As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 4, 2024.

 

Registration Statement No. 333-

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM F-1

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT Under The Securities Act of 1933

 

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Australia   7380   Not applicable
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

 

Level 1, Suite 1, 29-33 The Corso

Manly, New South Wales 2095

+61 1800 151 865

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

Wimp 2 Warrior LLC

8 The Green, Ste R

Dover, DE 19901

(302) 288-0670

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

Copy of all communications including communications sent to agent for service, should be sent to:

 

Jeffrey J. Fessler, Esq.

Seth A. Lemings, Esq.

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

30 Rockefeller Plaza

New York, NY 10112

Telephone: (212) 653-8700

Facsimile: (212) 653-8701

 

Mitchell S. Nussbaum, Esq.

Norwood P. Beveridge, Esq.

Lili Taheri, Esq.

Loeb & Loeb LLP

345 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10154

Telephone: (212) 407-4000

Facsimile: (212) 407-4990

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after this registration statement becomes effective.

 

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box. ☒

 

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933.

 

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If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, 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 term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.

 

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, or until this registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a) may determine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. These securities may not be sold until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS   SUBJECT TO COMPLETION   DATED SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

 

Up to 3,619,303 Ordinary Shares

Up to 3,619,303 Pre-Funded Warrants to Purchase up to 3,619,303 Ordinary Shares

Up to 3,619,303 Ordinary Shares underlying such Pre-Funded Warrants

 

 

Alta Global Group Limited

 

This is a firm commitment public offering in the United States of ordinary shares, no par value (“Ordinary Shares”), of Alta Global Group Limited, an Australian public company limited by shares.

 

Our Ordinary Shares are listed on the NYSE American LLC (the “NYSE American”) under the symbol “MMA.” We have assumed a public offering price of $3.73, which represents the last reported sale price of our Ordinary Shares as reported on the NYSE American on September 3, 2024. The final public offering price will be determined through negotiation between us and the underwriters in the offering and the assumed public offering price used throughout this prospectus may not be indicative of the actual offering price.

 

We are also offering pre-funded warrants (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”) to purchase Ordinary Shares to those purchasers whose purchase of Ordinary Shares in this offering would result in the purchaser, together with its affiliates and certain related parties, beneficially owning more than 4.99% (or, at the election of the purchaser, 9.99%) of our outstanding Ordinary Shares immediately following the consummation of this offering, in lieu of Ordinary Shares. Each Pre-Funded Warrant is exercisable for one Ordinary Share and has an exercise price of $0.001 per share. The assumed offering price per Pre-Funded Warrant is $3.73 less $0.001. Each Pre-Funded Warrant will be exercisable immediately upon issuance and will expire when exercised in full. This offering also relates to the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants sold in this offering.

 

There is no established public trading market for the Pre-Funded Warrants, and we do not expect a market to develop. We do not intend to apply for listing of the Pre-Funded Warrants on any securities exchange or other nationally recognized trading system. Without an active trading market, the liquidity of the Pre-Funded Warrants will be limited.

 

We are an “emerging growth company” under the federal securities laws and have elected to comply with certain reduced public company reporting requirements.

 

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 12. Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

  

Per Ordinary

Share

  

Per Pre-Funded

Warrant

   Total 
Public offering price  US$            US$              US$ 
Underwriting discounts and commissions(1)  US$    US$    US$  
Proceeds to us, before expenses  US$    US$    US$  

 

(1) Underwriting discounts and commissions do not include a non-accountable expense allowance equal to 1.0% of the public offering price payable to the underwriters. We refer you to “Underwriting” beginning on page 104 for additional information regarding underwriters’ compensation.

 

We have granted a 45-day option to the representative of the underwriters to purchase up to 542,895 additional Ordinary Shares and/or Pre-Funded Warrants solely to cover over-allotments, if any.

 

The underwriters expect to deliver the Ordinary Shares and any Pre-Funded Warrants to purchasers against payment in U.S. dollars in New York, New York, on or about      , 2024.

 

ThinkEquity

 

The date of this prospectus is      , 2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

    Page
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS   iii
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY   1
THE OFFERING   10
SUMMARY CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA   11
RISK FACTORS   12
USE OF PROCEEDS   26
EXCHANGE RATE INFORMATION   26
DIVIDENDS AND DIVIDEND POLICY   27
CAPITALIZATION   27
DILUTION   28
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS   30
BUSINESS   46
MANAGEMENT   68
PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS   76
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS   77
DESCRIPTION OF SHARE CAPITAL   79
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES WE ARE OFFERING   96
ORDINARY SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE   97
TAXATION   98
UNDERWRITING   104
EXPENSES RELATING TO THIS OFFERING   111
LEGAL MATTERS   111
EXPERTS   112
ENFORCEABILITY OF CIVIL LIABILITIES   112
WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION   112
INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS   F-1

 

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We are incorporated under the laws of Australia. Certain of our directors and officers and certain other persons named in this prospectus are citizens and residents of countries other than the United States, and all or a significant portion of the assets of the certain directors, officers and other persons named in this prospectus are outside the United States. As a result, it may not be possible for you to effect service of process within the United States upon such persons or to enforce against them or against us in U.S. courts any judgments predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the federal securities laws of the United States. There is doubt as to the enforceability in Australia, either in original actions or in actions for enforcement of judgments of U.S. courts, of civil liabilities predicated on U.S. federal securities laws.

 

You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus or contained in any free writing prospectus filed with the SEC. Neither we nor the underwriters have authorized anyone to provide any information or make any representation other than those contained in this prospectus or in any free writing prospectus we have prepared. When you make a decision about whether to invest in the Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants, you should not rely upon any information other than the information in this prospectus. The information contained in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date of this prospectus, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or of any sale of the Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants. Our business, financial condition, operating results and prospects may have changed since that date. This prospectus is not an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants in any circumstances under which any such offer or solicitation is unlawful.

 

For investors outside of the United States, we have not taken any action to permit this offering or to permit the possession or distribution of this prospectus in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required, other than in the United States. Persons outside the United States who come into possession of this prospectus must inform themselves about and observe any restrictions relating to the offering of the Ordinary Shares and Pre-Funded Warrants and the distribution of this prospectus outside of the United States.

 

CONVENTIONS THAT APPLY TO THIS PROSPECTUS

 

Unless otherwise indicated or the context implies otherwise, any reference in this prospectus to:

 

  “Alta” refers to Alta Global Group Limited, an Australian public company limited by shares;
     
  “the Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our” refer to Alta and its consolidated subsidiaries, through which it conducts its business;
     
  “Shares” or “Ordinary Shares” refers to Ordinary Shares of Alta; and
     
  “Corporations Act” means the Australian Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).

 

PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Our reporting and functional currency is the Australian dollar, and our financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus are presented in Australian dollars. The consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (the “IASB”) and interpretations (collectively “IFRS”), differ in certain significant respects from generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”). As a result, our financial statements may not be comparable to the financial statements of U.S. companies. Because the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has adopted rules to accept financial statements prepared in accordance with IFRS as issued by the IASB without reconciliation to U.S. GAAP from foreign private issuers such as us, we are not providing a description of the principal differences between U.S. GAAP and IFRS.

 

All references in this prospectus to “US$,” “U.S. dollars,” and “dollars” mean U.S. dollars and all references to “A$” mean Australian dollars, unless otherwise noted.

 

Our reporting and functional currency is the Australian dollar. As a result, except as otherwise stated, all amounts presented in this prospectus will be in Australian dollars. No representation is made that the Australian dollar amounts referred to in this prospectus could have been or could be converted into U.S. dollars at a particular rate.

 

INDUSTRY AND MARKET DATA

 

This prospectus includes information with respect to market and industry conditions and market share from third-party sources or that is based upon estimates using such sources when available. We believe that such information and estimates are reasonable and reliable. We also believe the information extracted from publications of third-party sources has been accurately reproduced. However, we have not independently verified any of the data from third party sources. Similarly, our internal research is based upon the understanding of industry conditions, and such information has not been verified by any independent sources. In addition, assumptions and estimates of our and our industry’s future performance are necessarily subject to a high degree of uncertainty and risk due to a variety of factors, including those described under the caption “Risk Factors” of this prospectus. These and other factors could cause our future performance to differ materially from our assumptions and estimates. See “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”

 

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TRADEMARKS, SERVICE MARKS AND TRADENAMES

 

We use our registered and unregistered trademarks in this prospectus. This prospectus also includes trademarks, tradenames and service marks that are the property of other organizations. Solely for convenience, trademarks and tradenames referred to in this prospectus may appear without the ® and symbols, but those references are not intended to indicate in any way that we will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, our rights or that the applicable owner will not assert its rights, to these trademarks and tradenames.

 

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This prospectus contains forward-looking statements that are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included in this prospectus, regarding our strategy, future operations, financial position, projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives of management are forward-looking statements. When used in this prospectus, the words “could,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “expect,” “may,” “continue,” “predict,” “potential,” “project” or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words.

 

Forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to:

 

  our goals and strategies, including with respect to the development and expansion of our business;
     
  our capital commitments and/or intentions with respect to our business, including the sufficiency of our liquidity and capital resources;
     
  the nature and extent of future competition in our industry and in the markets in which we operate or plan to operate;
     
  the price of, and our ability to successfully integrate, any acquired businesses;
     
  the expected cash flows from our business;
     
  our planned capital expenditures; and
     
  our intended use of proceeds from this offering.

 

All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this prospectus. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Although we believe that our plans, objectives, expectations and intentions reflected in or suggested by the forward-looking statements we make in this prospectus are reasonable, we cannot assure you that these plans, objectives, expectations or intentions will be achieved. We disclose important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from our expectations under “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this prospectus. This prospectus also contains estimates and other statistical data made by independent parties and by us relating to market size and growth and other data about our industry. These data involve a number of assumptions and limitations, and you are cautioned not to give undue weight to such estimates. In addition, projections, assumptions and estimates of our future performance and the future performance of the markets in which we operate are necessarily subject to a high degree of uncertainty and risk. Because forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, some of which cannot be predicted or quantified and some of which are beyond our control, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Moreover, we operate in an evolving environment. New risk factors and uncertainties may emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for management to predict all risk factors and uncertainties.

 

The forward-looking statements made in this prospectus relate only to events or information as of the date on which the statements are made in this prospectus. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date on which the statements are made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

 

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

 

This summary provides a brief overview of information contained elsewhere in this prospectus and is qualified in its entirety by the more detailed information and consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. Because it is abbreviated, this summary does not contain all of the information that you should consider before investing in our securities. You should read the entire prospectus carefully before making an investment decision, including the information presented under the headings “Risk Factors,” “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the historical consolidated financial statements and the related notes to those financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus.

 

Our Mission

 

Our mission is to empower community driven growth in the global martial arts and combat sports sector, leveraging technology to bridge the gap between passion and participation.

 

Company Overview

 

We are a technology company that is enabling the global martial arts and combat sports industry to maximize the monetization opportunities available to the sector by increasing consumer participation in the sport and building upon existing community offerings within the sector. While we believe martial arts and combat sport gyms have a superb in-gym product, they are ripe for transformation when it comes to building sales channels, enhancing customer onboarding, optimizing engagement and driving the growth and retention of members and membership revenues within their gym communities.

 

We believe that our platform represents a considerable opportunity to aggregate the vast global community ecosystem for martial arts and combat sports, via a single platform solution that will define the sector’s digital transformation, converting one of the world’s largest fan bases into participants. The Alta Platform serves as a comprehensive solution for martial arts and combat sports, offering a blend of four core products: the Warrior Training Program, UFC Fight Fit Program, Alta Academy, and the Alta Community. To date, the Warrior Training Program has been the core product we have monetized globally, which has been integral in enabling us to partner with some of the best gyms and coaches globally, while building a passionate following from our participants and customers.

 

Mixed martial arts (“MMA”) is one of the world’s fastest growing sports for participation and audience growth, with hundreds of millions of passionate fans engaging in various levels of digital and physical participation every day. According to IBISWorld statistics, there are currently over 45,597 martial arts and combat sports gyms in the US alone that are expected to generate over US$12.6 billion in annual revenue in 2023. Additionally, according to Sports & Fitness Industry Association’s Single Sport Reports for Martial Arts and Boxing Fitness, it is expected that more than 11.8 million people will engage in various martial arts and combat sports disciplines in 2023.

 

There are significant sector tailwinds which we benefit from, created by the large professional MMA leagues, including the UFC, Professional Fighters League (“PFL”), ONE Championship and Bellator, whose marketing budgets and broadcast reach play a pivotal role in growing the sport’s fan base. As a participant in the MMA sector, we target fan and consumer interest and aim to convert that interest into engagement with our premium and immersive online and “in-gym” fitness and training experiences.

 

We have successfully activated globally recognized coaches, athletes and influencers as ambassadors who continue to promote our vison and the growth in adoption of our platform and its benefits. We believe the continuing engagement of our ambassadors will be a key element to drive our expansion. Our network of partner gym communities includes some of the most renowned names in the combat sports sector, including one of our cofounders, John Kavanagh, an MMA coach who is widely recognized for coaching UFC champion, Conor McGregor. Mr. Kavanagh has assisted in the development of the training programs available exclusively on our platform and offers these programs at his prominent gym, SBG Ireland, in Dublin. Mr. Kavanagh has also assisted us in engaging other globally recognized partner gym communities. In addition, we have also secured key talent in the MMA sector by engaging ambassadors such as former UFC champion Daniel Cormier, UFC broadcaster Laura Sanko and owner and head coach of City Kickboxing in Auckland, New Zealand, Eugene Bareman.

 

Since our inception, we have accumulated deep sector knowledge of how martial arts and combat sports operate globally, enabling us to recognize the unique preferences and needs of the gyms, coaches and consumers within this market. We have leveraged the extensive information in our gym inventory and community database to create an optimal pathway to attract consumers to participate in our proprietary training programs as well as training via the weekly timetable of our partner gyms. We have built a database containing over 4,000 records of martial arts and combat sports gyms globally and have over 550 gyms on the Alta Platform. Our partner gym communities include martial arts and combat sports gym operations that span a range of training disciplines including, but not limited to, jiu jitsu, boxing, wrestling, MMA, Muay Thai, kickboxing, judo, karate, and Tae Kwon Do.

 

Since 2018, we have run over 206 Warrior Training Programs globally, and over 5,107 participants have subscribed to our Warrior Training Program, an average of 25 participants per program. In fiscal year 2021, we ran 34 Warrior Training Programs with a total of 886 participants. In fiscal year 2022, we ran 50 Warrior Training Programs with a total of 1,163 participants. In fiscal year 2023, we ran 36 Warrior Training Programs with a total of 865 participants. Over the last three years, the average gross revenue per participant who subscribed to our Warrior Training Program was A$1,496. The Warrior Training Program is a 100 lesson, 20-week syllabus that provides participants with a comprehensive introduction to the foundations of the sport of mixed martial arts. Participants who complete the 20-week Warrior Training Program have the opportunity to compete in a sanctioned amateur mixed martial arts contest against a fellow participant in their class cohort. The Warrior Training Program thereby acts as an “on ramp” to learning the fundamentals of all disciplines of mixed martial arts, including wrestling, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, boxing, Thai boxing, Judo and other disciplines. At the conclusion of the Warrior Training Program, participants may elect to continue their training subscription and specialize in a particular martial art they enjoyed during their Warrior Training Program.

 

As a result, our partner gyms have experienced incremental revenue growth because of increased participation within their community. Our community development approach to acquiring participants has redefined the participation demographics for martial arts worldwide. Specifically, we have strong female participation rates, and the average age of our members is mid to late 30s, with our oldest participants being in their 60s. Additionally, participants can become valuable, long-standing members of our and their gym community after completing their first Alta program.

 

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We have also entered into a Partner Referral Agreement with U Gym, LLC (“UFC Gym”). We have collaborated with UFC Gym to design and launch a new 10-week Alta training program, called the UFC Fight Fit Program (“UFC Fight Fit Program”). UFC Gym has the option to introduce the 10 week program across its network of over 150 global locations.

 

A further opportunity to aggregate the sector is through our Alta Community product, which is an extension of our existing product offerings and represents the first global, cloud-based community-led growth and management software for martial arts and combat sports. The Alta Community is designed for participants, coaches, and operators who are collectively referred to as “members” of the Alta Community. The Alta Community enables the creation of individual communities and also promotes connections among these communities and their members, thus fostering a single global community. This solution is deliberately designed to optimize the management, growth, and monetization of martial arts and combat sports communities. It strives to enhance the digital and in-gym experiences of Alta members, making it easier for them to discover, participate in, contribute to, coach, and operate the best martial arts and combat sports communities on a single platform. Importantly, this entire process is facilitated through a simple monthly subscription.

 

In summary, by combining our proprietary training programs with the insights and connection driven approach of the Alta Community, we have created a commercial environment that drives efficiency, growth, and is designed to deliver partner gyms and coaches a distinct competitive advantage. The combination of Alta’s core products positions the business strongly as a first mover in the race to aggregate such a vast and attractive sector by creating a personalized, inclusive and attractive “on ramp” for martial arts participation, regardless of location.

 

Our Footprint - Trainalta.com, Mixedmartialarts.com and Steppen

 

Each day we strive to:

 

  Increase the number of published and active gyms.
  Activate recurring revenue through each active gym by running Alta Programs, selling in-gym training subscriptions and enrolling customers in our Alta Academy and Alta Community platform. Our mantra ‘increasing earnings at your gym’ enables us to increase our ‘share of wallet’ and drive growth.
  Establish a model that generates a steady stream of leads and prospects for our products. The user generated content available on mixedmartialarts.com, Alta content available on the Alta Academy and testimonials endorsing our programs are enabling the creation of a self-sustaining customer acquisition model.
  Build a scalable technology stack that solves customer needs and is capable of being rolled out to other sports with community attributes similar to martial arts and combat sports.

 

This focus has enabled us to achieve the following:

 

Metrics   March 31, 2024 (Actual)
Curated Gym Network    
Database   4,299 gyms with global inventory accessible
Published   3,028 gyms (1,025 in Oceania, 1,699 in the United States, 172 in the United Kingdom & Ireland and 132 in other locations) with global inventory available
Active   552 gyms registered on trainalta.com, gym profile claimed or created, and accepted terms and conditions for the Alta platform or Hype platform and/or accepted previous license agreement to run the Warrior Training Program
Ambassadors   5 globally recognized influencers
Athlete Profiles/Talent   Over 9,878 professional and amateur fighters
Participants/User Accounts   Over 543,518 monthly users of three Alta platforms
Website Sessions   Over 580,000 combined monthly website sessions of three Alta platforms
Monthly User Engagements   Over 600,000 monthly average user engagements (posts and reactions)
Follower base   Over 5,000,000 total social media followers (Meta, X and TikTok)
Page Views   Over 14,000,000 combined monthly pageviews of three Alta platforms
Coaching Tutorial Videos   Over 3,500 tutorial videos available on Alta platforms
     
Enterprise    
Enterprise   UFC Fit partnership expansion from pilot at San Jose

 

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Business Progress

 

Since July 1, 2023, we have increased our gym footprint, expanding into new territories including Illinois, Arizona and Hawaii. We have also engaged major martial arts academies including Renzo Gracie, American Top Team and American Kickboxing Academy.

 

In July 2023, we launched our first online offering, the Alta Academy, to complement and further leverage our in-gym training experiences for our customers. This activates our multi-year exclusive content agreements with our key global talent, which is a critical element of our top of funnel marketing systems to drive in-gym participation.

 

Since launch of the Alta Academy, we have expanded our digital content, including the digital syllabus for the Warrior Training Program, and extended our online training into other disciplines beyond MMA, including jiu jitsu, boxing, wrestling, and Muay Thai, among others, with new masterclasses delivered by our elite coaching talent, including Rafael Cordeiro, Mike Angove, Nikki Lloyd-Griffiths.

 

In September 2023, we launched four new membership tiers for Alta members, including an In-Gym Training membership tier, which leverages underutilized capacity within our gym partner network and allows Alta members to train in our partner gyms.

 

In September 2023, we launched the first iteration of the Alta Community platform, which we believe will drive the growth of the gym and coaching communities though the provision of new content and channels. This included the launch of gym channels. The gym channels feature is used to house multimedia content that pertains to a specific gym’s profile on the Alta Community. This currently includes multimedia content such as gym walkthrough videos (point of view videos demonstrating the gym’s facility) as well as interviews with gym owners and coaches.

 

In September 2023, we successfully completed our pilot UFC Fit program with UFC Gym in San Jose. We are currently negotiating the roll-out the UFC Fit program across the UFC Gym network.

 

In September 2023, we completed the acquisition of the assets of Steppen Pty Ltd, a fitness technology company based in Australia (“Steppen”). Steppen is a dynamic fitness app designed to inspire, guide, and support users on their fitness journey. The Steppen platform quickly resonated with young fitness enthusiasts around the globe, particularly in the U.S., accumulating a large following quickly after its global launch in mid-2021. The Steppen App has seen success with over 395,000 downloads, predominantly from the U.S., reaching over 1.8 million impressions on the Apple App Store. With a robust database of over 270,000 accounts, we believe that the Steppen App has established a substantial user base. We plan to continue Steppen App’s operations and integrate key aspects of its proprietary Apple mobile application technology, while exploring ways to optimize content and services for users, leveraging the acquired expertise and technology. We believe the synergy from this acquisition is poised to drive growth, diversification, and market expansion for Alta in the burgeoning health and wellness sector. As consideration for the asset acquisition, we issued Steppen an unsecured and non-redeemable convertible promissory note (on the same terms as the private placement completed in June 2023 (the “Private Placement”)), with a principal amount of US$ 64,977.

 

In October 2023, we completed the acquisition of the assets of Mixed Martials Arts LLC, an independent MMA media company, based in the U.S. Mixed Martial Arts LLC represents a valuable opportunity to us, as it is one of the last independent MMA media companies not acquired by a major corporation, making it a novel asset in the digital MMA landscape. With a substantial digital presence, the platform boasts more than 260,000 forum accounts, more than 350,000 monthly engaged sessions, and a significant social media footprint, including over 5 million followers across Facebook pages. Mixed Martial Arts LLC has previously initiated effective monetization strategies, generating peak annual revenues of up to US$600,000. With the right investment in technology and user engagement, we believe there is considerable potential for revitalizing and growing the platform’s user base and revenue streams. As consideration for the asset acquisition, we issued Mixed Martials Arts LLC an unsecured and non-redeemable convertible promissory note (on the same terms as the recently completed Private Placement), with a principal amount of US$250,000 and paid US$25,000 in cash.

 

In October 2023, we launched ticketing services for live Alta events and seminars, including the Warrior Training Program finale events. Since launching to March 31, 2024, we have generated ticketing revenue of A$144,817.

 

On April 2, 2024, we completed our initial public offering, raising $6,500,000 by selling 1,300,000 shares at $5.00 per share. All previously issued convertible notes were converted or redeemed. As of March 31, 2024, there are no convertible notes, host, or derivative liabilities on the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position. Remaining interest and final fair value movement in derivative liability are reflected in the Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss.

 

Throughout April 2024, we partnered with renowned combat sports figures, including Rafael Cordeiro (Mike Tyson’s coach) for online Muay Thai training and former UFC champion Daniel Cormier for wrestling instructional videos, targeting both beginners and seasoned athletes.

 

In May 2024, we celebrated success in expanding the global MMA community. The Warrior Training Program at SBG Ireland has historically attracted over 700 new members, boosting gym memberships and revenue. MMA superstar Conor McGregor, an Alta investor, endorsed the program to help drive global combat sports participation. We also announced a strategic partnership with Upper Management in Mexico to launch the Warrior Training Program in multiple gyms and create content for the burgeoning Mexican MMA fanbase. Further, we also showcased our partnership with City Kickboxing in New Zealand, transforming over 800 beginners into cage-ready athletes through the Warrior Training Program, significantly boosting gym memberships and community engagement.

 

In May 2024, we completed the acquisition of the assets of Hype Kit, Inc. (“Hype”) for USD$100,000, an all-in-one digital marketing platform, designed to help small businesses grow in today’s age of social media. Hype’s software platform strengthens the Company’s vision to convert 640 million MMA fans to participants by providing invaluable tools to our gym owner, coach, and athlete partners to not only grow their revenues, but also operate more efficiently, save costs and enhance the offerings to their members and community. This acquisition is expected to accelerate Alta’s technology roadmap, bringing forward new subscription revenue opportunities for us, whilst creating cost synergies by materially reducing product development overhead and bringing valuable technology expertise, skills and talent into the business.

 

In June 2024, we partnered with legendary MMA coach Eric Nicksick and former UFC fighters Jessica-Rose Clark and Gilbert Melendez to help strengthen our connection to 640 million global MMA fans.

 

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Our Next Growth Engines

 

The growth engine of the Alta Platform is conceived as a dynamic, adaptable model, intentionally designed to reflect the ever-evolving landscape of martial arts, ongoing technological advancements, and the shifting preferences within the global martial arts community. Rather than being static, this strategy is crafted to be agile, accommodating new insights and market shifts.

 

Having established product market fit across our operating territories with the Warrior Training Program, we expect that the next phase of our growth will be driven by expanding our product set to meet the demand of the martial arts and combat sports community. Our extended subscription based product suite aims to increase member engagement and lifetime value of each of our members (participants, gyms and coaches) in the martial arts training ecosystem. For example, where a subscription to the Warrior Training Program historically had a start date and an end date, our new product range and technology stack enables the Warrior Training Program to also be sold alongside an ongoing in-gym training subscription (both before and after completion of the Warrior Training Program).

