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Market Information
−Removed: Our Class B Common Stock is listed and began
−Removed: trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market tier of Nasdaq on February 3, 2023, under the symbol “ASST”.
−Removed: Prior to the listing, there
−Removed: was no public market for our common stock.
+Added: Our Class B Common Stock is listed and began trading
+Added: on the Nasdaq Capital Market tier of Nasdaq on February 3, 2023, under the symbol “ASST”.
+Added: Prior to the listing, there was
+Added: no public market for our common stock.
Number of Holders of Our Common Stock
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Use of Proceeds from Registered Securities
−Removed: The closing of our initial
−Removed: public offering took place on February 7, 2023, pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.
−Removed: At the closing, the Company sold the IPO Shares
−Removed: for total gross proceeds of $7,500,000.
−Removed: After deducting the underwriting discounts, commissions, non-accountable expense allowance, and
−Removed: other expenses from the initial public offering, the Company received net proceeds of approximately $6.6 million.
−Removed: Other terms of and
−Removed: agreements relating to the Underwriting Agreement and the underwriter are described under Item 1.
−Removed: “ Business – Corporate
−Removed: Structure and History – Initial Public Offering and Underwriting Agreement ” and Item 7.
−Removed: “ Management’s
−Removed: Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition – Liquidity and Capital Resources – Engagement Letter with Boustead Securities,
−Removed: The IPO Shares were
−Removed: offered and sold, and the Representative’s Warrant was issued, pursuant to the IPO Registration Statement, initially filed with
−Removed: the SEC on September 2, 2022, and declared effective by the SEC on February 2, 2023, and the IPO Public Offering Prospectus, dated February
−Removed: 2, 2023, filed with the SEC on February 6, 2023 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(4) of the Securities Act.
−Removed: In addition, a total of 1,500,000 shares
−Removed: of Class B Common Stock were registered for resale by the selling stockholders named in the IPO Registration Statement, and the IPO Resale
−Removed: Prospectus, was filed with the SEC on February 6, 2023 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) of the Securities Act.
−Removed: As stated in the IPO Resale
−Removed: Prospectus, any resales of these shares occurred at a fixed price of $5.00 per share until the Class B Common Stock was listed on Nasdaq.
−Removed: Thereafter, these sales will occur at fixed prices, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to prevailing
−Removed: market prices, or at negotiated prices.
−Removed: The Company will not receive any proceeds from the resale of Class B Common Stock by the selling
−Removed: stockholders.
+Added: The closing of our initial public offering took
+Added: place on February 7, 2023, pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of February 2, 2023, between the Company and Boustead, as
+Added: representative of the underwriters named on Schedule 1 thereto (the “Underwriting Agreement”).
+Added: At the closing, the Company
+Added: sold 300,000 shares of Class B Common Stock for total gross proceeds of $7,500,000.
+Added: After deducting
+Added: the underwriting discounts, commissions, non-accountable expense allowance, and other expenses from the initial public offering, the Company
+Added: received net proceeds of approximately $6.6 million.
+Added: Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, on February 7, 2023, the Company also agreed
+Added: to issue Boustead a warrant to purchase the number of shares of Class B Common Stock equal to 7% of the aggregate number of shares of
+Added: Class B Common Stock sold in the initial public offering (the “Representative’s Warrant”).
+Added: The shares were offered
+Added: and sold, and the Representative’s Warrant was issued, pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
+Added: initially filed with the SEC on September 2, 2022, and declared effective by the SEC on February 2, 2023 (as amended, the “IPO Registration
+Added: Statement”), and the final prospectus, dated February 2, 2023, filed with the SEC on February 6, 2023 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(4)
+Added: of the Securities Act (the “IPO Public Offering Prospectus”).
+Added: In addition, a total of 300,000 shares of Class B Common Stock
+Added: were registered for resale by the selling stockholders named in the IPO Registration Statement and a final prospectus relating to these
+Added: shares, dated February 2, 2023, which was filed with the SEC on February 6, 2023 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) of the Securities Act (the
+Added: “IPO Resale Prospectus”).
