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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 6, 2025
Registration No. 333-283306
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
PRE-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Neuphoria Therapeutics Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Not Applicable
(Translation of Registrant's name into English)
Delaware | 99-3845449 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
100 Summit Dr
Burlington, Massachusetts 01803
+1 781 439 5551
(Address and telephone number of Registrant's principal executive offices)
Spyridon "Spyros" Papapetropoulos
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
100 Summit Dr
Burlington, Massachusetts 01803
+1 781 439 5551
(Name, address, and telephone number of agent for service)
With copies to:
Theodore Ghorra, Esq.
Rimon P.C.
400 Madison Ave
New York, NY 10017
(212) 515-9979
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
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We hereby amend this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until we file a further amendment which will specifically state that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act, or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This registration statement contains:
● | A base prospectus, which covers the offering, issuance and sales by us of up to $100,000,000 in the aggregate of our common stock, par value $0.00001 per share ("common stock"), from time to time in one or more offerings; and |
● | An ATM offering sales agreement prospectus covering the offering, issuance and sale by us of up to a maximum aggregate offering price of $2,000,000 of our common stock that may be issued and sold from time to time under an ATM Offering Agreement (the "Sales Agreement"), with H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC ("HCW"), as sales agent. |
This Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the registration statement is being filed for the purpose of reflecting the redomiciliation of Bionomics Limited, an Australian corporation ("Bionomics"), which was implemented under Australian law in accordance with a Scheme Implementation Agreement (as amended) between Bionomics and the registrant, a Delaware corporation. As a result of the redomiciliation, Bionomics became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the registrant.
The base prospectus immediately follows this explanatory note. The specific terms of any securities to be offered pursuant to the base prospectus will be specified in a prospectus supplement to the base prospectus. The Sales Agreement prospectus immediately follows the base prospectus. The $2,000,000 of common stock that may be offered, issued and sold under the Sales Agreement prospectus is included in the $100,000,000 of securities that may be offered, issued and sold by us under the base prospectus. Upon termination of the Sales Agreement, any portion of the $2,000,000 included in the Sales Agreement prospectus that is not sold pursuant to the Sales Agreement will be available for sale in other offerings pursuant to the base prospectus, and if no common stock is sold under the Sales Agreement, the full $2,000,000 of securities may be sold in other offerings pursuant to the base prospectus.
The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. These securities may not be sold until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is declared effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell the securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.
Subject to Completion, dated January 6, 2025
PROSPECTUS
Up to $100,000,000
Common Stock
Debt Securities
Warrants
We may offer and sell up to $100,000,000 in the aggregate of the securities identified above from time to time in one or more offerings. This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities.
Each time we offer and sell securities, we will provide a supplement to this prospectus that contains specific information about the offering and the amounts, prices and terms of the securities, if required. The supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus with respect to that offering. You should carefully read this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement before you invest in any of our securities.
We may offer and sell the securities described in this prospectus and any prospectus supplement to or through one or more underwriters, dealers and agents, or directly to purchasers, or through a combination of these methods. If any underwriters, dealers or agents are involved in the sale of any of the securities, their names and any applicable purchase price, fee, commission or discount arrangement between or among them will be set forth, or will be calculable from the information set forth, in the applicable prospectus supplement. See the sections of this prospectus entitled "About this Prospectus" and "Plan of Distribution" for more information. No securities may be sold without delivery of this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement describing the method and terms of the offering of such securities.
INVESTING IN OUR SECURITIES INVOLVES RISKS. SEE THE "RISK FACTORS" ON PAGE 8 OF THIS PROSPECTUS AND ANY SIMILAR SECTION CONTAINED IN THE APPLICABLE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT CONCERNING FACTORS YOU SHOULD CONSIDER BEFORE INVESTING IN OUR SECURITIES.
Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Market ("Nasdaq") under the symbol "NEUP." On January 3, 2025, the last reported sale price of our common stock, as reported on Nasdaq, was $3.40 per share.
As of January 3, 2025, the aggregate market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates, or public float, was approximately $10,773,823 based on 1,628,659 shares of common stock outstanding (less any insider holdings), based on a closing price of $6.63 per share on December 24, 2024, which was the highest closing sale price of our common stock on the Nasdaq Global Market, the principal market for our common equity, within 60 days of the filing date of this registration statement. In the past 12 calendar months, we have offered and sold pursuant to General Instruction I.B.5 of Form F-3 (which the Company was previously subject to as a foreign private issuer) an aggregate of 1,200,578 American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") for gross proceeds of approximately $1,483,706. Pursuant to General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3 (which the Company is now subject to as a domestic U.S. reporting company), in no event will we sell securities registered on this registration statement in a public primary offering with a value exceeding more than one-third of our public float in any 12-month period so long as our public float remains below $75.0 million
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission, any state securities commission, nor any other foreign securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
This prospectus is dated January 6, 2025.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS | ii | |
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY | 1 | |
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS | 6 | |
RISK FACTORS | 8 | |
USE OF PROCEEDS | 9 | |
CAPITALIZATION | 10 | |
DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK | 11 | |
DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES | 16 | |
DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS | 23 | |
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION | 24 | |
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION | 26 | |
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE | 27 | |
ENFORCEMENT OF CIVIL LIABILITIES | 28 | |
LEGAL MATTERS | 29 | |
EXPERTS | 30 | |
OFFERING EXPENSES | 31 |
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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), using a "shelf" registration process. By using a shelf registration statement, we may, from time to time, offer and sell, in one or more offerings as described in this prospectus, our common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, debt securities and/or warrants, with a total aggregate offering price of up to $100,000,000.
This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities that we may offer. Each time we sell our securities, we will provide a prospectus supplement to this prospectus that contains specific information about the securities being offered and sold and the specific terms of that offering, if required. We may also authorize one or more free writing prospectuses to be provided to you that may contain material information relating to these offerings. The prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus with respect to that offering or in the documents that we have incorporated by reference into this prospectus with respect to that offering. If there is any inconsistency between the information in this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus, you should rely on the prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus, as applicable. Before purchasing any of our securities, you should carefully read both this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement (and any applicable free writing prospectuses), together with additional information incorporated by reference herein and described under the headings "Where You Can Find More Information" and "Incorporation by Reference."
The registration statement containing this prospectus, including exhibits to the registration statement, provides additional information about us and the securities offered under this prospectus. The registration statement can be read on the SEC website or at the SEC office mentioned under the heading "Where You Can Find More Information."
When acquiring any securities described in this prospectus, you should rely only on the information provided in this prospectus and in any applicable prospectus supplement, including the information incorporated by reference. Neither we nor any underwriter, dealer or agent have authorized anyone to provide you with different information. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. We are not offering our securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is prohibited. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement or any document incorporated by reference is truthful or complete at any date other than the date mentioned on the cover page of any such document.
We may sell our securities to underwriters who will sell the securities to the public at a fixed offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of sale. The applicable prospectus supplement will contain the names of the underwriters, dealers or agents, if any, together with the terms of offering, the compensation of those underwriters, dealers or agents and the net proceeds to us. Any underwriters, dealers or agents participating in the offering may be deemed "underwriters" within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
The terms "we," "our," "us" and the "Company" in this prospectus refer to Neuphoria Therapeutics Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries after December 23, 2024 and Bionomics and its consolidated subsidiaries on and prior to December 23, 2024, unless otherwise specified. When we refer to "you," we mean the potential holders of the applicable series of securities.
We use our registered and unregistered trademarks, including Neuphoria™ and Bionomics™, in this prospectus. This prospectus also includes trademarks, tradenames and service marks that are the property of other organizations. Solely for convenience, trademarks and tradenames referred to in this prospectus appear without the ® and ™ symbols, but those references are not intended to indicate in any way that we will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, our rights or that the applicable owner will not assert its rights, to these trademarks and tradenames.
Unless otherwise indicated, all amounts presented in this prospectus are presented in U.S. Dollars ("$"). Our fiscal year end is June 30. References to a particular "fiscal year" are to our fiscal year ended June 30 of that calendar year.
For investors outside the United States: We have not done anything that would permit the offering or possession or distribution of this prospectus in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required, other than in the United States. Persons outside the United States who come into possession of this prospectus must inform themselves about, and observe any restrictions relating to, the offering of the securities described herein and the distribution of this prospectus outside the United States.
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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
This summary does not contain all of the information that may be important to you in making your investment decision. In addition to this summary, you should carefully read the entire prospectus, the applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, including the risks of investing in our securities discussed under the heading "Risk Factors" contained herein and in the applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, and under similar headings in the other documents that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus before deciding whether to invest in our securities. You should also carefully read the information incorporated by reference into this prospectus, including our financial statements, and the exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.
Overview
We are a clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to developing therapies that address the complex needs of individuals affected by neuropsychiatric disorders. Neuphoria is advancing its lead drug candidate, BNC210, an oral, proprietary, selective negative allosteric modulator of the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, for the acute, "as needed" treatment of social anxiety disorder ("SAD") and for chronic treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder ("PTSD"). BNC210 is a first-of-its-kind, well-tolerated, broad spectrum anti-anxiety experimental therapeutic, designed to restore neurotransmitter balance in relevant brain areas, providing rapid relief from stress and anxiety symptoms without the common pitfalls of sedation, cognitive impairment, or addiction. In addition, Neuphoria has a strategic partnership with Merck & Co., Inc. (known as MSD outside the United States and Canada) with two drugs in early-stage clinical trials for the treatment of cognitive deficits in Alzheimer's disease and other central nervous system conditions. Neuphoria's pipeline also includes the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor next generation and the Kv3.1/3.2 preclinical programs, both in the lead optimization development stage.
We are advancing our lead product candidate, BNC210, an oral, proprietary, selective negative allosteric modulators of the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine ("ACh") receptor ("α7 receptor"), for the chronic treatment of PTSD and the acute treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder. There remains a significant unmet medical need for the over 27 million patients in the United States alone suffering from SAD and PTSD.
Current pharmacological treatments include certain antidepressants and benzodiazepines, and there have been no new FDA approved therapies in these indications in nearly two decades. These existing treatments have multiple shortcomings, such as a slow onset of action of antidepressants, and significant side effects of both classes of drugs, including abuse liability, addiction potential and withdrawal symptoms. BNC210 has been observed in our clinical trials to have a fast onset of action and clinical activity without the limiting side effects seen with the current standard of care.
In September 2023, we announced the results of the Phase 2b ATTUNE study, which was a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial conducted in a total of 34 sites in the United States and the United Kingdom, with 212 enrolled patients, randomized 1:1 to receive either twice daily 900 mg BNC210 as a monotherapy (n=106) or placebo (n=106) for 12 weeks. The trial met its primary endpoint of change in Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5 ("CAPS-5") total symptom severity score from baseline to Week 12 (p=0.048). A statistically significant change in CAPS-5 score was also observed at Week 4 (p=0.016) and at Week 8 (p=0.015). Treatment with BNC210 also showed statistically significant improvement both in clinician-administered and patient self-reporting in two of the secondary endpoints of the trial. Specifically, BNC210 led to significant improvements at Week 12 in depressive symptoms (p=0.041) and sleep (p=0.039) as measured by Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale ("MADRS") and Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), respectively. BNC210 also showed signals and trends across visits in the other secondary endpoints including the clinician and patient global impression - symptom severity ("CGI-S", "PGI-S", respectively) and the Sheehan Disability Scale ("SDS"). In July 2024, we announced a positive outcome of an End-of-Phase 2 meeting with FDA that provides a potential path to New Drug Application ("NDA") submission for BNC210 for PTSD that alongside the positive Phase 2b ATTUNE trial includes a single additional Phase 3 trial. This Phase 3 trial will evaluate two dose levels of BNC210 in a 12-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with a 52-week open-label extension. Start-up activities for a planned Phase 3 trial of BNC210 in PTSD are underway. We plan to initiate the Phase 3 trial in PTSD in the second half of 2025, contingent upon having sufficient capital on hand. Although the FDA has denied our initial Breakthrough Therapy designation application, we are considering a rebuttal in the future. The approval process for the BNC210 PTSD program is not expected to be impeded, as we have already received Fast-Track designation for both the PTSD and SAD programs.
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We have completed our Phase 2 PREVAIL trial for BNC210 for the acute treatment of SAD. While PREVAIL narrowly missed its primary endpoint, as measured by the change from baseline to the average of the Subjective Units of Distress Scale ("SUDS") scores during a 5-minute Public Speaking Challenge in the BNC210-treated patients when compared to placebo, the December 2022 topline data readout revealed encouraging trends in the prespecified endpoints. The findings did indicate a consistent trend toward improvements across primary and secondary endpoints and a favorable safety and tolerability profile consistent with previously reported results. These results supported a post-hoc in-depth analysis of the full dataset to better understand the potential of the drug and guide late-stage trial design. In October 2023, we announced a positive outcome of an End-of-Phase 2 meeting with FDA that enables advancement of BNC210 into Phase 3 studies in SAD. Start-up activities for a planned Phase 3 trial of BNC210 in SAD are underway. In July 2024, we announced the initiation of patient screening for the Phase 3 AFFIRM-1 trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of BNC210 for the acute, as-needed treatment of SAD. AFFIRM-1 targets enrollment of 330 adult patients with SAD at clinical sites in the United States. It is a multi-center, double-blind, two-arm, parallel group, placebo-controlled trial. Participants will be randomized 1:1 to receive a single dose of 225 mg BNC210 or matched placebo about one hour before speaking in public. The primary endpoint will compare BNC210 to placebo using the SUDS to measure self-reported anxiety levels during a public speaking task. Secondary efficacy endpoints include the Clinical and Patient Global Impression ("CGI" and "PGI", respectively) scales and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory ("STAI"). Topline results from the AFFIRM-1 trial are expected in the third quarter of 2025.
The Company's expertise in ion channels and approach to developing allosteric modulators have been validated through its strategic partnership with MSD for our α7 receptor positive allosteric modulator program, which targets a receptor that has garnered significant attention for treating cognitive deficits. This partnership enables us to maximize the value of its ion channel and chemistry platforms and develop transformative medicines for patients suffering from cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer's disease.
The above-stated overview is a summary, and not a complete statement on our Company, business, pipeline products or clinical trials. For a complete description of the Company and its business and product pipelines, as well as clinical trials and more, please read our annual report on form 10-K, filed with the SEC on September 30, 2024, as well as any quarterly and current reports we have filed and will subsequently file with the SEC, which provides further updates on our company, the business, risk factors, financial performance and more, each of which is incorporated by reference in this registration statement.
