As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on May 7, 2021
Registration No. 333- 234741
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to
Form S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Odyssey Semiconductor
Technologies, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
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3674
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84-1766761
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(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
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9 Brown Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
Telephone: (607) 351-9768
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of principal executive offices)
Alex Behfar
Chief Executive Officer
Odyssey Semiconductor Technologies, Inc.
9 Brown Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
Telephone: (607) 351-9768
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Mitchell Lampert, Esq.
Robinson & Cole LLP
1055 Washington Boulevard
Stamford, CT 06901
Telephone: (203) 462-7559
Approximate
date of proposed sale to public: As soon as practicable on or after the effective date of this registration statement.
If
any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under
the Securities Act of 1933 check the following box. ☒
If
this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check
the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same
offering. ☐
If
this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list
the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
If
this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list
the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company”
in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer ☐
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Accelerated filer ☐
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Non-accelerated filer ☒
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Smaller reporting company ☒
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Emerging growth company ☒
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If
an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
of Each Class of Securities to Be Registered
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Amount
to Be Registered(1)
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Proposed
Maximum Offering Price per Share(2)
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Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering
Price
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Amount of Registration Fee(3)
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Shares of common stock, par
value $.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”) (4)
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983,333
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$
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1.50
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$
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1,474,999.50
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$
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191.45
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Shares of Common Stock (5)
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350,000
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$
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1.50
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$
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525,000.00
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$
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68.15
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Shares of Common Stock (6)
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1,776,346
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$
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1.50
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$
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2,664,519.00
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$
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345.85
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Shares of Common Stock (7)
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149,981
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$
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1.50
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$
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224,971.50
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$
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29.20
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Shares of Common Stock
underlying warrants (8)
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155,966
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$
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1.50
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$
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233,949.00
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$
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30.37
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Total
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3,415,626
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(9)
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$
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1.50
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$
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5,123,439.00
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$
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665.03
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Pursuant to Rule 416, there are also being registered such indeterminable additional securities as may be issued to prevent dilution as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
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(2)
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For the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), this price is based on a bona fide estimate of the maximum offering price of these shares at the time of filing of this Registration Statement.
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Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(a) as the aggregate offering price multiplied by 0.0001298. The fee was previously paid in connection with the original Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on November 15, 2019.
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(4)
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Represents shares of Common Stock issued in connection with the formation of the Company.
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(5)
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Represents shares of Common Stock issued in connection with a share exchange on June 21, 2019.
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(6)
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Represents shares of Common Stock purchased pursuant to our private placement which closed on June 21, 2019 and August 5, 2019 (the “August 2019 Private Placement”).
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(7)
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Represents shares of Common Stock purchased pursuant to our private placement which closed on September 24, 2019.
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Represents shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants issued to Katalyst Securities LLC, the placement agent in the August 2019 Private Placement, with an exercise price of $1.50 per share. Proposed maximum offering price per share is based on the exercise price of the warrant in accordance with Rule 457(g).
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This Registration Statement originally registered for sale of up
to an aggregate of 3,415,626 shares of common stock, which has been reduced to 1,794,977 shares in the Post-Effective Amendment No.
2 filed on May 7, 2021.
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The Registrant hereby amends this Registration
Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which
specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities
Act, as amended, or until this Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to such Section 8(a),
may determine.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
On November 15, 2019, we filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the “Registration Statement”), which
was subsequently amended on January 15, 2020, January 31, 2020 and February 13, 2020, and declared effective on February 14, 2020. We
filed with the SEC a Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on July 20, 2020.
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 is being
filed to update the Registration Statement to (i) reduce the total number of shares of Common Stock registered from 3,415,626 to 1,794,977
to reflect sales of shares by selling stockholder since July 20, 2020; and (ii) include information from our Annual Report on Form 10-K
for year ended December 31, 2020 filed with the SEC on April 8, 2021, update information about the Company throughout the filing, and
incorporates by reference certain reports filed since July 20, 2020 to the date of this filing.
All filing fees payable in connection with the
registration of the shares of common stock covered by this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 were paid by us as noted in the table
of Calculation of Registration Fee.
The information in this prospectus
is not complete and may be changed. These securities may not be sold until the Securities and Exchange Commission declares our registration
statement effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in
any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.
Prospectus
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Subject to Completion,dated May 7, 2021
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Odyssey Semiconductor Technologies, Inc.
1,794,977 Shares
Common Stock
This prospectus relates to
the offer for sale of up to an aggregate of 1,794,977 shares of common stock, par value $.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”),
of Odyssey Semiconductor Technologies, Inc. by the selling stockholders named herein. We are not offering any securities pursuant to
this prospectus. The shares of Common Stock offered by the selling stockholders include 155,966 shares of Common Stock underlying warrants.
Our Common Stock is presently
quoted on the OTCQB Market (the “OTCQB”) under the stock ticker symbol of “ODII” since August 27, 2020. There
is currently limited trading activities of our common stock. We cannot provide assurance that any sustained trading market will develop
in the future .
The sale and distribution of securities
offered hereby may be effected in one or more transactions, including ordinary brokers’ transactions, privately negotiated transactions
or through sales to one or more dealers for resale of such securities as principals, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale,
at prices related to such prevailing market prices or at privately negotiated prices. Usual and customary or specifically negotiated brokerage
fees or commissions may be paid by the selling stockholders. See “Plan of Distribution.”
The selling stockholders and intermediaries
through whom such securities are sold may be deemed “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “Securities Act”), with respect to the securities offered hereby, and any profits realized or commissions received may
be deemed underwriting compensation.
We are an “emerging growth
company” under the federal securities laws and will be subject to reduced public company reporting requirements.
Investing in our Common Stock
is highly speculative and involves a significant degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 7 of this prospectus
for a discussion of information that should be considered before making a decision to purchase our Common Stock.
Neither the Securities and Exchange
Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful
or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
The date of this prospectus is , 2021.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
You should rely only on the information contained
in this prospectus. We have not authorized any other person to provide you with information different from or in addition to that contained
in this prospectus. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. We are not making an
offer to sell these securities in any jurisdiction where an offer or sale is not permitted. You should assume that the information appearing
in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date on the front cover of this prospectus. Our business, financial condition, results of
operations and prospects may have changed since that date.
Additional risks and uncertainties not presently
known or that are currently deemed immaterial may also impair our business operations. The risks and uncertainties described in this document
and other risks and uncertainties which we may face in the future will have a greater impact on those who purchase our Common Stock. These
purchasers will purchase our Common Stock at a specified fixed price, at the market price or at a privately negotiated price, and will
run the risk of losing their entire investments.
For investors outside the United States: We
have not done anything that would permit this offering or possession or distribution of this prospectus in any jurisdiction where action
for that purpose is required, other than in the United States. You are required to inform yourselves about and to observe any restrictions
relating to this offering and the distribution of this prospectus.
PROSPECTUS
SUMMARY
This summary highlights information contained in
other parts of this prospectus. Because it is a summary, it does not contain all of the information that you should consider in making
your investment decision. Before investing in our Common Stock, you should read the entire prospectus carefully, including our consolidated
financial statements and the related notes included in this prospectus and the information set forth under the headings “Risk Factors”
and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”
When used herein, unless the context requires otherwise,
references to the “Company,” “we,” “our” and “us” refer to Odyssey Semiconductor Technologies,
Inc., a Delaware corporation, collectively with its wholly-owned subsidiary, Odyssey Semiconductor, Inc, a Delaware corporation.
About the Company
Odyssey Semiconductor Technologies,
Inc. (the “Company”) was formed as a Delaware corporation on April 12, 2019. The Company acquired its wholly-owned subsidiary,
Odyssey Semiconductor, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Odyssey Semiconductor”), on June 21, 2019 through a share exchange.
Odyssey Semiconductor, formed on April 11, 2019, commenced business operations on June 17, 2019 when it acquired its wholly-owned subsidiary,
JR2J LLC (“JR2J”), from its founders, Richard Brown and James Shealy, in exchange for shares of Odyssey Semiconductor.
The Company is a semiconductor
device company developing high-voltage power switching components and systems based on proprietary Gallium Nitride (GaN) processing technology.
The premium power switching device market, which is described as applications where silicon-based (Si) systems perform insufficiently,
is projected to reach over $3.5 billion by 2025 and is currently dominated by the semiconductor material silicon carbide (SiC). GaN-based
systems outperform Si and SiC based systems in every way due to the superior material properties of GaN. However, GaN devices have, to-date
proven difficult to process using standard semiconductor processing methods that are used to create Si and SiC based devices. We have
developed a novel processing modification that allows GaN to be processed in a manner that for the first time, makes high voltage GaN
power switching devices viably manufacturable. Our mission is to disrupt the rapidly growing premium power switching device market using
our newly developed GaN high voltage power transistor for switching applications.
Competition
There are many horizontal-conduction
(meaning the current flows horizontally, along the surface of the wafer), high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT) products emerging
from industry. HEMT transistors are able to operate at higher frequencies than ordinary transistors, up to millimeter wave frequencies,
and are used in high-frequency products such as cell phones, satellite television receivers, voltage converters, and radar
equipment. However, horizontal-conduction device technology has difficulty scaling beyond 650 V.
Contrast to horizontal-conduction
devices, vertical-conduction (meaning the current flows from the front surface of the wafer to the back surface) devices could easily
have scaling beyond 650 V; however, there are currently few discrete parts available with ratings above 650 V. The Company believes it
is uniquely poised to enter into the >650 V device market with its vertical conduction device technology.
We expect that our competitors
will include a number of larger companies which have more substantial research and development budgets than us. Even smaller companies
which are more targeted in their development efforts, such as Nexgen Power Systems, Inc., may be our potential competitors. If we are
unable to compete effectively with our competitors, our products or technologies may be rendered obsolete or noncompetitive, which could
materially adversely affect our business and results of operations.
Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company
We are an “emerging growth
company,” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or JOBS Act, and, for as long as we continue to be an “emerging
growth company,” we intend to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements applicable to other public
companies but not to “emerging growth companies,” including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor
attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in
our periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation
and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. In addition, as an “emerging growth company,”
we have chosen to take advantage of the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards, which will
allow us to delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies
until those standards apply to private companies. Accordingly, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply
with all public company accounting standards which could impact the valuation of our securities.
Recent Developments
Reverse Recapitalization
On June 21, 2019, the Company entered
into a share exchange agreement (the “Share Exchange Agreement”) with Odyssey Semiconductor and 100% of the stockholders of
Odyssey Semiconductor (the “Semiconductor Stockholders”), pursuant to which the Semiconductor Stockholders agreed to transfer
an aggregate of 5,666,667 shares of common stock of Odyssey Semiconductor to the Company in exchange for the Company’s issuance
of an aggregate of 5,666,667 shares of the Company’s Common Stock to the Semiconductor Stockholders (the “Share Exchange”).
As of June 21, 2019, Odyssey Semiconductor became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, the Semiconductor Stockholders beneficially
owned approximately 61.37% of the Company’s Common Stock on a fully-diluted basis, the Company began operating Odyssey Semiconductor’s
business of developing high-voltage power switching components and systems, all then directors and officers of the Company resigned and
were replaced by the directors and officers of Odyssey Semiconductor.
2019 Private Placements
On August 5, 2019, the
Company completed a private placement and sold an aggregate of 1,776,346 shares of Common Stock at $1.50 per share to accredited investors
for aggregate gross and net cash proceeds of $2,664,513. In addition, the Company issued to the Company’s placement agent immediately
vested five-year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 155,966 shares of the Company’s Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.50
per share. We also paid the placement agent a cash fee of 10% on funds raised from the investors introduced by the placement agent and
a cash fee of 5% on funds raised by us.
On September 24, 2019, the Company
sold an aggregate of 149,981 shares of common stock at $1.50 per share to accredited investors for aggregate cash proceeds of $224,972.
In connection with the
two private placements in 2019, the Company entered into registration rights agreements with the investors, pursuant to we agreed to
file a registration statement to register the resale of their shares and/or shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of the
placement agent warrants prior to November 18, 2019 and cause the registration statement to be declared effective by the SEC within 120
calendar days after the filing date (i.e. March 14, 2020). The registration statement was filed on November 15, 2019 and declared effective
by the SEC on February 14, 2020. In addition, pursuant to the registration rights agreements, we are required to use our commercially
reasonable efforts to keep the registration statement effective for a period of two years after the effective date or for such shorter
period ending on the date on which all registrable shares have been transferred.
2021 Private Placement
On March 30, 2021, the
Company received the proceeds of the first closing pursuant to an offering of its common stock. The Company sold 1,251,625 shares of
common stock at $4.00 per share for gross proceeds of $5,006,500 (after expenses, net proceeds were approximately $4.6 million). Warrants
equal to 8% of the common shares sold, other than to certain excluded parties, will be issued to the placement agent with a 5-year exercise
period and an exercise price of $4.00 per share. The Company may sell up to an additional 2,498,375 shares pursuant to this offering.
The maximum number of shares in the offering is 3,750,000, but includes up to 250,000 shares that the Company can sell to the excluded
parties without incurring fees (cash or warrants) to the placement agent.
In connection with this
offering, the Company entered into registration rights agreements with the investors, pursuant to which the Company agreed to file a
registration statement to register the resale of their shares and/or shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of the placement
agent warrants within 60 calendar days after the final closing of the offering and cause the registration statement to be declared effective
by the SEC within 120 calendar days after the final closing of the offering. In addition, the Company agreed to keep such registration
statement effective for a period of five (5) years after its effective date or for such shorter period ending on the date on which all
securities registered thereunder have been sold. If the Company fails to file or cause the registration statement to be declared effective
within the timeframe provided in the registration rights agreements, or the registrations statement ceases to remain continuously effective
or the holders of registrable securities are otherwise not permitted to utilize the prospectus therein to resell their shares for a period
of more than fifteen (15) consecutive trading days, with respect to the days of such delay the Company will be subject to cash liquidated
damages at a rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum of the total of the following as applicable for the registrable securities: (i) aggregate
purchase price paid by the investor who purchased the shares in the offering; and/or (ii) $4 per share of the placement agent warrants.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the maximum amount of liquidated damages that may be paid by the Company pursuant to the registration
rights agreements shall be an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the applicable foregoing amounts described in clauses (i) and (ii)
in the preceding sentence with respect to such holder’s registrable securities that are affected by the delay.
Governmental Assistance
Paycheck Protection Program
On May 1, 2020, the Company
received loan proceeds in the amount of approximately $211,000 under the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”). The PPP, established
as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, as amended (“CARES Act”), provides for loans to qualifying
businesses for amounts up to 2.5 times of the average monthly payroll expenses of such qualifying business. The loans and accrued interest
are forgivable after certain time periods further defined in the CARES Act (“Covered Period”) as long as the borrower uses
the loan proceeds for eligible purposes, including payroll, benefits, rent and utilities, and maintains its payroll levels. The amount
of loan forgiveness will be reduced if the borrower terminates employees or reduces salaries during the Covered Period.
The unforgiven portion
of the PPP loan, if any, is payable over two years at an interest rate of 1%, with a deferral of payments for the first six months. The
Company intends to use the proceeds for purposes consistent with the PPP. While the Company currently believes that its use of the loan
proceeds will meet the conditions for forgiveness of the loan, there can be no assurance that the Company will not take actions that
could cause the Company to be ineligible for forgiveness of the loan, in whole or in part. On March 6, 2021, the entire loan balance
was forgiven.
On February 24, 2021, the
Company received $193,625 pursuant to a promissory note issued under the Paycheck Protection Program Part 2 (“PPP2”). Interest
accrues at 1% per annum and the note is payable in 60 monthly installments of $3,300 commencing May 2022.
Economic Injury Disaster Loan Advance
On May 1, 2020, the Company
received an advance in the amount of $10,000 from the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) under the Economic Injury
Disaster Loan (“EIDL”) program administered by the SBA, which program was expanded pursuant to the CARES Act. Such advance
amount will reduce the Company’s PPP loan forgiveness amount described above.
Tomkins County Area Development Loan
On May 27, 2020, the Company
received loan proceeds in the amount of $50,000 from the Tomkins County Area Development (“TCAD”) Emergency Relief Loan Fund.
The loan matures after four years and bears interest in the amount of 2.5% per annum, with one year of no interest or principal payments,
followed by three years of monthly payments of principal and interest in the amount of $1,443 per month. The loan is collateralized against
certain assets of the Company.
Equipment Loans
On August 21, 2020, the
Company received a loan of $100,000 from Broome County Industrial Development Agency (5 year facility, 2.5% annual interest rate, monthly
payment of $1,775); on September 3, 2020, the Company received a loan of $100,000 from Southern Tier Region Economic Development Corporation
(5 year facility, 5.0% annual interest rate, monthly payment of $2,072) ; and on September 10, 2020, the Company received a loan of $75,000
from TCAD (5 year facility, 2.5% annual interest rate, monthly payment of $1,331). These loans were used to acquire equipment used in
the laboratory, and are secured by the underlying assets of the Company.
Consulting Service
On October 18, 2019, the
Company entered into an exclusive two-year consulting agreement with Akash Systems, Inc. (“Akash”), pursuant to which the
Company agreed to provide certain consulting services to Akash in connection with process development and fabrication of GaN-on-Diamond
high-electron-mobility transistors and monolithic microwave integrated circuits. Pursuant to the agreement, Akash guarantees to purchase
at least one wafer per month from the Company for a total of 24 wafers during the term of the agreement, at a price of $85,000 per wafer.
The Company has delivered 2 wafers in August 2020, and currently, the Company is awaiting new substrates to arrive from Akash
so it may perform services on the remaining wafers pursuant to the agreement.
Corporate Information
Our office address is 9 Brown Road,
Ithaca, NY 14850; telephone: (607) 351-9768.
Our corporate website address is
https://www.odysseysemi.com/. Information accessed through our website is not
incorporated into this prospectus and is not a part of this prospectus.
The Offering
Common Stock Outstanding:
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12,726,911 shares (1)
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Shares of Common Stock, including Shares of Common Stock underlying Warrants, Offered by Selling
Stockholders:
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1,794,977 shares (2)
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Use of Proceeds:
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We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the Common Stock by
the selling stockholders. We would, however, receive proceeds upon the exercise of the warrants held by the selling stockholders which,
if such warrants are exercised in full, would be approximately $233,949. Proceeds, if any, received from the exercise of such warrants
will be used for working capital and general corporate purposes. No assurances can be given that any of such warrants will be exercised.
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Quotation of Common Stock:
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Our Common Stock is presently quoted on the OTCQB Market (the “OTCQB”)
under the stock ticker symbol of “ODII”. There is currently limited trading activities of our common stock. We cannot provide
assurance that any sustained trading market will develop in the future.
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Risk Factors:
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An investment in our company is highly speculative and involves a significant
degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” and other information included in this prospectus for a discussion of factors you should
carefully consider before deciding to invest in shares of our Common Stock.
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As of May 7, 2021,
excludes: (i) 155,966 shares of Common Stock underlying the warrants, each exercisable at a price of $1.50 per share, issued to Katalyst
Securities LLC (“Katalyst”), the placement agent in its August 2019 Private Placement; (ii) 89,730 shares of our Common
Stock at a price of $4.00 per share, issued to the placement agent in its March 2021 Private Placement; and (iii)] 3,257,410 shares
of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of options at a price of $1.50 per share granted under our 2019 Equity Compensation Plan.
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Includes: (i) 3,259,660 shares of
our Common Stock being sold by the Selling Stockholders; and (ii) 155,966 shares of our Common Stock underlying the warrants, each
exercisable at a price of $1.50 per share, held by three designees of Katalyst.
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CAUTIONARY
NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus contains “forward-looking
statements,” which include information relating to management’s current view with respect to future events, future financial
performance, financial projections, strategies, expectations, competitive environment and regulation. Words such as “may,”
“should,” “could,” “would,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue,”
“expects,” “anticipates,” “future,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,”
“estimates,” and similar expressions, as well as statements in future tense, identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking
statements may include projections with respect to market size and acceptance, revenues and earnings, marketing and sales strategies,
and business operations. Forward-looking statements should not be read as a guarantee of future performance or results and may not be
accurate indications of when such performance or results will be achieved. Forward-looking statements are based on information we have
when those statements are made or management’s good faith belief as of that time with respect to future events, and are subject
to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual performance or results to differ materially from those expressed in or suggested by
the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause such differences include, but are not limited to:
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ability to adequately support growth.
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All forward-looking statements
included in this prospectus are based on information available to us on the date of this prospectus. Except to the extent required by
applicable laws or rules, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of
new information, future events or otherwise. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons
acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained above and throughout this prospectus.
The market in which the
Company intends to operate in is a highly competitive business environment. The Company’s business is and will continue to be affected
by government regulation, economic, political and social conditions, and consumer response to new and existing products and services,
technological developments and, particularly in view of new technologies, the ability to protect intellectual property rights. The Company’s
actual results could differ materially from management’s expectations because of changes in such factors. Other factors and risks
could also cause actual results to differ from those contained in forward-looking statements. Due to such uncertainties and the risk
factors set forth herein, prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon such forward-looking statements.
RISK FACTORS
An investment in our Common
Stock is speculative and illiquid and involves a high degree of risk, including the risk of a loss of your entire investment. You should
carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described below and the other information contained in this prospectus before purchasing
shares of our Common Stock. If any of the following risks actually materialize, our business, financial condition, prospects and/or operations
could suffer. In such event, the value of our Common Stock could decline, and you could lose all or a substantial portion of the money
that you pay for our Common Stock. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones we are facing. Additional risks and
uncertainties not presently known to us or that we deem immaterial may also impair our business operations or financial condition.
Risks Relating to Our Business, Growth Prospects and Operating Results
We face risks related to health epidemics and
other outbreaks, which could significantly disrupt our operations and could have a material adverse impact on us. The recent coronavirus
outbreak could materially and adversely affect our business.
An outbreak of a new respiratory
illness caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (“ COVID-19”) has resulted in millions of infections and hundreds of thousands
of deaths worldwide as of the date of filing of this prospectus, and continues to spread across the globe, including within the United
States. The outbreak of COVID-19 or by other epidemics could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition
and results of operations. If the spread of the virus worsens in regions in which we have material operations or sales, our business
activities originating from affected areas, including sales, manufacturing and supply chain related activities, and could be adversely
affected. Disruptive activities could include the temporary closure of our facilities and those used in our supply chain processes, restrictions
on the shipment of our products, business closures in impacted areas, and restrictions on our employees’ and consultants’
ability to travel and to meet with customers. If workers at one or more of our offices or the offices of our suppliers or manufacturers
become ill or are quarantined and in either or both events are therefore unable to work, our operations could be subject to disruption.
Further, if our manufacturers become unable to obtain necessary raw materials or components, we may incur higher supply costs or our
manufacturers may be required to reduce production levels, either of which may negatively affect our financial condition or results of
operations.
As events are rapidly changing,
we do not know how long the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures that have been introduced to respond to it will disrupt our operations
or the full extent of that disruption. Further, once we are able to restart normal business hours and operations doing so may take time
and will involve costs and uncertainty. We also cannot predict how long the effects of COVID-19 and the efforts to contain it will continue
to impact our business after the pandemic is under control. Governments could take additional restrictive measures to combat the pandemic
that could further impact our business or the economy in the geographies in which we operate. It is also possible that the impact of the
pandemic and response on our suppliers, customers and markets will persist for some time after governments ease their restrictions. These
measures have negatively impacted, and may continue to impact, our business and financial condition as the responses to control COVID-19
continue.
We are recently formed and are currently operating
at a loss. Our lack of operating history makes it difficult to evaluate our business and prospects and may increase the risks associated
with an investment in our Shares.
The Company was recently
formed in 2019 and is currently operating at a loss. Therefore, the Company is subject to the risks involved with any speculative early-stage
enterprise. There is no assurance that the Company will successfully offer, market and distribute its products or services. The Company
may continue to experience net losses and negative cash flows from operations or become only marginally profitable. The time required
to reach substantial profitability is highly uncertain. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to achieve substantial profitability
or that profitability, if achieved, can be sustained on an ongoing basis. There is no assurance that actual cash requirements will not
exceed our estimates. Such risks for the Company include, but are not limited to:
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an evolving, unpredictable
and unproven business model;
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limited operating capital
and limited access to credit; and
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In order to address these risks,
the Company must, among other things:
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execute its business strategy;
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The Company cannot assure investors that it
will succeed in addressing these risks.
Our business depends substantially on the continuing efforts
of our executive officers and our business may be severely disrupted if we lose their services.
Our future success depends substantially on
the continued services of our executive officers, especially our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Alex Behfar, our Chief Technical
Officer, Richard Brown, and our Secretary and Treasurer, James Shealy. We do not maintain key man life insurance on any of our executive
officers and directors. If one or more of our executive officers are unable or unwilling to continue in their present positions, we may
not be able to replace them readily, if at all. Under such circumstances our business may be severely disrupted and we may incur additional
expenses to recruit and retain new officers.
Failure of our internal control over financial reporting
could harm our business and financial results.
Our management is responsible for establishing
and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting is a process to provide
reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States. Internal control over financial reporting includes maintaining records that in reasonable detail
accurately and fairly reflect our transactions; providing reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary for preparation
of the financial statements; providing reasonable assurance that receipts and expenditures of our assets are made in accordance with
management authorization; and providing reasonable assurance that unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could
have a material effect on the financial statements would be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Any failure to maintain an effective
system of internal control over financial reporting could limit our ability to report our financial results accurately and timely or
to detect and prevent fraud.
In connection with the
evaluation of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020 that was undertaken by management in connection with
the preparation of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, management determined that our lack of
segregation of duties constituted a material weakness as of December 31, 2020. We do not have a Chief Financial Officer
and sufficient resources in the Company’s accounting function, which restricts the Company’s ability to gather, analyze and
properly review information related to financial reporting. Those functions are currently performed by our Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer, Alex Behfar. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting,
such that a reasonable possibility exists that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements would not be prevented
or detected on a timely basis. The Company is considering various remediation methods to mitigate such material weakness, but has not
yet adopted or implemented any plan to remedy such deficiency.
We depend on a limited number of customers
and the loss of one or more of these customers could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results
of operations.
During the year ended December
31, 2020, approximately 85% of revenues were generated from one governmental entity pursuant to our contract with such entity. No other
client accounted for more than 10% of revenues. 100% of contract assets as of December 31, 2020 are also related to this governmental
client. Deferred costs and deferred revenues at December 31, 2020 relate to three different clients, of which one client represents more
than 75% of both categories.
During the year ended December
31, 2019, revenues were generated from the governmental client pursuant to our contract with such entity, and amounted to approximately
78% of total revenues. Revenues pursuant to sale of products to other clients were approximately 22% of total revenues for the year ended
December 31, 2019. 100% of the contract assets as of December 31, 2019 was from the government client. Deferred costs and deferred revenues
at December 31, 2019 relate to two different clients.
We have several customers,
one of which is Akash. According to our contract with Akash entered into on October 18, 2019, we will take raw semiconductor wafers from
Akash and process them into finished devices on these wafers. Akash has agreed to purchase a total of 24 wafers from us during two years,
at a price of $85,000 per wafer. We received the first four raw semiconductor wafers from Akash, but due to defects on two of the four
raw wafers, only two wafers were completed by us in late August 2020. We have not received any more raw wafers from Akash and, at present,
it is unclear if more raw wafers will be supplied by Akash. If we do not receive the payments expected from Akash, our revenue, results
of operation and financial condition will be negatively impacted.
In addition, we cannot
assure that any of our customers in the future will not cease purchasing products from us in favor of products produced by other suppliers,
significantly reduce orders or seek price reductions in the future, and any such event could have a material adverse effect on our revenue,
profitability, and results of operations.
