As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 19, 2022
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
GREENIDGE GENERATION HOLDINGS INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 86-1746728 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
135 Rennell Drive, 3rd Floor
Fairfield, CT 06890
(315) 536-2359
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrants principal executive offices)
Jeffrey E. Kirt
Chief Executive Officer
135 Rennell Drive, 3rd Floor
Fairfield, CT 06890
(315) 536-2359
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Chris Zochowski
Richard Alsop
Taylor Landry
Shearman & Sterling LLP
401 9th Street, NW
Suite 800
Washington, DC 20004
(202) 508-8000
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after this registration statement becomes effective.
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
The Registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 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 consists of two prospectuses:
| a base prospectus, which covers the offering, issuance and sale by us of up to $100,000,000 of shares of class A common stock of Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc.; and |
| sales agreement prospectus supplement covering the offering, issuance and sale of up to a maximum aggregate offering price of $22,800,000 of class A common stock of Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc. that may be issued and sold under an at market issuance sales agreement dated, September 19, 2022 (the sales agreement), with B. Riley Securities, Inc. and Northland Securities, Inc. |
The base prospectus immediately follows this explanatory note. The specific terms of the class A common stock to be offered pursuant to the base prospectus will be specified in a prospectus supplement to the base prospectus.
The sales agreement prospectus supplement immediately follows the base prospectus. The class A common stock that may be offered, issued and sold by us under the sales agreement prospectus supplement is included in the $100,000,000 of class A common stock that may be offered, issued and sold by us under the base prospectus. Upon termination of the sales agreement, any portion of the $22,800,000 included in the sales agreement prospectus supplement that is not sold pursuant to the sales agreement will be available for sale in other offerings pursuant to the base prospectus and a corresponding prospectus supplement, and if no shares are sold under the sales agreement prospectus supplement, the full $22,800,000, of class A common stock may be sold in other offerings pursuant to the base prospectus and a corresponding prospectus supplement.
The information contained 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 is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and is not a solicitation of offers to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where such offer or sale is not permitted.
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED September 19, 2022
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS
GREENIDGE GENERATION HOLDINGS INC.
$100,000,000
Class A Common Stock
From time to time, we may offer and sell shares of our class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share. The aggregate initial offering price of all shares of class A common stock sold by us pursuant to this prospectus will not exceed $100,000,000.
We may offer and sell these securities to or through one or more underwriters, dealers and agents, or directly to purchasers, on a continuous or delayed basis.
This prospectus describes some of the general terms that may apply to these securities and the general manner in which they may be offered. The specific terms of any securities to be offered, and the specific manner in which they may be offered, will be described in a supplement to this prospectus. You should read this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement carefully before you invest.
Our class A common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market and trades under the symbol GREE.
As of September 16, 2022, the aggregate market value of our class A and class B common stock (our common stock) held by our non-affiliates was approximately $68.6 million, based upon 14,752,141 shares of our outstanding common stock held by non-affiliates at the per share price of $4.65, the closing sale price of our class A common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on August 15, 2022. Pursuant to General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3, in no event will we sell securities in a public offering with a value exceeding more than one third of our public float (i.e., the aggregate market value of our common stock held by our non-affiliates) in any 12-month period so long as our public float remains below $75.0 million (the I.B.6 Limitation). We have not sold any securities in reliance on General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3 during the 12 calendar months prior to and including the date of this prospectus.
We are an emerging growth company as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act) and a smaller reporting company as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K, and are subject to reduced public company reporting requirements.
We are also a controlled company under the rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq) and may take advantage of certain corporate governance exemptions afforded to a controlled company under the rules of Nasdaq.
You should carefully read this prospectus, the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any prospectus supplement before you invest. See Risk Factors beginning on page 8 of this prospectus, our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) and the applicable prospectus supplement for information on certain risks related to the purchase of our securities.
Neither the SEC nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
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This prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form S-3 that we filed with the SEC using a shelf registration process. Under this shelf registration process, we may offer and sell from time to time the securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings in amounts that we will determine from time to time, up to a total dollar amount of $100,000,000, subject to the I.B.6 Limitation.
This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer. Each time we offer the securities described in this prospectus we will provide you with a prospectus supplement that will describe, among other things, the specific amounts and prices of the securities being offered and the terms of the offering. We may also authorize one or more free writing prospectuses to be provided to you that may contain material information relating to these offerings and securities. This prospectus, together with applicable prospectus supplements, any information incorporated by reference, and any related free writing prospectuses we file with the SEC, includes all material information relating to these offerings and securities. We may also add, update or change in the prospectus supplement any of the information contained in this prospectus or in the documents that we have incorporated by reference into this prospectus, including without limitation, a discussion of any risk factors or other special considerations that apply to these offerings or securities or the specific plan of distribution. The information in this prospectus is accurate as of its date. If there is any inconsistency between the information in this prospectus and a prospectus supplement or information incorporated by reference having a later date, you should rely on the information in that prospectus supplement or incorporated information having a later date. We urge you to carefully read this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, together with the information incorporated herein by reference as described under the headings Where You Can Find More Information and Documents Incorporated by Reference, before buying any of the securities being offered.
You should rely only on the information contained in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement. We have not authorized any other person to provide you with different information. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. Neither we nor anyone acting on our behalf is making an offer to sell these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. You should not assume that the information incorporated by reference or provided in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of those documents.
This prospectus contains summaries of certain provisions contained in some of the documents described herein, but reference is made to the actual documents for complete information. All of the summaries are qualified in their entirety by the actual documents. Copies of some of the documents referred to herein have been filed, will be filed or will be incorporated by reference as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, and you may obtain copies of those documents as described below under Where You Can Find More Information.
Unless the context otherwise requires, throughout this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement, the words we, us, the registrant, the Company, or Greenidge refer to Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc. and the term securities refers to the shares of our class A common stock registered hereunder.
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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act, with respect to the securities covered by this prospectus. This prospectus, which constitutes a part of the registration statement, does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement, some of which is contained in exhibits to the registration statement as permitted by the rules and regulations of the SEC. For further information with respect to us and our class A common stock, we refer you to the registration statement, including the exhibits filed as a part of the registration statement. Statements contained in this prospectus concerning the contents of any contract or any other document are not necessarily complete. If a contract or document has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement, please see the copy of the contract or document that has been filed. Each statement in this prospectus relating to a contract or document filed as an exhibit is qualified in all respects by the filed exhibit. You may obtain copies of this information by mail from the public reference room of the SEC at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549, at prescribed rates. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for more information about the operation of the Public Reference Room. The SEC also maintains an Internet website that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding issuers, like us, that file electronically with the SEC. The address of that website is http://www.sec.gov.
We are subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), and, in accordance with the Exchange Act, file reports, proxy and information statements and other information with the SEC. Such annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy and information statements and other information can be inspected and copied at the locations set forth above. We make available free of charge on or through our website, www.greenidge.com, our filings with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with, or furnish it to, the SEC. We make our website content available for information purposes only. Information contained on, or accessible through, our website is not incorporated by reference into this prospectus and does not constitute a part of this prospectus.
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DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference certain of the information that we file with it after the date of the filing of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to the documents containing that information. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this prospectus, and later information that we file with the SEC will automatically update and supersede this information.
The documents listed below and any future filings made by us with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (excluding any information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 on any Current Report on Form 8-K and exhibits filed on such form that are related to such items unless such Form 8-K expressly provides to the contrary), including all such documents we may file with the SEC after the date on which the registration statement that includes this prospectus was initially filed with the SEC and prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement and all such documents we may file with the SEC after the effectiveness of the registration statement, are incorporated by reference in this prospectus until the termination of the offering under this registration statement:
| our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed on March 31, 2022; |
| our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2022 and June 30, 2022, filed on May 16, 2022 and August 15, 2022, respectively; |
| Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Statements of Operations of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2021, and the notes thereto, contained in our Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on April 1, 2022 and our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on March 24, 2022, April 8, 2022, April 14, 2022 and September 7, 2022; |
| the description of our class A common stock set forth under the heading Description of Securities in our prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act on August 10, 2021; and |
| Financial Statements of Support.com, Inc. contained in Exhibit 99.2 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 15, 2021 (Acc-no: 0001193125-21-273493). |
We will provide a copy of these filings (including certain exhibits that are specifically incorporated by reference therein) to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom a prospectus is delivered. You may request a copy of any or all of these filings at no cost, by writing or calling us at:
Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc.
Attention: Investor Relations
135 Rennell Drive, 3rd Floor
Fairfield, CT 06890
(315) 536-2359
Copies of certain information filed by us with the SEC, including our Annual Report and Quarterly Reports, are also available on our website at www.greenidge.com. Information contained on our website or accessible through our website is not incorporated by reference herein.
You should read the information relating to us in this prospectus together with the information in the documents incorporated by reference. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to incorporate information furnished, but not filed, with the SEC.
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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus and the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein include certain statements that may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act, Section 21E of the Exchange Act and Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the PSLRA). All statements other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements for purposes of federal and state securities laws. These forward-looking statements involve uncertainties that could significantly affect our financial or operating results. These forward- looking statements may be identified by terms such as anticipate, believe, continue, foresee, expect, intend, plan, may, will, would, could and should and the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are based on current beliefs and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties and are not guarantees of future performance. Forward-looking statements in this document include, among other things, statements regarding our business plan, business strategy and operations in the future. In addition, all statements that address operating performance and future performance, events or developments that are expected or anticipated to occur in the future, including statements relating to creating value for stockholders, are forward-looking statements. As used herein, we, us, our and Greenidge and the Company refer to Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc. together with its consolidated subsidiaries.
Consequently, all of the forward-looking statements made in this prospectus are qualified by the information contained herein, including the information contained under this caption and the information under the section Risk Factors in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC, as supplemented by our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and discussed elsewhere in this prospectus, each prospectus supplement and in the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus and each prospectus supplement. No assurance can be given that these are all of the factors that could cause actual results to vary materially from the forward-looking statements, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by law.
You should not put undue reliance on forward-looking statements. No assurances can be given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will transpire or occur, or if any of them do occur, what impact they will have on the results of our operations, financial condition or cash flows. Actual results may differ materially from those discussed in this prospectus. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this prospectus and we do not assume any duty to update or revise forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, uncertainties or otherwise, as of any future date.
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ABOUT GREENIDGE GENERATION HOLDINGS INC.
Cryptocurrency Datacenter and Power Generation Segment
We are a vertically integrated cryptocurrency datacenter and power generation company with cryptocurrency datacenter operations in the Town of Torrey, New York (the New York Facility) and in Spartanburg, South Carolina (the South Carolina Facility and, together with the New York Facility, the facilities). The New York Facility is a vertically integrated cryptocurrency datacenter and power generation facility with an approximately 106 megawatt (MW) natural gas power generation facility. We generate all the power we require for our cryptocurrency datacenter operations in the New York Facility, where we enjoy relatively lower market prices for natural gas due to our access to the Millennium Gas Pipeline price hub. At the South Carolina Facility, we purchase power from a supplier of approximately 60% zero-carbon sourced energy. We believe our competitive advantages include relatively low fixed costs, an efficient mining fleet and in-house operational expertise. We are currently mining bitcoin and contributing to the security and transactability of the bitcoin ecosystem while concurrently supplying power to assist in meeting the power needs of homes and businesses in the region served by our New York Facility.
As of June 30, 2022, we powered approximately 83 MW of mining capacity capable of producing an estimated aggregate hash rate of 2.5 EH/s at our facilities, substantially all of which is dedicated to bitcoin mining. Our Cryptocurrency Datacenter and Power Generation segment generates revenue i) through the exchange of bitcoins earned by application-specific integrated circuit computers (ASICs or miners) as rewards and transaction fees for U.S. dollars and, to a much lesser extent, through revenue earned from third parties for hosting ASICs owned by third parties and providing operations, maintenance and other blockchain related services to third parties and ii) through the sale of electricity generated by our power plant, and not consumed in cryptocurrency datacenter operations, to New York States power grid at prices set on a daily basis through the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) wholesale market. We opportunistically increase or decrease the total amount of electricity sold by the power plant based on prevailing prices in the wholesale electricity market.
We believe that, over the long-term, behind-the-meter power generation capability provides a stable, cost-effective source of power for cryptocurrency datacenter activities. Our behind-the-meter power generation capability provides us with stable delivery due to the absence of any contract negotiation risk with third-party power suppliers, the absence of transmission and distribution cost risk and the firm delivery of natural gas for our New York Facility via our captive pipeline. Furthermore, our New York Facility has operated with minimal downtime for maintenance and repairs over recent years. Notwithstanding the structural stability of our behind-the-meter capabilities, we do however procure natural gas at our New York Facility through a third-party energy manager which schedules delivery of our natural gas needs from the wholesale market which is subject to price volatility. We procure the majority of our natural gas at spot prices and enter into fixed price forward contracts from time to time for the purchase of a portion of anticipated natural gas purchases based on prevailing market conditions to partially mitigate the financial impacts of natural gas price volatility and to manage commodity risk.
Support Services Segment
On September 14, 2021, GGH Merger Sub, Inc. (Merger Sub), a wholly owned subsidiary of Greenidge, merged with and into Support.com, Inc. (Support.com), with Support.com continuing as the surviving corporation (the Merger) and a wholly owned subsidiary of Greenidge, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated March 19, 2021 (the Merger Agreement), among Greenidge, Support.com and Merger Sub.
Our Support Services segment provides solutions and technical programs to customers delivered by home-based employees. The Support Services segment provides customer service, sales support, and technical support primarily to large corporations, businesses and professional services organizations. The Support Services segment also earns revenues for end-user software products provided through direct customer downloads and sale via partners. The Support Services segment operates primarily in the United States, but also has employees located in Philippines, India, Mexico, Columbia and Canada, including staff providing support services.
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Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company and Smaller Reporting Company
We qualify as an emerging growth company under the Jumpstart our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act). As a result, we are permitted to, and intend to, rely on exemptions from certain disclosure requirements. For so long as we are an emerging growth company, we will not be required to:
| have an auditor report on our internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; |
| comply with any requirement that may be adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditors report providing additional information about the audit and the financial statements (i.e., an auditor discussion and analysis); |
| submit certain executive compensation matters to shareholder advisory votes, such as say-on-pay, say-on-frequency and pay ratio; and |
| disclose certain executive compensation related items such as the correlation between executive compensation and performance and comparisons of the CEOs compensation to median employee compensation. |
In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an emerging growth company can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards.
In other words, an emerging growth company can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We have elected to take advantage of the benefits of this extended transition period. Our financial statements may therefore not be comparable to those of companies that comply with such new or revised accounting standards.
We will remain an emerging growth company for up to five years, or until the earliest of (i) the last day of the first fiscal year in which our total annual gross revenues exceed $1.07 billion, (ii) the date that we become a large accelerated filer as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act, which would occur if the market value of our common stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter, or (iii) the date on which we have issued more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt during the preceding three year period.
Additionally, we are a smaller reporting company as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K. Smaller reporting companies may take advantage of certain reduced disclosure obligations, including, among other things, providing only two years of audited financial statements. We will remain a smaller reporting company until the last day of the fiscal year in which (1) the market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates equals or exceeds $250 million as of the end of that years second fiscal quarter, or (2) our annual revenues equaled or exceeded $100 million during such completed fiscal year and the market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates equals or exceeds $700 million as of the end of that years second fiscal quarter.
Controlled Company Exemption
Atlas Capital Resources L.P. (Atlas) and its affiliates currently control approximately 90% of the voting power of our outstanding capital stock and have the power to elect a majority of our directors. Pursuant to Nasdaq listing standards, a company of which more than 50% of the voting power for the election of directors is held by an individual, a group or another company qualifies as a controlled company. As a controlled company, we are exempt from certain Nasdaq corporate governance requirements, including the requirements to have (i) a board comprised of a majority of independent directors; (ii) compensation of executive officers determined by a majority of the independent directors or a compensation committee comprised solely of independent directors; and (iii) director nominees selected or recommended for our board either by a majority of the independent directors or a nominating committee comprised solely of independent directors. If we cease to be a controlled company and our shares continue to be listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, we will be required to comply with these standards and, depending on the independence-determination with respect to our then-current directors, we may be required to add additional directors to our board in order to achieve such compliance within the applicable transition periods.
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Corporate Information
Our principal executive offices are located at 135 Rennell Drive, 3rd Floor Fairfield, CT 06890, and our telephone number is (203) 718-5960. We maintain a website at www.greenidge.com. Information on our website, or accessible through our website, is not incorporated by reference into or otherwise part of this prospectus.
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An investment in our securities involves a significant degree of risk. Before you invest in our securities, you should carefully consider those risk factors included in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, any subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and any subsequently filed Current Reports on Form 8-K, each of which is incorporated herein by reference, and those risk factors that may be included in any applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, together with all of the other information included in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement, any free writing prospectus and the documents we incorporate by reference herein or therein, in evaluating an investment in our securities. If any of these risks were actually to occur, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be materially adversely affected. Additional risks not presently known to us or that we currently believe are immaterial may also significantly impair our business operations and financial condition. When we offer and sell any securities pursuant to a prospectus supplement, we may include additional risk factors relevant to such securities in the prospectus supplement. Please read Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.
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Unless otherwise specified in an accompanying prospectus supplement, we will use the net proceeds we receive from the sale of the securities covered by this prospectus for general corporate purposes, which may include, among other things, paying or refinancing all or a portion of our indebtedness at the time, and funding acquisitions, capital expenditures and working capital.
The actual application of the net proceeds from the sale of any particular offering of securities using this prospectus will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement relating to such offering.