 

Central to this strategy is the utilization of technology to catalyze growth that is primarily community-led. It establishes a digital-to-physical bridge that enhances engagement and participation within physical gym settings. We believe our platforms are poised to become the primary destination for passionate martial artists and commercial practitioners, presenting avenues for content consumption and active, personalized involvement within the sport.

 

Our platforms equip users with an array of options to navigate and tailor their martial arts experience. Our services are inclusive, reaching out to a broad spectrum of users from beginners to seasoned fighters, and also provide resources for coaches and gym owners to grow their businesses. These services are refined to match users’ progression within martial arts, ensuring that our platforms evolve concurrently with technology and community input.

 

Most recently, we delivered a bespoke product solution for a new enterprise partner, UFC Gym, which will allow us to refine our enterprise offerings to other large fitness chains and provide us with valuable content and user led reviews and feedback. Our ability to grow is further bolstered by a dedicated team of experts in the field that enhance our technology, ensuring that our platforms remain at the forefront of user engagement.

 

We monetize our product offerings through our membership tiers that are customized for different degrees of engagement, enabling users to modify their level of participation as their relationship with martial arts deepens, or reduces. This modular approach guarantees accessibility and flexibility, presenting a variety of interaction points for every segment of the martial arts community.

 

The expansion of our platforms is engineered to boost user engagement, revenue generation and lifetime value of each Alta member, embodying a growth-centric model that anticipates and meets the needs of our users while expanding their interaction with martial arts. This blueprint is devised to position our platforms as a central, influential force within the martial arts community that fosters a robust, interconnected global community.

 

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Member Acquisition Approach for the Alta Platform

 

Member Acquisition Overview for the Alta Platform

 

We are dedicated to expanding our member community by strategically acquiring new members who have a passion for martial arts or combat sports and fitness. Our approach is data-driven and designed to align with the interests and behaviors of potential platform members.

 

Relationship/Platform:

 

  By offering practical solutions to improve the in-gym experience and pathways to participate in martial arts and combat sports, our sales function combines with the utility of our platform to become an effective co-operative marketing acquisition strategy. We empower gym owners with the knowledge and tools required to increase their revenue. This empowerment demonstrates that our platform is not merely a product but an evolving business growth partnership.

 

Direct Targeted Marketing and Advertising:

 

  Precision Analytics: By leveraging our comprehensive data analytics and expansive member databases, we identify potential participants that may be interested in MMA. These individuals are segmented and approached with personalized advertising campaigns across major digital platforms, including Google, Meta, and TikTok, ensuring a high degree of relevancy and engagement.
     
  Engagement-Driven Campaigns: We create and disseminate high-impact marketing campaigns that tell evocative stories, incorporate user-generated content, and feature interactive elements to captivate and involve MMA fans. Capitalizing on seasonal movements, major fight events, and the inherent virality of the sport, we craft advertisements designed to resonate profoundly with our target audience, stimulating engagement and fostering conversions.

 

Cross-Promotional Activities:

 

  Alliances with Marquee Brands: The Alta platform actively seeks and secures strategic alliances with premier brands such as UFC Fit. Through these partnerships and data sharing protocols, we can reach a broader yet highly targeted audience, offering them an immersive experience in the MMA lifestyle.
     
  Custom-Tailored Offers: We create exclusive promotional opportunities specifically for the members and customers of our partner brands. By providing special incentives such as unique experiences during pinnacle events in the MMA calendar, we attract an audience already primed for our offerings.

 

Optimization and Visibility:

 

  Content Optimization: We continuously refine the content on our digital properties, including Trainalta.com and MixedMartialArts.com, to align with the search behaviors of MMA enthusiasts. Through keyword targeting and content strategies, we enhance our visibility, particularly during periods of peak interest.
     
  Technical Readiness: Our platforms are optimized for high performance to accommodate increased traffic flow during major campaigns and high-interest seasons, ensuring that new visitors encounter a seamless user experience, conducive to member conversion.

 

Targeted Seasonal Initiatives:

 

  Seasonal Marketing Initiatives: Our campaigns are also timed to coincide with key fitness milestones throughout the year, recognizing patterns such as New Year’s fitness resolutions, spring training upticks, and summer readiness regimens. These initiatives are crafted to appeal to fitness consumers, integrating lifestyle aspirations with the rigors and discipline of MMA training.
     
  Experiential Engagements: We design promotions that tie in with significant events and holidays, catering to the consumers’ desire for unique and exclusive experiences augmented by MMA training and fitness regimens.

 

By integrating deep database insights and aligning with seasonal consumer behaviors, we believe our member acquisition strategy is fine-tuned for effectiveness, ensuring we captivate a diverse audience ranging from the core MMA fan to the lifestyle-driven fitness enthusiast. Our strategic approach positions us to expand our member base meaningfully and sustainably, driving the growth, monetization and vitality of the Alta Community.

 

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B2B and Enterprise Sales Partnership Approach

 

We understand the local nature of the martial arts and combat sports gym industry, where trust and personal relationships are paramount. Our strategy is to access local markets through:

 

  Industry Experts: Our sales personnel are not just representatives; they are coaching and gym operation consultants who understand the benefits of leveraging our platform, providing personalized solutions and fostering trust through demonstrating our platforms capability as a complimentary tool in our partner gyms’ sales, marketing and community management approach.
     
  Localized Marketing: Implement targeted marketing campaigns that resonate with the local MMA culture and interests, utilizing local media, community events, and regional online media destinations and communities.
     
  Community Engagement: Participate in and sponsor local competitive events, strengthen partnerships with our gym partners, and engage in community service, reinforcing our commitment to our gym partners and their communities.
     
  Referral Programs: Leverage our platforms referral program that incentivizes our existing participants and gym partners to bring in their network, leveraging their satisfaction and trust in our platforms brand.
     
  Testimonials and Success Stories: Showcase business growth stories from our current gym partners and endorsements from our high-profile coaches to demonstrate the impact of our Warrior Training Program.
     
  Search Engine Optimization and Online Presence: Optimize our online presence to capture interest from potential gym partners searching for options to grow their profile in their local area.
     
  Social Media Engagement: Actively engage with the local MMA and combat sports community on social media platforms to build a passionate following and drive awareness.

 

Our commitment to evolution and adaptability is paramount. We maintain a feedback-informed approach to our offerings, ensuring that they align with the evolving demands of the MMA and combat sports community. This adaptive strategy reflects our commitment to staying at the forefront of combat sports training.

 

Our Future Growth Strategy

We believe there are significant opportunities to grow our business, and we intend to do this in established markets to take advantage of the unique position we have created in the martial arts and combat sports sector. Since inception we have grown through positive customer reviews, amplified through social media to attract new customers. In addition, we have partnered with globally respected martial arts figures who greatly expand our organic reach through their social channels and networks.

 

We will continue to invest in our product platform and further develop our partner eco-system. As our product offerings expand, we believe there will be the opportunity to cross-sell our products into our gym partner network and increase adoption of our full product suite.

We intend to continue to invest in technology to enhance the experience for all participants on the Alta Platform, namely customers, coaches and gym owners, in order to drive lifetime value and expand sales channels through referrals and organic promotion.

  

While we are currently focused on the martial arts and combat sports sector, over time, we believe that our technology and community platform could be expanded to support many other sports which exhibit attributes similar to martial arts and combat sports. Once proven in the vast addressable market of martial arts and combat sports, we feel many new sector opportunities will present themselves for similar rollouts and monetization.

 

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Risk Factors Summary

 

Investing in our securities involves significant risks. You should carefully consider the risks described in “Risk Factors” before making a decision to invest in our securities. If we are unable to successfully address these risks and challenges, our business, financial condition, results of operations, or prospects could be materially and adversely affected. In such case, the trading price of our Ordinary Shares would likely decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment. Below is a summary of some of the risks we face:

 

we will require substantial capital to finance our operations, which may not be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all;
   
we have incurred operating losses in the past, may incur operating losses in the future, and may not achieve or maintain profitability in the future;
   
we have disclosed that there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. We may require additional capital in order to execute our business plan and continue the operation of our business. Any capital-raising transaction we are able to complete may result in substantial dilution to our existing shareholders. Our auditors have issued an audit report that contains an explanatory paragraph regarding the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern and their opinion is not modified with respect to this matter;
   
changes in public and consumer tastes and preferences and industry trends could reduce demand for our services and content offerings and adversely affect our business;
   
our in-gym programming has been and may in the future be materially impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and could be impacted by similar events in the future;
   
our ability to generate revenue, is subject to many factors, including many that are beyond our control, such as general macroeconomic conditions;
   
we rely on technology, such as our information systems, to conduct our business. Failure to protect our technology against breakdowns and security breaches could adversely affect our business;
   
the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive or confidential client or customer information could harm our business and standing with our clients and customers;
   
exchange rates may cause fluctuations in our results of operations;
   
our partner gyms could take actions that harm our business;
   
our success depends substantially on the value of our brand;

 

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we rely on contracts and relationships and a termination of any such contract or relationship may have a material adverse effect on our business;
   
our planned growth could place strains on our management, employees, information systems and internal controls, which may adversely impact our business;
   
our partner gyms may be unable to attract and retain members, which may materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition;
   
if we are unable to identify and secure suitable partner gyms, our revenue growth rate and profits may be negatively impacted;
   
if we are unable to retain our key employees, we may not be able to successfully manager our business and pursue our strategic objectives;
   
use of social media may adversely impact our reputation or subject us to fines or other penalties;
   
we may be unsuccessful in any strategic acquisitions and investments, and we may pursue acquisitions or investments for their strategic value in spite of the risk of lack of profitability;
   
we are subject to risks associated with operating in international markets;
   
we may not be able to attract and retain key professional fighters or coaches;
   
our expansion into new markets may present increased risks due to our unfamiliarity with the area, different rules and regulations and challenging operating environments;
   
risks related to government regulation;
   
we are an “emerging growth company,” and our election to comply with the reduced disclosure requirements as a public company may make our securities less attractive to investors;
   
if we fail to establish and maintain proper internal controls, our ability to produce accurate financial statements or comply with applicable regulations could be impaired;
   
we may issue additional Ordinary Shares in the future, which may dilute our existing shareholders, and we may also issue securities that have rights and privileges that are more favorable than the rights and privileges accorded to our existing shareholders;
   
as a foreign private issuer, we are permitted and expect to follow certain home country corporate governance practices in lieu of certain NYSE American requirements applicable to domestic issuers;
   
as a foreign private issuer, we are permitted to file less information with the SEC than a domestic issuer;
   
we may lose our foreign private issuer status, which would then require us to comply with the Exchange Act’s domestic reporting regime and cause us to incur additional legal, accounting and other expenses;
   
the NYSE American may delist our Ordinary Shares from trading on its exchange, which could limit investors’ ability to make transactions in our Ordinary Shares and subject us to additional trading restrictions; and
   
anti-takeover provisions in our Constitution and our right to issue preference shares could make a third-party acquisition of us difficult.

 

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Reverse Share Split

 

On January 24, 2024, we effectuated a four-for-five (4:5) reverse share split (the “Reverse Share Split”) of our Ordinary Shares. No fractional shares were issued in connection with the Reverse Share Split as all fractional shares were rounded up to the next whole share.

 

Corporate Information

 

We were incorporated on March 27, 2013 under the laws of Australia under the name Wimp 2 Warrior Limited and changed our name to Alta Global Group Limited on February 2, 2022.

 

Our principal executive offices are located at Level 1, Suite 1, 29-33 The Corso, Manly, New South Wales 2095, and our telephone number there is +61 1800 151 865. Our website address is https://www.trainalta.com. The information contained on our website is not incorporated by reference into this prospectus, and you should not consider any information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website as part of this prospectus or in deciding whether to purchase our securities.

 

Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company

 

As a company with less than US$1.235 billion in revenues during our last fiscal year, we qualify as an emerging growth company as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (“JOBS Act”) enacted in 2012. As an emerging growth company, we expect to take advantage of reduced reporting requirements that are otherwise applicable to public companies. These provisions include, but are not limited to:

 

  being permitted to present only two years of audited financial statements, in addition to any required unaudited interim financial statements, with correspondingly reduced “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” disclosure in this prospectus;
     
  not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended (“Sarbanes-Oxley Act”);
     
  reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports, proxy statements and registration statements; and
     
  exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.

 

We may take advantage of these provisions until the last day of our fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the completion of our initial public offering, or June 30, 2029. However, if certain events occur prior to the end of such five-year period, including if we become a “large accelerated filer,” our annual gross revenues exceed US$1.235 billion or we issue more than US$1.0 billion of non-convertible debt in any three-year period, we will cease to be an emerging growth company prior to the end of such five-year period.

 

The JOBS Act provides that an emerging growth company can take advantage of an extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards. As an emerging growth company, we intend to take advantage of an extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards as permitted by the JOBS Act. We have elected to take advantage of certain of the reduced disclosure obligations in this prospectus and in the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part and may elect to take advantage of other reduced reporting requirements in future filings. As a result, the information in this prospectus and that we provide to our shareholders in the future may be different than what you might receive from other public reporting companies in which you hold equity interests.

 

Implications of Being a Foreign Private Issuer

 

Upon effectiveness of this registration statement, we will be considered a “foreign private issuer” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). In our capacity as a foreign private issuer, we are exempt from certain rules under the Exchange Act that impose certain disclosure obligations and procedural requirements for proxy solicitations under Section 14 of the Exchange Act. In addition, our officers, directors and principal shareholders are exempt from the reporting and “short-swing” profit recovery provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules under the Exchange Act with respect to their purchases and sales of our Ordinary Shares. Moreover, we are not required to file periodic reports and financial statements with the SEC as frequently or as promptly as U.S. companies whose securities are registered under the Exchange Act. In addition, we are not required to comply with Regulation FD, which restricts the selective disclosure of material information.

 

We may take advantage of these exemptions until such time as we are no longer a foreign private issuer. We would cease to be a foreign private issuer at such time as more than 50% of our outstanding voting securities are held by U.S. residents and any of the following three circumstances applies: (1) the majority of our executive officers or directors are U.S. citizens or residents, (2) more than 50% of our assets are located in the United States or (3) our business is administered principally in the United States.

 

As a foreign private issuer, we have taken advantage of certain reduced disclosure and other requirements in this prospectus and may elect to take advantage of other reduced reporting requirements in future filings. Accordingly, the information contained herein or that we provide shareholders may be different than the information you receive from other public companies in which you hold equity securities.

 

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THE OFFERING

 

Ordinary Shares offered by us   3,619,303 Ordinary Shares (or 4,162,198 Ordinary Shares if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional Ordinary Shares and/or Pre-Funded Warrants in full).
     
Pre-Funded Warrants offered by us   We are also offering up 3,619,303 Pre-Funded Warrants to purchase up to up to 3,619,303 Ordinary Shares in lieu of Ordinary Shares to any purchaser whose purchase of Ordinary Shares in this offering would otherwise result in such purchaser, together with its affiliates and certain related parties, beneficially owning more than 4.99% (or, at the purchaser’s election, 9.99%) of our outstanding Ordinary Shares immediately following the consummation of this offering. The exercise price of each Pre-Funded Warrant will equal $0.001 per share. The Pre-Funded Warrants are immediately exercisable and will expire when exercised in full. This prospectus also relates to the offering of the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants.
     
Ordinary Shares to be outstanding immediately after this offering(1)   13,947,989 Ordinary Shares (or 14,490,884 Ordinary Shares if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional Ordinary Shares and/or Pre-Funded Warrants in full), assuming that we only sell Ordinary Shares and no Pre-Funded Warrants, subject to certain exclusions noted in the table below.
     
Option to purchase additional Ordinary Shares and/or Pre-Funded Warrants   We have granted the underwriters an option for a period of 45 days from the date of this prospectus, to purchase up to an additional 542,895 Ordinary Shares and/or Pre-Funded Warrants, representing fifteen percent (15%) of the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares and Pre-Funded Warrants sold in this offering. The purchase price of such additional Ordinary Shares is equal to the public offering price for Ordinary Shares sold in the offering less the underwriting discount, if any, and the purchase price for such additional Pre-Funded Warrants is equal to the public offering price for Pre-Funded Warrants, less the underwriting discount, if any.
     
Use of proceeds  

We estimate that the net proceeds from this offering will be approximately US$11,915,000 (or approximately US$13,767,875 if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full), at an assumed public offering price of US$3.73 per Ordinary Share, after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us.

 

We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering for product development; to scale up our sales and marketing efforts; to redeem an outstanding convertible note facility; and for general working capital and corporate purposes. We may also use a portion of the net proceeds to acquire or invest in complementary businesses or technologies; however, we have no current commitments or obligations to do so. See “Use of Proceeds” for a more complete description of the intended use of proceeds from this offering.

     
Lock Up   In connection with our initial public offering in March 2024, our directors and officers agreed with the underwriters, subject to certain exceptions, not to sell, transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any of our Ordinary Shares or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for our Ordinary Shares until March 27, 2025. In addition, in respect of this offering, our directors and officers will agree with the underwriters, subject to certain exceptions, not to sell, transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any of our Ordinary Shares or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for our Ordinary Shares for a period of three months after the date of this prospectus if the offering is consummated after December 27, 2024. See “Shares Eligible for Future Sale” and “Underwriting” for more information.
     
Risk Factors   An investment in our securities involves significant risks. See “Risk Factors” on page 12 and other information included in this prospectus for a discussion of factors to consider carefully before deciding to invest in our securities.
     
Listing   Our Ordinary Shares are listed on the NYSE American under the symbol “MMA”.

 

(1) The number of Ordinary Shares that will be outstanding after this offering is based on 10,328,686 Ordinary Shares outstanding as of the date of this prospectus and upon completion of this offering, and excludes:

 

  1,532,641 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of options outstanding as of the date of this prospectus at a weighted average exercise price of USD$2.82;
     
  65,000 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants outstanding as of the date of this prospectus at an exercise price of USD$6.25; and
     
  730,229 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the vesting of Restricted Units outstanding as of the date of this prospectus.

 

Except as otherwise indicated herein, all information in this prospectus assumes:

 

  that we only sell Ordinary Shares and no Pre-Funded Warrants in this offering;
     
  no exercise by the underwriters of their option to purchase additional Ordinary Shares and/or Pre-Funded Warrants in this offering; and
     
 

no exercise of the Representative’s warrants to purchase 180,965 Ordinary Shares (5% of the Ordinary Shares and Pre-Funded Warrants sold in this offering) issuable to the representative of the underwriters in connection with this offering.

 

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SUMMARY CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA

 

The following summary consolidated financial data presented below as of and for the years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 have been derived from our audited consolidated financial statements as of and for the years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 and related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus.

 

The following summary consolidated financial data presented below as of and for the nine months ended March 31, 2024 have been derived from our unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements for the nine months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 and related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus.

 

Historical results are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected in the future and the results for the year ended June 30, 2023 or nine months ended March 31, 2024 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any other period.

 

In connection with the initial public offering of our Ordinary Shares in March 2024, all convertible notes that were on issue prior to the initial public offering have either been converted into Ordinary Shares or redeemed. At March 31, 2024 there is no convertible note debt, host or derivative liability, on the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position. The remaining interest on convertible notes and the final fair value movement in derivative liability is reflected in the Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss.

 

The summary consolidated financial data should be read in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere in this prospectus.

 

Our financial statements are presented in U.S. or Australian dollars, as indicated, and have been prepared in accordance with IFRS.

 

   Year Ended June 30,   Nine Months Ended March 31, 
  

2023

(A$)

  

2023

(US$)

  

2022

(A$)

   2024 (A$) (unaudited)   2024 (US$) (unaudited)   2023 (A$) (unaudited) 
Consolidated Income Statement Data:                              
Revenue:                              
Revenue from Program Fees  $937,415   $630,974   $2,050,044   $954,621   $622,795   $766,499 
Less: Contractual payments to gyms   (574,025)   (386,376)   (1,215,191)   (556,098)   (362,798)   (462,026)
Net Revenue from Program Fees   363,390    244,598    834,853    398,523    259,996    304,473 
Other income   1,173,421    789,830    105,950    172,760    112,709    1,173,278 
Total revenue   1,536,811    1,034,427    940,803    571,283    372,705    1,477,751 
Expenses:                              
Program expenses   229,848    154,711    342,600    124,190    81,022    189,304 
Employee salaries and benefits   4,219,655    2,840,250    4,664,013    3,908,674    2,550,019    3,292,873 
Share Based Payments   2,365,384    1,592,140    1,546,983    3,650,976    2,381,897    1,774,037 
Advertising fees   721,713    485,785    3,615,399    419,912    273,951    515,197 
Professional fees   864,419    581,840    685,870    1,505,745    982,348    421,546 
Rent   11,793    7,938    2,366    7,245    4,727    10,158 
IT costs   633,220    426,220    640,403    416,340    271,620    477,121 
Depreciation and amortization   360,021    242,330    260,651    483,338    315,330    312,293 
Net foreign exchange gain   (47,359)   (31,877)   (26,079)   (59,191)   (38,616)   (15,961)
Finance costs   4,472,730    3,010,595    2,191,803    3,219,591    2,100,461    2,614,281 
Other expenses   1,432,094    963,942    965,808    1,198,176    781,690    464,569 
Fair value movement in derivative liability   6,870,729    4,624,688    (2,751,564)   (3,400,685)   (2,218,607)   4,666,982 
                               
Total Expenses   22,134,247    14,898,562    12,138,253    11,474,311    7,485,840    14,722,400 
Loss before income tax expense   (20,597,436)   (13,864,134)   (11,197,450)   (10,903,028)   (7,113,135)   (13,244,649)
Income tax expense   -    -    -                
Loss after income tax expense for the year   (20,597,436)   (13,864,134)   (11,197,450)   (10,903,028)   (7,113,135)   (13,244,649)
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax   (36,465)   (24,545)   (31,312)   (98,128)   (64,019)   (21,072)
Total comprehensive loss for the year attributable to the members of Alta Global Group Limited  $(20,633,901)  $(13,888,679)  $(11,228,762)  $(11,001,156)  $(7,177,154)  $(13,265,721)
Basic loss per share  $(5.26)(1)  $(3.54)(1)  $(2.86)(1)  $(1.07)(2)  $(0.72)(2)  $(2.71)(2)
Diluted loss per share  $(5.26)(1)  $(3.54)(1)  $(2.86)(1)  $(1.07)(2)  $(0.72)(2)  $(2.71)(2)

 

  (1) Please refer to Note 27 to our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus for a calculation of basic and diluted losses per share.
  (2) Please refer to Note 19 to our unaudited interim financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus for a calculation of basic and diluted losses per share.

 

   As of March 31, 2024 (unaudited) 
  

Actual

(unaudited)

   Pro forma(1)  

Pro forma as

adjusted (2)

(A$)

  

Pro forma as

adjusted (2)

(US$) 

 
Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:                    
Cash and cash equivalents  A$98,790   A$8,941,250   A$

18,254,152

   US$

11,909,009

 
Total current assets   9,486,186    9,486,186    27,641,548    18,033,346 
Total assets   11,023,911    11,023,911    29,179,273    19,036,558 
Total current liabilities   5,565,591    5,565,591    5,565,591    3,630,992 
Total liabilities   5,799,276    5,799,276    5,799,276    3,783,448 
Total equity  A$5,224,635   A$5,224,635   A$23,379,997   US$15,253,110 

 

  (1) On a pro forma basis after giving effect to the Company receiving A$8,842,460 from Initial Public Offering proceeds on April 2, 2024.
  (2) On a pro forma as adjusted basis after giving further effect to the sale of 3,619,303 Ordinary Shares by us in this offering based on an assumed offering price of $3.73, which represents the last reported sale price of our Ordinary Shares as reported on the NYSE American on September 3, 2024, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us, and assuming no sale of Pre-Funded Warrants.

 

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RISK FACTORS

 

You should carefully consider the risks described below, together with all of the other information in this prospectus. If any of the following risks occur, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be seriously harmed, and you could lose all or part of your investment. Further, if we fail to meet the expectations of the public market in any given period, the market price of our Ordinary Shares could decline. Our business involves significant risks and uncertainties, some of which are outside of our control. If any of these risks occur, our business and financial condition could suffer, and the price of our Ordinary Shares could decline.

 

Risks Related to Our Financial Position and Need for Additional Capital

 

We will require substantial capital to finance our operations, which may not be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all.

 

We may require further funding to support our ongoing activities and operations. There can be no assurance that such funding will be available on satisfactory terms or at all. Any inability to obtain funding will adversely affect our business and financial condition and consequently our performance. We may seek to raise further funds through equity or debt financing, joint ventures or other means. There can be no assurance that additional financing will be available when needed or, if available, that the terms of such financing will be favorable to us, which may result in substantial dilution to our shareholders.

 

We have incurred operating losses in the past, may incur operating losses in the future, and may not achieve or maintain profitability in the future.