Furthermore, if a significant
portion of our revenue is derived from customers in certain industries, a downturn or lower sales to customers in such industries could
materially adversely affect our business and results of operations.
If we do not
have access to capital on favorable terms, on the timeline we anticipate, or at all, our financial condition and results of operations
could be materially adversely affected.
We
currently anticipate that our current cash on hand, grant revenue and customer payments will be sufficient to fund our operations for
the next 12 months. However, we anticipate that we will routinely incur significant costs to conduct research and development, implement
new manufacturing and information technologies, to increase our productivity and efficiency, to upgrade equipment and to expand production
capacity. There can be no assurance that we will realize a return on the capital expended. We also anticipate incurring material amounts
of debt to fund these requirements in the future. Significant volatility or disruption in the global financial markets may result in
us not being able to obtain additional financing on favorable terms, on the timeline we anticipate, or at all, and we may not be able
to refinance, if necessary, any outstanding debt when due, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition.
We currently have no commitments for any additional capital and there can be no assurance that we will receive any such commitments,
or that any commitments for capital will be on terms that are acceptable to us. Any inability to obtain additional funding on favorable
terms, on the timeline we anticipate, or at all, may cause us to curtail our operations significantly, reduce planned capital expenditures
and research and development, or obtain funds through arrangements that management does not currently anticipate, including disposing
of our assets and relinquishing rights to certain technologies, the occurrence of any of which may significantly impair our ability to
remain competitive. If our operating results falter, our cash flow or capital resources prove inadequate, or if interest rates increase
significantly, we could face liquidity problems that could materially and adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.
If our estimates
related to expenditures and/or expected revenue are inaccurate, our business may fail.
The
success of our business is dependent in part upon the accuracy of our management’s estimates of expenditures and revenue for the
next 12 months and beyond. If such estimates are inaccurate or we encounter unforeseen expenses and delays or significant unexpected
reduction of revenue, we may not be able to carry out our business plan, which could result in the failure of our business.
If the Company cannot
effectively manage growth by implementing and improving its operational and financial systems, the Company’s business, prospects,
financial condition and results of operations could be material adverse affected.
In order to maximize the
potential growth in the Company’s market opportunities, the Company may have to expand rapidly and significantly. The impetus for
expansion could place a significant strain on the management, operational and financial resources of the Company. In order to manage
growth, the Company will be required to implement and continually improve its operational and financial systems, expand operations, attract
and retain superior management and train, manage and expand its employee base. The Company can give no assurance that it will effectively
manage its operations that its system, procedures, or controls will adequately support operations or that management of the Company will
successfully implement its business plan. If the Company cannot effectively manage growth, the Company’s business, prospects, financial
condition and results of operations could be material adverse affected.
We may not obtain insurance coverage to adequately
cover all significant risk exposures.
We will be exposed to liabilities
that are unique to the products we provide. There can be no assurance that we will acquire or maintain insurance for certain risks, that
the amount of our insurance coverage will be adequate to cover all claims or liabilities, or that we will not be forced to bear substantial
costs resulting from risks and uncertainties of business. It also may not be possible to obtain insurance to protect against all operational
risks and liabilities. The failure to obtain adequate insurance coverage on terms favorable to us, or at all, could have a material adverse
effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
If product liability lawsuits are brought against
us, we may incur substantial liabilities.
We face a potential risk of product
liability as a result of any of the products that we develop, manufacture and/or offer for sale. For example, we may be sued if any product
we develop, manufacture and/or sell allegedly causes injury or is found to be otherwise unsuitable during product testing, manufacturing,
marketing or sale. Any such product liability claims may include allegations of defects in manufacturing, defects in design, a failure
to warn of dangers inherent in the product, negligence, strict liability and a breach of warranties. Claims could also be asserted under
state consumer protection acts. If we cannot successfully defend ourselves against product liability claims, we may incur substantial
liabilities. Even successful defense would require significant financial and management resources. Regardless of the merits or eventual
outcome, liability claims may result in:
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We currently do not maintain
any product liability insurance. We may obtain product liability insurance in the future. However, there is no guarantee that we will
be able to obtain product liability insurance or that such insurance will be affordable or sufficient. If we are unable to obtain or
retain sufficient product liability insurance coverage, it could prevent or inhibit the commercialization of products we develop. Even
if we obtain product liability insurance in the future, we may have to pay amounts awarded by a court or negotiated in a settlement that
exceed our coverage limitations or that are not covered by our insurance, and we may not have, or be able to obtain, sufficient capital
to pay such amounts.
Warranty claims, product liability claims and
product recalls could harm our business, results of operations and financial condition.
Manufacturing semiconductors is
a highly complex and precise process, requiring production in a tightly controlled, clean environment. Minute impurities in our manufacturing
materials, contaminants in the manufacturing environment, manufacturing equipment failures, and other defects can cause our products to
be non-compliant with customer requirements or otherwise nonfunctional. We face an inherent business risk of exposure to warranty
and product liability claims in the event that our products fail to perform as expected or such failure of our products results, or is
alleged to result, in bodily injury or property damage (or both). In addition, if any of our designed products are or are alleged to be
defective, we may be required to participate in their recall. A successful warranty or product liability claim against us in excess of
our available insurance coverage, if any, and established reserves, or a requirement that we participate in a product recall, could have
material adverse effects on our business, results of operations and financial condition. Additionally, in the event that our products
fail to perform as expected or such failure of our products results in a recall, our reputation may be damaged, which could make it more
difficult for us to sell our products to existing and prospective customers and could materially adversely affect our business, results
of operations and financial condition.
Since a defect or failure in our
product could give rise to failures in the goods that incorporate them (and claims for consequential damages against our customers from
their customers), we may face claims for damages that are disproportionate to the revenue and profits we receive from the products involved.
We plan to attempt to limit our liability through our standard terms and conditions of sale and other customer contracts in certain instances;
however, there is no assurance that such limitations will be effective. To the extent that we are liable for damages in excess of the
revenue and profits we received from the products involved, our results of operations and financial condition could be materially adversely
affected.
A significant product defect or product recall
could materially and adversely affect our brand image, causing a decline in our sales and profitability, and could reduce or deplete our
financial resources.
Provided we are successful in developing
and selling our products, any product defect could materially harm our brand image and could force us to conduct a product recall. This
could damage our relationships with our customers. A product recall would be particularly harmful to us because we will likely have
limited financial and administrative resources to effectively manage a product recall and it would detract management’s attention
from implementing our core business strategies. As a result, a significant product defect or product recall could cause a decline in our
sales and profitability and could reduce or deplete our financial resources.
Natural disasters and
other business disruptions could cause significant harm to our business operations and facilities and could adversely affect our supply
chain and our customer base, any of which may materially adversely affect our business, results of operation, and financial condition.
We
expect that our manufacturing and other facilities, as well as the operations of our third-party suppliers, are susceptible to losses
and interruptions caused by floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, typhoons, and similar natural disasters, as well as power outages, telecommunications
failures, industrial accidents, and similar events. The occurrence of natural disasters in any of the regions in which we or our suppliers
will operate could severely disrupt the operations of our businesses by negatively impacting our supply chain, our ability to deliver
products, and the cost of our products. Such events can negatively impact revenue and earnings and can significantly impact cash flow,
both from decreased revenue and from increased costs associated with the event. In addition, these events could cause consumer confidence
and spending to decrease. We may in the future carry insurance to generally compensate for losses of the type noted above, however, even
if we obtain such insurance it may not be adequate to cover all losses that may be incurred or continue to be available in the affected
area at commercially reasonable rates and terms. To the extent any losses from natural disasters or other business disruptions are not
covered by insurance, any costs, write-downs, impairments and decreased revenue can materially adversely affect our business, our results
of operations and our financial condition.
We may be subject to litigation from time to
time during the normal course of business, which may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
From time to time in the normal
course of business or otherwise, we may become subject to litigation that may result in liability material to our financial statements
as a whole or may negatively affect our operating results if changes to business operation are required. The cost to defend such litigation
may be significant and may require a diversion of our resources. There also may be adverse publicity associated with litigation that could
negatively affect customer perception of our products and business, regardless of whether the allegations are valid or whether we are
ultimately found liable. As a result, litigation may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
There is no assurance on the future successful
completion of strategic transactions by us to successfully implement our business strategies.
Our ability to complete future
strategic transactions could be important to the successful implementation of our business strategies, including our strategies to strengthen
our geographic diversity and broaden its customer base. Successful completion of an acquisition or other similar transaction depends on
a number of factors that are not entirely within our control, including our ability to negotiate acceptable terms, conclude satisfactory
agreements and obtain all necessary regulatory approvals. In seeking to acquire a target company, we may face competition from other companies
interested in acquiring the target company that have significantly greater financial and other resources than us. If we need to finance
a transaction, we may not be able to obtain the necessary financing on satisfactory terms and within the timeframe that would permit the
transaction to proceed. If any of these factors prevents us from completing one or more strategic transactions, we may not be able to
expand our business in the manner and on the schedule that we plan. In addition, we may incur significant costs arising from our efforts
to engage in strategic transactions. These costs may exceed the returns that we realize from a given transaction. Moreover, these expenditures
may not result in the successful completion of a transaction.
Even if
we complete one or more strategic transactions, we may be unable to integrate successfully the personnel and operations of a new business
or achieve the operational synergies or other benefits that we had anticipated. Moreover, we might fail to discover liabilities of a business
or operating or other problems prior to completing a transaction. We could experience adverse accounting and financial consequences, such
as the need to make large provisions against the acquired assets or to write down acquired assets. We might also experience a dilutive
effect on our earnings. Depending on how any such transaction is structured, there may be an adverse impact on our capital structure.
Further, an acquisition could disrupt our ongoing business, distract management and employees or lead to increased expenses.
Risks Related to the Semiconductor Industry
Downturns or volatility
in general economic conditions could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.
In
recent years, worldwide semiconductor industry sales have tracked the impact of the financial crisis, subsequent recovery and persistent
economic uncertainty. We believe that the state of economic conditions in the United States is particularly uncertain due to the global
pandemic as well as recent and expected shifts in legislative and regulatory conditions concerning, among other matters, international
trade and taxation, and that an uneven recovery or a renewed global downturn may put pressure on our sales due to reductions in customer
demand as well as customers deferring purchases. Volatile and/or uncertain economic conditions can adversely impact sales and profitability
and make it difficult for us and our competitors to accurately forecast and plan our future business activities. To the extent we incorrectly
plan for favorable economic conditions that do not materialize or take longer to materialize than expected, we may face oversupply of
our products relative to customer demand. Reduced customer spending may in the future drive us and our competitors, to reduce product
pricing, which will result in a negative effect on gross profit. Moreover, volatility in revenue as a result of unpredictable economic
conditions may alter our anticipated working capital needs and interfere with our short-term and long-term strategies. To the extent
that our sales, profitability and strategies are negatively affected by downturns or volatility in general economic conditions, our business
and results of operations may be materially adversely affected.
The semiconductor
industry is highly cyclical, and significant downturns or upturns in customer demand can materially adversely affect our business and
results of operations.
The semiconductor
industry is highly cyclical and, as a result, is subject to significant downturns and upturns in customer demand for semiconductors and
related products. We cannot accurately predict the timing of future downturns and upturns in the semiconductor industry or how severe
and prolonged these conditions might be. Significant downturns often occur in connection with, or in anticipation of, maturing product
cycles (for semiconductors and for the end-user products in which they are used) or declines in general economic conditions
and can result in reduced product demand, production overcapacity, high inventory levels and accelerated erosion of average selling prices,
any of which could materially adversely affect our operating results as a result of increased operating expenses outpacing decreased revenue,
reduced margins, underutilization of our manufacturing capacity and/or asset impairment charges. On the other hand, significant upturns
can cause us to be unable to satisfy demand in a timely and cost efficient manner. In the event of such an upturn, we may not be able
to expand our workforce and operations in a sufficiently timely manner, procure adequate resources and raw materials, or locate suitable
third-party suppliers to respond effectively to changes in demand for our existing products or to the demand for new products requested
by our customers, and our business and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.
Rapid innovation and
short product life cycles in the semiconductor industry can result in price erosion of older products, which may materially adversely
affect our business and results of operations.
The semiconductor
industry is characterized by rapid innovation and short product life cycles, which often results in price erosion, especially with respect
to products containing older technology. Products are frequently replaced by more technologically advanced substitutes and, as demand
for older technology falls, the price at which such products can be sold drops, in some cases precipitously. In addition, our and our
competitors’ excess inventory levels can accelerate general price erosion.
Shortages or increased
prices of raw materials could materially adversely affect our results of operations.
Our
manufacturing processes will rely on many raw materials. Generally, we expect that our agreements with suppliers of raw materials will
impose no minimum or continuing supply obligations, and we will obtain our raw materials and supplies from a large number of sources
on a just-in-time basis. From time to time, suppliers of raw materials may extend lead times, limit supplies or increase prices
due to capacity constraints or other factors beyond our control. Shortages could occur in various essential raw materials due to interruption
of supply or increased demand. If we are unable to obtain adequate supplies of raw materials in a timely manner, the costs of our raw
materials increase significantly, their quality deteriorates or they give rise to compatibility or performance issues in our products,
our results of operations could be materially adversely affected.
Our facilities and
processes may be interdependent and an operational disruption at any particular facility could have a material adverse effect on our ability
to produce our products, which would materially adversely affect our business and results of operations.
We may
utilize an integrated manufacturing platform in which multiple facilities may each produce one or more components necessary for the assembly
of a single product. If we do, an operational disruption at a facility toward the front-end of our manufacturing process may
have a disproportionate impact on our ability to produce our products. For example, if our multiple facilities rely predominantly on one
third-party for manufacturing at the front-end of its manufacturing process, in the event of any operational disruption, natural
or man-made disaster or other extraordinary event at such third-party facility, we may be unable to effectively source replacement
components on acceptable terms from qualified third parties, in which case our ability to produce our products could be materially disrupted
or delayed.
Conversely,
if our facilities are single source facilities that only produce one of our end-products, a disruption at any such facility would materially
delay or cease production of the related product. In the event of any such operational disruption, we may experience difficulty in beginning
production of replacement components or products at new facilities (for example, due to construction delays) or transferring production
to other existing facilities (for example, due to capacity constraints or difficulty in transitioning to new manufacturing processes),
any of which could result in a loss of future revenues and materially adversely affect our business and results of operations.
If we are unable to
protect the intellectual property we use, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be materially adversely affected.
The
enforceability of any patents, trademarks, copyrights, software licenses and other intellectual property (“IP”) we own may
be uncertain in certain circumstances. Effective IP protection may be unavailable, limited or not applied for in the U.S. and internationally.
The various laws and regulations governing registered and unregistered IP assets, patents, trade secrets, trademarks, mask works and
copyrights to protect products and technologies are subject to legislative and regulatory change and interpretation by courts. With respect
to our IP generally, we cannot assure you that:
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any of the U.S. or foreign
patents and pending patent applications that we may employ in our business will not lapse or be invalidated, circumvented, challenged,
abandoned or licensed to others;
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any of our pending or future
patent applications will be issued or have the coverage originally sought;
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any of the trademarks,
copyrights, trade secrets, know-how or mask works that we employ or will employ in our business will not lapse or be invalidated,
circumvented, challenged, abandoned or licensed to others; or
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If we
seek to enforce our rights, we may be subject to claims that the IP right is invalid, is otherwise not enforceable or is licensed to the
party against whom we are asserting a claim. In addition, our assertion of IP rights may result in the other party seeking to assert alleged
IP rights of its own against us, which may materially adversely impact our business. An unfavorable ruling in these sorts of matters could
include money damages or an injunction prohibiting us from manufacturing or selling one or more products, which could in turn negatively
affect our business, results of operations or cash flows.
In addition,
some of our products and technologies may not be covered by any patents or pending patent applications. We intend to protect our proprietary
technologies, including technologies that may not be patented or patentable, in part by confidentiality agreements and, if applicable,
inventors’ rights agreements with our collaborators, advisors, employees and consultants. We cannot assure you that these agreements
will not be breached, that we will have adequate remedies for any breach or that persons or institutions will not assert rights to IP
arising out of our research. Should we be unable to protect our IP, competitors may develop products or technologies that duplicate our
products or technologies, benefit financially from innovations for which we bore the costs of development and undercut the sales and marketing
of our products, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
If our technologies
are subject to claims of infringement on the intellectual property rights of third parties, efforts to address such claims could have
a material adverse effect on our results of operations.
We
may from time to time be subject to claims that we may be infringing third-party IP rights. If necessary or desirable, we may seek licenses
under such IP rights. However, we cannot assure you that we will obtain such licenses or that the terms of any offered licenses will
be acceptable to us. The failure to obtain a license from a third-party for IP we use could cause us to incur substantial liabilities
or to suspend the manufacture or shipment of products or our use of processes requiring such technologies. Further, we may be subject
to IP litigation, which could cause us to incur significant expense, materially adversely affect sales of the challenged product or technologies
and divert the efforts of our technical and management personnel, whether or not such litigation is resolved in our favor. In the event
of an adverse outcome in any such litigation, we may be required to:
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pay substantial damages;
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distributors;
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use, sale or importation of infringing products;
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to develop or acquire non-infringing technologies;
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obtain licenses, which
may not be available on reasonable terms, to the infringing technologies.
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The outcome
of IP litigation is inherently uncertain and, if not resolved in our favor, could materially and adversely affect our business, financial
condition and results of operations.
We may be unable to
maintain manufacturing efficiency, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.
We believe
that our success will materially depend on our ability to maintain or improve our margin levels related to manufacturing. Semiconductor
manufacturing requires advanced equipment and significant capital investment, leading to high fixed costs, which include depreciation
expense. Manufacturing semiconductor components also involves highly complex processes that we and our competitors are continuously modifying
to improve yields and product performance. In addition, impurities, waste or other difficulties in the manufacturing process can lower
production yields. Our manufacturing efficiency will be an important factor in our future profitability, and we cannot assure you that
we will be able to manufacture efficiently, increase manufacturing efficiency to the same extent as our competitors, or be successful
in our manufacturing rationalization plans. If we are unable to utilize manufacturing and testing facilities at expected levels, or if
production capacity increases while revenue does not, the fixed costs and other operating expenses associated with these facilities will
not be fully absorbed, resulting in higher average unit costs and lower gross profits, which could have a material adverse effect on our
results of operations.
The failure to successfully
implement cost reduction initiatives, including through restructuring activities, could materially adversely affect our business and results
of operations.
From time
to time, we may implement cost reduction initiatives in response to significant downturns in our industry, including relocating manufacturing
to lower cost regions, transitioning higher-cost external supply to internal manufacturing, working with our material suppliers to lower
costs, implementing personnel reductions and voluntary retirement programs, reducing employee compensation, temporary shutdowns of facilities
with mandatory vacation and aggressively streamlining our overhead.
We cannot
assure you that any cost reduction initiatives will be successfully or timely implemented or that they will materially and positively
impact profitability.
If we are unable to
identify and make the substantial research and development investments required to remain competitive in our business, our business, financial
condition and results of operations may be materially adversely affected.
The semiconductor
industry requires substantial investment in research and development in order to develop and bring to market new and enhanced technologies
and products. The development of new products is a complex and time-consuming process and often requires significant capital investment
and lead time for development and testing. We cannot assure you that we will have sufficient resources to maintain the level of investment
in research and development that is required to remain competitive.
In addition,
the lengthy development cycle for our products will limit our ability to adapt quickly to changes affecting the product markets and requirements
of our customers and end-users. There can be no assurance that we will win competitive bid selection processes, known as “design
wins,” for new products. In addition, design wins do not guarantee that we will make customer sales or that we will generate sufficient
revenue to recover design and development investments, as expenditures for technology and product development are generally made before
the commercial viability for such developments can be assured. There is no assurance that we will realize a return on the capital expended
to develop new products, that a significant investment in new products will be profitable or that we will have margins as high as we anticipate
at the time of investment or have experienced historically. To the extent that we underinvest in our research and development efforts,
or that our investments and capital expenditures in research and development do not lead to sales of new products, we may be unable to
bring to market technologies and products that are attractive to our customers, and as a result our business, financial condition and
results of operations may be materially adversely affected.
We may be unable to
develop new products to satisfy changing customer demands or regulatory requirements, which may materially adversely affect our business
and results of operations.
The semiconductor
industry is characterized by rapidly changing technologies, evolving regulatory and industry standards and certifications, changing customer
needs and frequent new product introductions. Our success will be largely dependent on our ability to accurately predict, identify and
adapt to changes affecting the requirements of our customers in a timely and cost-effective manner. Additionally, the emergence of new
industry or regulatory standards and certification requirements may adversely affect the demand for our products. We plan to focus our
new product development efforts on market segments and applications that we anticipate will experience growth, but there can be no assurance
that we will be successful in identifying high-growth areas or develop products that meet industry standards or certification requirements
in a timely manner. A fundamental shift in technologies, the regulatory climate or consumption patterns and preferences in our existing
product markets or the product markets of our customers or end-users could make our current products obsolete, prevent or delay
the introduction of new products that we planned to make or render our current or new products irrelevant to our customers’ needs.
If our new product development efforts fail to align with the needs of our customers, including due to circumstances outside of our control
like a fundamental shift in the product markets of our customers and end users or regulatory changes, our business and results of operations
could be materially adversely affected.
Uncertainties regarding
the timing and amount of customer orders could lead to excess inventory and write-downs of inventory that could materially adversely affect
our financial condition and results of operations.
We expect
that our sales will be typically made pursuant to individual purchase orders or customer agreements, and we do not expect to have long-term
supply arrangements with our customers requiring a commitment to purchase. We expect that the agreements with our customers may allow
them to cancel orders prior to shipment for standard products and, generally prior to start of production for custom products without
incurring a penalty. We anticipate to routinely generate inventory based on customers’ estimates of end-user demand for
their products, which is difficult to predict. In times of under supply for certain products, some customers could respond by inflating
their demand signals. As markets level off and supply capacity begins to match actual market demands, we could experience an increased
risk of inventory write-downs, which may materially adversely affect our results of operations and our financial condition. In addition,
our customers may change their inventory practices on short notice for any reason. Furthermore, short customer lead times are standard
in the industry due to overcapacity. The cancellation or deferral of product orders, the return of previously sold products, or overproduction
of products due to the failure of anticipated orders to materialize could result in excess obsolete inventory, which could result in write-downs
of inventory or the incurrence of significant cancellation penalties under our arrangements with our raw materials and equipment suppliers.
Unsold inventory, canceled orders and cancellation penalties may materially adversely affect our results of operations, and inventory
write-downs, which may materially adversely affect our financial condition.
Our customers may require
our products to undergo a lengthy and expensive qualification process without any assurance of product sales.
Prior
to purchasing our products, our customers may require that our products undergo an extensive qualification process, which involves testing
of the products in the customer’s system as well as rigorous reliability testing. This qualification process may continue for a
few months or longer. However, qualification of a product by a customer does not ensure any sales of the product to that customer. Even
after successful qualification and sales of a product to a customer, a subsequent revision to the product or software, changes in the
product’s manufacturing process or the selection of a new supplier by us may require a new qualification process, which may result
in delays and in us holding excess or obsolete inventory. After our products are qualified, it can take an additional few months or more
before the customer commences volume production of components or devices that incorporate our products. Despite these uncertainties, we
will devote substantial resources, including design, engineering, sales, marketing and management efforts, toward qualifying our products
with customers in anticipation of sales. If we are unsuccessful or delayed in qualifying any of our products with a customer, such failure
or delay would preclude or delay sales of such product to the customer, which may impede our growth and cause our business to suffer.
Our products are based on novel Gallium
Nitride (GaN) processing technology, which makes it difficult to predict the time and cost of product development.
Our products
are based on novel GaN processing technology. Our future success depends on the successful development of high-voltage power
switching components and systems based on GaN processing technology. There can be no assurance that any development problems we experience
in the future related to our products will not cause significant delays or unanticipated costs, or that such development problems can
be solved. We may also experience delays in developing a sustainable, reproducible and manufacturing process, which may prevent us from
commercializing our products on a timely or profitable basis, if at all.
The semiconductor industry
is highly competitive, and our inability to compete effectively could materially adversely affect our business and results of operations.
The semiconductor
industry is highly competitive, and our ability to compete successfully depends on elements both within and outside of our control. We
will face significant competition from major global semiconductor companies as well as smaller companies focused on specific market niches.
In addition, companies not currently in direct competition with us may introduce competing products in the future.
Our inability
to compete effectively could materially adversely affect our business and results of operations. Products or technologies developed by
competitors that are larger and have more substantial research and development budgets, or that are smaller and more targeted in their
development efforts, may render our products or technologies obsolete or noncompetitive. We also may be unable to market and sell our
products if they are not competitive on the basis of price, quality, technical performance, features, system compatibility, customized
design, innovation, availability, delivery timing and reliability. If we fail to compete effectively on developing strategic relationships
with customers and customer sales and technical support, our sales and revenue may be materially adversely affected. Competitive pressures
may limit our ability to raise prices, and any inability to maintain revenue or raise prices to offset increases in costs could have a
significant adverse effect on our gross margin. Reduced sales and lower gross margins would materially adversely affect our business and
results of operations.
The semiconductor industry
has experienced rapid consolidation and our inability to compete with large competitors or failure to identify attractive opportunities
to consolidate may materially adversely affect our business.
The semiconductor
industry is characterized by the high costs associated with developing marketable products and manufacturing technologies as well as high
levels of investment in production capabilities. As a result, the semiconductor industry has experienced, and may continue to experience,
significant consolidation among companies and vertical integration among customers. Larger competitors resulting from consolidations may
have certain advantages over us, including, but not limited to: substantially greater financial and other resources with which to withstand
adverse economic or market conditions and pursue development, engineering, manufacturing, marketing and distribution of their products;
longer independent operating histories; presence in key markets; patent protection; and greater name recognition. In addition, we may
be at a competitive disadvantage to our peers if we fail to identify attractive opportunities to acquire companies to expand our business.
Consolidation among our competitors and integration among our customers could erode our market share, negatively impact our capacity to
compete and require us to restructure our operations, any of which would have a material adverse effect on our business.
We will be dependent
on the services of third-party suppliers and contract manufacturers, and any disruption in or deterioration of the quality of the services
delivered by such third parties could materially adversely affect our business and results of operations.
We plan
to use third-party contractors for certain of our manufacturing activities. Our agreements with these manufacturers may require us to
commit to purchase services based on forecasted product needs, which may be inaccurate, and, in some cases, require longer-term commitments.
We will be also dependent upon a limited number of highly specialized third-party suppliers for required components and materials for
certain of our key technologies. Arranging for replacement manufacturers and suppliers can be time consuming and costly, and the number
of qualified alternative providers can be extremely limited. Our business operations, productivity and customer relations could be materially
adversely affected if these contractual relationships were disrupted or terminated, the cost of such services increased significantly,
the quality of the services provided deteriorated or our forecasted needs proved to be materially incorrect.
Our potential future
global operations may subject us to risks inherent in doing business on a global level that could adversely impact our business, financial
condition and results of operations.
