Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s
Common Equity, Related Stockholders Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Market Information
Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital
Market under the symbol “AIEV”.
Holders of Record
As of March 25, 2025, there
were 70,724,664 shares of common stock issued and outstanding held by approximately 55 stockholders of record. The number of record holders
was determined from the records of our transfer agent and does not include beneficial owners of shares of common stock whose shares are
held in the names of various security brokers, dealers, and registered clearing agencies.
Dividends
We have never declared or
paid any cash dividends on our capital stock. We currently intend to retain all available funds and future earnings, if any, for the
operation and expansion of our business and do not anticipate declaring or paying any dividends in the foreseeable future. Any future
determination related to our dividend policy will be made at the discretion of our board of directors after considering our financial
condition, results of operations, capital requirements, business prospects and other factors the board of directors deems relevant, and
subject to the restrictions contained in any financing instruments. Our ability to declare dividends may also be limited by restrictive
covenants pursuant to any other future debt financing agreements.
Recent Sales of Unregistered Equity Securities
Upon closing of the Business
Combination on June 21, 2024, the Sponsor had provided a total of $2,636,000 in working capital loans and elected to convert all such
working capital loans into 263,600 working capital units, which include 263,600 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share,
263,600 warrants, each of which may be exercised into one share of common stock of the Company, and 263,600 rights, each of which
entitles the holder to receive one-tenth of one share of common stock of the Company at the closing of the Business Combination. The
Company issued 289,960 shares of common stock to the Sponsor on June 21, 2024.
In connection with the Business
Combination, FLFV engaged a third party financial advisor to assist FLFV in locating target businesses, holding meetings with its
shareholders to discuss a potential business combination and the target business’ attributes, introduce FLFV to potential investors
that are interested in purchasing securities, assist FLFV in obtaining shareholder approval for the business combination and assist with
press releases and public filings in connection with a business combination. On June 21, 2024, the Company issued 1,200,000 shares of
common stock to the financial advisor as service fees. The fair value of the 1,200,000 shares of common stock issued to the financial
advisor was $3,072,000, calculated at $2.56 per share by reference to the Nasdaq closing price of the Company’s common stock
on June 21, 2024.
In March 2024, April 2024
and June 2024, the Company entered into certain private placement agreements with certain investors, pursuant to which the Company issued
1,310,740 shares of common stock, 44,940 shares of common stock and 1,155,513 shares of common stock, respectively. The Company raised
an aggregated proceeds of $946,800 from these private placements. On July 2, 2024, the sellers purchased and the Company issued additional
3,706,461 shares of the Company’s common stock pursuant to the Forward Purchase Agreement and Subscription Agreement. The sellers
made a prepayment shortfall of $150,000.
On August 20, 2024, the
Company entered into a Common Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) and a Registration Rights Agreement (the
“Registration Rights Agreement”) with Westwood Capital Group LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Westwood”),
pursuant to which Westwood has committed to purchase, subject to certain limitations, up to $100 million of the Company’s common
stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Total Commitment”). In addition, the Company has agreed to pay Westwood a commitment
fee valued at $1,500,000 in the form of 150,000 shares of common stock (the “Commitment Shares”) or an amount of cash (up
to $1,500,000), depending on various factors. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company issued 150,000 shares of the Company’s
stock as commitment shares to Westwood.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
None.
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