Summary Risks Factors
Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Below is a summary of certain factors that make an investment in our securities speculative or risky. Importantly, this summary does not address all of the risks that we face. Additional discussion of the risks summarized below, as well as other risks that we face, can be found under the heading "Risk Factors" contained in the applicable prospectus supplement and in any free writing prospectuses we have authorized for use in connection with a specific offering, and under similar headings in the documents that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus.
● | We are a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company with no approved products. We have incurred significant operating losses since our inception and expect to incur significant losses for the foreseeable future. We may never generate any revenue or become profitable or, if we achieve profitability, we may not be able to sustain it. |
● | We will require substantial additional financing to achieve our goals, and a failure to obtain this necessary capital when needed on acceptable terms, or at all, could force us to delay, limit, reduce or terminate our product development programs, commercialization efforts or other operations. |
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● | Preclinical and clinical drug development is a lengthy and expensive process, with an uncertain outcome. Our preclinical and clinical programs may experience delays or may never advance, which would adversely affect our ability to obtain regulatory approvals or commercialize our product candidates on a timely basis or at all, which could have an adverse effect on our business. |
● | If we experience delays or difficulties in the initiation, enrollment and/or retention of patients in clinical trials, our regulatory submissions or receipt of necessary regulatory approvals could be delayed or prevented. |
● | The trading price of our common stock has been and may remain volatile, and you may not be able to resell your common stock at or above the price you paid. |
● | An active trading market for our common stock may not be maintained or be liquid enough for you to sell your common stock quickly or at market price. |
● | Your right as a holder of our common stock to participate in any future preferential subscription rights offering or to elect to receive dividends in shares of our common stock may be limited, which may cause dilution to your holdings. |
● | Our current or future product candidates may cause adverse or other undesirable side effects that could delay or prevent their regulatory approval, limit the commercial profile of an approved label or result in significant negative consequences following marketing approval, if any. |
● | We may have difficulties in attracting and retaining key personnel, and if we fail to do so our business may suffer. |
● | We depend on collaboration partners to develop and commercialize our collaboration product candidates, including Merck and Carina Biotech. If our collaboration partners fail to perform as expected, fail to advance our collaboration product candidates or are unable to obtain the required regulatory approvals for our collaboration product candidates, the potential for us to generate future revenue from such product candidates would be significantly reduced and our business would be significantly harmed. |
● | We currently rely, and expect to continue to rely, on third parties to conduct some or all aspects of our product manufacturing, research and preclinical and clinical testing, and these third parties may not perform satisfactorily. |
● | We may not be able to protect our intellectual property rights throughout the world. |
Corporate Information
We are a Delaware company listed on the Nasdaq Global Market. Our registered office is located at 100 Summit Dr, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803, and our telephone number is +1 781 439 5551. Our website address is www.neuphoriatx.com. The information contained in, or accessible through, our website does not constitute part of this prospectus.
As previously disclosed in a current report on Form 8-K, which was filed with the SEC on October 2, 2024, we and Bionomics entered into a Scheme Implementation Agreement to re-domicile from Australia to the U.S. State of Delaware pursuant to a Scheme of Arrangement under Australian law. Subsequently, as further disclosed in another current report on Form 8-K filed on November 8, 2024, we and Bionomics entered into an amendment to the Scheme Implementation Agreement to amend the exchange ratio of securities outstanding. On December 23, 2024, as disclosed in another current report on Form 8-K filed on the same day, the redomiciliation of Bionomics was implemented under Australian law in accordance with the Scheme Implementation Agreement, as amended. As a result of the redomiciliation, (i) Bionomics became our wholly-owned subsidiary; (ii) holders of ordinary shares of Bionomics received one share of our common stock for every 2,160 ordinary shares of Bionomics held on the Scheme record date; (iii) holders of Bionomics' ADSs, with each ADS representing 180 ordinary shares of Bionomics, received one share of our common stock for every 12 ADSs held on the Scheme record date; and (iv) we became the successor issuer to Bionomics. Bionomics was previously listed on the ASX between November 26, 1999 and August 28, 2023.
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As disclosed in a Form 8-K filed on July 16, 2024, Bionomics received a letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of the Nasdaq Stock Market ("Nasdaq") indicating that, based upon the closing bid price of the company's ADSs for the 30 consecutive business days between May 28, 2024 and July 10, 2024, Bionomics did not meet the minimum bid price of $1.00 per share required for continued listing on The Nasdaq Global Market pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(a)(1). The letter also indicated that Bionomics will be provided with a compliance period of 180 calendar days, or until January 7, 2025, in which to regain compliance. Following completion of the Scheme, we have regained compliance with Nasdaq's minimum bid price requirement. Each of the form 8-Ks noted above, along with other annual, quarterly and current reports previously and subsequently filed with the SEC are incorporated by reference into this registration statement. See the "Incorporation by Reference" heading on page 27 for more information on the SEC filings that are incorporated by reference into this registration statement.
Since July 1, 2024, we have been reporting as a domestic U.S. issuer on SEC Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K.
Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company
As a company with less than $1.235 billion in revenue during our last fiscal year, we qualify as an "emerging growth company" as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the "JOBS Act"), enacted in April 2012. An emerging growth company may take advantage of reduced reporting requirements that are otherwise applicable to public companies. These provisions include, but are not limited to:
● | not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended (the "Sarbanes-Oxley Act"); |
● | reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports (if any), proxy statements (if any) and registration 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 may take advantage of these provisions until the last day of our fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of our initial public offering. However, if certain events occur prior to the end of such five-year period, including if we become a "large accelerated filer," our annual gross revenues exceed $1.235 billion or we issue more than $1.0 billion of non-convertible debt in any three-year period, we will cease to be an emerging growth company prior to the end of such five-year period.
We have elected to take advantage of certain of the reduced disclosure obligations in this prospectus and in the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part and may elect to take advantage of other reduced reporting requirements in future filings. As a result, the information in this prospectus and that we provide to our stockholders in the future may be different than what you might receive from other public reporting companies in which you hold equity interests.
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The Securities We May Offer
Under this prospectus, we may offer common stock, various series of debt securities or warrants to purchase any of such securities, either individually or in units, with a total aggregate offering price of up to $100,000,000, from time to time at prices and on terms to be determined by market conditions at the time of the offering. This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer. Each time we offer a type or series of securities under this prospectus, we will provide a prospectus supplement that will describe the specific amounts, prices and other important terms of the securities, including, to the extent applicable:
● | designation or classification; | |
● | aggregate principal amount or aggregate offering price; | |
● | maturity, if applicable; | |
● | rates and times of payment of interest or dividends, if any; | |
● | redemption, conversion or sinking fund terms, if any; | |
● | voting or other rights, if any; and | |
● | conversion or exercise prices, if any. |
The prospectus supplement, and any related free writing prospectus that we may authorize to be provided to you, also may add, update or change information contained in this prospectus or in documents we have incorporated by reference into this prospectus.
We may sell the securities directly to investors or to or through agents, underwriters or dealers. We, and our agents or underwriters, reserve the right to accept or reject all or part of any proposed purchase of securities. If we offer securities through agents or underwriters, we will include in the applicable prospectus supplement:
● | the names of those agents or underwriters; | |
● | applicable fees, discounts and commissions to be paid to them; | |
● | details regarding over-allotment options, if any; and | |
● | the net proceeds to us. |
This prospectus may not be used to consummate a sale of any securities unless it is accompanied by a prospectus supplement.
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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus, the documents incorporated by reference herein and any accompanying prospectus supplement may contain or incorporate forward-looking statements that are based on our management's belief and assumptions and on information currently available to our management. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, these statements relate to future events or our future financial performance, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements stated in or implied by these forward-looking statements.
All statements other than statements of historical facts are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are made under the "safe harbor" provision under Section 27A of the Securities Act and 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended, the "Exchange Act"), and as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as "anticipate," "believe," "contemplate," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "potential," "predict," "project," "should," "target," "will," or "would" or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions, although not all forward-looking statements contain these words. These statements are only predictions. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements because they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which are, in some cases, beyond our control and which could materially affect results. You should refer to the "Risk Factors" section of this prospectus, any accompanying prospectus supplement, and our annual reports on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC for specific risks that could cause actual results to be significantly different from those stated in or implied by these forward-looking statements. If one or more of these risks or uncertainties occur, or if our underlying assumptions prove to be incorrect, actual events or results may vary significantly from those implied or projected by the forward-looking statements. No forward-looking statement is a guarantee of future performance. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made and we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. You should read this prospectus, any accompanying prospectus supplement and the documents that we reference in this prospectus and have filed with the SEC as exhibits to the registration statement, of which this prospectus is a part, completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from any future results stated in or implied by these forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements in this prospectus include, but are not limited to, statements about:
● | the ability of our clinical trials to demonstrate safety and efficacy of our product candidates, and other positive results; | |
● | the timing and focus of our ongoing and future clinical trials and preclinical studies, and the reporting and interpretation of data from those trials and studies; | |
● | our plans relating to commercializing our product candidates, if approved, including the geographic areas of focus and sales strategy; | |
● | the market opportunity and competitive landscape for our product candidates, including our estimates of the number of patients who suffer from the conditions we are targeting; | |
● | the success of competing therapies that are or may become available; |
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● | our estimates of the number of patients that we will enroll in our clinical trials; | |
● | the beneficial characteristics, safety, efficacy and therapeutic effects of our product candidates; | |
● | the timing of initiation and completion, and the progress of our drug discovery and research programs; | |
● | the timing or likelihood of regulatory filings and approvals for our product candidates for various diseases; | |
● | our ability to obtain and maintain regulatory approval of our product candidates; | |
● | our plans relating to the further development of our product candidates, including additional indications we may pursue; | |
● | existing regulations and regulatory developments in the United States, Europe and other jurisdictions; | |
● | risks associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, which has and may continue to materially and adversely impact our business, preclinical studies and clinical trials; | |
● | our plans and ability to obtain, maintain, protect and enforce our intellectual property rights and our proprietary technologies, including extensions of existing patent terms where available; | |
● | our continued reliance on third parties to conduct additional clinical trials of our product candidates, and for the manufacture of our product candidates for preclinical studies and clinical trials; | |
● | our plans regarding, and our ability to enter into, and negotiate favorable terms of, any collaboration, licensing or other arrangements that may be necessary or desirable to develop, manufacture or commercialize our product candidates; | |
● | the need to hire additional personnel and our ability to attract and retain such personnel; | |
● | our estimates regarding expenses, future revenue, capital requirements and needs for additional financing; | |
● | our financial performance; | |
● | the period over which we estimate our existing cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to fund our future operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements; | |
● | our anticipated use of our existing resources; and | |
● | cyber security risks and any failure to maintain the confidentiality, integrity and availability of our computer hardware, software and internet applications and related tools and functions; and | |
● | our expectations regarding the period during which we will qualify as an emerging growth company under the JOBS Act. |
The "Risk Factors" section of this prospectus, any accompanying prospectus supplement, our annual reports on Form 10-K and our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC references the principal contingencies and uncertainties to which we believe we are subject, which should be considered in evaluating any forward-looking statements contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus or in any prospectus supplement.
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RISK FACTORS
Before purchasing any of the securities, you should carefully consider the risk factors incorporated by reference in this prospectus from our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and any subsequent updates described in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K, as well as the risks, uncertainties and additional information set forth in our SEC reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K and in the other documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus. For a description of these reports and documents, and information about where you can find them, see "Incorporation of Certain Information By Reference." Additional risks not presently known or that we presently consider to be immaterial could subsequently materially and adversely affect our financial condition, results of operations, business and prospects.
The occurrence of any of these risks might cause you to lose all or part of your investment in the offered securities. There may be other unknown or unpredictable economic, business, competitive, regulatory or other factors that could have material adverse effects on our future results. Past financial performance may not be a reliable indicator of future performance, and historical trends should not be used to anticipate results or trends in future periods. If any of these risks actually occurs, our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flow could be seriously harmed. This could cause the trading price of our securities to decline, resulting in a loss of all or part of your investment. Please also carefully read the section entitled "Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" included in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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USE OF PROCEEDS
Our management will have broad discretion over the use of the net proceeds from the sale of our securities pursuant to this prospectus, both in terms of the purposes for which they will be used and the amounts that will be allocated for each purpose. We intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of any securities offered under this prospectus for funding our research and development, pre-commercialization activities and for general corporate purposes, unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus. General corporate purposes may include, but are not limited to, the acquisition of companies or businesses, repayment and refinancing of debt, working capital, clinical trial expenditures, commercial expenditures and capital expenditures. We will set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus our intended use for the net proceeds received from the sale of any securities sold pursuant to the prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus.
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CAPITALIZATION
Our capitalization will be set forth in a prospectus supplement to this prospectus subsequently furnished to the SEC and specifically incorporated herein by reference.
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DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
General
The following description of our capital stock is only a summary. This summary is subject to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "DGCL") and the complete text of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the "Certificate of Incorporation") and bylaws (the "Bylaws"), which are included as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.
Under our Certificate of Incorporation, Neuphoria is authorized to issue up to 30,000,000 shares of common stock and 3,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.00001 per share.
Since we are not a foreign private issuer, we are subject to all of the applicable rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market, and the rules and regulations governing publicly reporting companies by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Our corporate affairs are principally governed by our Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws and the DGCL. Our common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Market.
Subject to restrictions on the issue of securities in our Certificate of Incorporation, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Nasdaq Stock Market listing rules and any other applicable law, we may at any time issue shares and grant options or warrants on any terms, with the rights and restrictions and for the consideration that our board of directors determine.
A general summary of some of the rights and restrictions attaching to our common stock are summarized below. Each stockholder is entitled to receive notice of, and to be present, vote and speak at, general meetings. As of December 31, 2024, we had (i) 1,628,659 fully paid shares of common stock issued, (ii) 50,536 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding options at a weighted average exercise price of $158.19 per share, of which options to purchase 37,166 shares of common stock were vested at a weighted average exercise price of $129.60 per share, and (iii) 1,054,381 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding warrants at a weighted average exercise price of $11.88.
Common Stock
Dividend Rights
Subject to the rights of the holders of any outstanding series of preferred stock, the holders of common stock are entitled to receive any dividends to the extent permitted by law when, as and if declared by our directors.
Voting Rights
The holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters on which stockholders are generally entitled to vote; provided, however, that, except as otherwise required by law, holders of common stock, as such, are not entitled to vote on any amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of preferred stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation. Holders of our common stock do not have cumulative voting rights in the election of directors. Accordingly, the holders of a majority of the combined voting power of our common stock could, if they so choose, elect all the directors.