We anticipate
that a certain amount of our total revenue may be derived from countries outside of the United States, and we might maintain certain operations
in these regions. In addition, we may rely on a number of contract manufacturers whose operations are primarily located in outside of
the United States. Risks inherent in doing business on a global level include, among others, the following:
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changes in regulatory requirements,
international trade agreements, tariffs, customs, duties and other trade barriers;
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the import or export of certain products;
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exposure to different legal
standards, customs, business practices, tariffs, duties and other trade barriers, including changes with respect to price protection,
competition practices, IP, anti-corruption and environmental compliance, trade and travel restrictions, pandemics, import and export
license requirements and restrictions, and accounts receivable collections;
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power supply shortages and
shutdowns;
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difficulties in staffing and
managing foreign operations, including collective bargaining agreements and workers councils, exposure to foreign labor laws and other
employment and labor issues;
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taxation of our earnings and
the earnings of our personnel;
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limitations on the repatriation
of earnings and potential additional taxation of foreign profits in the U.S.;
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potential violations by our
international employees or third-party agents of international or U.S. laws relevant to foreign operations (e.g., the Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act (“FCPA”));
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difficulty in enforcing intellectual
property rights; and
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other risks relating to the
administration of or changes in, or new interpretations of, the laws, regulations and policies of the jurisdictions in which we conduct
our business.
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assure you that we will be successful in overcoming the risks that relate to or arise from operating in international markets, the materialization
of any of which could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Changes in tariffs
or other government trade policies may materially adversely affect our business and results of operations, including by reducing demand
for our products.
The imposition
of tariffs and trade restrictions as a result of international trade disputes or changes in trade policies may adversely affect our sales
and profitability. For example, in 2018 and 2019, the U.S. government imposed and proposed, among other actions, new or higher tariffs
on specified imported products originating from China in response to what it characterizes as unfair trade practices, and China has responded
by imposing and proposing new or higher tariffs on specified products including some semiconductors fabricated in the United States. There
can be no assurance that a broader trade agreement will be successfully negotiated between the United States and China to reduce or eliminate
these tariffs. These tariffs, and the related geopolitical uncertainty between the United States and China, may cause decreased end-market demand
for our products from distributors and other customers, which could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.
For example, certain of our future foreign customers may respond to the imposition of tariffs or threat of tariffs on products we produce
by delaying purchase orders, purchasing products from our competitors or developing their own products. Ongoing international trade disputes
and changes in trade policies could also impact economic activity and lead to a general contraction of customer demand. In addition, tariffs
on components that we may import from China or other nations that have imposed, or may in the future impose, tariffs will adversely affect
our profitability unless we are able to exclude such components from the tariffs or we raise prices for our products, which may result
in our products becoming less attractive relative to products offered by our competitors. Future actions or escalations by either the
United States or China that affect trade relations may also impact our business, or that of our suppliers or customers, and we cannot
provide any assurances as to whether such actions will occur or the form that they may take. To the extent that our sales or profitability
are negatively affected by any such tariffs or other trade actions, our business and results of operations may be materially adversely
affected.
Changes in government
trade policies could limit our ability to sell our products to certain customers, which may materially adversely affect our sales and
results of operations.
The U.S.
Congress or U.S. regulatory authorities may take administrative, legislative or regulatory action that could materially interfere with
our ability to make sales, particularly in China. We could experience unanticipated restrictions on our ability to sell to certain foreign
customers where sales of products and the provision of services may require export licenses or are prohibited by government action. For
example, the U.S. Department of Commerce could ban the export of U.S. products to foreign customers. The terms and duration of any such
restrictions may not be known to us in advance and may be subject to ongoing modifications. Even to the extent such restrictions are subsequently
lifted, any financial or other penalties imposed on affected foreign customers could have a negative impact on future orders. Such foreign
customers may also respond to sanctions or the threat of sanctions by developing their own solutions or adopting alternative solutions
or competitors’ solutions. The loss or temporary loss of customers as a result of such future regulatory limitations could materially
adversely affect our sales, business and results of operations.
We may be unable to
attract and retain highly skilled personnel.
Our success
depends on our ability to attract, motivate and retain highly skilled personnel, including research, technical, marketing, management
and staff personnel. In the semiconductor industry, the competition for qualified personnel, particularly experienced design engineers
and other technical employees, is intense, particularly when the business cycle is improving. During such periods, competitors may try
to recruit our most valuable technical employees. Moreover, there can be no assurance that we will be able to retain our current personnel
or recruit the key personnel we require. Loss of the services of, or failure to effectively recruit, qualified personnel, including senior
managers, could have a material adverse effect on our competitive position and on our business.
Environmental and health
and safety liabilities and expenditures could materially adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.
Our future
manufacturing operations may be subject to various environmental laws and regulations relating to the management, disposal and remediation
of hazardous substances and the emission and discharge of pollutants into the air, water and ground, and we may be identified as either
a primary responsible party or a potentially responsible party at sites where we or our predecessors operated or disposed of waste in
the past. Our operations may also be subject to laws and regulations relating to workplace safety and worker health, which, among other
requirements, regulate employee exposure to hazardous substances. We do not currently maintain environmental insurance to cover certain
claims related to historical contamination and future releases of hazardous substances. Moreover, we cannot assure you that even if such
insurance is purchased, that it will cover any or all of our material environmental costs. In addition, the nature of our future operations
may expose us to the continuing risk of environmental and health and safety liabilities including:
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environmental or health and safety laws or regulations, including, but not limited to, future laws or regulations imposed in response
to climate change concerns;
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or health and safety laws or regulations will be enforced, administered or interpreted;
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our ability to enforce
and collect under indemnity agreements and insurance policies relating to environmental liabilities;
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the cost of compliance
with future environmental or health and safety laws or regulations or the costs associated with any future environmental claims,
including the cost of clean-up of currently unknown environmental conditions; or
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or other legal liability, should we fail to comply with environmental or health and safety laws or regulations.
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extent that we face unforeseen environmental or health and safety compliance costs or remediation expenses or liabilities that are not
covered by insurance, we may bear the full effect of such costs, expense and liabilities, which could materially adversely affect our
results of operations and financial condition.
We may be subject to
disruptions or breaches of our secured network that could irreparably damage our reputation and our business, expose us to liability and
materially adversely affect our results of operations.
We may
routinely collect and store sensitive data, including IP and other proprietary information about our business and our customers, suppliers
and business partners. The secure processing, maintenance and transmission of this information will be critical to our operations and
business strategy. We may be subject to disruptions or breaches of our secured network caused by computer viruses, illegal hacking, criminal
fraud or impersonation, acts of vandalism or terrorism or employee error. Our security measures and/or those of our third-party service
providers and/or customers may not detect or prevent such security breaches. The costs to us to reduce the risk of or alleviate cyber
security breaches and vulnerabilities could be significant, and our efforts to address these problems may not be successful and could
result in interruptions and delays that may materially impede our sales, manufacturing, distribution or other critical functions. Any
such compromise of our information security could result in the misappropriation or unauthorized publication of our confidential business
or proprietary information or that of other parties with which we do business, an interruption in our operations, the unauthorized transfer
of cash or other of our assets, the unauthorized release of customer or employee data or a violation of privacy or other laws. In addition,
computer programmers and hackers also may be able to develop and deploy viruses, worms and other malicious software programs that attack
our systems, or that otherwise exploit any security vulnerabilities, and any such attack, if successful, could expose us to liability
to customer claims. Any of the foregoing could irreparably damage our reputation and business, which could have a material adverse effect
on our results of operations.
Sales through distributors
and other third parties will expose us to risks that, if realized, could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.
We may
sell a significant portion of our products through distributors. Distributors may sell products that compete with our products, and we
may need to provide financial and other incentives to focus distributors on the sale of our products. We may rely on one or more key distributors
for a product, and the loss of these distributors could reduce our revenue. Distributors may face financial difficulties, including bankruptcy,
which could harm our collection of accounts receivable and financial results. Violations of the FCPA or similar laws by distributors or
other third-party intermediaries could have a material impact on our business. Failure to manage risks related to our use of distributors
may reduce sales, increase expenses, and weaken our competitive position, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our results
of operations.
The failure to comply
with the terms and conditions of our contracts could result in, among other things, damages, fines or other liabilities.
We expect to have a diverse customer
base consisting of both private sector clients and public sector clients, including the U.S. government. Sales to our private sector clients
are generally expected to be based on stated contractual terms, the terms and conditions on our website or terms contained in purchase
orders on a transaction-by-transaction basis. Sales to our public sector clients are generally expected to be derived from sales
to federal, state and local governmental departments and agencies through various contracts and programs, which may require compliance
with regulations covering many areas of our operations, including, but not limited to, accounting practices, IP rights, information handling,
and security. Noncompliance with contract terms, particularly with respect to highly-regulated public sector clients, or with government
procurement regulations could result in fines or penalties against us, termination of such contracts or civil, criminal and administrative
liability to the Company. With respect to public sector clients, the government’s remedies may also include suspension or debarment
from future government business. The effect of any of these possible actions or the adoption of new or modified procurement regulations
or practices could materially adversely affect our business, financial position and results of operations.
Risk Related To Our Common Stock
An investment in our company should be considered
illiquid.
An investment in the Company requires
a long-term commitment, with no certainty of return. Because we did not become an SEC reporting company by the traditional means of conducting
an initial public offering of our Common Stock, we may be unable to establish a liquid market for our Common Stock. Moreover, we do not
expect security analysts of brokerage firms to provide coverage of the Company in the near future. In addition, investment banks may be
less likely to agree to underwrite primary or secondary offerings on behalf of the Company or its stockholders in the future than they
would if we were to become a public reporting company by means of an initial public offering of common stock. If all or any of the foregoing
risks occur, it would have a material adverse effect on the Company.
Our common stock is not listed on
a national securities exchange which may affect the price and liquidity of our common stock and impair our ability
to obtain future equity financing.
Our Common Stock is
presently quoted on the OTCQB Venture Market (the “OTCQB”) and there is currently limited trading activity of our common
stock. The OTCQB is not a national securities exchange, and provides significantly less liquidity than a national exchange such as
NASDAQ and the NYSE American (formerly NYSE MKT, formerly NYSE AMEX). Consequently, selling our common stock is likely to be more
difficult because of diminished quantities of shares of our Common Stock being bought and sold. These factors could result
in lower prices and larger spreads in the bid and ask prices for the Shares. As a result, investors may be unable to sell their
Shares at such times and in such quantities as they may desire.
There is no guarantee that
our Common Stock will qualify to be listed on a national exchange in the future. The inability to list our Common Stock on a national
security exchange may impair our ability to raise additional necessary capital in such amounts, at such times and at such prices as we
may require.
Our Common Stock may be considered a “penny
stock,” and thereby be subject to additional sale and trading regulations that may make it more difficult to sell.
The Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “SEC”) has adopted rules that regulate broker-dealer practices in connection with transactions in penny stocks.
Penny stocks are generally equity securities with a price of less than $5.00 (other than securities registered on certain national securities
exchanges or authorized for quotation on certain automated quotation systems, provided that current price and volume information with
respect to transactions in such securities is provided by the exchange or system). The OTCQB does not meet such requirements and if the
price of our Common Stock is less than $5.00, our Common Stock will be deemed penny stocks. The penny stock rules require a broker-dealer,
prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from those rules, to deliver a standardized risk disclosure document containing
specified information. In addition, the penny stock rules require that prior to effecting any transaction in a penny stock not otherwise
exempt from those rules, a broker-dealer must make a special written determination that the penny stock is a suitable investment for
the purchaser and receive (i) the purchaser’s written acknowledgment of the receipt of a risk disclosure statement; (ii) a written
agreement to transactions involving penny stocks; and (iii) a signed and dated copy of a written suitability statement. These disclosure
requirements may have the effect of reducing the trading activity in the secondary market for our Common Stock, and therefore stock holders
may have difficulty selling their shares.
FINRA sales practice requirements may
also limit an investor’s ability to buy and sell our Common Stock, which could depress the price of our Common Stock.
FINRA rules require broker-dealers
to have reasonable grounds for believing that an investment is suitable for a customer before recommending that investment to the customer.
Prior to recommending speculative low-priced securities to their non-institutional customers, broker-dealers must make reasonable efforts
to obtain information about the customer’s financial status, tax status and investment objectives, among other things. Under interpretations
of these rules, FINRA believes that there is a high probability that such speculative low-priced securities will not be suitable for at
least some customers. Thus, FINRA requirements make it more difficult for broker-dealers to recommend that their customers buy our Common
Stock, which may limit an investor’s ability to buy and sell shares of Common Stock, have an adverse effect on the market for our
Common Stock, and thereby depress the price of our Common Stock. In addition, it has been more difficult in recent years for holders of
“penny stocks” to deposit their shares with brokerage firms, which may limit any shareholder’s ability to sell shares
of our stock.
The shares of our Common Stock may experience
dilution by exercises of outstanding warrants and options.
As of the date hereof,
we have outstanding warrants to purchase an aggregate of 155,966 shares of our Common Stock at a price of $1.50 per share, warrants to
purchase an aggregate of 89,730 shares of our Common Stock at a price of $4.00 per share, and options to purchase an aggregate of 3,211,785 shares
of our Common Stock at a price of $1.50 per share. In addition, there are 1,072,590 shares available to be issued in the future
under the Amended and Restated 2019 Equity Compensation Plan. The exercise of such outstanding options and warrants, as well as any future
issuance of other warrants and options, will result in substantial dilution of the investment of our shareholders. In addition, our shareholders
may experience additional dilution if we issue Common Stock in the future for additional capital raises. Any of such dilution may have
adverse effect on the price of our Common Stock.
Substantial resale of restricted securities may
depress the market price of our securities.
There are 12,726,911 shares
of our Common Stock of presently issued and outstanding as of the date hereof that are “restricted securities” as that
term is defined under the Securities Act. These securities may be sold in compliance with Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act
(“Rule 144”), or pursuant to a registration statement filed under the Securities Act. The sale of a large number of shares
of our Common Stock in the open market pursuant to Rule 144, once eligible, could harm the market price of our Common Stock.
There are a significant number of shares
of Common Stock eligible for sale, which could depress the market price of such shares.
Following the effectiveness
of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, a total of 1,794,977 shares of Common Stock will be available for sale
in the public market. The availability of such a large number of shares of Common Stock for sale in the public market could harm the
market price of the stock. Further, other shares may be offered from time to time in the open market pursuant to Rule 144, and these
sales may have a depressive effect as well.
We are an “emerging growth company,”
and will be able take advantage of reduced disclosure requirements applicable to “emerging growth companies,” which could
make our common stock less attractive to investors.
We are an “emerging growth
company,” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or JOBS Act, and, for as long as we continue to be an “emerging
growth company,” we intend to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements applicable to other public
companies but not to “emerging growth companies,” including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor
attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in
our periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation
and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. In addition, as an “emerging growth company,”
we have chosen to take advantage of the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards, which will
allow us to delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies
until those standards apply to private companies. Accordingly, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply
with all public company accounting standards which could impact the valuation of our securities.
We could be an “emerging
growth company” for up to five years, or until the earliest of (i) the last day of the first fiscal year in which our annual gross
revenues exceed $1.07 billion, (ii) the date that we become a “large accelerated filer” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the
Exchange Act, which would occur if the market value of our Common Stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the
last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter, or (iii) the date on which we have issued more than $1 billion
in non-convertible debt during the preceding three year period. We cannot predict if investors will find our Common Stock less attractive
if we choose to rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our Common Stock less attractive as a result of any choices to reduce
future disclosure, there may be a less active trading market for our Common Stock and our stock price may be more volatile.
We will incur significantly increased costs
and devote substantial management time as a result of operating as a public company particularly after we are no longer an “emerging
growth company.”
As a public company, we
will incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses that we did not incur as a private company. For example, we will be required
to comply with certain of the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act,
as well as rules and regulations subsequently implemented by the SEC, including the establishment and maintenance of effective disclosure
and financial controls and changes in corporate governance practices. We expect that compliance with these requirements will increase
our legal and financial compliance costs and will make some activities more time consuming and costly. In addition, we expect that our
management and other personnel will need to divert attention from operational and other business matters to devote substantial time to
these public company requirements. In particular, we expect to incur significant expenses and devote substantial management effort toward
ensuring compliance with the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. We are just beginning the process of compiling the
system and processing documentation needed to comply with such requirements. We may not be able to complete our evaluation, testing and
any required remediation in a timely fashion. In that regard, we currently do not have an internal audit function, and we will need
to hire additional accounting and financial staff with appropriate public company experience and technical accounting knowledge.
However, for as long as we remain
an “emerging growth company” as defined in the JOBS Act, we intend to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting
requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not “emerging growth companies” including, but not limited
to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure
obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding
a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.
We intend to take advantage of these reporting exemptions until we are no longer an “emerging growth company.”
After we are no longer an “emerging
growth company,” we expect to incur additional management time and cost to comply with the more stringent reporting requirements
applicable to companies that are deemed accelerated filers or large accelerated filers, including complying with the auditor attestation
requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
We cannot predict or estimate the
amount of additional costs we may incur as a result of becoming a public company or the timing of such costs.
There may be limitations on the effectiveness
of our internal controls, and a failure of our control systems to prevent error or fraud may materially harm our company.
Proper systems of internal controls
over financial accounting and disclosure are critical to the operation of a public company. As we are a start-up company, we are at the
very early stages of establishing, and we may be unable to effectively establish such systems, especially in light of the fact that we
expect to operate as a publicly reporting company. This would leave us without the ability to reliably assimilate and compile financial
information about the Company and significantly impair our ability to prevent error and detect fraud, all of which would have a negative
impact on the Company from many perspectives.
Moreover, we do not expect that
disclosure controls or internal control over financial reporting, even if established, will prevent all error and all fraud. A control
system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system’s
objectives will be met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and the benefits
of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls
can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected. Failure of our control systems
to prevent error or fraud could materially adversely impact us.
We may be unable to complete our analysis of
our internal controls over financial reporting in a timely manner, or these internal controls may not be determined to be effective, which
may adversely affect investor confidence in our company and, as a result, the value of our Common Stock.
We are required, pursuant
to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, to furnish a report by our management on, among other things, the effectiveness of our internal
control over financial reporting for each fiscal year. This assessment will need to include disclosure of any material weaknesses identified
by our management in our internal control over financial reporting, as well as a statement that our independent registered public accounting
firm has issued an opinion on our internal control over financial reporting.
If we are unable to assert that
our internal control over financial reporting is effective, or, if applicable, our independent registered public accounting firm is unable
to express an opinion on the effectiveness of our internal controls, we could lose investor confidence in the accuracy and completeness
of our financial reports, which would cause the price of our Common Stock to decline, and we may be subject to investigation or sanctions
by the SEC. We will also be required to disclose changes made in our internal control and procedures on a quarterly basis.
However, our independent
registered public accounting firm will not be required to formally attest to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial
reporting pursuant to Section 404 until the date we are no longer an “emerging growth company” as defined in the recently
enacted JOBS Act, if we continue to take advantage of the exemptions contained in the JOBS Act. We will remain an “emerging growth
company” for up to five years, although if the market value of our Common Stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million
as of any June 30 before that time, we would cease to be an “emerging growth company” as of the following December 30.
At such time, our independent registered
public accounting firm may issue a report that is adverse in the event it is not satisfied with the level at which our controls are documented,
designed or operating. Our remediation efforts may not enable us to avoid a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting
in the future. Any of the foregoing occurrences, should they come to pass, could negatively impact the public perception of our company,
which could have a negative impact on our stock price.
Our officers and directors have significant control over shareholder
matters.
Our officers and directors
own (or can own subject to exercise within a 60-day period from the date hereof) approximately 48.6% of the Company’s outstanding
Common Stock, and thus collectively have significant control over shareholder matters, such as election of directors, amendments to our
Articles of Incorporation, and approval of significant corporate transactions. As a result, the Company’s minority shareholders
will have little or no control over our affairs.
We do not currently intend to pay dividends
on our Common Stock in the foreseeable future, and consequently, your ability to achieve a return on your investment will depend on appreciation
in the price of our Common Stock.
We have never declared or paid
cash dividends on our Common Stock and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends to holders of our Common Stock in the foreseeable future.
Consequently, investors must rely on sales of their shares after price appreciation, which may never occur, as the only way to realize
any future gains on their investments. There is no guarantee that shares of our Common Stock will appreciate in value or even maintain
the price at which our stockholders have purchased their shares.
Upon dissolution of the Company, you may not
recoup all or any portion of your investment.
In the event of a liquidation,
dissolution or winding-up of our company, whether voluntary or involuntary, the proceeds and/or assets of the Company remaining after
giving effect to such transaction, and the payment of all of our debts and liabilities will be distributed to the stockholders of Common
Stock on a pro rata basis. There can be no assurance that we will have available assets to pay to the holders of Common Stock, or any
amounts, upon such a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of our Company. In this event, you could lose some or all of your investment.
USE OF PROCEEDS
We will not receive any of the
proceeds from the sale of the Common Stock by the selling stockholders named in this prospectus. All proceeds from the sale of the Common
Stock will be paid directly to the selling stockholders. We would, however, receive proceeds upon the exercise of the warrants held by
the selling stockholders which, if such warrants are exercised in full would be approximately $233,949. Proceeds, if any, received from
the exercise of such warrants will be used for working capital and general corporate purposes. No assurances can be given that any of
such warrants will be exercised.
DIVIDEND
POLICY
We have never paid any cash dividends
on our Common Stock. We anticipate that we will retain funds and future earnings to support operations and to finance the growth and development
of our business. Therefore, we do not expect to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Any future determination to pay dividends
will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements
and other factors that our board of directors deems relevant. In addition, the terms of any future debt or credit financings may preclude
us from paying dividends.
MANAGEMENT’S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion and analysis of
our financial condition and results of operations should be read together with our financial statements and the related notes and the
other financial information included elsewhere in this prospectus. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks
and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result
of various factors, including those discussed below and elsewhere in this prospectus, particularly those under “Risk Factors.”
When used herein, unless the context requires otherwise, references to the “Company,” “we,” “our”
and “us” refer to Odyssey Semiconductor Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, collectively with its wholly-owned subsidiary,
Odyssey Semiconductor, Inc, a Delaware corporation. Dollars in tabular format are presented in thousands, except per share data, or otherwise
indicated. Dollars in tabular format are presented in thousands, except per share data, or otherwise indicated.
OVERVIEW
Odyssey Semiconductor Technologies,
Inc. (the “Company”) was formed as a Delaware corporation on April 12, 2019. The Company acquired its wholly-owned subsidiary,
Odyssey Semiconductor, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Odyssey Semiconductor”), on June 21, 2019. Odyssey Semiconductor commenced
business operations on June 17, 2019 when it acquired its wholly-owned subsidiary, JR2J LLC (“JR2J”), from its founders, Richard
Brown and James Shealy, in exchange for shares of Odyssey Semiconductor.
We are a semiconductor device company
developing revolutionary high-voltage power switching components and systems based on proprietary Gallium Nitride (GaN) processing technology.
The premium power switching device market, which is described as applications where silicon-based (Si) systems perform insufficiently,
is projected to reach over $3.5 billion by 2025 and is currently dominated by the semiconductor material silicon carbide (SiC). GaN-based
systems outperform Si and SiC based systems in every way due to the superior material properties of GaN. However, GaN devices have, to-date
proven difficult to process using standard semiconductor processing methods that are used to create Si and SiC based devices. We have
developed a novel processing modification that allows GaN to be processed in a manner that for the first time, makes high voltage GaN
power switching devices viably manufacturable. Our mission is to disrupt the rapidly growing premium power switching device market using
our newly developed GaN high voltage power transistor for switching applications.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
Reverse Recapitalization
On June 21, 2019, the Company entered
into a share exchange agreement (the “Share Exchange Agreement”) with Odyssey Semiconductor and 100% of the stockholders of
Odyssey Semiconductor (the “Semiconductor Stockholders”), pursuant to which the Semiconductor Stockholders agreed to transfer
an aggregate of 5,666,667 shares of common stock of Odyssey Semiconductor to the Company in exchange for the Company’s issuance
of an aggregate of 5,666,667 shares of the Company’s Common Stock to the Semiconductor Stockholders (the “Share Exchange”).
As of June 21, 2019, Odyssey Semiconductor became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, the Semiconductor Stockholders beneficially
owned approximately 61.37% of the Company’s Common Stock on a fully-diluted basis, the Company began operating Odyssey Semiconductor’s
business of developing high-voltage power switching components and systems, all then directors and officers of the Company resigned and
were replaced by the directors and officers of Odyssey Semiconductor.
2019 Private Placements
On August 5, 2019, the
Company completed a private placement and sold an aggregate of 1,776,346 shares of Common Stock at $1.50 per share to accredited investors
for aggregate gross and net cash proceeds of $2,664,513. In addition, the Company issued to the Company’s placement agent immediately
vested five-year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 155,966 shares of the Company’s Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.50
per share. We also paid the placement agent a cash fee of 10% on funds raised from the investors introduced by the placement agent and
a cash fee of 5% on funds raised by us.
On September 24, 2019, the Company sold an aggregate
of 149,981 shares of common stock at $1.50 per share to accredited investors for aggregate cash proceeds of $224,972.
In connection with the
two private placements in 2019, the Company entered into registration rights agreements with the investors, pursuant to we agreed to
file a registration statement to register the resale of their shares and/or shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of the
placement agent warrants prior to November 18, 2019 and cause the registration statement to be declared effective by the SEC within 120
calendar days after the filing date (i.e. March 14, 2020). The registration statement was filed on November 15, 2019 and declared effective
by the SEC on February 14, 2020. In addition, pursuant to the registration rights agreements, we are required to use our commercially
reasonable efforts to keep the registration statement effective for a period of two years after the effective date or for such shorter
period ending on the date on which all registrable shares have been transferred.
2021 Private Placement
On March 30, 2021, the
Company received the proceeds of the first closing pursuant to an offering of its common stock. The Company sold 1,251,625 shares of
common stock at $4.00 per share for gross proceeds of $5,006,500 (after expenses, net proceeds were approximately $4.6 million). Warrants
equal to 8% of the common shares sold, other than to certain excluded parties, will be issued to the placement agent with a 5 year exercise
period and an exercise price of $4.00 per share. The Company may sell up to an additional 2,498,375 shares pursuant to this offering.
The maximum number of shares in the offering is 3,750,000, but includes up to 250,000 shares that the Company can sell to the excluded
parties without incurring fees (cash or warrants) to the placement agent.
In connection with this
offering, the Company entered into registration rights agreements with the investors, pursuant to which the Company agreed to file a
registration statement to register the resale of their shares and/or shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of the placement
agent warrants within 60 calendar days after the final closing of the offering and cause the registration statement to be declared effective
by the SEC within 120 calendar days after the final closing of the offering. In addition, the Company agreed to keep such registration
statement effective for a period of five (5) years after its effective date or for such shorter period ending on the date on which all
securities registered thereunder have been sold. If the Company fails to file or cause the registration statement to be declared effective
within the timeframe provided in the registration rights agreements, or the registrations statement ceases to remain continuously effective
or the holders of registrable securities are otherwise not permitted to utilize the prospectus therein to resell their shares for a period
of more than fifteen (15) consecutive trading days, with respect to the days of such delay we will be subject to cash liquidated damages
at a rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum of the total of the following as applicable for the registrable securities: (i) aggregate
purchase price paid by the investor who purchased the shares in the offering; and/or (ii) $4 per share of the placement agent warrants.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the maximum amount of liquidated damages that may be paid by the Company pursuant to the registration
rights agreements shall be an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the applicable foregoing amounts described in clauses (i) and (ii)
in the preceding sentence with respect to such holder’s registrable securities that are affected by the delay.
Governmental Assistance
Paycheck Protection Program
On May 1, 2020, the Company
received loan proceeds in the amount of approximately $211,000 under the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”). The PPP, established
as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, as amended (“CARES Act”), provides for loans to qualifying
businesses for amounts up to 2.5 times of the average monthly payroll expenses of such qualifying business. The loans and accrued interest
are forgivable after certain time periods further defined in the CARES Act (“Covered Period”) as long as the borrower uses
the loan proceeds for eligible purposes, including payroll, benefits, rent and utilities, and maintains its payroll levels. The amount
of loan forgiveness will be reduced if the borrower terminates employees or reduces salaries during the Covered Period.