+Added: The Company did not and will not receive any proceeds from the resale of Class B Common Stock by
+Added: the selling stockholders.
The IPO Registration
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Warrant has not been exercised.
−Removed: On April 4, 2023, the
−Removed: IPO Post-Effective Amendment was filed with the SEC and became effective on April 14, 2023.
−Removed: The IPO Post-Effective Amendment was required
−Removed: to be filed to update the IPO Registration Statement’s prospectuses to include, among other things, the information contained in
−Removed: our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, which was filed with the SEC on June 30, 2023, and information
−Removed: in certain subsequent reports and filings under the Exchange Act.
−Removed: The IPO Post-Effective Amendment maintained the effectiveness of the
−Removed: IPO Registration Statement with respect to the sale of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Representative’s Warrant
−Removed: and the resale of the shares of common stock held by the selling stockholders.
−Removed: Updates to the IPO Public Offering Prospectus and the
−Removed: IPO Resale Prospectus were included with the IPO Post-Effective Amendment.
+Added: On April 4, 2023, Post-Effective
+Added: Amendment No.
+Added: 1 to the IPO Registration Statement was filed with the SEC and became effective on April 14, 2023 (the “IPO Post-Effective
+Added: The IPO Post-Effective Amendment was required to be filed to update the IPO Registration Statement’s prospectuses
+Added: to include, among other things, the information contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022,
+Added: which was filed with the SEC on June 30, 2023, and information in certain subsequent reports and filings under the Exchange Act.
+Added: Post-Effective Amendment maintained the effectiveness of the IPO Registration Statement with respect to the sale of shares of common stock
+Added: issuable upon exercise of the Representative’s Warrant and the resale of the shares of common stock held by the selling stockholders.
+Added: Updates to the IPO Public Offering Prospectus and the IPO Resale Prospectus were included with the IPO Post-Effective Amendment.
As stated in the IPO
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on November 16, 2023 until December 31, 2024:
−Removed: ● None was used for construction
−Removed: of plant, building and facilities;
−Removed: ● None was used for the purchase
−Removed: and installation of machinery and equipment;
−Removed: ● None was used for purchases of
−Removed: ● None was used for the acquisition
−Removed: of other businesses;
−Removed: ● None was used for the repayment
−Removed: of indebtedness;
−Removed: ● $3.5 million was used for working
+Added: ● None was used for construction of plant, building and facilities;
+Added: ● None was used for the purchase and installation of machinery and equipment;
+Added: ● None was used for purchases of real estate;
+Added: ● Approximately
+Added: $0.3 million was used for the acquisition of assets of other businesses;
+Added: ● None was used for the repayment of indebtedness;
+Added: ● Approximately
+Added: $6.3 million was used for working capital;
● None was used for temporary investments.
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indirect payments to any others other than for the direct costs of the offering.
−Removed: There has not been,
−Removed: and we do not expect, any material change in the planned use of proceeds from the initial public offering as described in the IPO Registration
+Added: There has not been, and
+Added: we do not expect, any material change in the planned use of proceeds from the initial public offering as described in the IPO Registration
Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity
Compensation Plans
−Removed: See Item 12 “ Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters – Securities
−Removed: Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans ”.
+Added: See Part III.
+Added: “ Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters –
+Added: Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans ”.
Dividend Policy
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and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the near future.
−Removed: We may also enter into credit agreements or other
−Removed: borrowing arrangements in the future that will restrict our ability to declare or pay cash dividends on our common stock.
−Removed: determination to declare dividends will be made at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on our financial condition,
−Removed: operating results, capital requirements, contractual restrictions, general business conditions and other factors that our board of directors
−Removed: may deem relevant.