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We may sell the securities offered by this prospectus in any one or more of the following ways from time to time:
| to or through one or more underwriters, initial purchasers, brokers, or dealers; |
| through agents to investors or the public; |
| in short or long transactions; |
| through put or call option transactions relating to our class A common stock; |
| directly to agents or other 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; |
| though a combination of any such methods of sale; or |
| through any other method described in the applicable prospectus supplement. |
The applicable prospectus supplement will set forth the terms of the offering and the method of distribution and will identify any firms acting as underwriters, initial purchasers, dealers, or agents in connection with the offering, including:
| the terms of the offering; |
| the names of any underwriters, dealers, or agents; |
| the name or names of any managing underwriter or underwriters; |
| the purchase price of the securities and the proceeds to us from the sale; |
| any options (whether or not for over-allotments) under which the underwriters may purchase additional shares of class A common stock from us; |
| any underwriting discounts, concessions, commissions, or agency fees and other items constituting compensation to underwriters, dealers, or agents; |
| any delayed delivery arrangements; |
| any public offering price; |
| any discounts or concessions allowed or re-allowed or paid by underwriters or dealers to other dealers; or |
| any securities exchange or market on which the class A common stock offered in the prospectus supplement may be listed. |
If we use underwriters for a sale of securities, the underwriters will acquire the securities for their own account for resale to the public, either on a firm commitment basis or a best efforts basis. The underwriters may resell the securities in one or more transactions, including negotiated transactions, at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of sale. Underwriters may offer the securities to the public either through underwriting syndicates represented by one or more managing underwriters or directly by one or more firms acting as underwriters. If an underwriter or underwriters are used in the sale of securities hereunder, an underwriting agreement will be executed with the underwriter or underwriters at the time an agreement for sale is reached. Unless we inform you otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, the obligations of the underwriters to purchase the securities will be subject to certain conditions. We may change from time to time any public offering price and any discounts or concessions the underwriters allow or pay to dealers.
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During and after an offering through underwriters, the underwriters may purchase and sell 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 may also impose a penalty bid, which means that selling concessions allowed to syndicate members or other broker-dealers for the offered securities sold for their account may be reclaimed by the syndicate if the offered securities are repurchased by the syndicate in stabilizing or covering transactions. These activities may stabilize, maintain, or otherwise affect the market price of the offered securities, which may be higher than the price that might otherwise prevail in the open market. If commenced, the underwriters may discontinue these activities at any time.
Some or all of the securities that we offer though this prospectus may be new issues of securities with no established trading market. Any underwriters to whom we sell our securities for public offering and sale may make a market in those securities, but they will not be obligated to do so and they may discontinue any market making at any time without notice. Accordingly, we cannot assure you of the liquidity of, or continued trading markets for, any securities that we offer.
If dealers are used for the sale of securities, we, or an underwriter, will sell the securities to them as principals. The dealers may then resell those securities to the public at varying prices determined by the dealers at the time of resale. We will include in the applicable prospectus supplement the names of the dealers and the terms of the transaction.
We may also sell the securities through agents designated from time to time. In the applicable prospectus supplement, we will name any agent involved in the offer or sale of the offered securities, and we will describe any commissions payable to the agent. Unless we inform you otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, any agent will agree to use its reasonable best efforts to solicit purchases for the period of its appointment.
We may sell the securities directly in transactions not involving underwriters, dealers, or agents.
We may sell 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 of those securities. We will describe the terms of any such sales in the prospectus supplement.
Underwriters, dealers, and agents that participate in the distribution of the securities may be underwriters as defined in the applicable securities laws and any discounts or commissions they receive from us and any profit on their resale of the securities may be treated as underwriting discounts and commissions under the applicable securities laws. We will identify in the applicable prospectus supplement any underwriters, dealers, or agents and will describe their compensation. We may have agreements with the underwriters, dealers, and agents to indemnify them against specified civil liabilities, including liabilities under the applicable securities laws.
Underwriters, dealers, and agents may engage in transactions with or perform services for us in the ordinary course of their businesses for which they may receive customary fees and reimbursement of expenses.
We may use underwriters with whom we have a material relationship. We will describe the nature of such relationship in the applicable prospectus supplement.
Under the securities laws of some states, the securities offered by this prospectus may be sold in those states only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers.
We may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers and the broker-dealers may engage in short sales of the securities in the course of hedging the positions they assume with us, including, without limitation, in connection with distributions of the securities by those broker-dealers. We may enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers that involve the delivery of the securities offered hereby to the broker-dealers, who may then resell or otherwise transfer those securities. We may also loan or pledge the securities offered hereby to a broker-dealer and the broker-dealer may sell the securities offered hereby so loaned or upon a default may sell or otherwise transfer the pledged securities offered hereby.
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The validity of the issuance of the securities offered in this prospectus will be passed upon for us by Shearman & Sterling LLP. An investment vehicle comprised of certain partners of Shearman & Sterling LLP, members of their families and other related persons has an interest in us representing less than 0.25% of our aggregate capital stock. If certain legal matters in connection with an offering of the securities made by this prospectus and a related prospectus supplement are passed upon by counsel for the underwriters of such offering, that counsel will be named in the applicable prospectus supplement related to that offering.
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Our consolidated financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 incorporated by reference herein, have been audited by Armanino, LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their report, incorporated by reference herein, and are included in reliance upon the report given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
The consolidated financial statements of Support.com as of and for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 incorporated by reference herein, have been audited by Plante & Moran, PLLC, an independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their report, which is incorporated by reference herein, and are included in reliance upon the report given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
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The information in this prospectus supplement 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 effective. This prospectus supplement is not an offer to sell nor does it seek an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED September 19, 2022
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
(To Prospectus dated September 19, 2022)
Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc.
Up to $22,800,000
Class A Common Stock
We have entered into an at market issuance sales agreement, dated September 19, 2022 (the sales agreement), with B. Riley Securities, Inc. (B. Riley or sales agent) and Northland Securities, Inc. (Northland), relating to shares of our class A common stock offered by this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. In accordance with the terms of the sales agreement, we may offer and sell shares of our class A common stock having an aggregate offering price of $22,800,000.
Shares of our class A common stock trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, under the symbol GREE. On September 16, 2022, the last sale price of the shares as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market was $2.15 per share.
Sales of our class A common stock, if any, pursuant to this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus will be made in any method permitted by law deemed to be an at the market offering as defined in Rule 415 under the Securities Act. Subject to the terms of the sales agreement, the sales agent is not required to sell any specific number or dollar amount of our class A common stock but will make all sales using commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal sales and trading practices on terms mutually agreed upon between the sales agents and us. There is no arrangement for funds to be received in any escrow, trust or similar arrangement.
As of September 16, 2022, the aggregate market value of our class A and class B common stock (our common stock) held by our non-affiliates was approximately $68.6 million, based upon 14,752,141 shares of our outstanding common stock held by non-affiliates at the per share price of $4.65, the closing sale price of our class A common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on August 15, 2022. Pursuant to General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3, in no event will we sell securities in a public offering with a value exceeding more than one third of our public float (i.e., the aggregate market value of our common stock held by our non-affiliates) in any 12-month period so long as our public float remains below $75.0 million. We have not sold any securities in reliance on General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3 during the 12 calendar months prior to and including the date of this prospectus.
The compensation payable to B. Riley for sales of our class A common stock pursuant to the sales agreement will be an amount equal to up to 3.0% of the gross sales price of all class A common stock sold thereunder. In connection with the sale of the class A common stock on our behalf, B. Riley will be deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act, and the compensation of B. Riley will be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts. We have also agreed to provide indemnification and contribution to B. Riley with respect to certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.
We are an emerging growth company as that term is used in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (JOBS Act) and a smaller reporting company as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K, and, as such, we have elected to comply with certain reduced public company reporting requirements for this prospectus supplement and future filings. Please see SummaryImplications of Being an Emerging Growth Company and Smaller Reporting Company.
Investing in our class A common stock involves risks. See Risk Factors beginning on page S-9 of this prospectus supplement and the risk factors that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus from our filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) pursuant to the Exchange Act for a discussion of the factors you should carefully consider before deciding to invest in our class A common stock.
Neither the SEC nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
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The date of this prospectus supplement is , 2022
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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
This prospectus supplement relates to the offering of shares of our class A common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $22,800,000 from time to time pursuant to the sales agreement among the Company, B. Riley and Northland. Before buying any of the shares of class A common stock that we are offering, we urge you to carefully read this prospectus supplement, together with the information incorporated by reference as described under the headings Where You Can Find More Information and Documents Incorporated by Reference in this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and any free writing prospectus that we have authorized for use in connection with this offering. These documents contain important information that you should consider when making your investment decision. In general, when we refer to the prospectus, we are referring to both the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus combined.
This prospectus supplement describes the terms of this offering of shares of class A common stock and also adds to and updates information contained in the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement. To the extent there is a conflict between the information contained in this prospectus supplement, on the one hand, and the information contained in any document incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement that was filed with the SEC before the date of this prospectus supplement, on the other hand, you should rely on the information in this prospectus supplement. If any statement in one of these documents is inconsistent with a statement in another document having a later datefor example, a document incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplementthe statement in the document having the later date modifies or supersedes the earlier statement.
We have not, and the sales agent has not, authorized any other person to provide you with information that is in addition to or different from that contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement, along with the information contained in any permitted free writing prospectuses we have authorized for use in connection with this offering. Neither we nor the sales agent take any responsibility for, or can provide any assurance as to the reliability of, any information other than the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement or any permitted free writing prospectuses we have authorized for use in connection with this offering. You should assume that the information appearing in this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus, the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus, 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 or any earlier date specified for such information unless we indicate otherwise. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since those dates. You should read this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus, the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus, and any free writing prospectus that we may authorize for use in connection with this offering, in their entirety before making an investment decision.
Information contained on, or accessible through, our website is not part of this prospectus supplement. We and the sales agent are offering to sell, and seeking offers to buy, shares of our class A common stock only in jurisdictions where offers and sales are permitted. The distribution of this prospectus supplement and the offering of our class A common stock in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. 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 our class A common stock and the distribution of this prospectus supplement outside the United States. This prospectus supplement does not constitute, and may not be used in connection with, an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities offered by this prospectus supplement by any person in any jurisdiction in which it is unlawful for such person to make such an offer or solicitation.
Unless the context otherwise requires, throughout this prospectus supplement, the words we, us, the registrant, the Company or Greenidge refer to Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc. together with its consolidated subsidiaries and the term securities refers to the shares of our class A common stock registered hereunder.
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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus supplement and the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein include certain statements that may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act, Section 21E of the Exchange Act and Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the PSLRA). All statements other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements for purposes of federal and state securities laws. These forward-looking statements involve uncertainties that could significantly affect our financial or operating results. These forward- looking statements may be identified by terms such as anticipate, believe, continue, foresee, expect, intend, plan, may, will, would, could and should and the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are based on current beliefs and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties and are not guarantees of future performance. Forward-looking statements in this document include, among other things, statements regarding our business plan, business strategy and operations in the future. In addition, all statements that address operating performance and future performance, events or developments that are expected or anticipated to occur in the future, including statements relating to creating value for stockholders, are forward-looking statements. Factors which may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, but are not limited to:
| the ability to recognize the anticipated objectives and benefits of an expansion into multiple data centers in Texas; |
| the ability to negotiate or execute definitive documentation with respect to potential expansion sites on terms and conditions that are acceptable to Greenidge, whether on a timely basis or at all; |
| changes in applicable laws, regulations or permits affecting our operations or the industries in which we operate, including regulation regarding power generation, cryptocurrency usage and/or cryptocurrency mining; |
| any failure by us to obtain acceptable financing with regard to our growth strategies or operations; |
| substantial levels of indebtedness and current liquidity constraints; |
| fluctuations and volatility in the price of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies; |
| loss of public confidence in, or use cases of, bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies; |
| the potential of cryptocurrency market manipulation; |
| our ability to maintain a carbon neutral datacenter operation; |
| the economics of mining cryptocurrency, including as to variables or factors affecting the cost, efficiency and profitability of datacenter operations; |
| the availability, delivery schedule and cost of equipment necessary to maintain and grow our business and operations, including datacenter equipment and equipment meeting the technical or other specifications required to achieve our growth strategy; |
| the time-consuming and costly nature of obtaining and complying with required government permits; |
| the possibility that we may be adversely affected by other economic, business or competitive factors, including factors affecting the industries in which we operate or upon which we rely and are dependent and factors currently affecting or that may affect our economy, such as the outbreak of hostilities between Russia and Ukraine; |
| the ability to expand successfully to other facilities, mine other cryptocurrencies or otherwise expand our business; |
| changes in tax regulations applicable to us, our assets or cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin; |
| any litigation involving us, including governmental investigations, relating to our products or services; |
| costs and expenses relating to cryptocurrency transaction fees and fluctuation in cryptocurrency transaction fees; |
| the condition of our physical assets, including that our operating facility may realize material, if not total, loss and interference as a result of equipment malfunction or break-down, physical disaster, data security breach, computer malfunction or sabotage; and |
| the actual and potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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Consequently, all of the forward-looking statements made in this prospectus supplement are qualified by the information contained herein, including the information contained under this caption and the information under the section Risk Factors contained in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC, as supplemented by our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and discussed elsewhere in this prospectus supplement and in the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement. No assurance can be given that these are all of the factors that could cause actual results to vary materially from the forward-looking statements, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by law.
You should not put undue reliance on forward-looking statements. No assurances can be given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will transpire or occur, or if any of them do occur, what impact they will have on the results of our operations, financial condition or cash flows. Actual results may differ materially from those discussed in this prospectus supplement. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this prospectus supplement and we do not assume any duty to update or revise forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, uncertainties or otherwise, as of any future date.
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This summary highlights selected information contained elsewhere or incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and does not contain all the information that you need to consider in making your investment decision. You should carefully read this entire prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, as well as the information to which we refer you and the information incorporated by reference herein, before deciding whether to invest in our class A common stock.
Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc.
Overview
Cryptocurrency Datacenter and Power Generation Segment
We are a vertically integrated cryptocurrency datacenter and power generation company. We own cryptocurrency datacenter operations in the Town of Torrey, New York (the New York Facility) and in Spartanburg, South Carolina (the South Carolina Facility and, together with the New York Facility, the facilities). The New York Facility is a vertically integrated cryptocurrency datacenter and power generation facility with an approximately 106 megawatt (MW) natural gas power generation facility. We generate all the power we require for our cryptocurrency datacenter operations in the New York Facility, where we enjoy relatively lower market prices for natural gas due to our access to the Millennium Gas Pipeline price hub. At the South Carolina Facility, we purchase power from a supplier of approximately 60% zero-carbon sourced energy. We believe our competitive advantages include relatively low fixed costs, an efficient mining fleet and in-house operational expertise. We are currently mining bitcoin and contributing to the security and transactability of the bitcoin ecosystem while concurrently supplying power to assist in meeting the power needs of homes and businesses in the region served by our New York Facility.
As of June 30, 2022, we powered approximately 83 MW of mining capacity capable of producing an estimated aggregate hash rate of 2.5 EH/s at our facilities, substantially all of which is dedicated to bitcoin mining. Our Cryptocurrency Datacenter and Power Generation segment generates revenue i) through the exchange of bitcoins earned by application-specific integrated circuit computers (ASICs or miners) as rewards and transaction fees for U.S. dollars and, to a much lesser extent, through revenue earned from third parties for hosting ASICs owned by third parties and providing operations, maintenance and other blockchain related services to third parties and ii) through the sale of electricity generated by our power plant, and not consumed in cryptocurrency datacenter operations, to New York States power grid at prices set on a daily basis through the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) wholesale market. We opportunistically increase or decrease the total amount of electricity sold by the power plant based on prevailing prices in the wholesale electricity market.
We believe that, over the long-term, behind-the-meter power generation capability provides a stable, cost-effective source of power for cryptocurrency datacenter activities. Our behind-the-meter power generation capability provides us with stable delivery due to the absence of any contract negotiation risk with third-party power suppliers, the absence of transmission and distribution cost risk and the firm delivery of natural gas for our New York Facility via our captive pipeline. Furthermore, our New York Facility has operated with minimal downtime for maintenance and repairs over recent years. Notwithstanding the structural stability of our behind-the-meter capabilities, we do however procure natural gas at our New York Facility through a third-party energy manager which schedules delivery of our natural gas needs from the wholesale market which is subject to price volatility. We procure the majority of our natural gas at spot prices and enter into fixed price forward contracts from time to time for the purchase of a portion of anticipated natural gas purchases based on prevailing market conditions to partially mitigate the financial impacts of natural gas price volatility and to manage commodity risk. These forward contracts qualify for the normal purchases and sales exception under Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 815, Derivatives and Hedging, as it is probable that these contracts will result in physical delivery.
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Support Services Segment
On September 14, 2021, GGH Merger Sub, Inc. (Merger Sub), a wholly owned subsidiary of Greenidge, merged with and into Support.com, Inc. (Support.com), with Support.com continuing as the surviving corporation (the Merger) and a wholly owned subsidiary of Greenidge, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated March 19, 2021 (the Merger Agreement), among Greenidge, Support.com and Merger Sub.
Our Support Services segment provides solutions and technical programs to customers delivered by home-based employees. The Support Services segment provides customer service, sales support, and technical support primarily to large corporations, businesses and professional services organizations. The Support Services segment also earns revenues for end-user software products provided through direct customer downloads and sale via partners. The Support Services segment operates primarily in the United States, but also has employees located in Philippines, India, Mexico, Columbia and Canada, including staff providing support services.
Corporate Information
Our principal executive offices are located at 135 Rennell Drive, 3rd Floor, Fairfield, CT 06890, and our telephone number is (203) 718-5960. We maintain a website at www.greenidge.com. Information on our website, or accessible through our website, is not incorporated by reference into or otherwise part of this prospectus supplement.
Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company and Smaller Reporting Company
We qualify as an emerging growth company under the JOBS Act. As a result, we are permitted to, and intend to, rely on exemptions from certain disclosure requirements. For so long as we are an emerging growth company, we will not be required to:
| have an auditor report on our internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; |
| comply with any requirement that may be adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditors report providing additional information about the audit and the financial statements (i.e., an auditor discussion and analysis); |
| submit certain executive compensation matters to shareholder advisory votes, such as say-on-pay, say-on-frequency and pay ratio; and |
| disclose certain executive compensation related items such as the correlation between executive compensation and performance and comparisons of the CEOs compensation to median employee compensation. |
In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an emerging growth company can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards.
In other words, an emerging growth company can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We have elected to take advantage of the benefits of this extended transition period. Our financial statements may therefore not be comparable to those of companies that comply with such new or revised accounting standards.
We will remain an emerging growth company for up to five years, or until the earliest of (i) the last day of the first fiscal year in which our total annual gross revenues exceed $1.07 billion, (ii) the date that we become a large accelerated filer as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act, which would occur if the market value of our common stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter, or (iii) the date on which we have issued more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt during the preceding three year period.
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Additionally, we are a smaller reporting company as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K. Smaller reporting companies may take advantage of certain reduced disclosure obligations, including, among other things, providing only two years of audited financial statements. We will remain a smaller reporting company until the last day of the fiscal year in which (1) the market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates equals or exceeds $250 million as of the end of that years second fiscal quarter, or (2) our annual revenues equaled or exceeded $100 million during such completed fiscal year and the market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates equals or exceeds $700 million as of the end of that years second fiscal quarter.
Controlled Company Exemption
Atlas Capital Resources L.P. (Atlas) and its affiliates currently control approximately 90% of the voting power of our outstanding capital stock and have the power to elect a majority of our directors. Pursuant to Nasdaq listing standards, a company of which more than 50% of the voting power for the election of directors is held by an individual, a group or another company qualifies as a controlled company. As a controlled company, we are exempt from certain Nasdaq corporate governance requirements, including the requirements to have (i) a board comprised of a majority of independent directors; (ii) compensation of executive officers determined by a majority of the independent directors or a compensation committee comprised solely of independent directors; and (iii) director nominees selected or recommended for our board either by a majority of the independent directors or a nominating committee comprised solely of independent directors. If we cease to be a controlled company and our shares continue to be listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, we will be required to comply with these standards and, depending on the independence-determination with respect to our then-current directors, we may be required to add additional directors to our board in order to achieve such compliance within the applicable transition periods.
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Issuer: | Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc. | |
Class A common stock offered by us: | Shares of our class A common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $22,800,000. | |
Manner of offering: | At the market offering that may be made from time to time through our sales agent. Please read Plan of Distribution in this prospectus supplement for more information. | |
Use of proceeds: | We currently plan to use the net proceeds from this offering, after deducting B. Rileys commissions and offering expenses payable by us, for general corporate purposes, which may include, among other things, paying or refinancing all or a portion of our indebtedness at the time, and funding acquisitions, capital expenditures and working capital. Please read Use of Proceeds in this prospectus supplement for more information. | |
Conflict of Interest: |
On March 18, 2022, we issued a secured promissory note, as borrower, in favor of B. Riley Commercial Capital, LLC, an affiliate of B. Riley. With respect to any portion of the net proceeds from this offering we use to repay borrowings outstanding under such secured promissory note, B. Riley Principal Capital, LLC will receive any amount of the secured promissory note that is repaid with the net proceeds from this offering, and as such, B. Riley will have a conflict of interest in this offering of class A common stock within the meaning of FINRA Rule 5121. Consequently, this offering of class A common stock will be conducted in compliance with the provisions of FINRA Rule 5121. Due to this conflict of interest, Northland is acting as a qualified independent underwriter in accordance with FINRA Rule 5121, which requires, among other things, that a qualified independent underwriter participate in the preparation of, and exercise the usual standards of due diligence with respect to the registration statement and this prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus. Northland will not receive any additional compensation for acting as a qualified independent underwriter. We have agreed to indemnify Northland for acting as a qualified independent underwriter against certain liabilities under the Securities Act and to contribute to payments that Northland may be required to make for these liabilities. In addition, B. Riley will not make sales of shares in this offering to any of its discretionary accounts without receiving the specific prior written approval of the account holder and retaining such approval in its records. | |
Exchange listing and symbol: | Our class A common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol GREE. |
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Material U.S. federal income tax considerations for non-U.S. holders: |
The material U.S. federal income tax considerations generally applicable to the ownership and disposition of our class A common stock acquired in this offering by a non-U.S. Holder are described in Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations for Non-U.S. Holders. Each non-U.S. holder is urged to consult its tax advisors regarding the U.S. federal, state, local, and non-U.S. income and other tax consequences to it of owning and disposing of our class A common stock. | |
Risk factors: | Investing in our class A common stock involves risks. Please read Risk Factors on page S-9 of this prospectus supplement, page 8 of the accompanying prospectus and in the documents that we have incorporated by reference, as well as the other cautionary statements throughout this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, for a discussion of factors you should carefully consider before deciding to invest in our class A common stock. |
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You should carefully consider the risks described below together with the risk factors described in reports we file with the SEC and incorporated by reference into the accompanying prospectus, as well as all of the other information in, and incorporated by reference into, this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, including in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, as supplemented by our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. If any of the risks actually occur, our business, financial condition or results of operations could suffer. In that event, you may lose all or part of your investment in our class A common stock.
Risks Related to this Offering
It is not possible to predict the actual number of shares we will sell under the sales agreement, or the actual gross proceeds resulting from those sales.
Subject to certain limitations in the sales agreement and compliance with applicable law, we have the discretion to deliver a placement notice to B. Riley at any time throughout the term of the sales agreement. The number of shares that are sold through B. Riley after delivering a placement notice will fluctuate based on a number of factors, including the market price of our class A common stock during the sales period, the limits we set with B. Riley in any applicable placement notice, and the demand for our class A common stock during the sales period. Actual gross proceeds may be less than $22,800,000, which may impact our future liquidity. Because the price per share of each share sold will fluctuate during the sales period, it is not currently possible to predict the number of shares that will be sold or the actual gross proceeds to be raised in connection with those sales.
Our class A common stock offered hereby will be sold in at the market offerings, and investors who buy shares at different times will likely pay different prices.
Investors who purchase shares in this offering at different times will likely pay different prices, and so 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 numbers of shares sold in this offering. In addition, there is no minimum sales price above par value or maximum sales price for shares to be sold in this offering. Investors may experience a decline in the value of the shares they purchase in this offering as a result of sales made at prices lower than the prices they paid.
Investors may experience dilution as a result of this offering and future offerings of our class A common stock, preferred stock or other equity securities, which may adversely affect the per-share trading price of our class A common stock.
This offering may have a dilutive effect on our earnings per share and funds from operations per share after giving effect to the issuance of our class A common stock in this offering and the receipt of the expected net proceeds. Our board of directors may authorize the issuance of additional authorized but unissued shares of common stock or other securities at any time, including pursuant to equity incentive plans. The actual amount of dilution from this offering, or from any future offering of common or preferred stock or other equity securities, will be based on numerous factors, particularly the use of proceeds and the return generated by such investment, and cannot be determined at this time. The per-share trading price of our class A common stock could decline as a result of sales of a large number of shares of our class A common stock in the market pursuant to this offering, or otherwise, or as a result of the perception or expectation that such sales could occur.
Future issuances of debt securities, which would be senior to our class A common stock upon liquidation, or preferred equity securities, which would be senior to our class A common stock for purposes of dividend distributions and upon liquidation, may adversely affect the per-share trading price of our class A common stock.
We may in the future attempt to increase our capital resources by issuing additional debt securities and/or additional classes or series of preferred stock. Upon liquidation, holders of our debt securities and lenders with respect to our borrowings, and holders of our preferred stock, will be entitled to receive our available assets prior to distribution to the holders of our class A common stock. Additionally, any convertible or exchangeable securities that we issue in
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the future may have rights, preferences and privileges more favorable than those of our class A common stock. Because our decision to issue securities senior to our class A common stock in the future will depend on market conditions and other factors beyond our control, we cannot predict or estimate the amount, timing or nature of future issuances. As a result, holders of our class A common stock bear the risk of our future securities issuances reducing the per-share trading price of our class A common stock.
An affiliate of B. Riley may receive benefits in connection with this offering.
On March 18, 2022, we issued a secured promissory note, as borrower, in favor of B. Riley Commercial Capital, LLC, an affiliate of B. Riley. To the extent that we elect to use a portion of the net proceeds from this offering to repay borrowings outstanding under secured promissory note, B. Riley Principal Capital, LLC will receive any amount of the secured promissory note that is repaid with the net proceeds from this offering. These transactions create potential conflicts of interest because B. Riley Principal Capital, LLC has an interest in the successful completion of this offering beyond the sales commissions its affiliate, B. Riley, will receive. These interests may influence the decision regarding the terms and circumstances under which the offering is completed.
Future sales of substantial amounts of our class A common stock, or the possibility that such sales could occur, could adversely affect the market price of our class A common stock.
In order to raise additional capital, we may in the future offer additional shares of our class A common stock or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for our class A common stock at prices that may not be the same as the price per share in this offering. We may sell shares or other securities in any other offering at a price per share that is less than the price per share paid by investors in this offering, and investors purchasing shares or other securities in the future could have rights superior to existing stockholders. The price per share at which we sell additional shares of our class A common stock, or securities convertible or exchangeable into class A common stock, in future transactions may be higher or lower than the price per share paid by investors in this offering.
Management will have broad discretion as to the use of the proceeds from this offering, and such uses may not improve our financial condition or market value.
Because we have not designated the amount of net proceeds from this offering to be used for any particular purpose, our management will have broad discretion as to the application of the net proceeds from this offering and could use such proceeds for purposes other than those contemplated at the time of the offering. Our stockholders may not agree with the manner in which our management chooses to allocate and spend the net proceeds. Moreover, our management may use the net proceeds for corporate purposes that may not improve our financial condition or the market value of our class A common stock. Our failure to apply these funds effectively could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. See Use of Proceeds.
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The amount of proceeds from this offering will depend upon the number of shares of our class A common stock sold and the market price at which they are sold. There can be no assurance that we will be able to sell any shares under or fully utilize the sales agreement with the sales agent.
We currently plan to use the net proceeds from this offering, after deducting B. Rileys commissions and offering expenses payable by us, for general corporate purposes, which may include, among other things, paying or refinancing all or a portion of our indebtedness at the time, and funding acquisitions, capital expenditures and working capital.
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION (CONFLICT OF INTEREST)
We have entered into a sales agreement with B. Riley and Northland. This prospectus supplement relates to the offering of shares of our class A common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $22,800,000 from time to time. B. Riley will use its commercially reasonable efforts to sell on our behalf the shares of our class A common stock requested to be sold by us, consistent with its normal trading and sales practices, under the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the sales agreement. We have no obligation to sell any shares of our class A common stock under the sales agreement. We may instruct B. Riley not to sell our class A common stock if the sales cannot be effected at or above the price designated by us in any instruction to B. Riley. We or B. Riley may suspend the offering of our class A common stock upon proper notice and subject to other conditions, as specified in the sales agreement.
B. Riley may sell our class A 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. B. Riley will provide written confirmation of a sale to us as soon as practicable after the closing of the trading day on Nasdaq on which it has made sales of the class A common stock pursuant to the sales agreement. Each confirmation will include the number of shares of class A common stock sold on such day, the net proceeds to us and the compensation payable by us to B. Riley in connection with the sales.
Under the terms of the sales agreement, we may also sell shares of class A common stock to B. Riley as principal for its own account at a price agreed upon at the time of sale. If we sell class A common stock to B. Riley as principal, we will enter into a separate terms agreement with B. Riley, and we will describe that agreement in a separate prospectus supplement or pricing supplement.
We will pay B. Riley commissions for its services in acting as sales agent in the sale of our class A common stock. B. Riley will be entitled to compensation in an amount equal to up to 3.0% of the gross proceeds of all class A common stock sold through it as sales agent under the sales agreement. We have also agreed to reimburse B. Riley for actual outside legal expenses incurred by B. Riley in connection with this offering, including B. Rileys counsel fees initially in an amount up to $60,000, plus an additional amount of $10,000 for each quarterly period thereafter. We estimate that the total expenses for this offering, excluding compensation payable to B. Riley under the terms of the sales agreement, will be approximately $500,000.
Settlement for sales of our class A common stock will occur on the second trading day following the date on which any sales are made, or on some other date that is agreed upon by us and B. Riley in connection with a particular transaction, in return for payment of the net proceeds to us. There is no arrangement for funds to be received in an escrow, trust or similar arrangement.
We will report at least quarterly the number of shares of our class A common stock sold through B. Riley, as sales agent, under the sales agreement, the net proceeds to us and the compensation paid by us to B. Riley in connection with any sales.
In connection with the sale of our class A common stock on our behalf, B. Riley will be deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act, and the compensation paid by us to B. Riley will be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts. We have agreed to indemnify B. Riley against specified liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and to contribute to payments that B. Riley may be required to make because of such liabilities.
The offering of the shares of class A common stock pursuant to the sales agreement will terminate upon the earlier of (i) the sale of the dollar amount of shares of class A common stock subject to the sales agreement or (ii) the termination of the sales agreement as permitted therein.
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Other Relationships
B. Riley and its affiliates have from time to time provided, and may in the future provide, various investment banking, commercial banking, fiduciary and advisory services for us for which they have received, and may in the future receive, customary fees and expenses. B. Riley and its affiliates may from time to time engage in other transactions with and perform services for us in the ordinary course of their business.
In the ordinary course of its various business activities, B. Riley and certain of its affiliates actively trade debt and equity securities (or related derivative securities) and financial instruments for their own account and for the accounts of their customers, and such investment and securities activities may involve securities and/or instruments of the Company or our affiliates. B. Riley and certain of its affiliates may also communicate independent investment recommendations, market color or trading ideas and/or publish or express independent research views in respect of such securities or instruments and may at any time hold, or recommend to clients that they acquire, long and/or short positions in such securities and instruments.
The principal business address of B. Riley is 299 Park Avenue, 21st Floor, New York, New York 10171.
Conflict of Interest
On March 18, 2022, we issued a secured promissory note, as borrower, in favor of B. Riley Commercial Capital, LLC, an affiliate of B. Riley. With respect to any portion of the net proceeds from this offering we use to repay borrowings outstanding under such secured promissory note, B. Riley Principal Capital, LLC will receive any amount of the secured promissory note that is repaid with the net proceeds from this offering, and as such, B. Riley will have a conflict of interest in this offering of class A common stock within the meaning of FINRA Rule 5121. Consequently, this offering of class A common stock will be conducted in compliance with the provisions of FINRA Rule 5121. Due to this conflict of interest, Northland is acting as a qualified independent underwriter in accordance with FINRA Rule 5121, which requires, among other things, that a qualified independent underwriter participate in the preparation of, and exercise the usual standards of due diligence with respect to the registration statement and this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. Northland will not receive any additional compensation for acting as a qualified independent underwriter. We have agreed to indemnify Northland for acting as a qualified independent underwriter against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act and to contribute to payments that Northland may be required to make for these liabilities. In addition, B. Riley will not make sales of shares in this offering to any of its discretionary accounts without receiving the specific prior written approval of the account holder and retaining such approval in its records.
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MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS FOR NON-U.S. HOLDERS
The following is a summary of the material U.S. federal income and estate tax consequences of the ownership and disposition of our class A common stock. This summary is limited to Non-U.S. Holders (as defined below) that hold our class A common stock as a capital asset (generally, property held for investment) for U.S. federal income tax purposes. This summary does not discuss all of the aspects of U.S. federal income and estate taxation that may be relevant to a Non-U.S. Holder in light of the Non-U.S. Holders particular investment or other circumstances. Accordingly, all prospective Non-U.S. Holders should consult their own tax advisors with respect to the U.S. federal, state, local and non-U.S. tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of our class A common stock.
This summary is based on provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), applicable U.S. Treasury regulations and administrative and judicial interpretations, all as in effect or in existence on the date of this prospectus supplement. Subsequent developments in U.S. federal income or estate tax law, including changes in law or differing interpretations, which may be applied retroactively, could alter the U.S. federal income and estate tax consequences of owning and disposing of our class A common stock as described in this summary. There can be no assurance that Internal Revenue Service (the IRS) will not take a contrary position with respect to one or more of the tax consequences described herein and we have not obtained, nor do we intend to obtain, a ruling from the IRS with respect to the U.S. federal income or estate tax consequences of the purchase, ownership or disposition of our class A common stock.
As used in this summary, the term Non-U.S. Holder means a beneficial owner of our class A common stock that is not, for U.S. federal income tax purposes:
| an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States; |
| a corporation (or other entity treated as a corporation) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, or the District of Columbia; |
| an estate whose income is includible in gross income for U.S. federal income tax purposes regardless of its source; or |
| a trust, if (1) a U.S. court is able to exercise primary supervision over the trusts administration and one or more United States persons (within the meaning of the Code) has the authority to control all of the trusts substantial decisions, or (2) the trust has a valid election in effect under applicable U.S. Treasury regulations to be treated as a United States person. |
If an entity or arrangement treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes holds our class A common stock, the tax treatment of a partner in such a partnership generally will depend upon the status of the partner, the activities of the partnership and certain determinations made at the partner level. Partnerships, and partners in partnerships, that hold class A common stock should consult their own tax advisors as to the particular U.S. federal income and estate tax consequences of purchasing, owning and disposing of our class A common stock that are applicable to them.