The unforgiven portion
of the PPP loan, if any, is payable over two years at an interest rate of 1%, with a deferral of payments for the first six months. The
Company intends to use the proceeds for purposes consistent with the PPP. While the Company currently believes that its use of the loan
proceeds will meet the conditions for forgiveness of the loan, there can be no assurance that the Company will not take actions that
could cause the Company to be ineligible for forgiveness of the loan, in whole or in part. On March 6, 2021, the entire loan balance
was forgiven.
On February 24, 2021, the
Company received $193,625 pursuant to a promissory note issued under the Paycheck Protection Program Part 2 (“PPP2”). Interest
accrues at 1% per annum and the note is payable in 60 monthly installments of $3,300 commencing May 2022.
Economic Injury Disaster Loan Advance
On May 1, 2020, the Company
received an advance in the amount of $10,000 from the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) under the Economic Injury
Disaster Loan (“EIDL”) program administered by the SBA, which program was expanded pursuant to the CARES Act. Such advance
amount will reduce the Company’s PPP loan forgiveness amount described above.
Tomkins County Area Development Loan
On May 27, 2020, the Company received loan proceeds in the
amount of $50,000 from the Tomkins County Area Development (“TCAD”) Emergency Relief Loan Fund. The loan matures after
four years and bears interest in the amount of 2.5% per annum, with one year of no interest or principal payments, followed by
three years of monthly payments of principal and interest in the amount of $1,443 per month. The loan is collateralized against
certain assets of the Company.
Equipment Loans
On August 21, 2020, the
Company received a loan of $100,000 from Broome County Industrial Development Agency (5 year facility, 2.5% annual interest rate, monthly
payment of $1,775); on September 3, 2020, the Company received a loan of $100,000 from Southern Tier Region Economic Development Corporation
(5 year facility, 5.0% annual interest rate, monthly payment of $2,072) ; and on September 10, 2020, the Company received a loan of $75,000
from TCAD (5 year facility, 2.5% annual interest rate, monthly payment of $1,331). These loans were used to acquire equipment used in
the laboratory, and are secured by the underlying assets of the Company.
Consulting Service
On October 18, 2019, the
Company entered into an exclusive two-year consulting agreement with Akash Systems, Inc. (“Akash”), pursuant to which the
Company agreed to provide certain consulting services to Akash in connection with process development and fabrication of GaN-on-Diamond
high-electron-mobility transistors and monolithic microwave integrated circuits. Pursuant to the agreement, Akash guarantees to purchase
at least one wafer per month from the Company for a total of 24 wafers during the term of the agreement, at a price of $85,000 per wafer.
The Company delivered 2 wafers as of August 2020, and currently, the Company is awaiting new substrates to arrive from Akash so it
may perform services on the remaining wafers pursuant to the agreement.
COMPONENTS OF OUR RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Revenues
Our revenues are derived
from contracts with customers that require us to design, develop, manufacture, test and integrate complex equipment and to provide engineering
and technical services according to customer specifications. These contracts are often priced on a time and material type basis. Revenues
on time and material type contracts are generally recognized in each period based on the amount billable to the customer which is based
on direct labor hours expended multiplied by the contractual fixed rate per hour, plus the actual costs of materials and other direct
non-labor costs. We bill customers based upon contractual terms, and accordingly, we have deferred revenues and contract assets depending
upon whether we can bill in advance of earnings or in arrears, respectively.
Cost of Revenues
Cost of revenues consist of material,
labor, a portion of occupancy expenses, and other expenses directly related to our revenue contracts.
Research and Development
Research and development includes
expenses, primarily material, labor, a portion of occupancy expenses, and other expenses incurred in connection with the research and
development of certain exploratory projects. Research and development expenses are expensed as they are incurred.
Selling, General, and Administrative
Selling, general, and administrative
expenses consist of salaries, payroll taxes and other benefits, legal and professional fees, stock-based compensation, rent and office
expenses, marketing and travel and other costs associated with our operation.
Other Income
Other income (expense)
consists primarily of interest income on cash balances, and other miscellaneous items.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Year ended December 31, 2020 Compared
with year ended December 31, 2019
Overview
The following table presents certain information from
the consolidated statements of operations:
|
|
For the year ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
Change
|
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Change %
|
|
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues
|
|
$
|
1,374,420
|
|
|
$
|
719,851
|
|
|
$
|
654,569
|
|
|
|
91
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of Revenues
|
|
|
1,453,005
|
|
|
|
589,641
|
|
|
|
863,365
|
|
|
|
146
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross (Loss) Profit
|
|
|
(78,585
|
)
|
|
|
130,211
|
|
|
|
(208,796
|
)
|
|
|
(160
|
)%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Research and development
|
|
|
607,148
|
|
|
|
155,527
|
|
|
|
451,622
|
|
|
|
290
|
%
|
Selling, general, and administrative
|
|
|
1,354,069
|
|
|
|
1,434,089
|
|
|
|
(80,020
|
)
|
|
|
(6
|
)%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Operating Expenses
|
|
|
1,961,217
|
|
|
|
1,589,616
|
|
|
|
371,602
|
|
|
|
23
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Loss) Income From Operations
|
|
|
(2,039,802
|
)
|
|
|
(1,459,405
|
)
|
|
|
(580,397
|
)
|
|
|
40
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Income:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest income (expense), net
|
|
|
(3,306
|
)
|
|
|
1,236
|
|
|
|
(4,542
|
)
|
|
|
(367
|
)%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net (Loss)
|
|
$
|
(2,043,108
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1,458,169
|
)
|
|
$
|
(584,939
|
)
|
|
|
40
|
%
|
Revenues
Revenues for the year ended December 31, 2020
and 2019 were approximately $1,374,000 and $720,000, respectively, which represented an increase of $654,000, or 91%. We have two principal
clients as of December 31, 2020 (Akash and the government contract) as well as several smaller clients. The timing of revenue recognition
is driven by the completion of specified deliverables and the billing of time and materials over periods of time. Accordingly, the recognition
of revenue for these contracts will vary from time to time. In both the years ended December 30, 2020 and 2019, we recognized 93% and
28% of our revenue from these two principal clients. The Company remainder of the revenue recognized for both the years ended December
31, 2020 and 2019 was for delivery of products to other clients.
Cost of Revenues
Cost of revenues for the year ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 were
approximately $1,453,000 and $590,000, respectively, which represented an increase of $863,000, or 146%. The
increase was attributable to increased labor costs and supplies associated with our revenue generating projects in the 2020 period. Also,
there was an increase in facility and equipment usage fees during the 2020 period as compared to the 2019 period in order to support
the same revenue generating projects and reflect the increased infrastructure built over the past few quarters. We also shift personnel
from client projects to internal research and development projects depending on the timing of client deliverables. We do not yet have
a sufficient volume of client projects to fully utilize all of the fixed and variable operating expenses of the facility booked, thereby
generating a gross loss for 2020.
Research and Development
Research and development expenses for the
year ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 were approximately $607,000 and $156,000, respectively, which represented an increase of $451,000,
or 289%. The increase was primarily attributable to an overall increase in our focus on research and development activities, which resulted
in increased wage allocation as well as increased rent, facility fees, equipment usage costs and general lab supplies.
General and Administrative
Selling, general, and administrative expenses
for the year ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 were approximately $1,354,000 and $1,434,000, respectively, which represented a decrease
of $80,000, or 6%. The 2020 period expense was primarily attributable to payroll and employee related expenses, and legal and professional
fees. During 2020, the Company also wrote-off approximately $111,000 in previously deferred offering costs, as a component of general
and administrative expenses. In 2019, the Company subcontracted all of our labor and did not have employees until September 2019, however
there was a non-cash charge of approximately $525,000 related to a stock based compensation charge. By comparison, the total non-cash
compensation expense was approximately $623,000 for the year ended December 31, 2020 compared to $571,000 during the year ended December
31, 2019. During the 2019 period, the Company also incurred significant costs associated with the reverse recapitalization transaction.
The Company has attempted to carefully manage in general and administrative expenses.
Other Income (expense)
Other income (expense) for the year ended
December 31, 2020 was primarily attributable to interest on the government loans, while in 2019 other income (expense) was insignificant.
Net (Loss) Income
Net (loss) income for the year ended December
31, 2020 and 2019 was approximately $(2,043,000) and $(1,458,000), respectively, which represented a increase of $(585,000), or 40%.
The decrease was primarily attributable to an increase in research and development expenses of approximately $451,000 and a decrease
in gross profit of $209,000 due to the faster growth of fixed costs as compared to the growth in revenues, partially offset by an $80,000
decrease in general and administrative costs. This reflects the establishment of the fabrication lab and increased emphasis on internal research projects.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Liquidity
We measure our liquidity in a number
of ways, including the following:
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|
December 31, 2020
|
Cash
|
|
$
|
273,000
|
|
Working Capital
|
|
$
|
63,000
|
|
As of December 31, 2020,
we had cash and working capital of approximately $273,000 and $63,000, respectively. We received approximately $685,000 in funding in
the form of loans from several governmental support programs from May to September 2020 – see recent developments above. We also
received approximately $405,000 from the exercise of stock options in the year ended December 31, 2020.
In February 2021, the Company
received approximately $68,000 from the exercise of stock options to purchase 45,625 shares of common stock. On February 24, 2021, the
Company received $193,625 pursuant to a promissory note issued under the Paycheck Protection Program Part 2 (“PPP2”). Interest
accrues at 1% per annum and the note is payable in 60 monthly installments of $3,300 commencing May 2022. On March 30, 2021, the Company
received the proceeds of the first closing pursuant to an offering of its common stock. The Company sold 1,251,625 shares of common stock
at $4.00 per share for gross proceeds of $5,006,500 (after expenses, net proceeds were approximately $4.6 million). Warrants equal to
8% of the common shares sold, other than to certain parties that were excluded from fees, will be issued to the placement agent with
a 5 year exercise period and an exercise price of $4.00 per share. The Company may sell up to an additional 2,498,375 shares pursuant
to this offering. The maximum number of shares in the offering is 3,750,000, but includes up to 250,000 shares that the Company can sell
to the excluded parties without incurring fees (cash or warrants) to the placement agent.
We expect our current cash
on hand plus the above mentioned funding in the first quarter of 2021 to be sufficient to meet our operating and capital requirements
for at least the next twelve months from the date of this filing. Thereafter, we may need to raise further capital, through the sale
of additional equity or debt securities, to support our future operations. Our operating needs include the planned costs to operate our
business, including amounts required to fund working capital and capital expenditures as well as research and development. Our future
capital requirements and the adequacy of our available funds will depend on many factors, including our ability to successfully commercialize
our products and services, competing technological and market developments, and the need to enter into collaborations with other companies
or acquire other companies or technologies to enhance or complement our product and service offerings. If we are unable to secure additional
capital, we may be required to curtail our research and development initiatives and take additional measures to reduce costs in order
to conserve our cash.
Our sources and uses of cash were as follows:
Net cash used in operating
activities for the year ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 was approximately $(776,000) and $(1,061,000), respectively. Net cash used in
operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2020 includes cash used to fund a net loss of approximately $(2,043,000), reduced
by $859,000 of non-cash expenses, and reduced by $408,000 of net cash provided by changes in the levels of operating assets and liabilities.
Net cash used in operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2019 included cash provided by net loss of approximately $(1,458,000)
partially offset by $585,000 of non-cash expenses and reduced by $189,000 of net cash used in changes in the levels of operating assets
and liabilities.
Net cash used in investing
activities for the year ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 was approximately $(687,000) and $(365,000), respectively. Net cash used in
investing activities for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 was primarily attributable to the purchase property and equipment,
and leasehold improvements in the laboratory.
Net cash provided by financing
activities for the year ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 was approximately $1,041,000 and $2,199,000, respectively. Net cash used in
financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2020 was primarily attributable to proceeds under government loan programs of $685,000
and proceeds from the exercise of stock options of $405,000. Net cash used in financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2019
was primarily attributable proceeds from private placements of common stock of approximately $2,400,000 less a dividend paid the stockholders
prior to the reverse recapitalization of $200,000.
OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS
We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements
(as that term is defined in Item 303 of Regulation S-K) that are reasonably likely to have a current or future material effect on our
financial condition, revenue or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Our critical accounting policies
are included in Note 2 of our financial statements included elsewhere in this registration statement.
RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
Our recently issued accounting
standards are included in Note 2 of our financial statements included elsewhere in this registration statement.
BUSINESS
Background
Odyssey Semiconductor
Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”), formed as a Delaware corporation on April 12, 2019, is a semiconductor device
company developing revolutionary high-voltage power switching components and systems based on proprietary Gallium Nitride (GaN)
processing technology. The Company acquired its wholly-owned subsidiary, Odyssey Semiconductor, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“Odyssey Semiconductor”), on June 21, 2019. Odyssey Semiconductor commenced business operations on June 17, 2019 when
it acquired its wholly-owned subsidiary, JR2J LLC (“JR2J”), from its founders Richard Brown and James Shealy in exchange
for shares of Odyssey Semiconductor.
Overview of The Semiconductor Industry
The semiconductor
industry was formed in 1960 when the production of semiconductors became a viable option. The global semiconductor market has grown rapidly,
from over $1 billion in 1964[1] to $468.78 billion in 2018[2], and we believe it will continue to grow steadily
in the next few years.
The application
of semiconductors has expanded extensively from radio in the 1960s to crucial electronic components nowadays to all manufactured
products with computing or power management capabilities, ranging from computers and personal electronics to automotive goods and heavy
machinery. Semiconductor devices mounted inside many electronics appliances are important electronic components that support our
everyday live.
Integrated circuits (ICs)
and electronic discrete components such as diodes (which are two-terminal electronic components that conduct current primarily in one
direction) and transistors (which are devices possessing an amplification function) are made of semiconductors.
The semiconductor
industry is divided into six broad categories based on the end-use application:
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computers, printers, and related hardware. This is the largest segment where semiconductors are used. However, growth in this segment
has moderated, and no breakthrough innovation is expected in the near future.
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chips used in wired and wireless communication equipment such as smartphones, tablets, and broadband equipment. This segment is growing
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comprises chips used in household appliances, LCD TVs, and gaming consoles.
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Industrial: This comprises
chips used in scanning devices such as bar code scanners and point-of-sale terminals, medical devices such as patient monitors and ultrasound
imaging, and power supply equipment.
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Military and civil aerospace:
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Pines, Lawrence. “Who Are Advanced Micro Devices’ Main Competitors?” Investopedia. Accessed October 31, 2019.
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/markets/041816/who-are-advanced-micro-devices-main-competitors-amd.asp2
2 https://www.statista.com/statistics/266973/global-semiconductor-sales-since-1988/
Advantage and Market Focus of the Company
Semiconductors are
materials which have a conductivity between conductors (generally metals), which has full conductivity, and nonconductors or insulators (such
as most ceramics), which has negligible conductivity. The conductivity of a semiconductor material may be altered in useful ways by the
deliberate, controlled introduction of impurities into the crystal structure of the material to modulate its electrical, optical
and structural properties. This process is known as “doping”.
Silicon
(Si) is traditionally the most common semiconductor material. However, Si-based systems have proven to perform inadequately. We described
the applications where Si-based systems perform inadequately as the premium power switching device market, which was $1 billion in 2018
and is projected to reach over $3.5 billion by 2025.[3] This growth is largely driven by the rapid adoption of electric vehicles
(EV) and hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) and the growing number of installations of renewables such as solar and wind power as well as
increased demand for more efficient industrial motor drives.
The premium power switching
device market is currently dominated by the semiconductor material silicon carbide (SiC). GaN-based systems outperform Si and SiC based
systems in every way due to the superior material properties of GaN. However, GaN devices have, to-date proven difficult to process using
standard semiconductor processing methods that are used to create Si and SiC based devices. While GaN can be implanted with ions through
doping process like any other semiconductor, unlike Si or SiC, the temperature required to activate the ions in GaN destroys the crystal,
making implant and activate scheme impractical in the GaN material. The Company has developed proprietary technology that allows activation
of dopants in the GaN. This proprietary technology allows GaN to be processed in a manner that for the first time makes high voltage
GaN power switching devices viably manufacturable.
The Company expects that
its GaN power products will completely overlap the current market for SiC power switching market. Furthermore, the Company expects that
its GaN power products will exceed switching speeds and operating voltages currently attainable reliably with SiC.
GaN is both less expensive
to produce and offers significant performance advantages over SiC in system efficiency and system size. Currently there are no GaN devices
in the market with ratings more than 1,000 V, which will be our strength area, however, our products will address voltages as low as
650 V.
3 2025 Estimates From: IHS Markit “SiC
and GaN Power Semiconductors Report - 2018
What Is A Switch-Mode Power Converter
Broadly speaking, switch-mode power
converters are used to efficiently transform one voltage to another for the purpose of supplying power to and from different systems
Simple case - Power converter (brick)
converts power at 120 V wall plug to power to 18.5 V to safely charge laptops/phones:
Advanced case - Power converters
charge 400 V batteries from 120 V wall plug / Power motor at 400 V from variable battery voltage / Charge batteries from regenerative
braking to 400 V:
What Is A Power Switch
A power switch is a semiconductor
device that can switch large voltages and currents at high frequency. It is the heart of any power converter. An ideal power switch presents
little resistance in the “on” state, infinite resistance in the “off” state, and can switch between “on”
and “off” at high speed with no stored charge.
Different semiconductor materials
are better suited to making power switches. For a given operating voltage, GaN is 1000 times less resistive than Si, and 10 times less
resistive than SiC. Lower resistance results in switches that reduce power loss. Moreover, GaN devices take up less area than Si or SiC,
which lowers their capacitance, which allows a faster system switching speed.
Inductors and transformers typically
are the largest components in the system. GaN based solutions are approximately 1/4 of the size of SiC based solutions. Smaller passive
components are cheaper than larger variants because of the requirement of less materials such as copper.
The system size of a power
converter is inversely related to the switching speed at which it operates. As switching speed increases, the size of the surrounding
passive components become much smaller. GaN power converter circuits are approximately 4x smaller than SiC solutions for equivalent power
ratings.
Examples of Passive Components Accompanying Switches
Furthermore, replacing
SiC devices with GaN devices has the potential to reduce power loss by 40-70% compared to SiC. The diagram below compares the level of
power losses with the use of Si, Sic and GaN based systems:
In summary, GaN-based solutions
are smaller in size, cost less and yield greater efficiency comparing to Si-based or SiC-based solutions.
Comparing SiC and GaN Solutions for EVs
Our proprietary vertically
conducting GaN devices are approximately 10 times smaller in chip size compared to devices fabricated from SiC, since the resistance
of GaN is approximately one-tenth of that of SiC. As such, the cost of making vertically conducting devices are significantly lower than
SiC devices.
The Company expects that
a significant market exists for GaN solutions, especially in the EV market. For example, there are 24 units of SiC metal-oxide-semiconductor
field-effect transistor (MOSFET) used in each Tesla Model 3 module. There were over 800,000 Tesla Model 3 units delivered as of December
2020,[4] which represents about 19,200,000 SiC MOSFETs
. It is estimated that
by 2025 each year there will be approximately 8.4 million EVs and 25 million HEVs to be sold.[5]
In November 2020, Yole
provided the following forecast on the power SiC market that the market is growing at a 30% Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) and will
grow to $2.5 billion by 2025. The largest segment in this market is for automotive (e.g., EV) and estimated to be $1.55 billion in 2025.
Our products will completely overlap those of SiC power devices and as such, our Total Available Market will be at least equal that of
the power SiC market.
Competition and Challenges
There are many horizontal-conduction
(meaning the current flows horizontally, along the surface of the wafer), high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT) products emerging
from industry. HEMT transistors are able to operate at higher frequencies than ordinary transistors, up to millimeter wave frequencies,
and are used in high-frequency products such as cell phones, satellite television receivers, voltage converters,
and radar equipment. However, horizontal-conduction device technology are generally seen at or below 650 V and have difficulty scaling
beyond 1,000 V.
Contrast to horizontal-conduction
devices, vertical-conduction (meaning the current flows from the front surface of the wafer to the back surface) devices could easily
have scaling beyond 650 V and scale beyond 1,000 V; however, there are currently few discrete parts available with ratings above 1,000
V. The Company believes it is uniquely poised to enter into the >1,000 V device market with its vertical conduction device technology
and even provide very high performance 650V devices.
4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Model_3#cite_note-tesla-2019q3-28
5 https://www.jpmorgan.com/global/research/electric-vehicles
Demonstration of Vertical Conduction
We expect that our competitors
will include a number of larger companies which have more substantial research and development budgets than us. Even smaller companies
which are more targeted in their development efforts, such as Nexgen Power Systems, Inc., may be our potential competitors. If we are
unable to compete effectively with our competitors, our products or technologies may be rendered obsolete or noncompetitive, which could
materially adversely affect our business and results of operations.
Intellectual Property
The Company had filed three patent
applications related to its technology. These are patent application numbers: 16/813337; 16/813362; and 16/814886.
The Company is actively
preparing new patent applications based on its proprietary technology. Furthermore, the Company continues to perform research and development
that will likely result in additional patent applications in the future.
Research & Development, and Commercialization of Our Technology
We perform research and development on GaN power
switching devices. We plan to meet the following milestones for the commercialization of our GaN technology:
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qualifications under qualified under Joint Electron Device Engineering Council (“JEDEC”)
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We plan to market our products in the
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Industrial motor drives: It is estimated that motor drives consume 45% of all power generated in the world.[6] Energy consumption can be drastically reduced by using variable-frequency drives (VFDs) on induction motors. The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of the VFD market is estimated to be 6.7% to 2025, by which year the market size of the market is estimated to be $33.1 billion.[7]
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EV / HEV power systems: It is projected that electric vehicles will account for over 22% of all vehicle sales by 2030.[8] We estimate that adoption of GaN-based drive systems could potentially increase efficiency by 15%. The CAGR of the EV power electronics market is estimated to be 4.48% from 2017-2022, and the market size is estimated to be $5.49 billion by 2022.[9]
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Grid connected renewable power systems: Solar power accounted for 29% of all new electric generating capacity brought online in 2018.[10] We believe that GaN-based power conversion systems will reduce system size and increase efficiency and reliability. The CAGR of the Photovoltaic (PV) power electronics market is estimated to be 3.9% by 2026 with a market share of $10.37 billion.[11]
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The Company has incurred $607,148 in research
expenses during the year ended December 31, 2020.
Employees
As of
May 7, 2021, we have 12 full time employees and 1 part-time employee . No employees are subject to collective bargaining agreements.
Principal Offices
Our principal offices are
located at 9 Brown Road, Ithaca, NY 14850.
As of December 31,
2020, we leased one (1) 10,000 sq.ft. facility in the State of New York for our operations. Our lease expires on November 30, 2025.
6 CleanTechnica. “Electric
Motors Use 45% of Global Electricity, Europe Responding {+ Electric Motor Efficiency Infographic},” June 16, 2011. https://cleantechnica.com/2011/06/16/electric-motors-consume-45-of-global-electricity-europe-responding-electric-motor-efficiency-infographic/.
7 https://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/variable-frequency-speed-drives-vfd-vsd-market
8https://www.prnewswire.com/in/news-releases/electric-vehicles-market-sales-will-surge-to-4-million-units-in-2020-12-million-units-in-2025-and-21-million-units-in-2030-858019212.html
9 https://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/automotive-power-electronics-market-226516353.html
10 https://www.seia.org/research-resources/solar-market-insight-report-2018-q3
11https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pv-inverter-market-size-worth-10-37-billion-by-2026-cagr-3-9-grand-view-research-inc-300902312.html
MANAGEMENT
Executive Officers and Directors
All directors hold office for one-year
terms until the election and qualification of their successors. Officers are appointed by our board of directors and serve at the discretion
of the board, subject to applicable employment agreements. The following table sets forth information regarding our executive officers
and the members of our board of directors.
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Alex Behfar
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James Shealy
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Secretary and Treasurer
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Richard Brown
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Chief Technical Officer and Director
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Richard Ogawa
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Michael Thompson
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Alex Behfar joined the
Board of Directors of the Company on June 21, 2019, became Acting Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman of the Board as of March
11, 2020 and was appointed as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman on September 16, 2020. He has over 30 years of experience in the semiconductor
industry. He served as Senior Vice President and Chief Scientist, Photonics of MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (“MACOM”),
from January 2016 to January 2019. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President and General Manager, Photonic Solutions of MACOM, from
December 2014 to January 2016. Prior to joining MACOM, in 2000, he founded BinOptics Corporation, a provider of InP lasers for data centers,
mobile backhaul, silicon photonics and access networks, and served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BinOptics from its
inception through MACOM’s December 2014 acquisition of BinOptics. Prior to BinOptics, Dr. Behfar worked at IBM for more than 10
years in various capacities, including Laser Enterprise, where he designed the first commercially viable high-power 830 nm and 980 nm
GaAs-based lasers. Laser Enterprise was later sold by IBM to Uniphase and is now part of II-VI Incorporated. He also served as IBM’s
worldwide cross-functional Intellectual Assets Program Manager for optoelectronics and telecommunications. Dr. Behfar has been awarded
over 50 U.S. patents. He holds an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University and a B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic
Engineering from King’s College, University of London. We believe that Mr. Behfar’s
technical experience in the semiconductor industry and his leadership roles in other technology companies qualify him to serve on our
board of directors.
James Shealy has been Secretary
and Treasurer of the Company since June 21, 2019. He is a Co-Founder of the Odyssey Semiconductor and JR2J. He received his BS from North
Carolina State University in 1978, his M.S. from Rensselaer Polytechnic in 1980, and his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1983. After
earning his doctorate, Mr. Shealy held a dual appointment at Cornell as a research associate and at General Electric as a principal staff
scientist. In 1983 he co-founded, and has chaired, the biennial international workshop on OMVPE (organometallic vapor phase epitaxy),
a technique used for growing semiconductor crystals. He joined the faculty in 1987 and is active in developing Cornell’s laboratory
research in compound semiconductor materials and related graduate courses.
Richard Brown joined the
Company as Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and a Director on June 21, 2019. He resigned from the positions of Chief Executive Officer
and Chairman, and was appointed as Chief Technical Officer of the Company as of March 11, 2020. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D.
from Cornell University, all in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2004, 2007, and 2010, respectively. His Ph.D. research was focused
on advanced dielectrics for the passivation of microwave AlGaN/GaN HEMTs. After graduation, he was a founding member of the company that
became Avogy, Inc. where he worked on the development of vertical GaN power devices for 2 years. Prior to the founding of Odyssey Semiconductor,
he co-owned JR2J, LLC, a successful semiconductor device prototyping business, as well as working as a visiting scientist at Cornell
University researching GaN based HEMTs. Mr. Brown has over 18 years of semiconductor device experience, most of it specializing in topics
relating to GaN devices. We believe that Mr. Brown’s technical experience in the semiconductor
industry and extensive knowledge of the Company from his current role as our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman qualify him to serve
on our board of directors.