+Added: In addition, the Series A Certificate of Designation
+Added: prohibits the Company from declaring or paying any cash dividends on its capital stock other than as required by the Series A Certificate
+Added: of Designation with respect to the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
+Added: We may also enter into credit agreements or other borrowing
+Added: arrangements in the future that will restrict our ability to declare or pay cash dividends on our common stock.
+Added: Any future determination
+Added: to declare dividends will be made at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on our financial condition, operating results,
+Added: capital requirements, contractual restrictions, general business conditions and other factors that our board of directors may deem relevant.
See also “Item 1A.
−Removed: Risk Factors – Risks Related to Ownership of Our Class B Common Stock – We
−Removed: have never paid cash dividends on our stock and do not intend to pay dividends for the foreseeable future .”
+Added: Risk Factors – Risks Related to Ownership of Our Class B Common
+Added: Stock – We have never paid cash dividends on our stock and do not intend to pay dividends for the foreseeable future .”
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
−Removed: During 2023, the Company did not sell any equity
−Removed: securities that were not registered under the Securities Act and that were not previously disclosed in a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
−Removed: or Current Report on Form 8-K where required, except as disclosed below.
−Removed: On June 30, 2023, the
−Removed: Company entered into a Closing Agreement (the “Triton Closing Agreement”) with Triton Funds LP, a Delaware limited partnership
−Removed: Under the Closing Agreement, the Company agreed to sell to Triton, at its option, shares of Class B Common Stock
−Removed: having an aggregate value of $1,000,000 (the “Triton Shares”), pursuant to a registration statement to be filed and made effective
−Removed: for the resale of the Triton Shares.
−Removed: Subject to the terms of the Triton Closing Agreement, the Company was provided a right to deliver
−Removed: a closing notice (the “Triton Closing Notice”) and issue the Triton Shares to Triton at any time before September 30, 2023,
−Removed: pursuant to which Triton had agreed to purchase the Triton Shares for $1,000,000 before deducting a $25,000 administrative fee.
−Removed: of each of the Triton Shares was agreed to be 85% of the lowest daily volume-weighted average price of the Class B Common Stock during
−Removed: the five business days prior to the closing of the purchase of the Triton Shares (the “Triton Closing”).
−Removed: The Triton Closing
−Removed: was required to occur within five business days after the delivery of the Triton Shares to Triton.
−Removed: Triton’s obligation to purchase
−Removed: the Triton Shares was conditioned on the effectiveness of the required registration statement and Triton’s ownership not exceeding
−Removed: 9.99% of the Class B Common Stock outstanding as of June 30, 2023.
−Removed: The Triton Closing Agreement
−Removed: contained additional requirements, including that the Company maintain the listing of the Class B Common Stock on the primary market
−Removed: on which the Class B Common Stock is listed and provide notice to Triton of certain events affecting registration or that may suspend
−Removed: its right to submit the Triton Closing Notice.
−Removed: The Company also agreed to provide indemnification against liabilities relating to misrepresentations,
−Removed: breaches of obligations, and third-party claims relating to the Triton Closing Agreement, with certain exceptions.
−Removed: The Triton Closing
−Removed: Agreement provided that it would expire either upon the Triton Closing or September 30, 2023.
−Removed: On August 1, 2023, the
−Removed: Company entered into an Amended and Restated Closing Agreement (the “Amended and Restated Closing Agreement”) with Triton.
−Removed: Subject to its terms, the Amended and Restated Closing Agreement provided that the Company may deliver a Closing Notice and issue certain
−Removed: securities to Triton at any time on or before September 30, 2023, pursuant to which Triton agreed to be required to purchase such securities
−Removed: of the Company with an aggregate gross purchase price of $1,000,000 in the following manner.