This summary does not consider any specific facts or circumstances that may apply to a Non-U.S. Holder and does not address any special tax rules that may apply to particular Non-U.S. Holders, such as:
| a Non-U.S. Holder that is a financial institution, insurance company, regulated investment company, tax-exempt organization, pension plan, broker, dealer or trader in stocks, securities or currencies, U.S. expatriate, controlled foreign corporation or passive foreign investment company; |
| a Non-U.S. Holder holding class A common stock as part of a conversion, constructive sale, wash sale or other integrated transaction or a hedge, straddle or synthetic security; |
| a Non-U.S. Holder whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar; |
| a Non-U.S. Holder that holds or receives class A common stock pursuant to the exercise of any employee stock option or otherwise as compensation; or |
| a Non-U.S. Holder that at any time owns, directly, indirectly or constructively, 5% or more of our outstanding class A common stock. |
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In addition, this summary does not address any U.S. state or local, or non-U.S. or other tax consequences, or any U.S. federal income or estate tax consequences for beneficial owners of a Non-U.S. Holder, including stockholders of a controlled foreign corporation or passive foreign investment company that holds class A common stock.
THIS DISCUSSION IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT TAX ADVICE. INVESTORS SHOULD CONSULT THEIR TAX ADVISORS WITH RESPECT TO THE APPLICATION OF THE U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX LAWS TO THEIR PARTICULAR SITUATIONS, AS WELL AS ANY TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE PURCHASE, OWNERSHIP, AND DISPOSITION OF OUR CLASS A COMMON STOCK ARISING UNDER THE U.S. FEDERAL ESTATE OR GIFT TAX LAWS OR UNDER THE LAWS OF ANY STATE, LOCAL OR NON-U.S. TAXING JURISDICTION OR UNDER ANY APPLICABLE INCOME TAX TREATY.
Distributions on Our Class A Common Stock
If we make distributions of cash or property (other than certain pro rata distributions of class A common stock) with respect to our class A common stock, any such distributions generally will constitute dividends for U.S. federal income tax purposes to the extent paid from our current or accumulated earnings and profits, as determined under U.S. federal income tax principles and will be subject to withholding tax at a 30% rate or such lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty. A Non-U.S. Holder who claims the benefit of an applicable income tax treaty between the United States and such holders country of residence generally will be required to provide a properly executed IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E (or successor form) and satisfy applicable certification and other requirements. A Non-U.S. Holder that is eligible for a reduced rate of U.S. withholding tax under an income tax treaty may generally obtain a refund or credit of any excess amounts withheld by timely filing an appropriate claim with the IRS. Non-U.S. Holders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding their entitlement to benefits under a relevant income tax treaty.
Dividends that are treated as effectively connected with a trade or business conducted by a Non-U.S. Holder within the United States and, if an applicable income tax treaty so provides, that are attributable to a permanent establishment or a fixed base maintained by the Non-U.S. Holder within the United States are generally exempt from the 30% withholding tax if the Non-U.S. Holder satisfies applicable certification and disclosure requirements. However, such U.S. effectively connected income is taxed on a net income basis at the same U.S. federal income tax rates applicable to United States persons (as defined in the Code). Any U.S. effectively connected income received by a Non-U.S. Holder that is a corporation may also, under certain circumstances, be subject to an additional branch profits tax at a 30% rate or such lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty between the United States and such holders country of residence.
If the amount of a distribution exceeds our current and accumulated earnings and profits, such excess first will be treated as a tax-free return of capital to the extent of a Non-U.S. Holders adjusted tax basis in its shares of our class A common stock, and thereafter will be treated as capital gain from a disposition of class A common stock subject to the tax treatment described below in Dispositions of Our class A common stock.
The foregoing discussion is subject to the discussions below under Backup Withholding and Information Reporting and FATCA Withholding.
Disposition of Our Class A Common Stock
We believe that we may be a United States real property holding corporation. Generally, a corporation is a United States real property holding corporation if the fair market value of its United States real property interests equals or exceeds 50% of the sum of the fair market value of its worldwide real property interests and its other assets used or held for use in a trade or business. Notwithstanding our potential status as a United States real property holding corporation, a Non-U.S. Holder generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax (including U.S. withholding tax) on gain recognized on any sale or other disposition of our class A common stock unless:
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| the gain is effectively connected with the Non-U.S. Holders conduct of a trade or business in the United States and, if an applicable income tax treaty so provides, the gain is attributable to a permanent establishment or fixed base maintained by the Non-U.S. Holder in the United States; in these cases, the Non-U.S. Holder will be taxed on a net income basis at the same U.S. federal income tax rates applicable to United States persons (as defined in the Code), and if the Non-U.S. Holder is a foreign corporation, an additional branch profits tax at a 30% rate, or such lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty, may also apply; |
| the Non-U.S. Holder is a nonresident alien present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year of the disposition and certain other requirements are met, in which case the Non-U.S. Holder will be subject to a 30% tax (or such lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty) on the net gain derived from the disposition, which may be offset by U.S.-source capital losses of the Non-U.S. Holder, if any; provided the Non-U.S. Holder has timely filed U.S. federal income tax returns with respect to such losses; or |
| if we were a United States real property holding corporation, the Non-U.S. Holder actually or constructively owns more than five percent of our class A common stock at any time during the shorter of the five-year period ending on the date of disposition or the period that the Non-U.S. Holder held our class A common stock, provided that our class A common stock is regularly traded on an established securities market, within the meaning of Section 897 of the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations, during the calendar year in which the sale or other disposition occurs. |
The foregoing discussion is subject to the discussions below under Backup Withholding and Information Reporting and FATCA Withholding.
Federal Estate Tax
Our class A common stock that is owned (or treated as owned) by an individual who is not a U.S. citizen or resident of the United States (as specially defined for U.S. federal estate tax purposes) at the time of death will be included in the individuals gross estate for U.S. federal estate tax purposes, unless an applicable estate tax or other treaty provides otherwise and, therefore, may be subject to U.S. federal estate tax.
Backup Withholding and Information Reporting
Generally, distributions in respect of our class A common stock to a Non-U.S. Holder and the amount of any tax withheld from such payments must be reported annually to the IRS and to the Non-U.S. Holder. Copies of these information returns may be made available by the IRS to the tax authorities of the country in which the Non-U.S. Holder is a resident under the provisions of an applicable income tax treaty. Under certain circumstances, backup withholding of U.S. federal income tax may apply to distributions in respect of our class A common stock to a Non-U.S. Holder if the Non-U.S. Holder fails to certify under penalties of perjury that it is not a United States person.
Payments of the proceeds of the sale or other disposition of our class A common stock to or through a foreign office of a U.S. broker or of a foreign broker with certain specified U.S. connections will be subject to information reporting requirements, but generally not backup withholding, unless (i) the broker has evidence in its records that the payee is not a United States person, and the broker has no actual knowledge or reason to know to the contrary or (ii) the payee otherwise establishes an exemption. Payments of the proceeds of a sale or other disposition of our class A common stock to or through the U.S. office of a broker will be subject to information reporting and backup withholding unless the payee certifies under penalties of perjury that it is not a United States person (and the payor has no actual knowledge or reason to know to the contrary) or otherwise establishes an exemption.
Any amount withheld under the backup withholding rules generally will be allowed as a refund or credit against a Non-U.S. Holders U.S. federal income tax liability (if any); provided that the required information is timely furnished to the IRS. Non-U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisors about the filing of a U.S. federal income tax return in order to obtain a refund.
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FATCA Withholding
Non-U.S. Holders should be aware that, under Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code (FATCA), a 30% withholding tax will be imposed on certain payments (which could include distributions in respect of our class A common stock) to a foreign entity if such entity fails to satisfy certain disclosure and reporting rules that in general require that (i) in the case of a foreign financial entity, the entity or a related entity register with the IRS and identify and provide information in respect of financial accounts with such entity held (directly or indirectly) by United States persons and United States owned foreign entities, and (ii) in the case of a non-financial foreign entity, the entity identify and provide information in respect of substantial United States owners of such entity. Foreign entities that hold our class A common stock generally will be subject to this tax unless they certify on an applicable IRS Form W-8 (generally, IRS Form W-8BEN-E) that they comply with, or are deemed to comply with, or are exempted from the application of, these rules.
Various requirements and exceptions are provided under FATCA and additional requirements and exceptions may be provided in subsequent guidance. Further, the United States has entered into many intergovernmental agreements (IGAs) with foreign governments relating to the implementation of, and information sharing under, FATCA and such IGAs may alter one or more of the FATCA information reporting rules.
Under certain circumstances, a Non-U.S. Holder might be eligible for refunds or credits of such taxes. Holders are encouraged to consult with their tax advisors regarding the possible implications of FATCA on their investment in our class A common stock.
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Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York, New York will issue opinions about the validity of the class A common stock and various legal matters in connection with the offering on our behalf. An investment vehicle comprised of certain partners of Shearman & Sterling LLP, members of their families and other related persons has an interest in us representing less than 0.25% of our aggregate capital stock. Certain legal matters in connection with the class A common stock offered hereby will be passed upon for the sales agent by Duane Morris LLP, New York, New York.
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Our consolidated financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 incorporated by reference herein, have been audited by Armanino, LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their report, incorporated by reference herein, and are included in reliance upon the report given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
The consolidated financial statements of Support.com as of and for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 incorporated by reference herein, have been audited by Plante & Moran, PLLC, an independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their report, which is incorporated by reference herein, and are included in reliance upon the report given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act, with respect to the securities covered by this prospectus supplement. This prospectus supplement, which constitutes a part of the registration statement, does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement, some of which is contained in exhibits to the registration statement as permitted by the rules and regulations of the SEC. For further information with respect to us and our class A common stock, we refer you to the registration statement, including the exhibits filed as a part of the registration statement. Statements contained in this prospectus supplement concerning the contents of any contract or any other document are not necessarily complete. If a contract or document has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement, please see the copy of the contract or document that has been filed. Each statement in this prospectus supplement relating to a contract or document filed as an exhibit is qualified in all respects by the filed exhibit. You may obtain copies of this information by mail from the public reference room of the SEC at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549, at prescribed rates. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for more information about the operation of the Public Reference Room. The SEC also maintains an Internet website that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding issuers, like us, that file electronically with the SEC. The address of that website is http://www.sec.gov.
We are subject to the informational requirements of the Exchange Act, and, in accordance with the Exchange Act, file reports, proxy and information statements and other information with the SEC. Such annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy and information statements and other information can be inspected and copied at the locations set forth above. We make available free of charge on or through our website, www.greenidge.com, our filings with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with, or furnish it to, the SEC. We make our website content available for information purposes only. Information contained on, or accessible through, our website is not incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement and does not constitute a part of this prospectus supplement.
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DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference certain of the information that we file with it after the date of the filing of the registration statement of which this prospectus supplement forms a part, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to the documents containing that information. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this prospectus supplement, and later information that we file with the SEC will automatically update and supersede this information.
The documents listed below and any future filings made by us with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (excluding any information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 on any Current Report on Form 8-K and exhibits filed on such form that are related to such items unless such Form 8-K expressly provides to the contrary), including all such documents we may file with the SEC after the date on which the registration statement that includes this prospectus supplement was initially filed with the SEC and prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement and all such documents we may file with the SEC after the effectiveness of the registration statement, are incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement until the termination of the offering under this registration statement:
| our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed on March 31, 2022; |
| our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2022 and June 30, 2022, filed on May 16, 2022 and August 15, 2022, respectively; |
| Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Statements of Operations of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2021, and the notes thereto, contained in our Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on April 1, 2022 and our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on March 24, 2022, April 8, 2022, April 14, 2022 and September 7, 2022; |
| the description of our class A common stock set forth under the heading Description of Securities in our prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 on August 10, 2021; and |
| Financial Statements of Support.com, Inc. contained in Exhibit 99.2 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 15, 2021 (Acc-no: 0001193125-21-273493). |
We will provide a copy of these filings (including certain exhibits that are specifically incorporated by reference therein) to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom a prospectus supplement is delivered. You may request a copy of any or all of these filings at no cost, by writing or calling us at:
Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc.
Attention: Investor Relations
135 Rennell Drive, 3rd Floor
Fairfield, CT 06890
(315) 536-2359
Copies of certain information filed by us with the SEC, including our Annual Report and Quarterly Reports, are also available on our website at www.greenidge.com. Information contained on our website or accessible through our website is not incorporated by reference herein.
You should read the information relating to us in this prospectus supplement together with the information in the documents incorporated by reference. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to incorporate information furnished, but not filed, with the SEC.
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Up to $22,800,000
Class A Common Stock
PROSPECTUS
B. Riley Securities | Northland Capital Markets |
, 2022
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 14. | Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution. |
Set forth below are the expenses (other than underwriting discounts and commissions) expected to be incurred in connection with the offering of the securities registered hereby.
SEC registration fee |
$ | 9,270 | ||
Accounting fees and expenses |
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* | These fees are calculated based on the number of issuances and amount of securities offered and accordingly cannot be estimated at this time. |
Item 15. | Indemnification of Directors and Officers. |
Section 145 of the DGCL provides that a corporation may indemnify directors and officers as well as other employees and individuals against expenses, including attorneys fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection with specified actions, suits and proceedings whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, other than a derivative action by or in the right of the corporation, if they acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. A similar standard is applicable in the case of derivative actions, except that indemnification extends only to expenses, including attorneys fees, incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such action and the statute requires court approval before there can be any indemnification where the person seeking indemnification has been found liable to the corporation. The statute provides that it is not exclusive of other indemnification that may be granted by a corporations certificate of incorporation, bylaws, disinterested director vote, stockholder vote, agreement or otherwise.
Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide for indemnification of directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by law, including payment of expenses in advance of resolution of any such matter.
We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and executive officers. These agreements, among other things, require us to indemnify each director and executive officer to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, including indemnification expenses such as attorneys fees, judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by the director or executive officer in any action or proceeding, including any action or proceeding by or in right of us, arising out of the persons services as a director or executive officer.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling Greenidge under the foregoing provisions, we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
Greenidge may enter into one or more underwriting agreements which provide that the underwriters will be obligated, under some circumstances, to indemnify our directors, officers and controlling persons against specified liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
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Item 16. | Exhibits. |
The following documents are filed as exhibits to this registration statement, including those exhibits incorporated herein by reference to a prior filing of Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc. under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act as indicated in parentheses:
** | Filed herewith. |
+ | Certain schedules and exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) or Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. We hereby undertake to furnish copies of the omitted schedule or exhibit upon request by the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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Item 17. | Undertakings. |
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(a) | To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: |
(i) | To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; |
(ii) | To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the Calculation of Registration Fee table in the effective registration statement; |
(iii) | To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement; |
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(i), (a)(ii) and (a)(iii) 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 Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 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.
(b) | That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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. |
(c) | 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. |
(d) | That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser: |
(i) 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
(ii) 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.
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(e) | That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant 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: |
(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii) 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;
(iii) 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
(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, each filing of the registrants annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plans annual report pursuant to 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.
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 Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that:
(1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b) (1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.
(2) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus 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.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Fairfield, Connecticut on September 19, 2022.
GREENIDGE GENERATION HOLDINGS INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Jeffrey E. Kirt | |
Jeffrey E. Kirt | ||
Chief Executive Officer |
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Jeffrey E. Kirt, Robert Loughran and Terence A. Burke, and each of them, 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, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this registration statement, and any registration statement relating to the offering covered by this registration statement and filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys in fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated below as of September 19, 2022.
Signature | Title | |||
/s/ Jeffrey E. Kirt Jeffrey E. Kirt |
Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Director |
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/s/ Robert Loughran Robert Loughran |
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Principal Accounting Officer) |
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/s/ George (Ted) Rogers George (Ted) Rogers |
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors |
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/s/ Timothy Fazio Timothy Fazio |
Chairman of the Board of Directors |
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/s/ Jerome Lay Jerome Lay |
Director |
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/s/ Andrew M. Bursky Andrew M. Bursky |
Director |
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/s/ Timothy Lowe Timothy Lowe |
Director |
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/s/ Daniel Rothaupt Daniel Rothaupt |
Director |
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/s/ David Filippelli David Filippelli |
Director |
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/s/ Michael Neuscheler Michael Neuscheler |
Director |
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Exhibit 1.1
GREENIDGE GENERATION HOLDINGS INC.
COMMON STOCK
At Market Issuance Sales Agreement
September 19, 2022
B. Riley Securities, Inc.
299 Park Avenue, 21st Floor
New York, New York 10171
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), confirms its agreement (this Agreement) with B. Riley Securities, Inc. (BRS) as follows:
1. Issuance and Sale of the Common Stock. The Company agrees that, from time to time during the term of this Agreement, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, it may issue and sell through BRS the Companys Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the Common Stock and such shares of Common Stock sold pursuant to this Agreement, the Placement Shares); provided, however, that in no event shall the Company issue or sell through BRS such number of Placement Shares that exceeds the lesser of (a) the number or dollar amount of shares of Common Stock registered on the effective Registration Statement (defined below) pursuant to which the offering is being made, (b) the number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock (less shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise, conversion, or exchange of any outstanding securities of the Company or otherwise reserved from the Companys authorized capital stock), (c) the number or dollar amount of shares of Common Stock permitted to be sold under Form S-3 (including General Instruction I.B.6 thereof, if applicable) or (d) the number or dollar amount of shares of Common Stock for which the Company has filed a Prospectus Supplement (as defined below) (the lesser of (a), (b), (c) and (d), the Maximum Amount). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the parties hereto agree that compliance with the limitations set forth in this Section 1 on the number or dollar amount of Placement Shares that may be issued and sold under this Agreement shall be the sole responsibility of the Company and that BRS shall have no obligation in connection with such compliance, provided that BRS strictly follows the trading instructions provided pursuant to any Placement Notice (as defined below), including, without limitation, not selling in excess of the number of Placement Shares specified in any Placement Notice. The issuance and sale of Placement Shares through BRS will be effected pursuant to the Registration Statement filed by the Company and which will be declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission), although nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as requiring the Company to use the Registration Statement to issue any Placement Shares.