Richard Ogawa joined the
Board of Directors of the Company on June 21, 2019. Mr. Ogawa currently also serves on the board of directors of Amesite Inc., an SEC
reporting company in the artificial intelligence software industry, since February 2018. He has been General Counsel at Inphi Corporation since
Jan 2013, responsible for overseeing legal matters as well as corporate, intellectual property, and government affairs. Mr. Ogawa is
a Registered United States Patent Attorney and a Member of the California State Bar with more than 25 years of experience specializing
in technology companies. Prior to Inphi, from January 1993 to January 2010, he was a Partner at Townsend and Townsend, a law
firm focused on intellectual property. He is the founder and owner of Ogawa Professional Corporation, his own law firm, focusing on ventured
back startup companies. Since February 2008, he has been General Counsel for Soraa Laser Diode, Inc., a venture funded company by
Khosla Ventures, and since December 2009 has been General Counsel for MCube, Inc. a venture funded company by Kleiner
Perkins Caufield & Byers. He also held a variety of engineering and management positions at NEC Electronics from December 1984
to December 1992. He received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Davis in 1984, and a J.D. from McGeorge George
School of Law, University of the Pacific in 1991. We believe that Mr. Ogawa’s many years
of legal expertise in advising technology companies qualifies him to serve on our board of directors.
Michael Thompson joined
the Board of Directors of the Company on June 21, 2019. He received his B.S. in Applied Physics from CalTech in 1979 and M.S./Ph.D. degrees
in Applied and Engineering Physics from Cornell in 1984. After completing his Ph.D, he joined the faculty in the Department of Materials
Science at Cornell continuing his work on the interaction of materials with intense laser sources. He has co-authored over 100 journal
publications, is co-inventor on 25 patents, and has founded or co-founded three startup companies. He was the recipient of the 2009 SEMI
Award for technical contributions to the semiconductor industry. For the past 28 years, Dr. Thompson’s research has focused extensively
on the behavior of semiconductor materials under pulsed and CW laser exposure. On the fundamental level, his group has explored limits
to crystal growth under the extreme conditions of laser irradiation, including limits to metastable impurity incorporation, behavior
of point defects, interface stability, explosive crystallization, and group IV heteroepitaxy. Key to this work has been the development
of quantitative methods to monitor the kinetics of both melt and non-melt laser annealing of ultra-shallow junctions. In the late 1990’s,
he was involved in the development of melt-annealing methods to fabricate thin-film transistors on glass and flexible substrates. Over
the past decade, he helped to develop the use of CW lasers for non-melt laser annealing (LSA – Laser Spike Annealing) of ultra-shallow
junctions in advanced VLSI nodes. His group currently is active in exploring new applications for LSA both within and beyond the microelectronics
community. Areas of research include dopant activation and deactivation in compound semiconductors (InGaAs, GaN, GaO2), thin-film amorphous
oxide semiconductors (IGZO), metastable phase formation in metallic glasses and complex oxides during LSA quench, mesoscale structuring
of organic and inorganic materials in the millisecond timescale, and development of novel processes for EUV and DSA lithography. He is
also currently the director of the ACCESS (AFRL Cornell Center for Epitaxial SolutionS) center focused on understanding fundamental materials
issues in GaO2 power devices. We believe that Mr. Thompson’s extensive technical experience in the semiconductor industry qualifies
him to serve on our board of directors.
Significant Employee
In addition to the officers and directors disclosed above, the Company
also has the following significant employee:
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Alfred Schremer has 40 years of experience
working in the field III-V semiconductors with applications in RF- and opto-electronics. He earned his PhD in Electrical Engineering from
Cornell University, investigating various aspects of semiconductor laser physics, using lasers he fabricated from epitaxial materials
he grew using facilities within the School of Electrical Engineering. He joined BinOptics Corporation at its inception in 2001, serving
in various roles from Lab Manager to Director of Research, refining the etched facet laser processes which led to the enabling of low-cost
wafer scale manufacturing of Fabry-Perot and distributed feedback lasers for the data and telecom markets. In December 2014, BinOptics
was acquired by MACOM Technology Solutions Inc., where Mr. Schremer served as a Director of Engineering, supporting manufacturing and
development of etched facet lasers.
Employment and Consulting Agreements
On July 1, 2019, through its wholly-owned
subsidiary, Odyssey Semiconductor, the Company entered into an agreement with Al Schremer as Vice President of Research and Development.
Pursuant to the agreement, the Company agreed to pay Mr. Schremer an annual salary of $100,000 and a one-time grant of options to purchase
100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.
Other than Al Schremer,
we have not entered into any other employment agreement with our management or significant employees.
On April 1, 2019, JR2J, our indirect
wholly-owned subsidiary, entered into a one-year independent contractor agreement with Richard Ogawa, pursuant to which Mr. Ogawa agreed
to serve as a director of the Company post-Share Exchange, and provide services related to intellectual property development, intellectual
property strategies and licensing of intellectual property. This Agreement automatically renews for additional terms of one-year unless
terminated in accordance with the Agreement. In consideration for Mr. Ogawa’s services to the Company, on September 25, 2019, the
Company granted Mr. Ogawa a 10-year option under the 2019 Plan to purchase 275,000 shares of Common Stock at a price of $1.50 per share,
half of which will vest on September 25, 2020 and the remaining on September 25, 2021.
On May 16, 2019, Odyssey Semiconductor,
our wholly-owned subsidiary, entered into a one-year independent contractor agreement with Alex Behfar, pursuant to which Mr. Behfar agreed
to serve as a director of the Company post-Share Exchange, and provide services related to corporate development and business strategy,
and intellectual property strategies. This Agreement automatically renews for additional terms of one-year unless terminated in accordance
with the Agreement. In consideration for Mr. Behfar’s services to the Company, on September 25, 2019, the Company granted Mr. Behfar
a 10-year option under the 2019 Plan to purchase 50,000 shares of Common Stock at a price of $1.50 per share, half of which will vest
on September 25, 2020 and the remaining on September 25, 2021.
Legal Proceedings
There are no outstanding
lawsuits or judgments against the Company or any consent decrees or injunctions to which the Company is subject or by which any of its
assets are bound and there are no claims, proceedings, actions or lawsuits in existence, or to our knowledge threatened or asserted,
against the Company or with respect to any of its assets that would materially and adversely affect the business, property or financial
condition of the Company.
Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings
To our knowledge, during the past
ten years, none of our directors, executive officers, promoters, control persons, or nominees has:
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been the subject of, or a party to, any federal or state judicial or administrative order, judgment, decree, or finding, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated (not including any settlement of a civil proceeding among private litigants), relating to an alleged violation of any federal or state securities or commodities law or regulation, any law or regulation respecting financial institutions or insurance companies including, but not limited to, a temporary or permanent injunction, order of disgorgement or restitution, civil money penalty or temporary or permanent cease-and-desist order, or removal or prohibition order, or any law or regulation prohibiting mail or wire fraud or fraud in connection with any business entity; or
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Board Committees
The Company does not currently
maintain a board of directors that is composed of a majority of “independent” directors. The Company does not expect to initially
appoint an audit committee, nominating committee and/or compensation committee, or to adopt charters relative to each such committees.
Code of Business Conduct and Ethics
We have not adopted a code of business
conduct and ethics.
Limitation of Directors Liability and Indemnification
The Company is a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Delaware. Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation
may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to an action by reason of the fact that he or she was
a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation against expenses (including
attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with
such action if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests
of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful,
except that, in the case of an action by or in right of the corporation, no indemnification may generally be made in respect
of any claim as to which such person is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. The Company’s Bylaws provide that it will indemnify
its directors and officers against expenses actually and necessarily incurred in connection with the defense of any action, suit, or proceeding
in which they, or any of them, were made parties, or a party, by reason of being or having been directors or officers or a director or
officer of the Company, or of such other corporation, except in relation to matters as to which any such director or officer or person
shall have been adjudged in such action, suit, or proceeding to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of any duty
owed to the Company.
Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General
Corporation Law permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally
liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duties as a director, except for liability
for any: (i) breach of a director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders; (ii) act or omission not in good faith
or that involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (iii) unlawful payment of dividends or redemption of shares; or
(iv) transaction from which the director derives an improper personal benefit. The Company’s Certificate of Incorporation provides
that its directors are not personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of fiduciary duties
to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. These limitations of liability do not apply to liabilities
arising under federal securities laws and do not affect the availability of equitable remedies such as injunctive relief or rescission.
Section 145(g) of the Delaware General
Corporation Law permits a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee
or agent of the corporation. At present, the Company has purchased director and officer liability insurance to cover liabilities our directors
and officers may incur in connection with their services to us for up to $2 million.
Indemnification Agreements
The Company has not entered into
any indemnity agreements with its officers or directors. There is no pending litigation or proceeding involving any of our directors,
officers, employees or agents in which indemnification will be required or permitted. We are not aware of any threatened litigation or
proceeding that may result in a claim for such indemnification.
EXECUTIVE
COMPENSATION
Summary Compensation Table
The following table presents
information regarding the total compensation awarded to, earned by, or paid to our chief executive officer and the other most highly-compensated
executive officers (other than the chief executive officer) who were serving as executive officers during the years ended December 31,
2020 and 2019.
Name and Principal Position
|
|
Year
|
|
Salary
($)
|
|
Bonus
($)
|
|
Option
Awards
($)(5)
|
|
Non-equity
incentive plan compensation
($)
|
|
Change
in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings
($)
|
|
All Other
Compensation
($)
|
|
Total
($)
|
Alex Behfar
(1)
|
|
|
2020
|
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
4,406,115
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
4,406,125
|
|
Chairman
and Chief
|
|
|
2019
|
|
|
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
n/a
|
|
Executive
Officer
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Richard J. Brown (2)(3)
|
|
|
2020
|
|
|
|
150,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
150,000
|
|
Chief
Technical Officer
|
|
|
2019
|
|
|
|
76,731
|
|
|
|
50,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
191,460
|
|
|
|
318,191
|
|
James R. Shealy (2)(4)
|
|
|
2020
|
|
|
|
55,625
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
55,625
|
|
Secretary
and
|
|
|
2019
|
|
|
|
48,606
|
|
|
|
50,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
100,000
|
|
|
|
198,606
|
|
Treasurer
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
Mr.
Behfar was appointed as the Company’s Acting Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman on March 11, 2020, and as Chief
Executive Officer and Chairman on September 16, 2020. Mr. Behfar received $10.00 cash compensation in 2020. Starting January 1,
2021, he receives a cash compensation of $1.00 per month.
|
|
|
(2)
|
Mr.
Brown and Mr. Shealy were appointed officers of the Company as of June 21, 2019, upon the share exchange between the Company and Odyssey
Semiconductor. Prior to the share exchange, Mr. Brown and Mr. Shealy were each an officer of JR2J, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Odyssey
Semiconductor. The compensation in 2019 disclosed herein includes compensation paid by JR2J prior to the share exchange.
|
|
|
(3)
|
Mr.
Brown received a distribution of $100,000 from JR2J as a member in 2019. In addition, Mr. Brown received $91,460 in 2019 from JR2J
as a consultant. Mr. Brown resigned from the position of Chief Executive Officer and was appointed as Chief Technical Officer
as of March 11, 2020.
|
|
|
(4)
|
Mr.
Shealy received a distribution of $100,000 from JR2J as a member in 2019. In addition, on November 5, 2019, the Company granted a five-year
option to purchase 30,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.50 per share to Mr. Shealy. The option had a grant date value
of $24,641. The options vest ratably over three years on each annual anniversary of the date of grant.
|
|
|
(5)
|
The
amounts reported in the “Option Awards” column reflect the aggregate fair value of stock-based compensation awarded during
the year computed in accordance with the provisions of FASB ASC Topic 718.
|
2019 Equity Compensation Plan
General
On June 18, 2019, our Board
of Directors adopted an Equity Compensation Plan (the “2019 Plan”). The 2019 Plan was approved by the stockholders on the
same day. On May 26, 2020, the Board of Directors and a majority of the Company’s shareholders approved an amendment to the 2019
Plan to (i) increase the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance under the 2019 Plan from 1,326,000 to 2,500,000 shares;
(ii) increase the maximum aggregate number of shares, options and/or other awards that may be granted to any one person during any calendar
year from 500,000 to 1,300,000; and (iii) clarify the availability of cashless exercise as a form of consideration. On September 16,
2020, the Board of Directors and a majority of the Company’s shareholders approved the second amendment to the 2019 Plan to (i)
increase the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance under the 2019 Plan from 2,500,000 to 4,600,000; (ii) increase
the maximum aggregate number of shares, options and/or other awards that may be granted to any one person during any calendar year from
1,300,000 to 2,950,000.
As of the date hereof,
there are 3,527,410 options granted under the 2019 Plan, of which 315,625 options have been exercised, and 1,072,590 shares available
to be issued in the future under the 2019 Plan.
The general purpose of the 2019
Plan is to provide an incentive to our employees, directors, consultants and advisors by enabling them to share in the future growth of
our business. Our Board of Directors believes that the granting of stock options, restricted stock awards, unrestricted stock awards and
similar kinds of equity-based compensation promotes continuity of management and increases incentive and personal interest in the welfare
of our Company by those who are primarily responsible for shaping and carrying out our long range plans and securing our growth and financial
success.
Our Board of Directors believes
that the 2019 Plan will advance our interests by enhancing our ability to (a) attract and retain employees, consultants, directors and
advisors who are in a position to make significant contributions to our success; (b) reward our employees, consultants, directors and
advisors for these contributions; and (c) encourage employees, consultants, directors and advisors to take into account our long-term
interests through ownership of our shares.
Description of the 2019 Equity Compensation Plan
The following description
of the principal terms of the 2019 Plan, as amended, is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the 2019 Plan,
which was filed as an exhibit to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 filed on April 8, 2021.
Administration. The 2019 Plan will be
administered by our Board of Directors. Our Board of Directors may grant options to purchase shares of our Common Stock, stock appreciation
rights, restricted stock units, restricted or unrestricted shares of our Common Stock, performance shares, performance units, other cash-based
awards and other stock-based awards. The Board of Directors also has broad authority to determine the terms and conditions of each option
or other kind of equity award, adopt, amend and rescind rules and regulations for the administration of the 2019 Plan and amend or modify
outstanding options, grants and awards.
Eligibility. Persons eligible
to receive options, stock appreciation rights or other awards under the 2019 Plan are employees, consultants, advisors and directors
of our Company and our subsidiaries. As of the date hereof, 12 full-time employees, one part-time employee, and two non-employee directors
are eligible to participate in the 2019 Plan. The Board of Directors may at any time and from time to time grant
awards under the 2019 Plan to eligible persons on a discretionary basis.
Shares Subject to the 2019 Plan. The
aggregate number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance in connection with options and awards granted under the 2019 Plan,
as amended, is 4,600,000, subject to customary adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions. Incentive Stock
Options may be granted under the 2019 Plan with respect to all of those shares. If any option or stock appreciation right granted under
the 2019 Plan terminates without having been exercised in full or if any award is forfeited, or if shares of Common Stock are withheld
to cover withholding taxes on options or other awards, the number of shares of Common Stock as to which such option or award was forfeited,
or which were withheld, will be available for future grants under the 2019 Plan. The maximum aggregate number of shares of common stock
with respect to one or more awards that may be granted to any employee, director or consultant during any calendar year shall be 2,950,000
and the maximum aggregate amount of cash that may be paid in cash during any calendar year with respect to one or more awards payable
in cash shall be $200,000.
Terms and Conditions of Options. Options
granted under the 2019 Plan may be either “incentive stock options” that are intended to meet the requirements of Section
422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) or “nonstatutory stock options” that do not
meet the requirements of Section 422 of the Code. Incentive stock options may be granted only to employees. Each option grant will be
evidenced by an award agreement that will specify the terms and conditions as determined by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors
will determine the exercise price of options granted under the 2019 Plan. The exercise price of stock options may not be less than the
fair market value, on the date of grant, per share of our Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the option (or 110% of fair market value
in the case of incentive options granted to a ten-percent stockholder).
If on the date of grant
the Common Stock is listed on a stock exchange or is quoted on the automated quotation system of NASDAQ, the fair market value shall
generally be the closing sale price on the last trading day before the date of grant. If no such prices are available, the fair market
value shall be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors based on the advice of a qualified valuation expert.
No option may be exercisable for
more than ten years (five years in the case of an incentive stock option granted to a ten-percent stockholder) from the date of grant.
Options granted under the 2019 Plan will be exercisable at such time or times as the Board of Directors prescribes at the time of grant.
No employee may receive incentive stock options that first become exercisable in any calendar year in an amount exceeding $100,000.
Generally, the option price may
be paid (a) in cash or by bank check, (b) through delivery of shares of our Common Stock having a fair market value equal to the purchase
price, (c) through cashless exercise, or (d) a combination of these methods.
No option may be transferred other
than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and during a recipient’s lifetime an option may be exercised only by the
recipient. Options granted under the 2019 Plan will be exercisable at such time or times as the Board of Directors prescribes at the time
of grant. No employee may receive incentive stock options that first become exercisable in any calendar year in an amount exceeding $100,000.
Stock Appreciation Rights. The Board
of Directors may grant stock appreciation rights under the 2019 Plan in such amounts as the Board of Directors in its sole discretion
will determine. Each stock appreciation right grant will be evidenced by an award agreement that will specify the terms and conditions
as determined by the Board of Directors. The exercise price per share of a stock appreciation right will be determined by the Board of
Directors, but will not be less than 100% of the fair market value of a share of our Common Stock on the date of grant. The maximum term
of any SAR granted under the 2019 Plan is ten years from the date of grant. Generally, each SAR stock appreciation right will entitle
a participant upon exercise to an amount equal to:
|
●
|
the excess of the fair market value on the exercise date of one share of our Common Stock over the exercise price, multiplied by
|
|
|
|
|
●
|
the number of shares of Common Stock covered by the stock appreciation right.
|
Payment may be made in shares of
our Common Stock, in cash, or partly in Common Stock and partly in cash, all as determined by the Board of Directors.
Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units.
The Board of Directors may award restricted common stock and/or restricted stock units under the 2019 Plan in such amounts as the
Board of Directors in its sole discretion will determine. The Board of Directors will determine the restrictions and conditions applicable
to each award of restricted stock or restricted stock units, as evidenced in an award agreement, which may include performance-based conditions.
Dividends and other distributions with respect to restricted stock may be paid to the holder of the shares as and when dividends are paid
to stockholders, unless otherwise provided in the award agreement. Unless the Board of Directors determines otherwise, holders of restricted
stock will have the right to vote the shares.
Performance Shares and Performance Units.
The Board of Directors may award performance shares and/or performance units under the 2019 Plan in such amounts as the Board of Directors
in its sole discretion will determine. Each performance unit will have an initial value that is established by the Board of Directors
on or before the date of grant. Each performance share will have an initial value equal to the fair market value of a share on the date
of grant. The Board of Directors at its discretion will set performance objectives or other vesting provisions. The Board of Directors
will determine the restrictions and conditions applicable to each award of performance shares and performance units, as evidenced in an
award agreement.
Effect of Certain Corporate Transactions.
In the event of a change in control (as defined in the 2019 Plan), the Board of Directors has the discretion and without the need
for the consent of any recipient of an award to take the following actions as to an outstanding award: (i) awards will be assumed,
or substantially equivalent awards will be substituted, by the acquiring or succeeding corporation; (ii) awards will terminate upon or
immediately prior to the consummation of such change in control; (iii) outstanding awards will vest and become exercisable, or restrictions
applicable to an award will lapse, in whole or in part prior to or upon consummation of such change in control, and terminate upon or
immediately prior to the effectiveness of such change in control; (iv) an award is terminated in exchange for an amount of cash and/or
property, if any, equal to the amount that would have been attained upon the exercise of such award; (v) an award is replaced with other
rights or property selected by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion; or (vi) any combination of the foregoing.
Amendment, Termination. The Board of
Directors may at any time amend, alter, amend the terms of awards in any manner not inconsistent with the 2019 Plan, provided that no
amendment shall adversely affect the rights of a participant with respect to an outstanding award without the participant’s consent.
In addition, our board of directors may at any time amend, suspend, or terminate the 2019 Plan, provided that (i) no such amendment, suspension
or termination shall materially and adversely affect the rights of any participant under any outstanding award without the consent of
such participant and (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with any applicable law or stock exchange rule, the Company will obtain stockholder
consent of amendment to the plan.
Tax Withholding
As and when appropriate, we have
the right to require each optionee purchasing shares of Common Stock and each grantee receiving an award of shares of Common Stock under
the 2019 Plan to pay any federal, state or local taxes required by law to be withheld.
Option Grants and Stock Awards
The grant of options and other
awards under the 2019 Plan is discretionary, and we cannot determine now the specific number or type of options or awards to be granted
in the future to any particular person or group.
Director
Compensation
The table below shows
all compensation to our non-employee directors during the year ended December 31, 2020 .
Name and Principal
|
|
|
|
Salary
|
|
Bonus
|
|
Option
Awards
|
|
Non-equity
incentive plan compens- ation
|
|
Change
in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensa- tion earnings
|
|
All Other
Compensa- tion
|
|
Total
|
Position
|
|
Year
|
|
($)
|
|
($)
|
|
($)(4)
|
|
($)
|
|
($)
|
|
($)
|
|
($)
|
Alex Behfar
(1)
|
|
|
2020
|
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
4,406,115
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
4,406,125
|
|
Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer
|
|
|
2019
|
|
|
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
n/a
|
|
Richard J. Brown (2)(3)
|
|
|
2020
|
|
|
|
150,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
150,000
|
|
Chief
Technical Officer
|
|
|
2019
|
|
|
|
76,731
|
|
|
|
50,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
191,460
|
|
|
|
318,191
|
|
James R. Shealy (2)
|
|
|
2020
|
|
|
|
55,625
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
55,625
|
|
Secretary
and Treasurer
|
|
|
2019
|
|
|
|
48,606
|
|
|
|
50,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
100,000
|
|
|
|
198,606
|
|
(1)
|
Mr. Behfar was appointed as
the Company’s Acting Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman on March 11, 2020,
and as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman on September
16, 2020. This table includes compensation paid to Mr. Behfar from January 1, 2020 to March
11, 2020 as a non-employee director. See “Executive Compensation - Summary Compensation
Table” above for information about compensation paid to Mr. Behfar as an executive
officer.
|
|
|
(2)
|
Mr.
Brown and Mr. Shealy were appointed officers of the Company as of June 21, 2019, upon the
share exchange between the Company and Odyssey Semiconductor.
|
|
|
(3)
|
Mr.
Brown received a distribution of $100,000 from JR2J as a member for 2019. In addition, Mr.
Brown received $91,460 in 2019 from JR2J as a consultant. Mr. Brown resigned from the position
of Chief Executive Officer and was appointed as Chief Technical Officer as of March 11, 2020.
|
|
|
(4)
|
The
amounts reported in the “Option Awards” column reflect the aggregate fair value
of stock-based compensation awarded during the year computed in accordance with the provisions
of FASB ASC Topic 718
|
We have agreed to reimburse the directors of travel
and other expenses in connection with their performance of duties as directors of the Company. In addition, we plan to issue 25,000 options
to each non-employee directors each year starting from 2020.
PRINCIPAL
STOCKHOLDERS
The following table sets
forth the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned as of May 7, 2021 by:
|
●
|
each of our named executive officers;
|
|
|
|
|
●
|
each of our directors;
|
|
|
|
|
●
|
all of our directors and current executive officers as a group; and
|
|
|
|
|
●
|
each of our stockholders who is known by us to beneficially own more than 5% of our Common Stock
|
Beneficial ownership is
determined based on the rules and regulations of the Commission. A person has beneficial ownership of shares if such individual has the
power to vote and/or dispose of shares. This power may be sole or shared and direct or indirect. Applicable percentage ownership in the
following table is based on the total of 12,726,911 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding as of the date hereof. In computing
the number of shares beneficially owned by a person and the percentage ownership of that person, shares of Common Stock that are subject
to options or warrants held by that person and exercisable as of, or within 60 days hereof. These shares, however, are not counted as
outstanding for the purposes of computing the percentage ownership of any other person(s). Except as may be indicated in the footnotes
to this table and pursuant to applicable community property laws, each person named in the table has sole voting and dispositive power
with respect to the shares of Common Stock set forth opposite that person’s name. Unless indicated below, the address of each individual
listed below is c/o Odyssey Semiconductor Technologies, Inc., 9 Brown Road, Ithaca, NY 14850.
Directors and Named Executive Officers
|
|
Common Stock
|
|
Percentage
|
Richard J. Brown, Chief Technical Officer and Director
|
|
|
2,731,251
|
(1)
|
|
|
21.46
|
%
|
James R. Shealy, Secretary and Treasurer
|
|
|
2,743,750
|
(2)
|
|
|
21.56
|
%
|
Alex Behfar, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board and Director
|
|
|
947,916
|
(3)
|
|
|
7.14
|
%
|
Richard Ogawa, Director
|
|
|
174,167
|
(4)
|
|
|
1.35
|
%
|
Michael Thompson, Director
|
|
|
12,500
|
(5)
|
|
|
*
|
|
All Officers and Directors (5 persons)
|
|
|
6,609,584
|
|
|
|
51.93
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Greater than 5% Stockholders
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mark Tompkins
|
|
|
2,187,500
|
(6)
|
|
|
17.19
|
%
|
* Less than 1%.
|
(1)
|
Includes (i) 2,658,334 shares
of Common Stock issued in connection with the Share Exchange; (ii) 66,667 shares of Common Stock purchased at a private placement in
June 2019; and (iii) 6,250 shares of Common Stock purchased at a private placement in March 2021.
|
|
|
|
|
(2)
|
Includes (i) 2,658,333 shares of Common
Stock issued in connection with the Share Exchange; (ii) 66,667 shares of Common Stock purchased at a private placement in June 2019;
and (iii) 18,750 shares of Common Stock purchased at a private placement in March 2021.
|
|
|
|
|
(3)
|
Includes (i) 16,666 shares of Common
Stock purchased by Mr. Behfar at a private placement of the Company through Ulexus LLC, over which he has voting, dispositive or investment
powers; (ii) 315,625 shares of Common Stock received from exercises of options; (iii) vested options exercisable at present to purchase
an aggregate of 91,250 shares of Common Stock; (iv) options exercisable within 60 days to purchase an aggregate of 91,250 shares of Common
Stock; (iv) upon the closing of $5,006,500 proceeds raised by the Company on March 30, 2021, options to purchase an aggregate of 325,000
shares of Common Stock vested, pursuant to stock option award agreements dated March 11, 2020 and July 16, 2020 between Company and Mr.
Behfar; (v) options to purchase 15,625 shares of Common Stock, which are exercisable from June 11, 2021; (vi) options to purchase 30,000
shares of Common Stock, which are exercisable from June 11, 2021; and (vii) 62,500 shares of common stock purchased by Kristin Behfar,
wife of Mr. Behfar, on March 30, 2021 in a private offering. In addition, Mr. Behfar also owns the following: (i) options to purchase
25,000 shares of Common Stock at the price of $1.50 per share, which will vest as of September 25, 2021; (ii) options to purchase 140,625
shares of Common Stock at the price of $1.50 per share, that vest ratably on a monthly basis over 9 months starting from July 11, 2021;
(iii) options to purchase 270,000 shares of common stock at the price of $1.50 per share, that vest ratably on a monthly basis over 9
months starting from July 11, 2021; and (iv) options to purchase 1,637,410 shares of common stock at the price of $1.50 per share, that
will vest ratably on a monthly basis over 24 months starting from March 11, 2022.
|
|
|
|
|
(4)
|
Includes (i) 16,667 shares of Common
Stock purchased at a private placement in August 2019; (ii) 20,000 shares of Common Stock purchased at a private placement in March 3021;
and (iii) vested options to purchase 137,500 shares of Common Stock at the price of $1.50 per share, granted under the Company’s
2019 Plan. Mr. Ogawa also owns options to purchase 137,500 shares of Common Stock, which will vest as of September 25, 2021.
|
|
|
|
|
(5)
|
Includes vested options to purchase
12,500 shares of Common Stock at the price of $1.50 per share, granted under the Company’s 2019 Plan. Mr. Thompson also owns options
to purchase 12,500 shares of Common Stock, which will vest as of November 5, 2021.
|
|
|
|
|
(6)
|
Percentage excludes any shares that
were transferred out from the Transfer Agent, VStock Transfer, and listed under Cede & Co. at VStock Transfer.
|
CERTAIN
RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Unless described below, since April
12, 2019 (inception), there are no transactions or series of similar transactions to which we were a party or will be a party, in which:
|
●
|
the amounts involved exceeded or will exceed the lesser of $120,000 or 1% of the average of the Company’s total assets at year-end for the last two completed fiscal years; and
|
|
|
|
|
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any of our directors, executive officers or holders of more than 5% of our capital stock, or any member of the immediate family of the foregoing persons, had or will have a direct or indirect material interest.
