be $0.01 per share. This offering also relates to the shares of
common stock issuable upon exercise of any Pre-funded Warrants sold
in this offering. The Pre-funded Warrants will be exercisable
immediately and may be exercised at any time until all of the
Pre-funded Warrants are exercised in full.
In a
concurrent private placement, we are also selling to such investors
warrants to purchase up to 1,666,019 shares of our common stock
(the “Warrants”), exercisable for one share of our common stock at
an exercise price of $4.9519 per share, and exercisable immediately
upon issuance with a term of five (5) years from the date of
issuance. The Warrants and the shares of our common stock issuable
upon the exercise of the Warrants (the “Warrant Shares”) are being
offered pursuant to the exemptions provided in Section 4(a)(2)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)
and Rule 506(b) promulgated thereunder, and they are not being
offered pursuant to this prospectus supplement and the accompanying
prospectus.
There
is no established public trading market for the Pre-funded Warrants
and Warrants and we do not expect a market to develop. In addition,
we do not intend to list the Pre-funded Warrants and Warrants on
The Nasdaq Capital Market, any other national securities exchange
or any other nationally recognized trading system.
Our
common stock is traded on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the
symbol “ENVB.” On January 11, 2021, the closing sale price of our
common stock on The Nasdaq Capital Market was $4.87 per
share.
This
investment involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk
Factors” on page S-8 of this prospectus supplement and any
similar section contained in the accompanying prospectus and in the
documents that are incorporated by reference herein and
therein.
Neither
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) nor any state
securities commission has approved or disapproved of these
securities or determined if this prospectus supplement is truthful
or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal
offense.
Delivery
of the shares of common stock to investors is expected to occur on
or about January 14, 2021, subject to satisfaction of customary
closing conditions.
Effective as of 4:02 pm Eastern Time on December 30, 2020, we filed
an amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split of the issued and
outstanding shares of our common stock, at a ratio of one share for
four shares. The
net result of the reverse stock split was a 1-for-4 reverse stock
split. All share and per
share prices in this prospectus supplement have been adjusted to
reflect the reverse stock split.
The
date of this prospectus supplement is January 12,
2021.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
ABOUT
THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
This
document is part of the registration statement that we filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, using a “shelf”
registration process and consists of two parts. The first part is
this prospectus supplement, including the documents incorporated by
reference, which describes the specific terms of this offering. The
second part, the accompanying prospectus, including the documents
incorporated by reference, gives more general information, some of
which may not apply to this offering. Generally, when we refer only
to the “prospectus,” we are referring to both parts combined. This
prospectus supplement may add to, update or change information in
the accompanying prospectus and the documents incorporated by
reference into this prospectus supplement or the accompanying
prospectus.
If
information in this prospectus supplement is inconsistent with the
accompanying prospectus or with any document incorporated by
reference that was filed with the SEC before the date of this
prospectus supplement, you should rely on this prospectus
supplement. This prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus
and the documents incorporated into each by reference include
important information about us, the securities being offered and
other information you should know before investing in our
securities. You should also read and consider information in the
documents we have referred you to in the section of this prospectus
supplement and the accompanying prospectus entitled “Incorporation
by Reference” and “Where You Can Find More Information” as well as
any free writing prospectus provided in connection with this
offering.
You
should rely only on this prospectus supplement, the accompanying
prospectus, and any free writing prospectus provided in connection
with this offering and the information incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the
accompanying prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide
you with information that is in addition to or different from that
contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus
supplement, the accompanying prospectus, and any free writing
prospectus provided in connection with this offering. If anyone
provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should
not rely on it. We are not offering to sell these securities in any
jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. You should
not assume that the information contained or incorporated by
reference in this prospectus supplement, the accompanying
prospectus, or any free writing prospectus provided in connection
with this offering is accurate as of any date other than as of the
date of this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus, or
such free writing prospectus, as the case may be, or in the case of
the documents incorporated by reference, the date of such documents
regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus supplement
and the accompanying prospectus or any sale of our securities. Our
business, financial condition, liquidity, results of operations and
prospects may have changed since those dates.
Unless
the context otherwise indicates, references in this prospectus to
“Enveric”, “we”, “our”, “us” and “the Company” refer, collectively,
to Enveric Biosciences, Inc. and its subsidiaries.
No
action is being taken in any jurisdiction outside the United States
to permit a public offering of the securities or possession or
distribution of this prospectus supplement, the accompanying
prospectus, or any free writing prospectus provided in connection
with this offering in that jurisdiction. Persons who come into
possession of this prospectus supplement, the accompanying
prospectus, or any free writing prospectus provided in connection
with this offering in jurisdictions outside the United States are
required to inform themselves about and to observe any restrictions
as to this offering and the distribution of this prospectus
supplement, the accompanying prospectus, or any free writing
prospectus provided in connection with this offering applicable to
that jurisdiction. This prospectus supplement and the accompanying
prospectus do not constitute, and may not be used in connection
with, an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any
securities offered by this prospectus supplement and the
accompanying prospectus by any person in any jurisdiction in which
it is unlawful for such person to make such an offer or
solicitation.
SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
This
prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, including
the documents that we incorporate by reference herein and therein,
contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section
27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities
Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or the Exchange Act. Any statements about our
expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions or future
events or performance are not historical facts and may be
forward-looking. These statements are often, but are not always,
made through the use of words or phrases such as “anticipate,”
“believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,”
“expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,”
“project,” “seek,” “should,” “target,” “will,” “would,” and similar
expressions, or the negative of these terms, or similar
expressions. Accordingly, these statements involve estimates,
assumptions and uncertainties which could cause actual results to
differ materially from those expressed in them. Any forward-looking
statements are qualified in their entirety by reference to the
factors discussed throughout this prospectus supplement and the
accompanying prospectus, and in particular those factors referenced
in the sections entitled “Risk Factors.”
This
prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus contain
forward-looking statements that are based on our management’s
belief and assumptions and on information currently available to
our management. These statements relate to future events or our
future financial performance, and involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results,
levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially
different from any future results, levels of activity, performance
or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking
statements. Numerous factors could cause our actual results to
differ materially from those described in forward-looking
statements, including, among other things:
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the
impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on our ongoing and
planned clinical trials; |
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the
geographic, social and economic impact of COVID-19 on our ability
to conduct our business and raise capital in the future when
needed; |
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delays
in planned clinical trials; the ability to establish that potential
products are efficacious or safe in preclinical or clinical
trials; |
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the
ability to establish or maintain collaborations on the development
of therapeutic candidates; |
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the
ability to obtain appropriate or necessary governmental approvals
to market potential products; |
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the
ability to obtain future funding for developmental products and
working capital and to obtain such funding on commercially
reasonable terms; |
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our
ability to manufacture product candidates on a commercial scale or
in collaborations with third parties; changes in the size and
nature of competitors; |
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the
ability to retain key executives and scientists; and the ability to
secure and enforce legal rights related to our products, including
patent protection; |
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our
expected use of proceeds from this offering; and |
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other
factors discussed in this prospectus supplement and the
accompanying prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference
herein and therein, including those set forth under “Risk Factors”
in our Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC on May
28, 2020, as amended (the “Form S-4”). |
We
have included important factors in the cautionary statements
included in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying
prospectus and the documents we incorporate by reference herein and
therein, including from the Form S-4, particularly in the “Risk
Factors” sections of these documents, that we believe could cause
actual results or events to differ materially from the
forward-looking statements that we make. Our forward-looking
statements do not reflect the potential impact of any future
acquisitions, mergers, dispositions, joint ventures or investments
we may make. No forward-looking statement is a guarantee of future
performance.
You
should read this prospectus supplement and the accompanying
prospectus and the documents that we incorporate by reference
herein and therein completely and with the understanding that our
actual future results may be materially different from what we
expect. The forward-looking statements in this prospectus
supplement and the accompanying prospectus and the documents we
incorporate by reference herein and therein represent our views as
of the date of this prospectus supplement. We anticipate that
subsequent events and developments will cause our views to change.
However, while we may elect to update these forward-looking
statements at some point in the future, we have no current
intention of doing so except to the extent required by applicable
law. You should, therefore, not rely on these forward-looking
statements as representing our views as of any date subsequent to
the date of this prospectus supplement.
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
SUMMARY
The
following summary of our business highlights some of the
information contained elsewhere in, or incorporated by reference
into, this prospectus supplement. Because this is only a summary,
however, it does not contain all of the information that may be
important to you. You should carefully read this prospectus
supplement and the accompanying prospectus, including the documents
incorporated by reference, which are described under “Incorporation
of Certain Information by Reference” in this prospectus supplement.
You should also carefully consider the matters discussed in the
section of this prospectus supplement entitled “Risk Factors” and
under similar sections of the accompanying prospectus and other
periodic reports incorporated herein and therein by
reference.
In this prospectus supplement, unless the context otherwise
requires, references to “we,” “us,” “our,” “our company” and
“Enveric” refer to Enveric Biosciences, Inc. and its subsidiaries.
We were previously known as AMERI Holdings, Inc. (“Ameri”).
Following the completion of our offer to purchase all of the issued
and outstanding shares of Jay Pharma, Inc. on December 30, 2020, we
changed the name of our company from AMERI Holdings, Inc. to
Enveric Biosciences, Inc. For more detail on the transaction with
Jay Pharma, Inc. and related transactions, see section titled
“Recent Development” below.
Company
Overview
We
are an early-development-stage biosciences company that is seeking
to develop innovative, evidence-based prescription products and
combination therapies containing cannabinoids to address unmet
needs in cancer care. We seek to improve the lives of patients
suffering from cancer, initially by developing palliative and
supportive care products for persons suffering from certain side
effects of cancer and cancer treatment such as pain or skin
irritation. We currently intend to offer such palliative and
supportive care products in the United States, following approval
through established regulatory pathways.
We
are also aiming to advance a pipeline of novel cannabinoid
combination therapies for hard-to-treat cancers, including
glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) and several other indications which
are currently being researched.
We
intend to bring together leading oncology clinicians and
researchers, academic and industry partners so as to develop both
external proprietary products and a robust internal pipeline of
product candidates aimed at improving quality of life and outcomes
for cancer patients. We intend to evaluate options to out-license
our proprietary technology as we move along the regulatory pathway
instead of building a small targeted selling organization and will
potentially utilize a hybrid approach based on the indication and
the results.
In
developing our product candidates, we intend to focus solely on
cannabinoids derived from hemp and synthetic materials containing
no tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in order to comply with U.S. federal
regulations. Of the potential cannabinoids to be used in
therapeutic formulations, THC, which is responsible for the
psychoactive properties of marijuana, can result in undesirable
mood effects. Cannabidiol (CBD) and cannabigerol (CBG), on the
other hand, are not psychotropic and are therefore more attractive
candidates for translation into therapeutic practice. In the
future, we may utilize cannabinoids that are derived from cannabis
plants, which may contain THC; however, we only intend to do so in
jurisdictions where THC is legal. These product candidates will
then be studied through a typical FDA drug approval
process.
Product Candidates
Our
pipeline of product candidates and key ongoing development programs
are shown in the tables below:
Product
Candidate |
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Targeted
Indications
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Partner(s) |
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Status |
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Expected
Next
Steps
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Cannabinoid-Infused
Topical Product |
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Oncology-
related skincare conditions (e.g., radiodermatitis) |
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U.S.-Based
Center of Excellence |
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Research
& Development / Discovery |
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IND
submission; Exploratory Phase
1/2 trial with patient
enrollment
anticipated in the
second half of 2020
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Cannabinoid
+ Chemotherapy Combination Therapy
Oral
synthetic CBD
extract
given alone or in combination with
clomiphene,
concurrently
with
dose-dense
Temolozomide
chemotherapy
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Glioblastoma
Multiforme
Recurrent
or progressive
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Dr.
Tali
Siegal,
Rabin
Medical
Center,
Davidoff
Institute of Oncology
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Research
& Development / Discovery |
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IND
submission; Exploratory Phase
1/2 trial with patient
enrollment
anticipated during the
second half of
2020
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Additional
Potential Development Programs |
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Potential
Target Indications |
Cannabinoid
+ Chemotherapy Combination Therapy
Clomiphene
in combination with CBD in patients with selected locally advanced
or metastatic breast cancer treated with standard adjuvant
chemotherapy regimens
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Breast
Cancer |
Recent
Developments
Closing
of the Offer
On December 30, 2020, pursuant to the previously announced Tender
Offer Support Agreement and Termination of Amalgamation Agreement
dated August 12, 2020, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1
to the Tender Offer Support Agreement and Termination of
Amalgamation Agreement dated December 18, 2020 (as amended, the
“Tender Agreement”), by and among us, Jay Pharma Inc., a Canada
corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Jay
Pharma”), and certain other signatories thereto, we completed a
tender offer (the “Offer”) to purchase all of the outstanding
common shares of Jay. Following the effective time of the Offer, we
changed the name of our company from AMERI Holdings, Inc. to
Enveric Biosciences, Inc. and effected a 1-for-4 reverse stock
split of the issued and outstanding common stock. Immediately
following completion of the Offer and the transactions contemplated
in the Tender Agreement, but without giving effect to the issuance
of the Series B Warrants (as defined below) (i) the former Jay
Pharma equity holders (including certain investors in private
placements that closed prior to the completion of the Offer) own
approximately 82.3% of the Company; (ii) former Ameri equity
holders own approximately 14.5% of the Company; and (iii) a
financial advisor to Jay Pharma and Ameri owns approximately 3.2%
of the Company.
The
holders of approximately 62% of outstanding shares of common
stock as of January 11, 2020 are subject to lock-up/leak-out
agreements pursuant to which such stockholders have agreed, except
in limited circumstances, not to sell or transfer, or engage in
swap or similar transactions with respect to, certain shares of
common stock, including, as applicable, shares received in the
Offer and issuable upon exercise of certain warrants and options.
The lock-up period begins at the time of the completion of the
Offer and ends on the date that is 180 days after such time. The
leak-out period begins on the date that is the end of the lock-up
period and ends on a date that is 180 days after such date. During
the leak-out period, such holders may only sell up to 15% of the
aggregate amount of our securities owned by such holder as of the
expiration of the lock-up period per month. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the lock-up and leak-out restrictions are subject to
value and trading thresholds set forth in the lock-up/leak-out
agreements which, if met, would cause the lock-up and leak-out
restrictions to expire. In addition, we may, in our discretion,
waive the lock-up and leak-out restrictions with respect to one or
more stockholders at any time.
The
common stock on The Nasdaq Capital Market, previously trading
through the close of business on December 30, 2020 under the ticker
symbol “AMRH,” commenced trading on The Nasdaq Capital Market, on a
post-Reverse Stock Split adjusted basis, under the ticker symbol
“ENVB” on December 31, 2020.
Closing
of Spin-Off
As
previously reported, on January 10, 2020, Ameri and Ameri100 Inc.
(“Private Ameri”) entered into a Share Purchase Agreement (the
“Ameri Share Purchase Agreement”) pursuant to which Ameri agreed to
contribute, transfer and convey to Private Ameri all of the issued
and outstanding equity interests of the existing subsidiaries of
Ameri, constituting the entire business and operations of Ameri and
its subsidiaries, and wherein Private Ameri agreed to assume the
liabilities of such subsidiaries (the “Spin-Off”).
On
December 30, 2020, pursuant to the Ameri Share Purchase Agreement,
Ameri consummated the Spin-Off and all of the issued and
outstanding shares of Series A preferred stock of Ameri (the
“Series A Preferred Stock”) were redeemed for an equal number of
shares of Series A preferred stock of Private Ameri (“Private Ameri
Preferred Stock”). Ameri contributed, transferred and conveyed to
Private Ameri all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of
the existing subsidiaries of Ameri, constituting the entire
business and operations of Ameri and its subsidiaries, and Private
Ameri assumed the liabilities of such subsidiaries.
Series
B Warrants
Pursuant
to the Tender Agreement, on December 31, 2020, we issued Series B
Warrants (the “Series B Warrants”) to purchase 1,791,923 shares of
common stock at an exercise price of $0.01 to Alpha Capital Anstalt
(“Alpha”). We are obligated, among other things, to file a
registration statement with SEC for purposes of registering the
resale of the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the
Series B Warrants by the investors. The issuance of the Series B
Warrants was exempt from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act pursuant to an exemption provided by Section 4(a)(2)
thereof as a transaction by an issuer not involving a public
offering. As described below under “Letter Agreement with
Alpha”, on January 12, 2021, we have waived the lock-up
restrictions on Alpha with respect to dispositions of the shares of
common stock issuable upon exercise of the Series B Warrants (the
“Series B Warrant Shares”), and Alpha agreed to limit its sales of
shares of our common stock on each trading day to no more than 10%
of the daily reported trading volume of common stock on the Nasdaq
Stock Market for such trading day, provided, such limitation shall
terminate if the closing price of our shares of common stock on the
Nasdaq Stock Market exceeds $5.29 per share for five consecutive
trading days.
Director
and Officer Resignations and Appointments
Effective
upon completion of the Offer, Srinidhi “Dev” Devanur, our former
Executive Chairman and a former director of the board of directors,
Brent Kelton, our former Chief Executive Officer, Barry Kostiner,
our former Chief Financial Officer, Carmo Martella, a former
director of the board of directors, Thoranath Sukumaran, a former
director of the board of directors and Dimitrios Angelis, a former
director of the board of directors, all tendered their resignations
from their respective positions as officers and directors of our
company.
Pursuant
to the terms of the Tender Agreement, and as disclosed in the Form
S-4, the board of directors appointed David Johnson, George Kegler,
Sol Mayer and Marcus Schabacker to the board of directors at the
effective time of the Offer.
Effective
upon the completion of the Offer, the board of directors appointed
David Johnson as our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Avani
Kanubaddi as our Chief Operating Officer, John Van Buiten as our
Chief Financial Officer, and Robert Wilkins as our Chief Medical
Officer.