 

We have incurred loss after tax of A$10,903,028 and A$13,244,649 for nine months ending March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and have incurred operating losses of A$20,597,436 and A$11,197,450 for fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2022, respectively, and may continue to incur net losses in the future. Our historical operating losses were reflective of non cash operating expenses including the interest component of the convertible notes and the fair value movement in the derivative liability of our convertible notes. The interest component of the convertible notes for March 31, 2024 and 2023 were $3,207,498 and $2,571,044 respectively, and $4,420,224 and $2,162,646 for fiscal year 2023 and 2022 respectively. The fair value movement in the derivative liability of our convertible notes for March 31, 2024 and 2023 were ($3,400,685) and 4,666,982 respectively, and $6,870,729 and ($2,751,564) for fiscal year 2023 and 2022 respectively. All convertible notes were redeemed or converted for the period ended March 31, 2024 and looking forward into future financial years will not be a component of operating losses. We expect our operating expenses to increase in the future as we grow our business, continue our sales and marketing efforts related to our products, platform and programs, invest in research and development, expand our operating infrastructure, add content and features to our platform, expand into new geographies, and develop new products. We will also incur operating expenses in connection with legal, accounting, and other fees related to operating as a public company listed on a U.S. exchange. These efforts and additional expenses may be more costly than we expect, and we cannot guarantee that we will be able to increase our revenue to offset our operating expenses. Our revenue growth may slow or our revenue may decline for a number of other reasons, including reduced demand of our product and services, increased competition, a decrease in the growth or reduction in size of our overall market, the impacts to our business from the COVID-19 pandemic, or if we cannot capitalize on growth opportunities. If our revenue does not grow at a greater rate than our operating expenses, we will not be able to achieve and maintain profitability, which may have a material adverse effect on the trading price of our Ordinary Shares.

 

We have disclosed that there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. We may require additional capital in order to execute our business plan and continue the operation of our business. Any capital-raising transaction we are able to complete may result in substantial dilution to our existing shareholders. Our auditors have issued an audit report that contains an explanatory paragraph regarding the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern and their opinion is not modified with respect to this matter.

 

As a result of our loss after tax, net cash outflows from operating activities, net liability and net current liability position, our independent registered public accounting firm included an explanatory paragraph in its report on our financial statements as of, and for the year ended June 30, 2023 that raises substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. The conditions giving rise to this uncertainty and our plan with respect to this uncertainty are disclosed in Note 3 to our consolidated financial statements appearing at the end of this prospectus. If we are unable to obtain sufficient funding, we could be forced to delay, reduce or eliminate our product development programs or future research and development efforts, our financial condition and results of operations will be materially and adversely affected, and we may be unable to continue as a going concern. After the completion of this offering, future financial statements may continue to disclose substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern, which could cause investors or other financing sources to be unwilling to provide additional funding to us on commercially reasonable terms or at all. Any capital raising transaction we are able to complete may result in substantial dilution to our existing shareholders, require us to relinquish significant rights, or restrict our operations.

 

Risks Related to Our Business

 

Changes in public and consumer tastes and preferences and industry trends could reduce demand for our services and content offerings and adversely affect our business.

 

Our ability to generate revenues is highly sensitive to rapidly changing consumer preferences and industry trends, as well as the popularity of martial arts and combat sports. Our success depends on our ability to offer premium in-gym products and services and content through popular channels of distribution that meet the changing preferences of the broad consumer market and respond to competition from an expanding array of services facilitated by technological developments in the delivery of martial arts and combat sports instruction and content. Changes in consumers’ tastes or a change in the perception of our brands and business partners could adversely affect our operating results. Our failure to avoid a negative perception among consumers or anticipate and respond to changes in consumer preferences, including in the form of in-gym products and services and content creation or distribution, could result in reduced demand for our services and content offerings or those of our clients, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Our in-gym programming has been and may in the future be materially impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and could be impacted by similar events in the future.

 

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact worldwide consumer behavior and economic activity. A public health pandemic such as the COVID-19 pandemic poses the risk that we or our employees, in-gym partner gyms, in- gym members, suppliers and other business partners may be prevented from conducting business activities for an indefinite period of time, including due to shutdowns, travel restrictions, social distancing requirements, stay at home orders and advisories and other restrictions that may be suggested or mandated by governmental authorities. The COVID-19 pandemic may also have the effect of heightening many of the other risks described elsewhere in this prospectus, such as those relating to our growth strategy, international operations, our ability to attract and retain members, our supply chain, health and safety risks to participants in our in-gym programs, loss of key employees and changes in consumer preferences, as well as risks related to our ability to generate sufficient cash to operate as a going concern.

 

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The duration of the COVID-19 pandemic and the extent of its impact remains highly uncertain and difficult to predict. However, the continued spread of the virus and the measures taken in response to it, particularly in Australia and New Zealand, have disrupted our operations and have adversely impacted our in-gym membership programming, resulting in the cancellation of a significant number of pre-filled programs, creating a need to re-adjust our fiscal year 2021 revenue. In response, in 2020 we embarked on a stringent project of cost control and retention of core talent that were able to create a six month operating runway during a period in which we recognized zero revenues. Our partner gyms began reopening in 2021 as local guidelines allowed, and as of June 30, 2023 all of our in-gym partner gyms were open and operating. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact areas in which we and our in-gym partners operate, certain of our licensees have had to re-close, and additional in-gym partner gyms may have to re-close, pursuant to local guidelines. In-gym members have generally not and will not be charged membership dues while their gyms are temporarily closed and are typically credited for any membership dues paid for periods when their gym is closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Compared to the periods prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have experienced and may in the future experience decreased new licensee enrollments, in part as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we experienced, and may in the future experience, a decrease in our net in-gym membership base compared to in-gym membership levels in March 2020, and the COVID-19 pandemic may have an ongoing impact on consumer behavior.

 

Further, the constantly evolving nature of the COVID-19 pandemic and the emergence of new variants of coronavirus have negatively impacted, and may in the future negatively impact, our operating results. The significance of the ultimate operational and financial impact to us will depend on how long and widespread the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the corresponding response to contain the virus and treat those affected by it, prove to be.

 

Our ability to generate revenue is subject to many factors, including many that are beyond our control, such as general macroeconomic conditions.

 

Our business depends on discretionary consumer spending. Many factors related to discretionary consumer spending, including economic conditions affecting disposable consumer income such as unemployment levels, fuel prices, interest rates, changes in tax rates, and tax laws that impact individuals and inflation can significantly impact our operating results. While consumer spending may decline at any time for reasons beyond our control, the risks associated with our businesses become more acute in periods of a slowing economy or recessions. There can be no assurance that consumers will not be adversely impacted by current economic conditions, or by any future deterioration in economic conditions, thereby possibly impacting on our operating results and growth. A prolonged period of reduced consumer spending could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

 

We rely on technology, such as our information systems, to conduct our business. Failure to protect our technology against breakdowns and security breaches could adversely affect our business.

 

We rely on technology, such as our information systems, content distribution systems and payment processing systems, to conduct our business. This technology is vulnerable to service interruptions and security breaches from inadvertent or intentional actions by our employees, partners, and vendors, or from attacks by malicious third parties. Such attacks are of ever-increasing levels of sophistication and are made by groups and individuals with a wide range of motives and expertise, including organized criminal groups, “hacktivists,” nation states, and others. The techniques used to breach security safeguards evolve rapidly, and they may be difficult to detect for an extended period of time, and the measures we take to safeguard our technology may not adequately prevent such incidents.

 

While we have taken steps to protect our confidential and personal information and that of our clients and other business relationships and have invested in information technology, there can be no assurance that our efforts will prevent service interruptions or security breaches in our systems or the unauthorized or inadvertent wrongful use or disclosure of such confidential information. Such incidents could adversely affect our business operations, reputation, and client relationships. Any such breach may require us to expend significant resources to mitigate the breach of security and to address matters related to any such breach, including, but not limited to, the payment of fines. Although we are in the process of obtaining an insurance policy that covers data security, privacy liability, and cyber-attacks, our insurance may not be adequate to cover losses arising from breaches or attacks on our systems. We also may be required to notify regulators about any actual or perceived personal data breach as well as the individuals who are affected by the incident within strict time periods.

 

In addition, our use of technology systems presents the potential for further vulnerabilities. For instance, we may be subject to boycotts, spam, spyware, ransomware, phishing and social engineering, viruses, worms, malware, distributed denial-of-service attacks, password attacks, man-in-the-middle attacks, cybersquatting, impersonation of employees or officers, abuse of comments and message boards, fake reviews, doxing, and swatting. While we have internal policies in place to protect against these vulnerabilities, we can make no assurances that we will not be adversely affected should one of these events occur.

 

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Unauthorized disclosure of sensitive or confidential client or customer information could harm our business and standing with our clients and customers.

 

The protection of our client, customer, employee, and other Company data is critical to us. We collect, store, transmit, and use personal information relating to, among others, our clients, employees, consumers, and event participants. We rely on commercially available systems, software, tools, and monitoring to provide security for processing, transmission, and storage of confidential client and customer information. Our facilities and systems, and those of our third-party service providers, may be vulnerable to security breaches, acts of vandalism, payment card terminal tampering, computer viruses, misplaced, lost or stolen data, programming or human errors, or other similar events. Any security breach involving the misappropriation, loss or other unauthorized disclosure of client or customer information, whether by us or our third-party service providers, could damage our reputation, result in the loss of clients and customers, expose us to risk of litigation and liability or regulatory investigations or actions, disrupt our operations, and harm our business. In addition, as a result of recent security breaches, the media and public scrutiny of information security and privacy has become more intense. As a result, we may incur significant costs to change our business practices or modify our service offerings in connection with the protection of personally identifiable information.

 

We may be unable to protect our trademarks and other intellectual property rights, and others may allege that we infringe upon their intellectual property rights.

 

We have invested significant resources in brands associated with our business in an attempt to obtain and protect our public recognition. These brands are essential to our success and competitive position. We have also invested significant resources in the premium content that we produce.

 

Our trademarks, tradenames and other intellectual property rights are critical to our success and our competitive position. Our intellectual property rights may be challenged and invalidated by third parties. Further, policing unauthorized use and other violations of our intellectual property is difficult, particularly given our global scope, so we are susceptible to others infringing, diluting or misappropriating our intellectual property rights. If we are unable to maintain and protect our intellectual property rights adequately, we may lose an important advantage in the markets in which we compete. In particular, the laws of certain foreign countries do not protect intellectual property rights in the same manner as do the laws of the United States and, accordingly, our intellectual property is at greater risk in those countries even where we take steps to protect such intellectual property. While we believe we have taken, and take in the ordinary course of business, appropriate available legal steps to reasonably protect our intellectual property, we cannot predict whether these steps will be adequate to prevent infringement or misappropriation of these rights.

 

From time to time, in the ordinary course of our business, we may become involved in opposition and cancellation proceedings with respect to some of our intellectual property or third-party intellectual property. Any opposition and cancellation proceedings or other litigation or dispute involving the scope or enforceability of our intellectual property rights or any allegation that we infringe, misappropriate or dilute upon the intellectual property rights of others, regardless of the merit of these claims, could be costly, time-consuming and may damage our reputation. If any infringement or other intellectual property claim made against us by any third party is successful, if we are required to indemnify a third party with respect to a claim, or if we are required to, or decide to, cease use of a brand, rebrand or obtain non-infringing intellectual property (such as through a license which may not be available to us on commercially reasonable terms, or at all), it may adversely affect our business and financial condition.

 

Exchange rates may cause fluctuations in our results of operations.

 

Because we derive revenues from our international operations, we may incur currency translation losses or gains due to changes in the values of foreign currencies relative to the Australian dollar. We cannot, however, predict the effect of exchange rate fluctuations upon future operating results.

 

Our partner gyms could take actions that harm our business.

 

Our partner gyms are contractually obligated to operate their gyms in accordance with the operational, safety and health standards set forth in our agreements with them. However, partner gyms are independent third parties and their actions are outside of our control. In addition, we cannot be certain that our partner gyms will have the business acumen or financial resources necessary to operate successful gyms in their approved locations. Our partner gyms own, operate and oversee the daily operations of their gyms. As a result, the ultimate success and quality of any partner gym rests with the partner gym itself. If our partner gyms do not successfully operate gyms in a manner consistent with required standards and comply with local laws and regulations, our brand image and reputation could be harmed, which in turn could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.

 

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Moreover, although we believe we generally maintain positive working relationships with our partner gyms, disputes with partner gyms could damage our brand image and reputation and our relationships with our partner gyms, generally.

 

Our success depends substantially on the value of our brand.

 

Our success is dependent in large part upon our ability to maintain and enhance the value of our brand, our partner gyms’ connection to our brand and maintaining a positive relationship with our partner gyms. Brand value can be severely damaged even by isolated incidents, particularly if the incidents receive considerable negative publicity or result in litigation. Some of these incidents may relate to the way we manage our relationships with our partner gyms, our growth strategies, our development efforts or the ordinary course of our, or our partners’, businesses. Other incidents that could be damaging to our brand may arise from events that are or may be beyond our ability to control, such as:

 

  actions taken (or not taken) by one or more of our partner gyms or their employees relating to health, safety, welfare or otherwise;
     
  data security breaches or fraudulent activities;
     
  litigation and legal claims;
     
  third-party misappropriation, dilution or infringement of our intellectual property; and
     
  illegal activity targeted at us or others.

 

Consumer demand for our products and services and our brand’s value could diminish significantly if any such incidents or other matters erode consumer confidence in us or our business, which may result in fewer memberships and, which, in turn, could materially and adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.

 

We rely on contracts and relationships and a termination of any such contract or relationship may have a material adverse effect on our business.

 

We rely on business relationships with our partner gyms, including UFC Gym, our coaches, and Alta ambassadors. A principal component of our marketing program has been to partner with high-profile marketing partners to help us extend the reach of our brand. Although we have partnered with several well-known partners, we may not be able to attract and partner with new marketing partners in the future. In addition, if the actions of our partners damage their reputation, our partnerships may be less attractive to our current or prospective members. Any of these failures by us or our partners could adversely affect our business and revenues. In addition, the termination, variation and non-renewal of contracts may have a material adverse effect on our financial performance, financial position and/or reputation.

 

While some of our long-standing customer relationships are governed by a license agreement, most of our customer relationships are governed through the acceptance of our terms and conditions at the trainalta.com website.

 

Our existing form of license agreement, in which we act as a principal, is a revenue share arrangement, such that both parties share in each other’s success. There are no exclusivity provisions contained in our license agreement and our partner gyms have no right to reduce or limit their performance under the agreement. Either party may terminate the license upon written notice to the other party. If the agreement is terminated in this manner, the termination will take effect after the completion of the relevant series and the series finale, but prior to a new series beginning. Additionally, we may terminate the agreement upon written notice, with immediate effect, upon certain conduct by the partner gym. If the license is not terminated, it will expire ten years from the commencement date of the agreement. For more information relating to the key terms of each of our product offerings, please refer to the Business section.

 

New consumers subscribing for the 20-week Warrior Training Program or UFC Fit must accept our terms and conditions, which do not contain exclusivity provisions and provide no right for the consumer to reduce or limit performance under the agreement. The consumer can terminate the agreement prior to the start of the program but not once the program has commenced. Similarly, partner gyms that provide the 20-week Warrior Training Program or UFC Fit must accept our terms and conditions, which do not contain exclusivity provisions and provide no right for the partner gym to reduce or limit performance under the agreement. Either party may terminate this agreement upon written notice to the other party. If the agreement is terminated in this manner, the termination will take effect after the completion of the relevant series and the series finale, but prior to a new series beginning.

 

For gym academy memberships, there are no exclusivity provisions and no rights for the consumer or the partner gym to reduce or limit performance under the agreement. Either party may terminate this Agreement upon written notice to the other party.

 

Our planned growth could place strains on our management, employees, information systems and internal controls, which may adversely impact our business.

 

Over the past several years, we have experienced growth in our business activities and operations, including an increase in the number of partner gyms. Our past expansion has placed, and our planned future expansion may place, significant demands on our administrative, operational, financial and other resources. Any failure to manage our growth effectively may harm our business. To be successful, we will need to continue to implement management information systems and improve our operating, administrative, financial and accounting systems and controls. We will also need to train new employees and maintain close coordination among our executive, accounting, finance, legal, human resources, risk management, marketing, technology, sales and operations functions. These processes are time-consuming and expensive, increase management responsibilities and divert management’s attention, and we may not realize a return on our investment. In addition, we believe the culture we foster at our and our partner gyms is an important contributor to our success. However, as we expand, we may have difficulty maintaining our culture or adapting it sufficiently to meet the needs of our operations. These risks may be heightened as we continue to grow our business. Our failure to successfully execute on our planned expansion of partner gyms could materially and adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.

 

We are subject to a number of risks related to automated clearing house, or ACH, credit card and debit card payments we accept.

 

We accept payments through ACH, credit card and debit card transactions. For ACH, credit card and debit card payments, we pay interchange and other fees, which may increase over time. An increase in those fees would require us to either increase the prices we charge for our memberships, which could cause us to lose members, or suffer an increase in our operating expenses, either of which could harm our operating results.

 

If we or any of our processing vendors have problems with our billing software, or the billing software malfunctions, it could have an adverse effect on our member satisfaction and could cause one or more of the major credit card companies to disallow our continued use of their payment products. In addition, if our billing software fails to work properly and, as a result, we do not automatically charge our members’ credit cards, debit cards or bank accounts on a timely basis or at all, we could lose membership revenue, which may materially harm our operating results.

 

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If we fail to adequately control fraudulent ACH, credit card and debit card transactions, we may face civil liability, diminished public perception of our security measures and significantly higher ACH, credit card and debit card related costs, each of which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. The termination of our ability to process payments through ACH transactions or on any major credit or debit card may significantly impair our ability to operate our business.

 

Our partner gyms may be unable to attract and retain members, which may materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

Our target market consists of those seeking regular exercise and those new to martial arts and combat sports. The success of our business depends on our and our partners’ ability to attract and retain members. Our and our partner gyms’ marketing efforts may not be successful in attracting members and membership levels may materially decline over time, especially at partner gyms in operation for an extended period of time. Members may cancel their memberships at any time after giving proper advance written notice, subject to an initial minimum term applicable to certain memberships. We may also cancel or suspend memberships if a member fails to provide payment for an extended period of time. In addition, we experience attrition and must continually engage existing members and attract new members in order to maintain membership levels. Some of the factors that could lead to a decline in membership levels include changing desires and behaviors of consumers or their perception of our brand, changes in discretionary spending trends and general economic conditions, market maturity or saturation, a decline in our ability to deliver quality services at competitive prices, direct and indirect competition in our industry, and a decline in the public’s interest in health and fitness, among other factors. In order to increase membership levels, we may from time to time offer promotions. If we and our partner gyms are not successful in optimizing price or in adding new memberships, our business may suffer. Any decrease in our average dues or fees or higher membership costs may adversely impact our results of operation and financial condition.

 

If we are unable to identify and secure suitable partner gyms, our revenue growth rate and profits may be negatively impacted.

 

To successfully expand our business, we must continue to identify and secure gyms to partner with to offer our products and services. In addition to finding gyms with the right demographic and other measures we employ in our selection process, we also need to evaluate the penetration of our competitors in the market. Our competitors could copy our format, or we could be forced to pay significantly higher costs to partner gyms. As we increase our number of partner gyms, we may also partner with gyms in higher-cost geographies, which could entail greater costs. We may require higher operating margins to produce the level of return we expect. Failure to provide our anticipated level of return could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.

 

We and our partner gyms could be subject to claims related to health and safety risks.

 

Use of our partner gyms may pose potential health and safety risks to members through the use of our products and services and our partner gyms’ facilities, including exercise and martial arts and combat sports equipment. Although participants sign waivers prior to using our products and services, and though our partner gyms carry insurance for the risks associated with our products and services, claims might be asserted against us and our partner gyms for injuries suffered by or death of members or guests while exercising and using the facilities at our partner gyms. We may not be able to successfully defend such claims. We also may not be able to maintain our general liability insurance on acceptable terms in the future or maintain a level of insurance that would provide adequate coverage against potential claims. Depending upon the outcome, these matters may have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

 

If we are unable to retain our key employees and/or hire additional qualified employees, we may not be able to successfully manage our businesses and pursue our strategic objectives.

 

We are highly dependent on the services of our senior management team, including our Chief Executive Officer, and other key employees at our corporate headquarters. Competition for such employees can be intense, and the inability to attract and retain the additional qualified employees required to expand our activities, or the loss of current key employees, could adversely affect our operating efficiency and financial condition.

 

Use of social media may adversely impact our reputation or subject us to fines or other penalties.

 

There has been a substantial increase in the use of social media platforms, including blogs, social media websites and other forms of internet-based communication, which allow individuals access to a broad audience of consumers and other interested persons. Negative commentary about us may be posted on social media platforms at any time and may harm our reputation or business. Consumers value readily available information about gyms and often act on such information without further investigation and without regard to its accuracy. The harm may be immediate without affording us an opportunity for redress or correction. In addition, social media platforms provide users with access to such a broad audience that collective action against our brand or business, such as boycotts, can be more easily organized. If such actions were organized, we could suffer reputational damage as well as physical damage to our partner gym locations. We also use social medial platforms as marketing tools, such as Facebook and Instagram accounts. As laws and regulations rapidly evolve to govern the use of these platforms and devices, the failure by us, our employees, our partners or third parties acting at our direction to abide by applicable laws and regulations in the use of these platforms and devices could adversely impact our and our partners’ business, financial condition and results of operations or subject us to fines or other penalties.

 

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We are subject to international tax regulations.

 

It is expected that a substantial amount of our future revenues will be derived from sales activities in foreign jurisdictions. Recent changes in the global tax environment focusing on the prevention of tax leakage will require us to have sophisticated systems in place to identify the jurisdictions in which we will be subject to tax and the correct allocation of taxable income across those jurisdictions. As we have operations and employees in foreign jurisdictions, there is a risk that we may have a permanent establishment or, depending on the structure used, controlled foreign subsidiaries. Accordingly, our foreign operations may give rise to foreign tax liabilities including employment tax obligations which may require registrations with the local tax authorities, payment of income tax and withholding obligations. In some cases, there may be an attribution of the income from the foreign jurisdiction to the Australian entity which could give rise to Australian tax liabilities. In addition, our foreign operations may give rise to a transfer pricing risk if we have foreign related entities and any dealings between the Australian entities and the foreign entities are not at arm’s length.

 

We may not be able to adapt to or manage new content distribution platforms or changes in consumer behavior resulting from new technologies.

 

We must successfully adapt to and manage technological advances in our industry, including the emergence of alternative distribution platforms. If we are unable to adopt or are late in adopting technological changes and innovations that other martial arts and combat sports providers offer, it may lead to a loss of clients subscribing for our content. If we fail to adapt our distribution methods and content to emerging technologies and new distribution platforms, while also effectively preventing digital piracy, our ability to generate revenue from our targeted audiences may decline and could result in an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

 

The markets in which we operate are highly competitive.

 

We face competition from studio fitness concepts, full-service health clubs; racquet, tennis, country and other athletic clubs, value focused health clubs, at-home fitness offerings, including digital fitness content and from other forms of entertainment and leisure activities in a rapidly changing and increasingly fragmented environment. Any increased competition, which may not be foreseeable, or our failure to adequately address any competitive factors, could result in reduced demand for our business which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

 

We may be unsuccessful in any strategic acquisitions and investments, and we may pursue acquisitions or investments for their strategic value in spite of the risk of lack of profitability.

 

We may face uncertainty in connection with acquisitions and investments. To the extent we choose to pursue certain investment or acquisition strategies, we may be unable to identify suitable targets for these deals, or to make these deals on favorable terms. If we identify suitable acquisition candidates or investments our ability to realize a return on the resources expended pursuing such deals, and to successfully implement or enter into them will depend on a variety of factors. Additionally, we may decide to make or enter into acquisitions or investments with the understanding that such acquisitions or investments may not be profitable, but may be of strategic value to us. We cannot provide assurances that the anticipated strategic benefits of these deals will be realized in the long-term or at all.

 

We are subject to risks associated with operating in international markets.

 

We are subject to risks associated with operating in international markets including, but not limited to:

 

  political instability, adverse changes in diplomatic relations and unfavorable economic conditions in the markets in which we have international operations or into which we may expand;
     
  limitations on the enforcement of intellectual property rights;
     
  adverse tax consequences;

 

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  less sophisticated legal systems in some foreign countries, which could impair our ability to enforce our contractual rights in those countries; and
     
  difficulties in managing operations due to distance, language and cultural differences.

 

We may not be able to attract and retain key professional fighters or coaches.

 

Our business is dependent upon identifying, recruiting and retaining highly regarded professional fighters and coaches to develop, promote and teach our products and services. We may not be able to attract and retain key professional fighters or coaches due to, among other things, competition for the same fighters or coaches. Our inability to recruit and retain professional fighters or coaches could adversely affect our operating results and have a material adverse effect on our business.

 

Our expansion into new markets may present increased risks due to our unfamiliarity with the area, different rules and regulations and challenging operating environments.

 

We may expand our operations to geographic areas where we have little or no meaningful experience. Those markets may have different competitive conditions, consumer tastes and discretionary spending patterns than our existing markets, which may cause our services to be less successful than in existing markets. Expanded operations into new markets may not generate the same level of revenues and may result in higher operating expenses. There is no guarantee that we will be successful in further expanding our operations and our inability to do so may result in a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Our MMA Final Fight Night events are subject to governmental and state athletic commission regulation.