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On April 1, 2019, JR2J,
our indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, entered into a one-year independent contractor agreement with Richard Ogawa, pursuant to which
Mr. Ogawa agreed to serve as a director of the Company post-Share Exchange, and provide services related to intellectual property development,
intellectual property strategies and licensing of intellectual property. This Agreement automatically renews for additional terms of
one-year unless terminated in accordance with the Agreement. In consideration for Mr. Ogawa’s services to the Company, on September
25, 2019, the Company granted Mr. Ogawa a 10-year option under the 2019 Plan to purchase 275,000 shares of Common Stock at a price of
$1.50 per share, half of which vested on September 25, 2020 the remaining options will vest on September 25, 2021.
On May 16, 2019, Odyssey Semiconductor,
our wholly-owned subsidiary, entered into a one-year independent contractor agreement with Alex Behfar, pursuant to which Mr. Behfar agreed
to serve as a director of the Company post-Share Exchange, and provide services related to corporate development and business strategy,
and intellectual property strategies. This Agreement automatically renews for additional terms of one-year unless terminated in accordance
with the Agreement. In consideration for Mr. Behfar’s services to the Company, on September 25, 2019, the Company granted Mr. Behfar
a 10-year option under the 2019 Plan to purchase 50,000 shares of Common Stock at a price of $1.50 per share, half of which will vest
on September 25, 2020 and the remaining on September 25, 2021.
On June 17, 2019, Odyssey Semiconductor
entered into a Contribution Agreement (the “Contribution Agreement”) with Richard Brown and James Shealy, who collectively
owned 100% of the membership interests of JR2J. Pursuant to the Contribution Agreement, Messrs. Brown and Shealy contributed their membership
interests in JR2J to Odyssey Semiconductor, in exchange for a total of 5,316,667 shares of common stock of Odyssey Semiconductor. Following
the transactions contemplated under the Contribution Agreement, JR2J became the wholly-owned subsidiary of Odyssey Semiconductor.
On June 18, 2019, Odyssey Semiconductor
issued 350,000 shares of immediately vested common stock to Jeffrey Shealy for cash proceeds of $350 in connection with services provided
by Mr. Shealy. On June 21, 2019, the Company acquired 100% shares of Odyssey Semiconductor through a share exchange with stockholders
of Odyssey Semiconductor, pursuant to which Mr. Shealy exchanged 350,000 shares of common stock of Odyssey Semiconductor to the same number
of shares of the Company’s Common Stock. Jeffrey Shealy is brother of James Shealy, an officer and a principal owner of the Company.
The shares issued to Mr. Shealy had an issuance date fair value (based upon a contemporaneous private offering of our common stock at
$1.50 per share) of $1.50 per share, or $525,000 in total.
On March 11, 2020, in connection
with his appointment as the Company’s Acting Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman, Mr. Behfar was granted options to
purchase 375,000 shares of common stock at the price of $1.50 per share, that vest ratably on a monthly basis over two years and options
to purchase 125,000 shares of common stock at the price of $1.50 per share, that will vest upon the closing of a total of at least $5
million raised by the Company prior to March 11, 2022 from a combination of any of the following sources: new equity issuance, new debt
financing, equipment financing, and lease-backs. On July 17, 2020, Mr. Behfar was granted options to purchase 600,000 shares of common
stock at the price of $1.50 per share that vest ratably on a monthly basis over 20 months and options to purchase 200,000 shares of common
stock at the price of $1.50 per share that will vest upon the closing of a total of at least $5 million raised by the Company prior to
March 11, 2022 from a combination of any of the following sources: new equity issuance, new debt financing, equipment financing, and
lease-backs.
On September 16, 2020,
in connection with his appointment as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Mr. Behfar was granted options to purchase
1,637,410 shares of common stock at the price of $1.50 per share that will vest ratably on a monthly basis over 24 months starting from
March 11, 2022.
DESCRIPTION
OF CAPITAL STOCK
Our
authorized capitalization consists of 50,000,000 shares, which include (i) 45,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $.0001 per share,
of which 12,726,911 shares of Common Stock are issued and outstanding as at the date of this prospectus, and (ii) 5,000,000 shares of
preferred stock, par value $.0001 per share, of which no share is issued and outstanding.
Common Stock
Each share of Common Stock entitles
the holder thereof to one (1) vote on all matters submitted to a vote of the holders of Common Stock. Holders
of shares of Common Stock are not entitled to cumulative voting rights in the election of directors. Holders of shares of Common Stock
are entitled to receive such dividends as the board of directors may, from time to time, declare out of Company funds legally available
for the payment of dividends. Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled
to receive pro rata all of the assets of the Company available for distribution to shareholders.
Shareholders
do not have any pre-emptive rights to subscribe for or purchase any stock or other securities of the Company. The Common Stock is not
convertible or redeemable. Neither the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation nor its By-Laws provide for pre-emptive rights.
Preferred Stock
The
Preferred Stock of the Company shall be issued by the Board of Directors in one or more classes or one or more series within any class
and such classes or series shall have such voting powers, full or limited, or no voting powers, and such designations, preferences, limitations
or restrictions as the Board of Directors may determine from time to time.
Warrants
As of the date of this
prospectus, we had five-year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 155,966 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.50 per
share issued to the placement agent in the August 2019 Private Placement, and five-year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 89,730
shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $4.00 per share issued to the placement agent in the March 2021 Private
Placement.
Options
As of the date of this
prospectus, there are 3,211,785 outstanding options to purchase our Common Stock at the price of $1.50 per share.
Transfer Agent and Registrar
VStock Transfer, LLC is the transfer
agent and registrar for our Common Stock.
Quotation of Securities
Our Common Stock is not presently
traded on any market or securities exchange, and we have not applied for listing or quotation on any exchange.
SELLING
STOCKHOLDERS
The following table sets forth
information as of the date of this prospectus, to our knowledge, about the beneficial ownership of our Common Stock by the selling stockholders
both before and immediately after the offering.
All of the selling stockholders
received their securities in: (i) our formation, (ii) the August 2019 Private Placement; and/or (iii) the issuance in connection with
the merger with Odyssey Semiconductor. We have been advised by the selling stockholders that they have sole voting and investment power
with respect to all of the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by them unless otherwise indicated. We have been advised by broker
dealers and/or their affiliates that all securities purchased by them (except the shares underlying the placement agent warrants) were
purchased by such persons and entities in the ordinary course of business and at the time of purchase, such purchasers did not have any
agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute such securities.
The percent of beneficial
ownership for the selling stockholders is based on 12,726,911 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the date of this prospectus. Warrants
to purchase shares of our Common Stock held by certain investors that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of the
date of this prospectus are considered outstanding and beneficially owned by such investors for the purpose of computing the percentage
ownership of their respective percentage ownership but are not treated as outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership
of any other stockholder.
Other than Michael Thompson (who
is not a selling stockholder), each of our officers and directors participated in the August 2019 Private Placement and is listed as a
selling stockholder in the following table for the shares purchased in such offering.
Pursuant to Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5
of the Exchange Act, beneficial ownership includes any shares of our Common Stock as to which a stockholder has sole or shared voting
power or investment power, and also any shares of our Common Stock which the stockholder has the right to acquire within 60 days, including
upon exercise of warrants to purchase shares of our Common Stock.
The shares of Common Stock being
offered pursuant to this prospectus may be offered for sale from time to time during the period the registration statement of which this
prospectus is a part remains effective, by or for the account of the selling stockholders. After the date of effectiveness, the selling
stockholders may have sold or transferred, in transactions covered by this prospectus or in transactions exempt from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act, some or all of their Common Stock. Information about the selling stockholders may change over
time. The share information contained in the below table is accurate as of July 20, 2020, the date of the Prospectus.
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Shares Beneficially
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Shares Beneficially
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Owned as of the date of
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Shares
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Owned After the
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this
Prospectus(1)(3)
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Offered by
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Offering(2)
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Name of Selling Stockholder
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Number Shares
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Warrants
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Percent
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this
Prospectus(1)(3)
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Number
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Percent
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Montrose Capital Partners Limited (4)
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|
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75,000
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|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.59
|
%
|
|
|
75,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
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Scott Wilfong (5)
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|
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93,333
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.73
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%
|
|
|
46,666
|
|
|
|
46,667
|
|
|
|
0.42
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%
|
Barbara Glenns (6)
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|
|
20,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.16
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%
|
|
|
10,000
|
|
|
|
10,000
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|
|
|
0.09
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%
|
Michael Silverman (7)
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
52,000
|
|
|
|
0.41
|
%
|
|
|
52,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.60
|
%
|
Paul Tompkins (8)
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|
|
50,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.39
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%
|
|
|
25,000
|
|
|
|
25,000
|
|
|
|
0.22
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%
|
Stephen Renaud (9)
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
95,966
|
|
|
|
0.75
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%
|
|
|
95,966
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.32
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%
|
MSK Venture Partners, LLC (10)
|
|
|
33,334
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.26
|
%
|
|
|
16,667
|
|
|
|
16,667
|
|
|
|
0.15
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%
|
David Aichele
|
|
|
13,336
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.10
|
%
|
|
|
13,336
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Todd Baszucki
|
|
|
100,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.79
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%
|
|
|
100,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Andrew Brenner
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|
|
25,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.20
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%
|
|
|
25,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Richard J. Brown (21)
|
|
|
66,667
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.52
|
%
|
|
|
66,667
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Robert Burkhardt
|
|
|
20,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.16
|
%
|
|
|
20,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Lee Harrison Corbin
|
|
|
33,334
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.26
|
%
|
|
|
33,334
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
David Darwish (11)
|
|
|
10,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.08
|
%
|
|
|
10,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
David I. Obolensky Living Trust DTD June 28, 2017
(12)
|
|
|
100,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.79
|
%
|
|
|
100,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Brook & Suzanne Deaver JTWROS
|
|
|
8,334
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.07
|
%
|
|
|
8,334
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Peter Edelman
|
|
|
33,334
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.26
|
%
|
|
|
33,334
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Carl Fazio (13)
|
|
|
33,334
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.26
|
%
|
|
|
33,334
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Robert Frankel
|
|
|
13,334
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.10
|
%
|
|
|
13,334
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Daniel W. and Allaire Hummel JTWROS
|
|
|
23,334
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.18
|
%
|
|
|
23,334
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Robert & Maria Johnston JTWROS
|
|
|
50,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.39
|
%
|
|
|
50,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Jupiter Trustees Limited as Trustee of the Ramrakhi
Trust (14)
|
|
|
66,666
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.52
|
%
|
|
|
66,666
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Thomas A. McGurk Jr.
|
|
|
16,667
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.13
|
%
|
|
|
16,667
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
David Ngo
|
|
|
33,334
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.26
|
%
|
|
|
33,334
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Peter Ohler
|
|
|
26,667
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.21
|
%
|
|
|
26,667
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Pauline M. Howard Trust dtd 01.02.98 (15)
|
|
|
16,667
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.13
|
%
|
|
|
16,667
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Revocable Trust of Peter Backus dated January 24,
2019 (16)
|
|
|
133,334
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
1.05
|
%
|
|
|
133,334
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Daniel Salvas
|
|
|
20,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.16
|
%
|
|
|
20,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Joshua Shaw
|
|
|
33,333
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.26
|
%
|
|
|
33,333
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
James R. Shealy (21) (22)
|
|
|
66,667
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.52
|
%
|
|
|
66,667
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Catherine Shealy Sinclair (22)
|
|
|
40,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.31
|
%
|
|
|
40,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Software Motor Company (17)
|
|
|
70,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.55
|
%
|
|
|
70,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Clayton A. Struve
|
|
|
100,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.79
|
%
|
|
|
100,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
The Craig R. Whited and Gilda Whited Joint Living
Trust DTD 03.25.16 (18)
|
|
|
67,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.53
|
%
|
|
|
67,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
John V. Wagner
|
|
|
26,667
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.21
|
%
|
|
|
26,667
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Willis, Michael L. and Sharon D., JTWROS
|
|
|
66,667
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.52
|
%
|
|
|
66,667
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Johnny E. Wilson III
|
|
|
13,334
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.10
|
%
|
|
|
13,334
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Daniel M. & Julie Wolfe TIC
|
|
|
7,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.06
|
%
|
|
|
7,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Thomas Zahavi
|
|
|
33,334
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.26
|
%
|
|
|
33,334
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Michael Zimmerman
|
|
|
10,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.08
|
%
|
|
|
10,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Steven P. DenBaars
|
|
|
13,334
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.10
|
%
|
|
|
13,334
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Joel Levine
|
|
|
25,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.20
|
%
|
|
|
25,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Timothy Michael McMahon
|
|
|
16,667
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.13
|
%
|
|
|
16,667
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Richard T. Ogawa (21)
|
|
|
16,667
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.13
|
%
|
|
|
16,667
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Ulexus LLC (19) (21)
|
|
|
16,666
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.13
|
%
|
|
|
16,666
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
EFD Capital Inc. (20)
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
8,000
|
|
|
|
0.06
|
%
|
|
|
8,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Total
|
|
|
1,737,345
|
|
|
|
155,966
|
|
|
|
14.87
|
%
|
|
|
1,794,977
|
|
|
|
98,334
|
|
|
|
0.77
|
%
|
(1) Unless otherwise indicated in the footnotes,
the selling stockholders received their securities in the August 2019 Private Placement.
(2) Assumes the sale of all shares offered
pursuant to this prospectus.
(3) Share numbers include shares of Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants that are exercisable within sixty days of July 20, 2020.
(4) This selling stockholder received 75,000 shares
in the formation of the Company (all of which are registered in this Registration Statement). The
person having voting, dispositive or investment powers over Montrose Capital Partners Limited is Mark Tompkins.
(5) This selling stockholder received 93,333 shares
in the formation of the Company (46,666 shares of which are registered in this Registration Statement).
(6) This selling stockholder received 20,000 shares
in the formation of the Company (10,000 shares of which are registered in this Registration Statement).
(7) This selling stockholder received 52,000 shares
of Common Stock underlying placement agent warrants issued in connection with the August 2019 Private Placement. We have been advised
by Mr. Silverman that he is an affiliate of a broker-dealer and that he purchased these shares (except the shares underlying the placement
agent warrants) in the ordinary course of business and at the time of purchase, he did not have any agreements or understandings, directly
or indirectly, with any person to distribute such shares.
(8) This selling stockholder received 50,000 shares
in the formation of the Company (25,000 shares of which are registered in this Registration Statement).
(9) This selling stockholder received 95,966 shares
of Common Stock underlying placement agent warrants issued in connection with the August 2019 Private Placement. We have been advised
by Mr. Renaud that he is an affiliate of a broker-dealer and that he purchased these shares (except the shares underlying the placement
agent warrants) in the ordinary course of business and at the time of purchase, he did not have any agreements or understandings, directly
or indirectly, with any person to distribute such shares.
(10) 33,334 shares were issued to MSK Venture Partners,
LLC for services provided to the Company in connection with the merger with Odyssey Semiconductor (16,667 shares of which are registered
in this Registration Statement). The person having voting, dispositive or investment powers over
MSK Venture Partners, LLC is Nimish Patel.
(11) We have been advised by the selling stockholder
that he is an affiliate of a broker-dealer and that he purchased these shares in the ordinary course of business and at the time of purchase,
he did not have any agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute such shares.
(12) The person
having voting, dispositive or investment powers over David I. Obolensky Living Trust DTD June 28, 2017 is David I. Obolensky.
We have been advised by the selling stockholder that it is an affiliate of a broker-dealer and that it purchased these shares in the
ordinary course of business and at the time of purchase, it did not have any agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with
any person to distribute such shares.
(13) We have been advised by the selling stockholder
that he is an affiliate of a broker-dealer and that he purchased these shares in the ordinary course of business and at the time of purchase,
he did not have any agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute such shares.
(14) The persons
having voting, dispositive or investment powers over Jupiter Trustees Limited as Trustee of the Ramrakhi Trust are Mark de la
Rue, Christopher de Putron and Simon Savident as directors.
(15) The person
having voting, dispositive or investment powers over Pauline M. Howard Trust dtd 01.02.98 is Candy D’Azevedo Bathon.
(16) The person
having voting, dispositive or investment powers over Revocable Trust of Peter Backus dated January 24, 2019 is Peter Backus.
(17) The person
having voting, dispositive or investment powers over Software Motor Company is Ryan Morris.
(18) The person
having voting, dispositive or investment powers over The Craig R. Whited and Gilda Whited Joint Living Trust DTD 03.25.16 is Craig
R. Whited.
(19) The person
having voting, dispositive or investment powers over Ulexus LLC is Alex Behfar.
(20) The person
having voting, dispositive or investment powers over EFD Capital Inc. is Barbara Glenns.
(21) The selling stockholder is an officer or director
of the Company.
(22) James R. Shealy and Catherine Shealy Sinclair are
siblings.
PLAN OF
DISTRIBUTION
The selling stockholders, which
term as used herein includes donees, pledgees, transferees or other successors-in-interest selling shares of Common Stock or interests
in shares of Common Stock received after the date of this prospectus from a selling stockholder as a gift, pledge, partnership distribution
or other transfer, may, from time to time, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of their shares of Common Stock or interests
in shares of Common Stock on any stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the shares are traded or in private transactions.
The selling stockholders may use any one or more
of the following methods when disposing of shares or interests therein:
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block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent, but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;
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purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;
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privately negotiated transactions;
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through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise;
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broker-dealers may agree with the selling stockholders to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share;
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a combination of any such methods of sale; and
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any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.
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The selling stockholders may, from
time to time, pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the shares of Common Stock owned by them and, if they default in the
performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the shares of Common Stock, from time to
time, under this prospectus, or under an amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities
Act amending the list of selling stockholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as selling stockholders
under this prospectus. The selling stockholders also may transfer the shares of Common Stock in other circumstances, in which case the
transferees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus; provided,
however, that prior to any such transfer the following information (or such other information as may be required by the federal securities
laws from time to time) with respect to each such selling beneficial owner must be added to the prospectus by way of a prospectus supplement
or post-effective amendment, as appropriate: (1) the name of the selling beneficial owner; (2) any material relationship the
selling beneficial owner has had within the past three years with us or any of our predecessors or affiliates; (3) the amount of
securities of the class owned by such beneficial owner before the offering; (4) the amount to be offered for the beneficial owner’s
account; and (5) the amount and (if one percent or more) the percentage of the class to be owned by such beneficial owner after the
offering is complete.
In connection with the sale of
our Common Stock or interests therein, the selling stockholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial
institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the Common Stock in the course of hedging the positions they assume. The selling
stockholders may also sell shares of our Common Stock short and deliver these securities to close out their short positions, or loan or
pledge the Common Stock to broker-dealers that in turn may sell these securities. The selling stockholders may also enter into option
or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or the creation of one or more derivative securities which require
the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of shares offered by this prospectus, which shares such broker-dealer
or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).
The aggregate proceeds to the selling
stockholders from the sale of the Common Stock offered by them will be the purchase price of the Common Stock less discounts or commissions,
if any. Each of the selling stockholders reserves the right to accept and, together with their agents from time to time, to reject, in
whole or in part, any proposed purchase of Common Stock to be made directly or through agents. We will not receive any of the proceeds
from this offering, provided, however, we will receive proceeds from the exercise of the warrants held by certain investors.
Except those who are deemed “underwriters”
within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act, the selling stockholders also may resell all or a portion of the shares
in open market transactions in reliance upon Rule 144 under the Securities Act, provided that they meet the criteria and conform
to the requirements of that rule.
The selling stockholders and any
broker-dealers or agents, or their affiliates that participate in the sale of the Common Stock or interests therein may be deemed “underwriters”
within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act. In such event, any discounts, commissions, concessions or profit they
earn on any resale of the shares may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act. Selling stockholders
who are deemed “underwriters” within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act will be subject to the prospectus
delivery requirements of the Securities Act. In addition, selling stockholders who are deemed “underwriters” within the meaning
of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act will not be eligible to rely on Rule 144 to resell their shares.
To the extent required, the shares
of our Common Stock to be sold, the names of the selling stockholders, the respective purchase prices and public offering prices, the
names of any agents, dealer or underwriter, any applicable commissions or discounts with respect to a particular offer will be set forth
in an accompanying prospectus supplement or, if appropriate, a post-effective amendment to the registration statement that includes this
prospectus.
The maximum amount of compensation
to be received by any FINRA member or independent broker-dealer for the sale of any securities registered under this prospectus will not
be greater than 8.0% of the gross proceeds from the sale of such securities.
In order to comply with the securities
laws of some states, if applicable, the Common Stock may be sold in these jurisdictions only through registered or licensed brokers or
dealers. In addition, in some states the Common Stock may not be sold unless it has been registered or qualified for sale or an exemption
from registration or qualification requirements is available and is complied with.
We have advised the selling stockholders
that the anti-manipulation rules of Regulation M under the Exchange Act may apply to sales of shares in the market and to the activities
of the selling stockholders and their affiliates. In addition, we will make copies of this prospectus (as it may be supplemented or amended
from time to time) available to the selling stockholders for the purpose of satisfying the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities
Act. The selling stockholders may indemnify any broker-dealer that participates in transactions involving the sale of the shares against
certain liabilities, including liabilities arising under the Securities Act.
MARKET FOR
COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
Market Information
We received approval
from the OTCQB Market to trade our Common Stock under the ticker symbol of “ODII” as of August 27, 2020. There is currently
limited trading volume for our Common Stock and there is no guarantee that any sustained trading market will develop in the future.
The following table sets
forth, for each quarter since August 27, 2020, the reported high and low bid prices of our Common Stock.
Quarter Ended
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High Bid
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Low Bid
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March 31, 2021
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$
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6.00
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$
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2.00
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December 31, 2020
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$
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4.10
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$
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1.01
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September 30, 2020
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$
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1.61
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$
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0.50
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Future sales of substantial amounts
of our shares in the public market could adversely affect market prices prevailing from time to time and could impair our ability to raise
capital through the sale of our equity securities.
Holders
As of the date of this prospectus, there are
92 record holders of our Common Stock.
LEGAL MATTERS
Robinson & Cole, LLP, 1055
Washington Boulevard, Stamford, CT 06901 has acted as our counsel in connection with the preparation of this prospectus and the issuance
of an opinion relating to the validity of the securities offered in this prospectus.
EXPERTS
The balance sheets of the
Company and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’
equity (deficit) and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, and the related notes, included in this registration
statement have been audited by Marcum LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their report thereon, appearing
elsewhere in this registration statement, and are included in reliance on such report of such firm given upon their authority as experts
in accounting and auditing.
Insofar as indemnification for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to our directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant to the foregoing,
or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
us of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of ours in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, we will, unless
in the opinion of our counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
WHERE YOU
CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
We have filed with the SEC a registration
statement on Form S-1 under the Securities Act, with respect to the Common Stock offered by this prospectus. This prospectus, which is
part of the registration statement, omits certain information, exhibits, schedules and undertakings set forth in the registration statement.
For further information pertaining to us and our Common Stock, reference is made to the registration statement and the exhibits and schedules
to the registration statement. Statements contained in this prospectus as to the contents or provisions of any documents referred to in
this prospectus, although not necessarily complete, include the material provisions of such document, and in each instance where a copy
of the document has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement, reference is made to the exhibit for a more complete description
of the matters involved.
The registration statement, including
all exhibits and amendments to the registration statement, has been filed electronically with the SEC, which are publicly available through
the SEC’s web site at http://www.sec.gov.
You may access our annual reports
on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant
to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act with the SEC free of charge at the web site of the SEC referred to above.
INCORPORATION OF
CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE
The SEC’s rules allow us
to incorporate by reference information into this prospectus. This means that we can disclose important information to you by referring
you to another document. Any information referred to in this way is considered part of this prospectus from the date we file that document.
We incorporate by reference into
this prospectus the following documents or information filed with the SEC (other than, in each case, documents or information deemed to
have been furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC rules):
(1)
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2020 filed with the SEC on August 13, 2020;
(2)
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 22, 2020;
(3) Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2020 filed with the SEC on November 13, 2020;
(4)
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 1, 2021; and
(5)
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 filed with the SEC on April 8, 2021.
Index to
Financials
ODYSSEY SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING
FIRM
To the Shareholders and Board of Directors
of
Odyssey Semiconductor Technologies, Inc.
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated
balance sheets of Odyssey Semiconductor Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2020 and 2019,
and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the two years
in the period ended December 31, 2020, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In
our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December
31, 2020 and 2019, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2020,
in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility
of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our
audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”)
and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with
the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether
the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were
we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an
understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the
Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures
to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that
respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well
as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Marcum llp
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2019.
Melville,NY
April 7, 2021
ODYSSEY SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND
SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
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December 31,
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December 31,
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2020
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2019
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Assets
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Current Assets:
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Cash
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$
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272,705
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$
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697,141
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Contract assets
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62,273
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|
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543,944
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Accounts receivable
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|
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10,877
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|
|
|
1,480
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|
Deferred expenses
|
|
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185,084
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|
|
|
111,548
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets
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|
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33,569
|
|
|
|
147,065
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|
Total Current Assets
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|
|
564,508
|
|
|
|
1,501,178
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Restricted cash
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|
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103,149
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|
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|
101,141
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Deferred offering costs
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|
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—
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|
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83,983
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Property and equipment, net
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986,407
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|
|
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389,845
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Total Assets
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|
$
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1,654,064
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$
|
2,076,147
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Liabilities and Stockholders’
Equity
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|
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|
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|
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Current Liabilities:
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|
|
|
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|
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Accounts payable and accrued expenses
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$
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187,046
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$
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218,005
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Deferred revenue
|
|
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260,447
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|
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|
312,378
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Loans payable – short term
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|
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53,858
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|
|
|
—
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Total Current Liabilities
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|
|
501,351
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|
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530,383
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Loans payable – long term, net of unamortized
debt issuance costs
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|
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621,600
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|
|
|
—
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Total Liabilities
|
|
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1,122,951
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|
|
|
530,383
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Commitments and contingencies (Note 10)
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
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Stockholders’ Equity:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value, 5,000,000 shares
authorized; 0 shares issued and outstanding at December 31 ,2020 and 2019
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|
—
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|
|
|
—
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|
Common stock, $0.0001 par value, 45,000,000 shares
authorized, 11,429,661 and 11,159,661 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively
|
|
|
1,143
|
|
|
|
1,116
|
|
Additional paid-in capital
|
|
|
4,046,370
|
|
|
|
3,017,940
|
|
Accumulated deficit
|
|
|
(3,516,400
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)
|
|
|
(1,473,292
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)
|
Total Stockholders’ Equity
|
|
|
531,113
|
|
|
|
1,545,764
|
|
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
|
|
$
|
1,654,064
|
|
|
$
|
2,076,147
|
|
See notes to these consolidated
financial statements.