−Removed: Upon delivery of a Closing Notice and the
−Removed: issuance and delivery of securities as described below, Triton agreed to purchase Triton Shares in an amount equal to up to 9.99% of the
−Removed: outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock following such purchase, pre-funded warrants (“Triton Pre-Funded Warrants” and
−Removed: together with Triton Shares, “Triton Securities”) that may be exercised to purchase an amount of newly-issued shares of Class
−Removed: B Common Stock (“Triton Warrant Shares”), or both Triton Shares and Triton Pre-Funded Warrants, such that the aggregate price
−Removed: of the Triton Shares and the Triton Pre-Funded Warrants together with the exercise price to be paid upon full exercise of the Triton Pre-Funded
−Removed: Warrants was required to equal a total gross purchase price of $1,000,000.
−Removed: Upon the Company’s election to deliver a Closing Notice,
−Removed: the price of each of the Triton Shares was required to be set at 85% of the lowest daily volume-weighted average price of the Class B
−Removed: Common Stock during the five business days after the date that the Triton Securities were delivered to Triton.
−Removed: Any proceeds under the
−Removed: Amended and Restated Closing Agreement must be reduced by a $25,000 administrative fee.
−Removed: The Amended and Restated Closing Agreement also
−Removed: provided that it would expire either upon the date that Triton paid the required purchase price after receiving a Closing Notice, or September
−Removed: The Amended and Restated
−Removed: Closing Agreement provided that Triton’s obligation to purchase the Triton Securities was subject to certain conditions.
−Removed: conditions included the filing and effectiveness of the required registration statement for the resale of the Triton Securities.
−Removed: the Class B Common Stock was required to remain listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market tier of Nasdaq, and the issuance of the Triton Securities
−Removed: was required to not violate any requirements of Nasdaq.
−Removed: Triton’s purchase requirement was also subject to provisions that prevented
−Removed: Triton from acquiring shares of Class B Common Stock at the time of any sale of the Triton Securities or exercise of the Triton Pre-Funded
−Removed: Warrants that would result in the number of shares beneficially owned by Triton and its affiliates exceeding 9.99% of the total number
−Removed: of shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of the shares under the Amended and Restated
−Removed: Closing Agreement or the Triton Pre-Funded Warrants (the “Beneficial Ownership Limitation”).
−Removed: The Amended and Restated Closing
−Removed: Agreement provided for the issuance of the Triton Pre-Funded Warrants in lieu of issuance of some or all the Triton Shares, with an exercise
−Removed: price of $0.01 per share and with no expiration date, if, in Triton’s sole discretion, it would otherwise exceed the Beneficial
−Removed: Ownership Limitation, or otherwise upon Triton’s election.
−Removed: For each of the Triton Shares that Triton instead elected to be issuable
−Removed: as Triton Warrant Shares, the number of Triton Shares that we were required to issue to Triton at the time of any sale of the Triton
−Removed: Securities was required to be decreased on a one-for-one basis.
−Removed: We were also required to provide indemnification against liabilities
−Removed: relating to misrepresentations, breaches of obligations, and third-party claims relating to the Amended and Restated Closing Agreement,
−Removed: with certain exceptions.
−Removed: In connection with the
−Removed: Amended and Restated Closing Agreement, pursuant to the Boustead Engagement Letter, upon a closing under the Amended and Restated Closing
−Removed: Agreement, the Company must pay Boustead a cash fee equal to 7% of the gross proceeds to be received from such closing and pay Boustead
−Removed: a non-accountable expense allowance equal to 1% of the gross proceeds to be received from such closing.
−Removed: The Company must also issue Boustead
−Removed: a warrant with respect to any Triton Shares exercisable for a number of shares of Class B Common Stock equal to 7% of the number of the
−Removed: Triton Shares at an exercise price equal to the price per share for the Triton Shares, and a warrant with respect to the issuance of
−Removed: any Triton Pre-Funded Warrants exercisable for a number of shares of Class B Common Stock equal to 7% of the Triton Warrant Shares at
−Removed: an exercise price equal to $0.01 per share (any such warrant, a “Tail Warrant”).
−Removed: Each Tail Warrant must be exercisable for
−Removed: a period of five years and contain cashless exercise provisions.