Liquidation, Dissolution and Winding Up
Upon our dissolution, liquidation or winding up of Neuphoria, subject to the rights of the holders of any outstanding series of preferred stock, the holders of shares of common stock are entitled to receive the assets of Neuphoria available for distribution to its stockholders ratably in proportion to the number of shares held by them.
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Preemptive or Other Rights
The Certificate of Incorporation does not entitle holders of our common stock to preemptive or conversion rights or other subscription rights. There are no redemption or sinking fund provisions applicable to our common stock. The common stock may be subdivided or combined in any manner unless the other class is subdivided or combined in the same proportion. All outstanding shares of our common stock are fully paid and non-assessable.
Authorized but Unissued Preferred Stock
Unless required by law or by any stock exchange on which our common stock may be listed, the authorized shares of preferred stock will be available for issuance without further action by our stockholders. Delaware law does not require stockholder approval for any issuance of authorized shares. However, the listing requirements of Nasdaq, which apply as long as our common stock is listed on Nasdaq, require stockholder approval of certain issuances equal to or exceeding 20% of the combined voting power of our common stock. These additional shares may be used for a variety of corporate purposes, including future public offerings to raise additional capital, acquisitions and employee benefit plans.
Our Certificate of Incorporation authorizes our board of directors to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each series of preferred stock, and to fix the designation, powers, preferences, and relative, participating, optional or other rights, if any, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions, if any, of the shares of each series of preferred stock. Our board of directors is also able to increase or decrease the number of authorized shares of any series of preferred stock (but not below the number of shares of that series of preferred stock then outstanding) without any further vote or action by the stockholders.
The existence of unissued and unreserved common stock or preferred stock may enable our board of directors to issue shares to persons friendly to current management, which could render more difficult or discourage an attempt to obtain control of Neuphoria by means of a merger, tender offer, proxy contest or otherwise, and could thereby protect the continuity of our management and possibly deprive stockholders of opportunities to sell their shares of common stock at prices higher than prevailing market prices.
Meetings of Stockholders
Except as otherwise provided for or fixed with respect to actions required or permitted to be taken solely by holders of preferred stock pursuant to the provisions of our Certificate of Incorporation, no action that is required or permitted to be taken by our stockholders may be effected by consent of stockholders in lieu of a meeting of stockholders. Except as otherwise required by law, and except as otherwise provided for or fixed pursuant to our Certificate of Incorporation, a special meeting of stockholders may be called at any time only by our board of directors. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting by or at the direction of our board of directors.
Quorum
At any meeting of stockholders, one-third of the voting power of the stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; provided, however, that where a separate vote by a class or series or classes or series is required, a majority of the voting power of the stock of such class or series or classes or series outstanding and entitled to vote on that matter, present in person or represented by proxy, constitutes a quorum entitled to take action with respect to such matter.
Exclusive Jurisdiction of Certain Actions
Our Certificate of Incorporation provides that, unless we, in writing, select or consent to the selection of an alternative forum: (a) the sole and exclusive forum for any complaint asserting any internal corporate claims (as defined in our Certificate of Incorporation), to the fullest extent permitted by law, and subject to applicable jurisdictional requirements, will be the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if the Court of Chancery does not have, or declines to accept, jurisdiction, another state court or a federal court located within the State of Delaware); and (b) the sole and exclusive forum for any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act, to the fullest extent permitted by law, will be the federal district courts of the United States of America. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this exclusive forum provision will not apply to suits brought to enforce a duty or liability created by the Exchange Act.
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Anti-Takeover Effects of Delaware Law, the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws
Certain provisions of Delaware law, the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws could make the acquisition of Neuphoria more difficult and could delay, defer or prevent a tender offer or other takeover attempt that a stockholder might consider to be in its best interest, including takeover attempts that might result in the payment of a premium to stockholders over the market price for their shares. These provisions also may promote the continuity of our management by making it more difficult for a person to remove or change the incumbent members of our board of directors.
Authorized but Unissued Shares; Undesignated Preferred Stock. The authorized but unissued shares of our common stock are available for future issuance without stockholder approval except as required by law or by any stock exchange on which our common stock may be listed. These additional shares may be utilized for a variety of corporate purposes, including future public offerings to raise additional capital, acquisitions and employee benefit plans. In addition, our board of directors may authorize, without stockholder approval, the issuance of undesignated preferred stock with voting rights or other rights or preferences designated from time to time by our board of directors. The existence of authorized but unissued shares of common stock or preferred stock may enable our board of directors to render more difficult or to discourage an attempt to obtain control of us by means of a merger, tender offer, proxy contest or otherwise.
Board Classification. The Certificate of Incorporation provides that our board of directors is divided into three classes of directors, with the directors serving three-year terms. As a result, approximately one-third of our board of directors is elected each year. The classification of directors has the effect of making it more difficult for stockholders to change the composition of our board of directors. The Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws provide that, subject to any rights of holders of preferred stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, the number of directors may be fixed from time to time exclusively pursuant to a resolution adopted by our board of directors.
No Cumulative Voting. Holders of our common stock do not have cumulative voting rights in the election of directors.
Special Meetings of Stockholders. The Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws provide that special meetings of our stockholders may be called only by our board of directors. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting by or at the direction of our board of directors.
Stockholder Action by Written Consent. Pursuant to Section 228 of the DGCL, any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares of our stock entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, unless our certificate of incorporation provides otherwise. The Certificate of Incorporation precludes stockholder action by written consent.
Advance Notice Requirements for Stockholder Proposals and Nomination of Directors. The Bylaws require stockholders seeking to bring business before an annual meeting of stockholders, or to nominate individuals for election as directors at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, to provide timely notice in writing. To be timely, a stockholder's notice must be delivered to the secretary at our principal executive offices not later than the close of business on the 90th day nor earlier than the close of business on the 120th day, prior to the anniversary of the preceding year's annual meeting. However, in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after such anniversary date, such notice will be timely only if delivered not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth day following the date on which a public announcement of the date of such annual meeting is first made by us. The Bylaws also specify requirements as to the form and content of a stockholder's notice. These provisions may preclude our stockholders from bringing matters before our annual meeting of stockholders or from making nominations for directors at our meetings of stockholders. These provisions may also discourage or deter a potential acquiror from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect the potential acquiror's own slate of directors or otherwise attempting to obtain control of Neuphoria.
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Removal of Directors; Vacancies. Under the DGCL, unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, directors serving on a classified board may be removed by the stockholders only for cause. The Certificate of Incorporation provides that directors may only be removed for cause and only by the affirmative vote of holders of at least 66 2/3% in the voting power of the stock outstanding and entitled to vote thereon. In addition, the Certificate of Incorporation also provides that, subject to the rights of the holders of any outstanding series of preferred stock and unless otherwise required by law, any newly created directorship on our board of directors resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors and any vacancies in our board of directors may be filled solely by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, even though less than a quorum, or by the sole remaining director (and not by the stockholders).
Supermajority Provisions. The Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws provide that our board of directors is expressly authorized to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws without a stockholder vote. Any adoption, amendment or repeal of the Bylaws by our stockholders requires the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of the voting power of the stock outstanding and entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class.
The DGCL provides generally that the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class, is required to amend a corporation's certificate of incorporation, unless the certificate of incorporation requires a greater percentage. The Certificate of Incorporation provides that the affirmative vote of at least 66 2/3% of the voting power of the stock outstanding and entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class, is required to amend or repeal, or adopt any provision inconsistent with, the following provisions in the Certificate of Incorporation, among others:
● | the provisions providing for a classified board of directors (the election and term of our directors); |
● | the provisions regarding removal of directors; |
● | the provisions regarding filling vacancies on our board of directors and newly created directorships; |
● | the provisions precluding stockholder action by written consent; |
● | the provisions regarding calling special meetings of stockholders; |
● | the provision requiring a 66 2/3% supermajority vote for stockholders to amend the Bylaws; |
● | the provisions eliminating monetary damages for breaches of fiduciary duty by a director; and |
● | the amendment provision requiring that the above provisions be amended only with a 66 2/3% supermajority vote. |
Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. The Certificate of Incorporation provides that we are not governed by, or otherwise subject to, Section 203 of the DGCL.
Ownership Threshold
Since July 1, 2024, as a U.S. reporting public company, our stockholders are subject to disclosure requirements under U.S. securities laws, including Schedule 13 and Section 16 of the Securities Act. Stockholders who acquire more than 5% of the outstanding shares of our common stock must file beneficial owner reports on Schedule 13D or 13G until their holdings drop below 5%. These filings contain background information about the stockholders who file them as well as their investment intentions, providing investors and the company with information about accumulations of securities that may potentially change or influence company management and policies.
Additionally, Section 16 of the Exchange Act applies to an SEC reporting company's directors and officers, as well as stockholders who own more than 10% of a class of the company's equity securities registered under the Exchange Act. The rules under Section 16 require these "insiders" to report most of their transactions involving the company's equity securities to the SEC within two business days on Forms 3, 4 or 5. Section 16 also establishes mechanisms for a company to recover "short swing" profits, or profits an insider realizes from a purchase and sale of the company's security that occur within a six-month period. In addition, Section 16 prohibits short selling by insiders of any class of the company's securities, whether or not that class is registered under the Exchange Act.
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Stockholder Approval of Offering
Under applicable Nasdaq Listing Rules, a company must not, subject to specified exceptions, without the approval of its stockholders, issue or agree to issue, any equity securities, or other securities with rights to convert into equity at a price that is less than the Minimum Price (as defined in Nasdaq Rule 5636(d)(1)) if the number of those securities exceeds 19.99% of the number of shares issued and outstanding at the commencement of such offering.
Certain Nasdaq Corporate Governance Rules
In connection with applicable Nasdaq Listing and Corporate Governance rules, since July 1, 2024 (at which time we no longer qualified as a foreign private issuer), we are required to comply with corporate governance standards, laws, rules, regulations or generally accepted business practices in the United States. These include, but are not limited to, items described below:
● | The Nasdaq Listing Rules require us to have a majority of independent directors. Our board is currently composed of five directors, three are "independent" as defined under applicable Nasdaq rules. |
● | Nasdaq Listing Rules require that an issuer provide for a quorum as specified in its Bylaws for any meeting of the holders of common stock, which quorum may not be less than 33-1/3% of the outstanding shares of an issuer's voting common stock. |
● | Under applicable Nasdaq Listing Rules, an issuer must obtain stockholder approval prior to the issuance of any equity securities, or other securities with rights to convert into equity at a price that is less than the Minimum Price (as defined in Nasdaq Rule 5636(d)(1)) if the number of those securities exceeds 19.99% of the number of shares issued and outstanding at the commencement of certain acquisitions, private placements of securities, or the establishment or amendment of certain equity option, purchase or other compensation plans. |
Transfer Agent and Registrar
The transfer agent and registrar for Neuphoria's common stock is Computershare Trust Company, N.A. The transfer agent and registrar's address is 250 Royall St., Canton, Massachusetts 02021.
Listing
Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol "NEUP."
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DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
The following description, together with the additional information we include in any applicable prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus, summarizes certain general terms and provisions of the debt securities that we may offer under this prospectus. When we offer to sell a particular series of debt securities, we will describe the specific terms of the series in a supplement to this prospectus. We will also indicate in the supplement to what extent the general terms and provisions described in this prospectus apply to a particular series of debt securities.
We may issue debt securities either separately, or together with, or upon the conversion or exercise of or in exchange for, other securities described in this prospectus. Debt securities may be our senior, senior subordinated or subordinated obligations and, unless otherwise specified in a supplement to this prospectus, the debt securities will be our direct, unsecured obligations and may be issued in one or more series.
The debt securities will be issued under an indenture between us and a third party to be identified therein, as trustee. We have summarized select portions of the indenture below. The summary is not complete. The form of the indenture has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement and you should read the indenture for provisions that may be important to you. In the summary below, we have included references to the section numbers of the indenture so that you can easily locate these provisions. Capitalized terms used in the summary and not defined herein have the meanings specified in the indenture.
As used in this section only, "Neuphoria," "we," "our" or "us" refer to Neuphoria Therapeutics Inc. excluding our subsidiaries, unless expressly stated or the context otherwise requires.
General
The terms of each series of debt securities will be established by or pursuant to a resolution of our board of directors and set forth or determined in the manner provided in a resolution of our board of directors, in an officer's certificate or by a supplemental indenture. The particular terms of each series of debt securities will be described in a prospectus supplement relating to such series (including any pricing supplement or term sheet).
We can issue an unlimited amount of debt securities under the indenture that may be in one or more series with the same or various maturities, at par, at a premium, or at a discount. We will set forth in a prospectus supplement (including any pricing supplement or term sheet) relating to any series of debt securities being offered, the aggregate principal amount and the following terms of the debt securities, if applicable:
● | the title and ranking of the debt securities (including the terms of any subordination provisions); |
● | the price or prices (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount) at which we will sell the debt securities; |
● | any limit on the aggregate principal amount of the debt securities; |
● | the date or dates on which the principal of the securities of the series is payable; |
● | the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) per annum or the method used to determine the rate or rates (including any commodity, commodity index, stock exchange index or financial index) at which the debt securities will bear interest, the date or dates from which interest will accrue, the date or dates on which interest will commence and be payable and any regular record date for the interest payable on any interest payment date; |
● | the place or places where principal of, and interest, if any, on the debt securities will be payable (and the method of such payment), where the securities of such series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, and where notices and demands to us in respect of the debt securities may be delivered; |
● | the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which we may redeem the debt securities; |
● | any obligation we have to redeem or purchase the debt securities pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a holder of debt securities and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and in the terms and conditions upon which securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation; |
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● | the dates on which and the price or prices at which we will repurchase debt securities at the option of the holders of debt securities and other detailed terms and provisions of these repurchase obligations; |
● | the denominations in which the debt securities will be issued, if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof; |
● | whether the debt securities will be issued in the form of certificated debt securities or global debt securities; |
● | the portion of principal amount of the debt securities payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity date, if other than the principal amount; |
● | the currency of denomination of the debt securities, which may be United States Dollars or any foreign currency, and if such currency of denomination is a composite currency, the agency or organization, if any, responsible for overseeing such composite currency; |
● | the designation of the currency, currencies or currency units in which payment of principal of, premium and interest on the debt securities will be made; |
● | if payments of principal of, premium or interest on the debt securities will be made in one or more currencies or currency units other than that or those in which the debt securities are denominated, the manner in which the exchange rate with respect to these payments will be determined; |
● | the manner in which the amounts of payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the debt securities will be determined, if these amounts may be determined by reference to an index based on a currency or currencies or by reference to a commodity, commodity index, stock exchange index or financial index; |
● | any provisions relating to any security provided for the debt securities; |
● | any addition to, deletion of or change in the Events of Default described in this prospectus or in the indenture with respect to the debt securities and any change in the acceleration provisions described in this prospectus or in the indenture with respect to the debt securities; |
● | any addition to, deletion of or change in the covenants described in this prospectus or in the indenture with respect to the debt securities; |
● | any depositaries, interest rate calculation agents, exchange rate calculation agents or other agents with respect to the debt securities; |
● | the provisions, if any, relating to conversion or exchange of any debt securities of such series, including if applicable, the conversion or exchange price and period, provisions as to whether conversion or exchange will be mandatory, the events requiring an adjustment of the conversion or exchange price and provisions affecting conversion or exchange; |
● | any other terms of the debt securities, which may supplement, modify or delete any provision of the indenture as it applies to that series, including any terms that may be required under applicable law or regulations or advisable in connection with the marketing of the securities; and |
● | whether any of our direct or indirect subsidiaries will guarantee the debt securities of that series, including the terms of subordination, if any, of such guarantees. |
We may issue debt securities that provide for an amount less than their stated principal amount to be due and payable upon declaration of acceleration of their maturity pursuant to the terms of the indenture. We will provide you with information on the federal income tax considerations and other special considerations applicable to any of these debt securities in the applicable prospectus supplement.