ODYSSEY SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND
SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
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For the years ended
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December 31,
|
|
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
Revenues
|
|
$
|
1,374,420
|
|
|
$
|
719,851
|
|
Cost of Revenues
|
|
|
1,453,005
|
|
|
|
589,640
|
|
Gross (Loss) Profit
|
|
|
(78,585
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)
|
|
|
130,211
|
|
Operating Expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Research and development
|
|
|
607,148
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|
|
|
155,527
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|
Selling, general, and administrative
|
|
|
1,354,069
|
|
|
|
1,434,089
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|
Total Operating Expenses
|
|
|
1,961,217
|
|
|
|
1,589,616
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|
Loss From Operations
|
|
|
(2,039,802
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)
|
|
|
(1,459,405
|
)
|
Other Income (expense):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest income (expense), net
|
|
|
(3,306
|
)
|
|
|
1,236
|
|
Net Loss
|
|
$
|
(2,043,108
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1,458,169
|
)
|
Net Loss Per Share:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
$
|
(0.18
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.18
|
)
|
Diluted
|
|
$
|
(0.18
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.18
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)
|
Weighted average number of shares of Common Stock :
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
|
11,229,966
|
|
|
|
8,264,416
|
|
Diluted
|
|
|
11,229,966
|
|
|
|
8,264,416
|
|
See notes to these consolidated financial
statements.
ODYSSEY SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND 2019
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|
|
|
|
|
Additional
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
Common Stock
|
|
Paid-In
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
Stockholders’
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
Amount
|
|
Capital
|
|
Deficit
|
|
Equity
|
Balance – January 1, 2019
|
|
|
5,316,667
|
|
|
$
|
532
|
|
|
$
|
(532
|
)
|
|
$
|
184,877
|
|
|
$
|
184,877
|
|
Dividend to shareholder
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(200,000
|
)
|
|
|
(200,000
|
)
|
Issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs
|
|
|
1,926,327
|
|
|
|
192
|
|
|
|
2,429,282
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,429,474
|
|
Sale of common stock and related stock based compensation
|
|
|
350,000
|
|
|
|
35
|
|
|
|
524,965
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
525,000
|
|
Equity of Odyssey Semiconductor Inc. at the time of
the reverse capitalization
|
|
|
3,566,667
|
|
|
|
357
|
|
|
|
2,126
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,483
|
|
Stock-based compensation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
62,099
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
62,099
|
|
Net loss - year ended December 31, 2019
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(1,458,169
|
)
|
|
|
(1,458,169
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance - December 31, 2019
|
|
|
11,159,661
|
|
|
$
|
1,116
|
|
|
$
|
3,017,940
|
|
|
$
|
(1,473,292
|
)
|
|
$
|
1,545,764
|
|
Stock-based compensation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
623,457
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
623,457
|
|
Exercise of stock options
|
|
|
270,000
|
|
|
|
27
|
|
|
|
404,973
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
405,000
|
|
Net loss - year ended December 31, 2020
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(2,043,108
|
)
|
|
|
(2,043,108
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance - December 31, 2020
|
|
|
11,429,661
|
|
|
$
|
1,143
|
|
|
$
|
4,046,370
|
|
|
$
|
(3,516,400
|
)
|
|
$
|
531,113
|
|
See notes to these consolidated financial
statements.
ODYSSEY SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
|
|
For the years ended
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
Cash Flows From Operating Activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
$
|
(2,043,108
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1,458,169
|
)
|
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used
in operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock-based compensation
|
|
|
623,457
|
|
|
|
580,178
|
|
Write off of deferred offering costs and other
|
|
|
123,875
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
111,311
|
|
|
|
5,341
|
|
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contract assets
|
|
|
481,671
|
|
|
|
(214,882
|
)
|
Accounts receivable
|
|
|
(9,397
|
)
|
|
|
690
|
|
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
|
|
|
92,538
|
|
|
|
(145,026
|
)
|
Deferred expenses
|
|
|
(73,536
|
)
|
|
|
(104,627
|
)
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
|
|
|
(30,959
|
)
|
|
|
(37,052
|
)
|
Deferred revenue
|
|
|
(51,931
|
)
|
|
|
312,378
|
|
Total Adjustments
|
|
|
1,267,029
|
|
|
|
397,000
|
|
Net Cash Used In Operating Activities
|
|
|
(776,079
|
)
|
|
|
(1,061,169
|
)
|
Cash Flows From Investing Activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchases of property and equipment
|
|
|
(686,915
|
)
|
|
|
(367,005
|
)
|
Cash acquired in reverse capitalization
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
2,483
|
|
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities
|
|
|
(686,915
|
)
|
|
|
(364,522
|
)
|
Cash Flows From Financing Activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from government loans
|
|
|
684,580
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Payment of deferred loan costs
|
|
|
(4,560
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
Payment of government loans
|
|
|
(4,714
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
Proceeds from exercise of stock options
|
|
|
405,000
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Proceed from sale of common stock, net of costs
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
2,445,603
|
|
Payment of offering costs related to sale of common
stock
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(16,129
|
)
|
Payment of deferred offering costs
|
|
|
(39,740
|
)
|
|
|
(30,512
|
)
|
Dividend to stockholders prior to reverse capitalization
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(200,000
|
)
|
Net Cash Provided by Financing
Activities
|
|
|
1,040,566
|
|
|
|
2,198,962
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Increase (Decrease) In Cash
and Restricted Cash
|
|
|
(422,428
|
)
|
|
|
773,271
|
|
Cash and Restricted Cash - Beginning
Of Year
|
|
|
798,282
|
|
|
|
25,011
|
|
Cash and Restricted Cash - End
Of Year
|
|
$
|
375,854
|
|
|
$
|
798,282
|
|
Cash and Restricted Cash Consisted
of the Following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
|
|
$
|
272,705
|
|
|
$
|
697,141
|
|
Restricted cash
|
|
|
103,149
|
|
|
|
101,141
|
|
|
|
$
|
375,854
|
|
|
$
|
798,282
|
|
Supplemental Disclosures of Cash
Flow Information:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid during the quarter ended for:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
|
|
$
|
2,200
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Supplemental information - Issuance of warrant to
placement agent
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
148,202
|
|
Fixed assets purchased on account
|
|
$
|
20,598
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accrual of deferred offering costs
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
53,471
|
|
See notes to these consolidated financial
statements.
ODYSSEY SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND
2019
Note 1 - Business Organization, Reverse Recapitalization and Liquidity
Organization and Operations
Odyssey Semiconductor Technologies, Inc. (“Odyssey Technologies”)
was incorporated on April 12, 2019 under the laws of the State of Delaware. Odyssey Technologies, through its wholly-owned subsidiary,
Odyssey Semiconductor, Inc. (“Odyssey Semiconductor”) and Odyssey Semiconductor’s wholly owned subsidiary, JR2J, LLC
(“JR2J”) (collectively, the “Company”), is a semiconductor device company developing high-voltage power switching
components and systems based on proprietary Gallium Nitride (“GaN”) processing technology.
Reverse Recapitalization and Common Control Merger
On June 17, 2019, Odyssey Semiconductor entered into a contribution
agreement with 100% of the members of JR2J (“Contribution Agreement”). Pursuant to the Contribution Agreement, the members
of JR2J agreed to transfer 100% of their membership interests in JR2J to the Odyssey Semiconductor in exchange for the issuance of an
aggregate of 5,316,667 shares of common stock of Odyssey Semiconductor (the “Contribution”). In connection with the Contribution
Agreement, JR2J became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Odyssey Semiconductor. Odyssey Semiconductor and JR2J were determined to be entities
held under common control through identical common ownership. Accordingly, the effect of the merger was retrospectively applied to all
financial statement periods presented herein and the historical financial statements of Odyssey Semiconductor and JR2J are combined.
On June 21, 2019, Odyssey Technologies entered into a share exchange
agreement (the “Share Exchange Agreement”) with Odyssey Semiconductor and 100% of the stockholders of Odyssey Semiconductor
(the “Semiconductor Stockholders”). On June 21, 2019 (the “Closing Date”), the Company closed the transaction
contemplated by the Share Exchange Agreement. Pursuant to the Share Exchange Agreement, the Semiconductor Stockholders agreed to transfer
an aggregate of 5,666,667 shares of common stock of Odyssey Semiconductor to Odyssey Technologies in exchange for Odyssey Technologies’
issuance of an aggregate of 5,666,667 shares of its common stock to the Semiconductor Stockholders (the “Share Exchange”).
On the Closing Date, Odyssey Semiconductor became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Odyssey Technologies, the Semiconductor Stockholders beneficially
owned approximately 61.37% of Odyssey Technologies’ common stock on a fully-diluted basis, Odyssey Technologies began operating
Odyssey Semiconductor’s business of developing high-voltage power switching components and systems, and all directors and officers
of Odyssey Technologies resigned and were replaced by the directors and officers of Odyssey Semiconductor.
The closing of the Share Exchange was accounted for as a reverse
recapitalization under the provisions of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification
(“ASC”) Topic 805-40. The condensed consolidated statements of operations herein reflect the historical results of Odyssey
Semiconductor prior to the completion of the reverse recapitalization since it was determined to be the accounting acquirer, and do not
include the historical results of operations for Odyssey Technologies prior to the completion of the reverse recapitalization. Odyssey
Technologies’ assets and liabilities are consolidated with the assets and liabilities of Odyssey Semiconductor as of the Closing
Date. Odyssey Semiconductor’s retained earnings are being carried forward as the Company’s retained earnings.
COVID-19
The extent of the impact and effects of the recent
outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on the operation and financial performance of our business will depend on future developments,
including the duration and spread of the outbreak, related travel advisories and restrictions, the consequential potential of staff shortages,
and project development delays, all of which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted. If demand for the Company’s services
or the Company’s ability to service customers are impacted for an extended period, especially as it relates to major customers,
our financial condition and results of operations may be materially adversely affected.
ODYSSEY SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND
2019
Liquidity and Financial Condition
As of December 31, 2020, the Company had a cash balance, working
capital and accumulated deficit of approximately $273,000, $63,000 and $3,516,000, respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2020,
the Company generated net loss of approximately $2,043,000.
In February 2021, the Company received approximately $68,000 from
the exercise of stock options to purchase 45,625 shares of common stock. On February 24, 2021, the Company received $193,625 pursuant
to a promissory note issued under the Paycheck Protection Program Part 2 (“PPP2”). Interest accrues at 1% per annum and the
note is payable in 60 monthly installments of $3,300 commencing May 2022. On March 30, 2021, the Company received the proceeds of the
first closing pursuant to an offering of its common stock. The Company sold 1,251,625 shares of common stock at $4.00 per share for gross
proceeds of $5,006,500 (after expenses, net proceeds were approximately $4.6 million). Warrants equal to 8% of the common shares sold,
other than to certain parties that were excluded from fees (“Excluded Counterparties”), will be issued to the placement agent
with a 5 year exercise period and an exercise price of $4.00 per share. The Company may sell up to an additional 2,498,375 shares pursuant
to this offering. The maximum number of shares in the offering is 3,750,000, but includes up to 250,000 shares that the Company can sell
to Excluded Counterparties without incurring fees (cash or warrants) to the placement agent.
The Company believes its current cash on hand and the above mentioned
funding in the first quarter of 2021 is sufficient to meet its operating obligations and capital requirements for at least twelve months
from the issuance of these financial statements. Thereafter, the Company may need to raise further capital through the sale of additional
equity or debt securities or other debt instruments to support its future operations. The Company’s operating needs include the
planned costs to operate its business, including amounts required to fund working capital and capital expenditures. The Company’s
future capital requirements and the adequacy of its available funds will depend on many factors, including the Company’s ability
to successfully commercialize its products and services, competing technological and market developments, and the need to enter into
collaborations with other companies or acquire other companies or technologies to enhance or complement its product and service offerings.
There is also no assurance that the amount of funds the Company might raise will enable the Company to complete its development initiatives
or attain profitable operations. If the Company is unable to obtain additional financing on a timely basis, it may have to curtail its
development, marketing and promotional activities, which would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial
condition and results of operations, and ultimately, the Company could be forced to discontinue its operations and liquidate.
Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Use of Estimates
Preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP
requires management to make estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and the
amounts disclosed in the related notes to the financial statements. The Company’s significant estimates used in these financial
statements include, but are not limited to, fair value calculations for equity securities, stock-based compensation, the recognition
and collectability of receivables, the recoverability and useful lives of long-lived assets, and the valuation allowance related to the
Company’s deferred tax assets. Certain of the Company’s estimates could be affected by external conditions, including those
unique to the Company and general economic conditions. It is reasonably possible that these external factors could have an effect on
the Company’s estimates and could cause actual results to differ from those estimates.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with
an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents in the financial statements. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the
Company had no cash equivalents. The Company has cash on deposits in several financial institutions which, at times, may be in excess
of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insurance limits. The Company has not experienced losses in such accounts
and periodically evaluates the creditworthiness of its financial institutions. The Company reduces its credit risk by placing its cash
and cash equivalents with major financial institutions. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company had $22,705 and $346,746, respectively,
on deposit in excess of FDIC insurance limits.
Restricted Cash
Restricted cash was comprised of cash held
as a security deposit in connection with the Company’s operating lease. See Note 10 – Commitments and Contingencies - Operating
Lease for additional details.
ODYSSEY SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND
2019
Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivable are carried at their contractual
amounts, less an estimate for uncollectible amounts. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, there were no allowances for uncollectable amounts
determined to be necessary. Management estimates the allowance for bad debts based on existing economic conditions, the financial conditions
of the customers, and the amount and age of past due accounts. Receivables are considered past due if full payment is not received by
the contractual due date. Past due accounts are generally written off against the allowance for bad debts only after all collection attempts
have been exhausted.
Deferred Expenses
Deferred expenses consist of labor, materials
and other costs that are attributable to customer contracts that the Company has not completed its performance obligation under the contract
and, as a result, has not recognized revenue. As of December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, deferred expenses were approximately $185,000
and $112,000, respectively.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are stated at cost,
net of accumulated depreciation using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives, once the asset is placed in service.
Expenditures for maintenance and repairs, which do not extend the economic useful life of the related assets, are charged to operations
as incurred, and expenditures which extend the economic life are capitalized. Leasehold improvements are depreciated over the lesser
of their estimated useful lives or the remaining term of their respective lease. When assets are retired or otherwise disposed of, the
costs and related accumulated depreciation or amortization are removed from the accounts and any gain or loss on disposal is recognized
in the statement of operations for the respective period.
The Company’s long-lived assets are
reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the asset may not be recoverable.
An impairment loss would be recognized when estimated future cash flows expected to result from the use of the asset and its eventual
disposition are less than its carrying amount.
The estimated useful lives of property and equipment are as follows:
Asset
|
|
Useful lives (years)
|
Computer and office equipment
|
|
5
|
Lab equipment
|
|
5
|
Leasehold improvements
|
|
shorter of useful life or lease term
|
Machinery
|
|
7-15
|
Furniture
|
|
7
|
Offering Costs
Deferred offering costs, which primarily consist
of direct, incremental professional fees incurred in connection with a debt or equity financing, are capitalized as non-current assets
on the consolidated balance sheets. Once the financing closes, the Company reclassifies such costs as either discounts to notes payable
or as a reduction of proceeds received from equity transactions so that such costs are recorded as a reduction of additional paid-in
capital. If the completion of a contemplated financing was deemed to be no longer probable, the related deferred offering costs would
be charged to general and administrative expense in the consolidated financial statements. At December 31, 2020, the Company wrote off
the previously capitalized offering costs.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The Company measures the fair value of financial
assets and liabilities based on the guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification
(“ASC”) 820 “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” (“ASC 820”) which defines fair value, establishes
a framework for measuring fair value, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements.
ASC 820 defines fair value as the exchange
price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market
for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. ASC 820 also establishes a
fair value hierarchy, which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when
measuring fair value. ASC 820 describes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:
Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical assets
or liabilities
Level 2 — quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities
in active markets or inputs that are observable
Level 3 — inputs that are unobservable (for example, cash
flow modeling inputs based on assumptions)
The carrying amounts of the
Company’s financial instruments, such as cash, accounts receivable, restricted cash, and accounts payable and accrued expenses
approximate fair values due to the short-term nature of these instruments. The carrying amounts of the Company’s debt
approximates fair value since it is tied to governmental programs and the restrictions related therein.
ODYSSEY SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND
2019
Fair Value of Stock Options and Warrants
The Company uses the Black-Scholes model to
estimate the fair value of stock options and warrants, using input factors described below. The risk-free interest rate was determined
from the implied yields from U.S. Treasury zero-coupon bonds with a remaining term consistent with the expected term of the instrument
being valued. Option forfeitures are accounted for at the time of occurrence. The expected term used is the estimated period of time
that warrants or options are expected to be outstanding. The Company utilizes the “simplified” method to develop an estimate
of the expected term of “plain vanilla” employee options. For investor warrants and non-employee options, the expected term
used is the contractual life of the instrument being valued. The Company does not yet have a trading history to support its historical
volatility calculations. Accordingly, the Company is utilizing an expected volatility figure based on a review of the historical volatility
of comparable entities over a period of time equivalent to the expected life of the instrument being valued.
Revenue Recognition
The Company recognizes revenue
under ASC Topic 606, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (“ASC 606”). The Company determines revenue
recognition through the following steps:
●
|
Step 1: Identify the contract with the customer;
|
●
|
Step 2: Identify the performance obligations in the contract;
|
●
|
Step 3: Determine the transaction price;
|
●
|
Step 4: Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and
|
●
|
Step 5: Recognize revenue when the company satisfies a performance obligation.
|
A majority of the Company’s revenues
are generated from contracts with customers that require it to design, develop, manufacture, test and integrate complex equipment and/or
to provide engineering and technical services according to customer specifications. Revenues on time and material type contracts are
generally recognized in each period based on the amount billable to the customer which is based on direct labor hours expended multiplied
by the contractual fixed rate per hour, plus the actual costs of materials and other direct non-labor costs. Certain contracts are billable
upon the achievement of specific milestones, such as the delivery of prototypes or finished products, and revenue is recognized typically
upon the delivery of the products. During the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, there was no revenue recognized from performance
obligations satisfied (or partially satisfied) in previous periods.
The timing of the Company’s revenue recognition
may differ from the timing of payment by its customers. A receivable is recorded when revenue is recognized prior to payment and the Company
has an unconditional right to payment. Alternatively, when payment precedes the provision of the related services, the Company records
deferred revenue until the performance obligations are satisfied. Contract assets are comprised of unbilled contract receivables related
to revenues earned but not yet invoiced to customers.
The Company generates revenue from government
contracts that reimburse the Company for certain allowable costs for funded projects. For contracts with government agencies, when the
Company has concluded that it is the principal in conducting the research and development expenses and where the funding arrangement
is considered central to the Company’s ongoing operations, the Company classifies the recognized funding received as revenue. The
Company has determined that revenue generated from government grants is outside the scope of ASC 606 and, as a result, the Company recognizes
revenue upon incurring qualifying, reimbursable expenses. During the years ended
December 31, 2020 and 2019,
the Company recognized approximately $1,170,000 and $560,000, respectively, of grant revenue.
Stock-Based Compensation
The Company measures the cost of services received
in exchange for an award of equity instruments based on the fair value of the award. The fair value of the award is measured on the grant
date. The fair value amount is then recognized over the period during which services are required to be provided in exchange for the award,
usually the vesting period. Upon the exercise of an award, the Company issues new shares of common stock out of its authorized shares.
ODYSSEY SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND
2019
Research and Development
Research and development expenses are charged
to operations as incurred.
Income Taxes
As described in Note 1 - Business Organization,
Reverse Recapitalization and Liquidity, beginning on June 21, 2019, the operations of the Company are subject to federal and state income
taxes.
The Company recognizes deferred tax assets and liabilities
for the expected future tax consequences of items that have been included or excluded in the financial statements or tax returns. Deferred
tax assets and liabilities are determined on the basis of the difference between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and their respective
financial reporting amounts (“temporary differences”) at enacted tax rates in effect for the years in which the temporary
differences are expected to reverse. The Company has recorded a full valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets for all periods,
due to the uncertainty of future utilization.
The Company utilizes a recognition threshold
and measurement process for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax
return. Management has evaluated and concluded that there were no material uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in the Company’s
financial statements as of December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019. The Company does not expect any significant changes in its unrecognized
tax benefits within twelve months of the reporting date. The Company’s policy is to classify assessments, if any, for tax related
interest as interest expense and penalties as selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.
Net loss per share of Common Stock
Basic net loss per share of common stock is
computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of vested shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted
net loss per share of common stock is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of common and dilutive common-equivalent
shares outstanding during each period.
The following shares were excluded from the
calculation of weighted average dilutive shares of common stock because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive:
|
|
As
of December 31,
|
|
|
|
2020
|
|
|
2019
|
|
Warrants
|
|
|
155,966
|
|
|
|
155,966
|
|
Options
|
|
|
3,257,410
|
|
|
|
590,000
|
|
Total
|
|
|
3,413,376
|
|
|
|
745,966
|
|
Reclassifications
Certain prior year balances have been reclassified in order to
conform to current year presentation. These reclassifications have no effect on previously reported results of operations or income per
share.
Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information
The unaudited pro forma information gives
effect to the Company’s conversion from a tax exempt entity into a tax paying entity beginning in September 2019. During the year
ended December 31, 2019, the Company has estimated its pro forma income tax provision using a combined federal and state (New York) effective
tax rate of 27.6%. No tax benefit was recorded for pro forma purposes for the year ended December 31, 2019, as it was deemed that the
recovery of a pro forma deferred tax asset would not meet the “more likely than not” threshold. Therefore, a full pro forma
valuation reserve would be established, such that no pro forma tax benefit would be recorded. Pro forma information is therefore unchanged
from the actual results for the year ended December 31, 2019.
Recently Issued Accounting Standards
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02,
“Leases (Topic 842),” (“ASU 2016-02”). ASU 2016-02 requires an entity to recognize assets and liabilities arising
from a lease for both financing and operating leases. ASU 2016-02 will also require new qualitative and quantitative disclosures to help
investors and other financial statement users better understand the amount, timing, and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases.
The FASB issued ASU No. 2018-10 “Codification Improvements to Topic 842, Leases” (“ASU 2018-10”), ASU No. 2018-11
“Leases (Topic 842) Targeted Improvements” (“ASU 2018-11”) in July 2018, and ASU No. 2018-20 “Leases (Topic
842) - Narrow Scope Improvements for Lessors” (“ASU 2018-20”) in December 2018. ASU 2018-10 and ASU 2018-20 provide
certain amendments that affect narrow aspects of the guidance issued in ASU 2016-02. ASU 2018-11 allows all entities adopting ASU 2016-02
to choose an additional (and optional) transition method of adoption, under which an entity initially applies the new leases standard
at the adoption date and recognizes a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings in the period of adoption.
Pursuant to ASU 2019-10 the effective date for ASC 842 was deferred an additional year. The Company expects to recognize operating lease
right-of-use assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet upon adoption of this ASU. The Company is currently evaluating these ASUs
and their impact on its consolidated financial statements.
ODYSSEY SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND
2019
Note 3 - Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets
Prepaid expenses and other current assets consisted
of the following:
|
|
December
31, 2020
|
|
December
31, 2019
|
Insurance
|
|
$
|
33,569
|
|
|
$
|
100,061
|
|
Rent
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
908
|
|
Professional fees
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
17,500
|
|
Deposit
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
20,958
|
|
Other
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
7,638
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
33,569
|
|
|
$
|
147,065
|
|
Note 4 – Property and Equipment
Property and equipment consisted of the following:
|
|
December
31, 2020
|
|
December
31, 2019
|
Computer and office equipment
|
|
$
|
2,807
|
|
|
$
|
2,807
|
|
Lab equipment
|
|
|
15,606
|
|
|
|
15,606
|
|
Furniture
|
|
|
43,705
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Leasehold improvements
|
|
|
422,318
|
|
|
|
140,056
|
|
Machinery
|
|
|
623,190
|
|
|
|
241,285
|
|
Subtotal
|
|
|
1,107,626
|
|
|
|
399,754
|
|
Accumulated Depreciation
|
|
|
(121,219
|
)
|
|
|
(9,909
|
)
|
Property and Equipment, net
|
|
$
|
986,407
|
|
|
$
|
389,845
|
|
Depreciation and amortization expense related to property and equipment
was approximately $111,000 and $5,000 (which was recorded within cost of sales) for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
For the year ended December 31, 2020, depreciation expense of approximately $52,000 was recorded within cost of sales, $26,000 recorded
within general and administrative expenses, $23,000 recorded within research and development, and $10,000 recorded within deferred costs.
ODYSSEY SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND
2019
Note 5 - Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses
Accounts payable and accrued expenses consisted
of the following:
|
|
December
31, 2020
|
|
December
31, 2019
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable
|
|
$
|
80,548
|
|
|
$
|
90,720
|
|
Accrued payroll and related costs
|
|
|
46,650
|
|
|
|
51,115
|
|
Credit cards payable
|
|
|
49,045
|
|
|
|
56,759
|
|
Insurance
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
14,982
|
|
Other
|
|
|
10,803
|
|
|
|
4,429
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
187,046
|
|
|
$
|
218,005
|
|
Note 6 – Related Party Transactions
Common Stock
On June 18, 2019, the Company issued
350,000 shares of immediately vested common stock for cash proceeds of $350 in connection with services provided to the Company. The
shares were issued to an immediate family member of one of the Company’s members of management who is also a principal owner.
The shares had an issuance date fair value of $1.50 per share, or $525,000 in total. As a result, the Company recognized
stock-based compensation expense of $524,650 on the date of issuance.
Note 7 – Stockholders’ Equity
Reverse Recapitalization
See Note 5 - Business Organization, Reverse
Recapitalization - Reverse Recapitalization and Liquidity for additional details.
Authorized Capital
The Company is authorized to issue 45,000,000
shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.0001 par value per share. The holders
of the Company’s common stock are entitled to one vote per share. No preferred shares have been issued through December 31, 2020.
Common Stock Transactions
See Note 5 - Related Party Transactions for additional
details.
On June 21 and August 5, 2019, the Company sold an
aggregate of 1,776,346 shares of common stock at $1.50 per share to accredited investors for aggregate gross and net cash proceeds of
$2,664,513 and $2,204,502, respectively, which included issuance costs of $460,011 consisting of legal and professional fees, which
were charged to additional paid-in capital upon issuance of the common stock. In addition, the Company issued to the Company’s placement
agent immediately vested five-year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 155,966 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise
price of $1.50 per share. The warrants were determined to be classified within stockholders’ equity and had an issuance date fair
value of $148,202. As a result, the Company recognized the warrants by recording a debit and credit to additional paid-in capital.
ODYSSEY SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES,
INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND
2019
On September 24, 2019, the Company sold an
aggregate of 149,981 shares of common stock at $1.50 per share to accredited investors for aggregate cash proceeds of $224,972.
Note 8 – Equity Compensation Plan
On June 18, 2019, the Board of Directors and
a majority of the Company’s shareholders, respectively, approved the 2019 Equity Compensation Plan (the “2019 Plan”).
Under the 2019 Plan, 1,326,000 shares of common stock of the Company were authorized for issuance. On September 16, 2020 the Board of
Directors and a majority of the Company’s shareholders approved an increase in the Plan to authorize 4,600,000 shares. The
2019 Plan provides for the issuance of incentive stock options, non-statutory stock options, rights to purchase common stock, stock appreciation
rights, restricted stock, restricted stock, performance shares and performance units to employees, directors and consultants of the Company
and its affiliates. The 2019 Plan requires the exercise price of stock options to be not less than the fair value of the Company’s
common stock on the date of grant, or 110% of fair value in the case of incentive options granted to a ten-percent stockholder.