−Removed: The Company also must reimburse Boustead for all reasonable invoiced
−Removed: out-of-pocket expenses in connection with its performance of any services relating to the Amended and Restated Closing Agreement, regardless
−Removed: of whether a sale under the Amended and Restated Closing Agreement occurred.
−Removed: For further discussion of the Underwriting Agreement and
−Removed: the Boustead Engagement Letter, see Item 7.
−Removed: “ Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
−Removed: Operations – Liquidity and Capital Resources – Initial Public Offering and Underwriting Agreement ” and “— Liquidity
−Removed: and Capital Resources – Engagement Letter with Boustead Securities, LLC ”.
−Removed: On August 18, 2023,
−Removed: the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
−Removed: 333-274079) to register the offer and sale of the Triton Securities
−Removed: in an amount of up to 885,000 shares of Class B Common Stock consisting of Triton Shares and Triton Warrant Shares.
−Removed: The registration
−Removed: statement also registered the offer and sale of up to 61,950 shares of Class B Common Stock under Tail Warrants.
−Removed: The registration statement
−Removed: was declared effective on September 6, 2023.
−Removed: Under an Amendment to
−Removed: Amended and Restated Closing Agreement (the “First Triton Amendment”), dated as of September 27, 2023, the Company and Triton
−Removed: agreed to amend the Amended and Restated Closing Agreement (as amended, the “Amended A&R Closing Agreement”) to provide
−Removed: that the Amended A&R Closing Agreement will expire on December 30, 2023 instead of September 30, 2023;
−Removed: to provide that up to an aggregate
−Removed: value of $1,000,000 of the Class B Common Stock, based on the purchase price formula described above, may be sold and purchased pursuant
−Removed: to a Closing Notice;
−Removed: and to amend the form of Closing Notice to provide for a specific number of shares that may be sold to Triton under
−Removed: the Amended A&R Closing Agreement.
−Removed: The First Triton Amendment did not amend any of the other provisions of the Amended and Restated
−Removed: Closing Agreement.
−Removed: As an incentive to Triton
−Removed: to enter into the First Triton Amendment and agree to the extension of the term of the $1,000,000 equity line under the Amended A&R
−Removed: Closing Agreement to December 30, 2023, the Company indicated to Triton that it would deliver a Closing Notice under the Amended A&R
−Removed: Closing Agreement to sell a number of shares of Class B Common Stock equal to approximately 4.9% of the outstanding shares of Class B
−Removed: Common Stock prior to the sale.
−Removed: Therefore, on September 29, 2023, under the Amended A&R Closing Agreement, the Company delivered
−Removed: a Closing Notice to Triton (the “First Closing Notice”) for the purchase of 263,410 Triton Shares (the “First Triton
−Removed: Shares”), which was the amount of shares of Class B Common Stock equal to approximately 4.9% of the 5,375,724 shares of Class B
−Removed: Common Stock outstanding on that date.
−Removed: Pursuant to the Amended A&R Closing Agreement, the closing date for this purchase was required
−Removed: to take place within five business days after the Triton Shares were delivered to Triton (the “Closing Date”).
−Removed: On the Closing
−Removed: Date, Triton was required to pay the Company a purchase price per share equal to 85% of the lowest daily volume-weighted average price
−Removed: of the Class B Common Stock during the period between the date that the shares were delivered to Triton and the Closing Date, the proceeds
−Removed: of which would be reduced by the $25,000 administrative fee, in accordance with the terms of the Amended A&R Closing Agreement.
−Removed: On October 4, 2023,
−Removed: the First Triton Shares were received by Triton.
−Removed: Pursuant to the Amended A&R Closing Agreement, on the fifth business day following
−Removed: the day that the First Triton Shares were received, Triton was required to pay the Company $46,083.53, based on a price per share of
−Removed: $0.26894, equal to 85% of $0.3164, the lowest daily volume-weighted average price of the Class B Common Stock during the five-business-day
−Removed: period ending October 11, 2023, less the $25,000 administrative fee.