 

Our MMA Final Fight Night events are subject to regulation by governmental entities and state athletic commissions within the jurisdiction of such events. If we operate an MMA Final Fight Night event, we will be responsible for adhering to all government sanctioning requirements and safety protocols that apply to such an event. If our partner gyms operate an MMA Final Fight Night event, they will have the same responsibility. If we or our partner gyms fail to adhere to all regulations and protocols, we may be subject to disciplinary action from the relevant governing body, which may include cancellation of registration, suspension of registration or a written warning. For example, in Sydney NSW, the Combat Sports Authority of NSW regulates combat sports in accordance with the Combat Sports Act 2013 (the “Act”), the Combat Sports Regulation 2014 and the rules made under section 107 of the Act. The objectives of the Act are to promote the health and safety of combat sport contestants, promote the integrity of combat sport contests, regulate combat sport contests on a harm minimization basis and promote the development of the combat sport industry. Persons engaging or participating in combat sports must be registered under the Act in the appropriate Combatant, Promoter or Industry Participant registration class.

 

Risks Related to Government Regulation

 

We provide services in various jurisdictions abroad, and we expect to continue to expand our international presence. We face, and expect to continue to face, additional risks in the case of our existing and future international operations, including:

 

  political instability, adverse changes in diplomatic relations and unfavorable economic conditions in the markets in which we have international operations or into which we may expand;
     
  more restrictive or otherwise unfavorable government regulation of the entertainment and sports industry, which could result in increased compliance costs or otherwise restrict the manner in which we provide services and the amount of related fees charged for such services;
     
  limitations on the enforcement of intellectual property rights;
     
  enhanced difficulties of integrating any foreign acquisitions;
     
  limitations on the ability of foreign subsidiaries to repatriate profits or otherwise remit earnings;
     
  adverse tax consequences;
     
  less sophisticated legal systems in some foreign countries, which could impair our ability to enforce our contractual rights in those countries;
  limitations on technology infrastructure;
     
  variability in venue security standards and accepted practices; and
     
  difficulties in managing operations due to distance, language and cultural differences, including issues associated with (i) business practices and customs that are common in certain foreign countries but might be prohibited by U.S. law and our internal policies and procedures and (ii) management and operational systems and infrastructures, including internal financial control and reporting systems and functions, staffing and managing of foreign operations, which we might not be able to do effectively or on a cost—efficient basis.

 

We and our partner gyms are also subject to the U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, and various other laws in Australia, the United States and Europe governing such matters as minimum-wage requirements, overtime and other working conditions. A significant number of our and our partners’ employees are paid at rates related to the U.S. federal minimum wage, and past increases in the U.S. federal minimum wage have increased labor costs, as would future increases.

 

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Our partner gyms are responsible for compliance with state laws that regulate the relationship between martial arts and combat sports clubs and their members. Nearly all states have consumer protection regulations that limit the collection of monthly membership dues prior to opening, require certain disclosures of pricing information, mandate the maximum length of contracts and “cooling off” periods for members (after the purchase of a membership), set escrow and bond requirements for health clubs, govern member rights in the event of a member relocation or disability, provide for specific member rights when a club closes or relocates, or preclude automatic membership renewals.

 

Many of the states where our partner gyms operate have health and safety regulations that apply to martial arts and combat sports clubs.

 

Additionally, the collection, maintenance, use, disclosure and disposal of individually identifiable data by our, or our partners’, businesses are regulated at the federal, state and provincial levels as well as by certain financial industry groups, such as the Payment Card Industry Organization and the NACHA. Federal, state and financial industry groups may also consider from time to time new privacy and security requirements that may apply to our businesses and may impose further restrictions on our collection, disclosure and use of individually identifiable information that are housed in one or more of our databases.

 

Regulators may impose significant fines for privacy and data protection violations. Our business operations involve the collection, transfer, use, disclosure, security, and disposal of personal or sensitive information in various locations around the world, including the E.U. In Australia, the collection, use, storage and disclosure of personal and sensitive information is governed by the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (“Privacy Act”) and the Australian Privacy Principles contained at Schedule 1 of the Privacy Act (“Australian Privacy Principles”). Failures or breaches of data protection systems can result in reputational damage, regulatory impositions (such as for breaches of the Privacy Act or Australian Privacy Principles) and financial loss, including claims for compensation by customers or penalties by the Australian telecommunications regulators or other authorities. As a result, our business is subject to complex and evolving Australian, U.S. and international laws and regulations regarding privacy and data protection. Many of these laws and regulations are subject to change and uncertain interpretation and could result in claims, changes to our business practices, penalties, increased cost of operations, or otherwise harm our business.

 

In the United States and certain foreign jurisdictions, we may have direct and indirect interactions with government agencies and state-affiliated entities in the ordinary course of our business. In particular, athletic commissions and other applicable regulatory agencies require us to obtain licenses for promoters, medical clearances, licenses for athletes, or permits for events in order for us to promote and conduct our live events and productions. In the event that we fail to comply with the regulations of a particular jurisdiction, whether through our acts or omissions or those of third parties, we may be prohibited from promoting and conducting our live events and productions in that jurisdiction. The inability to present our live events and productions in jurisdictions could lead to a decline in various revenue streams in such jurisdictions, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

 

We are subject to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (the “FCPA”), and other anti-bribery and anti-money laundering laws in countries outside of the United States in which we conduct our activities. The FCPA generally prohibits companies and their intermediaries from making, promising, authorizing or offering improper payments or other things of value to foreign government officials for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business, directing business to any person, or securing any improper business advantage. The FCPA also requires U.S. issuers to make and keep books and records that accurately and fairly reflect the transactions of the corporation and to devise and maintain an adequate system of internal accounting controls. Other countries in which we operate also have anti-bribery laws, some of which prohibit improper payments to government and non-government persons and entities. We operate in a number of countries which are considered to be at a heightened risk for corruption. Additionally, we operate adjacent to industry segments, such as sports marketing, that have been the subject of past anti-corruption enforcement efforts. As a global company, a risk exists that our employees, contractors, agents, managers, or other business partners or representatives could engage in business practices prohibited by applicable U.S. laws and regulations, such as the FCPA, as well as the laws and regulations of other countries prohibiting corrupt payments to government officials and others, such as the Bribery Act. There can be no guarantee that our compliance programs will prevent corrupt business practices by one or more of our employees, contractors, agents, managers, or vendors, or that regulators in the U.S. or in other markets will view our program as adequate should any such issue arise. Any actual or alleged violation of the FCPA or other applicable anti-corruption laws could result in whistleblower complaints, sanctions, settlements, prosecution, enforcement actions, fines, damages, adverse media coverage, investigations, severe criminal or civil sanctions, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our reputation, as well as our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. Responding to any investigation or action would also likely result in a materially significant diversion of management’s attention and resources and significant defense costs and other professional fees. In addition, the U.S. government may seek to hold us liable for successor liability for FCPA violations committed by companies in which we invest or that we acquire.

 

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We are also required to comply with economic sanctions laws imposed by the United States or by other jurisdictions where we do business, which may restrict our transactions in certain markets, and with certain customers, business partners, and other persons and entities. As a result, we may be prohibited from, directly or indirectly (including through a third-party intermediary), procuring goods, services, or technology from, or engaging in transactions with, individuals and entities subject to sanctions, including sanctions arising from the conflict involving Russia and Ukraine. We cannot guarantee that our efforts to remain in compliance with sanctions requirements will be successful. Any violation of sanctions laws could result in fines, civil and criminal sanctions against us or our employees, prohibitions on the conduct of our business (e.g., debarment from doing business with International Development Banks and similar organizations), and damage to our reputation, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

 

The various regulations set out above have not materially impacted or affected the offering of our four core products: the Warrior Training Program, UFC Fit Program, Alta Academy and the Alta Community.

 

Risks Related to Our Securities and this Offering

 

We are an “emerging growth company,” and our election to comply with the reduced disclosure requirements as a public company may make our Ordinary Shares less attractive to investors.

 

We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the JOBS Act. For as long as we continue to be an emerging growth company, we may take advantage of exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies, including exemption from compliance with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. We will remain an emerging growth company until the earlier of (1) the last day of the fiscal year (a) following the fifth anniversary of the closing of this offering, (b) in which we have total annual gross revenue of at least US$1.235 billion or (c) in which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which means the market value of our Ordinary Shares held by non-affiliates exceeds US$700 million as of the end of our prior second fiscal quarter, and (2) the date on which we have issued more than US$1.0 billion in non-convertible debt during the prior three-year period.

 

In addition, under the JOBS Act, emerging growth companies may delay adopting new or revised accounting standards until such time as those standards apply to private companies. We may, in the future, elect not to avail ourselves of this exemption from new or revised accounting standards and, therefore, may be subject to the same new or revised accounting standards as other public companies that are not emerging growth companies.

 

We cannot predict if investors will find our Ordinary Shares less attractive because we may rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our Ordinary Shares less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our Ordinary Shares and our share price may be more volatile.

 

If we fail to establish and maintain proper internal controls, our ability to produce accurate financial statements or comply with applicable regulations could be impaired.

 

Section 404(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, requires that, beginning with our annual report for the year ending June 30, 2024, our management assess and report annually on the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting and identify any material weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting. Although Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires our independent registered public accounting firm to issue an annual report that addresses the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting, we have opted to rely on the exemptions provided to us by virtue of being a foreign private issuer and emerging growth company, and consequently will not be required to comply with SEC rules that implement Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act until we lose our emerging growth company status.

 

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In order to maintain and improve the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures and internal controls over financial reporting, we will need to expend significant resources and provide significant management oversight. We have commenced the process of reviewing and improving our internal controls over financial reporting for compliance with Section 404(a) of the Sarbanes Oxley Act. Implementing any appropriate changes to our internal controls may require specific compliance training for our directors and employees, entail substantial costs in order to modify our existing accounting systems, take significant periods of time to complete, and divert management’s attention from other business concerns. These changes may not, however, be effective in maintaining the adequacy of our internal controls.

 

As of the date of this filing, we have identified deficiencies in our internal controls that are deemed to be a material weakness. The matters involving internal controls and procedures that our management considered to be a material weakness under the standards of the United States Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) were (1) the lack of a formally implemented system of internal control over financial reporting and limited or no associated written documentation of our internal control policies and procedures, and (2) the lack of sufficient resources and key accounting personnel with sufficient knowledge and experience in reporting and compliance with the SEC and PCAOB. Consequently, we have determined there is a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting.

 

Although this material weakness did not result in material adjustments to the financial statements, there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the annual financial statements would not have been prevented or detected on a timely basis due to the failure to design and implement appropriate segregation of duty controls. We are still in the process of remediating these control weaknesses.

 

In order to remediate the identified material weaknesses, we have hired a new Chief Financial Officer, new accounting personnel and engaged external temporary resources. Additionally, we have formed an Audit and Risk Committee, whose primary purpose is to assist the Board in overseeing the integrity of the Company’s financial statements, compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, the Company’s independent registered auditors’ qualifications and independence, and the performance of the Company’s independent registered auditors, and the design and implementation of the Company’s internal audit function.

 

In addition, we plan to further remediate the identified material weaknesses by implementing the following controls:

 

  Delegation of authority, documenting stringent controls throughout the business. This will be reviewed by the Board on an annual basis, or more frequently if there are significant changes in the business.
  Upgrading our financial reporting close process. This process will include a monthly review process performed by both the CFO and CEO, and formal reporting to the Board.
  Documenting our internal control policies and procedures and designing an education process for the entire Company to ensure policies and procedures are understood and adhered to by all.
  Establishing effective monitoring and oversight controls for non-recurring and complex transactions to ensure the accuracy and completeness of our company’s consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

 

In support of the above, we intend to enhance the finance and accounting function with additional key hires with relevant skills and continuing professional education of all staff.

 

If we are unable to conclude that we have effective internal controls over financial reporting or, at the appropriate time, our independent auditors are unwilling or unable to provide us with an unqualified report on the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting as required by Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, investors may lose confidence in our operating results, the price of our Ordinary Shares could decline and we may be subject to litigation or regulatory enforcement actions. In addition, if we are unable to meet the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, we may not be able to remain listed on the NYSE American.

 

We will incur increased costs as a result of having become a listed public company.

 

As a listed public company, we incur legal, accounting, insurance and other expenses that would not be incurred by a private company, including costs associated with public company reporting requirements. We are an Australian public company and will incur costs in order to comply with the Corporations Act requirements for financial reporting. The Corporations Act reporting standards differ in certain significant respects from generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

 

We also have incurred and will incur costs associated the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the related rules implemented by the SEC and the rules and regulations of the applicable listing standards of the NYSE American. We expect these rules and regulations to increase our legal and financial compliance costs and to make some activities more time-consuming and costly, although we are currently unable to estimate these costs with any degree of certainty. These and other laws and regulations could also make it more difficult or costly for us to obtain certain types of insurance, including director and officer liability insurance, and we may be forced to accept reduced policy limits and coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain the same or similar coverage. These and other laws and regulations could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified persons to serve on our board of directors, our board committees or as our senior management. Furthermore, if we are unable to satisfy our obligations as a public company, we could be subject to delisting of our Ordinary Shares, fines, sanctions and other regulatory action and potentially civil litigation.

 

The market price of our Ordinary Shares could fluctuate significantly, and you could lose all or part of your investment.

 

The market price of our Ordinary Shares could fluctuate significantly as a result of a number of factors, including:

 

fluctuations in our financial performance;
economic and stock market conditions generally and specifically as they may impact us, participants in our industry or comparable companies;
changes in financial estimates and recommendations by securities analysts following our Ordinary Shares or comparable companies;

 

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earnings and other announcements by, and changes in market evaluations of, us, participants in our industry or comparable companies;
our ability to meet or exceed any future earnings guidance we may issue;
changes in business or regulatory conditions affecting us, participants in our industry or comparable companies;
changes in accounting standards, policies, guidance, interpretations or principles;
announcements or implementation by our competitors or us of acquisitions, technological innovations, or other strategic actions by our competitors; or
trading volume of our Ordinary Shares or sales of shares by our management team, directors or principal shareholders.

 

These and other factors could limit or prevent investors from readily selling their Ordinary Shares or otherwise negatively affect the liquidity of our Ordinary Shares, and you could lose all or part of your investment.

 

The market price of our Ordinary Shares could be adversely affected by future sales and distributions of our Ordinary Shares or the perception that such sales and distributions may occur.

 

Sales, distributions or issuances of a substantial number of our Ordinary Shares following this offering or the perception that such sales or distributions might occur, could cause a decline in the market price of our Ordinary Shares or could impair our ability to obtain capital through a subsequent offering of our equity securities or securities convertible into equity securities.

 

The Ordinary Shares sold in this offering will be freely transferable without restriction or further registration under the Securities Act of 1933, or the Securities Act, except for any Ordinary Shares held by our affiliates as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act. Such shareholders will be subject to the lock up agreement described in “Underwriting.”

 

If securities or industry analysts do not publish research or reports about our business, or publish negative reports about our business, our share price and trading volume could decline.

 

The trading market for our Ordinary Shares will depend, in part, upon the research and reports that securities or industry analysts publish about us or our businesses. We do not have any control over analysts as to whether they will cover us, and if they do, whether such coverage will continue. If analysts do not commence coverage of us, or if one or more of these analysts cease coverage of us or fail to regularly publish reports on us, we could lose visibility in the financial markets, which could cause our share price or trading volume to decline. In addition, if one or more of the analysts who cover us downgrade our Ordinary Shares or change their opinion of our Ordinary Shares, our share price may likely decline.

 

We may issue additional Ordinary Shares in the future, which may dilute our existing shareholders. We may also issue securities that have rights and privileges that are more favorable than the rights and privileges accorded to our existing shareholders.

 

We may issue additional securities in the future, including Ordinary Shares, and options, rights, warrants and other convertible securities for any purpose and for such consideration and on such terms and conditions we may determine appropriate or necessary, including in connection with equity awards, financings or other strategic transactions. Subject to the requirements of the Corporations Act, our board of directors will be able to determine the class, designations, preferences, rights and powers of any additional shares, including any rights to share in our profits, losses and dividends or other distributions, any rights to receive assets upon our dissolution or liquidation and any redemption, conversion and exchange rights.

 

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We are not likely to issue dividends for the foreseeable future.

 

We cannot assure you that our proposed operations will result in sufficient revenues to enable profitable operations or to generate positive cash flow. For the foreseeable future, we anticipate that we will use any funds available to finance our growth and that we will not pay cash dividends to shareholders. Unless we pay dividends, our shareholders will not be able to receive a return on their shares unless they sell them. There is no assurance that shareholders will be able to sell shares when desired.

 

As a foreign private issuer, we are permitted and expect to follow certain home country corporate governance practices in lieu of certain NYSE American requirements applicable to domestic issuers.

 

As a foreign private issuer listed on the NYSE American, we are permitted to follow certain home country corporate governance practices in lieu of certain NYSE American practices. Following our home country corporate governance practices, as opposed to the requirements that would otherwise apply to a U.S. company listed on the NYSE American, may provide less protection than is afforded to investors under the NYSE American rules applicable to domestic issuers.

 

In particular, we follow home country law instead of the NYSE American practice regarding:

 

  the NYSE American’s requirement to have a compensation committee and a nominating and corporate governance committee composed solely of independent members of the board of directors.
     
   the NYSE American’s requirement that our independent directors meet in regularly scheduled executive sessions. The Corporations Act does not require the independent directors of an Australian company to have such regularly scheduled executive sessions and, accordingly, we have claimed this exemption.
     
   the NYSE American’s corporate governance listing standards applicable to domestic issuers requiring disclosure within four business days of any determination to grant a waiver of the code of business conduct and ethics to directors and officers. Although we will require board approval of any such waiver, we may choose not to disclose the waiver in the manner set forth in the NYSE American corporate governance listing standards, as permitted by the foreign private issuer exemption.
     
   the NYSE American’s requirement that an issuer provide for a quorum as specified in its bylaws for any meeting of the holders of ordinary shares, which quorum may not be less than 33 1/3% of the outstanding shares of an issuer’s voting ordinary shares. In compliance with Australian law, our Constitution provides that two shareholders present shall constitute a quorum for a general meeting.
     
   we seek exemption from the NYSE American requirement that issuers obtain shareholder approval prior to the issuance of securities in connection with certain acquisitions, private placements of securities, the establishment or amendment of certain stock option, purchase or other compensation plans. Applicable Australian laws differ to NYSE American requirements, with the former requiring prior shareholder approval in numerous circumstances, including (i) issuance of equity securities to related parties, e.g. directors or their associates other than (generally speaking), in their sole capacity as an existing security holder (where the benefit is provided on the same terms to all other security holders), or in certain circumstances where the benefit provided through the issuance is on arms’ length terms, or (ii) the issuance results in a shareholder or their associates obtaining a relevant interest (as that term is defined in Australian law) increasing to more than 20%, or increasing from a starting point that is above 20% and below 90%.

 

We intend to take all actions necessary for us to maintain compliance as a foreign private issuer under the applicable corporate governance requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the rules adopted by the SEC and the NYSE American corporate governance rules and listing standards.

 

Because we are a foreign private issuer, our officers, directors and principal shareholders are not subject to short-swing profit and insider trading reporting obligations under Section 16 of the Exchange Act. They will, however, be subject to the obligations to report changes in share ownership under Section 13 of the Exchange Act and related SEC rules.

 

As a foreign private issuer, we are permitted to file less information with the SEC than a domestic issuer.

 

As a foreign private issuer, we are exempt from certain rules under the Exchange Act that impose requirements for proxy solicitations under Section 14 of the Exchange Act. In addition, our officers, directors and principal shareholders are exempt from the reporting and “short-swing” profit recovery provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act. Moreover, we are not required to file periodic reports and financial statements with the SEC as frequently or as promptly as a domestic issuer, nor are we generally required to comply with the SEC’s Regulation FD, which restricts the selective disclosure of material non-public information. Under Australian law, we prepare financial statements on an annual and semi-annual basis, we are not required to prepare or file quarterly financial information. For as long as we are a “foreign private issuer,” we intend to file our annual financial statements on Form 20-F and furnish our semi-annual financial statements on Form 6-K to the SEC as long as we are subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. However, the information we file or furnish is not the same as the information that is required in annual on Form 10-K or Form 10-Q for U.S. domestic issuers. Accordingly, there may be less information publicly available concerning us then there is for a company that files as a domestic issuer.

 

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We may lose our foreign private issuer status, which would then require us to comply with the Exchange Act’s domestic reporting regime and cause us to incur additional legal, accounting and other expenses.

 

We are required to determine our status as a foreign private issuer on an annual basis at the end of our second fiscal quarter. In order to maintain our current status as a foreign private issuer, either (1) a majority of our Ordinary Shares must be either directly or indirectly owned of record by non-residents of the United States or (2) (a) a majority of our executive officers or directors must not be U.S. citizens or residents, (b) more than 50% of our assets cannot be located in the United States and (c) our business must be administered principally outside the United States. If we lost this status, we would be required to comply with the Exchange Act reporting and other requirements applicable to U.S. domestic issuers, which are more detailed and extensive than the requirements for foreign private issuers. We may also be required to make changes in our corporate governance practices and to comply with United States generally accepted accounting principles, as opposed to IFRS. The regulatory and compliance costs to us under U.S. securities laws if we are required to comply with the reporting requirements applicable to a U.S. domestic issuer may be higher than the cost we would incur as a foreign private issuer. As a result, we expect that a loss of foreign private issuer status would increase our legal and financial compliance costs.

 

Our Constitution and Australian laws and regulations applicable to us may adversely affect our ability to take actions that could be beneficial to our shareholders.

 

As an Australian company we are subject to different corporate requirements than a corporation organized under the laws of the United States. Our Constitution, as well as the Australian Corporations Act, set forth various rights and obligations that are unique to us as an Australian company. These requirements may operate differently than those of many U.S. companies. You should carefully review the summary of these matters set forth under the section entitled “Description of Share Capital”, and the copy of our Constitution (which is included as an exhibit to the registration statement to which this prospectus forms a part), prior to investing in the Ordinary Shares.

 

The NYSE American may delist our Ordinary Shares from trading on its exchange, which could limit investors’ ability to make transactions in our Ordinary Shares and subject us to additional trading restrictions.

 

We cannot assure you that our Ordinary Shares will continue to be listed on the NYSE American in the future. In order to continue listing our Ordinary Shares on the NYSE American, we must maintain certain financial, distribution and share price levels and must maintain a minimum number of holders of our Ordinary Shares.

 

If the NYSE American delists our Ordinary Shares and we are not able to list our Ordinary Shares on another national securities exchange, a reduction in some or all of the following may occur, each of which could have a material adverse effect on our shareholders:

 

the liquidity of our Ordinary Shares;
   
the market price of our Ordinary Shares;
   
our ability to obtain financing for the continuation of our operations;
   
the number of investors that will consider investing in our Ordinary Shares;
   
the number of market makers in our Ordinary Shares;
   
the availability of information concerning the trading prices and volume of our Ordinary Shares; and
   
the number of broker-dealers willing to execute trades in our Ordinary Shares.

 

Australian companies may not be able to initiate shareholder derivative actions, thereby depriving shareholders of the ability to protect their interests.

 

We are a public company limited by shares, registered and operating under the Corporations Act in Australia. Australian companies may not have standing to initiate a shareholder derivative action in a federal court of the United States. The circumstances in which any such action may be brought, and the procedures and defenses that may be available in respect to any such action, may result in the rights of shareholders of an Australian company being more limited than those of shareholders of a company organized in the United States. Accordingly, shareholders may have fewer alternatives available to them if they believe that corporate wrongdoing has occurred. Unless certain narrowly identified principles exist, Australian courts are also unlikely to recognize or enforce against us judgments of courts in the United States based on certain liability provisions of U.S. securities law and to impose liabilities against us, in original actions brought in Australia, based on certain liability provisions of U.S. securities laws that are penal in nature. There is no statutory recognition in Australia of judgments obtained in the United States, although the courts of Australia may recognize and enforce the non-penal judgment of a foreign court of competent jurisdiction without retrial on the merits, upon being satisfied about all the relevant circumstances in which that judgment was obtained.

 

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Anti-takeover provisions in our Constitution and our right to issue preference shares could make a third-party acquisition of us difficult.

 

Some provisions of our Constitution may discourage, delay or prevent a change in control or management that shareholders may consider favorable, including power to issue preference shares and the proportional takeover approval provisions.

 

Under the Constitution, any proportional takeover scheme must be approved by those shareholders holding shares included in the class of shares in respect of which the offer to acquire those shares was first made. The registration of the transfer of any shares following the acceptance of an offer made under a scheme is prohibited until that scheme is approved by the relevant shareholder class.

 

We are also subject to the relevant takeover laws contained in Chapter 6 of the Corporations Act. Subject to a range of exceptions, the Corporations Act prohibits the acquisition of a direct or indirect interest in issued voting shares of a company, if the acquisition of that interest will lead to a person’s voting power (either alone or in combination with their “associates” as that term is defined in the Corporations Act) in that company increasing to more than 20%, or increasing from a starting point that is above 20% and below 90% which may discourage takeover offers being made for us or may discourage the acquisition of a significant position in our Ordinary Shares. This may have the ancillary effect of entrenching our board of directors and may deprive or limit our shareholders the opportunity to sell their Ordinary Shares and may further restrict the ability of our shareholders to obtain a premium from such transactions. See “Description of Share Capital.”