On September 25, 2019 and November 5, 2019, the Company
granted ten-year options to purchase an aggregate of 350,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.50 per share to non-employee
directors and consultants of the Company. Such options vest one-half on each of the two annual anniversaries of the date of grant.
On November 5, 2019, the Company granted five-year
options to purchase an aggregate of 240,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.50 per share to employees. Such options
vest ratably over three years on each annual anniversary of the date of grant.
On March 11, 2020,
the Company granted the following ten-year options to purchase shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.50 per share to the
Company’s newly appointed Executive Chairman and Acting Chief Executive Officer under the 2019 Plan: (i) an option to purchase
965,850 shares of common stock that vests ratably on a monthly basis over two years and (ii) an option to purchase 321,950 shares of
common stock that vests based on performance criteria to be mutually agreed to by the Board and the executive. The grant was reduced
to 500,000 options, including 375,000 options and 125,000 options respectively under the two categories, due to limitations under the
2019 Plan. The terms of the 125,000 performance based options were established in the quarter ended September 30, 2020.
On May 26, 2020, the Board
of Directors and a majority of the Company’s shareholders approved an amendment to the 2019 Plan to (i) increase the number of shares
of common stock authorized for issuance under the 2019 Plan by 1,174,000 shares, such that a total of 2,500,000 shares of common stock
are now authorized for issuance under the 2019 Plan; (ii) increase the maximum aggregate number of shares, options and/or other awards
that may be granted to any one person during any calendar year from 500,000 to 1,300,000; and (iii) clarify the availability of cashless
exercise as a form of consideration.
On July 16, 2020,
the Company granted the following ten-year options to purchase shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.50 per share to the
Company’s Executive Chairman and Acting Chief Executive Officer under the 2019 Plan: (i) an option to purchase 600,000 shares of
common stock that vests ratably on a monthly basis over one year and (ii) an option to purchase 200,000 shares of common stock that vests
based on specified performance criteria.
On September 16,
2020, the Board of Directors and a majority of the Company’s shareholders approved an amendment to the 2019 Plan to increase the
number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance under the 2019 Plan from 2,500,000 shares to 4,600,000 shares.
On September 22,
2020, the Company granted a ten-year options to purchase shares 1,637,410 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.50 per share
to the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer under the 2019 Plan that vests ratably on a monthly basis over two years
commencing March 11, 2022.
The Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer, received $10.00 cash compensation in 2020. Starting January 1, 2021, he receives a cash compensation of $1.00
per month.
The following table
summarizes the stock option activity for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019:
|
|
Shares
|
|
Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price per share
|
|
Weighted-Average
Remaining
Contractual Life
(years)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance, January 1, 2019
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Options granted
|
|
|
590,000
|
|
|
$
|
1.50
|
|
|
|
7.8
|
|
Balance, January 1, 2020
|
|
|
590,000
|
|
|
|
1.50
|
|
|
|
7.8
|
|
Options granted (1)
|
|
|
2,937,410
|
|
|
|
1.50
|
|
|
|
9.5
|
|
Options exercised
|
|
|
(270,000
|
)
|
|
|
1.50
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Options converted
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Options forfeited or expired
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Balance, December 31,2020 (1)
|
|
|
3,257,410
|
|
|
$
|
1.50
|
|
|
|
9.1
|
|
Vested shares at December 31, 2020
|
|
|
196,208
|
|
|
|
1.50
|
|
|
|
8.9
|
|
|
(1)
|
Includes the 325,000 options exercisable at $1.50 which vest based
upon performance criteria. The criteria was not met as of December 31, 2020 and, as such, the Company did not recognized any expense
for such options through December 31, 2020.
|
The Company has estimated the fair value of
fixed stock option awards as of the date of grant by applying the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. In applying the Black-Scholes option
pricing model, the Company used the following assumptions for 2020 and 2019 issuances:
|
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
Risk-free
interest rate
|
|
0.62
-1.75%
|
|
1.60%
to 1.72%
|
Expected term
|
|
10 years
|
|
3.5 -5.75
years
|
Expected volatility
|
|
78%
|
|
77
- 79%
|
Expected dividends
|
|
0.00%
|
|
0.00%
|
Grant date fair value of common
stock
|
|
$1.50/share
|
|
$1.50/share
|
During the years ended December 30, 2020 and
2019, the Company granted options with a weighted average grant date fair value of $1.20 and $0.93 per share, respectively.
During the year ended December 31, 2020, the
Company recognized stock-based compensation expense related to stock options of approximately $623,000 ($420,000 of which was included
within general and administrative expenses, $67,000 of which was included in research and development expenses, $13,000 of which was
included in deferred costs and $123,000 of which was included within cost of revenues). The criteria of the performance based awards
were not met as of December 31, 2020, and therefore no expense has been recognized for such awards. As of December 31, 2020, there was
unamortized stock-based compensation of approximately $3,300,000, which the Company expects to recognize over 1.6 years.
During the year ended December 31, 2019, the
Company recognized stock-based compensation expense of approximately $62,000 ($47,000 of which was included within general and administrative
expenses, $9,000 of which was included within cost of revenues on the consolidated statements of operations and $7,000 of which was included
within deferred expenses as of December 31, 2019 on the consolidated balance sheet)
ODYSSEY SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020
AND 2019
Note 9 – Income Taxes
As described in Note 2, Summary of Significant
Accounting Policies - Income Taxes, the operations of the Company became subject to United States Federal and New York State income
taxes on June 21, 2019.
The Company does not have any current income
tax provision (other than state minimum income taxes, which is included in general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated
statements of operations) due to losses. The deferred tax benefit has been offset by an increase in the valuation allowance of $545,000
and $213,000 for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
The provision for income taxes for the taxable
periods ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 differs from the statutory federal income tax rate as follows:
Tax benefit at the Federal statutory rate
|
|
|
21.0
|
%
|
State tax, net of Federal benefit
|
|
|
6.6
|
%
|
Permanent differences
|
|
|
9.5
|
%
|
Change in valuation allowance
|
|
|
(37.1
|
)%
|
Effective income tax rate
|
|
|
0
|
%
|
Significant components
of the Company’s deferred tax assets at December 31, 2020 and 2019:
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
Deferred taxes assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net operating loss carryforward
|
|
$
|
526,000
|
|
|
$
|
200,000
|
|
Stock compensation expense
|
|
|
166,000
|
|
|
|
13,000
|
|
R&D Credit
|
|
|
64,000
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total deferred tax assets
|
|
|
756,000
|
|
|
|
213,000
|
|
Valuation allowance
|
|
|
(756,000
|
)
|
|
|
(213,000
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred tax asset, net of valuation allowance
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
The income tax benefit for the years ended
December 31, 2020 and 2019 differed from the amounts computed by applying the US federal income tax rate of 21 % primarily because of
the increase in the valuation allowance, which resulted in an effective tax rate of zero for both years.
At December 31, 2020, the Company had approximately
$2,100,000 of net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards that may be available to offset future Federal taxable income indefinitely
and New York State taxable income through 2039. The utilization of NOL carryforwards to offset future taxable income may be subject to
limitations under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code and similar state statutes as a result of ownership changes that could occur
in the future. If necessary, the deferred tax assets will be reduced by any carryforward that expires prior to utilization as a result
of such limitations, with a corresponding reduction of the valuation allowance.
The Company has assessed the likelihood that
deferred tax assets will be realized in accordance with the provisions of ASC 740 Income Taxes (“ASC 740”). ASC 740
requires that such a review considers all available positive and negative evidence, including the scheduled reversal of deferred tax
liabilities, projected future taxable income, and tax planning strategies. ASC 740 requires that a valuation allowance be established
when it is “more likely than not” that all, or a portion of, deferred tax assets will not be realized. After the performance
of such a review as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, management believes that uncertainty exists with respect to future realization of
its deferred tax assets and has, therefore, established a full valuation allowance as of those dates.
Management has evaluated and concluded that
there were no material uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in the Company’s financial statements as of December 31, 2020
or 2019. The Company does not expect any significant changes in its unrecognized tax benefits within twelve months of the reporting date.
No tax audits were commenced or were in process for the taxable periods ended December 31, 2020 and 2019. No tax related interest or
penalties were incurred during the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019.
ODYSSEY SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND
2019
Note 10 - Commitments and Contingencies
Litigations, Claims, and Assessments
From time to time, the Company is involved
in various disputes, claims, liens and litigation matters arising out of the normal course of business. While the outcome of these disputes,
claims, liens and litigation matters cannot be predicted with certainty, after consulting with legal counsel, management does not believe
that the outcome of these matters will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s combined financial position, results of
operations or cash flows. Liabilities for loss contingencies arising from claims, assessments, litigation, fines and penalties and other
sources are recorded when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the assessment can be reasonably estimated.
As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company had no liabilities recorded for loss contingencies.
Operating Lease
On August 21, 2019, the Company entered into
a lease for a 10,000 square foot facility consisting of lab and office space. The lease requires monthly payments of $16,667 and expires
on November 30, 2025. The Company has arranged for a $100,000 letter of credit in favor of the landlord in lieu of a security deposit,
which is included as restricted cash on the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2020 and 2019. The minimum lease payments for
the years ending December 31 are approximately as follows: $200,000 in each of 2021 to 2024 and $183,000 in 2025. Rent expense was $215,028
and $72,788 during the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
Note 11 – Concentrations
The Company had 6
and 2 customers during the year ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
During the year ended
December 31, 2020, approximately 85% of revenues were generated from one governmental entity (“Governmental client”) pursuant
to our contract with such entity. No other client accounted for more than 10% of revenues. 100% of contract assets as of December 31,
2020 are also related to this Governmental client. Deferred costs and deferred revenues at December 31, 2020 relate to three different
clients, of which one client represents more than 75% of both categories.
During the year ended
December 31, 2019, revenues were generated from the Governmental client pursuant to our contract with such entity, and amounted to approximately
78% of total revenues. Revenues pursuant to sale of products to other clients were approximately 22% of total revenues for the year ended
December 31, 2019. 100% of the contract assets as of December 31, 2019 was from the Government client. Deferred costs and deferred revenues
at December 31, 2019 relate to two different clients.
Note 12 – Government Loans
Paycheck Protection Program Loan
On May 1, 2020, the Company received loan
proceeds in the amount of approximately $211,000 under the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”). The PPP, established as part
of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, as amended (“CARES Act”), provides for loans to qualifying businesses
for amounts up to 2.5 times of the average monthly payroll expenses of such qualifying business. The loans and accrued interest are forgivable
after certain time periods further defined in the CARES Act (the “Covered Period”) as long as the borrower uses the loan
proceeds for eligible purposes, including payroll, benefits, rent and utilities, and maintains its payroll levels. The amount of loan
forgiveness will be reduced if the borrower terminates employees or reduces salaries during the Covered Period. The outstanding balance
is included in long term loans payable.
On March 6, 2021, the entire loan balance
was forgiven.
Economic Injury Disaster Loan Advance
On May 1, 2020, the Company received an advance
in the amount of $10,000 from the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) under the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (“EIDL”)
program administered by the SBA, which program was expanded pursuant to the CARES Act. Such advance amount will reduce the Company’s
PPP loan forgiveness amount described above. The Company received an additional $138,900 under this program on August 30, 2020. The loan
is payable in monthly payments of $678 including interest at 3.75% payable over 30 years.
Tomkins County Area Development Loan
On May 27, 2020, the Company received loan
proceeds in the amount of $50,000 from the Tomkins County Area Development (“TCAD”) Emergency Relief Loan Fund. The loan
matures after four years and bears interest in the amount of 2.5% per annum, with one year of no interest or principal payments, followed
by three years of monthly payments of principal and interest in the amount of $1,443 per month. The loan is collateralized by certain
assets of the Company. The outstanding balance is included in long term loans payable.
Equipment Loans
On August 20, 2020, the Company received a loan of $100,000 from
Broome County Industrial Development Agency (5 year facility, 2.5% annual interest rate, monthly payment of $1,775); on September 2,
2020, the Company received a loan of $100,000 from Southern Tier Region Economic Development Corporation (5 year facility, 5.0% annual
interest rate, monthly payment of $2,072) ; and on August 28, 2020, the Company received a loan of $75,000 from TCAD (5 year facility,
2.5% annual interest rate, monthly payment of $1,331). These loans were used to acquire equipment used in the laboratory, and are secured
by the underlying assets of the Company.
The loans are summarized as follows:
|
|
December
31, 2020
|
Principal outstanding
|
|
$
|
679,866
|
|
Deferred loan costs, net of amortization
|
|
|
(4,408
|
)
|
Subtotal
|
|
|
675,458
|
|
Less current portion
|
|
|
(53,858
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total long term portion
|
|
$
|
621,600
|
|
ODYSSEY SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
2020 AND 2019
Interest expense on the above debt instruments
was approximately $5,000 was recognized for the year ended December 31, 2020. Expected payments under the above loans as of December
31, 2020 are summarized as follows:
Payments expected for year ended
|
|
December 31,
2020
|
2021
|
|
|
$
|
60,087
|
|
2022
|
|
|
|
194,110
|
|
2023
|
|
|
|
194,110
|
|
2024
|
|
|
|
77,615
|
|
2025
|
|
|
|
58,860
|
|
thereafter
|
|
|
|
219,712
|
|
Subtotal
|
|
|
|
804,494
|
|
Less interest portion
|
|
|
|
(124,628
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total debt balance
|
|
|
$
|
679,866
|
|
Note 13 - Subsequent Events
The Company has evaluated events that have
occurred after the balance sheet and through the date the financial statements were issued. Based upon the evaluation, the Company did
not identify any recognized or non-recognized subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements,
except as disclosed below
In February 2021, the Company received approximately
$68,000 from the exercise of stock options to purchase 45,625 shares of common stock.
On February 24, 2021,
the Company received $193,625 pursuant to a promissory note issued under the
Paycheck Protection Program
Part 2 (“PPP2”). Interest accrues
at 1% per annum and the note is payable in 60 monthly installments of $3,300 commencing May 2022.
On March 30, 2021, the Company received the
proceeds of the first closing pursuant to an offering of its common stock. The Company sold 1,251,625 shares of common stock at $4.00
per share for gross proceeds of $5,006,500 (after expenses, net proceeds were approximately $4.6 million). Warrants equal to 8% of the
common shares sold, other than to certain parties that were excluded from fees (“Excluded Counterparties”), will be issued
to the placement agent with a 5 year exercise period and an exercise price of $4.00 per share. The Company may sell up to an additional
2,498,375 shares pursuant to this offering. The maximum number of shares in the offering is 3,750,000, but includes up to 250,000 shares
that the Company can sell to Excluded Counterparties without incurring fees (cash or warrants) to the placement agent.
ODYSSEY SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
1,794,977 Shares
Common Stock
PROSPECTUS
, 2021
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
ITEM 13. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION
Our estimated expenses in connection with the issuance
and distribution of the securities being registered are:
SEC Registration Fee
|
|
$
|
2,203
|
|
Accounting Fees and Expenses
|
|
$
|
40,000
|
|
Legal Fees and Expenses
|
|
$
|
150,000
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
192,203
|
|
ITEM 14. INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
Section 145 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law provides that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to an action
by reason of the fact that he or she was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request
of the corporation against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by him or her in connection with such action if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to
be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable
cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful, except that, in the case of an action by or in right of the corporation, no indemnification may
generally be made in respect of any claim as to which such person is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. The Company’s Bylaws
provide that it will indemnify its directors and officers against expenses actually and necessarily incurred in connection with the defense
of any action, suit, or proceeding in which they, or any of them, were made parties, or a party, by reason of being or having been directors
or officers or a director or officer of the Company, or of such other corporation, except in relation to matters as to which any such
director or officer or person shall have been adjudged in such action, suit, or proceeding to be liable for negligence or misconduct in
the performance of any duty owed to the Company.
Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General
Corporation Law permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally
liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duties as a director, except for liability
for any: (i) breach of a director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders; (ii) act or omission not in good faith
or that involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (iii) unlawful payment of dividends or redemption of shares; or
(iv) transaction from which the director derives an improper personal benefit. The Company’s Certificate of Incorporation provides
that its directors are not personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of fiduciary duties
to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. These limitations of liability do not apply to liabilities
arising under federal securities laws and do not affect the availability of equitable remedies such as injunctive relief or rescission.
Section 145(g) of the Delaware General
Corporation Law permits a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee
or agent of the corporation. We have purchased director and officer liability insurance to cover liabilities our directors and officers
may incur in connection with their services to us for up to $2 million.
The Company has not entered into
any indemnity agreements with its officers or directors. There is no pending litigation or proceeding involving any of our directors,
officers, employees or agents in which indemnification will be required or permitted. We are not aware of any threatened litigation or
proceeding that may result in a claim for such indemnification.
ITEM 15. RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES
Between April 2019 and the date
of this filing, the Company made sales of the following unregistered securities:
Original Issuances of Stock
From our inception to mid-June
2019, we sold an aggregate of 3,566,667 shares of our Common Stock to eleven accredited investors at a price of $.001 per share.
August 2019 Private Placement
On August 5, 2019, the
Company completed a private placement (the “August 2019 Private Placement”) of a total of 1,776,346 shares of Common Stock,
at a price of $1.50 per share. The Company raised a total of $2,664,513 from 44 accredited investors.
The Company paid its placement
agent of the August 2019 Private Placement a total compensation for its services of (i) a total cash commission of $233,945; and (ii)
five-year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 155,966 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.50 per share.
Share Exchange with Odyssey Semiconductor, Inc.
On June 21, 2019, simultaneous
with the first closing of the August 2019 Private Placement, the Company acquired from shareholders of Odyssey Semiconductor an aggregate
of 5,666,667 shares of common stock which were all of the issued and outstanding securities of Odyssey Semiconductor, in exchange for
the issuance of 5,666,667 shares of Common Stock to all shareholders of Odyssey Semiconductor. Following the share exchange, Odyssey Semiconductor
became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.
September 2019 Private Placement
On September 24, 2019, the Company
completed a private placement (the “September 2019 Private Placement”) of a total of 149,981 shares of Common Stock, at a
price of $1.50 per share. The Company raised a total of $224,972 from two accredited investors.
March 2021 Private Placement
On March 30, 2021, the
Company completed a private placement (the “March 2021 Private Placement”) of a total of 1,251,625 shares of Common Stock,
at a price of $4.00 per share. The Company raised a total of $5,006,500 from 48 accredited investors.
Grants Under the 2019 Plan
In consideration for services to
be provided to the Company, the Company granted the following options to purchase shares of Common Stock at $1.50 per share under the
2019 Plan: a 10-year option to purchase 275,000 shares to Richard Ogawa as of September 25, 2019, a 10-year option to purchase 50,000
shares to Alex Behfar as of September 25, 2019, and a 10-year option to purchase 25,000 shares to Mike Thompson as of November 5, 2019.
In addition, On November 5, 2019,
the Company has granted 5-year options to purchase an aggregate of 240,000 shares of Common Stock at $1.50 per share to nine employees
under the 2019 Plan.
On March 11, 2020, Alex Behfar
was appointed as the Company’s Acting Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman, in connection with which appointment he was
granted an option under the 2019 Plan to purchase 375,000 shares of common stock that vests ratably on a monthly basis over two years
and an option to purchase 125,000 shares of common stock which will vest upon the closing of a total of at least $5 million raised by
the Company prior to March 11, 2022 from a combination of any of the following sources: new equity issuance, new debt financing, equipment
financing, and lease-backs.
On September 16, 2020,
in connection with his appointment as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Mr. Behfar was granted options to purchase
1,637,410 shares of common stock at the price of $1.50 per share that will vest ratably on a monthly basis over 24 months starting from
March 11, 2022.
Securities Act Exemptions
We deemed all of the above offers,
sales and issuances of our shares of Common Stock and warrants (except described under “Grants Under the 2019 Plan”) to be
exempt from registration under the Securities Act in reliance on Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, including Regulation D and Rule
506 promulgated thereunder, relative to transactions by an issuer not involving a public offering. All purchasers of securities in transactions
exempt from registration pursuant to Regulation D represented to us that they were accredited investors and were acquiring the shares
for investment purposes only and not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, any distribution thereof and that they could bear
the risks of the investment and could hold the securities for an indefinite period of time. The purchasers received written disclosures
that the securities had not been registered under the Securities Act and that any resale must be made pursuant to a registration statement
or an available exemption from such registration.
We deemed the grants of stock options
prior to February 14, 2020 (starting from such date the Company became subject to Exchange Act reporting requirements) described above
under “Grants Under the 2019 Plan” and issuances of Common Stock upon exercise of such options to be exempt from registration
under the Securities Act in reliance on Rule 701 of the Securities Act. The Rule 701 exemption is
not available to Exchange Act reporting companies. In general, the Company is eligible to rely on the Rule 701 exemption to offer and
sell securities to any of its employees, directors, officers, consultants or advisors in connection with a written compensatory benefit
plan or other written agreement in compliance with Rule 701 under the Securities Act before the effective date of the registration statement
of which this prospectus is a part. Subject to any applicable lock-up agreements, beginning 90 days after we become subject to the public
company reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, under Rule 701 our affiliates may resell shares in reliance on Rule 144 without having
to comply with the holding period requirement thereunder, and non-affiliates of the Company can resell shares in reliance on Rule 144
without having to comply with Rule 144’s current public information and holding period requirements thereunder.
All certificates representing the
securities issued in the transactions described in this Item 15 included appropriate legends setting forth that the securities had not
been offered or sold pursuant to a registration statement and describing the applicable restrictions on transfer of the securities. There
were no underwriters employed in connection with any of the transactions set forth in this Item 15.
ITEM 16. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
Exhibit No.
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Description
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3.1
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Certificate of Incorporation of Odyssey Semiconductor Technologies, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on November 15, 2019, File No. 333- 234741)
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3.2
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Bylaws of Odyssey Semiconductor Technologies, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on November 15, 2019, File No. 333- 234741)
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4.1
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Form of Placement Agent Warrant (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on November 15, 2019, File No. 333- 234741)
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5.1
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Opinion of Robinson & Cole LLP (Previously filed as Exhibit 5.1 to Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on January 31, 2020, File No. 333-234741.)
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10.1
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Form of Pre-Share Exchange Common Stock Purchase Agreement (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on November 15, 2019, File No. 333- 234741)
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10.2
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Form of Share Exchange Agreement, by and among Odyssey Semiconductor Technologies, Inc., Odyssey Semiconductor, Inc. and its Shareholders (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on November 15, 2019, File No. 333- 234741)
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10.3
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Form of Pre-Share Exchange Lock-Up Agreement (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on November 15, 2019, File No. 333- 234741)
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10.4
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Form of Pre-Share Exchange Indemnity Agreement (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on November 15, 2019, File No. 333- 234741)
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10.5
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Form of Subscription Agreement for Odyssey Semiconductor Technologies, Inc.’s August 2019 Private Placement (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on November 15, 2019, File No. 333- 234741)
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10.6
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Form of Registration Rights Agreement for Odyssey Semiconductor Technologies, Inc.’s August 2019 Private Placement (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on November 15, 2019, File No. 333- 234741)
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10.7
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Form of Subscription Agreement for Odyssey Semiconductor Technologies, Inc.’s September 2019 Private Placement (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on November 15, 2019, File No. 333- 234741)
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10.8
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Form of Registration Rights Agreement for Odyssey Semiconductor Technologies, Inc.’s September 2019 Private Placement (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on November 15, 2019, File No. 333- 234741)
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10.9
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Odyssey Semiconductor Technologies, Inc. 2019 Equity Compensation Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on November 15, 2019, File No. 333- 234741)
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10.9a
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Odyssey Semiconductor Technologies, Inc. Second Amended and Restated
2019 Equity Compensation Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2020 filed on April 8, 2021)
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10.10
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Form of Odyssey Semiconductor Technologies, Inc. Stock Option Agreement (Employee) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on November 15, 2019, File No. 333- 234741)
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10.10a
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Form of Odyssey Semiconductor Technologies, Inc. Stock Option Agreement (Director) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10a to Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on November 15, 2019, File No. 333- 234741)
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10.11
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Agreement by and between of JR2J, LLC and the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, an Agency of Department of Energy, dated September 22, 2017 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on November 15, 2019, File No. 333- 234741)
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10.12
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Sublease Agreement, dated August 21, 2019, by and between Odyssey Semiconductor, Inc. and Macom Technology Solutions, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on November 15, 2019, File No. 333- 234741)
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Consulting Agreement, dated April 1, 2019, by and between JR2J, LLC and Richard Ogawa (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on November 15, 2019, File No. 333- 234741)
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10.14
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Consulting Agreement, dated May 16, 2019, by and between JR2J, LLC and Alex Behfar (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on November 15, 2019, File No. 333- 234741)
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10.15
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Consulting Agreement, dated October 18, 2019, by and between Odyssey Semiconductor, Inc. and Akash Systems, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on November 15, 2019, File No. 333- 234741)
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Contribution Agreement, dated June 17, 2019, by and among Odyssey Semiconductor, Inc., Richard J. Brown and James R. Shealy (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on November 15, 2019, File No. 333- 234741)
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10.17
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Employment Agreement, dated July 1, 2019, by and between Odyssey Semiconductor, Inc. and Al Schremer (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on January 15, 2020, File No. 333-234741)
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10.18
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Agreement, dated May 6, 2019, by and between Odyssey Semiconductor, Inc. and Katalyst Securities LLC (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on January 15, 2020, File No. 333-234741)
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10.19
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Form of Subscription Agreement for March 2021 Private Placement (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 filed on April 8, 2021)
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10.20
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Form of Registration Rights Agreement for March 2021 Private Placement
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 filed on April 8, 2021)
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List of Subsidiaries of Odyssey Semiconductor Technologies, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21.1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on November 15, 2019, File No. 333- 234741)
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23.1
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Consent of Marcum LLP (Filed herewith.)
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23.2
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Consent of Robinson & Cole LLP (Filed herewith.)
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24.1
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Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement)
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XBRL Instance Document (Filed herewith.)
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
(Filed herewith.)
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XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document
(Filed herewith.)
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XBRL Taxonomy Definition Linkbase Document
(Filed herewith.)
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101.lab
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XBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase Document (Filed
herewith.)
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XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document (Filed
herewith.)
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ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS
The undersigned registrant hereby
undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period
in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus
required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”);
(ii) To reflect in the
prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate,
the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation
of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and
(iii) To include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to
such information in the registration statement;
(2) That, for the purpose of determining
any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
(3) To remove from registration
by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4) That, for the purpose of determining
liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement
relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on
Rule 430A (§230.430A of this chapter), shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date
it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part
of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or
prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use,
supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement
or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.
Insofar as indemnification for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant
to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,
officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel
the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification
by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the city of Ithaca, State of New York on May 7, 2021.
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ODYSSEY SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Alex Behfar
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Name: Alex Behfar
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Title: Chief Executive Officer
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,
that we, the undersigned officers and directors Odyssey Semiconductor Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
do hereby constitute and appoint Alex Behfar as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution
and re-substitution, for him and in his name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments, exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith) to this Registration Statement and any subsequent registration
statement filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which relates to this Registration
Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of
the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ Alex Behfar
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Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and Director
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May 7, 2021
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Alex Behfar
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(Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
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Chief Technical Officer and Director
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May 7, 2021
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Richard J. Brown
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Director
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May 7, 2021
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Richard Ogawa
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/s/ Michael Thompson
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