Amended
and Restated Certificate of incorporation and Bylaws
In
connection with the Tender Agreement, we filed an Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation and adopted amended and
restated bylaws on December 30, 2020. For additional information
regarding our organizational documents, please refer to our Current
Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 6,
2021.
Delisting
of Ameri Warrants
On
December 30, 2020, we received a written notice (the “Notice”) from
Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
(“Nasdaq”) indicating that our listed warrants (the “AMRHW
Warrants”) would be suspended from listing on the Nasdaq Capital
Market. A Form 25-NSE was filed with the SEC on December 30, 2020,
which removed the AMRHW Warrants from listing and registration on
the Nasdaq Capital Market.
The
terms of the AMRHW Warrants are not affected by the delisting, and
the AMRHW Warrants may still be exercised in accordance with their
terms to purchase common stock of the Company.
The
listing of the common stock, which is traded on the Nasdaq Capital
Market under the symbol ENVB, is not affected by the delisting of
the AMRHW Warrants.
Change
in Certifying Accountant
On
January 5, 2021, our Audit Committee of the board of directors
approved the dismissal of Ram Associates, CPA (“Ram”) as our
independent registered public accounting firm, effective December
31, 2020, and engaged Marcum LLP (“Marcum”) as our independent
registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31,
2020. Prior to the completion of the Offer, Marcum served as the
independent registered public accounting firm of Jay Pharma, and we
believe the change in auditors will be more efficient for reporting
purposes.
Letter
Agreement with Alpha
On January 12, 2021 we entered into a letter agreement (the “Letter
Agreement”) with Alpha. Under the Letter Agreement, (i) we agreed
to register 1,791,923 of the Series B Warrant Shares issuable upon
the exercise of Series B Warrants, (ii) the Series B Warrant Shares
will not be subject to an existing lock-up agreement between us and
Alpha, and Alpha will no longer be subject to any limitations on
its ability to dispose of the Series B Warrant Shares that are
imposed by us to the extent permitted by applicable rules and
regulations, (iii) Alpha agreed to limit its sales of common stock
on each trading day to no more than 10% of the daily reported
trading volume of common stock on the Nasdaq Stock Market for such
trading day, provided, such limitation shall terminate if the
closing price of our shares of common stock on the Nasdaq Stock
Market exceeds $5.29 per share for five consecutive trading days
and (iv) we will be free to waive the terms and conditions of any
lock-up agreement between us and any of the former shareholders of
Jay Pharma Inc. without the consent of, or notice to, Alpha once
the registration statement registering the Series B Warrant Shares
is declared effective by the SEC.
Reverse
Stock Split
Effective as of 4:02 pm Eastern Time on December 30, 2020, we filed
an amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split of the issued and
outstanding shares of our common stock, at a ratio of one share for
four shares. The
net result of the reverse stock split was a 1-for-4 reverse stock
split. We made proportionate
adjustments to the per share exercise price and/or the number of
shares issuable upon the exercise or vesting of all stock options,
restricted stock units (if any) and warrants outstanding as of the
effective times of the reverse stock split in accordance with the
terms of each security based on the split ratio. Also, we reduced
the number of shares reserved for issuance under our equity
compensation plans proportionately based on the split ratios.
Except for adjustments that resulted from the rounding up of
fractional shares to the next whole share, the reverse stock split
affected all stockholders uniformly and did not change any
stockholder’s percentage ownership interest in our company. All
share and related option and warrant information presented in this
prospectus supplement have been retroactively adjusted to reflect
the reduced number of shares outstanding and the increase in share
price which resulted from these actions; however, common stock
share and per share amounts in the accompanying prospectus and
certain of the documents incorporated by reference herein have not
been adjusted to give effect to the reverse stock
split.
Company Information
We were incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware in
February 1994 as Spatializer Audio Laboratories, Inc., which was a
shell company immediately prior to the completion of a “reverse
merger” transaction on May 26, 2015, whereby Ameri100 Acquisition,
Inc., a Delaware corporation and newly created, wholly owned
subsidiary, was merged with and into Ameri and Partners Inc.
(“Ameri and Partners”), a Delaware corporation (the “2015 Merger”).
As a result of the 2015 Merger, Ameri and Partners became Ameri’s
wholly owned subsidiary with Ameri and Partners’ former
stockholders acquiring a majority of the outstanding shares of
Ameri common stock. The 2015 Merger was consummated under Delaware
law pursuant to an Agreement of Merger and Plan of Reorganization,
dated as of May 26, 2015 (the “2015 Merger Agreement”), and in
connection with the 2015 Merger, Ameri changed its name to AMERI
Holdings, Inc. Ameri does business under the brand name “Ameri100”.
Ameri Holdings, Inc., along with its eleven operating subsidiaries,
provides SAP cloud, digital and enterprise services to clients
worldwide. On
December 30, 2020, we completed the Offer and changed our name to
“Enveric Biosciences, Inc.” Our principal corporate office is
located at Enveric Biosciences, Inc., 4851 Tamiami Trail N, Suite
200, telephone (239) 302-1707. Our internet address is
https://www.enveric.com/, and the information included in,
or linked to our website is not part of this prospectus. We have
included our website address in this prospectus solely as a textual
reference.
THE OFFERING
Issuer |
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Enveric
Biosciences, Inc. |
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Common
Stock offered by us |
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1,610,679
shares |
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Pre-funded
warrants offered by us
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We are also offering the Pre-funded Warrants to purchase up to an
aggregate of 610,679 shares of common stock to purchasers whose
purchase of shares of common stock in this offering would otherwise
result in the purchaser, together with its affiliates, beneficially
owning more than 4.99% of our outstanding common stock immediately
following the consummation of this offering, in lieu of shares of
common stock that would otherwise result in any such purchaser’s
beneficial ownership exceeding 4.99% (or, at the election of the
purchaser, 9.99%) of our outstanding common stock. Each Pre-funded
Warrant will be exercisable for one share of our common stock. The
purchase price of each Pre-funded Warrant will equal the price per
share at which the shares of common stock are being sold to the
public in this offering, minus $0.01, and the exercise price of
each Pre-funded Warrant will be $0.01 per share. The Pre-funded
Warrants will be exercisable immediately and may be exercised at
any time until all of the Pre-funded Warrants are exercised in
full. This offering also relates to the shares of common stock
issuable upon the exercise of any Pre-funded Warrants sold in this
offering.
|
|
|
|
Shares
of common stock to be outstanding after this offering |
|
13,816,467 shares
(assuming all of the Pre-funded Warrants issued in this offering
are exercised). |
|
|
|
Offering
price per share |
|
$4.5018
per share of common stock and $4.4918 per Pre-funded
Warrant. |
|
|
|
Use
of proceeds |
|
We
intend to use the net proceeds from this offering for working
capital purposes. See “Use of Proceeds” on page S-10.
|
|
|
|
Concurrent
private placement of Warrants |
|
In a
concurrent private placement, we are selling to investors in this
offering Warrants to purchase up to an additional 1,666,019 shares
of our common stock. Each Warrant will be exercisable for one share
of our common stock at an exercise price of $4.9519 per share, will
be exercisable immediately upon issuance and will have a term of
five years from the date of issuance. The Warrants and the Warrant
Shares are being offered pursuant to the exemptions provided in
Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act and Rule 506(b)
promulgated thereunder, and they are not being offered pursuant to
this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. 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
list the Warrants on the Nasdaq Capital Market, any other national
securities exchange or any other nationally recognized trading
system. |
|
|
|
Risk
factors |
|
See
the “Risk Factors” section of this prospectus supplement, the Form
S-8 and in the other documents incorporated by reference in this
prospectus supplement for a discussion of factors to consider
before deciding to invest in our securities. |
|
|
|
Nasdaq
Capital Market symbol |
|
“ENVB” |
The number of shares of our common stock that will be outstanding
immediately after this offering as shown above is based on
11,595,109 shares outstanding as of January 12, 2021. The number of
shares outstanding as of January 12, 2021, as used throughout this
prospectus supplement, unless otherwise indicated, excludes:
|
● |
1,512,907 shares of common stock issuable upon the conversion of
outstanding shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock;
|
|
● |
610,657 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of Series
B Warrants;
|
|
|
|
|
● |
806,563 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock
options outstanding at a weighted average exercise price of $1.37
per share;
|
|
|
|
|
● |
547,805
shares of
common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants outstanding at
a weighted average exercise price of $35.33 per share; |
|
|
|
|
● |
2,695,893 shares of common stock reserved for future issuance under
our Long-Term Incentive Plan; and
|
|
|
|
|
● |
1,666,019
shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants
to be issued to the purchasers in a concurrent private placement
with this offering at an exercise price of $4.9519 per
share. |
Except
as otherwise indicated, the information in this prospectus
supplement is as of January 12, 2021 and assumes (i) the exercise
of all of the Pre-funded Warrants sold in this offering and (ii) no
exercise of options, vesting of restricted stock units or exercise
of warrants described above.
RISK
FACTORS
Investing
in our securities involves a high degree of risk. In addition to
the other information contained in this prospectus supplement to
the accompanying prospectus and in the documents we incorporate by
reference, you should carefully consider the risks discussed below
and under the heading “Risk Factors” in the Form S-4 before making
a decision about investing in our securities. The risks and
uncertainties discussed below and in the Form S-4 are not the only
ones facing us. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently
known to us, or that we currently see as immaterial, may also harm
our business. If any of these risks occur, our business, financial
condition and operating results could be harmed, the trading price
of our common stock could decline and you could lose part or all of
your investment.
If you purchase securities in this offering, you will suffer
immediate dilution of your investment.
The
offering price of our common stock in this offering is
substantially higher than the net tangible book value per share of
our common stock. Therefore, if you purchase securities in this
offering, you will pay a price per share of our common stock that
substantially exceeds our net tangible book value per share after
giving effect to this offering. Based on an offering price of
$4.5018 per share of our common stock, if you purchase securities
in this offering, you will experience immediate dilution of $3.4218
per share , representing the difference between the offering
price per share of our common stock and our pro forma as adjusted
net tangible book value per share after giving effect to this
offering, assuming exercise of all Pre-funded Warrants sold in this
offering. Furthermore, if any of our outstanding options or
warrants are exercised at prices below the offering price, or if we
grant additional options or other awards under our equity incentive
plans or issue additional warrants, you may experience further
dilution of your investment. See the section entitled “Dilution”
below for a more detailed illustration of the dilution you would
incur if you participate in this offering.
Because we will have broad discretion and flexibility in how the
net proceeds from this offering are used, we may use the net
proceeds in ways in which you disagree.
We
intend to use the net proceeds from this offering for working
capital purposes. See “Use of Proceeds” on page S-10. We have not
allocated specific amounts of the net proceeds from this offering
for any of the foregoing purposes. Accordingly, our management will
have significant discretion and flexibility in applying the net
proceeds of this offering. You will be relying on the judgment of
our management with regard to the use of these net proceeds, and
you will not have the opportunity, as part of your investment
decision, to assess whether the net proceeds are being used
appropriately. It is possible that the net proceeds will be
invested in a way that does not yield a favorable, or any, return
for us. The failure of our management to use such funds effectively
could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial
condition, operating results and cash flow.
You may experience future dilution as a result of future equity
offerings and other issuances of our securities. In addition, this
offering and future equity offerings and other issuances of our
common stock or other securities may adversely affect the price of
our common stock.
In
order to raise additional capital, we may in the future offer
additional shares of common stock or other securities convertible
into or exchangeable for our common stock prices that may not be
the same as the price per share in this offering. We may not be
able to sell shares or other securities in any other offering at a
price per share that is equal to or greater than the price per
share paid by investors in this offering, and investors purchasing
shares or other securities in the future could have rights superior
to existing stockholders. The price per share at which we sell
additional shares of common stock or securities convertible into
shares of common stock in future transactions may be higher or
lower than the price per share in this offering. You will incur
dilution upon exercise of any outstanding stock options, warrants
or upon the issuance of shares of common stock under our stock
incentive programs. In addition, the sale of shares of common stock
in this offering and any future sales of a substantial number of
shares of common stock in the public market, or the perception that
such sales may occur, could adversely affect the price of our
common stock. We cannot predict the effect, if any, that market
sales of those shares of common stock or the availability of those
shares for sale will have on the market price of our common
stock.
We
expect to require additional capital in the future in order to
develop our product candidates, which are in early stages of
development. If we do not obtain any such additional financing, it
may be difficult to effectively realize our long-term strategic
goals and objectives.
Our current cash resources will not be sufficient to fund the
development of our product candidates through all of the required
clinical trials to receive regulatory approval and
commercialization. If we cannot secure this additional funding when
such funds are required, we may fail to develop our product
candidates or be forced to forego certain strategic
opportunities.
Any
additional capital raised through the sale of equity or
equity-backed securities may dilute our stockholders’ ownership
percentages and could also result in a decrease in the market value
of our equity securities.
The
terms of any securities issued by us in future capital transactions
may be more favorable to new investors, and may include
preferences, superior voting rights and the issuance of warrants or
other derivative securities, which may have a further dilutive
effect on the holders of any of our securities then
outstanding.
In
addition, we may incur substantial costs in pursuing future capital
financing, including investment banking fees, legal fees,
accounting fees, securities law compliance fees, printing and
distribution expenses and other costs. We may also be required to
recognize non-cash expenses in connection with certain securities
we issue, such as convertible notes and warrants, which may
adversely impact our financial condition.
There is no established public trading market for the Pre-funded
Warrants being offered in this offering.
There
is no established public trading market for the Pre-funded Warrants
being offered in this offering, and we do not expect a market to
develop. In addition, we do not intend to apply to list the
Pre-funded Warrants on any national securities exchange or other
nationally recognized trading system, including Nasdaq Capital
Market. Without an active market, the liquidity of the Pre-funded
Warrants will be limited.
Except as otherwise provided in the Pre-funded Warrants, holders of
Pre-funded Warrants purchased in this offering will have no rights
as stockholders of common stock until such holders exercise their
Pre-funded Warrants and acquire our common
stock.
Except
as otherwise provided in the Pre-funded Warrants, until holders of
Pre-funded Warrants acquire our common stock upon exercise of the
Pre-funded Warrants, holders of Pre-funded Warrants will have no
rights with respect to our common stock underlying such Pre-funded
Warrants. Upon exercise of the Pre-funded Warrants, the holders
will be entitled to exercise the rights of a stockholder of our
common stock only as to matters for which the record date occurs
after the exercise date.
USE OF PROCEEDS
We
estimate that the net proceeds from the sale of the securities
offered under this prospectus supplement, after deducting estimated
offering expenses payable by us, will be approximately $9 million,
excluding the proceeds we may receive form the exercise of the
Pre-funded Warrants issued in this offering and Warrants issued in
the concurrent private placement.
We
intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of the shares for
working capital purposes. The amounts and timing of our use of
proceeds will vary depending on a number of factors, including the
amount of cash generated or used by our operations. As a result, we
will retain broad discretion in the allocation of the net proceeds
of this offering.
DIVIDEND
POLICY
We
have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our capital
stock. We currently intend to retain all available funds and any
future earnings, if any, to fund the development and expansion of
our business and we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in
the foreseeable future. Any future determination to pay dividends
will be made at the discretion of our board of directors. Investors
should not purchase our common stock with the expectation of
receiving cash dividends.
DILUTION
If you invest in our common stock (and/or pre-funded warrants) in
this offering, your ownership interest will be diluted by the
difference between the price per share you pay and the net tangible
book value per share of our common stock immediately after this
offering.
Our net tangible book value as of September 30, 2020, was
approximately $(3,589,158), or $(0.63) per share of our common
stock, based upon 5,737,001 shares of our common stock outstanding
as of that date. Net tangible book value per share is determined by
dividing our total tangible assets, less total liabilities, by the
number of shares of our common stock outstanding as of September
30, 2020. Dilution in net tangible book value per share represents
the difference between the amount per share paid by purchasers of
shares of common stock in this offering and the net tangible book
value per share of our common stock immediately after this
offering.
Our pro forma net tangible book value as of September 30, 2020, was
approximately $5,884,217, or $0.51 per share, after giving effect
to (i) the Spin-Off; (ii) the Offer, whereby the Company issued
7,621,052 shares of common stock and 262,500 shares of Series B
Preferred Stock that are convertible into 262,500 shares of common
stock in exchange for 35,635,807 common shares of Jay Pharma
(excluding the issuance of an aggregate of 3,262,907 shares of
Series B Preferred Stock that are convertible into 3,262,907 shares
of common stock issued in transactions related to the Offer); (iii)
the conversion of indebtedness and the securities issued upon
closing of a private placement made in connection with the Offer;
(iv) the acquisition of intellectual property by Jay Pharma in
exchange for 10,360,007 common shares of Jay Pharma.
After giving effect to the sale of 1,610,679 shares of our common
stock in this offering at the price of $4.5018 per share and
Pre-funded Warrants to purchase up to 610,679 shares of common
stock, and after deducting the estimated offering expenses payable
by us and assuming exercise of all Pre-funded Warrants in this
offering, our pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value as of
September 30, 2020, would have been approximately $14,884,217, or
$1.08 per share. This represents an immediate increase in net
tangible book value of $0.57 per share to existing stockholders and
immediate dilution in net tangible book value of $3.4218 per share
to new investors. The following table illustrates this dilution on
a per share basis:
Offering price per share |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
4.5018 |
|
Historical net tangible book value per share as of September
30, 2020 |
|
$ |
(0.63 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Pro forma
increase in net tangible book value per share |
|
$ |
1.14 |
|
|
|
|
|
Pro forma net tangible book value per share as of September 30,
2020 |
|
$ |
0.51 |
|
|
|
|
|
Increase in net
tangible book value per share attributable to this offering |
|
$ |
0.57 |
|
|
|
|
|
Pro forma as
adjusted net tangible book value per share as of September 30,
2020, after giving effect to this offering |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.08 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dilution in net tangible book value
per share to new investors |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
3.4218 |
|
The foregoing discussion and table assumes (i) the exercise of all
Pre-funded Warrants sold in this offering and (ii) no exercise of
the Warrants to be issued in a concurrent private placement. To the
extent that outstanding options or warrants are exercised, you may
experience further dilution. In addition, we may choose to raise
additional capital due to market conditions or strategic
considerations even if we believe we have sufficient funds for our
current or future operating plans. To the extent that additional
capital is raised through the sale of equity or convertible debt
securities, the issuance of these securities could result in
further dilution to our stockholders.
