Digital Brands Group, Inc. 10-Q

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities Upon closing of our IPO, we issued 2,192,771 shares of common stock as partial consideration for the acquisition of Harper & Jones. Upon closing of our IPO, we converted outstanding principal totaling $2,418,013 and certain accrued and unpaid interest of convertible debt into an aggregate of 1,135,633 shares of common stock. Upon closing of our IPO, certain officers and directors converted balances due totaling $442,597 into 152,358 shares of common stock. On the effective date of our IPO, we granted stock options to acquire up to an aggregate of 2,672,000 shares to our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Financial Officer at an exercise price of $4.15 per share. Unless otherwise stated, the sales of the above securities were deemed to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act in reliance upon Section 4 (a)(2) of the Securities Act (or Regulation D or Regulation S promulgated thereunder), or Rule 701 promulgated under Section 3(b) of the Securities Act as transactions by an issuer not involving any public offering or pursuant to benefit plans and contracts relating to compensation as provided under Rule 701. The recipients of the securities in each of these transactions represented their intentions to acquire the securities for investment only and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof, and appropriate legends were placed upon the stock certificates issued in these transactions. Use of Proceeds from Initial Public Offering of Common Stock On May 13, 2021, our registration statement on Form S-1 relating to our IPO was declared effective by the SEC. In the IPO, which closed on May 18, 2021, we issued and sold 2,409,639 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $4.15 per share. Additionally, we issued warrants to purchase 2,771,084 shares, which includes 361,445 warrants sold upon the partial exercise of the over-allotment option. Total gross proceeds were approximately $10 million, which includes the warrants. The aggregate net proceeds to us from the IPO, inclusive of the proceeds from the over-allotment exercise, were approximately $8.4 million after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions of $0.8 million and estimated offering expenses of approximately $0.8 million. The offer and sale of all of the shares in the offering were registered under the Securities Act pursuant to registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-256174). Kingwood Capital Markets, a division of Benchmark Investments, Inc., acting as representative of the several underwriters named in the Underwriting Agreement. 37 Table of Contents On June 28, 2021, our underwriters purchased 361,445 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $4.15 per share pursuant to the exercise of the remaining portion of their over-allotment option. We received net proceeds of approximately $1.4 million after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions. None of the underwriting discounts and commissions or offering expenses were paid directly or indirectly to any directors or officers of ours or their associates or to persons owning 10% or more of any class of equity securities or to any affiliates of ours. We used the net proceeds to us from the IPO for general corporate purposes, including working capital, marketing initiatives and capital expenditures. Specifically, we used a portion of the net proceeds from the offering to pay the remaining approximately $1.0 million to pay off a note payable, $1.0 million owed for the acquisition of Bailey by DBG, $500,000 to fund the acquisition of H&J (which accrues interest at 12.0% per annum), and $179,501 to pay accrued interest owed further to the 2019 convertible debt. ​ ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES None. ​ ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE Not applicable. ​