−Removed: Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
−Removed: Our common stock and warrants
−Removed: trade on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbols “ESLA” and “ESLAW,” respectively, since October 2, 2023.
−Removed: of June 30, 2024, there were 20 registered holders of record of our Common Stock and 1 holder of record of our warrants.
−Removed: This does not
−Removed: include the number of shareholders that hold shares in “street name” through banks or broker-dealers.
−Removed: have not paid any cash dividends to date.
−Removed: The payment of cash dividends in the future will be dependent upon our revenues and earnings,
−Removed: if any, capital requirements and general financial condition.
−Removed: The payment of any cash dividends will be within the discretion of the
−Removed: Board at such time.
−Removed: Our ability to declare dividends may also be limited by restrictive covenants pursuant to any debt financing agreements.
−Removed: Sales of Equity Securities
−Removed: Company has not sold any within the past three years which were not registered under the Securities Act except as follows:
−Removed: Placements in Connection with UPTD IPO
−Removed: Substantially
−Removed: concurrently with the closing of the IPO, the Company completed the private sale of 295,000 Private Shares to the Founders at a purchase
−Removed: price of $10.00 per Private Placement Share, among which, the Sponsor purchased 236,000 Private Shares and Tradeup INC.
−Removed: purchased 59,000
−Removed: Private Shares, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $2,950,000.
−Removed: The Private Shares are identical to the shares of Common Stock
−Removed: sold as part of the Units in the IPO, except that the Founders have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of the Private Shares
−Removed: (except to certain permitted transferees) until 30 days after the completion of the Company’s initial business combination.
−Removed: issuance of the Private Shares was made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act
−Removed: of 1933, as amended.
−Removed: connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement, UPTD entered into subscription agreements (the “Subscription Agreements”)
−Removed: with each of Plentiful Limited, a Samoan limited company (“Plentiful Limited”) and Lianhe World Limited, a company incorporated
−Removed: in the People’s Republic of China (“Lianhe World” and together with Plentiful Limited, the “Subscribers”)
−Removed: pursuant to which the Subscribers have agreed to purchase, and UPTD has agreed to sell to the Subscribers, an aggregate of 1,000,000
−Removed: shares of UPTD common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $10 million (the “Equity Financing”).
−Removed: The Equity Financing
−Removed: closed concurrently with the Business Combination on the Closing Date.
−Removed: to the Subscription Agreements, within thirty days following the Closing Date, each Subscriber also became entitled to receive 704,819
−Removed: shares of Common Stock, which were issued to each Subscribe in January 2024.
−Removed: In addition, within five days following the date that is
−Removed: 24 months following the Closing (the “24-Month Date”), if the VWAP of Common Stock for the fifteen trading days prior to
−Removed: the 24-Month Date (the “24-Month Date VWAP”) is less than $8.30, then each of them will be entitled to a number of shares
−Removed: of Common Stock equal to (i) (A) 8.30 minus (B) the 24-Month Date VWAP multiplied by (ii) (A) the number of Shares held by the Investor
−Removed: on the 24-Month Date minus (B) the number of shares acquired by the Investor following the Closing divided by 10.00.
−Removed: Equity Subscription Line
−Removed: April 20, 2023, the Company entered into the Common Stock Purchase Agreement and a related registration rights agreement (the “White
−Removed: Lion RRA”) with White Lion.
−Removed: Pursuant to the Common Stock Purchase Agreement, the Company has the right, but not the obligation
−Removed: to require White Lion to purchase, from time to time, up to the lesser of (i) $50,000,000 in aggregate gross purchase price of newly
−Removed: issued shares of Common Stock and (ii) the Exchange Cap, in each case, subject to certain limitations and conditions set forth in the
−Removed: Common Stock Purchase Agreement.
−Removed: Common Stock Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnification provisions.
−Removed: the satisfaction of certain customary conditions, the Company’s right to sell shares to White Lion has commenced on December 28,
−Removed: 2023, the effective date of the registration statement relating to the offer and resale from time to time of an aggregate of 3,829,338
−Removed: shares of Common Stock (the “Commencement”) and extend until December 30, 2024.
−Removed: During such term, subject to the terms and
−Removed: conditions of the Common Stock Purchase Agreement, the Company shall notify White Lion when the Company exercises its right, in its sole
−Removed: discretion, to sell shares (the effective date of such notice, a “Notice Date”).