The above discussion and table as of September 30, 2020 are based
upon, after giving effect to the adjustments set forth above, and
excludes, as of that date:
|
● |
1,512,907
shares of common stock issuable upon the conversion of outstanding
shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock; |
|
|
|
|
● |
610,657
shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of Series B
Warrants; |
|
|
|
|
● |
806,563
shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options
outstanding at a weighted average exercise price of $1.37 per
share; |
|
|
|
|
● |
547,805
shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants
outstanding at a weighted average exercise price of $35.33 per
share; |
|
|
|
|
● |
2,695,893
shares of common stock reserved for future issuance under our
Long-Term Incentive Plan; and |
|
|
|
|
● |
1,666,019
shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants
to be issued to the purchasers in a concurrent private placement
with this offering at an exercise price of $4.9519 per
share. |
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations
You
should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial
condition and operating results together with our financial
statements and related notes incorporated by reference into this
prospectus. This discussion and analysis and other parts of this
prospectus contain forward-looking statements based upon current
beliefs, plans and expectations that involve risks, uncertainties
and assumptions. See “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking
Statements.” Our actual results may differ materially from those
anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of
various factors, including those set forth under “Risk Factors” or
in other parts of this prospectus or the documents incorporated by
reference into this prospectus. Unless stated otherwise, references
in this discussion and analysis to “us,” “we,” “our,” “Enveric” or
our “Company” and similar terms refer to Enveric Biosciences, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation. References to “Ameri” refer to our Company
prior to the Offer.
Overview
Merger
On
December 30, 2020, pursuant to the previously announced the Tender
Agreement, we completed the Offer to purchase all of the
outstanding common shares of Jay Pharma for the number of shares of
common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share or Series B
Preferred Stock, as applicable, equal to the exchange ratio of
0.8849, and Jay Pharma became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
Company, on the terms and conditions set forth in the Tender
Agreement. Following the effective time of the Offer, the Company
changed the name of the Company from AMERI Holdings, Inc. to
Enveric Biosciences, Inc. and effected a 1-for-4 reverse stock
split of the issued and outstanding common stock. Immediately
following completion of the Offer and the transactions contemplated
in the Tender Agreement, but without giving effect to the issuance
of the Series B Warrants to purchase 1,791,923 shares of common
stock, (i) the former Jay Pharma equity holders (including certain
investors in private placements that closed prior to the completion
of the Offer) own approximately 82.3% of the Company; (ii) former
Ameri equity holders own approximately 14.5% of the Company; and
(iii) a financial advisor to Jay Pharma and Ameri owns
approximately 3.2% of the Company.
On
December 30, 2020, pursuant to the Ameri Share Purchase Agreement,
Ameri consummated the Spin-Off and all of the issued and
outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock were redeemed for an
equal number of shares of Private Ameri Preferred Stock. Ameri
contributed, transferred and conveyed to Private Ameri all of the
issued and outstanding equity interests of the existing
subsidiaries of Ameri, constituting the entire business and
operations of Ameri and its subsidiaries, and Private Ameri assumed
the liabilities of such subsidiaries.
The
Offer has been accounted for as a “reverse merger” under the
acquisition method of accounting for business combinations with Jay
Pharma treated as the accounting acquirer of Ameri. As such, the
historical financial statements of Jay Pharma have become the
historical financial statements of Ameri, or the combined company,
and are incorporated into this report labeled “Jay Pharma, Inc.”
No historical common stock, stock options and additional paid-in
capital, including share and per share amounts presented in this
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations has been adjusted to reflect the equity
structure of the resulting issuer as a result of the Offer and the
related transactions, including the effect of the Exchange Ratio
and the common stock.
Reverse
Stock Split
On
December 30,
2020, we affected a 1-for-4 reverse stock split. We made
proportionate adjustments to the per share exercise price and/or
the number of shares issuable upon the exercise or vesting of all
stock options, restricted stock units (if any) and warrants
outstanding as of the effective times of the reverse stock split in
accordance with the terms of each security based on the split
ratio. Also, we reduced the number of shares reserved for issuance
under our equity compensation plans proportionately based on the
split ratios. Except for adjustments that resulted from the
rounding up of fractional shares to the next whole share, the
reverse stock split affected all stockholders uniformly and did not
change any stockholder’s percentage ownership interest in our
company. All share and related option and warrant information
presented in this prospectus supplement (other than this
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations as noted below) have been retroactively
adjusted to reflect the reduced number of shares outstanding and
the increase in share price which resulted from these actions;
however, common stock share and per share amounts in the
accompanying prospectus and certain of the documents incorporated
by reference herein have not been adjusted to give effect to the
reverse stock split. No share or related option or warrant
information presented in this Management’s Discussion and Analysis
of Financial Condition and Results of Operations has been adjusted
to reflect the reduced number of shares outstanding, the increase
in share price which resulted from these actions or otherwise give
effect to the reverse stock split.
Business
Overview
We
are a biopharmaceutical and wellness company that is seeking to
develop innovative, evidence-based cannabinoid product candidates
and combination therapies to address unmet needs in cancer care. We
seek to improve the lives of persons suffering from cancer,
initially by developing over-the-counter palliative cancer care and
wellness cosmetic product candidates for persons suffering from the
side effects of cancer and cancer treatment. We are also aiming to
advance a pipeline of novel cannabinoid combination therapies for
hard-to-treat cancers, including glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). We
are to bring leading oncology clinicians and researchers, academic
and industry partners, proprietary products and data, and
eventually a robust pipeline of product candidates, to improve
quality of life and provide symptomatic relief to cancer
patients.
Key
Components of Our Results of Operations
Operating
Expenses
Our
operating expenses include financial statement preparation
services, tax compliance, various consulting and director fees,
legal services, auditing fees, and stock-based compensation. These
expenses have increased in connection with the Company’s product
development and the Company’s management expects these expenses to
continue to increase as the Company continues to develop its
potential product candidates.
Results
of Operations
Comparison of the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 and
2019
The following table sets forth information comparing the components
of net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and the
comparable period in 2019:
|
|
Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|
|
|
2020 |
|
|
2019 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating expenses |
|
$ |
2,094,044 |
|
|
$ |
1,895,355 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from operations |
|
|
(2,094,044 |
) |
|
|
(1,895,355 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other expense |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extinguishment of notes payable |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
32,257 |
|
Interest expense |
|
|
388,143 |
|
|
|
47,858 |
|
Total other expense |
|
|
312,642 |
|
|
|
80,115 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Loss |
|
$ |
(2,482,187 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,975,470 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other comprehensive income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign exchange (loss) gain |
|
|
(30,077 |
) |
|
|
(5,204 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive loss |
|
$ |
(2,512,264 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,970,266 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss per share - basic and diluted |
|
$ |
(0.10 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.08 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average
shares outstanding, basic and diluted |
|
|
25,916,419 |
|
|
|
25,060,193 |
|
Operating Expenses
Our operating expenses increased to $2,094,044, for the nine months
ended September 30, 2020 from $1,895,355 for the nine months ended
September 30, 2019, for an increase of $198,689, or 10.5%. This
change was primarily driven by an increase in legal fees of
$677,646 and consulting fees of $259,773, offset by a decrease in
stock-based compensation of $535,587, marketing costs of $180,354,
and research and development of $156,911.
Interest Expense
Our interest expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2020
was $388,143 compared to $47,858 for the nine months ended
September 30, 2019. This increase was primarily driven by the
Company’s promissory notes that were entered into during 2019, with
an aggregate principal amount of $2,077,925, which it did not have
during the nine months ended September 30, 2019.
Foreign Exchange
Our foreign exchange (loss) gain was $(30,077) for the nine months
ended September 30, 2020 as compared to $5,204 for the nine months
ended September 30, 2019. The increase in foreign exchange loss is
primarily due to the U.S. Dollar weakening against the Canadian
Dollar and the conversion of the Canadian Dollars into United
States Dollars for payment of United States Dollar denominated
expenses.
Comparison of the Year Ended December 30, 2019 and
2018
The
following table sets forth information comparing the components of
net loss for the year ended December 31, 2019 and the comparable
year in 2018:
|
|
Year Ended
December 31, |
|
|
|
2019 |
|
|
2018 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating expenses |
|
$ |
2,296,534 |
|
|
$ |
1,919,577 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating loss |
|
|
(2,296,534 |
) |
|
|
(1,919,577 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other expense |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extinguishment of
notes payable |
|
|
32,316 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Accretion and interest |
|
|
81,823 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Total
other expense |
|
|
114,139 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
Loss |
|
$ |
(2,410,673 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,919,577 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other comprehensive
loss |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign exchange loss |
|
|
(6,667 |
) |
|
|
(3,877 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive loss |
|
$ |
(2,417,340 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,923,454 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss
per share - basic and diluted |
|
$ |
(0.10 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.08 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
average shares outstanding, basic and diluted |
|
|
25,085,980 |
|
|
|
22,607,147 |
|
Operating
Expenses
Our
operating expenses increased to $2,296,534, for the year ended
December 31, 2019 from $1,919,577 for the year ended December 31,
2018, for an increase of $376,957, or 19.6%. This change was
primarily driven by an increase in payroll and consulting fees of
approximately $409,000, an increase in stock-based compensation of
$117,896, offset by a decrease in patent costs of
$652,624.
Extinguishment
of Notes Payable
Our
loss on extinguishment of notes payable increased to $32,316, for
year ended December 31, 2019 was due to the Company entering into
an amendment to the July 2019 Note on September 20, 2019, which
extended the maturity date for such note to until the earlier of
(a) the completion of a bridge financing of greater than or equal
to $1.5 million, or (b) November 7, 2019.
Accretion
and Interest
Our
accretion and interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2019
was $81,823 compared to $0 for the year ended December 31, 2018.
This increase was primarily driven by the Company’s promissory
notes that were entered into during 2019, with an aggregate
principal amount of $740,336, which it did not have during the year
ended December 31, 2018.
Foreign
Exchange
Our
foreign exchange loss was $6,667 for the year ended December 31,
2019 as compared to $3,877 for the year ended December 31, 2018,
for an increase of $2,790. The increase in foreign exchange loss is
primarily due to the U.S. Dollar strengthening against the Canadian
Dollar and the conversion of the Canadian Dollars into United
States Dollars for payment of United States Dollar denominated
expenses.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
The Company has incurred continuing losses from its operations and
as of September 30, 2020, the Company had an accumulated deficit of
$7,377,068 and working capital deficiency of $3,589,158.
Since
inception, the Company has met its liquidity requirements
principally through the issuance of notes payable and the sale of
its shares of common stock.
The
Company has no present revenue and the Company’s ability to
continue its operations and to pay its obligations when they become
due is contingent upon the Company obtaining additional financing.
Management’s plans include seeking to procure additional funds
through debt and equity financings and to continue to develop its
technologies under its sublicense agreement (see Note 4 to the
financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2019). Without
further funding, the sublicense agreement will have no commercial
value.
There
are no assurances that the Company will be able to raise capital on
terms acceptable to the Company or at all, or that cash flows
generated from its operations will be sufficient to meet its
current operating costs and required debt service. Our ability to
obtain additional capital may depend on prevailing economic
conditions and financial, business and other factors beyond our
control. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unstable economic
environment globally. Disruptions in the global financial markets
may adversely impact the availability and cost of credit, as well
as our ability to raise money in the capital markets. Current
economic conditions have been and continue to be volatile.
Continued instability in these market conditions may limit our
ability to access the capital necessary to fund and grow our
business. If the Company is unable to obtain sufficient amounts of
additional capital, it may be required to reduce the scope of its
planned product development, which could harm its financial
condition and operating results, or it may not be able to continue
to fund its ongoing operations. These conditions raise substantial
doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern to
sustain operations for at least one year from the issuance date of
these financial statements. The accompanying financial statements
do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome
of these uncertainties.
On
January 12, 2018, the Company entered into a sublicense agreement
(which formalized the sublicense terms as agreed to in 2017) with
TO Pharmaceuticals USA LLC (“TOP”). This agreement requires TOP to
sublicense to the Company certain patent and other intellectual
property rights for the exclusive use by the Company in
cancer-related applications. These rights include intellectual
property consisting of patents regarding cannabis pharmaceutical
products. The sublicense does not provide for any ability for the
Company to sublicense these rights to third parties without the
express written consent of TOP. In exchange for the sublicensed
patents, the Company issued to TOP 7,280,000 shares of its common
stock along with an obligation to issue to TOP 40% of shares of
common stock issued to investors during future financings up to
$1.25 million. In connection with the additional rounds of
financing, the Company issued to TOP an additional 2,157,162 common
shares during the year ended December 31, 2018.
In
January 2018, the Company closed a private placement for 1,900,000
shares of common stock for CAD $0.25 (USD $0.20) per common share
for gross proceeds of CAD $475,000 (USD $376,203).
In
October 2018, the Company closed a private placement for 992,244
shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 992,244 shares of
common stock for CAD $0.87 (USD $0.68) per common share for gross
proceeds of CAD $579,044 (USD $446,462). The warrants are
exercisable immediately and expire on October 31, 2020.
On February 7, 2019, the Company received $60,000 in exchange for a
promissory note to David Stefansky with an aggregate face value of
$66,000, including an original issue discount of $6,000 (the
“February 2019 Note”). The February 2019 Note bears no stated
interest rate and was due on May 8, 2019. Given that the Company
was unable to pay its obligation under the note, the February 2019
Note is currently in default. The Company amortized the full $6,000
original issue discount in the statement of operations and
comprehensive loss through December 31, 2019. On December 30, 2020,
the February 2019 Note was converted into the Company’s common
stock in connection with the consummation of the Offer.
On
February 1, 2019, the Company entered into a consulting agreement
with David Stefansky. In connection with the consulting agreement,
on March 5, 2019, the Company issued a note payable to its
executive director for $150,000 (the “March 2019 Note”). The note
bears no interest and is due and payable on March 4, 2020. The
agreement expired on February 1, 2020. On December 30, 2020, the
March 2019 Note was converted into common stock of the Company in
connection with the consummation of the Offer.
During
April 2019, the Company received $300,000 in exchange for
convertible notes in an aggregate principal amount of $300,000 (the
“April 2019 Convertible Notes”) and warrants to purchase 250,000
shares of the Company’s common stock. The April 2019 Convertible
Notes payable bear interest at a rate of 6% per annum and are due
and payable one year from the date of issuance. The notes are
convertible at any time by the holder into shares of the Company’s
common stock at a price of $0.60 per share. If the Company sells or
issues common stock at a price lower than the conversion price of
the notes, the conversion price shall be reduced to that price. The
notes payable will automatically convert into shares of the
Company’s common stock in the event that the Company consummates a
reverse merger with a publicly traded company. On December 30, 2020, the April 2019 Convertible
Notes converted into shares of the Company’s common stock in
connection with the consummation of the Offer.
On
July 8, 2019, the Company entered into a note agreement (the “July
2019 Note”) with a limited liability company (the “Lender”). The
July 2019 Note’s face value was $157,714.29 and the original issue
discount was $19,714.29 for total gross proceeds of $138,000. The
maturity date of the July 2019 Note was September 8, 2019. As there
remained an outstanding balance on the July 2019 Note at its
maturity date, the Company was in default. Per the July 2019 Note,
the Lender may at its option (a) declare the entire principal
amount of the July 2019 Note, together with all accrued interest
thereon and all other amounts payable hereunder, immediately due
and payable; and/or (b) exercise any or all of its rights, powers
or remedies under applicable law. In connection with the July 2019
Note, the Company issued warrants to purchase 131,429 shares of the
Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.71 per share. The
warrants are exercisable for a period of five years.
On
September 20, 2019, the Company entered into the first amendment to
the July 2019 Note. The amendment extended the maturity date for
the July 2019 Note until the earlier of (a) the completion of a
bridge financing of greater than or equal to $1,500,000, or (b)
November 7, 2019. In consideration for the amendment, the Company
agreed to pay an extension fee of $18,926, which was added to the
outstanding balance of the July 2019 Note. In addition to the
extension fee, the Company agreed to grant warrants to purchase
50,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, subject to approval by
the Company’s board of directors. If the Company’s board of
directors did not approve the grant of the warrants prior to
October 18, 2019, the Company agreed to pay an additional extension
fee of $15,000 in lieu of issuing the warrants. On October 19,
2019, given that the Company did not grant the warrants, $15,000
was added to the face value of the July 2019 Note.
On
November 21, 2019, the Company entered into the second amendment to
the July 2019 Note (the “November 21 Amendment”). The November 21
Amendment extended the maturity date for the Note until the earlier
of (a) the completion of a bridge financing of greater than or
equal to $1,500,000, or (b) December 9, 2019. In consideration for
the November 21 Amendment, the Company agreed to grant 25,440
shares of the Company’s common stock, subject to approval by the
Company’s board of directors.
On
December 9, 2019, the Company entered into the third amendment to
the July 2019 Note (the “December 9 Amendment”). The December 9
Amendment extended the maturity date for the Note until the earlier
of (a) the completion of a bridge financing of greater than or
equal to $1,500,000, or (b) January 7, 2020. In consideration for
the December 9 Amendment, the Company agreed to pay the previously
outstanding extension fees of $33,926 on or before March 1,
2020.