 

You will have limited ability to bring an action against us or against our directors and officers, or to enforce a judgment against us or them, because we are incorporated in Australia and certain of our directors and officers reside outside the United States.

 

We are incorporated in Australia, certain of our directors and officers reside outside the United States and substantially all of the assets of those persons are located outside the United States. As a result, it may be impracticable or at least more expensive for you to bring an action against us or against these individuals in Australia in the event that you believe that your rights have been infringed under the applicable securities laws or otherwise. There is doubt as to the enforceability in the Commonwealth of Australia, in original actions or in actions for enforcement of judgments of U.S. courts, of civil liabilities predicated solely upon federal or state securities laws of the U.S., especially in the case of enforcement of judgments of U.S. courts where the defendant has not been properly served in Australia.

 

Future sales of our Ordinary Shares or the perception that such sales may occur could depress the trading price of our Ordinary Shares.

 

After the completion of this offering, based on an assumed offering price of US$3.73 per share, which represents the last reported sale price of our Ordinary Shares as reported on the NYSE American on September 3, 2024, we expect to have 13,947,989 Ordinary Shares (or 14,490,884 Ordinary Shares if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional Ordinary Shares in full, and assuming no sale of Pre-Funded Warrants) outstanding, which may be resold in the public market in the future. We, and all of our directors and executive officers, have signed lock-up agreements for a period of (i) three months after the date of this prospectus in the case of our directors and officers if the offering is consummated after December 27, 2024, and (ii) three months after the date of this prospectus in the case of our Company without the prior written consent of the representative of the underwriters subject to specified exceptions. See “Underwriting.”

 

The underwriters may, in their sole discretion and without notice, release all or any portion of the Ordinary Shares subject to lock-up agreements. As restrictions on resale end, the market price of our Ordinary Shares could drop significantly if the holders of these Ordinary Shares sell them or are perceived by the market as intending to sell them. These factors could also make it more difficult for us to raise additional funds through future offerings of our securities.

 

Investors purchasing the Ordinary Shares will suffer immediate and substantial dilution.

 

The public offering price for our Ordinary Shares will be substantially higher than the net tangible book value per Ordinary Share immediately after this offering. If you purchase Ordinary Shares in this offering, you will incur substantial and immediate dilution in the net tangible book value of your investment. Net tangible book value per Ordinary Share represents the amount of total tangible assets less total liabilities, divided by the number of Ordinary Shares then outstanding. To the extent that options or any convertible securities that are currently outstanding are exercised or converted, there will be further dilution to your investment. We may also issue additional Ordinary Shares, options and other securities in the future that may result in further dilution of your Ordinary Shares. See “Dilution” for a calculation of the extent to which your investment will be diluted.

 

There is no public market for the Pre-Funded Warrants being offered by us in this offering.

 

There is no established public trading market for the Pre-Funded Warrants, and we do not expect a market to develop. In addition, we do not intend to apply to list the Pre-Funded Warrants on any national securities exchange or other nationally recognized trading system. Without an active market, the liquidity of the Pre-Funded Warrants will be limited.

 

The Pre-Funded Warrants are speculative in nature.

 

The Pre-Funded Warrants offered hereby do not confer any rights of Ordinary Share ownership on their holders, such as voting rights or the right to receive dividends, but rather merely represent the right to acquire Ordinary Shares at a fixed price. Holders of the Pre-Funded Warrants may acquire the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of such warrants at an exercise price of $0.001 per Ordinary Share. Following this offering, the market value of the Pre-Funded Warrants is uncertain and there can be no assurance that the market value of the Pre-Funded Warrants will equal or exceed its public offering price.

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

 

We estimate that the net proceeds from our issuance and sale of 3,619,303 Ordinary Shares in this offering will be approximately US$11,915,000, or approximately US$13,767,875 if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full, based on an assumed public offering price of US$3.73 per share, which represents the last reported sale price of our Ordinary Shares as reported on the NYSE American on September 3, 2024, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us, assuming no sale of Pre-Funded Warrants.

 

Each US$1.00 increase (decrease) in the assumed public offering price of US$3.73 per share would increase (decrease) the net proceeds to us from this offering by approximately US$3,619,303, assuming that the number of Ordinary Shares offered by us, as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, remains the same, and after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us, and assuming no sale of Pre-Funded Warrants. An increase (decrease) of 1.0 million in the number of Ordinary Shares we are offering would increase (decrease) the net proceeds to us from this offering by approximately US$3,730,000, assuming the assumed public offering price remains the same, and after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us, assuming no sale of Pre-Funded Warrants.

 

We intend to use the net proceeds we receive from this offering as follows:

 

  Approximately US$3,336,200 for further product development, to continue to deliver sector specific solutions to the global martial arts and combat sports community;
     
  Approximately US$5,361,750 to scale up the platform growth and marketing functions of our business, as we look to gain further traction in North America and expand into new parts of Asia and Europe; and
     
  The remainder to be used as general working capital for general corporate purposes, including, without limitation, assessing potential investments in or acquisitions of businesses or technologies that are synergistic with or complimentary to our business and technologies, although we have no current commitments or obligations to do so.

 

The foregoing is set forth based on the order of priority for each purpose and represents our intentions based upon our current plans and business conditions, which could change in the future as our plans and business conditions evolve. The amounts and timing of our actual expenditures may vary significantly depending on numerous factors, including the progress of our development, the status of and results of our sales, marketing and product development, any collaborations that we may enter into with third parties for our products and any unforeseen cash needs. As a result, our management will retain broad discretion over the allocation of the net proceeds from this offering.

 

We believe opportunities may exist from time to time to expand our current business through the acquisition or license or partnership. As of the date hereof, we have not identified any specific acquisition candidates nor entered into any acquisition agreements. While we have no current agreements or commitments for any specific acquisitions or license agreement or partnership arrangement at this time, we may use a portion of the net proceeds for these purposes.

 

Pending any use described above, we plan to invest the net proceeds in short-term, interest-bearing, debt instruments.

 

EXCHANGE RATE INFORMATION

 

The Australian dollar is convertible into U.S. dollars at freely floating rates. There are no legal restrictions on the flow of Australian dollars between Australia and the United States. Any remittance of dividends or other payments by us to persons in the United States are not and will not be subject to any exchange controls.

 

The table below sets forth, for the periods identified, the number of U.S. dollars per Australian dollar as quoted by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. These rates are provided solely for your convenience and are not necessarily the exchange rates that we used in the prospectus or will use in the preparation of our periodic reports or any other information to be provided to you. We make no representation that any Australian dollar or U.S. dollar amounts could have been or could be converted into U.S. dollars or Australian dollars, as the case may be, at any particular rate, the rates stated below, or at all. For information on the effect of currency fluctuations on our results of operations, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”

 

Period   Period End     Average     High     Low  
      (U.S. dollars per Australian dollar)  
Year Ended:                                
June 30, 2022     0.6905       0.7256       0.7598       0.6852  
June 30, 2023     0.6663       0.6731       0.7119       0.6219  
Nine Months Ended:                                
March 31, 2023     0.6704       0.6704       0.6768       0.6600  
March 31, 2024     0.6524       0.6524       0.6627       0.6507  

 

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DIVIDENDS AND DIVIDEND POLICY

 

Since our inception, we have not declared or paid any dividends on our shares. We intend to retain any earnings for use in our business and do not currently intend to pay cash dividends on our Ordinary Shares. Dividends, if any, on our outstanding Ordinary Shares will be declared by and subject to the discretion of our board of directors, and subject to Australian law.

 

Any dividend we declare on our Ordinary Shares will be paid in Australian dollars. Cash dividends on our Ordinary Shares, if any, will be paid in Australian dollars. See “Description of Share Capital.”

 

CAPITALIZATION

 

The following table sets forth our cash and cash equivalents and capitalization as of March 31, 2024:

 

  on an actual basis;
     
  on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the Company receiving A$8,842,460 from Initial Public Offering proceeds on April 2, 2024; and
     
  on a pro forma as adjusted basis to giving further effect to the issuance and sale of 3,619,303 Ordinary Shares in this offering at an assumed offering price of US$3.73 per share, which represents the last reported sale price of our Ordinary Shares as reported on the NYSE American on September 3, 2024, after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us, and assuming no sale of Pre-Funded Warrants.

 

   March 31, 2024 (unaudited) 
   Actual (unaudited)   Pro Forma   Pro Forma As Adjusted 
Cash and cash equivalents  A$98,790    8,941,250    18,254,152 
Non-current debt  A$233,685    233,685    

233,685

 
Equity                     
Contributed equity  A$49,521,160    49,521,160    67,676,522 
Reserves  A$4,863,812    4,863,812    

4,863,812

 
Accumulated losses  A$(49,160,337)   (49,160,337)   (49,160,337)
Total equity  A$5,224,635    5,224,635    

23,379,997

 
Total capitalization               

 

An increase or decrease of US$1.00 in the assumed public offering price per Ordinary Share would increase or decrease our total equity and total capitalization, on an as adjusted basis, by approximately US$5,230,390, after deducting the underwriting discounts, commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us, assuming no sale of any Pre-Funded Warrants.

 

The pro forma as adjusted information set forth above is illustrative only and our capitalization following the completion of this offering will be adjusted based on the actual public offering price and other terms of our public offering determined at pricing. You should read this information in conjunction with our financial statements and the related notes included in this prospectus and the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” section and other financial information contained in this prospectus.

 

The number of Ordinary Shares that will be outstanding after this offering is based on 10,328,686 Ordinary Shares outstanding as of the date of this prospectus, and the sale of 3,619,303 Ordinary Shares in this offering (at an assumed public offering price of US$3.73 per Ordinary Share, which represents the last reported sale price of our Ordinary Shares as reported on the NYSE American on September 3, 2024), assuming no sale of any Pre-Funded Warrants, and excludes:

 

  1,532,641 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of options outstanding as of the date of this prospectus at a weighted average exercise price of USD2.82;
     
  65,000 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants outstanding as of the date of this prospectus at an exercise price of USD$6.25;
     
  730,229 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the vesting of Restricted Units outstanding as of the date of this prospectus; and

 

Except as otherwise indicated herein, all information in this prospectus assumes:

 

  no exercise by the underwriters of their option to purchase additional Ordinary Shares and/or Pre-Funded Warrants in this offering; and
     
 

no exercise of the Representative’s warrants to purchase 180,965 Ordinary Shares (5% of the Ordinary Shares and Pre-Funded Warrants sold in this offering) issuable to the representative of the underwriters in connection with this offering.

 

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DILUTION

 

If you invest in the Ordinary Shares, your interest will be immediately diluted to the extent of the difference between the public offering price per Ordinary Share in this offering and the net tangible book value per Ordinary Share after this offering. Dilution results from the fact that the public offering price per Ordinary Share is substantially in excess of the net tangible book value per Ordinary Share attributable to the existing shareholders for our presently outstanding Ordinary Shares.

 

Our historical net tangible book value as of March 31, 2024 was approximately US$(2,698,968 million), or US$(0.26)  per Ordinary Share. Net tangible book value per share represents the amount of total tangible assets, less our total liabilities, divided by the total number of Ordinary Shares outstanding as of March 31, 2024. Dilution is determined by subtracting net tangible book value per Ordinary Share from the assumed public offering price per Ordinary Share, which is US$3.73 per Ordinary Share, which represents the last reported sale price of our Ordinary Shares as reported on the NYSE American on September 3, 2024, after deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us.

 

After giving effect to our sale of Ordinary Shares offered in this offering at the assumed public offering price of US$3.73 per Ordinary Share, which represents the last reported sale price of our Ordinary Shares as reported on the NYSE American on September 3, 2024, after deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us, our pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value as of March 31, 2024, would have been approximately US$14,543,526, or US$1.04 per outstanding Ordinary Share. This represents an immediate increase in pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value of US$0.78 per Ordinary Share to shareholders and an immediate dilution of US$2.69 per Ordinary Share to purchasers of Ordinary Shares in this offering. The following table presents this dilution to new investors purchasing Ordinary Shares in the offering:

 

   As of March 31, 2024 
   (US$ per Ordinary Share) 
Assumed public offering price per Ordinary Share  $     3.73 
Pro forma net tangible book value as of March 31, 2024  $0.26       
Increase in pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per share attributable to new investors purchasing shares  $0.79      
Pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value after giving effect to the public offering  $     1.05 
Dilution per share to new investors purchasing in the public offering  $     2.68 

 

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Each US$1.00 increase (decrease) in the assumed public offering price of US$3.73 per Ordinary Share after deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us would increase (decrease) the pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value after giving effect to this offering to US$1.29 or (US$0.86) per Ordinary Share, respectively, assuming no exercise of the overallotment option granted to the underwriters, and would increase (decrease) the dilution to investors in the offering to US$3.44 or (US$1.87) per Ordinary Share.

 

An increase (decrease) of 1.0 million Ordinary Shares in the number of Ordinary Shares we are offering would increase (decrease) our pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value as of March 31, 2024 after this offering to approximately US$1.21 or (US$0.87) per Ordinary Share, and would decrease (increase) dilution to investors to approximately US$2.52 or (US$2.86) per Ordinary Share, assuming the public offering price per Ordinary Share, as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus remains the same, and after deducting the estimate underwriting discounts and commissions, non-accountable expense allowance and estimated offering expenses payable by us. The as adjusted information is illustrative only, and we will adjust this information based on the actual public offering price and other terms of this offering determined at pricing.

 

If the underwriters exercise their overallotment option in full, the pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per Ordinary Share after the offering would be US$1.14, the increase in pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per Ordinary Share to shareholders would be US$0.88, and the immediate dilution in pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per Ordinary Share to investors in this offering would be US$2.59.

 

The number of Ordinary Shares that will be outstanding after this offering is based on 10,328,686 Ordinary Shares outstanding as of the date of this prospectus and the sale of 3,619,303 Ordinary Shares in this offering (at an assumed public offering price of US$3.73 per Ordinary Share), assuming no sale of any Pre-Funded Warrants, and excludes:

 

  1,532,641 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of options outstanding as of the date of this prospectus at a weighted average exercise price of USD$2.82;
     
  65,000 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants outstanding as of the date of this prospectus at an exercise price of USD$6.25;
     
  730,229 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the vesting of Restricted Units outstanding at the date of this prospectus; and

 

Except as otherwise indicated herein, all information in this prospectus assumes:

 

  no exercise by the underwriters of their option to purchase additional Ordinary Shares and/or Pre-Funded Warrants in this offering; and
     
 

no exercise of the Representative’s warrants to purchase 180,965 Ordinary Shares (5% of the Ordinary Shares and Pre-Funded Warrants sold in this offering) issuable to the representative of the underwriters in connection with this offering.

 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF

FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes and the other financial information included elsewhere in this prospectus. This discussion contains forward-looking statements based upon our current plans and expectations that involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, such as statements regarding our plans, objectives, expectations, intentions, and beliefs. Our actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including, but not limited to, those set forth under “Risk Factors,” “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and elsewhere in this prospectus. Our fiscal year ends each year on June 30. Reference to a year relates to the fiscal year, ended in June 30 of the year indicated, rather than the calendar year, unless indicated by a specific date.

 

Company Overview

 

We are a technology company that is enabling the global martial arts and combat sports industry to maximize the monetization opportunities available to the sector by increasing consumer participation in the sport and building upon existing community offerings within the sector. While we believe martial arts and combat sport gyms have a superb in-gym product, they are ripe for transformation when it comes to building sales channels, customer onboarding, optimizing engagement and driving the growth and retention of members and membership revenues within their gym communities.

 

We believe that the Alta Platform represents a considerable opportunity to aggregate the vast global community ecosystem for martial arts and combat sports, via a single platform solution that will define the sector’s digital transformation, converting one of the world’s largest fan bases into participants. The Alta Platform serves as a comprehensive solution for martial arts and combat sports.

 

During the reporting periods, our principal activity was the provision and administration of the Warrior Training Program. Specifically, the provision of marketing intellectual property, payments software, training syllabus and outsourced customer sales and service resources to our licensee partner gyms throughout the world.

 

Recent Developments

 

On April 2, 2024, we completed our initial public offering, raising $6,500,000 by selling 1,300,000 shares at $5.00 per share. All previously issued convertible notes were converted or redeemed. As of March 31, 2024, there are no convertible notes, host, or derivative liabilities on the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position. Remaining interest and final fair value movement in derivative liability are reflected in the Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss.

 

Throughout April 2024, we partnered with renowned combat sports figures, including Rafael Cordeiro (Mike Tyson’s coach) for online Muay Thai training and former UFC champion Daniel Cormier for wrestling instructional videos, targeting both beginners and seasoned athletes.

 

In May 2024, we celebrated success in expanding the global MMA community. The Warrior Training Program at SBG Ireland has historically attracted over 700 new members, boosting gym memberships and revenue. MMA superstar Conor McGregor, an Alta investor, endorsed the program to help drive global combat sports participation. We also announced a strategic partnership with Upper Management in Mexico to launch the Warrior Training Program in multiple gyms and create content for the burgeoning Mexican MMA fanbase. Further, we also showcased our partnership with City Kickboxing in New Zealand, transforming over 800 beginners into cage-ready athletes through the Warrior Training Program, significantly boosting gym memberships and community engagement.

 

In May 2024, we completed the acquisition of the assets of Hype for USD$100,000, an all-in-one digital marketing platform, designed to help small businesses grow in today’s age of social media. Hype’s software platform strengthens the Company’s vision to convert 640 million MMA fans to participants by providing invaluable tools to our gym owner, coach, and athlete partners to not only grow their revenues, but also operate more efficiently, save costs and enhance the offerings to their members and community. This acquisition is expected to accelerate Alta’s technology roadmap, bringing forward new subscription revenue opportunities for us, whilst creating cost synergies by materially reducing product development overhead and bringing valuable technology expertise, skills and talent into the business.

 

In June 2024, we partnered with legendary MMA coach Eric Nicksick and former UFC fighters Jessica-Rose Clark and Gilbert Melendez to help strengthen our connection to 640 million global MMA fans.

 

Financial Overview

 

We have incurred significant losses since our inception. We may continue to incur significant losses for the foreseeable future. There can be no assurance that we will ever achieve or maintain profitability. We currently generate revenue from the sales of our products and programs, but as these do not currently support the operational expenses of the Company, we cannot provide assurance that we will ever be profitable.

 

During the reporting periods, our operations were significantly impacted from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in Australia and New Zealand. From March 2020 to June 2022, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our operations were significantly impacted by government policy in our operational territories that closed gyms and prevented us from running our programs with our partner gyms. The extent and duration of lockdowns and the loss of consumer confidence in their ability to consistently access gyms in an uninterrupted manner for at least 24 months, meant that our business could not operate in any normal way during this period. As a result, our revenues were significantly affected and the business had to recapitalize its balance sheet in a series of funding rounds from late 2020 through 2022. The significant step the business took to mitigate this risk from late 2022 onwards was the investment in the creation of our online digital training platform, the Alta Academy. This has enabled the creation of a digital-only training subscription that will offer the business a more diversified revenue stream that is unaffected by lockdown policies equivalent to what was experienced in our operating territories from 2020 to 2022.

 

A positive impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was that it allowed us to understand our consumers’ desire for more online information and coaching content which could be used to supplement an “in gym” training experience or membership. The COVID-19 pandemic also allowed us to validate our business model as the payment hub that intermediates the relationship between consumers and gyms. Serving as a custodian of all payments during the pandemic allowed us to communicate with all affected consumers and apply uniform policies regarding suspending payments and issuing refunds. Had these monies been held by individual gyms, the consumer experience would have been highly variable from territory to territory. This reinforced an important component of our customer value proposition of providing a homogenous payments experience and consumer protection, regardless of which gym a consumer trains in.

 

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At this stage inflation has not had a material effect on our operations, however this is somewhat due to the present scale of our company. The nature of our business model also provides material protection against inflationary impacts as we do not have property leases, employ coaches or operate gyms. Rather, we match consumers with in-gym training experiences, collect payments and distribute a revenue share to the gym where the services are being redeemed. This means that our operating costs are small, relative to a traditional gym chain, which provides inherent protection against uncertain inflationary forces. Despite this, we believe it is reasonable to assume that inflation and a rising interest rate environment, which are designed to reduce consumer demand, may soften product demand for our premium priced Warrior Training Program.

 

Historically, the performance of the business has been impacted by our inability to obtain sufficient funding due to the deterioration in capital market conditions during 2022. As a result, to preserve runway, we managed costs appropriately and slowed down the launch of new Warrior Training Programs over the reporting period until sufficient capital was secured, which occurred in April 2023.

 

Despite the foregoing challenges, we have continued our growth since April 2023, by delivering the following strategic initiatives to establish transformational change and momentum in the reporting period.

 

  We launched our first online offering, the Alta Academy, to complement and further leverage our in-gym training experiences for our customers. This contains digital content extends beyond MMA, including jiu jitsu, boxing, wrestling, and Muay Thai, among others, with new masterclasses delivered by our elite coaching talent, including Rafael Cordeiro, Mike Angove, and Nikki Lloyd-Griffiths.
  We launched four new membership tiers for Alta members, including an In-Gym Training membership tier, which leverages underutilized capacity within our gym partner network and allows Alta members to train in our partner gyms.
  We launched the first iteration of the Alta Community platform, which we believe will drive the growth of the gym and coaching communities though the provision of new content and channels. This included the launch of gym channels. The gym channels feature is used to house multimedia content that pertains to a specific gym’s profile on the Alta Community. This currently includes multimedia content such as gym walkthrough videos (point of view videos demonstrating the gym’s facility) as well as interviews with gym owners and coaches.
  We successfully completed our pilot UFC Fit program with UFC Gym in San Jose. We are currently negotiating the roll-out the UFC Fit program across the UFC Gym network.
  We completed the acquisition of the assets of Steppen Pty Ltd, a fitness technology company based in Australia (“Steppen”). Steppen is a dynamic fitness app designed to inspire, guide, and support users on their fitness journey. The Steppen platform quickly resonated with young fitness enthusiasts around the globe, particularly in the U.S., accumulating a large following quickly after its global launch in mid-2021. The Steppen App has seen success with over 395,000 downloads, predominantly from the U.S., reaching over 1.8 million impressions on the Apple App Store. With a robust database of over 270,000 accounts, we believe that the Steppen App has established a substantial user base. We plan to continue Steppen App’s operations and integrate key aspects of its proprietary Apple mobile application technology, while exploring ways to optimize content and services for users, leveraging the acquired expertise and technology. We believe the synergy from this acquisition is poised to drive growth, diversification, and market expansion for Alta in the burgeoning health and wellness sector.
  We completed the acquisition of the assets of Mixed Martials Arts LLC, an independent MMA media company, based in the U.S. Mixed Martial Arts LLC represents a valuable opportunity to us, as it is one of the last independent MMA media companies not acquired by a major corporation, making it a novel asset in the digital MMA landscape. With a substantial digital presence, the platform boasts more than 260,000 forum accounts, more than 350,000 monthly engaged sessions, and a significant social media footprint, including over 5 million followers across Facebook pages. Mixed Martial Arts LLC has previously initiated effective monetization strategies, generating peak annual revenues of up to US$600,000. With the right investment in technology and user engagement, we believe there is considerable potential for revitalizing and growing the platform’s user base and revenue streams.
  We launched ticketing services for live Alta events and seminars, including the Warrior Training Program finale events. Since launching to March 31, 2024, we have generated ticketing revenue of A$144,817.
  We completed our initial public offering, raising $6,500,000 by selling 1,300,000 shares at $5.00 per share. All previously issued convertible notes were converted or redeemed. As of March 31, 2024, there are no convertible notes, host, or derivative liabilities on the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position. Remaining interest and final fair value movement in derivative liability are reflected in the Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss.

 

Historical Results and Principal Markets in Which We Operate

 

Below is a breakdown of total revenues generated by us through the Warrior Training Program, our primary product historically, by geography over the last three financial years and for the nine months ended March 31, 2024 in Australian dollars.

 

Internal management reporting presents revenue on a consolidated basis. This management reporting does not allocate revenue based on geographical location. As such current management reporting framework are not reviewed to a specific geographical reporting location.

 

‘Total’ column has been extracted from audited set of consolidated financial statements over the last three financial years and from the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements for the nine months ended March 31, 2024 in Australian dollars.

 

‘Country Specific’ columns are not audited, as we have only one reportable segment. The determination of the these ‘Country Specific’ columns were based on management’s judgement that took into account program location and programs activated and recognized.

 

FY 2021  Total   North America   Europe   ANZ 
Revenue from Program Fees   1,372,974    115,262    381,382    876,330 
Less: Contractual liabilities to gyms   (773,528)   (64,938)   (214,869)   (493,721)
Net Revenue from Program Fees   599,446    50,324    166,513    382,609 
Other Revenue   446,262    -    -    446,262 

 

FY 2022  Total   North America   Europe   ANZ 
Revenue from Program Fees   2,050,044    330,491    430,639    1,288,914 
Less: Contractual liabilities to gyms   (1,215,191)   (195,903)   (255,267)   (764,021)
Net Revenue from Program Fees   834,853    134,588    175,372    524,893 
Other Revenue   105,950    -    -    105,950 

 

FY 2023  Total   North America   Europe   ANZ 
Revenue from Program Fees   937,311    9,373    393,671    534,267 
Less: Contractual liabilities to gyms   (574,025)   (5,740)   (241,091)   (327,194)
Net Revenue from Program Fees   363,286    3,633    152,580    207,073 
Other Revenue   1,173,421    -    -    1,173,421 

 

Nine Months Ended March 31, 2024  Total   North America   Europe   ANZ 
Revenue from Program Fees   954,621    -    410,485    544,136 
Less: Contractual liabilities to gyms   (556,098)       -    (239,122)   (316,975)
Net Revenue from Program Fees   398,523    -    171,363    227,160 
Other Revenue   172,760    -    -    172,760 

 

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Components of our Results of Operations for the Year Ended June 30, 2023

 

Revenues

 

Sales revenue consists of license fees and are recognized upon the provision of the right to access our intellectual property related to the Warrior Training Program, which is a set of mixed martial arts training programs and relevant branding and support.