If we denominate the purchase price of any of the debt securities in a foreign currency or currencies or a foreign currency unit or units, or if the principal of and any premium and interest on any series of debt securities is payable in a foreign currency or currencies or a foreign currency unit or units, we will provide you with information on the restrictions, elections, general tax considerations, specific terms and other information with respect to that issue of debt securities and such foreign currency or currencies or foreign currency unit or units in the applicable prospectus supplement.
Transfer and Exchange
Each debt security will be represented by either one or more global securities registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company, or DTC, or a nominee of DTC (we will refer to any debt security represented by a global debt security as a "book-entry debt security"), or a certificate issued in definitive registered form (we will refer to any debt security represented by a certificated security as a "certificated debt security") as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. Except as set forth under the heading "Global Debt Securities and Book-Entry System" below, book-entry debt securities will not be issuable in certificated form.
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Certificated Debt Securities. You may transfer or exchange certificated debt securities at any office we maintain for this purpose in accordance with the terms of the indenture. (Section 2.4) No service charge will be made for any transfer or exchange of certificated debt securities, but we may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection with a transfer or exchange. (Section 2.7)
You may effect the transfer of certificated debt securities and the right to receive the principal of, premium and interest on certificated debt securities only by surrendering the certificate representing those certificated debt securities and either reissuance by us or the trustee of the certificate to the new holder or the issuance by us or the trustee of a new certificate to the new holder.
Global Debt Securities and Book-Entry System. Each global debt security representing book-entry debt securities will be deposited with, or on behalf of, DTC, and registered in the name of DTC or a nominee of DTC. Please see "Global Securities."
Covenants
We will set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement any restrictive covenants applicable to any issue of debt securities. (Article IV)
No Protection in the Event of a Change of Control
Unless we state otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, the debt securities will not contain any provisions which may afford holders of the debt securities protection in the event we have a change in control or in the event of a highly leveraged transaction (whether or not such transaction results in a change in control) which could adversely affect holders of debt securities.
Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets
We may not consolidate with or merge with or into, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of our properties and assets to any person (a "successor person") unless:
● | we are the surviving entity or the successor person (if other than Neuphoria) is a corporation, partnership, trust or other entity organized and validly existing under the laws of any U.S. domestic jurisdiction, Australia, Canada, the Cayman Islands or the United Kingdom and expressly assumes our obligations on the debt securities and under the indenture; and |
● | immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no Default or Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing. |
Notwithstanding the above, any of our subsidiaries may consolidate with, merge into or transfer all or part of its properties to us. (Section 5.1)
Events of Default
"Event of Default" means with respect to any series of debt securities, any of the following:
● | default in the payment of any interest upon any debt security of that series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days (unless the entire amount of the payment is deposited by us with the trustee or with a paying agent prior to the expiration of the 30-day period); |
● | default in the payment of principal of any security of that series at its maturity; |
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● | default in the performance or breach of any other covenant or warranty by us in the indenture (other than a covenant or warranty that has been included in the indenture solely for the benefit of a series of debt securities other than that series), which default continues uncured for a period of 60 days after we receive written notice from the trustee or Neuphoria and the trustee receive written notice from the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series as provided in the indenture; |
● | certain voluntary or involuntary events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of Neuphoria; |
● | any other Event of Default provided with respect to debt securities of that series that is described in the applicable prospectus supplement. (Section 6.1) |
No Event of Default with respect to a particular series of debt securities (except as to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization) necessarily constitutes an Event of Default with respect to any other series of debt securities. (Section 6.1) The occurrence of certain Events of Default or an acceleration under the indenture may constitute an event of default under certain indebtedness of ours or our subsidiaries outstanding from time to time.
We will provide the trustee written notice of any Default or Event of Default within 30 days of becoming aware of the occurrence of such Default or Event of Default, which notice will describe in reasonable detail the status of such Default or Event of Default and what action we are taking or propose to take in respect thereof. (Section 6.1)
If an Event of Default with respect to debt securities of any series at the time outstanding occurs and is continuing, then the trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series may, by a notice in writing to us (and to the trustee if given by the holders), declare to be due and payable immediately the principal of (or, if the debt securities of that series are discount securities, that portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all debt securities of that series. In the case of an Event of Default resulting from certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, the principal (or such specified amount) of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all outstanding debt securities will become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the trustee or any holder of outstanding debt securities. At any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect to debt securities of any series has been made, but before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the trustee, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series may rescind and annul the acceleration if all Events of Default, other than the non-payment of accelerated principal and interest, if any, with respect to debt securities of that series, have been cured or waived as provided in the indenture. (Section 6.2) We refer you to the prospectus supplement relating to any series of debt securities that are discount securities for the particular provisions relating to acceleration of a portion of the principal amount of such discount securities upon the occurrence of an Event of Default.
The indenture provides that the trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any of its rights or powers under the indenture unless the trustee receives indemnity satisfactory to it against any cost, liability or expense which might be incurred by it in performing such duty or exercising such right or power. (Section 7.1(e)) Subject to certain rights of the trustee, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any series will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the trustee with respect to the debt securities of that series. (Section 6.12)
No holder of any debt security of any series will have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any remedy under the indenture, unless:
● | that holder has previously given to the trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to debt securities of that series; and |
● | the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series have made written request, and offered indemnity or security satisfactory to the trustee, to the trustee to institute the proceeding as trustee, and the trustee has not received from the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series a direction inconsistent with that request and has failed to institute the proceeding within 60 days. (Section 6.7) |
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Notwithstanding any other provision in the indenture, the holder of any debt security will have an absolute and unconditional right to receive payment of the principal of, premium and any interest on that debt security on or after the due dates expressed in that debt security and to institute suit for the enforcement of payment. (Section 6.8)
The indenture requires us, within 120 days after the end of our fiscal year, to furnish to the trustee a statement as to compliance with the indenture. (Section 4.3) If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to the securities of any series and if it is known to a responsible officer of the trustee, the trustee shall mail to each Securityholder of the securities of that series notice of a Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs or, if later, after a responsible officer of the trustee has knowledge of such Default or Event of Default. The indenture provides that the trustee may withhold notice to the holders of debt securities of any series of any Default or Event of Default (except in payment on any debt securities of that series) with respect to debt securities of that series if the trustee determines in good faith that withholding notice is in the interest of the holders of those debt securities. (Section 7.5)
Modification and Waiver
We and the trustee may modify, amend or supplement the indenture or the debt securities of any series without the consent of any holder of any debt security:
● | to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency; |
● | to comply with covenants in the indenture described above under the heading "Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets"; |
● | to provide for uncertificated securities in addition to or in place of certificated securities; |
● | to add guarantees with respect to debt securities of any series or secure debt securities of any series; | |
● | to surrender any of our rights or powers under the indenture; |
● | to add covenants or events of default for the benefit of the holders of debt securities of any series; |
● | to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any holder of debt securities; |
● | to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and conditions of debt securities of any series as permitted by the indenture; |
● | to effect the appointment of a successor trustee with respect to the debt securities of any series and to add to or change any of the provisions of the indenture to provide for or facilitate administration by more than one trustee; or |
● | to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the indenture under the Trust Indenture Act. (Section 9.1) |
We may also modify and amend the indenture with the consent of the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of each series affected by the modifications or amendments. We may not make any modification or amendment without the consent of the holders of each affected debt security then outstanding if that amendment will:
● | reduce the amount of debt securities whose holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver; |
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● | reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest (including default interest) on any debt security; |
● | reduce the principal of or premium on or change the fixed maturity of any debt security or reduce the amount of, or postpone the date fixed for, the payment of any sinking fund or analogous obligation with respect to any series of debt securities; |
● | reduce the principal amount of discount securities payable upon acceleration of maturity; |
● | waive a default in the payment of the principal of, premium or interest on any debt security (except a rescission of acceleration of the debt securities of any series by the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding debt securities of that series and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration); |
● | make the principal of or premium or interest on any debt security payable in currency other than that stated in the debt security; |
● | make any change to certain provisions of the indenture relating to, among other things, the right of holders of debt securities to receive payment of the principal of, premium and interest on those debt securities and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment and to waivers or amendments; or |
● | waive a redemption payment with respect to any debt security. (Section 9.3) |
Except for certain specified provisions, the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any series may on behalf of the holders of all debt securities of that series waive our compliance with provisions of the indenture. (Section 9.2) The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any series may on behalf of the holders of all the debt securities of such series waive any past default under the indenture with respect to that series and its consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of, premium or any interest on any debt security of that series; provided, however, that the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any series may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from the acceleration. (Section 6.13)
Defeasance of Debt Securities and Certain Covenants in Certain Circumstances
Legal Defeasance. The indenture provides that, unless otherwise provided by the terms of the applicable series of debt securities, we may be discharged from any and all obligations in respect of the debt securities of any series (subject to certain exceptions). We will be so discharged upon the irrevocable deposit with the trustee, in trust, of money and/or U.S. government obligations or, in the case of debt securities denominated in a single currency other than U.S. Dollars, government obligations of the government that issued or caused to be issued such currency, that, through the payment of interest and principal in accordance with their terms, will provide money or U.S. government obligations in an amount sufficient in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants or investment bank to pay and discharge each installment of principal, premium and interest on and any mandatory sinking fund payments in respect of the debt securities of that series on the stated maturity of those payments in accordance with the terms of the indenture and those debt securities.
This discharge may occur only if, among other things, we have delivered to the trustee an opinion of counsel stating that we have received from, or there has been published by, the United States Internal Revenue Service a ruling or, since the date of execution of the indenture, there has been a change in the applicable United States federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the holders of the debt securities of that series will not recognize income, gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit, defeasance and discharge and will be subject to United States federal income tax on the same amounts and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if the deposit, defeasance and discharge had not occurred. (Section 8.3)
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Defeasance of Certain Covenants. The indenture provides that, unless otherwise provided by the terms of the applicable series of debt securities, upon compliance with certain conditions:
● | we may omit to comply with the covenant described under the heading "Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets" and certain other covenants set forth in the indenture, as well as any additional covenants which may be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement; and |
● | any omission to comply with those covenants will not constitute a Default or an Event of Default with respect to the debt securities of that series ("covenant defeasance"). |
The conditions include:
● | depositing with the trustee money and/or U.S. government obligations or, in the case of debt securities denominated in a single currency other than U.S. Dollars, government obligations of the government that issued or caused to be issued such currency, that, through the payment of interest and principal in accordance with their terms, will provide money in an amount sufficient in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants or investment bank to pay and discharge each installment of principal of, premium and interest on and any mandatory sinking fund payments in respect of the debt securities of that series on the stated maturity of those payments in accordance with the terms of the indenture and those debt securities; and |
● | delivering to the trustee an opinion of counsel to the effect that the holders of the debt securities of that series will not recognize income, gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and related covenant defeasance and will be subject to United States federal income tax on the same amounts and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if the deposit and related covenant defeasance had not occurred. (Section 8.4) |
No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees or Securityholders
None of our past, present or future directors, officers, employees or securityholders, as such, will have any liability for any of our obligations under the debt securities or the indenture or for any claim based on, or in respect or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. By accepting a debt security, each holder waives and releases all such liability. This waiver and release is part of the consideration for the issue of the debt securities. However, this waiver and release may not be effective to waive liabilities under U.S. federal securities laws, and it is the view of the SEC that such a waiver is against public policy.
Governing Law
The indenture and the debt securities, including any claim or controversy arising out of or relating to the indenture or the securities, will be governed by the laws of the State of New York.
The indenture will provide that we, the trustee and the holders of the debt securities (by their acceptance of the debt securities) irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to the indenture, the debt securities or the transactions contemplated thereby.
The indenture will provide that any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon the indenture or the transactions contemplated thereby may be instituted in the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City of New York or the courts of the State of New York in each case located in the City of New York, and we, the trustee and the holder of the debt securities (by their acceptance of the debt securities) irrevocably submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. The indenture will further provide that service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail (to the extent allowed under any applicable statute or rule of court) to such party's address set forth in the indenture will be effective service of process for any suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court. The indenture will further provide that we, the trustee and the holders of the debt securities (by their acceptance of the debt securities) irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the courts specified above and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim any such suit, action or other proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum. (Section 10.10)
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DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS
We may issue warrants for the purchase of our common stock and/or debt securities. We may issue warrants independently or together with other securities, and the warrants may be attached to or separate from any offered securities. Each series of warrants will be issued under a separate warrant agreement to be entered into between us and the investors or a warrant agent. The following summary of material provisions of the warrants and warrant agreements are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the warrant agreement and warrant certificate applicable to a particular series of warrants. The terms of any warrants offered under a prospectus supplement may differ from the terms described below. We urge you to read the applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, as well as the complete warrant agreements and warrant certificates that contain the terms of the warrants.