On January 8, 2020 the Company entered into the fourth amendment to
the July 2019 Note (the “January 8 Amendment”). The January 8
Amendment extended the maturity date for the July 2019 Note until
the (a) the completion of a bridge financing of greater than or
equal to $1,500,000, or (b) April 1, 2020. In consideration for the
January 8 Amendment, the Company agreed to grant 50,000 shares of
the Company’s common stock, subject to approval by the Company’s
board of directors. On December 30, 2020, the July 2019 Notes were
repaid in connection with the consummation of the Offer
On
January 10, 2020, the Company issued a convertible note payable for
$1,500,000 to Alpha in exchange for cash. On December 30, 2020, the convertible note issued
to Alpha converted into shares of the Company’s common stock and
shares of Series B Preferred Stock in connection with the
consummation of the Offer.
The
Company has no present revenue and the Company’s ability to
continue its operations and to pay its obligations when they become
due is contingent upon the Company obtaining additional financing.
Management’s plans include seeking to procure additional funds
through debt and equity financings and to continue to develop the
Company’s technologies under the series of assignment and
assumption agreements with Tikkun.
Based
on the Company’s current development plans, the Company believes
that existing cash, the cash it received from the Alpha Investment
and this offering will be sufficient to satisfy its anticipated
cash requirements for the next twelve months, but that the Company
will be required to seek additional equity or debt financing in the
next twelve months. In the event that additional financing is
required from outside sources, the Company may not be able to raise
monies on terms acceptable to it or at all. If we are unable to
obtain sufficient amounts of additional capital, it may be required
to reduce the scope of its planned product development, which could
harm its financial condition and operating results, or it may not
be able to continue to fund its ongoing operations.
Cash
Flows
Since
inception, we have primarily used its available cash to fund its
product development expenditures.
Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 and
2019
The following table sets forth a summary of cash flows for the
periods presented:
|
|
Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|
|
|
2020 |
|
|
2019 |
|
Net cash
used in operating activities |
|
$ |
(1,638,798 |
) |
|
$ |
(632,590 |
) |
Net cash provided by
financing activities |
|
|
1,932,196 |
|
|
|
520,000 |
|
Effect
of foreign exchange rate on cash |
|
|
3,786 |
|
|
|
7,802 |
|
Net
(decrease) increase in cash |
|
$ |
297,184 |
|
|
$ |
(104,788 |
) |
Operating Activities
Net cash used in operating activities was $1,638,798 during the
nine months ended September 30, 2020, which consisted primarily of
a net loss of $2,482,187, offset by amortization of note discount
of $285,858, increases in prepaid expenses and other current assets
for $1,841, and increases in accounts payable and accrued
liabilities of $522,162.
Net cash used in operating activities was $632,590 during the nine
months ended September 30, 2019, which consisted primarily of a net
loss of $1,975,470, offset by amortization of note discount of
$38,985, increases in stock based compensation of $624,052,
decreases in prepaid expenses and other current assets of $67,591,
an extinguishment of notes payable of $32,257, and increases in
accounts payable and accrued liabilities of $571,121.
Financing Activities
Net cash provided by financing activities was $1,932,196 during the
nine months ended September 30, 2020, which consisted primarily of
$50,000 in proceeds from convertible notes payable, $1,812,410 in
proceeds from note payable, $227,500 in proceeds from the sale of
common stock, and a decrease of $157,714 in repayment of note
payable.
Net cash provided by financing activities was $520,000 during the
nine months ended September 30, 2019, which consisted of $300,000
in proceeds from convertible notes payable, $198,000 in proceeds
from note payable, and $22,000 in advances from related
parties.
Cash Flows for the year ended December 31, 2019 and
2018
The
following table sets forth a summary of cash flows for the periods
presented:
|
|
Year Ended
December 31, |
|
|
|
2019 |
|
|
2018 |
|
Net cash used in operating
activities |
|
$ |
(647,860 |
) |
|
$ |
(711,165 |
) |
Net cash provided by financing
activities |
|
|
560,000 |
|
|
|
822,665 |
|
Effect of
foreign exchange rate on cash |
|
|
17,903 |
|
|
|
(3,744 |
) |
Net (decrease)
increase in cash |
|
$ |
(69,957 |
) |
|
$ |
107,756 |
|
Operating
Activities
Net
cash used in operating activities was $647,860 during the year
ended December 31, 2019, which consisted primarily of a net loss of
$2,410,673, offset by extinguishment of note payable of $32,316,
amortization of note discount of 68,453, stock-based compensation
of $624,052, increases in prepaid expenses and other current assets
for $104,340, and increases in accounts payable and accrued
liabilities of $933,652.
Net
cash used in operating activities was $711,165 during the year
ended December 31, 2018, which consisted primarily of a net loss of
$1,919,577, offset by stock-based compensation of $53,294, stock
issued for sublicense in the amount of $644,006, decreases in
prepaid expenses and other current assets of $5,938, and increases
in accounts payable and accrued liabilities of $151,668.
Financing
Activities
Net
cash provided by financing activities was $560,000 during the year
ended December 31, 2019, which consisted primarily of $238,000 in
proceeds from notes payable, $300,000 in proceeds from convertible
notes payable, and $22,000 in advances from related
party.
Net
cash provided by financing activities was $822,665 during the year
ended December 31, 2018, which consisted of $822,665 in proceeds
from common stock.
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
The
Company did not have any off-balance sheet financing arrangements
or liabilities, guarantee contracts, retained or contingent
interests in transferred assets, or any obligation arising out of a
material variable interest in an unconsolidated entity.
Additionally, the Company does not have interests in, nor
relationships with, any special purpose entities.
Critical
Accounting Policies and Significant Judgments and
Estimates
The
Company’s accounting policies are fundamental to understanding its
management’s discussion and analysis. The Company’s significant
accounting policies are presented in Note 3 to its financial
statements for the year ended December 31, 2019, which are
incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement. The
Company’s financial statements have been prepared in accordance
with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information.
Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and notes
required by U.S. GAAP. However, in the opinion of the management of
the Company, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of
the financial position and operating results have been included in
the Company’s condensed financial statements.
Recent
Accounting Standards
Management
does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective
accounting standards, when adopted, will have a material effect on
the accompanying financial statements, other than those disclosed
below.
On
February 25, 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board
(“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-02, Leases
(Topic 842). This update will require organizations that lease
assets to recognize on the balance sheet the assets and liabilities
for the rights and obligations created by those leases. The new
guidance will also require additional disclosures about the amount,
timing and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases. The
provisions of this update are effective for annual and interim
periods beginning after December 15, 2019. The Company has
determined that the adoption of this ASU will not have a material
impact on the Company’s financial position and results of
operations.
In
July 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-10, “Codification Improvements
to Topic, 842, Leases”, which clarifies how to apply certain
aspects of the new leases standard, ASC 842. The amendments address
the rate implicit in the lease, impairment of the net investment in
the lease, lessee reassessment of lease classification, lessor
reassessment of lease term and purchase options, variable payments
that depend on an index or rate and certain transition adjustments,
among other things.
In
July 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-11, “Leases (Topic 842):
Targeted Improvements”, which provides entities with relief from
the costs of implementing certain aspects of the new leasing
standard, ASC 842. Specifically, under the amendments in ASU
2018-11, (1) entities may elect not to recast the comparative
periods presented when transitioning to ASC 842 and (2) lessors may
elect not to separate lease and nonlease components when certain
conditions are met.
Concentration
of Credit Risk
Financial
instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations
of credit risk consist of cash accounts in a financial institution,
which at times, may exceed the Federal depository insurance
coverage of $250,000. The Company has not experienced losses on
these accounts and management believes the Company is not exposed
to significant risks on such accounts. As of September 30, 2020,
the Company did not have greater than $250,000 at any US or
Canadian financial institutions.
Foreign
Currency Risk
From
inception through September 30, 2020, the reporting currency of the
Company is the United States dollar while the functional currency
of the Company is the Canadian dollar. As a result, the Company is
subject to exposure from changes in the exchange rates of the
Canadian dollar and the U.S. dollar.
The
Company has not entered into any financial derivative instruments
that expose it to material market risk, including any instruments
designed to hedge the impact of foreign currency exposures. The
Company may, however, hedge such exposure to foreign currency
exchange fluctuations in the future.
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES WE ARE
OFFERING
We
are offering shares of our common stock and pre-funded warrants to
purchase shares of our common stock. For each pre-funded warrant we
sell, the number of shares of common stock we are offering will be
decreased on a one-for-one basis. We are also registering the
shares of common stock issuable from time to time upon exercise of
the pre-funded warrants offered hereby.
Authorized
Capital Stock
We have authorized 120,000,000 shares of capital stock, of which
100,000,000 are shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share
and 20,000,000 are shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value per
share. On January 12, 2021, there were 11,595,109 shares of common
stock and 1,775,407 shares of our Series B Preferred Stock issued
and outstanding.
Common
Stock
Holders
of common stock are entitled to one vote for each share held on all
matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders. Holders of common
stock has no cumulative voting rights.
Further,
holders of common stock have no preemptive or conversion rights or
other subscription rights. Upon liquidation, dissolution or
winding- up, holders of common stock are entitled to share in all
assets remaining after payment of all liabilities and the
liquidation preferences of any of the outstanding shares of
preferred stock. Subject to preferences that may be applicable to
any outstanding shares of preferred stock, holders of common stock
are entitled to receive dividends, if any, as may be declared from
time to time by the board of directors out of our assets which are
legally available. Such dividends, if any, are payable in cash, in
property or in shares of capital stock.
The
holders of a majority of the shares of the capital stock,
represented at the special meeting or by proxy, are necessary to
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting.
If a quorum is present, an action by stockholders entitled to vote
on a matter is approved if the number of votes cast in favor of the
action exceeds the number of votes cast in opposition to the
action, with the exception of the election of directors, which
requires a plurality of the votes cast.
Our
common stock is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol “ENVB.” The
transfer agent and registrar for our common stock Corporate Stock
Transfer, Inc.
Pre-Funded
Warrants
Duration
and Exercise Price
The
pre-funded warrants offered hereby will have an exercise price of
$0.01 per share. The pre-funded warrants will be immediately
exercisable and may be exercised at any time after their original
issuance until such pre-funded warrants are exercised in full. The
exercise price and number of shares of common stock issuable upon
exercise are subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of
share dividends, share splits, reorganizations or similar events
affecting our shares of common stock.
Exercisability
The
pre-funded warrants will be exercisable, at the option of each
holder, in whole or in part, by delivering to us a duly executed
exercise notice accompanied by payment in full for the number of
shares of our common stock purchased upon such exercise (except in
the case of a cashless exercise as discussed below). A holder
(together with its affiliates) may not exercise any portion of the
pre-funded warrant to the extent that the holder would own more
than 4.99% (or at the election of a holder prior to the date of
issuance, 9.99%) of the outstanding common stock immediately after
exercise; provided, however, that upon notice to us, the holder may
increase or decrease the such beneficial ownership limitation,
provided that in no event shall the beneficial ownership limitation
exceed 9.99% and any increase in the beneficial ownership
limitation will not be effective until 61 days following notice of
such increase from the holder to us.
Cashless
Exercise
At
the time a holder exercises its pre-funded warrants, in lieu of
making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to us
upon such exercise in payment of the aggregate exercise price, the
holder may elect instead to receive upon such exercise (either in
whole or in part) the net number of shares of common stock
determined according to a formula set forth in the pre-funded
warrant.
Fundamental
Transactions
In
the event of a fundamental transaction, as described in the
pre-funded warrants and generally including any reorganization,
recapitalization or reclassification of our common stock, the sale,
transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of our
properties or assets, our consolidation or merger with or into
another person, the acquisition of more than 50% of our outstanding
common stock, or any person or group becoming the beneficial owner
of 50% of the voting power represented by our outstanding common
stock, the holders of the pre-funded warrants will be entitled to
receive upon exercise of the pre-funded warrants the kind and
amount of securities, cash or other property that the holders would
have received had they exercised the pre-funded warrants
immediately prior to such fundamental transaction.
Transferability
Subject
to applicable laws, a pre-funded warrant may be transferred at the
option of the holder upon surrender of the pre-funded warrant to us
together with the appropriate instruments of transfer.
Fractional
Shares
No
fractional shares of common stock will be issued upon the exercise
of the pre-funded warrants. Rather, the number of shares of common
stock to be issued will, at our election, either be rounded up to
the nearest whole number or we will pay a cash adjustment in
respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction
multiplied by the exercise price.
Trading
Market
There
is no established trading market for the pre-funded warrants, and
we do not expect a market to develop. We do not intend to apply for
a listing for the pre-funded warrants on any securities exchange or
other nationally recognized trading system. Without an active
trading market, the liquidity of the pre-funded warrants will be
limited. The common stock issuable upon exercise of the pre-funded
warrants is currently listed on the Nasdaq Capital
Market.
Rights
as a Stockholder
Except
as otherwise provided in the pre-funded warrants or by virtue of
the holders’ ownership of shares of common stock, the holders of
pre-funded warrants do not have the rights or privileges of holders
of our shares of common stock, including any voting rights, until
such pre-funded warrant holders exercise their warrants.
PRIVATE PLACEMENT OF
WARRANTS
In a
concurrent private placement, we are selling to each of the
investors in this offering Warrants to purchase one share of common
stock for every one share of common stock purchased in the offering
by each such investor. The aggregate number of Warrant Shares is
1,666,019. The Warrants will be exercisable at an exercise price of
$4.9519 per share. The exercise price and number of Warrant Shares
will be subject to adjustment in the event of any stock dividend
and split, reverse stock split, recapitalization, reorganization or
similar transaction, as described in the Warrants.
Each
Warrant shall be exercisable immediately upon issuance and have a
term of exercise equal to five years from the date of issuance. A
holder of Warrants will have the right to exercise the Warrants on
a “cashless” basis if there is no effective registration statement
registering the resale of the Warrant Shares after the closing date
of this offering. Subject to limited exceptions, a holder of
Warrants will not have the right to exercise any portion of its
Warrants if the holder, together with its affiliates, would
beneficially own in excess of 4.99% (or 9.99% at the election of
the holder prior to the date of issuance) of the number of shares
of our common stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to
such exercise, provided that the holder may increase or decrease
the beneficial ownership limitation up to 9.99%. Any increase in
the beneficial ownership limitation shall not be effective until 61
days following notice of such change to the Company.
We
also entered into a registration rights agreement, dated January
12, 2021, with each of the investors, pursuant to which, among
other things, we agreed to prepare and file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission a registration statement to register for resale
of all of the Warrant Shares.
Except
as otherwise provided in the Warrants or by virtue of such holder’s
ownership of shares of our common stock, the holders of the
Warrants do not have the rights or privileges of holders of our
common stock, including any voting rights, until they exercise
their Warrants.
The
Warrants and the Warrant Shares are being offered pursuant to the
exemptions provided in Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act and
Rule 506(b) promulgated thereunder, and they are not being offered
pursuant to this prospectus supplement and the accompanying
prospectus.
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
list the Warrants on the Nasdaq Capital Market, any other national
securities exchange or any other nationally recognized trading
system. All purchasers are required to be “accredited investors” as
such term is defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities
Act.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
We are offering 1,610,679 shares of our common stock at an offering
price of $4.5018 per share and Pre-funded Warrants to purchase up
to 610,679 shares of our common stock at an offering price of
$4.4918 in a registered direct offering to investors that are not
affiliated with us. We established the price following negotiations
with prospective investors and with reference to the prevailing
market price of our common stock, recent trends in such price and
other factors.
The
shares of our common stock offered hereby are being sold directly
to purchasers and not through a placement agent, underwriter or
securities broker or dealer.
We estimate the total expenses of
this offering paid or payable by us will be approximately $1
million, which includes an advisory fee of $900,000 paid to
Palladium Capital Advisors, LLC for its services as an advisor in
connection with this offering. After deducting our estimated
expenses in connection with this offering, we expect the net
proceeds from this offering will be approximately $9
million.
We entered into a securities purchase agreement with purchasers
covering the sale of the shares and pre-funded warrants offered
under this prospectus supplement. A copy of the form of securities
purchase agreement between us and the purchasers is included as
Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC
on January 11, 2021, as amended on January 13, 2021. We currently
anticipate that closing of this offering will take place on or
about January 14, 2021.
The
transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Corporate
Stock Transfer, Inc.
Our
shares of common stock are listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market
under the symbol “ENVB.”
LEGAL MATTERS
The
validity of the securities offered by this prospectus supplement
will be passed upon for us by Haynes and Boone, LLP, New York, New
York.
EXPERTS
The
financial statements of Ameri as of and for the years ended
December 31, 2019 and 2018 incorporated by reference into this
prospectus supplement have been audited by RAM Associates, CPA, an
independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their
report appearing herein. Such financial statements are
iincorporated by reference in reliance upon the report of such firm
given upon its authority as experts in accounting and
auditing.
The
financial statements of Jay Pharma as of December 31, 2019 and 2018
and for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2019
incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement have been
audited by Marcum LLP, independent registered public accounting
firm, as set forth in their report thereon, which report includes
an explanatory paragraph relating to substantial doubt about the
ability of Jay Pharma, Inc. to continue as a going concern as
described in Note 1 to the financial statements, and which report
appears herein and elsewhere in this joint proxy statement/
prospectus. Such financial statements are incorporated by reference
in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon its authority
as experts in accounting and auditing.
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 common stock offered by this
prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. This
prospectus supplement, filed as part of the registration statement,
does not contain all the information set forth in the registration
statement and its exhibits and schedules, portions of which have
been omitted as permitted by the rules and regulations of the SEC.