The Company hereby confirms its engagement of Northland Securities, Inc. (the QIU), and the QIU hereby confirms its agreement with the Company to render services as, a qualified independent underwriter, within the meaning of Section (f)(12) of Rule 5121 of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) with respect to the offering and sale of the Placement Shares (as defined below). The QIU hereby consents to the reference to it as set forth under the heading Plan of Distribution (Conflicts of Interest) in the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto.
The Company will file, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the Securities Act), with the Commission, a registration statement on Form S-3, including a base prospectus, relating to certain securities, including the shares of Common Stock to be issued from time to time by the Company, and which incorporates by reference documents that the Company has filed or will file in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the Exchange Act). The Company has also prepared a prospectus or a prospectus supplement to the base prospectus included as part of the Registration Statement, which prospectus or prospectus supplement specifically relates to the Placement Shares (the Prospectus Supplement). The Company will furnish to BRS, for use by BRS, copies of the prospectus included as part of the Registration Statement, as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement relating to the Placement Shares to be issued from time to time by the Company. The Company may file one or more additional registration statements from time to time that will contain a base prospectus and related prospectus or prospectus supplement, if applicable (which shall be a Prospectus Supplement), with respect to the Placement Shares. Except where the context otherwise requires, such registration statement(s), including all documents filed as part thereof or incorporated by reference therein, and including any information contained in a Prospectus (as defined below) subsequently filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) or Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act or deemed to be a part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B of the Securities Act, is herein called the Registration Statement. The base prospectus or base prospectuses, including all documents incorporated therein by reference, included in the Registration Statement, as it may be supplemented, if necessary, by the Prospectus Supplement, in the form in which such prospectus or prospectuses and/or Prospectus Supplement have most recently been filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, together with the then issued Issuer Free Writing Prospectus(es) (as defined below) is herein called the Prospectus. Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, any Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents, if any, incorporated by reference therein (the Incorporated Documents), including, unless the context otherwise requires, the documents, if any, filed as exhibits to such Incorporated Documents. Any reference herein to the terms amend, amendment or supplement with respect to the Registration Statement, any Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document pursuant to the Exchange Act on or after the most recent effective date of the Registration Statement, or the date of the Prospectus Supplement, Prospectus or such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, and incorporated by reference therein. Issuer Free Writing Prospectus means any issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act, relating to the Placement Shares that (1) is required to be filed with the Commission by the Company, (2) is a road show that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i) whether or not required to be filed with the Commission, or (3) is exempt from filing pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Placement Shares or of the offering that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Companys records pursuant to Rule 433(g) under the Securities Act.
For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or to any amendment or supplement thereto shall be deemed to include the most recent copy filed with the Commission through its Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval System, or if applicable, the Interactive Data Electronic Applications system when used by the Commission (collectively, EDGAR).
2. Placements. Each time that the Company wishes to issue and sell Placement Shares hereunder (each, a Placement), it will notify BRS by electronic mail (or other method mutually agreed to in writing by the parties) of the aggregate number of Placement Shares to be sold, the time period during which sales are requested to be made, any limitation on the aggregate number of Placement Shares that may be sold in any one day and any minimum price below which sales may not be made (a Placement Notice), the form of which is attached hereto as Schedule 1. The Placement Notice shall originate from any of the individuals from the Company set forth on Schedule 3 (with a copy to each of the other individuals from the Company listed on such schedule), and shall be addressed to each of the individuals from BRS set forth on Schedule 3, as such Schedule 3 may be amended from time to time. The Placement Notice shall be effective immediately upon receipt by BRS unless and until (i) BRS declines in writing to accept the terms contained therein for any reason, in its sole discretion, (ii) the entire number of the Placement Shares thereunder has been sold, (iii) the Company suspends or terminates the Placement Notice, which suspension and termination rights may be exercised by the Company in its sole discretion, (iv) the Company issues a subsequent Placement Notice and explicitly indicates that its parameters supersede those contained in the earlier dated Placement Notice or (v) this Agreement has been terminated under the provisions of Section 13. The amount of any discount, commission or other compensation to be paid by the Company to BRS in connection with the sale of the Placement Shares shall be calculated in accordance with the terms set forth in Schedule 2. It is expressly acknowledged and agreed that neither the Company nor BRS will have any obligation whatsoever with respect to a Placement or any Placement Shares unless and until the Company delivers a Placement Notice to BRS and BRS does not decline such Placement Notice pursuant to the terms set forth above, and then only upon the terms specified therein and herein. In the event of a conflict between the terms of Sections 2 or 3 of this Agreement and the terms of a Placement Notice, the terms of the Placement Notice will control.
3. Sale of Placement Shares by BRS. On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, upon BRSs acceptance of the terms of a Placement Notice, and unless the sale of the Placement Shares described therein has been declined, suspended, or otherwise terminated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, BRS, for the period specified in the Placement Notice, will use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales practices and applicable state and federal laws, rules and regulations and the rules of The Nasdaq Global Select Market (the Exchange) and FINRA, to sell the Placement Shares not exceeding the number of Placement Shares specified in, and otherwise in accordance with the terms of, such Placement Notice. BRS will provide written confirmation to the Company (including by email correspondence to all the individuals from the Company set forth on Schedule 3) as soon as practicable after the closing of the Trading Day (as defined below) on which it has made sales of Placement Shares hereunder setting forth the number of Placement Shares sold on such day, the compensation payable by the Company to BRS pursuant to Section 2 with respect to such sales, and the Net Proceeds (as defined below) payable to the Company, with an itemization of the deductions made by BRS (as set forth in Section 5(b)) from the gross proceeds that it receives from such sales. Subject to the terms of a Placement Notice, BRS may sell Placement Shares by any method permitted by law deemed to be an at the market offering as defined in Rule 415 of the Securities Act. BRS shall not purchase Placement Shares for its own account as principal unless expressly authorized to do so by the Company in a Placement Notice. During the term of this Agreement and notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, BRS agrees that in no event will it or any affiliate engage in any market making, bidding, stabilization or other trading activity with regard to the Common Stock if such activity would be prohibited under Regulation M or other anti-manipulation rules under the Securities Act. For purposes hereof, Trading Day means any day on which shares of Common Stock are purchased and sold on the Exchange. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, nothing herein restricts, prohibits or limits the ability of the Company from engaging in any other transaction, including but not limited to, an underwritten public offering of the Common Stock or related to its securities.
4. Suspension of Sales. The Company or BRS may, upon notice to the other party in writing (including by email correspondence to each of the individuals of the other party set forth on Schedule 3, if receipt of such correspondence is actually acknowledged by any of the individuals to whom the notice is sent, other than via auto-reply) or by telephone (confirmed immediately by verifiable facsimile transmission or email correspondence to each of the individuals of the other party set forth on Schedule 3), suspend any sale of Placement Shares (a Suspension); provided, however, that such Suspension shall not affect or impair any partys obligations with respect to any Placement Shares sold hereunder prior to the receipt of such notice. While a Suspension is in effect, any obligation under Sections 7(l), 7(m), and 7(n) with respect to the delivery of certificates, opinions, or comfort letters to BRS, shall be waived. Each of the parties agrees that no such notice under this Section 4 shall be effective against any other party unless it is made to one of the individuals named on Schedule 3 hereto, as such Schedule may be amended from time to time.
5. Sale and Delivery to BRS; Settlement.
a. Sale of Placement Shares. The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) there can be no assurance that BRS will be successful in selling Placement Shares, (ii) BRS will incur no liability or obligation to the Company or any other person or entity if it does not sell Placement Shares for any reason other than a failure by BRS to use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales practices and applicable state and federal laws, rules and regulations and the rules of the Exchange to sell such Placement Shares as required under this Agreement and (iii) BRS shall be under no obligation to purchase Placement Shares on a principal basis pursuant to this Agreement, except as otherwise agreed by BRS and the Company.
b. Settlement of Placement Shares. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Placement Notice, settlement for sales of Placement Shares will occur on the second (2nd) Trading Day (or such earlier day as is industry practice for regular-way trading) following the date on which such sales are made (each, a Settlement Date). BRS shall notify the Company of each sale of Placement Shares as soon as practicable after the closing of the Trading Day on which it sold the Placement Shares. The amount of proceeds to be delivered to the Company on a Settlement Date against receipt of the Placement Shares sold (the Net Proceeds) will be equal to the aggregate sales price received by BRS, after deduction for (i) BRSs commission, discount or other compensation for such sales payable by the Company pursuant to Section 2 hereof, and (ii) any transaction fees imposed by any governmental or self-regulatory organization in respect of such sales.
c. Delivery of Placement Shares. On or before each Settlement Date, the Company will, or will cause its transfer agent to, electronically transfer the Placement Shares being sold by crediting BRSs or its designees account (provided BRS shall have given the Company written notice of such designee and such designees account information at least two Trading Days prior to the Settlement Date) at The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit and Withdrawal at Custodian System or by such other means of delivery as may be mutually agreed upon by the parties hereto which in all cases shall be freely tradable, transferable, registered shares of Common Stock in good deliverable form. On each Settlement Date, BRS will deliver the related Net Proceeds in same day funds to an account designated by the Company on, or prior to, the Settlement Date. The Company agrees that if the Company defaults in its obligation to deliver Placement Shares on a Settlement Date through no fault of BRS, then in addition to and in no way limiting the rights and obligations set forth in Section 11(a) hereto, it will (i) hold BRS harmless against any loss, claim, damage, or reasonable, documented expense (including reasonable and documented legal fees and expenses), as incurred, arising out of or in connection with such default by the Company or its transfer agent (if applicable) and (ii) pay to BRS (without duplication) any commission, discount, or other compensation to which it would otherwise have been entitled absent such default.
d. Limitations on Offering Size. Under no circumstances shall the Company cause or request the offer or sale of any Placement Shares if, after giving effect to the sale of such Placement Shares, the aggregate number of Placement Shares sold pursuant to this Agreement would exceed the Maximum Amount. Under no circumstances shall the Company cause or request the offer or sale of any Placement Shares pursuant to this Agreement at a price lower than the minimum price authorized from time to time by the board of directors of the Company (including any duly authorized committee thereof, the Board) , and notified to BRS in writing.
6. Representations and Warranties of the Company. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement or Prospectus, the Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with BRS that as of the date of this Agreement and as of (i) each Representation Date and (ii) the time of each sale of any Placement Shares pursuant to this Agreement (each Applicable Time), unless such representation, warranty or agreement specifies a different date or time:
a. Assuming no act or omission on the part of BRS that would make this statement untrue, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement meet the requirements for and comply with the applicable conditions for the use of Form S-3 under the Securities Act. The Registration Statement will be filed with the Commission and will be declared effective by the Commission under the Securities Act prior to the issuance of any Placement Notices by the Company. The Prospectus Supplement will name BRS as the agent in the section entitled Plan of Distribution. The Company has not received, and has no notice of, any order of the Commission preventing or suspending the use of the Registration Statement, or threatening or instituting proceedings for that purpose. The Registration Statement and the offer and sale of Placement Shares as contemplated hereby meet the requirements of, and comply in all material respects with, Rule 415 under the Securities Act. Any statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement have been so described in all material respects or filed, as applicable. Copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, and any such amendments or supplements and all documents incorporated by reference therein that were filed with the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement have been delivered, or are available through EDGAR, to BRS and its counsel. The Company has not distributed and, prior to the later to occur of each Settlement Date and completion of the distribution of the Placement Shares, will not distribute any offering material in connection with the offering or sale of the Placement Shares other than the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below) to which BRS has consented, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, or that is required by applicable law or the listing maintenance requirements of the Exchange. The Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof, received notice from the Exchange to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of the Exchange. To the Companys knowledge, the Company is in compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements of the Exchange.
b. The Registration Statement, when it became or becomes effective, and the Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, on the date of such Prospectus or amendment or supplement, conformed and will conform in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act. At each Settlement Date, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as of such date, will conform in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act. The Registration Statement, when it became or becomes effective, did not, and will not, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The Prospectus and any amendment and supplement thereto, on the date thereof and at each Applicable Time, did not or will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus did not, and any further documents filed and incorporated by reference therein will not, when filed with the Commission, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated in such document or necessary to make the statements in such document, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The foregoing shall not apply to, and the Company neither makes nor shall make any representation or warranty in respect of, statements in, or omissions from, any such document made in reliance upon, and in conformity with, information furnished to the Company by BRS specifically for use in the preparation thereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the representations and warranties set forth in this Section 6(b) shall not be made by the Company as of the date of this Agreement.
c. The Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, and the Incorporated Documents, when such documents were or are filed with the Commission under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or became or become effective under the Securities Act, as the case may be, conformed or will conform in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable.
d. The Company is not an ineligible issuer in connection with the offering pursuant to Rules 164, 405 and 433 under the Securities Act. Any free writing prospectus that the Company is required to file pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act has been, or will be, filed with the Commission in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Each free writing prospectus that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act or that was prepared by or on behalf of or used or referred to by the Company complies or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Except for the free writing prospectuses, if any, furnished to BRS before first use, the Company has not prepared, used or referred to, and will not, without BRSs prior consent, prepare, use or refer to, any free writing prospectus.
e. (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement and (ii) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), the Company met the then applicable requirements for use of Form S-3 under the Securities Act, including compliance with General Instruction I.B.1 or General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3, as applicable. As of the close of trading on the Exchange on the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of this Agreement, the aggregate market value of the outstanding voting and non-voting common equity (as defined in Rule 405) of the Company held by persons other than affiliates of the Company (pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act, those that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, control, or are controlled by, or are under common control with, the Company) (the Non-Affiliate Shares), was approximately $68.6 million (calculated by multiplying (x) the closing price of the common equity of the Company on the Exchange on August 15, 2022 times (y) the number of Non-Affiliate Shares as of September 16, 2022). The Company is not a shell company (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) and has not been a shell company for at least 12 calendar months previously and if it has been a shell company at any time previously, has filed current Form 10 information (as defined in General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3) with the Commission at least 12 calendar months previously reflecting its status as an entity that is not a shell company.
f. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other legal entity in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of its properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification and has all corporate power and authority necessary to own or hold its properties and to conduct the businesses in which each is engaged as described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus, except where the failure to so qualify or have such power or authority would not reasonably be expected to (i) have, singularly or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, results of operations, assets, or business of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) impair in any material respect the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement or to consummate any transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (any such effect as described in clauses (i) or (ii), a Material Adverse Effect).
g. The Company has the full right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and perform its obligations under this Agreement.
h. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
i. The shares of Common Stock have been duly authorized by the Company and when the shares of Common Stock are issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the shares of Common Stock will be validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and non-assessable, not subject to any preemptive or other similar rights, will conform as to legal matters in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
j. All issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company outstanding prior to the issuance of the Placement Shares are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and were issued in compliance in all material respects with United States federal and applicable state securities laws. All of the Companys options, warrants and other rights to purchase or exchange any securities for shares of the Companys capital stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and were issued in compliance in all material respects with United States federal and applicable state securities laws. None of the outstanding shares of capital stock was issued in violation of any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities of the Company.
k. The membership interests, capital stock, partnership interests or other similar equity interests, as applicable, of each subsidiary, have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and, except to the extent set forth in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, or would not individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, are owned by the Company directly, free and clear of any claim, lien, encumbrance, security interest, restriction upon voting or transfer or any other claim of any third party.
l. The execution and delivery by the Company of, and the performance by the Company of its obligations under, this Agreement will not contravene any provision of applicable law or the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or any agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company or any of its subsidiaries that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary, and no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental body, agency or court is required for the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement, except such as may be required by (i) the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, or (ii) the bylaws, rules and regulations of FINRA or the Exchange.
m. There has not occurred any development that resulted in or involving a Material Adverse Effect.
n. There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or to the knowledge of the Company, threatened to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any of the properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject i) other than proceedings accurately described in all material respects in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and proceedings that would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the power or ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or ii) that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and are not so described; and there are no statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described or filed as required, except, in each case, that would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
o. The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Placement Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in each of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will not be, required to register as an investment company as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the Investment Company Act).
p. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect(a) the Company and each of its subsidiaries, other than Support.com, Inc. (Support), is and at all times has been in compliance with all Environmental Laws; (b) the Company and each of its subsidiaries, other than Support holds and is in compliance with all Environmental Permits required for the operation of their respective businesses; (c) there has been no Release, on, upon, into or from any site currently or, to the knowledge of the Company, heretofore owned, leased or otherwise operated by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, other than Support, that requires Remedial Action pursuant to Environmental Law; (d) to the knowledge of the Company, there have been no Hazardous Materials generated by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, other than Support, that have been disposed of by or on behalf of the Company or any subsidiary, other than Support, at any site that has been included in any published U.S. federal or state Superfund site list; (e) none of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, other than Support, has received any request for information arising under Environmental Laws regarding a property to which Hazardous Materials generated by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, other than Support have been transported for disposal; (f) none of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, other than Support, is a party to, nor has it received written notice of, any pending or threatened action arising under Environmental Laws; and (g) none of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, other than Support is a party to any material judgment, order, decree, settlement agreement, or similar arrangement imposing on it any liability or obligation, including the obligation to perform Remedial Action, under any applicable Environmental Laws that remain unfulfilled, and has not assumed, by contract or operation of law, the liabilities under Environmental Laws of any other Person.