The particular terms of any issue of warrants will be described in the prospectus supplement relating to the issue. Those terms may include:
● | the number of shares of our common stock purchasable upon the exercise of warrants to purchase such shares and the price at which such number of shares may be purchased upon such exercise; |
● | the principal amount of debt securities that may be purchased upon exercise of a debt warrant and the exercise price for the warrants, which may be payable in cash, securities or other property; |
● | the date, if any, on and after which the warrants and the related debt securities or common stock will be separately transferable; |
● | the terms of any rights to redeem or call the warrants; |
● | the date on which the right to exercise the warrants will commence and the date on which the right will expire; |
● | United States Federal income tax consequences applicable to the warrants; and |
● | any additional terms of the warrants, including terms, procedures, and limitations relating to the exchange, exercise and settlement of the warrants. |
Holders of equity warrants will not be entitled:
● | to vote, consent or receive dividends; |
● | receive notice as stockholders with respect to any meeting of stockholders for the election of our directors or any other matter; or |
● | exercise any rights as stockholders of Neuphoria. |
Each warrant will entitle its holder to purchase the principal amount of debt securities or the number of shares of our common stock at the exercise price set forth in, or calculable as set forth in, the applicable prospectus supplement. Unless we otherwise specify in the applicable prospectus supplement, holders of the warrants may exercise the warrants at any time up to the specified time on the expiration date that we set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. After the close of business on the expiration date, unexercised warrants will become void.
A holder of warrant certificates may exchange them for new warrant certificates of different denominations, present them for registration of transfer and exercise them at the corporate trust office of the warrant agent or any other office indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement. Until any warrants to purchase debt securities are exercised, the holder of the warrants will not have any rights of holders of the debt securities that can be purchased upon exercise, including any rights to receive payments of principal, premium or interest on the underlying debt securities or to enforce covenants in the applicable indenture. Until any warrants to purchase common stock are exercised, the holders of the warrants will not have any rights of holders of the underlying common stock, including any rights to receive dividends or payments upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up on the common stock, if any.
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
We may sell or distribute our securities from time to time in one or more public or private transactions:
● | through underwriters; |
● | through agents; |
● | to dealers; |
● | directly to one or more purchasers; |
● | in "at the market" offerings, within the meaning of Rule 415(a)(4) of the Securities Act, to or through a market maker or into an existing trading market on an exchange or otherwise; |
● | in block trades; |
● | through a combination of any of the above; and |
● | any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law. |
Any sale or distribution may be effected by us:
● | at market prices prevailing at the time of sale; |
● | at varying prices determined at the time of sale; or |
● | at negotiated or fixed prices. |
At any time a particular offer of the securities is made, a prospectus supplement, if required, will be distributed and set forth the terms of each specific offering, including the name or names of any underwriters or agents, the purchase price of the securities and the proceeds to us from such sales or distribution, any delayed delivery arrangements, any underwriting discounts and other items constituting underwriters' compensation, any public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or re-allowed or paid to dealers. Any public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or re-allowed or paid to dealers may be changed from time to time.
In addition, we may distribute the securities as a dividend or in a rights offering to our existing security holders. In some cases, we or dealers acting for us or on behalf of us may also repurchase the securities and reoffer them to the public by one or more of the methods described above.
Through Underwriters
If underwriters are used in a sale or distribution, the securities will be acquired by the underwriters for their own account and may be resold from time to time in one or more transactions, including negotiated transactions, at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of sale. The securities may be offered to the public either through underwriting syndicates represented by one or more managing underwriters or directly by one or more firms acting as underwriters. The underwriter or underwriters with respect to a particular underwritten offering and, if an underwriting syndicate is used, the managing underwriter or underwriters will be set forth on the cover of such prospectus supplement. Unless otherwise set forth in the prospectus supplement, the underwriters will be obligated to purchase all the securities if any are purchased.
During and after an offering through underwriters, the underwriters may purchase and sell or distribute the securities in the open market. These transactions may include overallotment and stabilizing transactions and purchases to cover syndicate short positions created in connection with the offering. The underwriters also may impose a penalty bid, under which selling concessions allowed to syndicate members or other broker-dealers for the securities they sell or distribute for their account may be reclaimed by the syndicate if the syndicate repurchases the securities in stabilizing or covering transactions. These activities may stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the market price of the securities, which may be higher than the price that might otherwise prevail in the open market, and, if commenced, may be discontinued at any time.
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Through Agents or to Dealers
We may sell or distribute the securities directly or through agents we designate from time to time. Unless otherwise indicated in a prospectus supplement, any such agent will be acting on a best efforts basis for the period of its appointment.
If dealers are used in any of the sales or distribution of the securities covered by this prospectus, we will sell those securities to dealers as principals. The dealers may then resell the securities to the public at varying prices the dealers determine at the time of resale.
Direct Sales
We may sell or distribute the securities directly to institutional investors or others who may be deemed to be underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act with respect to any sale thereof.
Delayed Delivery
If so indicated in a prospectus supplement, we may authorize agents, underwriters or dealers to solicit offers from certain types of institutions to purchase the securities from us at the public offering price set forth in the prospectus supplement pursuant to delayed delivery contracts providing for payment and delivery on a specified date in the future. These contracts will be subject only to those conditions set forth in the prospectus supplement, and the prospectus supplement will set forth the commission payable for solicitation of such contracts.
Derivative Transactions and Hedging
We and the underwriters may engage in derivative transactions involving the securities. These derivatives may consist of short sale transactions and other hedging activities. The underwriters may acquire a long or short position in the securities, hold or resell the securities acquired and purchase options or futures on the securities and other derivative instruments with returns linked to or related to changes in the price of the securities. In order to facilitate these derivative transactions, we may enter into security lending or repurchase agreements with the underwriters. The underwriters may carry out the derivative transactions through sales or distributions of the securities to the public, including short sales, or by lending the securities in order to facilitate short sale transactions by others. The underwriters may also use the securities purchased or borrowed from us or others (or, in the case of derivatives, securities received from us in settlement of those derivatives) to directly or indirectly settle sales of the securities or close out any related open borrowings of the securities.
Loans of Securities
We may loan or pledge the securities to a financial institution or other third party that in turn may sell the securities using this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement.
General
Agents, dealers and direct purchasers that participate in the distribution of the offered securities may be underwriters as defined in the Securities Act and any discounts or commissions they receive from us and any profit on the resale of the offered securities by them may be treated as underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act. Agents, dealers and underwriters may be entitled under agreements entered into with us to indemnification by us against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribution with respect to payments which such agents, dealers or underwriters may be required to make in respect thereof. Agents, dealers and underwriters may be customers of, engage in transactions with, or perform services on our behalf.
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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We file reports and other information with the SEC. The SEC maintains a web site that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information about issuers, such as us, who file electronically with the SEC. The address of that website is http://www.sec.gov.
Our web site address is http:// www.neuphoriatx.com. The information on our web site, however, is not, and should not be deemed to be, a part of this prospectus.
This prospectus and any prospectus supplement are part of a registration statement that we filed with the SEC and do not contain all of the information in the registration statement. The full registration statement may be obtained from the SEC or us, as provided below. Other documents establishing the terms of the offered securities are or may be filed as exhibits to the registration statement or documents incorporated by reference in the registration statement. Statements in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement about these documents are summaries and each statement is qualified in all respects by reference to the document to which it refers. You should refer to the actual documents for a more complete description of the relevant matters. You may inspect a copy of the registration statement through the SEC's website, as provided above.
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INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
The SEC's rules allow us to "incorporate by reference" information into this prospectus, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to another document filed separately with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is deemed to be part of this prospectus, and subsequent information that we file with the SEC will automatically update and supersede that information. Any statement contained in this prospectus or a previously filed document incorporated by reference will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained in this prospectus or a subsequently filed document incorporated by reference modifies or replaces that statement.
We incorporate by reference the documents listed below, all filings filed by us pursuant to the Exchange Act after the date of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, and any future filings we make with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the time that all securities covered by this prospectus have been sold; provided, however, that we are not incorporating any information furnished under either Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any current report on Form 8-K:
● | Bionomics' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024, filed with the SEC on September 30, 2024; |
● | Bionomics' Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 21, 2024; |
● | Bionomics' Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, filed with the SEC on November 14, 2024; and | |
● | Neuphoria's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 23, 2024. |
Any statements made in a document incorporated by reference in this prospectus are deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement in this prospectus or in any other subsequently filed document, which is also incorporated by reference, modifies or supersedes the statement. Any statement made in this prospectus supplement is deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent a statement in any subsequently filed document, which is incorporated by reference in this prospectus, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus.
The information relating to us contained in this prospectus should be read together with the information in the documents incorporated by reference. In addition, certain information, including financial information, contained in this prospectus or incorporated by reference in this prospectus should be read in conjunction with documents we have filed with the SEC.
You may request a free copy of any of the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus by writing or telephoning us at the following address:
100 Summit Dr
Burlington, Massachusetts 01803
Tel: +1 781 439 5551
Exhibits to the filings will not be sent, however, unless those exhibits have specifically been incorporated by reference in this prospectus or any accompanying prospectus supplement.
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ENFORCEMENT OF CIVIL LIABILITIES
A majority of our directors and executive officers are non-residents of the United States, and all or substantially all of the assets of such persons are located outside the United States. As a result, it may not be possible for you to:
● | effect service of process within the United States upon our non-U.S. resident directors and executive officers or on us; |
● | enforce in U.S. courts judgments obtained against our non-U.S. resident directors and executive officers or us in U.S. courts in any action, including actions under the civil liability provisions of U.S. securities laws; |
● | enforce in U.S. courts judgments obtained against any of our non-U.S. resident directors and executive officers or us in courts of jurisdictions outside the United States in any action, including actions under the civil liability provisions of U.S. securities laws; or |
● | bring an original action in a foreign court to enforce liabilities against any of our non-U.S. resident directors and executive officers or us based solely upon U.S. securities laws. |
You may also have difficulties enforcing in courts outside the United States judgments obtained in U.S. courts against any of our non-U.S. resident directors and executive officers or us, including actions under the civil liability provisions of U.S. securities laws.
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LEGAL MATTERS
The validity of the securities and certain other matters under U.S. law will be passed upon for us by Rimon P.C. Additional legal matters may be passed upon for any underwriters, dealers or agents by counsel that we will name in the applicable prospectus supplement.
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EXPERTS
Wolf & Company, P.C., an independent registered public accounting firm, has audited our consolidated financial statements included in Bionomic Limited's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2024, as set forth in their report, which is incorporated by reference in this prospectus and elsewhere in this registration statement. Bionomics Limited's financial statements are incorporated by reference in reliance on Wolf & Company, P.C.'s report, given on their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
Change in Accountants
Our independent registered public accounting firm is Wolf & Company, P.C., which has served as our independent auditor for fiscal years 2024 and 2023, with respect to our financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Ernst & Young served as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2023 and for part of fiscal year 2024 with respect to our financial statements prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"), as we were a foreign private issuer until June 30, 2024 and reported our financial statements under IFRS. During the auditor transition period from Ernst & Young to Wolf & Company, P.C. for the period ended June 30, 2024, there were no reportable events (as defined in Regulation S-K Item 304(a)(1)(v)).
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OFFERING EXPENSES
The following is an estimate of the expenses that we may incur in connection with a possible offering of securities registered under this registration statement.
SEC registration fee | $ | 0 | ** | |
FINRA filing fee | $ | 0 | *** | |
Printing expenses | * | |||
Legal fees and expenses | * | |||
Accounting fees and expenses | * | |||
Transfer agent and trustee fees and expenses | * | |||
Miscellaneous | * | |||
Total | $ | * |
* | These fees are calculated based on the securities offered and the number of issuances and accordingly cannot be estimated at this time. |
** | Pursuant to Rule 415(a)(6) under the Securities Act, this registration statement includes $100,000,000 of securities that were previously registered, but were not sold, pursuant to the Company's registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-271696) filed with the SEC on May 5, 2023 (the "Prior Registration Statement"). The registration fee with respect to such securities, totaling $19,836, was previously paid when the prospectus supplement relating to such securities was filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) and such registration fee will continue to be applied to the unsold securities. In accordance with Rule 415(a)(6), the offering of securities registered under the Prior Registration Statement will be terminated as of the date of effectiveness of this registration statement. |
*** | The Company paid FINRA filing fees of $27,500 upon the filing and registration of it Form F-3 registration statement, on May 5, 2023, and therefore, the unused portion is being carried forward to this registration statement on Form S-3. |
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The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the Registration Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, of which this prospectus is a part, is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.
Subject to completion, dated January , 2025
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
(To Prospectus dated January 6, 2025)
Up to $2,000,000
Common Stock
We have entered into an At The Market Offering Agreement, or the sales agreement, with H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC, or Wainwright, dated November 18, 2024, as amended on January 6, 2025. Under this prospectus, we may offer and sell common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $2.0 million from time to time through Wainwright, acting as sales agent, in accordance with the Sales Agreement.
Sales of the common stock, if any, under this prospectus may be made by any method permitted that is deemed an "at the market" offering as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act. Wainwright may sell our common stock by any method permitted by law deemed to be an at-the-market offering as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) promulgated under the Securities Act. Wainwright is not required to sell any specific number or dollar amount of securities but will act as our sales agent using commercially reasonable efforts consistent with their normal trading and sales practices and applicable state and federal laws, rules and regulations and the rules of the Nasdaq, on mutually agreed terms between the Wainwright and us. There are no minimum sale requirements, and there is no arrangement for funds to be received in any escrow, trust or similar arrangement.
As of January 3, 2025, the aggregate market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates, or public float, was approximately $10,773,823 based on 1,628,659 shares of common stock outstanding (less any insider holdings), based on a closing price of $6.63 per share on December 24, 2024, which was the highest closing sale price of our common stock on the Nasdaq Global Market, the principal market for our common equity, within 60 days of the filing date of this registration statement. In the past 12 calendar months, we have offered and sold pursuant to General Instruction I.B.5 of Form F-3 (which the Company was previously subject to as a foreign private issuer) an aggregate of 1,200,578 American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") for gross proceeds of approximately $1,483,706. Pursuant to General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3 (which the Company is now subject to as a domestic U.S. reporting company), in no event will we sell securities registered on this registration statement in a public primary offering with a value exceeding more than one-third of our public float in any 12-month period so long as our public float remains below $75.0 million.
Wainwright will be entitled to a commission of 3.0% of the gross sales price per share sold under the Sales Agreement. See "Plan of Distribution" beginning on page S-11 for additional information regarding the compensation to be paid to Wainwright. In connection with the sale of the common stock on our behalf, Wainwright will be deemed to be an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act, and the compensation paid to Wainwright will be deemed to be underwriting compensation. We have also agreed in the Sales Agreement to provide indemnification and contribution to Wainwright with respect to certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq under the symbol "NEUP." On January 3, 2025, the last reported sale price of our common stock on the Nasdaq was $3.40 per share.
INVESTING IN OUR COMMON STOCK INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK. BEFORE MAKING AN INVESTMENT DECISION, PLEASE READ THE INFORMATION UNDER THE HEADING "RISK FACTORS" BEGINNING ON PAGE S-6 OF THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT, AND IN THE DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission, any state securities commission, nor any other foreign securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus supplement. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
H.C. Wainwright & Co.