For further information about us, we refer you to the registration
statement and to its exhibits and schedules.
We
file annual, quarterly and current reports and other information
with the SEC. The SEC maintains an internet website at
www.sec.gov that contains periodic and current reports,
proxy and information statements, and other information regarding
registrants that are filed electronically with the SEC.
These
documents are also available, free of charge, through the Investors
section of our website, which is located at
https://enveric.com/. Information contained on our website
is not incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement or
the accompanying prospectus and you should not consider information
on our website to be part of this prospectus supplement or the
accompanying prospectus.
INCORPORATION BY
REFERENCE
The
SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” information that we
file with it. Incorporation by reference allows us to disclose
important information to you by referring you to those other
documents. The information incorporated by reference is an
important part of this prospectus supplement and the accompanying
prospectus, and information that we file later with the SEC will
automatically update and supersede this information. We filed a
registration statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, with the SEC with respect to the securities being
offered pursuant to this prospectus supplement and the accompanying
prospectus. This prospectus supplement and the accompanying
prospectus omit certain information contained in the registration
statement, as permitted by the SEC. You should refer to the
registration statement, including the exhibits thereto, for further
information about us and the securities being offered pursuant to
this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus.
Statements in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying
prospectus regarding the provisions of certain documents filed
with, or incorporated by reference in, the registration statement
are not necessarily complete and each statement is qualified in all
respects by that reference. Copies of all or any part of the
registration statement, including the documents incorporated by
reference or the exhibits, may be obtained upon payment of the
prescribed rates at the offices of the SEC listed above in “Where
You Can Find More Information.” The documents we are incorporating
by reference are:
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Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 13, 2020, March 4, 2020, May 6, 2020, June 1, 2020, June 4, 2020, August 3, 2020, August 12, 2020,
September 11, 2020, as amended by Form 8-K/A filed with the SEC
on September 16, 2020, December 15, 2020, December 18, 2020, December 29, 2020, January 6, 2021, January 6, 2021, as amended by
Form 8-K/A filed with the SEC on January 11, 2021, and January 12, 2021, as amended by
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following sections from the Form S-4: “Risk Factors,” “Management
of the Resulting Issuer,” “Information About Jay Pharma,”
“Information About Ameri—Legal Proceedings,” “Principal
Stockholders of Jay Pharma and the Resulting Issuer,” “Principal
Stockholders of Ameri and the Resulting Issuer”, “Related Party
Transactions” and “Description of Ameri Capital Stock;”
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In
addition, all documents (other than current reports furnished under
Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits filed in such forms
that are related to such items unless such Form 8-K expressly
provides to the contrary) subsequently filed by us pursuant to
Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, before the date our offering is terminated or
completed are deemed to be incorporated by reference into, and to
be a part of, this prospectus supplement and the accompanying
prospectus.
Any
statement contained in this prospectus supplement and the
accompanying prospectus, or any free writing prospectus provided in
connection with this offering or in a document incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated by reference into this prospectus
supplement and the accompanying prospectus will be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus supplement
and the accompanying prospectus to the extent that a statement
contained in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying
prospectus, or any free writing prospectus provided in connection
with this offering or any other subsequently filed document that is
deemed to be incorporated by reference into this prospectus
supplement and the accompanying prospectus modifies or supersedes
the statement. Any statement so modified or superseded will not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part
of this prospectus supplement and the accompanying
prospectus.
Upon
written or oral request, we will provide you without charge, a copy
of any or all of the documents incorporated by reference, other
than exhibits to those documents unless the exhibits are
specifically incorporated by reference in the documents. Please
send requests to Enveric Biosciences, Inc., 4851 Tamiami Trail N,
Suite 200, Naples, Florida 34103, Attention: John Van Buiten. You
should rely only on information contained in, or incorporated by
reference into, this prospectus supplement and the accompanying
prospectus or any free writing prospectus provided in connection
with this offering. We have not authorized anyone to provide you
with information different from that contained in this prospectus
supplement and the accompanying prospectus or any free writing
prospectus provided in connection with this offering or
incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the
accompanying prospectus. We are not making offers to sell the
securities in any jurisdiction in which such an offer or
solicitation is not authorized or to anyone to whom it is unlawful
to make such offer or solicitation.
AMERI
Holdings, Inc.
Common
Stock
Preferred
Stock
Debt
Securities
Warrants
Units
We may offer and sell, from time to
time in one or more offerings, any combination of common stock,
preferred stock, debt securities, warrants to purchase common
stock, preferred stock or debt securities, or any combination of
the foregoing, either individually or as units comprised of one or
more of the other securities, having an aggregate initial offering
price not exceeding $25,000,000.
This prospectus provides a general
description of the securities we may offer. Each time we sell
a particular class or series of securities, we will provide
specific terms of the securities offered in a supplement to this
prospectus. The prospectus supplement and any related free
writing prospectus may also add, update or change information
contained in this prospectus. We may also authorize one or more
free writing prospectuses to be provided to you in connection with
these offerings. You should read carefully this prospectus, the
applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing
prospectus, as well as any documents incorporated by reference
herein or therein before you invest in any of our securities.
The specific terms of any
securities to be offered, and the specific manner in which they may
be offered, will be described in one or more supplements to this
prospectus. This prospectus may not be used to consummate sales of
any of these securities unless it is accompanied by a prospectus
supplement. Before investing, you should carefully read this
prospectus and any related prospectus supplement.
Our common stock is presently
listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “AMRH.”
On August 12, 2019, the last reported sale price of our common
stock was $0.3234 per share. The applicable prospectus
supplement will contain information, where applicable, as to any
other listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market or any securities market
or other exchange of the securities, if any, covered by the
prospectus supplement. Prospective purchasers of our
securities are urged to obtain current information as to the market
prices of our securities, where applicable.
These securities may be sold
directly by us, through dealers or agents designated from time to
time, to or through underwriters, dealers, or through a combination
of these methods on a continuous or delayed basis. See
“Plan of Distribution” in
this prospectus. We may also describe the plan of distribution for
any particular offering of our securities in a prospectus
supplement. If any agents, underwriters or dealers are involved in
the sale of any securities in respect of which this prospectus is
being delivered, we will disclose their names and the nature of our
arrangements with them in a prospectus supplement. The price to the
public of such securities and the net proceeds we expect to receive
from any such sale will also be included in a prospectus
supplement.
The aggregate market value of our
outstanding common stock held by non-affiliates was approximately
$17,887,017 which was calculated based on 45,982,047 shares of
outstanding common stock held by non-affiliates as of August 9,
2019, and a price per share of $0.389, the closing price of our
common stock on June 17, 2019. Pursuant to General Instruction
I.B.6 of Form S-3, in no event will we sell securities pursuant to
this registration statement with a value more than one-third of the
aggregate market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates
in any 12-month period, so long as the aggregate market value of
our common stock held by non-affiliates is less than $75.0 million.
In the event that subsequent to the effective date of this
registration statement, the aggregate market value of our
outstanding common stock held by non-affiliates equals or exceeds
$75.0 million, then the one-third limitation on sales shall not
apply to additional sales made pursuant to this registration
statement. We have sold no securities pursuant to General
Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3 during the 12 calendar months prior
to, and including, the date of this registration statement.
Investing in our
securities involves various risks. See “Risk Factors” contained herein for
more information on these risks. Additional risks will be described
in the related prospectus supplements under the heading
“Risk Factors.” You should
review that section of the related prospectus supplements for a
discussion of matters that investors in our securities should
consider.
Neither the U.S.
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 or any
accompanying prospectus supplement. Any representation to the
contrary is a criminal offense.
The date of this prospectus is
November 19, 2019.
This prospectus is part of a
registration statement that we filed with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, or SEC, using a “shelf” registration process.
Under this shelf registration statement, we may sell from time to
time in one or more offerings of common stock and preferred stock,
various series of debt securities and/or warrants to purchase any
of such securities, either individually or as units comprised of a
combination of one or more of the other securities in one or more
offerings up to a total dollar amount of $25,000,000. This
prospectus provides you with a general description of the
securities we may offer. Each time we sell any type or series of
securities under this prospectus, we will provide a prospectus
supplement that will contain more specific information about the
terms of that offering.
This prospectus does not contain
all of the information included in the registration statement. For
a more complete understanding of the offering of the securities,
you should refer to the registration statement, including its
exhibits. We may add, update or change in a prospectus
supplement or free writing prospectus any of the information
contained in this prospectus or in the documents we have
incorporated by reference into this prospectus. We may also
authorize one or more free writing prospectuses to be provided to
you that may contain material information relating to these
offerings. This prospectus, together with the applicable prospectus
supplement, any related free writing prospectus and the documents
incorporated by reference into this prospectus and the applicable
prospectus supplement, will include all material information
relating to the applicable offering. You should carefully read both
this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement and any
related free writing prospectus, together with the additional
information described under “Where You Can Find More Information,”
before buying any of the securities being offered.
We have not authorized any dealer,
agent or other person to give any information or to make any
representation other than those contained or incorporated by
reference in this prospectus, any accompanying prospectus
supplement or any related free writing prospectus that we may
authorize to be provided to you. You must not rely upon any
information or representation not contained or incorporated by
reference in this prospectus or an accompanying prospectus
supplement, or any related free writing prospectus that we may
authorize to be provided to you. This prospectus, the accompanying
prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, if
any, do not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an
offer to buy any securities other than the registered securities to
which they relate, nor do this prospectus, the accompanying
prospectus supplement or any related free writing prospectus, if
any, constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to
buy securities in any jurisdiction to any person to whom it is
unlawful to make such offer or solicitation in such jurisdiction.
You should not assume that the information contained in this
prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement or any related
free writing prospectus is accurate on any date subsequent to the
date set forth on the front of the document or that any information
we have incorporated by reference is correct on any date subsequent
to the date of the document incorporated by reference (as our
business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects
may have changed since that date), even though this prospectus, any
applicable prospectus supplement or any related free writing
prospectus is delivered or securities are sold on a later
date.
We further note that the
representations, warranties and covenants made by us in any
agreement that is filed as an exhibit to any document that is
incorporated by reference in this prospectus were made solely for
the benefit of the 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 of the 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 may not be used to
consummate sales of our securities, unless it is accompanied by a
prospectus supplement. To the extent there are inconsistencies
between any prospectus supplement, this prospectus and any
documents incorporated by reference, the document with the most
recent date will control.
As permitted by the rules and
regulations of the SEC, the registration statement, of which this
prospectus forms a part, includes additional information not
contained in this prospectus. You may read the registration
statement and the other reports we file with the SEC at the SEC’s
web site or at the SEC’s offices described below under the heading
“Where You Can Find Additional
Information.”
Company References
In this prospectus “the Company,”
“we,” “us,” and “our” refer to AMERI Holdings Inc., and its
subsidiaries together, unless the context indicates
otherwise.
SUMMARY
We
specialize in delivering SAP cloud, digital and enterprise services
to clients worldwide. SAP is a leader in providing enterprise
resource planning (“ERP”) software and technologies to enterprise
customers worldwide. We deliver a wide range of solutions and
services across multiple domains and industries. Our services
center around SAP and include technology consulting, business
intelligence, cloud services, application development/integration
and maintenance, implementation services, infrastructure services,
and independent validation services, all of which can be delivered
as a set of managed services or on an on-demand service basis, or a
combination of both.
Our
SAP focus allows us to provide technological solutions to a broad
base of clients. We are headquartered in Suwanee, Georgia, and have
offices across the United States, which are supported by offices in
India and Canada. Our model inverts the conventional global
delivery model wherein offshore information technology (“IT”)
service providers are based abroad and maintain a minimal presence
in the United States. With a strong SAP focus, our client
partnerships anchor around SAP cloud and digital services. In 2018,
we signed a strategic partnership agreement with Google Cloud to
offer SAP S/4 HANA (a next generation enterprise system) migration
services. This partnership will allow us to offer our clients a
broader spectrum of services.
Our
primary business objective is to provide our clients with a
competitive advantage by enhancing their business capabilities and
technologies with our expanding consulting services portfolio. Our
strategic acquisitions allow us to bring global service delivery,
SAP S/4 HANA, SAP Business Intelligence, SAP Success Factors, SAP
Hybris and high-end SAP consulting capabilities to a broader
geographic market and customer base. We continue to leverage our
growing geographical footprint and technical expertise to
simultaneously expand our service and product offering. Our goal is
to identify business synergies that will allow us to bring new
services and products from one subsidiary to customers at our other
subsidiaries. While we generate revenues from the consulting
businesses of each of our acquired subsidiaries, we believe that
additional revenues will be generated through new business
relationships and services developed through our business
combinations.
We were
incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware in February
1994 as Spatializer Audio Laboratories, Inc., which was a shell
company immediately prior to our completion of a “reverse merger”
transaction on May 26, 2015, in which we caused Ameri100
Acquisition, Inc., a Delaware corporation and our newly created,
wholly owned subsidiary, to be merged with and into Ameri and
Partners Inc. (“Ameri and Partners”), a Delaware corporation (the
“Merger”). As a result of the Merger, Ameri and Partners became our
wholly owned subsidiary with Ameri and Partners’ former
stockholders acquiring a majority of the outstanding shares of our
common stock. The Merger was consummated under Delaware law,
pursuant to an Agreement of Merger and Plan of Reorganization,
dated as of May 26, 2015 (the “Merger Agreement”), and in
connection with the Merger we changed our name to AMERI Holdings,
Inc. and do business under the brand name “Ameri100”.
Ameri
Holdings, Inc., along with its eleven subsidiaries, Ameri and
Partners, Ameri Consulting Service Private Ltd., Ameri100 Georgia
Inc. (“Ameri Georgia”), Bellsoft India Solutions Private Ltd.,
Ameri100 Canada Inc. (formerly BSI Global IT Solutions Inc.),
Linear Logics, Corp., Ameri100 Virtuoso Inc. (“Virtuoso”), Ameri100
Arizona LLC (“Ameri Arizona”), Bigtech Software Private Limited
(“Bigtech”), Ameri100 California Inc. (“Ameri California) and
Ameritas Technologies India Private Limited, provides SAP cloud,
digital and enterprise services to clients worldwide.
We
operate in an intensely competitive IT outsourcing services
industry, which competes on quality, service and costs.
Though we are able to differentiate our company on all of these
axes, our India-based capabilities ensure that labor arbitrage is
our fundamental differentiator. Most offshore IT services providers
have undertaken a “forward integration” to boost their capabilities
and presence in their client geographies (large offshore presence
with a small local presence). Conversely, large U.S. system
integrators focus on “backward integration” to scale and boost
their offshore narrative (offshore being the “back office” for the
local operations). Today, the IT services industry is marked
by the following characteristics:
The SAP
Industry
SAP as an
ERP and Cloud product has become an industry by itself. The core
SAP enterprise offering has been reinforced with cloud-based
products that make the entire SAP ecosystem extremely attractive
from our perspective due to the following attributes:
Our Approach
Our solutions deliver significant
business efficiency outcomes through turnkey projects, consulting
and offshore services. We believe that our strategic service
portfolio, deep industry experience and strong global talent pool
offer a compelling proposition to clients. In 2017 we acquired ATCG
Technology Solutions, Inc., which has become our wholly-owned
subsidiary Ameri California. In 2016, we acquired three
companies: Virtuoso, L.L.C. and
DC&M Partners, L.L.C.in the U.S. (now Virtuoso and Ameri
Arizona, respectively) and Bigtech in India. These strategic
acquisitions have brought offshore delivery, SAP S/4 HANA, SAP
SuccessFactors, SAP Hybris and high-end SAP consulting capabilities
to our service portfolio.
Our Portfolio of
Service Offerings
Our portfolio of service offerings expanded significantly
since 2016 with our acquisitions of Ameri Georgia, Ameri Arizona,
Ameri California, Virtuoso and Bigtech.
Our
current portfolio of services is divided into three
categories:
Cloud Services
An
increasing trend in the IT services market is the adoption of cloud
services. Historically, clients have resorted to on-premise
software solutions, which required capital investments in
infrastructure and data centers. Cloud services enable clients to
build and host their applications at much lower costs. Our
services offerings leverage the low cost and flexibility of cloud
computing.
We have
expertise in deploying SAP’s public, private and hybrid cloud
services, as well as SAP S/4 HANA, SAP SuccessFactors and SAP
Hybris cloud migration services. Our teams are experienced in the
rapid delivery of cloud services. We perform SAP application and
cloud support and SAP cloud development. Additionally, we provide
cloud automation solutions that focus on business objectives and
organizational growth.
Digital Services
We have
developed several cutting-edge mobile solutions, including Simple
Advance Planning and Optimization (“APO”) and SAP IBP/S&OP
Mobile Analytics App. The Simple APO mobile application (app)
provides sales professionals with real-time collaboration
capabilities and customer data, on their mobile devices. It
increases the efficiency of the sales process and the accuracy of
customer needs forecasting. The SAP IBP mobile app enables the
real-time management and analysis of sales and operations planning
(S&OP) related data from mobile devices. SAP is an
implementation partner for this app. SAP has recognized the app’s
value to the ecosystem, as S&OP apps are complex and difficult
to design.
We are
also active in robotic process automation (“RPA”), which leverages
the capability of artificially intelligent software agents for
business process automation. We have expertise in automating
disparate and redundant data entry tasks by configuring software
robots that seamlessly integrate with existing software systems. We
also provide RPA solutions for reporting and analysis and deliver
insights into business functions by translating large data into
structured reports. Lastly, we have a working partnership with Blue
Prism, a leading RPA solutions provider, which makes it possible
for us to automate up to one-third of all standard back-office
operations.
Enterprise Services
We
design, implement and manage Business Intelligence (“BI”) and
analytics solutions. BI helps our clients navigate the market
better by identifying new trends and by targeting top-selling
products. We also enable clients to use BI for generating instant
financial reports and analytics of customer, product and cost
information over time. In addition, we provide solutions for
metadata repository, master data management and data quality.