−Removed: number of shares sold pursuant to any such notice will be equal to the lesser of (a) the number of shares of Common Stock which would
−Removed: result in White Lion beneficially owning more than 4.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding, (b) the number of shares
−Removed: equal to the product of (i) the Average Daily Trading Volume (as defined in the Common Stock Purchase Agreement) and (ii) 30% and, (c)
−Removed: the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the lower of (A) $1,000,000 and (B) Closing Sale
−Removed: Price (as defined in the Common Stock Purchase Agreement) of the Common Stock on the day prior to the Purchase Notice Date (as defined
−Removed: in the Common Stock Purchase Agreement).
−Removed: aggregate number of Equity Line Shares that Estrella can sell to White Lion under the Common Stock Purchase Agreement may in no case
−Removed: exceed the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that Estrella can issue or sell to White Lion under the Common Stock Purchase Agreement
−Removed: pursuant to the applicable rules of the Principal Market (the “Exchange Cap”) without getting approval from its stockholders.
−Removed: If stockholder approval is obtained to issue Equity Line Shares above the Exchange Cap, the Exchange Cap will no longer apply.
−Removed: purchase price to be paid by White Lion for any Equity Line Shares will equal (i) until an aggregate of $25,000,000 in shares have been
−Removed: purchased under the Common Stock Purchase Agreement, 97% of the lowest daily volume-weighted average price of Common Stock during the
−Removed: three consecutive trading days following the Notice Date, and (ii) thereafter, 98% of the lowest daily volume-weighted average price
−Removed: of Common Stock during the three consecutive trading days following the Notice Date.
−Removed: Common Stock Purchase Agreement will terminate automatically on the earliest of (i) December 30, 2024;
−Removed: (ii) the date when White Lion
−Removed: buys all the Equity Line Shares it agreed to buy under the Common Stock Purchase Agreement;
−Removed: (iii) the date when Estrella files for bankruptcy,
−Removed: has a bankruptcy case filed against it, has a custodian appointed for it or its property, or assigns its assets to its creditors.
−Removed: Common Stock Purchase Agreement may be terminated by (i) Estrella with three days’ notice to White Lion after the Commencement,
−Removed: provided that Estrella pays the Commitment Fee (as defined below) and consults with White Lion before announcing the termination;
−Removed: the parties by mutual written consent at any time;
−Removed: or (iii) White Lion with three days’ notice to the Company if any of the following
−Removed: events occurs:
−Removed: (a) a material adverse effect on Estrella or its business;
−Removed: (b) a Fundamental Transaction involving Estrella or its securities;
−Removed: (c) a material breach or default by Estrella of the White Lion RRA that is not cured within 15 days;
−Removed: (d) a lapse or unavailability of
−Removed: a registration statement for more than 45 consecutive days or 90 days in a year, unless caused by White Lion;
−Removed: (e) a suspension of trading
−Removed: of Common Stock on the Principal Market for more than five days;
−Removed: or (f) a material breach or default by Estrella of the Common Stock
−Removed: Purchase Agreement that is not cured within 15 days.
−Removed: The Company must notify White Lion and, if required, the public of any of these
−Removed: events within 24 hours.
−Removed: consideration for the commitments of White Lion, UPTD agreed to cause Estrella to issue to White Lion, immediately prior to the Closing,
−Removed: an aggregate of 250,000 shares of Estrella Series A Preferred Stock, which the parties have acknowledged has a value of $250,000 (the
−Removed: “Commitment Fee”).
−Removed: Accordingly, concurrently on April 20, 2023, Estrella and White Lion entered into a Joinder to the Estrella
−Removed: Series A Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Joinder”), pursuant to which Estrella agreed to issue the 250,000 shares
−Removed: of Estrella Series A Preferred Stock comprising the Commitment Fee immediately prior to Closing, subject to the Closing occurring on
−Removed: or before July 19, 2023 or such later date as may be mutually agreed upon in writing by Estrella and White Lion.
−Removed: Additionally, pursuant
−Removed: to the Joinder, White Lion agreed to purchase 500,000 shares of Estrella Series A Preferred Stock for $500,000 in cash immediately prior
−Removed: to the Closing, subject to the Closing occurring on or before July 19, 2023 or such later date as may be mutually agreed upon by Estrella
−Removed: and White Lion.
−Removed: Upon closing of the transactions contemplated by the Joinder, the 750,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock of Estrella
−Removed: issued to White Lion automatically converted into 750,000 shares of common stock of Estrella immediately prior to the Effective Time
−Removed: and then into Common Stock based on the exchange ratio determined by the total number of shares of common stock of Estrella outstanding
−Removed: at the Effective Time in accordance with the Merger Agreement.
−Removed: Series A Preferred Stock Purchase Agreements
−Removed: June 28, 2022, Estrella entered into a Series A Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement with an accredited third-party investor to raise gross
−Removed: proceeds of $5,000,000 by issuing 5,000,000 shares of its Series A Preferred Stock.