For purposes of this section:
(i) Environmental Law means any statute, law, ordinance, regulation, rule or code concerning or relating to: (i) the protection of the environment or natural resources or, as such relates to exposure to Hazardous Materials, human health and safety (including workplace and industrial hygiene); (ii) the presence, Release, generation, use, management, handling, transportation, treatment, storage or disposal of Hazardous Materials; (iii) noise or odor, including, without limitation, in the United States, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9601, et seq.; the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. 6901, et seq.; the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. 2601, et seq.; the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq.; the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. 5101; the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. 300f, et seq.; as it relates to exposure to Hazardous Materials, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29 U.S.C. 651, et seq.; the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. 11001, et seq.; the Atomic Energy Act, 42 U.S.C. 2014, et seq.; the Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.; the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. 136, et seq.; the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401, et seq.; and the state and local analogues of each of the foregoing federal statutes.
(ii) Environmental Permit means any Permit, approval, identification number, registration, exemption or license required pursuant to any applicable Environmental Law;
(iii) Hazardous Material means any substance, material, or other matter regulated as toxic or hazardous, or as a contaminant or for which standards are imposed, by any governmental authority because of its deleterious impacts on the environment, including but not limited to petroleum and petroleum byproduct and distillates, asbestos and asbestos-containing materials, urea formaldehyde, polychlorinated biphenyls, mold, radon gas, radioactive substances, and poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances;
(iv) Permit means all licenses, certificates, consents, orders, approvals, permits and other authorizations issued by the appropriate federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authorities that are necessary for the ownership or lease of the Companys and subsidiaries, other than Support, respective properties or the conduct of their respective businesses as currently conducted.
(v) Release means disposing, discharging, injecting, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, leaching, dumping, emitting, escaping or emptying into or upon, from, or migrating through of Hazardous Materials, within or into, the air or any soil, sediment, subsurface strata, surface water or groundwater, natural resources or structure.
(vi) Remedial Action means any action required to investigate, clean up, remove or remediate, or conduct remedial, responsive, monitoring or corrective actions with respect to, any presence or Release of Hazardous Materials.
q. Neither the Company nor, to the Companys knowledge, the subsidiaries, other than Support, nor to the Companys knowledge, any of their respective executive officers has, in the past five years, made any unlawful contributions to any candidate for any political office (or failed fully to disclose any contribution in violation of law) or made any contribution or other payment to any official of, or candidate for, any federal, state, municipal, or foreign office or other person charged with similar public or quasi-public duty in violation of any law or of the character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement or Prospectus; (ii) no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or, to the Companys knowledge, the subsidiaries, other than Support, or any affiliate of any of them, on the one hand, and the directors, officers and stockholders of the Company or, to the Companys knowledge, the subsidiaries, other than Support.com, on the other hand, that is required by the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus that is not so described; (iii) no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or the subsidiaries, other than Support or any affiliate of them, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders or directors of the Company or, to the Companys knowledge, any of its subsidiaries, other than Support on the other hand, that is required by the rules of FINRA to be described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus that is not so described; (iv) except as disclosed in the Registration Statement or Prospectus, there are no material outstanding loans or advances or material guarantees of indebtedness by the Company or, to the Companys knowledge, any of its subsidiaries, other than Support, to or for the benefit of any of their respective officers or directors or any of the members of the families of any of them; and (v) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, other than Support, nor, to the Companys knowledge, any employee or agent of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, other than Support, has made any payment of funds of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, other than Support, or received or retained any funds in violation of any law, rule or regulation (including, without limitation, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977), which payment, receipt or retention of funds is of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement or Prospectus.
r. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, other than Support, nor to the Companys knowledge, any director, officer, employee, agent, affiliate or representative of the Company, is an individual or entity (Person) that is, or is owned or controlled by one or more Persons that are (i) the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Department of Treasurys Office of Foreign Assets Control, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majestys Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, Sanctions), nor (ii) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions (including, without limitation, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria). Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, other than Support, will knowingly, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds from the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person (a) to fund or facilitate any activities or business of or with any Person or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject of Sanctions, or (b) in any other manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise). For the past five years, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, other than Support, have knowingly engaged in, or are now knowingly engaged in, any dealings or transactions with any Person, or in any country or territory, that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject of Sanctions.
s. (i) The Company owns or possesses or has the right to use all Intellectual Property owned by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or used by the Company or any of its subsidiaries in the conduct of their respective businesses as currently conducted, without any known infringement or other violation of the Intellectual Property rights of any person. To the knowledge of the Company, no product or service marketed or sold (or proposed to be marketed or sold) by the Company infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates any Intellectual Property rights of any other person. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any written communications alleging that the Company or any of its subsidiaries has infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated, or by conducting its business, would infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate any Intellectual Property of any other person; and (ii) the Company and its subsidiaries use, and have used, commercially reasonable efforts to appropriately maintain all information intended to be maintained as a trade secret. For the purposes of this section, Intellectual Property means intellectual property and intellectual property rights of every kind and description throughout the world, including all U.S. and non-U.S.: (a) trademarks, trade dress, service marks, certification marks, logos, slogans, design rights, names, corporate names, trade names, Internet domain names, URLs, social media accounts and addresses and other similar designations of source or origin, together with the goodwill symbolized by any of the foregoing (collectively, Marks); (b) patents and patent applications, and any and all related national or international counterparts thereto, including any divisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part, reissues, reexaminations, substitutions and extensions thereof (collectively, Patents); (c) copyrights and copyrightable subject matter, including databases, data collections (including knowledge databases, customers lists and customer databases) and rights therein, web site content, rights to compilations, collective works and derivative works, and the right to create collective and derivative works (collectively, Copyrights); (d) rights in Software; (e) rights under applicable trade secret law and any and all other confidential or proprietary information, know-how, inventions, processes, formulae, models, and methodologies including research in progress, algorithms, data, databases, data collections, designs, processes, formulae, drawings, schematics, blueprints, flow charts, models, strategies, prototypes, techniques, source code, source code documentation, beta testing procedures and beta testing results (collectively, Trade Secrets); (f) all applications and registrations, renewals and extensions for the foregoing; and (g) all rights and remedies against past, present, and future infringement, misappropriation or other violation thereof
t. (i) (x) To the knowledge of Company, there has been no security breach or other compromise of any Companys information technology and computer systems, networks, hardware, software, data, equipment or technology (collectively, IT Systems and Data) that would result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (y) the Company has not been notified of, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in, any security breach or other compromise to their IT Systems and Data that would result in a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) the Company is presently in material compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification, except as would not, in the case of this clause (ii), individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iii) the Company has implemented backup and disaster recovery technology consistent with industry standards and practices.
u. All Bitcoin antminers owned or leased by the Company and its subsidiaries (Antminers) are owned or rightfully possessed by, operated by and under the control of the Company and its subsidiaries. There has been no failure, breakdown or continued substandard performance of any Antminers that has caused a material disruption or interruption in or to the use of the Antminers or the related operation of the business of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, the Antminers are maintained and in good working condition to perform all computing, information technology and data processing operations necessary for the operations of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Company and its subsidiaries have taken commercially reasonable steps and implemented commercially reasonable safeguards to: (a) protect the Antminers from contaminants, hacks and other malicious external or internal threats; (b) ensure continuity of operations with adequate energy supply and minimal downtime required; and (c) provide for the remote-site back-up of data and information critical to the Company and its subsidiaries to avoid disruption or interruption to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Company and its subsidiaries have in place commercially reasonable disaster recovery and business continuity plans and procedures.
v. The Company and its subsidiaries deposit all of their crypto assets, including any Bitcoin mined, in digital wallets held or operated by the Company or its subsidiaries or a third party pursuant to a third party agreement (the Wallets). The Company and its subsidiaries have taken commercially reasonable steps to protect the Wallets and crypto assets, including by adopting security protocols to prevent, detect and mitigate inappropriate or unauthorized access to the Wallets and crypto assets.
w. The Company and each of its subsidiaries have filed all federal, state, local and foreign tax returns required to be filed through the date of this Agreement or have requested extensions thereof (except where the failure to file would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect and have paid all taxes required to be paid thereon (except for cases in which the failure to file or pay would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, or, except as currently being contested in good faith and for which reserves required by generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP) have been created in the financial statements of the Company), and no tax deficiency has been determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries which, singly or in the aggregate, has had (nor does the Company nor any of its subsidiaries have any notice or knowledge of any tax deficiency which could reasonably be expected to be determined adversely to the Company or its subsidiaries and which could reasonably be expected to have) a Material Adverse Effect.
x. The financial statements included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes thereto, comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Securities Act and present fairly the consolidated financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries as of the dates shown and its results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown, and such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby except for any normal year-end adjustments in the Companys quarterly financial statements. The other financial information included in each of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus has been derived from the accounting records of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and presents fairly in all material respects the information shown thereby. The pro forma financial statements and the related notes thereto incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein, have been prepared in accordance with the Commissions rules and guidelines with respect to pro forma financial statements and have been properly compiled on the bases described therein, and the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions and circumstances referred to therein. The statistical, industry-related and market-related data included in each of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources which the Company reasonably and in good faith believes are reliable and accurate and such data is consistent with the sources from which they are derived, in each case in all material respects.
y. Armanino LLP (Armanino), who has delivered its report with respect to the audited consolidated financial statements and schedules filed with the Commission as part of the Registration Statement and included in each of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, has informed the Company that they are an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB).
z. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commissions rules and guidelines applicable thereto.
aa. From the time of initial submission of the Registration Statement to the Commission through the date hereof, the Company has been and is an emerging growth company, as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act (an Emerging Growth Company).
Any certificate signed by an officer of the Company and delivered to BRS or to counsel for BRS pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Company, as applicable, to BRS as to the matters set forth therein.
7. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with BRS that:
a. Registration Statement Amendments. After the date of this Agreement and during any period in which a prospectus relating to any Placement Shares is required to be delivered by BRS under the Securities Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act) (the Prospectus Delivery Period) (i) the Company will notify BRS promptly of the time when any subsequent amendment to the Registration Statement, other than documents incorporated by reference or amendments not related to any Placement, has been filed with the Commission and/or has become effective or any subsequent supplement to the Prospectus has been filed (other than any supplement not related to any Placement) and of any request by the Commission for any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus related to the Placement or for additional information related to the Placement, (ii) the Company will prepare and file with the Commission, within a reasonable period following BRSs request, any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or Prospectus that, upon the advice of the Companys legal counsel, may be necessary or advisable in connection with the distribution of the Placement Shares by BRS (provided, however, that the failure of BRS to make such request shall not relieve the Company of any obligation or liability hereunder, or affect BRSs right to rely on the representations and warranties made by the Company in this Agreement and provided, further, that the only remedy BRS shall have with respect to the failure by the Company to make such filing shall be to cease making sales under this Agreement until such amendment or supplement is filed); (iii) the Company will not file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares or a security convertible into the Placement Shares (other than an Incorporated Document) unless a copy thereof has been submitted to BRS within a reasonable period of time before the filing and BRS has not reasonably objected thereto within two (2) Business Days of receiving such copy (provided, however, that (A) the failure of BRS to make such objection shall not relieve the Company of any obligation or liability hereunder, or affect BRSs right to rely on the representations and warranties made by the Company in this Agreement and (B) the Company has no obligation to provide BRS any advance copy of such filing or to provide BRS an opportunity to object to such filing if the filing does not name BRS or does not relate to the transaction herein provided; and provided, further, that the only remedy BRS shall have with respect to the failure by the Company to provide BRS the opportunity to object shall be to cease making sales under this Agreement) and the Company will furnish to BRS at the time of filing thereof a copy of any document that upon filing is deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement or Prospectus, except for those documents available via EDGAR; and (iv) the Company will cause each amendment or supplement to the Prospectus to be filed with the Commission as required pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act or, in the case of any document to be incorporated therein by reference, to be filed with the Commission as required pursuant to the Exchange Act, within the time period prescribed (the determination to file or not file any amendment or supplement with the Commission under this Section 7(a), based on the Companys reasonable opinion or reasonable objections, shall be made exclusively by the Company).
b. Notice of Commission Stop Orders. The Company will advise BRS, promptly after it receives notice or obtains knowledge thereof, of the issuance or threatened issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, of the suspension of the qualification of the Placement Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose; and it will use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such a stop order should be issued. The Company will advise BRS promptly after it receives any request by the Commission for any amendments to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplements to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or for additional information related to the offering of the Placement Shares or for additional information related to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.
c. Delivery of Prospectus; Subsequent Changes. During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as from time to time in force, and to file on or before their respective due dates all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, 15(d) or any other provision of or under the Exchange Act. If the Company has omitted any information from the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A under the Securities Act, it will use its commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the provisions of and make all requisite filings with the Commission pursuant to said Rule 430A and to notify BRS promptly of all such filings. If during the Prospectus Delivery Period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then existing, not misleading, or if during such Prospectus Delivery Period it is necessary to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act, the Company will promptly notify BRS to suspend the offering of Placement Shares during such period and the Company will promptly amend or supplement the Registration Statement or Prospectus (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; provided, however, that the Company may delay the filing of any amendment or supplement, if in the judgment of the Company, it is in the best interest of the Company.
d. Listing of Placement Shares. During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Placement Shares to be listed on the Exchange.
e. Delivery of Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Company will furnish to BRS and its counsel (at the reasonable expense of the Company) copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (including all documents incorporated by reference therein) and all amendments and supplements to the Registration Statement or Prospectus that are filed with the Commission during the Prospectus Delivery Period (including all documents filed with the Commission during such period that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein), in each case as soon as reasonably practicable and in such quantities as BRS may from time to time reasonably request and, at BRSs request, will also furnish copies of the Prospectus to each exchange or market on which sales of the Placement Shares may be made; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to furnish any document (other than the Prospectus) to BRS to the extent such document is available on EDGAR.
f. Earnings Statement. To the extent not available on EDGAR, the Company will make generally available to its security holders as soon as reasonably practicable, but in any event not later than 15 months after the end of the Companys current fiscal quarter, an earnings statement covering a 12-month period that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) and Rule 158 of the Securities Act. BRS and the Company acknowledge and agree that the Companys ordinary, timely-filed periodic filings with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act may be used to satisfy this obligation to the extent consistent with the requirements set forth herein.
g. Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the Net Proceeds as described in the Prospectus in the section entitled Use of Proceeds.
h. Notice of Other Sales. Without the prior written consent of BRS, the Company will not, directly or indirectly, offer to sell, sell, contract to sell, grant any option to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock (other than the Placement Shares offered pursuant to this Agreement) or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock, warrants or any rights to purchase or acquire, shares of Common Stock during the period beginning on the date on which any Placement Notice is delivered to BRS hereunder and ending on the third (3rd) Trading Day immediately following the final Settlement Date with respect to Placement Shares sold pursuant to such Placement Notice (or, if the Placement Notice has been terminated or suspended prior to the sale of all Placement Shares covered by a Placement Notice, the date of such suspension or termination); and will not directly or indirectly in any other at the market or continuous equity transaction offer to sell, sell, contract to sell, grant any option to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock (other than the Placement Shares offered pursuant to this Agreement) or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock, warrants or any rights to purchase or acquire, shares of Common Stock prior to the termination of this Agreement; provided, however, that such restrictions will not apply in connection with the Companys issuance or sale of (i) shares of Common Stock, options to purchase Common Stock or Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of options or vesting of equity awards, pursuant to any stock option, equity incentive or benefits plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company whether now in effect or hereafter implemented; (ii) Common Stock issuable upon conversion of securities or the exercise or vesting of warrants, options or other rights in effect or outstanding, and disclosed in filings by the Company available on EDGAR or otherwise in writing to BRS, (iii) shares of Common Stock, or securities convertible into or exercisable for shares of Common Stock, offered and sold in a privately negotiated transaction to vendors, customers, strategic partners or potential strategic partners or other investors conducted in a manner so as not to be integrated with the offering of Placement Shares hereby and (iv) shares of Common Stock in connection with any acquisition, strategic investment or other similar transaction (including any joint venture, strategic alliance or partnership). Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall be construed to restrict the Companys ability, or require the consent of BRS, to file a registration statement under the Securities Act.
i. Change of Circumstances. The Company will, at any time during the pendency of a Placement Notice, advise BRS promptly after it shall have received notice or obtained knowledge thereof, of any information or fact that would alter or affect in any material respect any opinion, certificate, letter or other document required to be provided to BRS pursuant to this Agreement and applicable to the transactions contemplated by such Placement Notice.
j. Due Diligence Cooperation. During the term of this Agreement, the Company will cooperate with any reasonable due diligence review conducted by BRS or its representatives in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, providing information and making available documents and senior corporate officers, during regular business hours and at the Companys principal offices, as BRS may reasonably request.
k. Required Filings Relating to Placement of Placement Shares. The Company agrees that on or prior to such dates as the Securities Act shall require, the Company will (i) file a prospectus supplement with the Commission under the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act (each and every date a filing under Rule 424(b) is made, a Filing Date), which prospectus supplement will set forth, within the relevant period, the number of Placement Shares sold through BRS, the Net Proceeds to the Company and the compensation payable by the Company to BRS with respect to such Placement Shares, and (ii) deliver such number of copies of each such prospectus supplement to each exchange or market on which such sales were effected as may be required by the rules or regulations of such exchange or market; provided, that, unless a prospectus supplement containing such information is required to be filed under the Securities Act, the requirement of this Section 7(k) may be satisfied by Companys inclusion in the Companys Form 10-K or Form 10-Q, as applicable, of the number of Placement Shares sold through BRS, the Net Proceeds to the Company and the compensation payable by the Company to BRS with respect to such Placement Shares during the relevant period.