This prospectus supplement is dated , 2025.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT | S-ii | |
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS | S-iii | |
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY | S-1 | |
THE OFFERING | S-5 | |
RISK FACTORS | S-6 | |
USE OF PROCEEDS | S-8 | |
CAPITALIZATION | S-9 | |
DILUTION | S-10 | |
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION | S-11 | |
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION | S-12 | |
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE | S-13 | |
LEGAL MATTERS | S-14 | |
EXPERTS | S-15 |
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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed on Form S-3 with the SEC, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, using a "shelf" registration process. Under this prospectus supplement, we may offer and sell up to $2,000,000 of shares of our common stock from time to time through H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC or Wainwright, acting as our sales agent at prices and on terms to be determined by market conditions at the time of the offering.
This prospectus relates to the offering of our common stock. Before buying any of the common stock that we are offering, we urge you to carefully read this prospectus, together with the information incorporated by reference as described under the heading "Incorporation by Reference." These documents contain important information that you should consider when making your investment decision.
This prospectus describes the specific details regarding this offering and also adds to and updates information contained in the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus. If any statement in one of these documents is inconsistent with a statement in another document having a later date-for example, a document incorporated by reference into this prospectus-the statement in the document having the later date modifies or supersedes the earlier statement.
We have not, and Wainwright has not, authorized anyone to provide any information other than that contained in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement and any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of us or to which we have referred you. Neither we nor Wainwright, take responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. We are not, and Wainwright is not, making an offer to sell or soliciting an offer to buy our securities in any jurisdiction where an offer or solicitation is not authorized or in which the person making that offer or solicitation is not qualified to do so or to anyone to whom it is unlawful to make an offer or solicitation. You should assume that the information appearing in this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement, the documents incorporated by reference herein or therein, and in any free writing prospectus that we may authorize for use in connection with this offering, is accurate only as of the date of those respective documents. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since those dates. You should read this prospectus, the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement and any free writing prospectus that we may authorize for use in connection with this offering, in their entirety before making an investment decision.
The terms "we," "our," "us" and the "Company" in this prospectus refer to Neuphoria Therapeutics Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries after December 23, 2024 and Bionomics and its consolidated subsidiaries on and prior to December 23, 2024, unless otherwise specified. When we refer to "you," we mean the potential holders of the applicable series of securities.
We use our registered and unregistered trademarks, including Neuphoria™ and Bionomics™, in this prospectus. This prospectus also includes trademarks, tradenames and service marks that are the property of other organizations. Solely for convenience, trademarks and tradenames referred to in this prospectus appear without the ® and ™ symbols, but those references are not intended to indicate in any way that we will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, our rights or that the applicable owner will not assert its rights, to these trademarks and tradenames.
Unless otherwise indicated, all amounts presented in this prospectus are presented in U.S. Dollars ("$").
Our fiscal year end is June 30. References to a particular "fiscal year" are to our fiscal year ended June 30 of that calendar year.
For investors outside the United States: We have not done anything that would permit the offering or possession or distribution of this prospectus supplement in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required, other than in the United States. Persons outside the United States who come into possession of this prospectus supplement must inform themselves about, and observe any restrictions relating to, the offering of the securities described herein and the distribution of this prospectus supplement outside the United States.
Since July 1, 2024, we have been required and began to file periodic reports and financial statements with the SEC as a U.S. domestic registrants whose securities are registered under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").
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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus, the documents incorporated by reference herein and any accompanying prospectus supplement may contain or incorporate forward-looking statements that are based on our management's belief and assumptions and on information currently available to our management. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, these statements relate to future events or our future financial performance, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements stated in or implied by these forward-looking statements.
All statements other than statements of historical facts are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are made under the "safe harbor" provision under Section 27A of the Securities Act and 21E of the Exchange Act and as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as "anticipate," "believe," "contemplate," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "potential," "predict," "project," "should," "target," "will," or "would" or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions, although not all forward-looking statements contain these words. These statements are only predictions. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements because they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which are, in some cases, beyond our control and which could materially affect results.
You should refer to the "Risk Factors" section of this prospectus, any accompanying prospectus supplement, and our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC for specific risks that could cause actual results to be significantly different from those stated in or implied by these forward-looking statements. If one or more of these risks or uncertainties occur, or if our underlying assumptions prove to be incorrect, actual events or results may vary significantly from those implied or projected by the forward-looking statements. No forward-looking statement is a guarantee of future performance. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made and we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. You should read this prospectus, any accompanying prospectus supplement and the documents that we reference in this prospectus and have filed with the SEC as exhibits to the registration statement, of which this prospectus is a part, completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from any future results stated in or implied by these forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements in this prospectus include, but are not limited to, statements about:
● | the ability of our clinical trials to demonstrate safety and efficacy of our product candidates, and other positive results; |
● | the timing and focus of our ongoing and future clinical trials and preclinical studies, and the reporting and interpretation of data from those trials and studies; |
● | our plans relating to commercializing our product candidates, if approved, including the geographic areas of focus and sales strategy; |
● | the market opportunity and competitive landscape for our product candidates, including our estimates of the number of patients who suffer from the conditions we are targeting; |
● | the success of competing therapies that are or may become available; |
● | our estimates of the number of patients that we will enroll in our clinical trials; |
● | the beneficial characteristics, safety, efficacy and therapeutic effects of our product candidates; |
● | the timing of initiation and completion, and the progress of our drug discovery and research programs; |
● | the timing or likelihood of regulatory filings and approvals for our product candidates for various diseases; |
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● | our ability to obtain and maintain regulatory approval of our product candidates; |
● | our plans relating to the further development of our product candidates, including additional indications we may pursue; |
● | existing regulations and regulatory developments in the United States, Europe and other jurisdictions; |
● | risks associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, which has and may continue to materially and adversely impact our business, preclinical studies and clinical trials; |
● | our plans and ability to obtain, maintain, protect and enforce our intellectual property rights and our proprietary technologies, including extensions of existing patent terms where available; |
● | our continued reliance on third parties to conduct additional clinical trials of our product candidates, and for the manufacture of our product candidates for preclinical studies and clinical trials; |
● | our plans regarding, and our ability to enter into, and negotiate favorable terms of, any collaboration, licensing or other arrangements that may be necessary or desirable to develop, manufacture or commercialize our product candidates; |
● | the need to hire additional personnel and our ability to attract and retain such personnel; |
● | our estimates regarding expenses, future revenue, capital requirements and needs for additional financing; |
● | our financial performance; |
● | the period over which we estimate our existing cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to fund our future operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements; |
● | our anticipated use of our existing resources; |
● | our anticipated use of proceeds from this offering, if any; |
● | cyber security risks and any failure to maintain the confidentiality, integrity and availability of our computer hardware, software and internet applications and related tools and functions; and |
● | our expectations regarding the period during which we will qualify as an emerging growth company under the JOBS Act. |
The "Risk Factors" section of this prospectus, any accompanying prospectus supplement, and our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC references the principal contingencies and uncertainties to which we believe we are subject, which should be considered in evaluating any forward-looking statements contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus or in any prospectus supplement.
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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
This summary does not contain all of the information that may be important to you in making your investment decision. In addition to this summary, you should carefully read the entire prospectus, the applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, including the risks of investing in our securities discussed under the heading "Risk Factors" contained herein and in the applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, and under similar headings in the other documents that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus before deciding whether to invest in our securities. You should also carefully read the information incorporated by reference into this prospectus, including our financial statements, and the exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.
Overview
We are a clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to developing therapies that address the complex needs of individuals affected by neuropsychiatric disorders. Neuphoria is advancing its lead drug candidate, BNC210, an oral, proprietary, selective negative allosteric modulator of the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, for the acute, "as needed" treatment of social anxiety disorder ("SAD") and for chronic treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder ("PTSD"). BNC210 is a first-of-its-kind, well-tolerated, broad spectrum anti-anxiety experimental therapeutic, designed to restore neurotransmitter balance in relevant brain areas, providing rapid relief from stress and anxiety symptoms without the common pitfalls of sedation, cognitive impairment, or addiction. In addition, Neuphoria has a strategic partnership with Merck & Co., Inc. (known as MSD outside the United States and Canada) with two drugs in early-stage clinical trials for the treatment of cognitive deficits in Alzheimer's disease and other central nervous system conditions. Neuphoria's pipeline also includes the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor next generation and the Kv3.1/3.2 preclinical programs, both in the lead optimization development stage.
We are advancing our lead product candidate, BNC210, an oral, proprietary, selective negative allosteric modulators of the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine ("ACh") receptor ("α7 receptor"), for the chronic treatment of PTSD and the acute treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder. There remains a significant unmet medical need for the over 27 million patients in the United States alone suffering from SAD and PTSD.
Current pharmacological treatments include certain antidepressants and benzodiazepines, and there have been no new FDA approved therapies in these indications in nearly two decades. These existing treatments have multiple shortcomings, such as a slow onset of action of antidepressants, and significant side effects of both classes of drugs, including abuse liability, addiction potential and withdrawal symptoms. BNC210 has been observed in our clinical trials to have a fast onset of action and clinical activity without the limiting side effects seen with the current standard of care.
In September 2023, we announced the results of the Phase 2b ATTUNE study, which was a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial conducted in a total of 34 sites in the United States and the United Kingdom, with 212 enrolled patients, randomized 1:1 to receive either twice daily 900 mg BNC210 as a monotherapy (n=106) or placebo (n=106) for 12 weeks. The trial met its primary endpoint of change in Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5 ("CAPS-5") total symptom severity score from baseline to Week 12 (p=0.048). A statistically significant change in CAPS-5 score was also observed at Week 4 (p=0.016) and at Week 8 (p=0.015). Treatment with BNC210 also showed statistically significant improvement both in clinician-administered and patient self-reporting in two of the secondary endpoints of the trial. Specifically, BNC210 led to significant improvements at Week 12 in depressive symptoms (p=0.041) and sleep (p=0.039) as measured by Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale ("MADRS") and Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), respectively. BNC210 also showed signals and trends across visits in the other secondary endpoints including the clinician and patient global impression - symptom severity ("CGI-S", "PGI-S", respectively) and the Sheehan Disability Scale ("SDS"). In July 2024, we announced a positive outcome of an End-of-Phase 2 meeting with FDA that provides a potential path to New Drug Application ("NDA") submission for BNC210 for PTSD that alongside the positive Phase 2b ATTUNE trial includes a single additional Phase 3 trial. This Phase 3 trial will evaluate two dose levels of BNC210 in a 12-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with a 52-week open-label extension. Start-up activities for a planned Phase 3 trial of BNC210 in PTSD are underway. We plan to initiate the Phase 3 trial in PTSD in the second half of 2025, contingent upon having sufficient capital on hand. Although the FDA has denied our initial Breakthrough Therapy designation application, we are considering a rebuttal in the future. The approval process for the BNC210 PTSD program is not expected to be impeded, as we have already received Fast-Track designation for both the PTSD and SAD programs.
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We have completed our Phase 2 PREVAIL trial for BNC210 for the acute treatment of SAD. While PREVAIL narrowly missed its primary endpoint, as measured by the change from baseline to the average of the Subjective Units of Distress Scale ("SUDS") scores during a 5-minute Public Speaking Challenge in the BNC210-treated patients when compared to placebo, the December 2022 topline data readout revealed encouraging trends in the prespecified endpoints. The findings did indicate a consistent trend toward improvements across primary and secondary endpoints and a favorable safety and tolerability profile consistent with previously reported results. These results supported a post-hoc in-depth analysis of the full dataset to better understand the potential of the drug and guide late-stage trial design. In October 2023, we announced a positive outcome of an End-of-Phase 2 meeting with FDA that enables advancement of BNC210 into Phase 3 studies in SAD. Start-up activities for a planned Phase 3 trial of BNC210 in SAD are underway. In July 2024, we announced the initiation of patient screening for the Phase 3 AFFIRM-1 trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of BNC210 for the acute, as-needed treatment of SAD. AFFIRM-1 targets enrollment of 330 adult patients with SAD at clinical sites in the United States. It is a multi-center, double-blind, two-arm, parallel group, placebo-controlled trial. Participants will be randomized 1:1 to receive a single dose of 225 mg BNC210 or matched placebo about one hour before speaking in public. The primary endpoint will compare BNC210 to placebo using the SUDS to measure self-reported anxiety levels during a public speaking task. Secondary efficacy endpoints include the Clinical and Patient Global Impression ("CGI" and "PGI", respectively) scales and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory ("STAI"). Topline results from the AFFIRM-1 trial are expected in the third quarter of 2025.
The Company's expertise in ion channels and approach to developing allosteric modulators have been validated through its strategic partnership with MSD for our α7 receptor positive allosteric modulators program, which targets a receptor that has garnered significant attention for treating cognitive deficits. This partnership enables us to maximize the value of its ion channel and chemistry platforms and develop transformative medicines for patients suffering from cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer's disease.
The above-stated overview is a summary, and not a complete statement on our Company, business, pipeline products or clinical trials. For a complete description of the Company and its business and product pipelines, as well as clinical trials and more, please read our annual report on form 10-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on September 30, 2024, as well as any quarterly and current reports we have filed and will subsequently file with the SEC, which provides further updates on our company, the business, risk factors, financial performance and more, each of which is incorporated by reference in this registration statement.
Summary Risks Factors
Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Below is a summary of certain factors that make an investment in our securities speculative or risky. Importantly, this summary does not address all of the risks that we face. Additional discussion of the risks summarized below, as well as other risks that we face, can be found under the heading "Risk Factors" contained in the prospectus supplement and in any free writing prospectuses we have authorized for use in connection with a specific offering, and under similar headings in the documents that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus.