 

We enter into contracts with our partner gyms for the partner gym to run our Alta branded Warrior Training Program for 20 weeks within their gym. The contract is accompanied by a license agreement between us and our partner gyms. The determination of the program revenue amount is dependent on the number of participants in each series for each gym. We receive payment in advance directly from the participant. We are then required to settle contractual payments to the partner gyms as a percentage of the total training fees collected from participants. Net revenue from program fees is the gross program fees, less contractual payments to our partner gyms. Revenues from sales of the Warrior Training Program represented greater than 80% of our recurring revenues during the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2023.

 

Other Income

 

Research and Development Grant

 

The R&D Grant relates to tax incentive payments from the Australian government’s Innovation Australia Research and Development Tax Incentive Plan for research and development activities conducted in Australia in relation to the development of the technology underlying our platform that meets the regulatory criteria. A refundable tax offset is available to eligible companies with an annual aggregate revenue of less than A$20,000,000. Eligible companies can receive cash amounts equal to 43.5% of eligible research and development expenditures from the Australian Taxation Office (the “ATO”).

 

Expenses

 

Research and Development

 

We incur research and development expenses related to the development of our software platform. The goal of our research and development activities is to develop and provide a complete cloud-based solution that connects consumers with gyms, provides training programs for members, provides complete gym management capabilities, and integrates payment technology.

 

The primary research and development expenses incurred by us for the years ended June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022 were for salaries and wages relating to research and development activities and external contractor costs relating to research and development activities.

 

Contractual Obligations to Gyms

 

We enter into license agreements with partner gyms for the implementation of our branded 20 week Warrior Training Program. Under the license agreements, we receive all revenue generated from the implementation of our Warrior Training Program by our partner gyms, and subsequently distributes a portion of such revenues to our gym partners based on the terms of the license agreements. We recognize these contractual obligations to gyms as a component of net revenue from program fees.

 

Marketing and Advertising

 

We incur marketing and advertising expenses for the promotion, and the generation of leads and revenue for the Warrior Training Program. Marketing and advertising expenses are recognized as an expense as incurred. Our marketing and advertising costs consist primarily of:

 

salaries and related overhead expenses for personnel in marketing and advertising functions (for example wages, salaries and associated on costs such as superannuation, share-based incentives and payroll taxes, plus travel costs and recruitment fees for new hires); and
   
third party costs for consultants who perform marketing and advertising activities on our behalf and under our direction, rent costs for our global offices, and other miscellaneous costs.

 

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Management and Administration

 

Management and administration costs are recognized as an expense as incurred. Our management and administration costs consist primarily of employee salaries and related costs for employees in executive, corporate and administrative functions. Other significant management and administration expenses include audit fees, legal fees, finance support fees and other business consultant fees. Employee salaries and benefits include wages and salaries, superannuation, non-monetary benefits, payroll taxes, annual leave and long service leave.

 

Financing Costs

 

Our convertible notes can be converted into Ordinary Shares upon specific conversion events and are recognized as financial liabilities as the number of Ordinary Shares to be issued may vary with changes in fair value. Interest related to the financial liability is recognized in profit or loss.

 

Fair Value on Financial Liabilities

 

Fair value of financial liabilities comprises the fair value adjustment relating to embedded derivatives relating to the conversion option within convertible notes. Please refer to Notes 21 and 22 of our consolidated financial statements for further detail.

 

Share Based Payment Expense

 

Share based compensation expenses are recognized in line with our accounting policy for share based compensation, which is described Note 22 of our consolidated financial statements. Share based compensation expenses consist of costs related to share based incentives granted to personnel across all functions and key advisers and ambassadors.

 

Information Technology Costs

 

Information technology costs are incurred to support our technology stack including subscriptions and systems and maintenance costs.

 

Depreciation and Amortization

 

Property, Plant and Equipment, Right of Use assets and intangible assets such as trademarks and platform development costs are held and depreciated on straight-line basis. The depreciation and amortization is recognized in the profit and loss. For further detail please refer to Notes 11, 12 and 20 of our consolidated financial statements.

 

Other Expenses

 

Other expenses include rent, foreign exchange gains and losses and other general costs that we incur.

 

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Results of Operations for the Years Ended June 30, 2023 and 2022

 

Comparison of our results for the years ended June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022

 

The following table summarizes our results of operations for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022, respectively, and provides information regarding the dollar and percentage increase (or decrease) during such periods.

 

   For the Year Ended June 30,   Change 
   2023   2022   A$   % 
   (audited) 
Consolidated Income Statement Data:                    
Revenue:                    
Revenue from Program Fees  A$937,415   A$2,050,044    (1,112,629)   (54)
Less: Contractual payments to gyms  A$(574,025)  A$(1,215,191)   641,166    53 
Net Revenue from program fees  A$363,390   A$834,853    (471,463)   (56)
Other income:                    
Other income  A$1,173,421   A$105,950    1,067,471    1,007 
Total revenue and other income  A$1,536,811   A$940,803    596,008    63 
Expenses:       A$           
Program expenses  A$229,848   A$342,600    (112,752)   (33)
Employee Salaries and benefits  A$4,219,655   A$4,664,013    (444,358)   (10)
Share Based Payments  A$2,365,384   A$1,546,983    818,401    53 
Advertising fees  A$721,713   A$3,615,399    (2,893,686)   (80)
Professional fees  A$864,419   A$685,870    178,549    26 
Rent  A$11,793   A$2,366    9,427    398 
IT costs  A$633,220   A$640,403    (7,183)   (1)
Depreciation and amortization  A$360,021   A$260,651    99,370    38 
Net foreign exchange gain  A$(47,359)  A$(26,079)   (21,280)   (82)
Finance costs  A$4,472,730   A$2,191,803    2,280,927    104 
Other expenses  A$1,432,094   A$965,808    466,286    48 
Fair value movement in derivative liability  A$6,870,729   A$(2,751,564)   9,622,293    350 
Total Expenses  A$22,134,247   A$12,138,253    9,995,994    82 
Loss before income tax expense  A$(20,597,436)  A$(11,197,450)   (9,399,986)   (84)
Income tax expense   -    -    -    - 
Loss after income tax expense for the year  A$(20,597,436)  A$(11,197,450)   (9,399,986)   (84)
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax  A$(36,465)  A$(31,312)   (5,153)   (16)
Total comprehensive loss for the year attributable to the members of the Alta Global Group Limited  A$(20,633,901)  A$(11,228,762)   (9,405,139)   (84)
Loss per share:                   
Basic loss per share  A$(5.26)  A$(2.86)        
Diluted loss per share  A$(5.26)  A$(2.86)        

 

Revenues

 

During the year ended June 30, 2023, we generated A$937,415 in revenue from program fees and A$363,390 in net revenue from program fees, which deducts our contractual payments to the gyms.

 

This was a decrease of A$1,112,629 compared to A$2,050,044 in revenue from program fees during the year ended June 30, 2022, and a decrease of A$471,463 compared to A$834,853 in net revenue from program fees for the year ended June 30, 2022.

 

The following table shows movement within revenue for the years ended June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022, respectively, together with the changes in those items:

 

   For the Year Ended June 30,   Change 
   2023   2022   A$   % 
   (audited)         
Revenue:                
Revenue from Program Fees  A$937,415   A$2,050,044    (1,112,629)   (54)
Less: Contractual liabilities to gyms  A$(574,025)  A$(1,215,191)   641,166    53 
Net revenue from program fees  A$363,390   A$834,853    (471,463)   (56)

 

The decrease in net revenue from program fees for the year ended June 30, 2023 compared to the year ended June 30, 2022 is due to reduced activation of Warrior Training Programs through licensed partner gyms. The reduction in revenue reflects management’s decision to allocate growth capital towards building the Alta Community and Alta Academy for our clients. Please refer to the Business section for more information.

 

Other Income

 

Other income was A$1,173,421 for the year ended June 30, 2023, compared to A$105,950 for the year ended June 30, 2022. The following table shows movement within other income, together with the changes in those items:

 

   For the Year Ended June 30,   Change 
   2023   2022   A$   % 
   (audited)         
Other income:                    
Research and development tax incentive  A$1,149,525   A$-    1,149,525    100 
Other  A$23,896   A$105,950    (82,054)   (77)
                     
Other income  A$1,173,421   A$105,950    1,067,471    1,007 

 

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Other income increased by A$1,067,471 when comparing the year ended June 30, 2023 and the year ended June 30, 2022. This was a result of receipt and recognition of a research and development tax incentive.

 

Program Expenses

 

There has been a decrease of A$112,732 in program expenses for the year ended June 30, 2023 compared with the year ended June 30, 2022. The overall decrease reflects the reduction in the number of programs on sale between the year ended June 30, 2023 and the year ended June 30, 2022.

 

   For the year ended June 30,   Change 
   2023   2022   A$   % 
 (audited)         
Program Expenses:                    
Program costs  A$12,447   A$253,614    (241,167)   (95)
Event costs  A$40,876   A$22,513    18,363    81 
Other  A$176,525   A$66,473    110,052    165 
                     
Program expenses  A$229,848   A$342,600    (112,752)   (33)

 

Advertising Expenses

 

Advertising expenses were A$721,713 for the year ended June 30, 2023, compared with A$3,615,399 for the year ended June 30, 2022, a decrease of A$2,893,686. The higher Advertising expense for the year ended June 30, 2022 was related to the rebranding of the Company from Wimp 2 Warrior to Alta. This was a result of a decision to conserve and re-direct capital towards building a technology stack as described above.

 

   For the Year Ended June 30,   Change 
   2023   2022   A$   % 
   (audited)         
Advertising expense:                    
Advertising  A$721,713   A$3,615,399    (2,893,686)   (80)
Advertising  A$721,713   A$3,615,399    (2,893,686)   (80)

 

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Management and Administration Expenses

 

Management and administration expenses were A$5,084,074 for the year ended June 30, 2023, compared with A$5,349,883 for the year ended June 30, 2022, a decrease of A$265,809.

 

   For the Year Ended June 30,   Change 
   2023   2022   A$   % 
             
Management and Administration expense:                    
Employee salaries and benefits  A$4,219,655   A$4,664,013    (444,358)   (10)
Professional fees  A$864,419   A$685,870    178,549    26 
Management and Administration  A$5,084,074   A$5,349,883    (265,809)   (5)

 

Employee salaries and benefits decreased by A$444,358 for the year ended June 30, 2023. This was primarily due to staff exiting the business.

 

Professional fees increased by A$178,549 for the year ended June 30, 2023. This is primarily related to increases in accounting, legal, audit and advisory services.

 

Share Based Compensation Expenses

 

Share based compensation expenses were A$2,365,384 for the year ended June 30, 2023, compared with A$1,546,983 for the year ended June 30, 2022, an increase of A$818,401. This increase was due to the issuance of new employee share options (Refer to Note 22 of our consolidated financial statements for further detail).

 

Fair Value on Financial Liabilities

 

Fair value on financial liabilities comprises the fair value adjustment relating to embedded derivatives relating to the conversion option within convertible notes and share options. The fair value loss for the year ended June 30, 2023 was A$6,870,729, compared to a fair value gain of A$2,751,564 for the year ended June 30, 2022. The fair value adjustments are calculated with reference to an external valuation prepared by a professional valuer.

 

Finance Costs

 

Finance costs increased to A$4,472,730 in the year ended June 30, 2023, from A$2,191,803 in the year ended June 30, 2022. This was primarily the result of interest rate expense on existing convertible notes.

 

Other Expenses

 

Other expenses were A$1,432,094 for the year ended June 30, 2023, compared with A$965,808 for the year ended June 30, 2022, an increase of A$466,286. The increase is primarily due to capital raising fees.

 

We expect that other expenses will continue to fluctuate as a result of the movement in the Australian dollar to U.S. dollar exchange rate going forward.

 

Losses before and after income tax

 

Loss after income tax was A$20,597,436 for the year ended June 30, 2023, compared with A$11,197,450 for the year ended June 30, 2022, an increase of A$9,399,986. This increase reflects the changes in share based payments, fair value movement in derivative liability and finance costs.

 

Expenditure related to Research and Development

 

Expenditure related to research and development is included within the expenses outlined above and the following amounts relate to research and development expenditure.

 

Research and development expenses were A$1,105,409 for the year ended June 30, 2023 compared with A$1,602,366 for the year ended June 30, 2022, a decrease of A$496,957.

 

   For the Year Ended June 30,   Change 
   2023   2022   A$   % 
   (audited)         
Research and Development expense:                    
Salary  A$668,953   A$492,826    176,127    36 
Other research and development expenditure  A$436,456   A$1,109,540    (673,084)   (61)
Research and Development  A$1,105,409   A$1,602,366    (496,957)   (31)

 

Salary costs related to Research and Development increased by A$176,127 for the year ended June 30, 2023. This was as a result of prioritization of by the business to focus on developing a scalable technology stack as mentioned above.

 

Other research and development expenditure decreased by A$673,084 for the year ended June 30, 2023. This decrease is driven primarily by the business decisions to reduce dependency on external consultants.

 

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Components of our Unaudited Results of Operations for the Nine Months Ended March 31, 2024 and 2023

 

Revenues

 

Sales revenue consists of license fees and are recognized upon the provision of the right to access our intellectual property related to the Warrior Training Program, which is a set of mixed martial arts training programs and relevant branding and support.

 

We enter into contracts with our partner gyms for the partner gym to run our Alta branded Warrior Training Program for 20 weeks within their gym. The contract is accompanied by a license agreement between us and our partner gyms. The determination of the program revenue amount is dependent on the number of participants in each series for each gym. We receive payment in advance directly from the participant. We are then required to settle contractual payments to the partner gyms as a percentage of the total training fees collected from participants. Net revenue from program fees is the gross program fees, less contractual payments to our partner gyms. Revenues from sales of the Warrior Training Program represented greater than 90% of our recurring revenues during the interim years ended March 31, 2024 and 2023.

 

Other Income

 

Ticketing Services

 

In October 2023, we launched ticketing services for live Alta events and seminars, including the Warrior Training Program finale events. Since launching to March 31, 2024, we have generated ticketing revenue of A$144,817.

 

Expenses

 

Contractual Obligations to Gyms

 

We enter into license agreements with partner gyms for the implementation of our branded 20 week Warrior Training Program. Under the license agreements, we receive all revenue generated from the implementation of our Warrior Training Program by our partner gyms, and subsequently distributes a portion of such revenues to our gym partners based on the terms of the license agreements. We recognize these contractual obligations to gyms as a component of net revenue from program fees.

 

Marketing and Advertising

 

We incur marketing and advertising expenses for the promotion, and the generation of leads and revenue for the Warrior Training Program. Marketing and advertising expenses are recognized as an expense as incurred. Our marketing and advertising costs consist primarily of:

 

salaries and related overhead expenses for personnel in marketing and advertising functions (for example wages, salaries and associated on costs such as superannuation, share-based incentives and payroll taxes, plus travel costs and recruitment fees for new hires); and
   
third party costs for consultants who perform marketing and advertising activities on our behalf and under our direction, rent costs for our global offices, and other miscellaneous costs.

 

Management and Administration

 

Management and administration costs are recognized as an expense as incurred. Our management and administration costs consist primarily of employee salaries and related costs for employees in executive, corporate and administrative functions. Other significant management and administration expenses include audit fees, legal fees, finance support fees and other business consultant fees. Employee salaries and benefits include wages and salaries, superannuation, non-monetary benefits, payroll taxes, annual leave and long service leave.

 

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Financing Costs

 

Our convertible notes can be converted into Ordinary Shares upon specific conversion events and are recognized as financial liabilities as the number of Ordinary Shares to be issued may vary with changes in fair value. Interest related to the financial liability is recognized in profit or loss.

 

Fair Value on Financial Liabilities

 

Fair value of financial liabilities comprises the fair value adjustment relating to embedded derivatives relating to the conversion option within convertible notes. Please refer to Notes 15 of our interim condensed consolidated financial statements for nine months for further detail.

 

Share Based Payment Expense

 

Share based compensation expenses are recognized in line with our accounting policy for share based compensation, which is described Note 16 of our interim condensed consolidated financial statements for nine months for further detail. Share based compensation expenses consist of costs related to share based incentives granted to personnel across all functions and key advisers and ambassadors.

 

Information Technology Costs

 

Information technology costs are incurred to support our technology stack including subscriptions and systems and maintenance costs.

 

Depreciation and Amortization

 

Property, Plant and Equipment, Right of Use assets and intangible assets such as trademarks and platform development costs are held and depreciated on straight-line basis. The depreciation and amortization is recognized in the profit and loss. For further detail please refer to Notes 10 of interim condensed consolidated financial statements for nine months for further detail.

 

Other Expenses

 

Other expenses include rent, foreign exchange gains and losses and other general costs that we incur.

 

Results of Operations

 

Comparison of our unaudited results for the nine month periods ended March 31, 2024 and March 31, 2023

 

The following table summarizes our results of operations for the nine month periods ending March 31, 2024 and March 31, 2023, respectively, and provides information regarding the dollar and percentage increase (or decrease) during such periods.

 

   For the Nine Months Ended March 31,   Change 
   2024   2023   A$   % 
   (un-audited) 
Consolidated Income Statement Data:                    
Revenue:                    
Revenue from Program Fees  A$954,621   A$766,499    188,122    25 
Less: Contractual payments to gyms  A$(556,098)  A$(462,026)   (94,072)   (20)
Net Revenue from program fees  A$398,523   A$304,473    94,050    31 
Other income:                    
Other income  A$172,760   A$1,173,278    (1,005,518)   (85)
Total revenue and other income  A$571,283   A$1,477,751    (906,468)   (61)
Expenses:                    
Program expenses  A$124,190   A$189,304    (65,114)   (34)
Employee Salaries and benefits  A$3,908,674   A$3,292,873    615,801    19 
Share Based Payments  A$3,650,976   A$1,774,037    1,876,939    106 
Advertising fees  A$419,912   A$515,197    (95,285)   (18)
Professional fees  A$1,505,745   A$421,546    1,084,199    257 
Rent  A$7,245   A$10,158    (2,913)   (29)
IT costs  A$416,340   A$477,121    (60,781)   (13)
Depreciation and amortization  A$483,338   A$312,293    171,045    55 
Net foreign exchange gain  A$(59,191)  A$(15,961)   (43,230)   (271)
Finance costs  A$3,219,591   A$2,614,281    605,310    23 
Other expenses  A$1,198,176   A$464,569    733,607    158 
Fair value movement in derivative liability  A$(3,400,685)  A$4,666,982    (8,067,667)   (173)
Total Expenses  A$11,474,311   A$14,722,400    (3,248,089)   (22)
Loss before income tax expense  A$(10,903,028)  A$(13,244,649)   (2,341,621)   (18)
Income tax expense   -    -    -    - 
Loss after income tax expense for the year  A$(10,903,028)  A$(13,244,649)   (2,341,621)   (18)
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax  A$(98,128)  A$(21,072)   (77,056)   (366)
Total comprehensive loss for the year attributable to the members of the Alta Global Group Limited  A$(11,001,156)  A$(13,265,721)   (2,264,565)   (17)
Loss per share:                    
Basic loss per share  A$(1.06)  A$(3.38)   -    - 
Diluted loss per share  A$(1.06)  A$(3.38)   -    - 

 

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Revenues

 

During the nine-month period ending March 31, 2024, we generated A$954,621 in revenue from program fees and A$398,523 in net revenue from program fees, which deducts our contractual payments to the gyms.

 

This was an increase of A$188,122 compared to A$766,499 in revenue from program fees during the nine-month period ended March 31, 2023, and an increase of A$94,050 compared to A$304,473 in net revenue from program fees for the nine-month period ended March 31, 2023.

 

The following table shows movement within revenue for the nine-month periods ending March 31, 2024 and March 31, 2023, respectively, together with the changes in those items:

 

   For the Nine Months Ended March 31,   Change 
   2024   2023   A$   % 
   (un-audited)         
Revenue:                
Revenue from Program Fees  A$954,621   A$766,499    188,122    25 
Less: Contractual liabilities to gyms  A$(556,098)  A$(462,026)   (94,072)   (20)
Net revenue from program fees  A$398,523   A$304,473    94,050    31 

 

The increase in the revenue was due to the number of programs rolled out across Europe, Australia and New Zealand.

 

Other Income

 

Other income was A$172,760 for the nine-month period ending March 31, 2024, compared to A$1,173,278 for the period ending March 31, 2023. The following table shows movement within other income, together with the changes in those items:

 

   For the Nine Months Ended March 31,   Change 
   2024   2023   A$   % 
   (un-audited)         
Other income:                    
Ticketing Services  A$144,817   A$-    144,817    100 
Other  A$27,943   A$1,173,278    (1,145,335)   (98)
                     
Other income  A$172,760   A$1,173,287    (1,000,518)   (85)

 

Other income decreased mainly due to timing of recognition of the FY21 and FY22 R&D rebate received duing the nine-months period ending March 31, 2023. The FY23 rebate was recognized at June 30, 2023 and hence does not appear in the nine-month period ending March 31, 2024.

 

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Program Expenses

 

There has been a decrease of A$65,114 in program expenses for the nine-month period ending March 31, 2024 compared with the nine-month period ending March 31, 2023. The decrease in program expenses is due to cost savings achieved through procuring merchandise.

 

   For the Nine Months Ended March 31,   Change 
   2024   2023   $   % 
   (un-audited)         
Program Expenses:                   
Program costs  A$7,046   A$4,429    2,617    59 
Event costs  A$35,496   A$31,785    3,711    12 
Other  A$81,648   A$153,090    (71,442)   (47)
                     
Program expenses  A$124,190   A$189,304    (65,114)   (34)

 

Advertising Expenses

 

Advertising expenses decreased by A$95,285 for the nine-month period ending March 31, 2024. The reduction in advertising reflects the improved in the cost of acquisition achieved for the warrior program offering.

 

   For the Nine Months Ended March 31,   Change 
   2024   2023   A$   % 
   (un-audited)         
Advertising expense:                    
Advertising  A$419,912   A$515,197    (95,285)   (18)
Advertising  A$419,912   A$515,197    (95,285)   (18)

 

Management and Administration Expenses

 

Management and administration expenses increased by A$1,700,000 for the nine-month period ending March 31, 2024.

 

   For the Nine Months Ended March 31,   Change 
   2024   2023   A$   % 
   (un-audited)         
Management and Administration expense:                    
Employee salaries and benefits  A$3,908,674   A$3,292,873    615,801    19 
Professional fees  A$1,505,745   A$421,546    1,084,199    257 
Management and Administration  A$5,414,419   A$3,714,419    1,700,000    46 

 

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Employee salaries and benefits increased by A$615,801 for the nine-month period ending March 31, 2024. This was primarily due to new staff hires and salary increases.

 

Professional fees increased by A$1,084,199 for the nine-month period ending March 31, 2024. This is primarily related to increases in accounting, legal and audit services fees pertaining to initial public offering on the NYSE.

 

Share Based Compensation Expenses

 

Share based compensation expenses were A$3,650,976 for the nine-month period ending March 31, 2024, compared with A$1,774,037 for the nine-month period ended March 31, 2023, an increase of A$1,876,939. This increase was due to the issuance of restricted share units as per the employee incentive plan, advisor options, reach options, warrants and over-allotment option to underwriter. Please refer to Note 16 of our interim nine months unaudited financial statements for further detail.

 

Fair Value on Financial Liabilities

 

Fair value on financial liabilities comprises the fair value adjustment relating to embedded derivatives relating to the conversion option within convertible notes. The fair value gain for the nine-month period ending March 31, 2024 was A$3,400,685, compared to a fair value loss of A$4,666,982 for the nine-month period ending March 31, 2023.

 

The fair value adjustments are calculated with reference to an external valuation prepared by a professional valuer. The valuer estimated the value of the embedded derivative using the Monte-Carlo Simulation approach. The value of the debt component was calculated by deducting the embedded derivative from the face value.

 

The implied effective interest rate is calculated on the estimated present value of the debt component, the notes Conversion Date and Maturity Date. The reporting dates the calculated of the debt component was measured at amortized cost using the effective rate of interest rate calculated on issue date.

 

In connection with the initial public offering of our Ordinary Shares in March 2024, all convertible notes that were on issue prior to the initial public offering have either been converted into Ordinary Shares or redeemed. At March 31, 2024 there is no convertible note debt, host or derivative liability, on the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position. The remaining interest on convertible notes and the final fair value movement in derivative liability is reflected in the Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss.

 

Finance Costs

 

Finance costs increased by A$605,310 in the nine-month period ending March 31, 2024. This was primarily the result of interest rate expense on existing convertible notes. Refer above for professional valuer approach.

