Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
Market Information
Our common stock began trading on Nasdaq under the symbol “BTBD” on November 12, 2021. Our warrants issued as part of the units we sold in the initial public offering began trading on Nasdaq under the symbol “BTBDW” on November 12, 2021.
Holders
As of March 15, 2022, there were approximately 54 stockholders of record of 6,461,118 shares of common stock issued and outstanding and one holder of record of 2,746,388 warrants issued and outstanding. A significant number of beneficial owners of our common stock and listed warrants hold their securities in street name.
Dividends
We have never declared or paid cash dividends on our capital stock. We do not anticipate paying cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. We currently intend to retain all available funds and any future earnings to support our operations and finance the growth and development of our business. Any future determination related to our dividend policy will be made at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend upon, among other factors, our results of operations, financial condition, capital requirements, contractual restrictions, business prospects, the requirements of current or then-existing debt instruments and other factors our board of directors may deem relevant.
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
During the year ended January 2, 2022, we issued options to purchase 15,000 shares of common stock under the 2019 BT Brands, Inc. Incentive Plan (the “2019 Incentive Plan”) as stock awards to three directors of the Company in connection with their joining the board of directors. The options are exercisable at $5 per share at any time through 2031. The issuances of the securities under the 2019 Incentive Plan were exempt from registration under the Securities Act under Rule 701 promulgated under Section 3(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) in that the transactions were under a compensatory benefit plan as provided under Rule 701.
Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans
The following information is as of January 2, 2022.
Plan Category
Number of
securities to be
issued upon exercise of outstanding
options and
restricted stock units
Weighted-average
exercise price of
outstanding
options
Number of
securities remaining
available for
future issuance
under equity
compensation plans
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders
15,000
$ 5.00
230,500
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders
Item 6. Selected Financial Data.
As a “smaller reporting company” as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and Item 10 (f)(1) of Regulation S-K, the Company has elected to comply with certain scaled disclosure reporting obligations and is not required to provide the information required by this item.
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