● | We are a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company with no approved products. We have incurred significant operating losses since our inception and expect to incur significant losses for the foreseeable future. We may never generate any revenue or become profitable or, if we achieve profitability, we may not be able to sustain it. |
● | We will require substantial additional financing to achieve our goals, and a failure to obtain this necessary capital when needed on acceptable terms, or at all, could force us to delay, limit, reduce or terminate our product development programs, commercialization efforts or other operations. |
● | Preclinical and clinical drug development is a lengthy and expensive process, with an uncertain outcome. Our preclinical and clinical programs may experience delays or may never advance, which would adversely affect our ability to obtain regulatory approvals or commercialize our product candidates on a timely basis or at all, which could have an adverse effect on our business. |
● | If we experience delays or difficulties in the initiation, enrollment and/or retention of patients in clinical trials, our regulatory submissions or receipt of necessary regulatory approvals could be delayed or prevented. |
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● | The trading price of our common stock has been and may remain volatile, and you may not be able to resell your common stock at or above the price you paid. |
● | An active trading market for our common stock may not be maintained or be liquid enough for you to sell your common stock quickly or at market price. |
● | Your right as a holder of our common stock to participate in any future preferential subscription rights offering or to elect to receive dividends in our common stock may be limited, which may cause dilution to your holdings. |
● | Our current or future product candidates may cause adverse or other undesirable side effects that could delay or prevent their regulatory approval, limit the commercial profile of an approved label or result in significant negative consequences following marketing approval, if any. |
● | We may have difficulties in attracting and retaining key personnel, and if we fail to do so our business may suffer. |
● | We depend on collaboration partners to develop and commercialize our collaboration product candidates, including Merck and Carina Biotech. If our collaboration partners fail to perform as expected, fail to advance our collaboration product candidates or are unable to obtain the required regulatory approvals for our collaboration product candidates, the potential for us to generate future revenue from such product candidates would be significantly reduced and our business would be significantly harmed. |
● | We currently rely, and expect to continue to rely, on third parties to conduct some or all aspects of our product manufacturing, research and preclinical and clinical testing, and these third parties may not perform satisfactorily. |
● | We may not be able to protect our intellectual property rights throughout the world. |
Corporate Information
We are a Delaware company listed on the Nasdaq Global Market. Our registered office is located at 100 Summit Dr, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803, and our telephone number is +1 781 439 5551. Our website address is www.neuphoriatx.com. The information contained in, or accessible through, our website does not constitute part of this prospectus.
As previously disclosed in a current report on Form 8-K, which was filed with the SEC on October 2, 2024, we and Bionomics entered into a Scheme Implementation Agreement to re-domicile from Australia to the U.S. State of Delaware pursuant to a Scheme of Arrangement under Australian law. Subsequently, as further disclosed in another current report on Form 8-K filed on November 8, 2024, we and Bionomics entered into an amendment to the Scheme Implementation Agreement to amend the exchange ratio of securities outstanding. On December 23, 2024, as disclosed in another current report on Form 8-K filed on the same day, the redomiciliation of Bionomics was implemented under Australian law in accordance with the Scheme Implementation Agreement, as amended. As a result of the redomiciliation, (i) Bionomics became our wholly-owned subsidiary; (ii) holders of ordinary shares of Bionomics received one share of our common stock for every 2,160 ordinary shares of Bionomics held on the Scheme record date; (iii) holders of Bionomics ADSs, with each ADS representing 180 ordinary shares of Bionomics, received one share of our common stock for every 12 ADSs held on the Scheme record date; and (iv) we became the successor issuer to Bionomics. Bionomics was previously listed on the ASX between November 26, 1999 and August 28, 2023.
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As disclosed in a Form 8-K filed on July 16, 2024, Bionomics received a letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of the Nasdaq Stock Market ("Nasdaq") indicating that, based upon the closing bid price of the company's ADSs for the 30 consecutive business days between May 28, 2024 and July 10, 2024, Bionomics did not meet the minimum bid price of $1.00 per share required for continued listing on The Nasdaq Global Market pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(a)(1). The letter also indicated that Bionomics will be provided with a compliance period of 180 calendar days, or until January 7, 2025, in which to regain compliance. Following completion of the Scheme of Arrangement, we have regained compliance with Nasdaq's minimum bid price requirement. Each of the form 8-Ks noted above, along with other annual, quarterly and current reports previously and subsequently filed with the SEC are incorporated by reference into this registration statement. See the "Incorporation by Reference" heading on page S-13 for more information on the SEC filings that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement.
Since July 1, 2024, we have been reporting as a domestic U.S. issuer on SEC Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K.
Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company
As a company with less than $1.235 billion in revenue during our last fiscal year, we qualify as an "emerging growth company" as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the "JOBS Act"), enacted in April 2012. An emerging growth company may take advantage of reduced reporting requirements that are otherwise applicable to public companies. These provisions include, but are not limited to:
● | not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended (the "Sarbanes-Oxley Act"); |
● | reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports (if any), proxy statements (if any) and registration 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 may take advantage of these provisions until the last day of our fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of our initial public offering. However, if certain events occur prior to the end of such five-year period, including if we become a "large accelerated filer," our annual gross revenues exceed $1.235 billion or we issue more than $1.0 billion of non-convertible debt in any three-year period, we will cease to be an emerging growth company prior to the end of such five-year period.
We have elected to take advantage of certain of the reduced disclosure obligations in this prospectus and in the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part and may elect to take advantage of other reduced reporting requirements in future filings. As a result, the information in this prospectus and that we provide to our stockholders in the future may be different than what you might receive from other public reporting companies in which you hold equity interests.
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THE OFFERING
Common Stock offered by us | Shares of our common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $2,000,000, or up to 588,235 shares, assuming sales at a price of $3.40 per share, which was the closing price of our common stock on the Nasdaq on January 3, 2024. The actual number of shares issued will vary depending on the sales price under this offering. | |
Manner of offering | "At the market offering" that may be made from time to time through our sales agent, H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC. See "Plan of Distribution" contained in this prospectus supplement. |
Use of proceeds | We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering, if any, together with our existing cash and cash equivalents, to fund our pipeline development, to maintain our working capital, and for general corporate purposes. |
Risk factors | You should read the "Risk Factors" section of this prospectus supplement and the other information in this prospectus supplement, and as also incorporated by reference herein, for a discussion of factors to consider carefully before deciding to invest in our common stock. |
Listing | Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol "NEUP." |
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RISK FACTORS
An investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Before deciding whether to invest in our securities, you should consider carefully the risks described below and discussed under the section captioned "Risk Factors" in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and any subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, which are each incorporated by reference in their entirety in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, as well as any amendment or update to our risk factors reflected in subsequent filings with the SEC, together with other information in this prospectus supplement, and the information and documents incorporated by reference that we have authorized for use in connection with this offering. If any of these risks actually occur, our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows could be seriously harmed. This could cause the trading price of our common stock to decline, resulting in a loss of all or part of your investment. The risks and uncertainties summarized and described below are not intended to be exhaustive and are not the only ones we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations. Certain statements in this prospectus supplement, and the accompany prospectus, are forward-looking statements. Please also see the section entitled "Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Statements."
Risks Related to this Offering
You may experience immediate and substantial dilution in the book value per share of the common stock you purchase.
The offering price per share of our common stock in this offering may exceed the net tangible book value per share of the common stock outstanding prior to this offering. If holders of outstanding options exercise those options at prices below the price you pay, you would experience further dilution. Because the sales of our common stock offered hereby will be made directly into the market, the prices at which we sell our common stock will vary and these variations may be significant. Purchasers of the common stock we sell, as well as holders of our existing common stock, will experience significant dilution if we sell common stock at prices significantly below the price at which they invested.
You may experience future dilution as a result of future equity offerings.
To raise additional capital, we may in the future offer additional common stock or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for our common stock at prices that may not be the same as the price per share of our common stock in this offering. We may sell common stock or other securities in any other offering at a price that is less than the price paid by investors in this offering, and investors purchasing our common stock or other securities in the future could have rights superior to the rights of common stock holders. After this offering of up to $2,000,000 in common stock is completed, our effective Registration Statement on Form S-3 will remain available to cover the future public offering and sale of up to $98,000,000 of our securities registered thereon, and, if no common stock is sold in this offering, the full $2,000,000 of our common stock may be sold in other offerings pursuant to the base prospectus. The price at which we sell our common stock, or securities convertible or exchangeable into common stock, in future transactions may be higher or lower than the price per share of our common stock paid by investors in this offering.
Future sales or issuances of our securities in the public markets, or the perception of such sales, could depress the trading price of our common stock.
The sale of a substantial number of shares of our common stock or other equity-related securities in the public markets, or the perception that such sales could occur, could depress the market price of our common stock and impair our ability to raise capital through the sale of additional equity securities. We may sell large quantities of our common stock at any time pursuant to this prospectus supplement or in one or more separate offerings. We cannot predict the effect that future sales of common stock or other equity-related securities would have on the market price of our common stock.
Sales of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants and other derivative securities could cause the market price of our common stock to decline.
If we issue warrants, then such warrants will entitle the holder to receive additional securities from us, diluting your ownership interest. For example, in the private placement offering we consummated on June 3, 2024, the warrants issued in the first tranche of that offering entitles the investor to purchase up to 18,932,477 ADSs (equivalent to 1,577,706 shares of our common stock). As of January 3, 2025, 1,054,381 shares of our common stock remain exercisable under the accompanying cash exercise warrant issued in June 2024 private placement as of the date of this prospectus supplement. The sale of additional common stock, or the perception that such sales could occur, could cause the market price of our common stock to decline or become more volatile.
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We will have broad discretion in how to use the net proceeds of this offering, and we may not use these proceeds in a manner desired by our investors.
We will have broad discretion as to the use of the net proceeds from this offering and could use them for purposes other than those contemplated at the time of this offering. Accordingly, you will be relying on the judgment of our management with regard to the use of these net proceeds, and you will not have the opportunity as part of your investment decision to assess whether the proceeds are being used appropriately. Our needs may change as the business and the industry that we address evolves. As a result, the proceeds to be received in this offering may be used in a manner significantly different from our current expectations. It is possible that the proceeds will be invested in a way that does not yield a favorable, or any, return. The failure of our management to use such funds effectively could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, operating results and cash flow.
SEC regulations may limit the number of shares we may sell under this prospectus.
Under current SEC regulations, because our public float is currently less than $75 million, and for so long as our public float remains less than $75 million, the amount we can raise through primary public offerings of securities in any twelve-month period using shelf registration statements, including sales under this prospectus, is limited to an aggregate of one-third of our public float, which is referred to as the baby shelf rules.
As of January 3, 2025, the aggregate market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates, or public float, was approximately $10,773,823 based on 1,628,659 shares of common stock outstanding (less any insider holdings), based on a closing price of $6.63 per share on December 24, 2024, which was the highest closing sale price of our common stock on the Nasdaq Global Market, the principal market for our common equity, within 60 days of the filing date of this registration statement. In the past 12 calendar months, we have offered and sold pursuant to General Instruction I.B.5 of Form F-3 (which the Company was previously subject to as a foreign private issuer) an aggregate of 1,200,578 American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") for gross proceeds of approximately $1,483,706. If our public float decreases, the amount of securities we may sell under our Form S-3 shelf registration statement, including this prospectus supplement, will also decrease. Conversely, if our public float increases sufficiently, the amount of securities we may sell under our Form S-3, including this prospectus supplement, will also increase, and we may amend this prospectus supplement to reflect such possible increase in shares of common stock hereunder.
It is not possible to predict the number of shares of our common stock sold under the Sales Agreement.
Subject to certain limitations in the Sales Agreement and compliance with applicable law, we have the discretion to deliver a placement notice to Wainwright at any time throughout the term of the Sales Agreement. The number of shares of our common stock that are sold through Wainwright after our delivery of a placement notice will fluctuate based on a number of factors, including the market price of our common stock during the sales period, any limits we may set with Wainwright in any applicable placement notice and the demand for our common stock. If the market price of our common stock during the sales period declines, we would be able to potentially sell a higher number of shares of common stock than the number based on the current market price of our common stock and, in any event, we may choose to sell a lower number of shares of common stock than the $2.0 million of our common stock set forth on the cover of this prospectus supplement.
The common stock offered hereby will be sold in "at-the-market offerings" and investors who buy common stock at different times will likely pay different prices.
Investors who purchase our common stock in this offering at different times likely will pay different prices, and accordingly may experience different levels of dilution and different outcomes in their investment results. We will have discretion, subject to market demand, to vary the timing, prices and number of our common stock sold in this offering. In addition, subject to the final determination by our board of directors or any restrictions we may place in any applicable placement notice, there is no minimum or maximum sales price for our common stock to be sold in this offering. Investors may experience a decline in the value of our common stock they purchase in this offering as a result of sales made at prices lower than the prices they paid.
Shares of common stock representing a substantial percentage of our outstanding shares of common stock may be sold in this offering and such shares will be freely tradable, which could cause the price of our common stock to decline.
A substantial number of shares of our common stock may be sold in the public market in this offering, and all of the common stock sold in the offering will be freely tradable without restriction or further registration under the Securities Act. These sales, and any future sales of a substantial number of shares of our common stock in the public market, or the perception that such sales may occur, may cause the market price of our common stock to decline. This could make it more difficult for you to sell your common stock at a time and price that you deem appropriate and could impair our ability to raise capital through the sale of additional equity securities.
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USE OF PROCEEDS
We may sell common stock from time to time having gross aggregate sales proceeds of up to $2.0 million. Because there is no minimum offering amount required as a condition of this offering, the actual total public offering amount, estimated commissions and proceeds to us, if any, are not determinable at this time. There can be no assurance that we will be able to sell any common stock under or fully utilize the Sales Agreement with Wainwright as a source of financing.
We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering, if any, together with our existing cash and cash equivalents, to fund our pipeline development, to maintain our working capital, and for general corporate purposes.
The amounts and timing of our actual expenditures will depend upon numerous factors, including the progress of our development and commercialization efforts, the status of and results from our clinical, non-clinical or pre-clinical trials, whether or not we enter into strategic collaborations or partnerships, and our operating costs and expenditures. Accordingly, our management will have significant flexibility in applying the net proceeds of this offering. In addition, while we have not entered into any outstanding binding agreements or commitments relating to any significant transaction as of the date of this prospectus, we may use a portion of the net proceeds to pursue acquisitions, joint ventures, and other strategic transactions.
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CAPITALIZATION
The following table sets forth our cash and cash equivalents and our capitalization as of September 30, 2024, presented in U.S. Dollars:
● | on an actual basis; and |
● | on an as-adjusted basis to give further effect to the sale of 588,235 shares of common stock in this offering at an assumed offering price of $3.40 per share, which was the closing price of our common stock on the Nasdaq Global Market on January 3, 2025, after deducting the estimated sales commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. |
As of September 30, 2024 | ||||||||
Actual | As Adjusted | |||||||
(in thousands) | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 8,082,410 |
9,822,410 |
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Equity: | ||||||||
Capital | $ | 198,280,436 | $ | 200,020,436 | ||||
Share-based payments reserve | $ | |||||||
Foreign currency translation reserve | $ | (2,428,214 | ) |
(2,428,214 |
) | |||
Accumulated losses | $ | (178,781,858 | ) |
(178,781,858 |
) | |||
Total equity | $ | 17,070,364 |
18,910,364 |
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Total capitalization | $ | 25,152,774 |
28,732,774 |
The number of shares of our common stock in the table above is based on 1,628,659 shares of common stock outstanding as of December 31, 2024 on an as converted basis to reflect the redomiciliation effective December 23, 2024 and excludes:
● | 50,536 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of options outstanding as of December 31, 2024 at a weighted average exercise price of $158.19 per share, of which options to purchase 37,166 shares of common stock were vested at a weighted average exercise price of $129.60 per share; and |
● | 1,054,381 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants outstanding as of December 31, 2024 at a weighted average exercise price of $11.88 per share, of which all were fully vested. |
In addition, the number of shares of our common stock in the table above excludes shares issuable pursuant to future awards granted to our employees under the Neuphoria Therapeutics Inc. 2024 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2024 Equity Incentive Plan") or that might be granted to our directors.