l. Representation Dates; Certificate. Each time during the term of this Agreement that the Company:
(i) amends or supplements (other than a prospectus supplement relating solely to an offering of securities other than the Placement Shares) the Registration Statement or the Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares by means of a post-effective amendment, sticker, or supplement but not by means of incorporation of documents by reference into the Registration Statement or the Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares;
(ii) files an annual report on Form 10-K under the Exchange Act (including any Form 10-K/A containing amended audited financial information or a material amendment to the previously filed Form 10-K);
(iii) files its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q under the Exchange Act; or
(iv) files a current report on Form 8-K containing amended financial information (other than information furnished pursuant to Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K or to provide disclosure pursuant to Item 8.01 of Form 8-K relating to the reclassification of certain properties as discontinued operations in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 144) under the Exchange Act;
(Each date of filing of one or more of the documents referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) shall be a Representation Date.) the Company shall furnish BRS (but in the case of clause (iv) above only if BRS reasonably determines that the information contained in such Form 8-K is material) with a certificate, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 7(1) within five (5) Trading Days of any Representation Date. The requirement to provide a certificate under this Section 7(1) shall be automatically waived for any Representation Date occurring at a time at which no Placement Notice is pending, which waiver shall continue until the earlier to occur of the date the Company delivers a Placement Notice hereunder (which for such calendar quarter shall be considered a Representation Date) and the next occurring Representation Date on which the Company files its annual report on Form 10-K. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) upon the delivery of the first Placement Notice hereunder and (ii) if the Company subsequently decides to sell Placement Shares following a Representation Date when the Company relied on such waiver and did not provide BRS with a certificate under this Section 7(l), then before BRS sells any Placement Shares, the Company shall provide BRS with a certificate, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 7(l), dated the date of the Placement Notice.
m. Legal Opinion. On or prior to the date of the first Placement Notice given hereunder the Company shall cause to be furnished to BRS a written opinion and a negative assurance letter of Shearman & Sterling LLP (Company Counsel), or other counsel reasonably satisfactory to BRS, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to BRS. Thereafter, within five (5) Trading Days of each Representation Date with respect to which the Company is obligated to deliver a certificate in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 7(l) for which no waiver is applicable, and not more than once per calendar quarter, the Company shall cause to be furnished to BRS a negative assurance letter of Company Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to BRS; provided that, in lieu of such negative assurance for subsequent periodic filings under the Exchange Act, counsel may furnish BRS with a letter (a Reliance Letter) to the effect that BRS may rely on the negative assurance letter previously delivered under this Section 7(m) to the same extent as if it were dated the date of such letter (except that statements in such prior letter shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended or supplemented as of the date of the Reliance Letter).
n. Comfort Letters. On or prior to the date of the first Placement Notice given hereunder and within five (5) Trading Days after each subsequent Representation Date, other than pursuant to Section 7(l)(iii), the Company shall:
(x) cause Armanino to furnish BRS letters (the Armanino Comfort Letters), dated the date the Armanino Comfort Letters are delivered, which shall meet the requirements set forth in this Section 7(n). The Armanino Comfort Letters shall be in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to BRS, (i) confirming that they are an independent public accounting firm within the meaning of the Securities Act and the PCAOB, (ii) stating, as of such date, the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial information and other matters ordinarily covered by accountants comfort letters to underwriters in connection with registered public offerings (the first such letter, the Initial Armanino Comfort Letter) and (iii) updating the Initial Armanino Comfort Letter with any information that would have been included in the Initial Armanino Comfort Letter had it been given on such date and modified as necessary to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as amended and supplemented to the date of such letter; and
(y) cause Plante & Moran, PLLC (P&M), the independent auditors of Support, to furnish BRS letters (the P&M Comfort Letters), dated the date the P&M Comfort Letters are delivered, which shall meet the requirements set forth in this Section 7(n). The P&M Comfort Letters shall be in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to BRS, (i) confirming that they are an independent public accounting firm within the meaning of the Securities Act and the PCAOB, (ii) stating, as of such date, the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial information and other matters ordinarily covered by accountants comfort letters to underwriters in connection with registered public offerings (the first such letter, the Initial P&M Comfort Letter) and (iii) updating the Initial P&M Comfort Letter with any information that would have been included in the Initial P&M Comfort Letter had it been given on such date and modified as necessary to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as amended and supplemented to the date of such letter; provided, however, that with respect to this Section 7(n), P&M will have the obligation to deliver such letters only until the date that the Company files with the Commission its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022.
o. Market Activities. The Company will not, directly or indirectly, (i) take any action designed to cause or result in, or that constitutes or would reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of Common Stock or (ii) sell, bid for, or purchase Common Stock in violation of Regulation M under the Securities Act, or pay anyone any compensation for soliciting purchases of the Placement Shares other than BRS.
p. Investment Company Act. The Company will conduct its affairs in such a manner so as to reasonably ensure that neither it nor the subsidiaries will be or become, at any time prior to the termination of this Agreement, an investment company, as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act.
q. No Offer to Sell. Other than an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus approved in advance by the Company and BRS in its capacity as agent hereunder pursuant to Section 23, neither of BRS nor the Company (including its agents and representatives, other than BRS in its capacity as such) will make, use, prepare, authorize, approve or refer to any written communication (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act), required to be filed with the Commission, that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy Placement Shares hereunder.
r. Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Company will maintain and keep accurate books and records reflecting its assets and maintain internal accounting controls in a manner designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. GAAP and including those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company, (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit the preparation of the Companys consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, (iii) that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with managements and the Companys directors authorization, and (iv) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Companys assets that could have a material effect on its financial statements. The Company will maintain disclosure controls and procedures that comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act.
8. Representations and Covenants of BRS. BRS represents and warrants that it is duly registered as a broker-dealer under FINRA, the Exchange Act and the applicable statutes and regulations of each state in which the Placement Shares will be offered and sold, except such states in which BRS is exempt from registration or such registration is not otherwise required. BRS shall continue, for the term of this Agreement, to be duly registered as a broker-dealer under FINRA, the Exchange Act and the applicable statutes and regulations of each state in which the Placement Shares will be offered and sold, except such states in which it is exempt from registration or such registration is not otherwise required. BRS shall comply with all applicable law and regulations in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the issuance and sale through BRS of the Placement Shares.
9. Payment of Expenses. The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including (i) the preparation, filing, including any fees required by the Commission, and printing of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits) as originally filed and of each amendment and supplement thereto and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in such number as BRS shall deem reasonably necessary, (ii) the printing and delivery to BRS of this Agreement and such other documents as may be required in connection with the offering, purchase, sale, issuance or delivery of the Placement Shares (provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to furnish any documents, other than the Prospectus, to BRS, if such documents are available on EDGAR) (iii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the certificates, if any, for the Placement Shares to BRS, including any stock or other transfer taxes and any capital duties, stamp duties or other duties or taxes payable upon the sale, issuance or delivery of the Placement Shares to BRS, (iv) the fees and disbursements of the counsel, accountants and other advisors to the Company, (v) the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and disbursements of counsel to BRS up to $60,000 in connection with this Agreement and $10,000 per calendar quarter during the term of this Agreement in connection with quarterly due diligence; (vi) the fees and expenses of the transfer agent and registrar for the Common Stock, (vii) the filing fees incident to any review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Placement Shares, and (viii) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Placement Shares on the Exchange.
10. Conditions to BRSs Obligations. The obligations of BRS hereunder with respect to a Placement will be subject to the continuing accuracy and completeness of the representations and warranties made by the Company herein (other than those representations and warranties made as of a specified date or time), to the due performance in all material respects by the Company of its obligations hereunder, to the completion by BRS of a due diligence review satisfactory to it in its reasonable judgment, and to the continuing reasonable satisfaction (or waiver by BRS in its sole discretion) of the following additional conditions:
a. Registration Statement Effective. The Registration Statement shall have become effective and shall be available for the sale of all Placement Shares contemplated to be issued by any Placement Notice.
b. No Material Notices. None of the following events shall have occurred and be continuing: (i) receipt by the Company of any request for additional information from the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority during the period of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the response to which would require any post-effective amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (other than immaterial amendments or supplements to documents incorporated by reference therein) if such post-effective amendments or supplements have not been made and become effective; (ii) the issuance by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or receipt by the Company of notification of the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; (iii) receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Placement Shares for sale in any jurisdiction or receipt by the Company of notification of the initiation of, or a threat to initiate, any proceeding for such purpose; or (iv) the occurrence of any event that makes any material statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any material document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any material document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference so that, in the case of the Registration Statement, it will not contain any materially untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and, that in the case of the Prospectus or any material document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein, it will not contain any materially untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
c. No Misstatement or Material Omission. BRS shall not have advised the Company that the Registration Statement or Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, contains an untrue statement of fact that in BRSs reasonable opinion is material, or omits to state a fact that in BRSs reasonable opinion is material and is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make the statements therein (and, in the case of the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.
d. Material Changes. Except as contemplated in the Prospectus, or disclosed in the Companys reports filed with the Commission, there shall not have been any development that resulted in a Material Adverse Effect, or any development that would reasonably be expected cause a Material Adverse Effect, or a downgrading in or withdrawal of the rating assigned to any of the Companys securities (other than asset backed securities) by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization, as such term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act (a Rating Organization), or a public announcement by any Rating Organization that it has under surveillance or review its rating of any of the Companys securities (other than asset backed securities), the effect of which, in the case of any such action by a Rating Organization described above, in the reasonable judgment of BRS (without relieving the Company of any obligation or liability it may otherwise have), is so material as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering of the Placement Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus.
e. Company Counsel Legal Opinion. BRS shall have received the opinion and negative assurance letter of Company Counsel required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7(m) on or before the date on which such delivery of such opinion and negative assurance letter are required pursuant to Section 7(m).
f. Agent Counsel Legal Opinion. BRS shall have received from Duane Morris LLP, counsel for BRS, such opinion or opinions, on or before the date on which the delivery of the Company Counsel legal opinion is required pursuant to Section 7(m), with respect to such matters as BRS may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as the counsel for BRS may reasonably request for enabling them to pass upon such matters.
g. Comfort Letter. BRS shall have received the Comfort Letter required to be delivered pursuant Section 7(n) on or before the date on which such delivery of such letter is required pursuant to Section 7(n).
h. Representation Certificate. BRS shall have received the certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7(l) on or before the date on which delivery of such certificate is required pursuant to Section 7(l).
i. Secretarys Certificate. On or prior to the first Representation Date, BRS shall have received a certificate, signed on behalf of the Company by its corporate Secretary, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to BRS and its counsel.
j. No Suspension. Trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended on the Exchange and the Common Stock shall not have been delisted from the Exchange.
k. Other Materials. On each date on which the Company is required to deliver a certificate pursuant to Section 7(l), the Company shall have furnished to BRS such appropriate further information, certificates and documents as BRS may reasonably request and which are usually and customarily furnished by an issuer of securities in connection with a securities offering of the type contemplated hereby. All such opinions, certificates, letters and other documents will be in compliance with the provisions hereof.
l. Securities Act Filings Made. All filings with the Commission with respect to the shares of Common Stock required by Rule 424 under the Securities Act to have been filed prior to the issuance of any Placement Notice hereunder shall have been made within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by Rule 424 under the Securities Act.
m. Approval for Listing. The Placement Shares shall either have been approved for listing on the Exchange, subject only to notice of issuance, or the Company shall have filed an application for listing of the Placement Shares on the Exchange at, or prior to, the issuance of any Placement Notice.
n. No Termination Event. There shall not have occurred any event that would permit BRS to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 13(a).
11. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) Company Indemnification. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless BRS, its partners, members, directors, officers, employees and agents and each person, if any, who controls BRS within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act as follows:
(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, joint or several, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included in any related Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, joint or several, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission; provided that (subject to Section 11(d) below) any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company, which consent shall not unreasonably be delayed or withheld;
(iii) against any and all expense whatsoever (including the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and disbursements of counsel), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under (i) or (ii) above; and
(iv) the QIUs acting as a qualified independent underwriter (within the meaning of Rule 5121 of the FINRAs Securities Offering and Trading Standards and Practices Rules) in connection with the offering contemplated by this Agreement;
provided, however, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made solely in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by BRS expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), any related Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto).
(b) Indemnification by BRS. BRS agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its directors and officers, and each person, if any, who (i) controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act or (ii) is controlled by or is under common control with the Company against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in Section 11(a), as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendments thereto) or in any related Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to BRS and furnished to the Company in writing by BRS expressly for use therein.
(c) Procedure. Any party that proposes to assert the right to be indemnified under this Section 11 will, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action against such party in respect of which a claim is to be made against an indemnifying party or parties under this Section 11, notify each such indemnifying party of the commencement of such action, enclosing a copy of all papers served, but the omission so to notify such indemnifying party will not relieve the indemnifying party from (i) any liability that it might have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 11 and (ii) any liability that it may have to any indemnified party under the foregoing provisions of this Section 11 unless, and only to the extent that, such omission results in the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses by the indemnifying party. If any such action is brought against any indemnified party and it notifies the indemnifying party of its commencement, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in and, to the extent that it elects by delivering written notice to the indemnified party promptly after receiving notice of the commencement of the action from the indemnified party, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense of the action, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to the indemnified party of its election to assume the defense, the indemnifying party will not be liable to the indemnified party for any legal or other expenses except as provided below and except for the reasonable costs of investigation subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the defense. The indemnified party will have the right to employ its own counsel in any such action, but the fees, expenses and other charges of such counsel will be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (1) the employment of counsel by the indemnified party has been authorized in writing by the indemnifying party, (2) the indemnified party has reasonably concluded (based on advice of counsel) that there may be legal defenses available to it or other indemnified parties that are different from or in addition to those available to the indemnifying party, (3) a conflict or potential conflict of interest exists (based on advice of counsel to the indemnified party) between the indemnified party and the indemnifying party (in which case the indemnifying party will not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party) or (4) the indemnifying party has not in fact employed counsel to assume the defense of such action within a reasonable time after receiving notice of the commencement of the action, in each of which cases the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel will be at the expense of the indemnifying party or parties. It is understood that the indemnifying party or parties shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, disbursements and other charges of more than one separate firm admitted to practice in such jurisdiction at any one time for all such indemnified party or parties. All such reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, disbursements and other charges will be reimbursed by the indemnifying party promptly after the indemnifying party receives a written invoice relating to fees, disbursements and other charges in reasonable detail. An indemnifying party will not, in any event, be liable for any settlement of any action or claim effected without its written consent. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of each indemnified party, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any pending or threatened claim, action or proceeding relating to the matters contemplated by this Section 11 (whether or not any indemnified party is a party thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (1) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and (2) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(d) Contribution. In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in the foregoing paragraphs of this Section 11 is applicable in accordance with its terms but for any reason is held to be unavailable from the Company or BRS, the Company and BRS will contribute to the total losses, claims, liabilities, expenses and damages (including any investigative, legal and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding or any claim asserted, but after deducting any contribution received by the Company from persons other than BRS, such as persons who control the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, officers of the Company who signed the Registration Statement and directors of the Company, who also may be liable for contribution) to which the Company and BRS may be subject in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and BRS on the other hand. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and BRS on the other hand shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total Net Proceeds from the offering and sale of the Placement Shares (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total compensation received by BRS (before deducting expenses) from the sale of Placement Shares on behalf of the Company. If, but only if, the allocation provided by the foregoing sentence is not permitted by applicable law, the allocation of contribution shall be made in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in the foregoing sentence but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and BRS, on the other hand, with respect to the statements or omission that resulted in such loss, claim, liability, expense or damage, or action in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations with respect to such offering. Such relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or BRS, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement, alleged statement, omission or alleged omission. The Company and BRS agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 11(d) were to be determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to herein. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the loss, claim, liability, expense, or damage, or action in respect thereof, referred to above in this Section 11(d) shall be deemed to include, for the purpose of this Section 11(d), any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim to the extent consistent with Section 11(c) hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 11(d), BRS shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the commissions received by it under this Agreement and no person found guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) will be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 11(d), any person who controls a party to this Agreement within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, and any officers, directors, partners, employees or agents of BRS, will have the same rights to contribution as that party, and each officer who signed the Registration Statement and director of the Company will have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the provisions hereof. Any party entitled to contribution, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action against such party in respect of which a claim for contribution may be made under this Section 11(d), will notify any such party or parties from whom contribution may be sought, but the omission to so notify will not relieve that party or parties from whom contribution may be sought from any other obligation it or they may have under this Section 11(d) except to the extent that the failure to so notify such other party materially prejudiced the substantive rights or defenses of the party from whom contribution is sought. Except for a settlement entered into pursuant to the last sentence of Section 11(c) hereof, no party will be liable for contribution with respect to any action or claim settled without its written consent if such consent is required pursuant to Section 11(c) hereof.
12. Representations and Agreements to Survive Delivery. The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in Section 11 of this Agreement and all representations and warranties of the Company herein or in certificates delivered pursuant hereto shall survive, as of their respective dates, regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of BRS, any controlling persons, or the Company (or any of their respective officers, directors or controlling persons), (ii) delivery and acceptance of the Placement Shares and payment therefor or (iii) any termination of this Agreement.