 

In connection with the initial public offering of our Ordinary Shares in March 2024, all convertible notes that were on issue prior to the initial public offering have either been converted into Ordinary Shares or redeemed. At March 31, 2024 there is no convertible note debt, host or derivative liability, on the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position. The remaining interest on convertible notes and the final fair value movement in derivative liability is reflected in the Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss.

 

Other Expenses

 

Other expenses were A$1,198,176 for the nine-month period ending March 31, 2024, compared with A$464,569 for the nine-month period ending March 31, 2023, an increase of A$733,607.

 

The increase is primarily due to capital raising fees, international travel and insurance. These costs were primarily due to the company successfully closing out an initial public offering on the NYSE.

 

Losses before and after income tax

 

Total loss after tax was A$10,903,028 for the nine-month period ending March 31, 2024, compared with A$13,244,649 for the nine-month period ending March 31, 2023, a decrease of A$2,341,621. This decrease reflects the changes in share based payments, fair value movement in derivative liability and finance costs. Our historical operating losses were reflective of non cash operating expenses including the interest component of the convertible notes and the fair value movement in the derivative liability of our convertible notes. The interest component of the convertible notes for March 31, 2024 and 2023 were $3,207,498 and $2,571,044 respectively, and $4,420,224 and $2,162,646 for fiscal year 2023 and 2022 respectively. The fair value movement in the derivative liability of our convertible notes for March 31, 2024 and 2023 were ($3,400,685) and 4,666,982 respectively, and $6,870,729 and ($2,751,564) for fiscal year 2023 and 2022 respectively. All convertible notes were redeemed or converted at March 31, 2024 and looking forward into future financial years will not be a component of operating losses.

 

Segment Reporting

 

We have one operating segment, the provision and administration of mixed martial arts training programs and gym programs. The Consolidated Financial Statements for the years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 and the unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the nine months ending March 31, 2024 and 2023 have been presented by this single operating segment and have been presented and disclosed as one reportable operating segment.

 

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Sources of Liquidity

 

We have incurred losses from operations since inception and as of March 31, 2024, we had an accumulated deficit of A$49,160,337. We expect that our research and development and management and administration expenses will continue to increase and, as a result, we will need additional capital to fund our operations, which we may raise through a combination of equity offerings, debt financings, other third-party funding, marketing and distribution arrangements and other collaborations, strategic alliances and licensing arrangements.

 

From our inception through March 31, 2024, we have funded our operations principally with A$31 million in proceeds from the sale of our Ordinary Shares and convertible notes.

 

As of June 30, 2023, we had cash and cash equivalents of A$3,702,567. Cash in excess of immediate requirements is invested primarily in money market funds in order to maintain liquidity and preserve capital.

 

During the year ended June 30, 2023, we received proceeds of A$8,655,252 from issuances of convertible notes, net of transaction costs. After the year end, we received proceeds of A$1,932,860 in relation to the Private Placement convertible notes issued on June 9, 2023.

 

On March 28, 2024 we successfully listed on the New York Stock Exchange and on April 2, 2024, the Company received net proceeds of US$5,767,887 (A$8,842,460) after deducting underwriting discounts and offering expenses from this successful initial public offering.

 

Based on our current planned operations and the net proceeds from this public offering of our Ordinary Shares, we expect that our cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to fund our operations for at least 12 months after the date of this prospectus. Our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon our ability to successfully secure sources of financing and ultimately achieve profitable operations. We may require additional financing to fund working capital and pay our obligations. We may seek to raise any necessary additional capital through a combination of public or private equity offerings and/or debt financings. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in acquiring additional funding at levels sufficient to fund our operations or on terms favorable to us, if at all. If adequate funds are not available on acceptable terms when needed, we may be required to significantly reduce operating activities, which may have a material adverse effect on our business and/or results of operations and financial condition. If we do raise additional capital through public or private equity or convertible debt offerings, the ownership interest of our existing shareholders will be diluted, and the terms of these securities may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect our existing shareholders’ rights. If we raise additional capital through debt financing, we may be subject to covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take specific actions, such as incurring additional debt, making capital expenditures or declaring dividends.

 

Cash Flows for the fiscal years June 30, 2023 and 2022 and nine-months ending March 31, 2024 and 2023

 

The following table sets forth the significant sources and uses of the cash for the fiscal years 2023 and 2022 set forth below:

 

   For the Year Ended June 30, 
   2023   2022 
     
Cash Flow Data:          
Net cash used in operating activities  A$(5,555,868)  A$(8,055,185)
Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities  A$69,673   A$(1,165,720)
Net cash provided by financing activities  A$8,655,252   A$5,679,651 
Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents  A$3,169,057   A$(3,541,254)

 

Cash Flows from Operating Activities. Net cash used in operating activities was A$5,555,868 for the year ended June 30, 2023 compared with A$8,055,185 for the year ended June 30, 2022, a decrease of A$2,499,317. This is due to reduced activation of Warrior Training Programs with partner gyms, thereby reducing receipts from training participants and also reduced payments to gyms.

 

Cash Flows from Investing Activities. Net cash from investing activities was A$69,673 for the year ended June 30, 2023 compared with net cash used in investing activities of A$1,165,720 for the year ended June 30, 2022, an increase of A$1,235,393 due to reduction of payments for intangible assets and receipt from Government grants and tax incentives related to assets.

 

Cash Flows from Financing Activities. Net cash provided by financing activities was A$8,655,252 for the year ended June 30, 2023 compared with A$5,679,651 for the year ended June 30, 2022, an increase of A$2,975,601 due to proceeds from convertible notes.

 

The following table sets forth the significant sources and uses of the cash for the nine-month periods set forth below:

 

   For the Nine Months Ended March 31, 
   2024   2023 
   (un-audited) 
Cash Flow Data:          
Net cash used in operating activities  A$(5,250,451)  A$(3,495,188)
Net cash used in investing activities  A$(186,759)  A$(14,361)
Net cash provided by financing activities  A$1,931,561   A$4,223,269 
Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents  A$(3,505,648)  A$713,720 

 

Cash Flows from Operating Activities. Net cash outflows from operating activities increased by A$1,751,512 over the comparable periods. This was due to increase in payments to suppliers, gyms and employees.

 

Cash Flows from Investing Activities. Net cash outflows from investing activities increased by A$176,148 due to the acquisition of intangible assets, including both internally generated and externally acquired including the acquisition of MMA LLC during the nine months ended March 31, 2024.

 

Cash Flows from Financing Activities. Net cash inflows provided by financing activities decreased by A$2,291,708. Cash provided by financing activities at March 31, 2024 primarily represents the remaining receipt of cash proceeds from Private Placement convertible notes series that was outstanding at June, 30 2023. Cash from other convertible notes series was receipted in fiscal year June 30, 2023.

 

Note that on March 28, 2024 we successfully listed on the NYSE American and on April 2, 2024, the Company received net proceeds of US$5,767,887 (A$8,842,460) after deducting underwriting discounts and offering expenses from the initial public offering.

 

Operating Capital Requirements

 

Although we expect our losses to reduce in the near term, we anticipate that we will continue to incur losses for the foreseeable future. We anticipate that we will need substantial additional funding in connection with our continuing operations. This may cast significant doubt over our ability to continue as a going concern.

 

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We expect that our research and development and management and administration expenses will continue to increase and, as a result, we will need additional capital to fund our operations, which we may raise through a combination of equity offerings, debt financings, other third-party funding, marketing and distribution arrangements and other collaborations, strategic alliances and licensing arrangements.

 

Additional capital may not be available on reasonable terms, if at all. If we are unable to raise additional capital in sufficient amounts or on terms acceptable to us, we may have to significantly delay, scale back or discontinue the development of our technology or programs. If we raise additional funds through the issuance of additional debt or equity securities, it could result in dilution to our existing shareholders, increased fixed payment obligations and the existence of securities with rights that may be senior to those of our Ordinary Shares. If we incur indebtedness, we could become subject to covenants that would restrict our operations and potentially impair our competitiveness, such as limitations on our ability to incur additional debt, limitations on our ability to acquire, sell or license intellectual property rights and other operating restrictions that could adversely impact our ability to conduct our business. Any of these events could significantly harm our business, financial condition and prospects.

 

Contractual Obligations and Commitments

 

Employee Liabilities

 

As of June 30, 2023, we had A$376,119 accrued in annual leave and long service leave balances for our employees.

 

As of March 31, 2024, we had A$442,945 accrued in annual leave and long service leave balances for our employees.

 

Trade and Other Payables

 

As of June 30, 2023, we had A$2,034,436 in trade and other payables. There were no other significant contractual obligations at June 30, 2023.

 

As of March 31, 2024, we had A$5,047,525 in trade and other payables. Note that this payable amount includes Reach convertible notes that were redeemed for cash of $1,029,617. The remaining Reach notes were converted to equity. There were no other significant contractual obligations at March 31, 2024.

 

Certain Differences Between IFRS and U.S GAAP

 

IFRS differs from U.S GAAP in certain respects, including differences related to revenue recognition, intangible assets, share-based compensation expense, income tax and earnings per share. Management has not assessed the materiality of differences between IFRS and U.S GAAP. Our significant accounting policies are described in Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto included elsewhere in this prospectus.

 

Application of Critical Accounting Judgements, Estimates and Assumptions

 

The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts in the financial statements. Management continually evaluates its judgements and estimates in relation to assets, liabilities, contingent liabilities, revenue and expenses. Management bases its judgements, estimates and assumptions on historical experience and on other various factors, including expectations of future events, management believes to be reasonable under the circumstances.

 

Critical accounting judgements, estimates and assumptions that have significant potential to result in a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities during each of the years are discussed below.

 

Reverse Share Split

 

On January 24, 2024, there was a Reverse Share Split of our issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares and Ordinary Share equivalents on the basis of four (4) securities for every five (5) securities held. All issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares and Ordinary Share equivalents and per share data have been adjusted throughout this prospectus to reflect the Reverse Share Split for all periods presented.

 

Going Concern

 

The consolidated financial statements for the reporting periods have been prepared on a going concern basis which contemplates continuity of normal business activities and the realization of assets and settlement of liabilities in the ordinary course of business.

 

We have assessed that there is a substantial doubt related to our ability to continue as a going concern as we incurred a loss after tax of $10,903,028 for the period ended 31 March 2024 compared to $13,244,649 for the period ended 31 March 2023, had net cash outflows from operating activities of $5,250,451 for the period ended 31 March 2024 compared to $3,495,188 for the period ended 31 March 2023, had a net asset position of $5,224,635 as at 31 March 2024 compared to net liability $31,134,307 as at 30 June 2023, and net current asset position of $3,920,595 as at 31 March 2024, compared to net current liability position of $21,916,914 as at 30 June 2023. As a result of these conditions, the Company may be unable to realize its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal, course of business.

 

On April 2, 2024, the Company received net proceeds of US$5,767,887 (A$8,842,460) after deducting underwriting discounts and offering expenses from a successful initial public offering. In addition, all convertible notes that were on issue prior to the initial public offering have either been converted into Ordinary Shares or redeemed. Also, there is no convertible note debt, host or derivative liability, on the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position. The remaining interest on convertible notes and the final fair value movement in derivative liability is reflected in the Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss.

 

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The injection of capital will be used to scale the business with our current product offerings into North America, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, pursue acquisitions, acquire notable talent and establish partnerships.

 

The ongoing operation of the Company remains dependent upon raising additional funds. In light of the future expenditures to be incurred in executing on our strategic plans, we are dependent on obtaining financing through equity financing, debt financing or other means. The ability to arrange such funding in the future will depend in part upon the prevailing capital market conditions as well as our business performance. There is no assurance that we will be successful in our efforts to raise additional funding on terms satisfactory to us. If we do not obtain additional funding, we may be required to delay, reduce the scope of, or eliminate our current operations.

 

However, we believe that we will be able to raise additional funds as required to meet our obligations as and when they become due and are of the opinion that the use of the going concern basis remains appropriate. Our ability to continue as a going concern and to pay debts as and when they become due is dependent on the following:

 

  we have historically been successful in raising funds,
  we have listed on the New York Stock Exchange in the United States. As a listed vehicle now we have capital raising options such as placements, Share Purchase Plans, Rights issues and entitlement offers, Dividend Reinvestment Plans, Hybrids and Retail notes and PIPEs,
  our level of expenditure continues to be managed and will continue to be managed to maximize run-way; and
  we have reason to believe that in addition to the cash flow currently available, additional revenues will continue to be received through the sale of our products and services throughout the course of the year.

 

If we decide to raise capital, the issuance of additional Ordinary Shares would result in dilution to our existing shareholders. We cannot assure you that we will be successful in completing any financings or that any such equity or debt financing will be available to us if and when required or on satisfactory terms.

 

Should we be unable to raise additional funds on a timely basis, we may be required to realize our assets and discharge our liabilities other than in the normal course of business and at amounts different to those stated in the financial statements. The financial statements do not include any adjustments to the recoverability and classification of asset carrying amounts or the amount of liabilities that might result should we be unable to continue as a going concern and meet our debts as and when they become due.

 

Revenue From Contracts With Customers Involving Program Fees

 

When recognizing revenue in relation to the sale of goods to customers, the key performance obligation of the entity is considered to be the point of delivery of the rights to use the license and the relevant training program to the gyms as the customers, as this is deemed to be the time that the gym obtains control of the promised service and therefore the benefits of unimpeded access.

 

Determination of Variable Consideration

 

Judgement is exercised in estimating variable consideration which is determined having regard to past experience with respect to the cancelled contracts with the entity where the partner gyms maintains a right of termination pursuant to the license agreement. Revenue will only be recognized to the extent that it is highly probable that a significant reversal in the amount of cumulative revenue recognized under the contract will not occur when the uncertainty associated with the variable consideration is subsequently resolved. We have determined that any deposit received for training programs scheduled until a month after year end will reliably proceed and we have recognized the relevant gross revenue as probable and measurable.

 

Share-Based Payment Transactions

 

The consolidated entity measures the cost of equity-settled transactions with employees by reference to the fair value of the equity instruments at the date at which they are granted. The fair value is determined by using either the Black-Scholes model taking into account the terms and conditions upon which the instruments were granted. The accounting estimates and assumptions relating to equity-settled share-based payments would have no impact on the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next annual reporting period but may impact profit or loss and equity.

 

Recognition of Deferred Tax Assets

 

Deferred tax assets are recognized for deductible temporary differences only if the entity considers it is probable that future taxable amounts will be available to utilize those temporary differences and losses. We have not recognized deferred tax assets from brought forward losses as we do not believe that it is probable that there are future taxable profits available to recover the asset as at the reporting dates.

 

Intangible assets

 

Intangible assets acquired as part of a business combination, other than goodwill, are initially measured at their fair value at the date of the acquisition. Intangible assets acquired separately are initially recognized at cost. Indefinite life intangible assets are not amortized and are subsequently measured at cost less any impairment. Finite life intangible assets are subsequently measured at cost less amortization and any impairment. The gains or losses recognized in profit or loss arising from the derecognition of intangible assets are measured as the difference between net disposal proceeds and the carrying amount of the intangible asset. The method and useful lives of finite life intangible assets are reviewed annually. Changes in the expected pattern of consumption or useful life are accounted for prospectively by changing the amortization method or period.

 

Trademarks

 

Significant costs associated with patents or trademarks are deferred and amortized on a straight-line basis over the period of their expected benefit, being their finite life of 10 years.

 

Capitalized Web Development Costs

 

Costs incurred in developing our platform that will contribute to future year financial benefits through revenue generation and/or cost reduction are capitalized. The amortization of these costs is recognized in the profit and loss.

 

Software

 

Significant costs associated with software are deferred and amortized on a straight-line basis over the period of their expected benefit, being their finite life of four years.

 

Impairment of Non-Financial Assets

 

We assess impairment of non-financial assets at each reporting date by evaluating conditions specific to the us and to the particular asset that may lead to impairment. If an impairment trigger exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is determined. This involves fair value less costs of disposal or value-in-use calculations, which incorporate a number of key estimates and assumptions.

 

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Impairment of Receivables

 

Trade and other receivables are assessed at each reporting date for impairment by assessing conditions and events specific to us and a provision for refund raised accordingly.

 

Finance Costs

 

Finance costs attributable to qualifying assets are capitalized as part of the asset. All other finance costs are expensed in the period in which they are incurred.

 

Valuation of Derivative Liability

 

The fair value of the conversion feature pertaining to the convertible notes is determined at each reporting date and the changes in fair value are recognized in the profit and loss.

 

Issued capital

 

Ordinary Shares are classified as equity.

 

Incremental costs directly attributable to the issue of new shares or options are shown in equity as a deduction, net of tax, from the proceeds.

 

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure of Market Risk

 

The following section provides quantitative and qualitative information on our exposure to interest rate risks, credit risk, liquidity risk and foreign currency exchange risk. From time to time we make use of sensitivity analyses which are inherently limited in estimating actual losses in fair value that can occur from changes in market conditions.

 

Credit risk

 

Credit risk arises from cash and cash equivalents, derivative financial instruments, as well as exposure to customers, including outstanding receivables. We have no significant credit risk. For bank and financial institutions, only, independently rated and reputable parties are accepted. We have polices in place to ensure that sales of products and services are made to customers in advance of the products and service being provided.

 

Liquidity risk

 

Prudent liquidity risk management implies maintaining sufficient cash which we manage liquidity risk by continuously monitoring forecast and actual cash flow.

 

Interest rate risk

 

Interest rate risk arises primarily from long term borrowings. We have no interest rate risk as a Company as the derivative liabilities attached to the convertible notes are at a fixed rate on interest.

 

Foreign currency exchange risk

 

Our financial results are reported in AU dollar and a substantial portion of our operating revenues and expenses are reported in AU dollar. Revenue and expenses recorded in local currency other that AU dollar are where practical received in to and paid out of local currency bank accounts mitigating the Company’s exposure to foreign currency risk.

 

Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012

 

On April 5, 2012, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS Act, was enacted. We are in the process of evaluating the benefits of relying on exemptions and reduced reporting requirements provided by the JOBS Act. Subject to certain conditions set forth in the JOBS Act, if as an “emerging growth company” we choose to rely on such exemptions, we may not be required to, among other things, (i) provide an auditor’s attestation report on our systems of internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404, (ii) provide all of the compensation disclosure that may be required of non- emerging growth public companies under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, (iii) 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 auditor’s report providing additional information about the audit and the financial statements (auditor discussion and analysis), and to the extent that we no longer qualify as a foreign private issuer, (iv) disclose certain executive compensation-related items such as the correlation between executive compensation and performance and comparisons of the Chief Executive Officer’s compensation to median employee compensation. These exemptions will apply until we no longer meet the requirements of being an “emerging growth company.” We will remain an “emerging growth company” until the earliest of (i) the last day of the fiscal year in which we have total annual gross revenues of US$1.235 billion or more; (ii) the last day of our fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the date of the completion of this offering; (iii) the date on which we have issued more than US$1 billion in nonconvertible debt during the previous three years; or (iv) the date on which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer under the rules of the SEC.

 

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BUSINESS

 

Our Mission

 

Our mission is to empower community driven growth in the global martial arts and combat sports sector, leveraging technology to bridge the gap between passion and participation.

 

Company Overview

 

We are a technology company that is enabling the global martial arts and combat sports industry to maximize the monetization opportunities available to the sector by increasing consumer participation in the sport and building upon existing community offerings within the sector. While we believe martial arts and combat sport gyms have a superb in-gym product, they are ripe for transformation when it comes to building sales channels, enhancing customer onboarding, optimizing engagement and driving the growth and retention of members and membership revenues within their gym communities.

 

We believe that our platform represents a considerable opportunity to aggregate the vast global community ecosystem for martial arts and combat sports, via a single platform solution that will define the sector’s digital transformation, converting one of the world’s largest fan bases into participants. The Alta Platform serves as a comprehensive solution for martial arts and combat sports, offering a blend of four core products: the Warrior Training Program, UFC Fight Fit Program, Alta Academy, and the Alta Community. To date, the Warrior Training Program has been the core product we have monetized globally, which has been integral in enabling us to partner with some of the best gyms and coaches globally, while building a passionate following from our participants and customers.

 

Mixed martial arts (MMA) is one of the world’s fastest growing sports for participation and audience growth, with hundreds of millions of passionate fans engaging in various levels of digital and physical participation every day. According to IBISWorld statistics, there are currently over 45,597 martial arts and combat sports gyms in the U.S. alone that are expected to generate over US$12.6 billion in annual revenue in 2023. Additionally, according to Sports & Fitness Industry Association’s Single Sport Reports for the Martial Arts and Boxing Fitness, it is expected that more than 11.8 million people will engage in various martial arts and combat sports disciplines in 2023.

 

There are significant sector tailwinds which we benefit from, created by the large professional MMA leagues, including the UFC, PFL, ONE Championship and Bellator, whose marketing budgets and broadcast reach play a pivotal role in growing the sport’s fan base. As a participant in the martial arts sector, we target fan and consumer interest and aim to convert that interest into engagement with our premium and immersive online and “in-gym” fitness and training experiences.

 

We have successfully activated globally recognized coaches, athletes and influencers as ambassadors who continue to promote our vison and the growth in adoption of our platform and its benefits. We believe the continuing engagement of our ambassadors will be a key element to drive our expansion. Our network of partner gym communities includes some of the most renowned names in the combat sports sector, including one of our cofounders, John Kavanagh, an MMA coach who is widely recognized for coaching UFC champion, Conor McGregor. Mr. Kavanagh has assisted in the development of the training programs available exclusively on our platform and offers these programs at his prominent gym, SBG Ireland, in Dublin. Mr. Kavanagh has also assisted us in engaging other globally recognized partner gym communities. In addition, we have also secured key talent in the MMA sector by engaging ambassadors such as former UFC champion Daniel Cormier, UFC broadcaster Laura Sanko and owner and head coach of City Kickboxing in Auckland New Zealand, Eugene Bareman.

 

Since our inception, we have accumulated deep sector knowledge of how martial arts and combat sports operate globally, enabling us to recognize the unique preferences and needs of the gyms, coaches and consumers within this market. We have leveraged the extensive information in our gym inventory and community database to create an optimal pathway to attract consumers to participate in our proprietary training programs as well as training via the weekly timetable of our partner gyms. We have built a database containing over 4,000 unique records of martial arts and combat sports gyms globally and have over 550 gyms on the Alta Platform. Our partner gym communities include martial arts and combat sports gym operations that span a range of training disciplines including, but not limited to, jiu jitsu, boxing, wrestling, MMA, Muay Thai, kickboxing, judo, karate, and Tae Kwon Do.

 

Since 2018, we have run over 206 Warrior Training Programs globally, and over 5,107 participants have subscribed to our Warrior Training Program, an average of 25 participants per program. In fiscal year 2021, we ran 34 Warrior Training Programs with a total of 886 participants. In fiscal year 2022, we ran 50 Warrior Training Programs with a total of 1,163 participants. In fiscal year 2023, we ran 36 Warrior Training Programs with a total of 865 participants. Over the last three years, the average gross revenue per participant who subscribed to our Warrior Training Program was A$1,496. The Warrior Training Program is a 100 lesson, 20-week syllabus that provides participants with a comprehensive introduction to the foundations of the sport of mixed martial arts. Participants who complete the 20-week Warrior Training Program have the opportunity to compete in a sanctioned amateur mixed martial arts contest against a fellow participant in their class cohort. The Warrior Training Program thereby acts as an “on ramp” to learning the fundamentals of all disciplines of mixed martial arts, including wrestling, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, boxing, Thai boxing, Judo and other disciplines. At the conclusion of the Warrior Training Program, participants may elect to continue their training subscription and specialize in a particular martial art they enjoyed during their Warrior Training Program. As a result of the foregoing customer engagement, our partner gyms have experienced incremental revenue growth because of increased participation within their community. Our community development approach to acquiring participants has redefined the participation demographics for martial arts worldwide. Specifically, we have strong female participation rates and the average age of our members is mid to late 30s, with our oldest participants being in their 60s. Additionally, participants can become valuable, long-standing members of their gym community after completing their first Alta program.

 

We have also entered into a Partner Referral Agreement with UFC Gym. We have collaborated with UFC Gym to design and launch a new 10-week Alta training program, called the UFC Fight Fit Program (“UFC Fight Fit Program”). UFC Gym has the option to introduce the 10 week program across its network of over 150 global locations.

 

In July 2023, we launched our first online offering, the Alta Academy, to complement and further leverage our in-gym training experiences for our customers. This activates our multi-year exclusive content agreements with our key global talent, which is a critical element of our top of funnel marketing systems to drive in-gym participation.

 

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A further opportunity to aggregate the sector is through our Alta Community product, which is an extension of our existing product offerings and represents the first global, cloud-based community-led growth and management software for martial arts and combat sports. The Alta Community is designed for participants, coaches, and operators who are collectively referred to as “members” of the Alta Community. The Alta Community enables the creation of individual communities and also promotes connections among these communities and their members, thus fostering a single global community. This solution is deliberately designed to optimize the management, growth, and monetization of martial arts and combat sports communities. It strives to enhance the digital and in-gym experiences of Alta members, making it easier for them to discover, participate in, contribute to, coach, and operate the best martial arts and combat sports communities on a single platform. Importantly, this entire process is facilitated through a simple monthly subscription.

 

In summary, by combining our proprietary training programs with the insights and connection driven approach of the Alta Community, we have created a commercial environment that drives efficiency, growth, and is designed to deliver partner gyms and coaches a distinct competitive advantage. The combination of our core products positions the business strongly as a first mover in the race to aggregate such a vast and attractive sector by creating a personalized, inclusive and attractive “on ramp” for martial arts participation, regardless of location.

