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
Common Stock
Our shares of Class A Common Stock are not listed on any stock exchange nor traded on any public market. Our shares of Class B Common Stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) under the symbol "NMAX" on March 31, 2025.
The number of shareholders of record of our shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock was approximately 1 and 34,867, respectively, on March 31, 2025.
Payment of Dividends
Except for dividends paid to holders of shares of the Company’s preferred stock upon the conversion of preferred stock upon the completion of its private placement of securities in February 2025, Newsmax Inc. has never declared or paid cash dividends on its capital stock. We intend to retain all available funds and any future earnings for use in the operation and expansion of our business and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our securities in the foreseeable future.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities; Use of Proceeds from Registered Offerings
Private Placement
In June 2024, the Company launched an offering of its Series B Preferred Stock in a private placement pursuant to Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Private Placement”). The initial offering was for up to 30,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock at $5,000 per share for a base offering amount of $150,000,000, with the option to expand up to 45,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock for an offering amount of $225,000,000. The Company completed the Private Placement on February 27, 2025, having sold 45,000 shares of its Series B Preferred Stock, resulting in net proceeds to the Company of approximately $206,660,000. In connection with the Private Placement, the Company issued a three-year warrant to Digital Offering, LLC, as placement agent for the Private Placement, exercisable for 900 shares of Series B Preferred Stock with an exercise price per share of $5,000.
Regulation A Offering
On February 7, 2025, the Company filed an offering statement on Form 1-A (as amended, the “Offering Statement”, File #024-12567) with the Securities & Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for the sale of up to 7,500,000 shares of Class B Common Stock at $10.00 per share (the “Reg A IPO”). The Offering Statement was declared qualified by the SEC on March 7, 2025. The Company completed the Reg A IPO on March 28, 2025, having sold 7,500,000 shares of its Class B Common Stock, resulting in net proceeds to the Company of approximately $56,953,107. Digital Offering, LLC (“Digital Offering”) acted as lead selling agent in the Reg A IPO. The Company paid a cash commission of 6.265% to Digital Offering on sales of its Class B Common Stock in the Reg A IPO.
Use of Proceeds from Regulation A Offering
The Company intends use the net proceeds from the Reg A IPO for its own general and corporate expenses. The Company may, in its sole discretion, make capital contributions to Newsmax Media from time to time to fund working capital needs and business initiatives. Such working capital needs may include costs related to talent and programming, marketing, distribution and digital expansion. In the ordinary course of business, Newsmax Media expects to evaluate the acquisition of, investment in or in-license of complementary products, technologies or businesses, and could use a portion of the net proceeds from the Reg A IPO for such activities; however, Newsmax Media currently does not have any agreements, arrangements, or commitments with respect to any potential acquisition, investment or license.
The expected use of the net proceeds from the Reg A IPO represents the Company’s intentions based upon its current plans, financial condition and business conditions. Predicting the cost to be used in Newsmax Inc. and the Subsidiaries’ businesses can be difficult and the amounts and timing of their actual expenditures may vary significantly depending on numerous factors including the status of our development efforts, sales and marketing activities and the amount of cash generated or used by our operations. The Company may find it necessary or advisable to use portions of the
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proceeds for other purposes. As a result, the Company’s management will retain broad discretion over the allocation of the net proceeds from the Reg A IPO.
Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers
None.
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