Finally, we determine BI demands across various platforms.
Other key
enterprise services that we offer include consulting services for
global and regional SAP implementations, SAP/IT solution advisory
and architectural services, project management services, IT/ERP
strategy and vendor selection services. Often clients have
relied on us to deliver services in non-SAP packages, as
well.
Strategy
The
integration of each of our acquisitions into our business
enterprise requires establishing our company’s standard operating
procedures at each acquired entity, seamlessly transitioning each
acquired entity’s branding to the “Ameri100” brand and assessing
any necessity to transition account management. The integration
process also requires us to evaluate any product-line expansions
made possible by the acquired entity and how to bring new product
lines to the broader customer base of the entire Company. With the
integration of each acquisition, we face challenges of maintaining
cross-company visibility and cooperation, creating a cohesive
corporate culture, handling unexpected customer reactions and
changes and aligning the interests of the acquired entity’s
leadership with the interests of the Company.
Sales and
Marketing
We
combine traditional sales with our strength in industries and
technology. Our sales function is composed of direct sales and
inside sales professionals. Both work closely with our solutions
directors to identify potential opportunities within each account.
We currently have over 100+ active clients. Using a consultative
selling methodology (working with clients to prescribe a solution
that suits their need in terms of efficiency, cost and timelines),
target prospects are identified and a pursuit plan is developed for
each key account. We utilize a blended sales model that combines
consultative selling with traditional sales methods. Once the
customer has engaged us, the sales, solutions and marketing teams
monitor and manage the relationship with the help of customer
relationship management software.
Our
marketing strategy is to build a strong, sustainable brand image
for our company, position us in the SAP arena and facilitate
business opportunities. We use a variety of marketing programs
across traditional and social channels to target our prospective
and current customers, including webinars, targeted email
campaigns, co-sponsoring customer events with SAP to create
customer and prospect awareness, search engine marketing and
advertising to drive traffic to our web properties, and website
development to engage and educate prospects and generate interest
through white papers, case studies and marketing collateral.
Revenues
and Customers
We
generate revenue primarily through consulting services performed in
the fulfillment of written service contracts. The service contracts
we enter into generally fall into two categories: (1)
time-and-materials contracts and (2) fixed-price contracts.
When a
customer enters into a time-and-materials or fixed-price, (or a
periodic retainer-based) contract, we recognize revenue in
accordance with an evaluation of the deliverables in each contract.
If the deliverables represent separate units of accounting, we then
measure and allocate the consideration from the arrangement to the
separate units, based on vendor-specific objective evidence of the
value for each deliverable.
The
revenue under time-and-materials contracts is recognized as
services are rendered and performed at contractually agreed upon
rates. Revenue pursuant to fixed-price contracts is recognized
under the proportional performance method of accounting. We
routinely evaluate whether revenue and profitability should be
recognized in the current period. We estimate the proportional
performance on our fixed-price contracts on a monthly basis
utilizing hours incurred to date as a percentage of total estimated
hours to complete the project.
For the
twelve months ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, sales
to five major customers accounted for approximately 39% and 43% of
our total revenue, respectively.
Technology Research
and Development
We regard
our services and solutions and related software products as
proprietary. We rely primarily on a combination of copyright,
trademark and trade secret laws of general applicability, employee
confidentiality and invention assignment agreements, distribution
and software protection agreements and other intellectual property
protection methods to safeguard our technology and software
products. We have not applied for patents on any of our technology.
We also rely upon our efforts to design and produce new
applications and upon improvements to existing software products to
maintain a competitive position in the marketplace.
We did
not make any material expenditures on research or development
activities for the twelve months ended December 31, 2018 and
December 31, 2017.
Strategic
Alliances
Through
our Lean Enterprise Architecture Partnership (“LEAP”) methodology,
we have strategic alliances with technology specialists who perform
services on an as-needed basis for clients. We partner with niche
specialty firms globally to obtain specialized resources to meet
client needs. Our business partners include executive recruiters,
staffing firms and niche technology companies. The terms of each
strategic alliance arrangement depend on the nature of the
particular partnership. Such alliance arrangements typically set
forth deliverables, scope of the services to be delivered, costs of
services and terms and conditions of payment (generally 45 to 90
days for payment to be made). Each alliance arrangement also
typically includes terms for indemnification of our company,
non-solicitation of each partner’s employees by the other partner
and dispute resolution by arbitration.
Alliances
and partnerships broaden our offerings and make us a one-stop
solution for clients. Our team constantly produces services that
complement our portfolio and build strategic partnerships. Our
partner companies range from digital marketing strategy consulting
firms to large infrastructure players.
On any
given project we evaluate a client’s needs and make our best effort
to meet them with our full-time specialists. However, in certain
circumstances, we may need to go outside the Company, and in this
case we approach our strategic partners to tap into their pools of
technology specialists. Project teams are usually composed of a mix
of our full time employees and outside technology specialists.
Occasionally, a project team may consist of a Company manager and a
few outside technology specialists. While final accountability for
any of our projects rests with the Company, the outside technology
specialists are incentivized to successfully complete a project
with project completion payments that are in addition to hourly
billing rates we pay the outside technology specialists.
Competition
The large
number of competitors and the speed of technology change make IT
services and outsourcing a challenging business. Competitors in
this market include systems integration firms, contract programming
companies, application software companies, traditional large
consulting firms, professional services groups of computer
equipment companies and facilities management and outsourcing
companies. Examples of our competitors in the IT services industry
include Accenture, Cartesian Inc., Cognizant, Hexaware Technologies
Limited, Infosys Technologies Limited, Mindtree Limited, RCM
Technologies Inc., Tata Consultancy Services Limited, Virtusa, Inc.
and Wipro Limited.
We
believe that the principal factors for success in the IT services
and outsourcing market include performance and reliability; quality
of technical support, training and services; responsiveness to
customer needs; reputation and experience; financial stability and
strong corporate governance; and competitive pricing.
Some of
our competitors have significantly greater financial, technical and
marketing resources and/or greater name recognition, but we believe
we are well positioned to capitalize on the following competitive
strengths to achieve future growth:
The Securities We May Offer
We may offer shares of our common
stock and preferred stock, various series of debt securities and
warrants to purchase any of such securities, either individually or
in units, from time to time under this prospectus, together with
any applicable prospectus supplement and related free writing
prospectus, at prices and on terms to be determined by market
conditions at the time of offering. If we issue any debt securities
at a discount from their original stated principal amount, then,
for purposes of calculating the total dollar amount of all
securities issued under this prospectus, we will treat the initial
offering price of the debt securities as the total original
principal amount of the debt securities. Each time we offer
securities under this prospectus, we will provide offerees with a
prospectus supplement that will describe the specific amounts,
prices and other important terms of the securities being offered,
including, to the extent applicable:
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A prospectus supplement and any
related free writing prospectus that we may authorize to be
provided to you may also add, update, or change information
contained in this prospectus or in documents we have incorporated
by reference. However, no prospectus supplement or free writing
prospectus will offer a security that is not registered and
described in this prospectus at the time of the effectiveness of
the registration statement of which this prospectus is a
part.
We may sell the securities to or
through underwriters, dealers or agents or directly to purchasers.
We, as well as any agents acting on our behalf, reserve the sole
right to accept and to reject in whole or in part any proposed
purchase of securities. Each prospectus supplement will set forth
the names of any underwriters, dealers or agents involved in the
sale of securities described in that prospectus supplement and any
applicable fee, commission or discount arrangements with them,
details regarding any over-allotment option granted to them, and
net proceeds to us. The following is a summary of the securities we
may offer with this prospectus.
Common Stock
We currently have authorized
100,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share. As
of August 9, 2019, 52,417,688 shares of common stock were issued
and outstanding. We may offer shares of our common stock
either alone or underlying other registered securities convertible
into or exercisable for our common stock. Holders of our common
stock are entitled to such dividends as our board of directors (the
“Board of Directors” or “Board”) may declare from time to time out
of legally available funds, subject to the preferential rights of
the holders of any shares of our preferred stock that are
outstanding or that we may issue in the future. Currently, we do
not pay any dividends on our common stock. Each holder of our
common stock is entitled to one vote per share. In this prospectus,
we provide a general description of, among other things, the rights
and restrictions that apply to holders of our common stock.
Preferred Stock
We currently have authorized
1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01. 700,000
shares are designated as Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, of
which 424,938 shares are outstanding as of August 9, 2019. Any
authorized and undesignated shares of preferred stock may be issued
from time to time in one or more additional series pursuant to a
resolution or resolutions providing for such issue duly adopted by
our Board of Directors (authority to do so being hereby expressly
vested in the Board of Directors). The Board of Directors is
further authorized, subject to limitations prescribed by law, to
fix by resolution or resolutions the designations, powers,
preferences and rights, and the qualifications, limitations or
restrictions thereof, of any wholly unissued series of preferred
stock, including without limitation authority to fix by resolution
or resolutions the dividend rights, dividend rate, conversion
rights, voting rights, rights and terms of redemption (including
sinking fund provisions), redemption price or prices, and
liquidation preferences of any such series, and the number of
shares constituting any such series and the designation thereof, or
any of the foregoing.
The rights, preferences,
privileges, and restrictions granted to or imposed upon any series
of preferred stock that we offer and sell under this prospectus and
applicable prospectus supplements will be set forth in a
certificate of designation relating to the series. We will
incorporate by reference into the registration statement of which
this prospectus is a part the form of any certificate of
designation that describes the terms of the series of preferred
stock we are offering before the issuance of shares of that series
of preferred stock. You should read any prospectus supplement and
any free writing prospectus that we may authorize to be provided to
you related to the series of preferred stock being offered, as well
as the complete certificate of designation that contains the terms
of the applicable series of preferred stock.
Debt Securities
We may offer general debt
obligations, which may be secured or unsecured, senior or
subordinated, and convertible into shares of our common stock. In
this prospectus, we refer to the senior debt securities and the
subordinated debt securities together as the “debt securities.” We
may issue debt securities under a note purchase agreement or under
an indenture to be entered between us and a trustee and forms of
the senior and subordinated indentures are included as an exhibit
to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.
The indentures do not limit the amount of securities that may be
issued under it and provides that debt securities may be issued in
one or more series. The senior debt securities will have the same
rank as all of our other indebtedness that is not subordinated. The
subordinated debt securities will be subordinated to our senior
debt on terms set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. In
addition, the subordinated debt securities will be effectively
subordinated to creditors and preferred stockholders of our
subsidiaries. Our Board of Directors will determine the terms of
each series of debt securities being offered. This prospectus
contains only general terms and provisions of the debt securities.
The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the particular
terms of the debt securities offered thereby. You should read any
prospectus supplement and any free writing prospectus that we may
authorize to be provided to you related to the series of debt
securities being offered, as well as the complete note agreements
and/or indentures that contain the terms of the debt securities.
Forms of indentures have been filed as exhibits to the registration
statement of which this prospectus is a part, and supplemental
indentures and forms of debt securities containing the terms of
debt securities being offered will be incorporated by reference
into the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part
from reports we file with the SEC.
Warrants
We may offer warrants for the
purchase of shares of our common stock or preferred stock or of
debt securities. We may issue the warrants by themselves or
together with common stock, preferred stock or debt securities, and
the warrants may be attached to or separate from any offered
securities. Any warrants issued under this prospectus may be
evidenced by warrant certificates. Warrants may be issued
under a separate warrant agreement to be entered into between us
and the investors or a warrant agent. Our Board of Directors will
determine the terms of the warrants. This prospectus contains only
general terms and provisions of the warrants. The applicable
prospectus supplement will describe the particular terms of the
warrants being offered thereby. You should read any prospectus
supplement and any free writing prospectus that we may authorize to
be provided to you related to the series of warrants being offered,
as well as the complete warrant agreements that contain the terms
of the warrants. Specific warrant agreements will contain
additional important terms and provisions and will be incorporated
by reference into the registration statement of which this
prospectus is a part from reports we file with the SEC.
Units
We may offer units consisting of
our common stock or preferred stock, debt securities and/or
warrants to purchase any of these securities in one or more series.
We may evidence each series of units by unit certificates that we
will issue under a separate agreement. We may enter into unit
agreements with a unit agent. Each unit agent will be a bank or
trust company that we select. We will indicate the name and address
of the unit agent in the applicable prospectus supplement relating
to a particular series of units. This prospectus contains only a
summary of certain general features of the units. The applicable
prospectus supplement will describe the particular features of the
units being offered thereby. You should read any prospectus
supplement and any free writing prospectus that we may authorize to
be provided to you related to the series of units being offered, as
well as the complete unit agreements that contain the terms of the
units. Specific unit agreements will contain additional important
terms and provisions and will be incorporated by reference into the
registration statement of which this prospectus is a part from
reports we file with the SEC.
An investment in our securities
involves a high degree of risk. This prospectus contains, and the
prospectus supplement applicable to each offering of our securities
will contain, a discussion of the risks applicable to an investment
in our securities. Prior to making a decision about investing in
our securities, you should carefully consider the specific factors
discussed under the heading “Risk
Factors” in this prospectus and the applicable prospectus
supplement, together with all of the other information contained or
incorporated by reference in the prospectus supplement or appearing
or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. You should also
consider the risks, uncertainties and assumptions discussed under
Item 1A, “Risk Factors,”
in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2018, as amended, and any updates described in our
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, all of which are incorporated
herein by reference, and may be amended, supplemented or superseded
from time to time by other reports we file with the SEC in the
future and any prospectus supplement related to a particular
offering. The risks and uncertainties we have described are not the
only ones we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently
known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also affect
our operations. The occurrence of any of these known or unknown
risks might cause you to lose all or part of your investment in the
offered securities.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus and any
accompanying prospectus supplement, including the documents that we
incorporate by reference, contains forward-looking statements
within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Any
statements in this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus
supplement about our expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives,
assumptions or future events or performance are not historical
facts and are forward-looking statements. These statements are
often, but not always, made through the use of words or phrases
such as “believe,” “will,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,”
“intend,” “plan,” and “would.” For example, statements concerning
financial condition, possible or assumed future results of
operations, growth opportunities, industry ranking, plans and
objectives of management, markets for our common stock and future
management and organizational structure are all forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of
performance. They involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties
and assumptions that may cause actual results, levels of activity,
performance or achievements to differ materially from any results,
levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or
implied by any forward-looking statement.
You should read this prospectus and
any accompanying prospectus supplement and the documents that we
reference herein and therein and have filed as exhibits to the
registration statement, of which this prospectus is part,
completely and with the understanding that our actual future
results may be materially different from what we expect. You
should assume that the information appearing in this prospectus and
any accompanying prospectus supplement is accurate as of the date
on the front cover of this prospectus or such prospectus supplement
only. Because the risk factors referred to in this prospectus
and incorporated herein by reference could cause actual results or
outcomes to differ materially from those expressed in any
forward-looking statements made by us or on our behalf, you should
not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements.
Further, any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date
on which it is made, and we undertake no obligation to update any
forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after
the date on which the statement is made or to reflect the
occurrence of unanticipated events. New factors emerge from
time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict which
factors will arise. In addition, we cannot assess the impact
of each factor on our business or the extent to which any factor,
or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ
materially from those contained in any forward-looking
statements. We qualify all of the information presented in
this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement, and
particularly our forward-looking statements, by these cautionary
statements.
Except as described in any
prospectus supplement and any free writing prospectus in connection
with a specific offering, we currently intend to use the net
proceeds from the sale of the securities offered under this
prospectus for general corporate purposes, including the
development and commercialization of our products, research and
development, general and administrative expenses, license or
technology acquisitions, and working capital and capital
expenditures. We may also use the net proceeds to repay any debts
and/or invest in or acquire complementary businesses, products, or
technologies, although we have no current commitments or agreements
with respect to any such investments or acquisitions as of the date
of this prospectus. We have not determined the amount of net
proceeds to be used specifically for the foregoing purposes. As a
result, our management will have broad discretion in the allocation
of the net proceeds and investors will be relying on the judgment
of our management regarding the application of the proceeds of any
sale of the securities. Pending use of the net proceeds, we intend
to invest the proceeds in short-term, investment-grade,
interest-bearing instruments.
Each time we offer securities under
this prospectus, we will describe the intended use of the net
proceeds from that offering in the applicable prospectus
supplement. The actual amount of net proceeds we spend on a
particular use will depend on many factors, including, our future
capital expenditures, the amount of cash required by our
operations, and our future revenue growth, if any. Therefore, we
will retain broad discretion in the use of the net proceeds.
DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
General
The following description of our
capital stock, together with any additional information we include
in any applicable prospectus supplement or any related free writing
prospectus, summarizes the material terms and provisions of our
common stock and the preferred stock that we may offer under this
prospectus. While the terms we have summarized below will apply
generally to any future common stock or preferred stock that we may
offer, we will describe the particular terms of any class or series
of these securities in more detail in the applicable prospectus
supplement. For the complete terms of our common stock and
preferred stock, please refer to our amended and restated
certificate of incorporation, as amended and our bylaws that are
incorporated by reference into the registration statement of which
this prospectus is a part or may be incorporated by reference in
this prospectus or any applicable prospectus supplement. The terms
of these securities may also be affected by Delaware General
Corporation Law (the “DGCL”). The summary below and that contained
in any applicable prospectus supplement or any related free writing
prospectus are qualified in their entirety by reference to our
amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, and
our bylaws.
As of the date of this prospectus,
our authorized capital stock consisted of 100,000,000 shares of
common stock, $0.01 par value per share, and 1,000,000 shares of
preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share. Our Board may establish
the rights and preferences of the preferred stock from time to
time.