−Removed: The shares of Series A Preferred Stock were sold
−Removed: for $1.00 per share.
−Removed: On the Closing Date, immediately prior to the Effective Time, such shares of Estrella Series A Preferred Stock were
−Removed: converted into shares of Common Stock and then into Merger Consideration Shares at an exchange ratio of approximately 0.2407 in accordance
−Removed: with the Merger Agreement.
−Removed: each of July 31, 2023 and September 18, 2023, an aggregate of six third party investors executed joinders to Estrella’s Series
−Removed: A Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement.
−Removed: Pursuant to the joinders, such investors agreed to purchase an aggregate of 9,250,000 shares of
−Removed: Estrella’s Series A Preferred Stock for $9,250,000 ($730,000 of which was comprised of funds in the trust account delivered to
−Removed: Estrella at the closing of the Business Combination that would have otherwise been paid to US Tiger Securities, Inc.
−Removed: as a deferred underwriting
−Removed: fee in connection with UPTD’s IPO) immediately prior to the effective time of Estrella’s Merger with UPTD.
−Removed: Subsequently and
−Removed: immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger with UPTD, such shares of Estrella’s Series A Preferred Stock converted into
−Removed: Estrella common stock and then into Merger Consideration Shares at an exchange ratio of approximately 0.2407 in accordance with the Merger
−Removed: addition, immediately prior to the Effective Time, 500,000 shares of Estrella’s Series A Preferred Stock were issued to White Lion
−Removed: for $500,000 and 250,000 shares of Estrella’s Series A Preferred Stock were issued to White Lion in consideration for its commitments
−Removed: under the Common Stock Purchase Agreement pursuant to the Joinder to the Series A Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement between Estrella
−Removed: and White Lion, dated April 20, 2023, as further described in in the preceding section.
−Removed: Subsequently, immediately prior to the Effective
−Removed: Time, such shares of Estrella Series A Preferred Stock were converted into shares of Common Stock and then into Merger Consideration
−Removed: Shares at an exchange ratio of approximately 0.2407 in accordance with the Merger Agreement.
−Removed: securities described above were offered and sold pursuant to the exemption from the registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities
−Removed: Act or Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder.
−Removed: following table provides information with respect to repurchases of Common Stock during each month of the quarter ended June 30, 2024.
−Removed: Purchases of Common Stock (i)
−Removed: Publicly Announced
−Removed: April 1, 2024 – April 30, 2024
−Removed: May 1, 2024 – May 31, 2024
−Removed: June 1, 2024 – June 30, 2024
−Removed: shares of Common Stock repurchased during the quarter ended June 30, 2024 were made in open-market transactions pursuant to the authorization
−Removed: of the Company’s board of directors to repurchase up to $1,000,000 of the Company’s common stock as publicly announced in
−Removed: the Company’s press release issued on January 30, 2024 and included as Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form
−Removed: 8-K filed on the same date.
−Removed: The authorization does not have an expiration date.
−Removed: While the Company anticipates as of the date hereof that
−Removed: it will continue to repurchase shares of Common Stock pursuant to the authorization, the Company is not obligated to repurchase any particular
−Removed: amount of Common Stock pursuant to the authorization and the timing, method and amount of any repurchases made pursuant to the authorization
−Removed: in the future may depend on market conditions and other factors.
+Added: Market for Registrant’s Common
+Added: Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
+Added: Market Information
+Added: Our common stock and warrants trade on the Nasdaq Capital Market
+Added: under the symbols “ESLA” and “ESLAW,” respectively, since October 2, 2023.
+Added: As of December 31, 2025, there
+Added: were 19 registered holders of record of our Common Stock and one holder of record of our warrants.
+Added: The single record holder for our warrants
+Added: is Cede & Co., a nominee for The Depository Trust Company, which holds all of our outstanding warrants in “street name”.
+Added: These figures do not include the number of beneficial owners whose shares or warrants are held in “street name” through banks
+Added: or broker-dealers.
+Added: We have not paid any cash
+Added: dividends to date.
+Added: The payment of cash dividends in the future will be dependent upon our revenues and earnings, if any, capital requirements
+Added: and general financial condition.
+Added: The payment of any cash dividends will be within the discretion of the Board at such time.
+Added: Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
+Added: All sales of unregistered
+Added: securities during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, were previously disclosed in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q or current
+Added: reports on Form 8-K, as applicable.
+Added: Issuer Purchases of Common Stock
+Added: Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity
+Added: Compensation Plans
+Added: Equity Compensation Plan Information
+Added: Plan category
+Added: Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights (a)
+Added: Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights (b)
+Added: Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a)) (c)
+Added: Equity compensation plans approved by security holders
+Added: Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders
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