13. Termination.
a. BRS may terminate this Agreement, by notice to the Company, as hereinafter specified at any time (i) if there has been, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the date as of which information is given in the Prospectus, any development that resulted in, or is reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, that, in the sole judgment of BRS, makes it impractical or inadvisable to market the Placement Shares or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Placement Shares, (ii) if there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or the international financial markets, any outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis or any change or development involving a prospective change in national or international political, financial or economic conditions, in each case the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of BRS, impracticable or inadvisable to market the Placement Shares or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Placement Shares, (iii) if trading in the Common Stock has been suspended or limited by the Commission or the Exchange, or if trading generally on the Exchange has been suspended or limited, or minimum prices for trading have been fixed on the Exchange, (iv) if any suspension of trading of any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market shall have occurred and be continuing, (v) if a major disruption of securities settlements or clearance services in the United States shall have occurred and be continuing, or (vi) if a banking moratorium has been declared by either U.S. Federal or New York authorities. Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of Section 9, Section 11, Section 12, Section 18 and Section 19 hereof shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination. If BRS elects to terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section 13(a), BRS shall provide the required notice as specified in Section 14.
b. The Company shall have the right, by giving five (5) days notice as hereinafter specified to terminate this Agreement in its sole discretion at any time after the date of this Agreement. Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of Section 9, Section 11, Section 12, Section 18 and Section 19 hereof shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination. If the Company elects to terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section 13(b), the Company shall provide the required notice as specified in Section 14.
c. BRS shall have the right, by giving five (5) days notice as hereinafter specified to terminate this Agreement in its sole discretion at any time after the date of this Agreement. Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of Section 9, Section 11, Section 12, Section 18 and Section 19 hereof shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination. If BRS elects to terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section 13(c), BRS shall provide the required notice as specified in Section 14.
d. Unless earlier terminated pursuant to this Section 13, this Agreement shall automatically terminate upon the issuance and sale of the Maximum Amount of Placement Shares through BRS on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein except that the provisions of Section 9, Section 11, Section 12, Section 18 and Section 19 hereof shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination.
e. This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect unless terminated pursuant to Sections 13(a), (b), (c), or (d) above or otherwise by mutual agreement of the parties; provided, however, that any such termination by mutual agreement shall in all cases be deemed to provide that Section 9, Section 11, Section 12, Section 18 and Section 19 shall remain in full force and effect. Upon termination of this Agreement, the Company shall not have any liability to BRS for any discount, commission or other compensation with respect to any Placement Shares not otherwise sold by BRS under this Agreement.
f. Any termination of this Agreement shall be effective on the date specified in such notice of termination; provided, however, that such termination shall not be effective until the close of business on the date of receipt of such notice by BRS or the Company, as the case may be. If such termination shall occur prior to the Settlement Date for any sale of Placement Shares, such Placement Shares shall settle in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
14. Notices. All notices or other communications required or permitted to be given by any party to any other party pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing via email notification, unless otherwise specified, and if sent to BRS, shall be delivered to:
B. Riley Securities, Inc.
299 Park Avenue, 21st Floor
New York, New York 10171
Attention: Legal Department
Email: atmdesk@brileyfbr.com
with a copy to:
Duane Morris LLP
1540 Broadway
New York, NY 10036-4086
Attention: Dean M. Colucci
Telephone: (973) 424-2020
Email: dmcolucci@duanemorris.com
and if to the Company, shall be delivered to:
Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc.
135 Rennell Drive, 3rd Floor
Fairfield, CT 06890
Attention: Jeffrey E. Kirt
Email: jkirt@greenidge.com
with a copy to:
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Bank of America Tower
800 Capitol Street, Suite 2200
Houston, TX 77002
Attention: Taylor Landry
Email: taylor.landry@shearman.com
Each party to this Agreement may change such address for notices by sending to the parties to this Agreement written notice of a new address for such purpose. Each such notice or other communication shall be deemed given (i) when delivered personally, , or by verifiable facsimile transmission on or before 4:30 p.m., New York City time, on a Business Day or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day, (ii) when delivered by email, upon confirmation of receipt by the receiving party other than via auto reply, (iii) on the next Business Day after timely delivery to a nationally-recognized overnight courier and (iv) on the Business Day actually received if deposited in the U.S. mail (certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid). For purposes of this Agreement, Business Day shall mean any day on which the Exchange and commercial banks in the City of New York are open for business.
15. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and BRS and their respective successors, permitted assigns and the affiliates, controlling persons, officers and directors referred to in Section 11 hereof. References to any of the parties contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to include the successors and permitted assigns of such party. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and permitted assigns any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement. Neither the Company nor BRS may assign its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other party.
16. Adjustments for Splits. The parties acknowledge and agree that all Common Stock-related numbers contained in this Agreement shall be adjusted to take into account any consolidation, split, dividend, corporate domestication or similar event effected with respect to the Placement Shares.
17. Entire Agreement; Amendment; Severability. This Agreement (including all schedules and exhibits attached hereto and Placement Notices issued pursuant hereto), constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all other prior and contemporaneous agreements and undertakings, both written and oral, between the parties hereto with regard to the subject matter hereof. Neither this Agreement nor any term hereof may be amended except pursuant to a written instrument executed by the Company and BRS. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable as written by a court of competent jurisdiction, then such provision shall be given full force and effect to the fullest possible extent that it is valid, legal and enforceable, and the remainder of the terms and provisions herein shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable term or provision was not contained herein, but only to the extent that giving effect to such provision and the remainder of the terms and provisions hereof shall be in accordance with the intent of the parties as reflected in this Agreement.
18. GOVERNING LAW AND TIME; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS. SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME. THE COMPANY AND BRS EACH HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, 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 THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
19. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS SITTING IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, AND HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, AND AGREES NOT TO ASSERT IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, ANY CLAIM THAT IT IS NOT PERSONALLY SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT, THAT SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM OR THAT THE VENUE OF SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS IMPROPER. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF PROCESS AND CONSENTS TO PROCESS BEING SERVED IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF (CERTIFIED OR REGISTERED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED) TO SUCH PARTY AT THE ADDRESS IN EFFECT FOR NOTICES TO IT UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREES THAT SUCH SERVICE SHALL CONSTITUTE GOOD AND SUFFICIENT SERVICE OF PROCESS AND NOTICE THEREOF. NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO LIMIT IN ANY WAY ANY RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.
20. Use of Information. BRS may not use any information gained in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including due diligence, to advise any party with respect to transactions not expressly approved by the Company.
21. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed Agreement by one party to the other may be made by facsimile transmission or email of a .pdf attachment.
22. Effect of Headings. The section, schedule and exhibit headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
23. Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses. The Company represents, warrants and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of BRS, and BRS represents, warrants and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Company, in each case, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Placement Shares that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or that would otherwise constitute a free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, required to be filed with the Commission. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by BRS or by the Company, as the case may be, is hereinafter referred to as a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus. The Company represents and warrants that it has treated and agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433, and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping. For the purposes of clarity, the parties hereto agree that all free writing prospectuses, if any, listed in Exhibit 23 hereto are Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses.
24. Electronic Signatures. The words execution, signed, signature, delivery, and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement or any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, and the parties hereto consent to conduct the transactions contemplated hereunder by electronic means.
25. Absence of Fiduciary Relationship. The Company acknowledges and agrees that:
a. BRS is acting solely as agent in connection with the public offering of the Placement Shares and in connection with each transaction contemplated by this Agreement and the process leading to such transactions, and no fiduciary or advisory relationship between the Company or any of its respective affiliates, stockholders (or other equity holders), creditors or employees or any other party, on the one hand, and BRS, on the other hand, has been or will be created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, irrespective of whether BRS has advised or is advising the Company on other matters, and BRS has no obligation to the Company with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement;
b. the Company is capable of evaluating and understanding, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
c. BRS has not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and it has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate;
d. the Company is aware that BRS and its affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions which may involve interests that differ from those of the Company and BRS has no obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to the Company by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship or otherwise; and
e. the Company waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims it may have against BRS for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the sale of Placement Shares under this Agreement and agrees that BRS shall not have any liability (whether direct or indirect, in contract, tort or otherwise) to the Company in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of the Company, employees or creditors of Company, other than in respect of BRSs obligations under this Agreement and to keep information provided by the Company to BRS and its counsel confidential to the extent not otherwise publicly-available.
26. Miscellaneous. All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information that is contained, included or stated in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (and all other references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements and schedules and other information that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be.
All references in this Agreement to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission through EDGAR; all references in this Agreement to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (other than any Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses that, pursuant to Rule 433, are not required to be filed with the Commission) shall be deemed to include the copy thereof filed with the Commission through EDGAR; and all references in this Agreement to supplements to the Prospectus shall include, without limitation, any supplements, wrappers or similar materials prepared in connection with any offering, sale or private placement of any Placement Shares by BRS outside of the United States.
If the foregoing correctly sets forth the understanding between the Company and BRS, please so indicate in the space provided below for that purpose, whereupon this letter shall constitute a binding agreement between the Company and BRS.
Very truly yours, | ||||
GREENIDGE GENERATION HOLDINGS INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ Jeffrey E. Kirt | |||
Name: | Jeffrey E. Kirt | |||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |||
ACCEPTED as of the date first-above written: | ||||
B. RILEY SECURITIES, INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ Patrice McNicoll | |||
Name: Patrice McNicoll | ||||
Title: Co-Head of Investment Banking | ||||
NORTHLAND SECURITIES, INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ Jeff Peterson | |||
Name: Jeff Peterson | ||||
Title: Head of Investment Banking |
SCHEDULE 1
FORM OF PLACEMENT NOTICE
From: | Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc. | |
To: | B. Riley Securities, Inc. | |
Attention: | [] | |
Subject: | At Market IssuancePlacement Notice |
Gentlemen:
Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the At Market Issuance Sales Agreement between Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), and B. Riley Securities, Inc. (BRS), dated September 19, 2022, the Company hereby requests that BRS sell up to [____] aggregate amount of the Companys Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, at a minimum market price of $ per Placement Share, during the time period beginning [month, day, time] and ending [month, day, time].
[ADDITIONAL SALES PARAMETERS MAY BE ADDED, SUCH AS THE MAXIMUM AGGREGATE OFFERING PRICE, THE TIME PERIOD IN WHICH SALES ARE REQUESTED TO BE MADE, SPECIFIC DATES THE SHARES MAY NOT BE SOLD ON, THE MANNER IN WHICH SALES ARE TO BE MADE BY BRS, AND/OR THE CAPACITY IN WHICH BRS MAY ACT IN SELLING SHARES (AS PRINCIPAL, AGENT, OR BOTH).]
SCHEDULE 2
Compensation
The Company shall pay to BRS in cash, upon each sale of Placement Shares pursuant to this Agreement, an amount equal to up to 3.0% of the gross proceeds from each sale of Placement Shares.
SCHEDULE 3
Notice Parties
The Company | ||
Jeffrey E. Kirt | jkirt@greenidge.com | |
Robert Loughran | bloughran@greenidge.com | |
Terence A. Burke | tburke@greenidge.com | |
Christian Mulvihill | cmulvihill@greenidge.com | |
BRS | ||
Scott Ammaturo | sammaturo@brileyfin.com | |
Patrice McNicoll | pmcnicoll@brileyfin.com | |
Keith Pompliano | kpompliano@brileyfin.com |
with a copy to atmdesk@brileyfin.com
EXHIBIT 7(1)
Form of Representation Date Certificate
___________, 20___
This Representation Date Certificate (this Certificate) is executed and delivered in connection with Section 7(1) of the At Market Issuance Sales Agreement (the Agreement), dated September 19, 2022, and entered into between Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc. (the Company) and B. Riley Securities, Inc. All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Agreement.
The undersigned, Jeffrey Kirt, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Robert Loughran, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, do hereby certify, solely in their capacity as officers of the Company and not individually, on behalf of the Company pursuant to Section 7(l) of the Agreement, as follows:
1. The representations and warranties of the Company in Section 6 of the Agreement (A) to the extent such representations and warranties are subject to qualifications and exceptions contained therein relating to materiality or Material Adverse Effect, are true and correct on and as of the date hereof with the same force and effect as if expressly made on and as of the date hereof, except for those representations and warranties that speak solely as of a specific date and which were true and correct as of such date, and (B) to the extent such representations and warranties are not subject to any qualifications or exceptions, are, true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof with the same force and effect as if expressly made on and as of the date hereof, except for those representations and warranties that speak solely as of a specific date and which were true and correct as of such date.
2. Except as waived by BRS in writing, each of the covenants required to be performed by the Company in the Agreement on or prior to the applicable Representation Date, has been duly, timely and fully performed in all material respects and each condition required to be complied with by the Company on or prior to the date of the Agreement, this Representation Date, and each such other date prior to the date hereof as set forth in the Agreement has been duly, timely and fully complied with in all material respects.
3. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any part thereof has been issued, and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or to my knowledge are threatened by any securities or other governmental authority (including, without limitation, the Commission).
Each of Duane Morris LLP, counsel for BRS, and Shearman & Sterling LLP, counsel for the Company, are entitled to rely on this Certificate in connection with the respective opinions such firms are rendering pursuant to the Agreement.
The undersigned have executed this Representation Date Certificate on behalf of the Company as of the date first written above.
GREENIDGE GENERATION HOLDINGS INC. | ||
By: | ||
Name: Jeffrey E. Kirt | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
By: | ||
Name: Robert Loughran | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EXHIBIT 23
Permitted Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses
None.
Exhibit 5.1
599 LEXINGTON AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10022-6069
+1.212.848.4000
September 19, 2022
The Board of Directors
Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc.
135 Rennell Drive, 3rd Floor
Fairfield, CT 06890
Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), in connection with the preparation and filing by the Company of its registration statement on Form S-3 (as amended or supplemented, the Registration Statement) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), relating to the proposed public offering by the Company from time to time of up to $100,000,000 aggregate amount of the shares of class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the Shelf Securities). The Registration Statement includes two prospectuses: (i) a base prospectus (the Base Prospectus) covering the Shelf Securities and (ii) a sales agreement prospectus supplement (the Sales Agreement Prospectus Supplement), covering the offering from time to time, pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, by the Company of $22,800,000 of shares of its class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, that may be issued and sold pursuant to the At Market Issuance Sales Agreement dated as of September 19, 2022, among the Company, B. Riley Securities, Inc. and Northland Securities, Inc. (the Sales Agreement, and such shares the Sales Agreement Shares and the Sales Agreement Shares, together with the Shelf Securities, the Securities). The Base Prospectus provides that the Shelf Securities may be offered in amounts, at prices and on terms to be set forth in one or more supplements to the prospectus included in the Registration Statement (each, a Prospectus Supplement).
In rendering the opinions expressed below, we have reviewed originals or copies of the following documents (the Opinion Documents):
(a) | The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, in each case, as amended through the date hereof (the Governing Documents); |
(b) | The Sales Agreement; |
(c) | The Registration Statement; |
(d) | The Base Prospectus; |
(e) | The Sales Agreement Prospectus Supplement; and |
(f) | Such other corporate records of the Company, certificates of public officials and of officers of the Company and agreements and other documents as we have deemed necessary as a basis for the opinion expressed below. |
In our review of the Opinion Documents, we have assumed:
(a) | The genuineness of all signatures; |
(b) | The authenticity of the originals of the documents submitted to us; |
(c) | The conformity to authentic originals of any documents submitted to us as copies; and |
(d) | As to matters of fact, the truthfulness of the representations made in the Opinion Documents, and in certificates of public officials and officers of the Company. |
We have not independently established the validity of the foregoing assumptions.
Based upon the foregoing and upon such other investigation as we have deemed necessary and subject to the qualifications set forth below, we are of the opinion that:
1. | The Shelf Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and when issued and delivered against payment therefor as provided in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus and the related Prospectus Supplement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. |
2. | The Sales Agreement Shares have been duly authorized for issuance by the Company and, when issued and sold in accordance with the Registration Statement and the final Prospectus Supplement relating to such Sales Agreement Shares and delivered to the purchaser or purchasers thereof against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the Sales Agreement, the Sales Agreement Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. |
This opinion letter is limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and we do not express any opinion herein concerning any other law.
This opinion letter is delivered to you in connection with the filing of the Registration Statement. This opinion letter may not be relied upon by you for any other purpose without our prior written consent.
This opinion letter speaks only as of the date hereof. We expressly disclaim any responsibility to advise you of any development or circumstance of any kind, including any change of law or fact, that may occur after the date of this opinion letter and which might affect the opinions expressed herein.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name therein and in the Base Prospectus under the caption Legal Matters. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act, or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
Very truly yours, |
/s/ Shearman & Sterling LLP |
Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated March 31, 2022, with respect to our audit of the consolidated financial statements of Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc. as of December 31, 2021 and for the year then ended, which report appears in the Base Prospectus and the Sales Agreement Prospectus, which are part of this Registration Statement.
We also consent to the reference to us under the heading Experts in such Registration Statement.
/s/ArmaninoLLP
Dallas, Texas
September 19, 2022
Exhibit 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated March 30, 2021, except for the revision to the segment information disclosure in Note 1 as to which the date is July 16, 2021, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Support.com, Inc. as of and for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 which report appears in the Form 8-K of Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc. filed on September 15, 2021. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the heading Experts in the Base Prospectus and Sales Agreement Prospectus, which are part of this Registration Statement.
/s/ Plante & Moran, PLLC |
Denver, Colorado |
September 19, 2022 |
Exhibit 107
Calculation of Filing Fee Table
S-3
(Form Type)
Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Table 1: Newly Registered and Carry Forward Securities
Security Type |
Security Class Title |
Fee Calculation or Carry Forward Rule |
Amount Registered(1) |
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit(2) |
Maximum Aggregate Offering Price(3) |
Fee Rate |
Amount of Registration Fee | |||||||||
Fees to Be Paid | Equity | Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share |
457(o) | | | | | | ||||||||
Total Offering Amounts | $100,000,000 | 92.70 | 9,270 | |||||||||||||
Total Fees Previously Paid | | | | |||||||||||||
Total Fee Offsets | | | | |||||||||||||
Net Fee Due | $9,270 |
(1) | There are being registered hereunder an indeterminate number of class A common stock of Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc., which securities may be offered and sold, on a primary basis, in such amount as shall result in an aggregate public offering price of $100,000,000 after the date hereof. Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), this Registration Statement shall be deemed to cover an indeterminate number of additional class A common stock to be offered as a result of share splits, share dividends or similar transactions. |
(2) | With regard to the class A common stock included in the offering made hereby, the proposed maximum offering price per class A common stock will be determined from time to time by the registrant in connection with the issuance of the class A common stock registered by this Registration Statement. Prices, when determined, may be in U.S. dollars or the equivalent thereof in one or more foreign currencies, foreign currency units or composite currencies. |
(3) | The registration fee has been calculated in accordance with 457(o) under the Securities Act. |