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DILUTION
If you invest in our common stock in this offering, your ownership interest will be immediately diluted to the extent of the difference between the public offering price per share and the as adjusted net tangible book value per share after this offering. As of September 30, 2024, our net tangible book value was $2.9 million, or $1.76 per share. Net tangible book value per share represents our total tangible assets (excluding deferred issuance costs) less our total liabilities, divided by the number of shares of common stock outstanding as of December 31, 2024 on an as converted basis to reflect the redomiciliation effective December 23, 2024.
Net tangible book value dilution per share to investors participating in this offering represents the difference between the amount per share paid by purchasers of our common stock in this offering and the as adjusted net tangible book value per share immediately after this offering. After giving effect to the sale of 588,235 shares of common stock in this offering at an assumed offering price of $3.40 per share, the last reported sale price of our common stock on The Nasdaq Capital Market on January 3, 2025, and after deducting commissions and estimated aggregate offering expenses payable by us, our as adjusted net tangible book value as of September 30, 2024 would have been approximately $4.6 million, or approximately $2.83 per share. This represents an immediate increase in as adjusted net tangible book value of $1.07 per share to our existing stockholders and an immediate dilution in net tangible book value of $0.57 per share to investors participating in this offering at the assumed public offering price.
Assumed public offering price per share | $ | 3.40 | ||||||
Historical net tangible book value per share as of September 30, 2024 | $ | 1.76 | ||||||
Increase in net tangible per share attributable to this offering | $ | 1.07 | ||||||
As adjusted net tangible book value per share as of September 30, 2024 after giving effect to this offering | $ | 2.83 | ||||||
Dilution in net tangible book value per share to investors participating in this offering | $ | 0.57 |
The table above assumes for illustrative purposes that an aggregate of $2 million in common stock is sold at a price of $3.40 per share, the last reported sale price of our share on The Nasdaq Capital Market on January 3, 2025. The common stock sold in this offering, if any, will be sold from time to time at various prices. An increase of $.25 per share in the price at which the common stock is sold from the assumed public offering price of $3.40 per share shown in the table above, assuming all of our common stock in the aggregate amount of $2 million is sold at that price, would increase our as adjusted net tangible book value per share after the offering to $2.92 per share and would increase the dilution in net tangible book value per share to investors participating in this offering to $.73 per share, after deducting commissions and estimated aggregate offering expenses payable by us. A decrease of $.25 per share in the price at which the common stock is sold from the assumed public offering price of $3.40 per share shown in the table above, assuming all of our common stock in the aggregate amount of $2 million is sold at that price, would decrease our as adjusted net tangible book value per share after the offering to $2.74 per share and would decrease the dilution in net tangible book value per share to investors participating in this offering to $.41 per share, after deducting commissions and estimated aggregate offering expenses payable by us.
The information discussed above is illustrative only and will adjust based on the actual public offering price and other terms of this offering determined at pricing.
The above discussion and table is based on 1,628,659 shares of common stock outstanding as of December 31, 2024 on an as converted basis to reflect the redomiciliation effective December 23, 2024 and excludes as of that date:
● | 50,536 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding stock options; and |
● | 1,054,381 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants at a weighted average exercise price of $11.88 per share. |
To the extent that stock options or warrants are exercised, we issue new stock options under our equity incentive plan, or we issue additional common stock in the future, there will be further dilution to investors. In addition, if we raise additional capital through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, the issuance of these securities could result in further dilution to our stockholders.
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
We have entered into a sales agreement with Wainwright, pursuant to which we may issue and sell from time to time shares of our common stock having an aggregate offering price of not more than $2,000,000 through Wainwright as our sales agent. Sales of common stock, if any, will be made by any method permitted by law deemed to be an "at the market offering" as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) promulgated under the Securities Act.
Wainwright will offer our common stock at prevailing market prices subject to the terms and conditions of the sales agreement as agreed upon by us and Wainwright. We will designate the number of shares of our common stock which we desire to sell, the time period during which sales are requested to be made, any limitation on the number of shares of our common stock that may be sold in one day and any minimum price below which sales may not be made. Subject to the terms and conditions of the sales agreement, Wainwright will use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales practices to sell on our behalf all of the common stock requested to be sold by us. We or Wainwright may suspend the offering of our common stock being made through Wainwright under the sales agreement upon proper notice to the other party.
Settlement for sales of our common stock will occur on the first trading day or such shorter settlement cycle as may be in effect under Exchange Act Rule 15c6-1 from time to time, following the date on which any sales are made, or on some other date that is agreed upon by us and Wainwright in connection with a particular transaction, in return for payment of the net proceeds to us. Sales of our common stock as contemplated in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus will be settled through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company or by such other means as we and Wainwright may agree upon. There is no arrangement for funds to be received in an escrow, trust or similar arrangement.
We will pay Wainwright in cash, upon each sale of our common stock pursuant to the sales agreement, a commission of 3.0% of the gross proceeds from each sale of our common stock. Because there is no minimum offering amount required as a condition to this offering, the actual total public offering amount, commissions and proceeds to us, if any, are not determinable at this time.
Pursuant to the terms of the sales agreement, we agreed to reimburse Wainwright for the documented fees and costs of its legal counsel reasonably incurred in connection with entering into the transactions contemplated by the sales agreement in an amount not to exceed $50,000 in the aggregate, in addition to up to $2,500 per due diligence update session for Wainwright's counsel's fees. We will report at least quarterly the number of shares of our common stock sold through Wainwright under the sales agreement, the net proceeds to us and the compensation paid by us to Wainwright in connection with the sales of our common stock.
In connection with the sales of our common stock on our behalf, Wainwright will be deemed to be an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act, and the compensation paid to Wainwright will be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts. We have agreed in the sales agreement to provide indemnification and contribution to Wainwright against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
The offering of our common stock pursuant to the sales agreement will terminate upon the termination of the sales agreement as permitted therein.
To the extent required by Regulation M, Wainwright will not engage in any market making activities involving our common stock while the offering is ongoing under this prospectus supplement.
Wainwright and its affiliates may in the future provide various investment banking and other financial services for us and our affiliates, for which services they may in the future receive customary fees.
This prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus may be made available in electronic format on a website maintained by Wainwright, and Wainwright may distribute this prospectus and the accompanying prospectus electronically. A copy of the sales agreement is filed with the SEC as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.
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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We are subject to the informational requirements of the Exchange Act and in accordance therewith file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. The SEC maintains a website that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding registrants that file electronically with the SEC. The address of the SEC's website is www.sec.gov.
We make available free of charge on or through our website 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 as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with or otherwise furnish it to the SEC.
Our web site address is http://www.neuphoriatx.com. The information on our web site, however, is not, and should not be deemed to be, a part of this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus.
This prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus are part of a registration statement that we filed with the SEC and do not contain all of the information in the registration statement. The full registration statement may be obtained from the SEC or us, as provided below. Other documents establishing the terms of the offered securities are or may be filed as exhibits to the registration statement or documents incorporated by reference in the registration statement. Statements in this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus about these documents are summaries and each statement is qualified in all respects by reference to the document to which it refers. You should refer to the actual documents for a more complete description of the relevant matters. You may inspect a copy of the registration statement and the documents incorporated by reference therein through the SEC's website set forth above.
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INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
The SEC's rules allow us to "incorporate by reference" information into this prospectus supplement, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to another document filed separately with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is deemed to be part of this prospectus supplement, and subsequent information that we file with the SEC will automatically update and supersede that information. Any statement contained in this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus or a previously filed document incorporated by reference will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus supplement to the extent that a statement contained in this prospectus supplement or a subsequently filed document incorporated by reference modifies or replaces that statement.
We incorporate by reference the documents listed below, all filings filed by us pursuant to the Exchange Act after the date of the registration statement of which this prospectus supplement forms a part, and any future filings we make with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the time that all securities covered by this prospectus have been sold; provided, however, that we are not incorporating any information furnished under either Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any current report on Form 8-K:
● | Bionomics' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024, filed with the SEC on September 30, 2024; |
● | Bionomics' Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 21, 2024; |
● | Bionomics' Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, filed with the SEC on November 14, 2024; and | |
● | Neuphoria's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 23, 2024. |
The SEC maintains a website that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding registrants that file electronically with the SEC. The address of the SEC's website is www.sec.gov. You may access and view for free any of our incorporated filings and exhibits related thereto made by us with the SEC. Alternatively, you may also request a free copy of any of the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement by writing or telephoning us at the following address:
100 Summit Dr
Burlington, Massachusetts 01803
Tel: +1 781 439 5551
Exhibits to the filings will not be sent, however, unless those exhibits have specifically been incorporated by reference in this prospectus or any accompanying prospectus supplement.
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LEGAL MATTERS
The validity of the securities and certain other matters under U.S. law will be passed upon for us by Rimon P.C. Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, New York, New York, is counsel for Wainwright in connection with this offering with respect to United States federal securities law.
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EXPERTS
Wolf & Company, P.C., an independent registered public accounting firm, has audited our consolidated financial statements included in Bionomics Limited's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2024, as set forth in their report, which is incorporated by reference in this prospectus and elsewhere in this registration statement. Bionomics Limited's financial statements are incorporated by reference in reliance on Wolf & Company, P.C.'s report, given on their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
Change in Accountants
Our independent registered public accounting firm is Wolf & Company, P.C., which has served as our independent auditor for fiscal years 2024 and 2023, with respect to our financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Ernst & Young served as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2023 and for part of fiscal year 2024 with respect to our financial statements prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"), as we were a foreign private issuer until June 30, 2024 and reported our financial statements under IFRS. During the auditor transition period from Ernst & Young to Wolf & Company, P.C. for the period ended June 30, 2024, there were no reportable events (as defined in Regulation S-K Item 304(a)(1)(v)).
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$2,000,000
COMMON STOCK
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
H.C. Wainwright & Co.
, 2025
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Item 9. Exhibits
Incorporation by Reference | ||||||||||
Exhibit No. | Description | Form | File No. | Exhibit No. | Filing Date | |||||
1.1** | Form of Underwriting Agreement | |||||||||
1.2* | At The Market Offering Agreement, by and between the Registrant and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC, as amended | |||||||||
3.1 | Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant | 8-K | 001-41157 | 3.1 | 12/23/2024 | |||||
3.2 | Bylaws of the Registrant | 8-K | 001-41157 | 3.2 | 12/23/2024 | |||||
4.4+ | Form of Indenture | |||||||||
5.1* | Opinion of Rimon P.C. | |||||||||
10.1* | Common Stock Purchase Warrant, dated December 24, 2024, issued by Neuphoria Therapeutics Inc. to Armistice Capital Master Fund Ltd | |||||||||
10.2 | Scheme Implementation Agreement, dated October 1, 2024, between Bionomics Limited and Neuphoria Therapeutics Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Neuphoria Therapeutics Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 23, 2024) | 8-K | 001-41157 | 2.1 | 12/23/2024 | |||||
23.1* | Consent of Wolf & Company, P.C., an independent registered public accounting firm. | |||||||||
23.2* | Consent of Rimon P.C. (included in Exhibit 5.1) | |||||||||
24.1* | Powers of Attorney (included on signature page to the registration statement) | |||||||||
25.1*** | Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of the Trustee under the Indenture | |||||||||
107* | Filing Fee Table |
* | Filed herewith. |
** | If applicable, to be filed as an exhibit to a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement or as an exhibit to a current report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference. |
*** | Where applicable, to be incorporated by reference to a subsequent filing in accordance with Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. |
+ | Previously filed. |
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Item 10. Undertakings
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(i) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(1) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(2) 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 any 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 SEC 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
(3) 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;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(i)(1), (a)(i)(2) and (a)(i)(3) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the Registration Statement.
(ii) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, 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.
(iii) 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.
(iv) To file a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement to include any financial statements required by Item 8.A of Form 10-K at the start of any delayed offering or throughout a continuous offering. Financial statements and information otherwise required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933 need not be furnished, provided, that the registrant includes in the prospectus, by means of a post-effective amendment, financial statements required pursuant to this paragraph (a)(4) and other information necessary to ensure that all other information in the prospectus is at least as current as the date of those financial statements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a post-effective amendment need not be filed to include financial statements and information required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 3-19 of Regulation S-X if such financial statements and information are contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this Form S-3.
(v) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:
(1) each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the Registration Statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the Registration Statement; and
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(2) each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. 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 effective date, 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 effective date.
(vi) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the undersigned registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities of the undersigned registrant, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of its securities pursuant to this Registration Statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
(1) any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(2) any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;
(3) the portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and
(4) any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement 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.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 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 SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 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 of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
(d) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to file an application for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act under subsection (a) of section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act ("Act") in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Commission under section 305(b)(2) of the Act.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized in Weston, Massachusetts, on January 6, 2025.
Neuphoria Therapeutics Inc. | ||
By: |
/s/ Spyridon "Spyros" Papapetropoulos, M.D. |
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Spyridon "Spyros" Papapetropoulos, M.D. | ||
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director |
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Spyridon "Spyros" Papapetropoulos, M.D. and Tim Cunningham and each of them, individually, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead in any and all capacities, in connection with this registration statement, including to sign in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, this registration statement and any and all amendments thereto, including post-effective amendments and registrations filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities held on the dates indicated.
Signature | Title | Date | ||
/s/ Spyridon "Spyros" Papapetropoulos | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director | January 6, 2025 | ||
Spyridon "Spyros" Papapetropoulos, M.D. | (principal executive officer) | |||
/s/ Tim Cunningham | Chief Financial Officer | January 6, 2025 | ||
Tim Cunningham | (principal financial and accounting officer) | |||
/s/ Alan Fisher | Director | January 6, 2025 | ||
Alan Fisher | ||||
/s/ Jane Ryan | Director | January 6, 2025 | ||
Jane Ryan, Ph.D. | ||||
/s/ Miles Davies | Director | January 6, 2025 | ||
Miles Davies | ||||
/s/ David Wilson | Director | January 6, 2025 | ||
David Wilson |
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