Common Stock
We are authorized to issue up to a
total of 100,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per
share. Holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote for
each share held on all matters submitted to a vote of our
stockholders. Holders of our common stock have no cumulative voting
rights. All shares of common stock offered hereby will, when
issued, be fully paid and nonassessable, including shares of common
stock issued upon the exercise of common stock warrants or
subscription rights, if any.
Further, holders of our common
stock have no preemptive or conversion rights or other subscription
rights. Upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding- up, holders
of our common stock are entitled to share in all assets remaining
after payment of all liabilities and the liquidation preferences of
any of our outstanding shares of preferred stock. Subject to
preferences that may be applicable to any outstanding shares of
preferred stock, holders of our common stock are entitled to
receive dividends, if any, as may be declared from time to time by
our Board of Directors out of our assets which are legally
available. Such dividends, if any, are payable in cash, in property
or in shares of capital stock.
The holders of a majority of the
shares of our capital stock, represented in person or by proxy, are
necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at
any meeting. If a quorum is present, an action by stockholders
entitled to vote on a matter is approved if the number of votes
cast in favor of the action exceeds the number of votes cast in
opposition to the action, with the exception of the election of
directors, which requires a plurality of the votes cast.
Preferred Stock
Our board of directors has the
authority, without further action by the stockholders, to issue up
to 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock in one or more series and to
fix the designations, powers, preferences, privileges, and relative
participating, optional, or special rights as well as the
qualifications, limitations, or restrictions of the preferred
stock, including dividend rights, conversion rights, voting rights,
terms of redemption, and liquidation preferences, any or all of
which may be greater than the rights of the common stock. Our board
of directors, without stockholder approval, can issue convertible
preferred stock with voting, conversion, or other rights that could
adversely affect the voting power and other rights of the holders
of common stock. Preferred stock could be issued quickly with terms
calculated to delay or prevent a change of control or make removal
of management more difficult. Additionally, the issuance of
preferred stock may have the effect of decreasing the market price
of our common stock, and may adversely affect the voting and other
rights of the holders of common stock. At present, we have no plans
to issue any shares of preferred stock following this
offering.
Anti-Takeover Effects of Certain
Provisions of our Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws and the
DGCL
Pursuant to our
Certificate of Incorporation, we are not subject to the provisions
of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law regulating
corporate takeovers through a “business combination” with a
stockholder who owns 15% or more of our outstanding voting stock
(otherwise known as an “interested stockholder”).
Listing
Our common stock is listed on
The Nasdaq Capital Market under the trading symbol “AMRH.”
Transfer Agent
and Registrar
The Transfer Agent and Registrar
for our common stock is Corporate Stock Transfer, Inc.
DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
The following description, together
with the additional information we include in any applicable
prospectus supplements or free writing prospectuses, summarizes the
material terms and provisions of the debt securities that we may
offer under this prospectus. We may issue debt securities, in one
or more series, as either senior or subordinated debt or as senior
or subordinated convertible debt. While the terms we have
summarized below will apply generally to any future debt securities
we may offer under this prospectus, we will describe the particular
terms of any debt securities that we may offer in more detail in
the applicable prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus.
The terms of any debt securities we offer under a prospectus
supplement may differ from the terms we describe below. However, no
prospectus supplement shall fundamentally change the terms that are
set forth in this prospectus or offer a security that is not
registered and described in this prospectus at the time of its
effectiveness. As of the date of this prospectus, we have no
outstanding registered debt securities. Unless the context requires
otherwise, whenever we refer to the “indentures,” we also are
referring to any supplemental indentures that specify the terms of
a particular series of debt securities.
We will issue any senior debt
securities under the senior indenture that we will enter into with
the trustee named in the senior indenture. We will issue any
subordinated debt securities under the subordinated indenture and
any supplemental indentures that we will enter into with the
trustee named in the subordinated indenture. We have filed forms of
these documents as exhibits to the registration statement, of which
this prospectus is a part, and supplemental indentures and forms of
debt securities containing the terms of the debt securities being
offered will be filed as exhibits to the registration statement of
which this prospectus is a part or will be incorporated by
reference from reports that we file with the SEC.
The indentures will be qualified
under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust
Indenture Act”). We use the term “trustee” to refer to either the
trustee under the senior indenture or the trustee under the
subordinated indenture, as applicable.
The following summaries of material
provisions of the senior debt securities, the subordinated debt
securities and the indentures are subject to, and qualified in
their entirety by reference to, all of the provisions of the
indenture and any supplemental indentures applicable to a
particular series of debt securities. We urge you to read the
applicable prospectus supplements and any related free writing
prospectuses related to the debt securities that we may offer under
this prospectus, as well as the complete indentures that contains
the terms of the debt securities. Except as we may otherwise
indicate, the terms of the senior indenture and the subordinated
indenture are identical.
General
The terms of each series of debt
securities will be established by or pursuant to a resolution of
our Board of Directors and set forth or determined in the manner
provided in an officers’ certificate or by a supplemental
indenture. Debt securities may be issued in separate series without
limitation as to aggregate principal amount. We may specify a
maximum aggregate principal amount for the debt securities of any
series. We will describe in the applicable prospectus supplement
the terms of the series of debt securities being offered,
including:
Conversion or Exchange Rights
We will set forth in the applicable
prospectus supplement the terms under which a series of debt
securities may be convertible into or exchangeable for our common
stock, our preferred stock or other securities (including
securities of a third party). We will include provisions as to
whether conversion or exchange is mandatory, at the option of the
holder or at our option. We may include provisions pursuant to
which the number of shares of our common stock, our preferred stock
or other securities (including securities of a third party) that
the holders of the series of debt securities receive would be
subject to adjustment.
Consolidation, Merger or Sale
Unless we provide otherwise in the
prospectus supplement applicable to a particular series of debt
securities, the indentures will not contain any covenant that
restricts our ability to merge or consolidate, or sell, convey,
transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our
assets. However, any successor to or acquirer of such assets must
assume all of our obligations under the indentures or the debt
securities, as appropriate. If the debt securities are convertible
into or exchangeable for our other securities or securities of
other entities, the person with whom we consolidate or merge or to
whom we sell all of our property must make provisions for the
conversion of the debt securities into securities that the holders
of the debt securities would have received if they had converted
the debt securities before the consolidation, merger or sale.
Events of Default under the
Indenture
Unless we provide otherwise in the
prospectus supplement applicable to a particular series of debt
securities, the following are events of default under the
indentures with respect to any series of debt securities that we
may issue:
We will describe in each applicable
prospectus supplement any additional events of default relating to
the relevant series of debt securities.
If an event of default with respect
to debt securities of any series occurs and is continuing, other
than an event of default specified in the last bullet point above,
the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series, by notice
to us in writing, and to the trustee if notice is given by such
holders, may declare the unpaid principal, premium, if any, and
accrued interest, if any, due and payable immediately. If an event
of default arises due to the occurrence of certain specified
bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization events, the unpaid
principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest, if any, of each
issue of debt securities then outstanding shall be due and payable
without any notice or other action on the part of the trustee or
any holder.
The holders of a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of an affected
series may waive any default or event of default with respect to
the series and its consequences, except defaults or events of
default regarding payment of principal, premium, if any, or
interest, unless we have cured the default or event of default in
accordance with the indenture. Any waiver shall cure the default or
event of default.
Subject to the terms of the
indentures, if an event of default under an indenture shall occur
and be continuing, the trustee will be under no obligation to
exercise any of its rights or powers under such indenture at the
request or direction of any of the holders of the applicable series
of debt securities, unless such holders have offered the trustee
reasonable indemnity or security satisfactory to it against any
loss, liability or expense. The holders of a majority in principal
amount of the outstanding debt securities of any series will have
the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the trustee, or exercising
any trust or power conferred on the trustee, with respect to the
debt securities of that series, provided that:
The indentures will provide that if
an event of default has occurred and is continuing, the trustee
will be required in the exercise of its powers to use the degree of
care that a prudent person would use in the conduct of its own
affairs. The trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction
that conflicts with law or the indenture, or that the trustee
determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other holder
of the relevant series of debt securities, or that would involve
the trustee in personal liability. Prior to taking any action under
the indentures, the trustee will be entitled to indemnification
against all costs, expenses and liabilities that would be incurred
by taking or not taking such action.
A holder of the debt securities of
any series will have the right to institute a proceeding under the
indentures or to appoint a receiver or trustee, or to seek other
remedies only if:
These limitations do not apply to a
suit instituted by a holder of debt securities if we default in the
payment of the principal, premium, if any, or interest on, the debt
securities, or other defaults that may be specified in the
applicable prospectus supplement.
We will periodically file
statements with the trustee regarding our compliance with specified
covenants in the indentures.
The indentures will provide that if
a default occurs and is continuing and is actually known to a
responsible officer of the trustee, the trustee must mail to each
holder notice of the default within the earlier of 90 days after it
occurs and 30 days after it is known by a responsible officer of
the trustee or written notice of it is received by the trustee,
unless such default has been cured or waived. Except in the case of
a default in the payment of principal or premium of, or interest
on, any debt security or certain other defaults specified in an
indenture, the trustee shall be protected in withholding such
notice if and so long as the Board of Directors, the executive
committee or a trust committee of directors, or responsible
officers of the trustee, in good faith determine that withholding
notice is in the best interests of holders of the relevant series
of debt securities.
Modification of Indenture;
Waiver
Subject to the terms of the
indenture for any series of debt securities that we may issue, we
and the trustee may change an indenture without the consent of any
holders with respect to the following specific matters:
In addition, under the indentures,
the rights of holders of a series of debt securities may be changed
by us and the trustee with the written consent of the holders of at
least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
debt securities of each series that is affected. However, subject
to the terms of the indenture for any series of debt securities
that we may issue or otherwise provided in the prospectus
supplement applicable to a particular series of debt securities, we
and the trustee may only make the following changes with the
consent of each holder of any outstanding debt securities
affected:
Discharge
Each indenture provides that,
subject to the terms of the indenture and any limitation otherwise
provided in the prospectus supplement applicable to a particular
series of debt securities, we may elect to be discharged from our
obligations with respect to one or more series of debt securities,
except for specified obligations, including obligations to:
In order to exercise our rights to
be discharged, we will deposit with the trustee money or government
obligations sufficient to pay all the principal of, and any premium
and interest on, the debt securities of the series on the dates
payments are due.
Form, Exchange and Transfer
We will issue the debt securities
of each series only in fully registered form without coupons and,
unless we otherwise specify in the applicable prospectus
supplement, in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof. The indentures will provide that we may issue debt
securities of a series in temporary or permanent global form and as
book-entry securities that will be deposited with, or on behalf of,
The Depository Trust Company or another depositary named by us and
identified in a prospectus supplement with respect to that series.
See “Legal Ownership of
Securities” below for a further description of the terms
relating to any book-entry securities.
At the option of the holder,
subject to the terms of the indentures and the limitations
applicable to global securities described in the applicable
prospectus supplement, the holder of the debt securities of any
series can exchange the debt securities for other debt securities
of the same series, in any authorized denomination and of like
tenor and aggregate principal amount.
Subject to the terms of the
indentures and the limitations applicable to global securities set
forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, holders of the debt
securities may present the debt securities for exchange or for
registration of transfer, duly endorsed or with the form of
transfer endorsed thereon duly executed if so required by us or the
security registrar, at the office of the security registrar or at
the office of any transfer agent designated by us for this purpose.
Unless otherwise provided in the debt securities that the holder
presents for transfer or exchange, we will make no service charge
for any registration of transfer or exchange, but we may require
payment of any taxes or other governmental charges.
We will name in the applicable
prospectus supplement the security registrar, and any transfer
agent in addition to the security registrar, that we initially
designate for any debt securities. We may at any time designate
additional transfer agents or rescind the designation of any
transfer agent or approve a change in the office through which any
transfer agent acts, except that we will be required to maintain a
transfer agent in each place of payment for the debt securities of
each series.
If we elect to redeem the debt
securities of any series, we will not be required to:
Information Concerning the
Trustee
The trustee, other than during the
occurrence and continuance of an event of default under an
indenture, undertakes to perform only those duties as are
specifically set forth in the applicable indenture and is under no
obligation to exercise any of the powers given it by the indentures
at the request of any holder of debt securities unless it is
offered reasonable security and indemnity against the costs,
expenses and liabilities that it might incur. However, upon an
event of default under an indenture, the trustee must use the same
degree of care as a prudent person would exercise or use in the
conduct of his or her own affairs.
Payment and Paying Agents
Unless we otherwise indicate in the
applicable prospectus supplement, we will make payment of the
interest on any debt securities on any interest payment date to the
person in whose name the debt securities, or one or more
predecessor securities, are registered at the close of business on
the regular record date for the interest payment.
We will pay principal of and any
premium and interest on the debt securities of a particular series
at the office of the paying agents designated by us, except that
unless we otherwise indicate in the applicable prospectus
supplement, we will make interest payments by check that we will
mail to the holder or by wire transfer to certain holders. Unless
we otherwise indicate in the applicable prospectus supplement, we
will designate the corporate trust office of the trustee as our
sole paying agent for payments with respect to debt securities of
each series. We will name in the applicable prospectus supplement
any other paying agents that we initially designate for the debt
securities of a particular series. We will maintain a paying agent
in each place of payment for the debt securities of a particular
series.
All money we pay to a paying agent
or the trustee for the payment of the principal of or any premium
or interest on any debt securities that remains unclaimed at the
end of two years after such principal, premium or interest has
become due and payable will be repaid to us, and the holder of the
debt security thereafter may look only to us for payment
thereof.
Governing Law
The indentures and the debt
securities will be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York, except to the extent that the Trust
Indenture Act is applicable.
Ranking Debt Securities
The subordinated debt securities
will be unsecured and will be subordinate and junior in priority of
payment to certain other indebtedness to the extent described in a
prospectus supplement. The subordinated indenture does not limit
the amount of subordinated debt securities that we may issue. It
also does not limit us from issuing any other secured or unsecured
debt.
The senior debt securities will be
unsecured and will rank equally in right of payment to all our
other senior unsecured debt. The senior indenture does not limit
the amount of senior debt securities that we may issue. It also
does not limit us from issuing any other secured or unsecured
debt.
The following description, together
with the additional information we may include in any applicable
prospectus supplements and free writing prospectuses, summarizes
the material terms and provisions of the warrants that we may offer
under this prospectus, which may consist of warrants to purchase
common stock, preferred stock or debt securities and may be issued
in one or more series. Warrants may be offered independently or
together with common stock, preferred stock or debt securities
offered by any prospectus supplement, and may be attached to or
separate from those securities. While the terms we have summarized
below will apply generally to any warrants that we may offer under
this prospectus, we will describe the particular terms of any
series of warrants that we may offer in more detail in the
applicable prospectus supplement and any applicable free writing
prospectus. The terms of any warrants offered under a prospectus
supplement may differ from the terms described below. However, no
prospectus supplement will fundamentally change the terms that are
set forth in this prospectus or offer a security that is not
registered and described in this prospectus at the time of its
effectiveness.
We may issue the warrants under a
warrant agreement that we will enter into with a warrant agent to
be selected by us. If selected, the warrant agent will act solely
as an agent of ours in connection with the warrants and will not
act as an agent for the holders or beneficial owners of the
warrants. If applicable, 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, the form of warrant agreement, including a form
of warrant certificate, that describes the terms of the particular
series of warrants we are offering before the issuance of the
related series of warrants. The following summaries of material
provisions of the warrants and the warrant agreements are subject
to, and qualified in their entirety by reference to, all the
provisions of the warrant agreement and warrant certificate
applicable to a particular series of warrants. We urge you to read
the applicable prospectus supplement and any applicable free
writing prospectus related to the particular series of warrants
that we sell under this prospectus, as well as the complete warrant
agreements and warrant certificates that contain the terms of the
warrants.
General
We will describe in the applicable
prospectus supplement the terms relating to a series of warrants,
including:
Exercise of Warrants
Each warrant will entitle the
holder to purchase the securities that we specify in the applicable
prospectus supplement at the exercise price that we describe in the
applicable prospectus supplement. Unless we otherwise specify in
the applicable prospectus supplement, holders of the warrants may
exercise the warrants at any time up to the specified time on the
expiration date that we set forth in the applicable prospectus
supplement. After the close of business on the expiration date,
unexercised warrants will become void.
Holders of the warrants may
exercise the warrants by delivering the warrant certificate
representing the warrants to be exercised together with specified
information, and paying the required amount to the warrant agent in
immediately available funds, as provided in the applicable
prospectus supplement. We will set forth on the reverse side of the
warrant certificate and in the applicable prospectus supplement the
information that the holder of the warrant will be required to
deliver to us or the warrant agent as applicable.
Upon receipt of the required
payment and the warrant certificate properly completed and duly
executed at the corporate trust office of the warrant agent or any
other office indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, we
will issue and deliver the securities purchasable upon such
exercise. If fewer than all of the warrants represented by the
warrant certificate are exercised, then we will issue a new warrant
certificate for the remaining amount of warrants. If we so indicate
in the applicable prospectus supplement, holders of the warrants
may surrender securities as all or part of the exercise price for
warrants.
Enforceability of Rights by Holders
of Warrants
If selected, each warrant agent
will act solely as our agent under the applicable warrant agreement
and will not assume any obligation or relationship of agency or
trust with any holder of any warrant. A single bank or trust
company may act as warrant agent for more than one issue of
warrants. A warrant agent will have no duty or responsibility in
case of any default by us under the applicable warrant agreement or
warrant, including any duty or responsibility to initiate any
proceedings at law or otherwise, or to make any demand upon us. Any
holder of a warrant may, without the consent of the related warrant
agent or the holder of any other warrant, enforce by appropriate
legal action its right to exercise, and receive the securities
purchasable upon exercise of, its warrants.
The following description, together
with the additional information we may include in any applicable
prospectus supplements and free writing prospectuses, summarizes
the material terms and provisions of the units that we may offer
under this prospectus.
