12/18/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/18/2025 07:55
| Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
Note Offering and Purchase of Membership Interest
On December 15, 2025, Sonim Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") entered into a securities purchase agreement (the "Purchase Agreement") with DNA Holdings Venture, Inc. ("DNA Holdings") and issued a convertible promissory note in the original principal amount of $1,200,000 (the "DNA Note"), in a private placement (the "Offering"). The Company paid no placement agent fees in connection with the Offering. The cash proceeds disbursed to the Company from the issuance of the DNA Note were $1,200,000.
In connection with the Offering, on the same date and concurrently with the closing of the sale of the DNA Note, the Company also entered into a membership interest purchase agreement with DNA Holdings (the "Membership Interest Purchase Agreement" and, together with the Purchase Agreement and the DNA Note, the "Transaction Documents"), pursuant to which the Company purchased 100% of the membership interests in DNA X LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, ("DNA X") for an aggregate purchase price of 223,201 shares of the Company's common stock, representing 19.99% of the outstanding shares of the Company's common stock as of the date of issuance.
DNA X is engaged in the business of DNAX DeFi, an advanced on-chain trading protocol that lets users automate their decentralized exchange trading - things like limit orders, grid / range orders, and recurring trades.
Membership Interest Purchase Agreement
The closing of the transactions contemplated by the Membership Interest Purchase Agreement occurred on December 15, 2025, contemporaneously with the consummation of the Offering. Under the Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, DNA Holdings also agreed to vote all shares of the Company's common stock beneficially owned by DNA Holdings in favor of the asset purchase agreement, dated July 17, 2025, as subsequently amended and as amended from time to time, by and among the Company, Pace Car Acquisition LLC, the seller representative named in the asset purchase agreement, and Social Mobile Technology Holdings LLC (the "Asset Purchase Agreement") and granted the officers and directors of the Company irrevocable proxy to vote for the adoption of the Asset Purchase Agreement and against any proposal made in opposition to, or in competition with, the consummation of the Asset Purchase Agreement until the earlier of January 15, 2026 and the termination of the Asset Purchase Agreement (such obligation of DNA Holdings, the "Voting Arrangement").
Pursuant to the Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, so long as DNA Holdings, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns at least 5% of the Company's outstanding common stock, DNA Holdings will have the right under the Membership Interest Purchase Agreement to designate one officer and one nominee for election to the Company's board of directors, and the Company will be required to take reasonably necessary corporate action to appoint such designees, subject to the oversight of the Company's nominating and governance committee.
The Membership Interest Purchase Agreement contains representations and warranties of each of DNA Holdings and the Company that are customary for transactions of this type, including with respect to due authorization, ownership of the membership interests in DNA X being sold (the "Purchased Interests"), title to the assets of DNA X, and the financial condition and investment intent of the parties. DNA X is an express third-party beneficiary of the Membership Interest Purchase Agreement and is entitled to enforce its terms. The Membership Interest Purchase Agreement also contains covenants and other provisions that are customary for transactions of this nature, including mutual non-disparagement obligations, confidentiality obligations, certain consent rights relating to anticipated uses of proceeds from the Asset Purchase Agreement, and an agreement to resolve disputes by binding arbitration (subject to limited exceptions for injunctive or other equitable relief).
The Membership Interest Purchase Agreement also grants DNA Holdings a put option (the "Put Option"). If at any time prior to June 30, 2026 (the "Put Period") the DNA X does not realize either (i) aggregate trading volume of at least $600,000,000 or (ii) aggregate revenues of at least $1,000,000 per day, DNA Holdings will have the right, during the Put Period, to exchange all or any portion of the shares of common stock issued to DNA Holdings under the Membership Interest Purchase Agreement for the Purchased Interests then held by the Company. To the extent not exercised during the Put Period, the Put Option will terminate upon the expiration of the Put Period.