−Removed: The Company received payment of this amount on October 13, 2023.
−Removed: In connection with the
−Removed: closing pursuant to the First Closing Notice under the Amended A&R Closing Agreement described above, pursuant to the Boustead Engagement
−Removed: Letter and the Underwriting Agreement, the Company paid Boustead a fee of $4,975.85, equal to 7% of the aggregate purchase price, and
−Removed: non-accountable expense allowance of $710.84, equal to 1% of the aggregate purchase price for the First Triton Shares.
−Removed: In addition, the
−Removed: Company issued a Tail Warrant to Boustead for the purchase of 18,439 shares of Class B Common Stock, equal to 7% of the number of the
−Removed: First Triton Shares, with an exercise price of $0.26894 per share, equal to the purchase price per share of the First Triton Shares.
−Removed: Under a Second Amendment
−Removed: to Amended and Restated Closing Agreement (the “Second Triton Amendment”), dated as of December 30, 2023, the Company and
−Removed: Triton agreed to amend the Amended A&R Closing Agreement to provide that the Amended A&R Closing Agreement will expire on March
−Removed: 31, 2024, instead of December 30, 2023.
−Removed: The Second Triton Amendment did not amend any of the other provisions of the Amended A&R
−Removed: Closing Agreement.
−Removed: Copies of the Closing
−Removed: Agreement, the Amended and Restated Closing Agreement, the First Triton Amendment, the Second Triton Amendment, the form of the Triton
−Removed: Pre-Funded Warrants, and the form of the warrants issuable to Boustead in connection with the Amended and Restated Closing Agreement,
−Removed: as amended, are each attached to the Annual Report as Exhibit 10.25, Exhibit 10.26, Exhibit 10.27, Exhibit 10.30, Exhibit 4.6, and the
−Removed: description above is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.
−Removed: Unless otherwise stated above, the issuances
−Removed: of these securities were made in reliance upon exemptions provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Rule 506(b) of
−Removed: Regulation D thereunder for the offer and sale of securities not involving a public offering and in reliance on similar exemptions under
−Removed: applicable state laws.
−Removed: Purchases of Equity Securities
−Removed: The following table provides information about
−Removed: our repurchases of common stock during the three months ended December 31, 2023:
−Removed: Total Number of Shares Purchased
−Removed: Average Price
−Removed: Paid per Share
−Removed: Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs (1)
−Removed: Maximum Number of Shares that May Yet be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (1)
−Removed: October 1, 2023 – October 31, 2023
−Removed: November 1, 2023 – November 30, 2023
−Removed: December 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023
−Removed: (1) On November 27, 2023, the Company announced that its board of
−Removed: directors has approved a stock repurchase program to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,250,000 shares of its outstanding Class B Common
−Removed: Acquisitions pursuant to this stock repurchase program may be made through a combination of open market repurchases in compliance
−Removed: with Rule 10b-18 (“Rule 10b-18”) promulgated under the Exchange Act, privately negotiated transactions, and/or other
−Removed: transactions at the Company’s discretion.
−Removed: The Company expects to finance any stock repurchases with existing cash balances.
−Removed: stock repurchase program may be suspended or discontinued at any time and does not obligate the Company to acquire any amount of common
−Removed: The stock repurchase program will expire on November 21, 2024, unless otherwise modified by the board of directors.
−Removed: All shares of Class B Common Stock purchased during the three months ended December 31, 2023, were repurchased pursuant to this publicly-announced
−Removed: repurchase program and were repurchased in compliance with Rule 10b-18.
+Added: During 2024, the
+Added: Company did not sell any equity securities that were not registered under the Securities Act and that were not previously disclosed in
+Added: a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or Current Report on Form 8-K where required.
+Added: of Equity Securities
+Added: No repurchases of our common stock were made during
+Added: the fourth quarter of 2024.
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