While the terms we have summarized
below will apply generally to any units that we may offer under
this prospectus, we will describe the particular terms of any
series of units in more detail in the applicable prospectus
supplement. The terms of any units offered under a prospectus
supplement may differ from the terms described below. However, no
prospectus supplement will fundamentally change the terms that are
set forth in this prospectus or offer a security that is not
registered and described in this prospectus at the time of its
effectiveness.
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, the form of unit agreement that describes the
terms of the series of units we are offering, and any supplemental
agreements, before the issuance of the related series of units. The
following summaries of material terms and provisions of the units
are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by reference to,
all the provisions of the unit agreement and any supplemental
agreements applicable to a particular series of units. We urge you
to read the applicable prospectus supplements related to the
particular series of units that we sell under this prospectus, as
well as the complete unit agreement and any supplemental agreements
that contain the terms of the units.
General
We may issue units comprised of one
or more debt securities, shares of common stock, shares of
preferred stock and warrants in any combination. Each unit will be
issued so that the holder of the unit is also the holder of each
security included in the unit. Thus, the holder of a unit will have
the rights and obligations of a holder of each included security.
The unit agreement under which a unit is issued may provide that
the securities included in the unit may not be held or transferred
separately, at any time or at any time before a specified
date.
We will describe in the applicable
prospectus supplement the terms of the series of units,
including:
The provisions described in this
section, as well as those described under “Description of Capital Stock,”
“Description of Debt
Securities” and “Description of Warrants” will apply to
each unit and to any common stock, preferred stock, debt security
or warrant included in each unit, respectively.
Unit
Agent
The name and address of the unit
agent, if any, for any units we offer will be set forth in the
applicable prospectus supplement.
Issuance in Series
We may issue units in such amounts
and in numerous distinct series as we determine.
Enforceability of Rights by Holders
of Units
Each unit agent will act solely as
our agent under the applicable unit agreement and will not assume
any obligation or relationship of agency or trust with any holder
of any unit. A single bank or trust company may act as unit agent
for more than one series of units. A unit agent will have no duty
or responsibility in case of any default by us under the applicable
unit agreement or unit, including any duty or responsibility to
initiate any proceedings at law or otherwise, or to make any demand
upon us. Any holder of a unit may, without the consent of the
related unit agent or the holder of any other unit, enforce by
appropriate legal action its rights as holder under any security
included in the unit.
We, the unit agents and any of
their agents may treat the registered holder of any unit
certificate as an absolute owner of the units evidenced by that
certificate for any purpose and as the person entitled to exercise
the rights attaching to the units so requested, despite any notice
to the contrary. See “Legal
Ownership of Securities.”
LEGAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
We can issue securities in
registered form or in the form of one or more global securities. We
describe global securities in greater detail below. We refer to
those persons who have securities registered in their own names on
the books that we or any applicable trustee or depositary or
warrant agent maintain for this purpose as the “holders” of those
securities. These persons are the legal holders of the securities.
We refer to those persons who, indirectly through others, own
beneficial interests in securities that are not registered in their
own names, as “indirect holders” of those securities. As we discuss
below, indirect holders are not legal holders, and investors in
securities issued in book-entry form or in street name will be
indirect holders.
Book-Entry Holders
We may issue securities in
book-entry form only, as we will specify in the applicable
prospectus supplement. This means securities may be represented by
one or more global securities registered in the name of a financial
institution that holds them as depositary on behalf of other
financial institutions that participate in the depositary’s
book-entry system. These participating institutions, which are
referred to as participants, in turn, hold beneficial interests in
the securities on behalf of themselves or their customers.
Only the person in whose name a
security is registered is recognized as the holder of that
security. Global securities will be registered in the name of the
depositary or its participants. Consequently, for global
securities, we will recognize only the depositary as the holder of
the securities, and we will make all payments on the securities to
the depositary. The depositary passes along the payments it
receives to its participants, which in turn pass the payments along
to their customers who are the beneficial owners. The depositary
and its participants do so under agreements they have made with one
another or with their customers; they are not obligated to do so
under the terms of the securities.
As a result, investors in a global
security will not own securities directly. Instead, they will own
beneficial interests in a global security, through a bank, broker
or other financial institution that participates in the
depositary’s book-entry system or holds an interest through a
participant. As long as the securities are issued in global form,
investors will be indirect holders, and not legal holders, of the
securities.
Street Name Holders
We may terminate a global security
or issue securities that are not issued in global form. In these
cases, investors may choose to hold their securities in their own
names or in “street name.” Securities held by an investor in street
name would be registered in the name of a bank, broker or other
financial institution that the investor chooses, and the investor
would hold only a beneficial interest in those securities through
an account he or she maintains at that institution.
For securities held in street name,
we or any applicable trustee or depositary will recognize only the
intermediary banks, brokers and other financial institutions in
whose names the securities are registered as the holders of those
securities, and we or any such trustee or depositary will make all
payments on those securities to them. These institutions pass along
the payments they receive to their customers who are the beneficial
owners, but only because they agree to do so in their customer
agreements or because they are legally required to do so. Investors
who hold securities in street name will be indirect holders, not
legal holders, of those securities.
Legal Holders
Our obligations, as well as the
obligations of any applicable trustee or third party employed by us
or a trustee, run only to the legal holders of the securities. We
do not have obligations to investors who hold beneficial interests
in global securities, in street name or by any other indirect
means. This will be the case whether an investor chooses to be an
indirect holder of a security or has no choice because we are
issuing the securities only in global form.
For example, once we make a payment
or give a notice to the holder, we have no further responsibility
for the payment or notice even if that holder is required, under
agreements with its participants or customers or by law, to pass it
along to the indirect holders but does not do so. Similarly, we may
want to obtain the approval of the holders to amend an indenture,
to relieve us of the consequences of a default or of our obligation
to comply with a particular provision of an indenture, or for other
purposes. In such an event, we would seek approval only from the
legal holders, and not the indirect holders, of the securities.
Whether and how the legal holders contact the indirect holders is
up to the legal holders.
Special Considerations for Indirect
Holders
If you hold securities through a
bank, broker or other financial institution, either in book-entry
form because the securities are represented by one or more global
securities or in street name, you should check with your own
institution to find out:
Global Securities
A global security is a security
that represents one or any other number of individual securities
held by a depositary. Generally, all securities represented by the
same global securities will have the same terms.
Each security issued in book-entry
form will be represented by a global security that we issue to,
deposit with and register in the name of a financial institution or
its nominee that we select. The financial institution that we
select for this purpose is called the depositary. Unless we specify
otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, The Depository
Trust Company, New York, NY, known as DTC, will be the depositary
for all securities issued in book-entry form.
A global security may not be
transferred to or registered in the name of anyone other than the
depositary, its nominee or a successor depositary, unless special
termination situations arise. We describe those situations below
under “— Special Situations When
A Global Security Will Be Terminated.” As a result of these
arrangements, the depositary, or its nominee, will be the sole
registered owner and legal holder of all securities represented by
a global security, and investors will be permitted to own only
beneficial interests in a global security. Beneficial interests
must be held by means of an account with a broker, bank or other
financial institution that in turn has an account with the
depositary or with another institution that does. Thus, an investor
whose security is represented by a global security will not be a
legal holder of the security, but only an indirect holder of a
beneficial interest in the global security.
If the prospectus supplement for a
particular security indicates that the security will be issued as a
global security, then the security will be represented by a global
security at all times unless and until the global security is
terminated. If termination occurs, we may issue the securities
through another book-entry clearing system or decide that the
securities may no longer be held through any book-entry clearing
system.
Special Considerations For Global
Securities
As an indirect holder, an
investor’s rights relating to a global security will be governed by
the account rules of the investor’s financial institution and of
the depositary, as well as general laws relating to securities
transfers. We do not recognize an indirect holder as a holder of
securities and instead deal only with the depositary that holds the
global security.
If securities are issued only as
global securities, an investor should be aware of the
following:
Special Situations When A Global
Security Will Be Terminated
In a few special situations
described below, a global security will terminate and interests in
it will be exchanged for physical certificates representing those
interests. After that exchange, the choice of whether to hold
securities directly or in street name will be up to the investor.
Investors must consult their own banks or brokers to find out how
to have their interests in securities transferred to their own
names, so that they will be direct holders. We have described the
rights of holders and street name investors above.
A global security will terminate
when the following special situations occur:
The applicable prospectus
supplement may also list additional situations for terminating a
global security that would apply only to the particular series of
securities covered by the prospectus supplement. When a global
security terminates, the depositary, and neither we, nor any
applicable trustee, is responsible for deciding the names of the
institutions that will be the initial direct holders.
We may sell the securities being offered hereby in one or more
of the following ways from time to time:
As set forth in more detail below, the securities may be
distributed from time to time in one or more transactions:
We will set forth in a prospectus supplement the terms of that
particular offering of securities, including:
Only underwriters named in an
applicable prospectus supplement are underwriters of the securities
offered by that prospectus supplement.
If underwriters are used in an
offering, we will execute an underwriting agreement with such
underwriters and will specify the name of each underwriter and the
terms of the transaction (including any underwriting discounts and
other terms constituting compensation of the underwriters and any
dealers) in a prospectus supplement. The securities may be offered
to the public either through underwriting syndicates represented by
managing underwriters or directly by one or more investment banking
firms or others, as designated. If an underwriting syndicate is
used, the managing underwriter(s) will be specified on the cover of
the prospectus supplement. If underwriters are used in the sale,
the offered securities will be acquired by the underwriters for
their own accounts and may be resold from time to time in one or
more transactions, including negotiated transactions, at a fixed
public offering price or at varying prices determined at the time
of sale. Any public offering price and any discounts or concessions
allowed or re-allowed or paid to dealers may be changed from time
to time. Unless otherwise set forth in the prospectus supplement,
the obligations of the underwriters to purchase the offered
securities will be subject to conditions precedent and the
underwriters will be obligated to purchase all of the offered
securities if any are purchased.
We may grant to the underwriters
options to purchase additional securities to cover over-allotments,
if any, at the public offering price, with additional underwriting
commissions or discounts, as may be set forth in a related
prospectus supplement. The terms of any over-allotment option will
be set forth in the prospectus supplement for those
securities.
If we use a dealer in the sale of
the securities being offered pursuant to this prospectus or any
prospectus supplement, we will sell the securities to the dealer,
as principal. The dealer may then resell the securities to
the public at varying prices to be determined by the dealer at the
time of resale. The names of the dealers and the terms of the
transaction will be specified in a prospectus supplement.
We may sell the 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, any agent will act on a best-efforts basis for the
period of its appointment.
We may authorize agents or
underwriters to solicit offers by 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.
In connection with the sale of the
securities, underwriters, dealers or agents may receive
compensation from us or from purchasers of the common stock for
whom they act as agents in the form of discounts, concessions or
commissions. Underwriters may sell the securities to or through
dealers, and those dealers may receive compensation in the form of
discounts, concessions or commissions from the underwriters or
commissions from the purchasers for whom they may act as agents.
Underwriters, dealers and agents that participate in the
distribution of the securities, and any institutional investors or
others that purchase common stock directly and then resell the
securities, may be deemed to be underwriters, and any discounts or
commissions received by them from us and any profit on the resale
of the common stock by them may be deemed to be underwriting
discounts and commissions under the Securities Act.
We may provide agents and
underwriters with indemnification against particular civil
liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or
contribution with respect to payments that the agents or
underwriters may make with respect to such liabilities. Agents and
underwriters may engage in transactions with, or perform services
for, us in the ordinary course of business.
We may engage in at the market
offerings into an existing trading market in accordance with Rule
415(a)(4) under the Securities Act. In addition, we may enter
into derivative transactions with third parties (including the
writing of options), or sell securities not covered by this
prospectus to third parties in privately negotiated transactions.
If the applicable prospectus supplement indicates, in connection
with such a transaction, the third parties may, pursuant to this
prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement, sell
securities covered by this prospectus and the applicable prospectus
supplement. If so, the third party may use securities borrowed from
us or others to settle such sales and may use securities received
from us to close out any related short positions. We may also loan
or pledge securities covered by this prospectus and the applicable
prospectus supplement to third parties, who may sell the loaned
securities or, in an event of default in the case of a pledge, sell
the pledged securities pursuant to this prospectus and the
applicable prospectus supplement. The third party in such sale
transactions will be an underwriter and will be identified in the
applicable prospectus supplement or in a post-effective
amendment.
To facilitate an offering of a
series of securities, persons participating in the offering may
engage in transactions that stabilize, maintain, or otherwise
affect the market price of the securities. This may include
over-allotments or short sales of the securities, which involves
the sale by persons participating in the offering of more
securities than have been sold to them by us. In those
circumstances, such persons would cover such over-allotments or
short positions by purchasing in the open market or by exercising
the over-allotment option granted to those persons. In addition,
those persons may stabilize or maintain the price of the securities
by bidding for or purchasing securities in the open market or by
imposing penalty bids, whereby selling concessions allowed to
underwriters or dealers participating in any such offering may be
reclaimed if securities sold by them are repurchased in connection
with stabilization transactions. The effect of these transactions
may be to stabilize or maintain the market price of the securities
at a level above that which might otherwise prevail in the open
market. Such transactions, if commenced, may be discontinued at any
time. We make no representation or prediction as to the direction
or magnitude of any effect that the transactions described above,
if implemented, may have on the price of our securities.
Unless otherwise specified in the
applicable prospectus supplement, each class or series of
securities will be a new issue with no established trading market,
other than our common stock, which is listed on The Nasdaq Capital
Market. We may elect to list any other class or series of
securities on any exchange or market, but we are not obligated to
do so. It is possible that one or more underwriters may make a
market in a class or series of securities, but the underwriters
will not be obligated to do so and may discontinue any market
making at any time without notice. We cannot give any assurance as
to the liquidity of the trading market for any of the
securities.
In order to comply with the
securities laws of some U.S. states or territories, if applicable,
the securities offered pursuant to this prospectus will be sold in
those states only through registered or licensed brokers or
dealers. In addition, in some states securities 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 complied with.
Any underwriter may engage in
overallotment, stabilizing transactions, short covering
transactions and penalty bids in accordance with Regulation M under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”). Overallotment 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. Short covering transactions
involve purchases of the securities 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 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 these activities at any time.
Any underwriters who are qualified
market makers on The Nasdaq Capital Market may engage in passive
market making transactions in the securities on The Nasdaq Capital
Market in accordance with Rule 103 of Regulation M, during the
business day prior to the pricing of the offering, before the
commencement of offers or sales of the securities. 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.
The validity of the issuance of the
securities offered hereby will be passed upon for us by Sheppard,
Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, New York, NY. Additional legal
matters may be passed upon for us or any underwriters, dealers or
agents, by counsel that we will name in the applicable prospectus
supplement.
The financial statements of the
Company as of December 31, 2018 and 2017 and for each of the two
years in the period ended December 31, 2018 incorporated by
reference in this Prospectus have been so incorporated in reliance
on the report of Ram Associates, CPA, an independent registered
public accounting firm incorporated herein by reference, given upon
their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
WHERE YOU
CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
This prospectus constitutes a part
of a registration statement on Form S-3 filed under the Securities
Act. As permitted by the SEC’s rules, this prospectus and any
prospectus supplement, which form a part of the registration
statement, do not contain all the information that is included in
the registration statement. You will find additional information
about us in the registration statement. Any statements made in this
prospectus or any prospectus supplement concerning legal documents
are not necessarily complete and you should read the documents that
are filed as exhibits to the registration statement or otherwise
filed with the SEC for a more complete understanding of the
document or matter.
You may read and copy the
registration statement, as well as our reports, proxy statements,
and other information, at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F
Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at
1-800-SEC-0330 for more information about the operation of the
Public Reference Room. The SEC maintains an Internet site that
contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other
information regarding issuers that file electronically with the
SEC. The SEC’s Internet site can be found at http://www.sec.gov.
You can also obtain copies of materials we file with the SEC from
our website found at www.ameri100.com. Information on our website
does not constitute a part of, nor is it incorporated in any way,
into this prospectus and should not be relied upon in connection
with making an investment decision.
INCORPORATION
OF
DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
We have filed a registration
statement on Form S-3 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended. This prospectus is part of the registration statement,
however the registration statement includes and incorporates by
reference additional information and exhibits. The SEC permits us
to “incorporate by reference” the information contained in
documents we file with the SEC, which means that we can disclose
important information to you by referring you to those documents
rather than by including them in this prospectus. Information that
is incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this
prospectus and you should read it with the same care that you read
this prospectus. Information that we file later with the SEC will
automatically update and supersede the information that is either
contained, or incorporated by reference, in this prospectus, and
will be considered to be a part of this prospectus from the date
those documents are filed. We have filed with the SEC, and hereby
incorporate by reference in this prospectus:
We also incorporate by reference
all documents (other than Current Reports furnished under Item 2.02
or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits filed on such form that are
related to such items) that are subsequently filed by us with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the termination of
the offering of the securities made by this prospectus (including
documents filed after the date of the initial Registration
Statement of which this prospectus is a part and prior to the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement). These documents
include periodic reports, such as Annual Reports on Form 10-K,
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and Current Reports on Form 8-K, as
well as proxy statements.
Any statement contained in this
prospectus or in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference into this prospectus will be deemed to be
modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained in
this prospectus or any subsequently filed document that is deemed
to be incorporated by reference into this prospectus modifies or
supersedes the statement.
You may request, and we will
provide you with, a copy of these filings, at no cost, by calling
us at (770) 935-4152 or by writing to us at the following
address:
AMERI Holdings,
Inc.
5000 Research
Court, Suite 750,
Suwanee,
Georgia, 30024
(770)
935-4152

1,610,679 Shares of Common Stock
Pre-funded Warrants to Purchase up to 610,679 Shares of Common
Stock
Prospectus
Supplement
January
12, 2021
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