 

Our Footprint - Trainalta.com, Mixedmartialarts.com and Steppen

 

Each day we strive to:

 

  Increase the number of published and active gyms.
  Activate recurring revenue through each active gym by running Alta Programs, selling in-gym training subscriptions and enrolling customers in our Alta Academy and Alta Community platform. Our mantra ‘increasing earnings at your gym’ enables us to increase our ‘share of wallet’ and drive growth.
  Establish a model that generates a steady stream of leads and prospects for our products. The user generated content available on mixedmartialarts.com, Alta content available on the Alta Academy and testimonials endorsing our programs are enabling the creation of a self-sustaining customer acquisition model.
  Build a scalable technology stack that solves customer needs and is capable of being rolled out to other sports with community attributes similar to martial arts and combat sports.

 

This focus has enabled us to achieve the following:

 

Metrics   March 31, 2024 (Actual)
Curated Gym Network    
Database   4,299 gyms with global inventory accessible
Published   3,028 gyms (1,025 in Oceania, 1,699 in the United States, 172 in the United Kingdom & Ireland and 132 in other locations) with global inventory available
Active   552 gyms registered on trainalta.com, gym profile claimed or created, and accepted terms and conditions for the Alta platform or Hype platform and/or accepted previous license agreement to run the Warrior Training Program
Ambassadors   5 globally recognized influencers
Athlete Profiles/Talent   Over 9,878 professional and amateur fighters
Participants/User Accounts   Over 543,518 monthly users of three Alta platforms
Website Sessions   Over 580,000 combined monthly website sessions of three Alta platforms
Monthly User Engagements   Over 600,000 monthly average user engagements (posts and reactions)
Follower base   Over 5,000,000 total social media followers (Meta, X and TikTok)
Page Views   Over 14,000,000 combined monthly pageviews of three Alta platforms
Coaching Tutorial Videos   Over 3,500 tutorial videos available on Alta platforms
     
Enterprise    
Enterprise   UFC Fit partnership expansion from pilot at San Jose

 

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Business Progress

 

Since July 1, 2023, we have increased our gym footprint, expanding into new territories including Illinois, Arizona and Hawaii. We have also engaged major martial arts academies including Renzo Gracie, American Top Team and American Kickboxing Academy.

 

In July 2023, we launched our first online offering, the Alta Academy, to complement and further leverage our in-gym training experiences for our customers. This activates our multi-year exclusive content agreements with our key global talent, which is a critical element of our top of funnel marketing systems to drive in-gym participation.

 

Since launch of the Alta Academy, we have expanded our digital content, including the digital syllabus for the Warrior Training Program, and extended our online training into other disciplines beyond MMA, including jiu jitsu, boxing, wrestling, and Muay Thai, among others, with new masterclasses delivered by our elite coaching talent, including Rafael Cordeiro, Mike Angove, Nikki Lloyd-Griffiths.

 

In September 2023, we launched four new membership tiers for Alta members, including an In-Gym Training membership tier, which leverages underutilized capacity within our gym partner network and allows Alta members to train in our partner gyms.

 

In September 2023, we launched the first iteration of the Alta Community platform, which we believe will drive the growth of the gym and coaching communities though the provision of new content and channels. This included the launch of gym channels. The gym channels feature is used to house multimedia content that pertains to a specific gym’s profile on the Alta Community. This currently includes multimedia content such as gym walkthrough videos (point of view videos demonstrating the gym’s facility) as well as interviews with gym owners and coaches.

 

In September 2023, we successfully completed our pilot UFC Fit program with UFC Gym in San Jose. We are currently negotiating the roll-out the UFC Fit program across the UFC Gym network.

 

In September 2023, we completed the acquisition of the assets of Steppen Pty Ltd, a fitness technology company based in Australia (“Steppen”). Steppen is a dynamic fitness app designed to inspire, guide, and support users on their fitness journey. The Steppen platform quickly resonated with young fitness enthusiasts around the globe, particularly in the U.S., accumulating a large following quickly after its global launch in mid-2021. The Steppen App has seen success with over 395,000 downloads, predominantly from the U.S., reaching over 1.8 million impressions on the Apple App Store. With a robust database of over 270,000 accounts we believe that the Steppen App has established a substantial user base. We plan to continue Steppen App’s operations and integrate key aspects of its proprietary Apple mobile application technology, while exploring ways to optimize content and services for users, leveraging the acquired expertise and technology. We believe the synergy from this acquisition is poised to drive growth, diversification, and market expansion for Alta in the burgeoning health and wellness sector.

 

In October 2023, we completed the acquisition of the assets of Mixed Martials Arts LLC, an independent MMA media company, based in the U.S. Mixed Martial Arts LLC represents a valuable opportunity to us, as it is one of the last independent MMA media companies not acquired by a major corporation, making it a novel asset in the digital MMA landscape. With a substantial digital presence, the platform boasts more than 260,000 forum accounts, more than 350,000 monthly engaged sessions, and a significant social media footprint, including over 5 million followers across Facebook pages. Mixed Martial Arts LLC has previously initiated effective monetization strategies, generating peak annual revenues of up to US$600,000. With the right investment in technology and user engagement, we believe there is considerable potential for revitalizing and growing the platform’s user base and revenue streams.

 

In October 2023, we launched ticketing services for live Alta events and seminars, including the Warrior Training Program finale events. Since launching to March 31, 2024, we have generated ticketing revenue of A$144,817.

 

On April 2, 2024, we completed our initial public offering, raising $6,500,000 by selling 1,300,000 shares at $5.00 per share. All previously issued convertible notes were converted or redeemed. As of March 31, 2024, there are no convertible notes, host, or derivative liabilities on the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position. Remaining interest and final fair value movement in derivative liability are reflected in the Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss.

 

Throughout April 2024, we partnered with renowned combat sports figures, including Rafael Cordeiro (Mike Tyson’s coach) for online Muay Thai training and former UFC champion Daniel Cormier for wrestling instructional videos, targeting both beginners and seasoned athletes.

 

In May 2024, we celebrated success in expanding the global MMA community. The Warrior Training Program at SBG Ireland has historically attracted over 700 new members, boosting gym memberships and revenue. MMA superstar Conor McGregor, an Alta investor, endorsed the program to help drive global combat sports participation. We also announced a strategic partnership with Upper Management in Mexico to launch the Warrior Training Program in multiple gyms and create content for the burgeoning Mexican MMA fanbase. Further, we also showcased our partnership with City Kickboxing in New Zealand, transforming over 800 beginners into cage-ready athletes through the Warrior Training Program, significantly boosting gym memberships and community engagement.

 

In May 2024, we completed the acquisition of the assets of Hype for USD$100,000, an all-in-one digital marketing platform, designed to help small businesses grow in today’s age of social media. Hype’s software platform strengthens the Company’s vision to convert 640 million MMA fans to participants by providing invaluable tools to our gym owner, coach, and athlete partners to not only grow their revenues, but also operate more efficiently, save costs and enhance the offerings to their members and community. This acquisition is expected to accelerate Alta’s technology roadmap, bringing forward new subscription revenue opportunities for us, while creating cost synergies by materially reducing product development overhead and bringing valuable technology expertise, skills and talent into the business.

 

In June 2024, we partnered with legendary MMA coach Eric Nicksick and former UFC fighters Jessica-Rose Clark and Gilbert Melendez to help strengthen our connection to 640 million global MMA fans.

 

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Our Next Growth Engines

 

The growth engine of the Alta Platform is conceived as a dynamic, adaptable model, intentionally designed to reflect the ever-evolving landscape of martial arts, ongoing technological advancements, and the shifting preferences within the global martial arts community. Rather than being static, this strategy is crafted to be agile, accommodating new insights and market shifts.

 

Having established product market fit across our operating territories with the Warrior Training Program, we expect that the next phase of our growth will be driven by expanding our product set to meet the demand of the martial arts and combat sports community. Our extended subscription based product suite aims to increase member engagement and lifetime value of each of our members (participants, gyms and coaches) in the martial arts training ecosystem. For example, where a subscription to the Warrior Training Program historically had a start date and an end date, our new product range and technology stack enables the Warrior Training Program to also be sold alongside an ongoing in-gym training subscription (both pre and post completion of the Warrior Training Program).

 

Central to this strategy is the utilization of technology to catalyze growth that is primarily community-led. It establishes a digital-to-physical bridge that enhances engagement and participation within physical gym settings. We believe our platforms are poised to become the primary destination for passionate martial artists and commercial practitioners, presenting avenues for content consumption and active, personalized involvement within the sport.

 

Our platforms equip users with an array of options to navigate and tailor their martial arts experience. Our services are inclusive, reaching out to a broad spectrum of users from beginners to seasoned fighters, and also provide resources for coaches and gym owners to grow their businesses. These services are refined to match users’ progression within martial arts, ensuring that our platforms evolve concurrently with technology and community input.

 

Most recently, we delivered a bespoke product solution for a new enterprise partner, UFC Gym, which will allow us to refine our enterprise offerings to other large fitness chains and provide us with valuable content and user led reviews and feedback. Our ability to grow is further bolstered by a dedicated team of experts in the field that enhance our technology, ensuring that our platforms remain at the forefront of user engagement.

 

We monetize our product offerings through our membership tiers that are customized for different degrees of engagement, enabling users to modify their level of participation as their relationship with martial arts deepens, or reduces. This modular approach guarantees accessibility and flexibility, presenting a variety of interaction points for every segment of the martial arts community.

 

The expansion of our platforms is engineered to boost user engagement, revenue generation and lifetime value of each Alta member, embodying a growth-centric model that anticipates and meets the needs of our users while expanding their interaction with martial arts. This blueprint is devised to position our platforms as a central, influential force within the martial arts community that fosters a robust, interconnected global community.

 

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Market Opportunity

 

We believe the following key market characteristics create a large total addressable market that we believe we can address over the long-term, and a serviceable addressable market which we currently address.

 

Growing Engagement

 

  According to The Nielsen Company, LLC, MMA is one of the world’s fastest growing sports and has a large fan base, with hundreds of millions of fans globally viewing promotions and events held by the various professional MMA leagues.
     
  According to IBISWorld, the broader martial arts market in the U.S. generated approximately US$11.6 billion in revenue in 2023, and consists of approximately 41,849 gyms in 2023.
     
  According to Sports & Fitness Industry Association’s Single Sport Reports for Martial Arts and Boxing Fitness, approximately 11.82 million people currently train in martial arts and combat sports in the US.
     
  Relative to the amount of content and platforms for the largest sports, the small number of martial arts events and associated content means martial arts is often considered one of the most underserved audiences in sport.

 

Growing systemic problems within the sector

 

The martial arts and combat sports sector continues to enjoy significant sector tailwinds created by the large professional martial arts leagues, including the UFC, PFL, ONE Championship and Bellator. The majority of revenues for fighting leagues in the sector derive from broadcasting and media partnerships that are underpinned by the sector’s fan base – a community of hundreds of millions who participate in the professional end of the sector, predominantly via broadcast viewership and ticket purchases to live events.

 

Separate from these professional fighting leagues, many disaggregated small businesses exist in the martial arts and combat sports sector, many of which are operated by the same highly qualified coaches and athletes who also serve as a “talent” to professional fighting leagues. These small businesses are mostly martial arts and combat sport gyms, schools and academies (operators) that rely on revenues from member (participant) fees.

 

These small businesses, and their operators, coaches and participants are overwhelmed by problems, from trying to maintain and build an engaging community on various social platforms to having a wide variety of disparate software solutions. We have classified the problem space keeping the following three constituents in mind.

 

Participants

 

  Effective direct communications with gym community has been lost or diluted through free social media platforms.
     
  Increasingly poor level of quality in community discussion threads and forums as free social media platforms generate large amounts of unvetted and unwarranted content.
     
  No curated, beginner friendly digital on-ramp/experience for participants that are new to martial arts and combat sports.

 

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Coaches

 

  Coaches have limited choice but to push high value content through free social media platforms to build their own personal brand and engage students. These platforms favor entertainment skewed content, rather than content that has genuine utility or supports their training philosophy.
     
  Their ability to directly commercialize this content through free social media platforms is limited without achieving significant views that require an alignment to algorithmic trends often at the expense of content quality.

 

Operators

 

  As small business owners with limited time and resources, gym operators are increasingly challenged in where and how to deploy their efforts. Typically, significant resources are invested through free social media platforms, whose primary objective is to drive ad revenue rather than bring new members to their gym.
     
  Their investment in developing marketing and sales content promoted through free social media platforms often yields inconsistent results, unclear attribution and very limited cut-through due to content volume constraints on an individuals feed, and algorithms favoring ‘likes’ over utility or authenticity.
     
  Proactively engaging on forums hosted through free social media platforms is time consuming, and carries risk as these forums are not moderated, and participation is plagued by unvetted online interactions with no alignment or interest in the gym. Negative reviews, whether warranted or not, can have a huge impact on the long-term success of their business.
     
  Free social media platforms are driven to maintain users on the platform yet offer no direct path to purchase for gyms within the platform. Leveraging a ‘lead generation’ approach often yields poor quality prospects requiring time consuming and resource intensive outbound tele-sales.

 

Our Expertise

 

By partnering with hundreds of successful martial arts and combat sports operators we have developed a deep understanding of the unique attributes that must be present to build prosperous and healthy communities. These attributes include:

 

  Shared goals and values;
  Inclusivity and diversity;
  Structured learning and discipline;
  Supportive coach-participant relationships;
  Positive reinforcement and encouragement;
  Focus on personal growth;
  Collaborative learning;
  Non-competitive spaces; and
  Social interaction and networking.

 

Our Solution – Alta Platform

 

The Alta Platform is presently a combination of our four core products; the Warrior Training Program, UFC Fit Program, Alta Academy and the Alta Community.

 

Warrior Training Program

 

To date, this is the core product Alta has monetized globally which has been integral in enabling us to partner with some of the best gyms and coaches globally, while building a passionate following from our participants and customers. Importantly, we distribute the contractual payments to the gyms as all customers are originated in and managed via our payments platform. This ensures a homogenous and best practice payments experience for customers and partner gyms alike. It also ensures our ability to manage our customer data and payments, a central component of building enterprise value.

 

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Our Warrior Training Program, is a 100 lesson, 20 week training syllabus for members of all levels of fitness and experience, who are trained by some of the best coaches across multiple martial arts disciplines, culminating in a fully sanctioned amateur MMA final fight night. While completing our Warrior Training Program, participants learn the fundamental skills of martial arts and self-defense. Through our Warrior Training Program we target MMA fans, people looking for a profound lifestyle change and those seeking a “bucket list” fitness challenge. Our Alta members are then delivered a comprehensive training experience via a syllabus comprised of four pillars:

 

  Foundations – In the first stage of the Warrior Training Program, participants learn the foundational movements, skills and conditioning needed to complete the Warrior Training Program.
     
  Technique and Movement – In the second stage of the Warrior Training Program, coaches expand upon the techniques, fitness and skills that have been taught to participants. This is implemented by combining techniques in different contexts, transitions and combinations.
     
  Pressure and Preparation - In the third stage of the Warrior Training Program, participants focus on refining previously taught techniques and applying them in training. The skills that have been taught in the first two stages of the Warrior Training Program are now implemented through controlled live sparring and partner work.
     
  Final Fight Night – In the fourth and final stage of the Warrior Training Program, participants have the opportunity to put their skills to the test and compete in what we believe is the only program that offers an amateur MMA fight night, just 20 weeks after program commencement. Our final fight night provides participants with a unique opportunity to showcase their skills in front of a live audience, competing against other participants they’ve trained alongside in their program.

 

 

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The Warrior Training Program is governed by a license agreement with our partner gyms, such that both parties share in each other’s success. There are no exclusivity provisions contained in our license agreement and our partner gyms have no right to reduce or limit their performance under the agreement. Either party may terminate the license upon written notice to the other party. Such termination will take effect after the completion of the relevant series and the series finale, but prior to a new series beginning. Additionally, we may terminate the agreement upon written notice, with immediate effect, upon certain conduct by the partner gym. If the license is not terminated, it will expire ten years from the commencement date of the agreement.

 

Pursuant to the license agreement for the Warrior Training Program, we will pay a rate to our partner gyms that is typically a mid to high-double digit percentage of the total program participation fees received. We retain the remainder of the fees earned during the course of the program.

 

For individual participants in this program, we provide a premium syllabus of video content, curated MMA content with 100 structured classes, entry into the fight night upon completion of the program and premium training gear and equipment. For our gym partners, we provide marketing campaigns to drive program participation, customer service and payment management services, and 100 premium “how to” coaching videos to support delivery of the program. We also grant our partner gyms access to our cloud based software platform, rewards algorithm, and library of online classes to assist with the delivery of an in-gym experience.

 

UFC Fight Fit Program

 

We have partnered with UFC Gym to bring UFC Gym members our UFC Fight Fit Program, a 10 week in-gym offering that can be accessed through our Fight Program membership tier. The UFC Fight Fit Program is designed as an introduction to MMA for beginners where participants are provided with training on the fundamentals of MMA three days per week, with notable former UFC fighters as the primary coaches. Our first UFC Fight Fit Program is currently offered through UFC Gyms located in San Jose, California, and is designed to help participants gain fitness and improve body composition.

 

Through the UFC Fight Fit Program, participants will learn the most important skills from a variety of martial arts disciplines as they relate to MMA. For example, in this program we teach skills and techniques for striking disciplines through training components of boxing, kickboxing and clinch fighting. Similarly participants are also taught equivalent skills related to grappling arts including techniques derived from Brazilian jiu-jitsu and wrestling. The final week of our UFC Fight Fit Program is dedicated to comprehensive testing and grading whereby our expert coaches evaluate each participant’s progress through vectors including, body measurements, physical strength, endurance and technical testing to assess their progress and proficiency.

 

This program is intended as an introductory step in our participant’s path to continuing their martial arts journey, building upon their newfound skills. The UFC Fight Fit Program is designed for beginners with no previous experience in MMA or assumed fitness background. Accordingly, the syllabus for this program has been written to ensure that participants learn MMA in a safe training environment involving light exercises and very limited contact. This ensures the product is directed towards the largest potential customer segment across UFC Gym’s global footprint.

 

The Fight Fit Program is governed by a license agreement with our partner gyms, such that both parties share in each other’s success. There are no exclusivity provisions contained in our license agreement and our partner gyms have no right to reduce or limit their performance under the agreement. Either party may terminate the license upon written notice to the other party. Such termination will take effect after the completion of the relevant series and the series finale, but prior to a new series beginning. Additionally, we may terminate the agreement upon written notice if the partner has failed to comply with its obligations under the agreement. If the license is not terminated, it will expire ten years from the commencement date of the agreement.

 

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For the pilot program in San Jose, we have ten participants subscribed to our Fight Fit Program. The average gross revenue per participant who subscribed to our Fight Fit Program was A$2,089. This was only for the pilot program and we look to expand across the UFC Gym network with cross promotional marketing activities. We expect to see an increase in average participation rates over time.

 

Pursuant to the license agreement for the Fight Fit Program, we will pay a rate to our partner gyms that is typically a mid to high double digit percentage of the total program participation fees received. We retain the remainder of the fees earned during the course of the program.

 

For individual participants in this program, we provide curated MMA content with 30 structured classes, premium training gear and equipment. For our gym partners, we provide marketing campaigns to drive program participation, customer service and payment management services. We also grant our partner gyms access to a library of online classes to assist with the delivery of an in-gym experience.

 

 

Alta Academy

 

We recently unveiled the Alta Academy, a comprehensive platform designed around curated video content that provides anyone an in-depth education in multiple martial arts and combat sports disciplines.

 

Crafted to cater to all skill levels, our Academy content resonates with individuals starting their martial arts journey, experienced participants seeking to hone their skills, and competitive amateur and professional athletes seeking advanced techniques and insights. The curriculum, presented both from the coach’s lens and the participant’s experience, is exclusively and proprietarily curated in collaboration with our distinguished global talents.

 

Notable contributors include stalwarts like Daniel Cormier, Laura Sanko, Rafael Cordeiro, John Kavanagh, and Mike Angove. Importantly, the Alta Academy subscription is strategically bundled with our in-gym participation products. This holistic package ensures that subscribers not only gain theoretical knowledge but also have avenues to apply what they learn through hands-on experiences within our extensive gym partner network.

 

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Furthermore, our Academy content is a pivotal asset for top-of-the-funnel customer acquisition. It offers potential participants an immersive gateway to explore and engage with martial arts and combat sports before transitioning to in-gym experiences. For many, this digital engagement acts as a precursor, building confidence and interest to dive deeper into the sport through our partnered gym offerings.

 

We introduce new video content multiple times per month, ensuring our subscribers receive both foundational knowledge and the latest advancements in martial arts, creating a seamless transition from online learning to in-gym practice.

 

 

Alta Ambassador Rafael Cordeiro

 

The Alta Academy is governed by terms and conditions included in our User Agreement. Every participant user of the Alta platform must agree to the User Agreement before they can use the Alta platform. The User Agreement is available and executed through our website. This User Agreement applies to trainalta.com, Alta branded apps, partner.trainalta.com and other Alta-related sites, apps, communications and other services (collectively referred to as the “Services”). If a participant has not agreed to the User Agreement, they may access certain features as a “Visitor”. All members must be at least 18 years old unless local laws mandate a higher age and the individual may terminate the registered Services upon written notice, effective upon the expiration date of the Services paid for.

 

Subscribers to the Alta Academy may terminate the registered Services prior to the renewal of the Services previously paid for. Either party may terminate the Services and the User Agreement if the other party fails to perform any material obligation under the User Agreement, and such party cannot cure the non-performance within thirty (30) days of the date such party is notified by the other party of such default.

 

Access to the Alta Academy is available for a monthly fee in the range of A$9.99 to A$39.99, which provides access to premium curated video content that provides an in-depth education in multiple martial arts and combat sports disciplines to complement and enhance a subscriber’s individual training journey. This is a proprietary feature of the Alta Platform and there is no revenue share with gym partners for the Alta Academy.

 

For our partner gyms that subscribe to the Alta Academy, we provide access to our cloud based software platform, rewards algorithm, and library of instructional content curated by industry expert talent.

 

Alta Community

 

Our next phase of sector aggregation is through our Alta Community product, which is an extension of our existing product offerings and represents the first global, cloud-based, community-led growth and management software for martial arts and combat sports.

 

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The Alta Community is designed for participants, coaches, and operators who are collectively referred to as “members” of the Alta Community. The Alta Community enables the creation of individual communities and also promotes connections among these communities and their members, thus fostering a single global community. This solution is deliberately designed to optimize the management, growth, and monetization of martial arts and combat sports communities. It strives to enhance the digital and in-gym experiences of Alta members, making it easier for them to discover, participate in, contribute to, coach, and operate the best martial arts and combat sports communities on a single platform. Importantly, this entire process is facilitated through a simple monthly subscription.

 

The Alta Community can be broken down into the following feature sets, which will be regularly enriched via scheduled technology updates.

 

Trainalta.com – Our Engagement and Participation Portal

 

  Engage and Participate – Our members will have a unified account to manage all aspects of their training activities, consume online content and follow other members, including gyms and coaches. Participants can tailor their engagement within the platform to best match their needs as well as interact socially and commercially with other community members. Participants who wish to train in a gym can discover training locations, program offerings and learn about the capabilities and experience of various coaches.
     
 

Reward – As members become more involved and reach specific membership milestones, they will be eligible for rewards. This feature is a cornerstone of building customer utility and retention within the Alta Platform and brings recognition and rewards to all community members. Members will be eligible for rewards depending on the state of their membership and their level of activity.

 

 

Partner.trainalta.com – Our Community Management Portal

 

  Earn and Amplify – Coaches and operators will be able to manage, communicate, create and moderate content and maintain and amplify their businesses and brands through this partner portal. They will be able to manage their schedules and enhance their business profile on trainalta.com. Further, coaches and operators can manage scheduling, optimize their timetables and enhance their business profile on trainalta.com.
     
  Enterprise – We aim to cater to larger scale business models with this offering, providing them with the opportunity to integrate and utilize both trainalta.com and partner.trainalta.com. Offering dedicated solutions to larger scale business models and gym chains, our enterprise solutions are designed to assist these businesses by providing additional tailored programming to all their locations and coaches.
     
 

Hub – With a goal to inspire developers worldwide to add to the core Alta Platform, we are planning to develop a comprehensive library of integrations to further accelerate Alta’s growth. By delivering an open platform enabling developers worldwide to create additional offerings to the core Alta platform, this will encourage the growth of a larger product set, for the benefit of all participants on the platform.

 

 

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Access to the Alta Community requires the creation of a member profile and payment in exchange for monthly membership. Memberships are paid for via a conventional monthly subscription. There will be three tiers of membership for our three core userbases as outlined below:

 

 

Membership fees are broken into three levels, each with a different subscription cost and relevant additive benefits:

 

Community Only Memberships

 

  Our entry-level membership is the most affordable membership and allows users, participants, coaches and operators to interact and connect with the global platform community, local gym communities and consume training content with dedicated sections for coaches and gyms.

 

Gym and Coaching Memberships

 

  Our mid-level membership allows members to join a gym community and train in-gym. These members will receive enhanced features and content previously inaccessible to the community only members, including data tracking, dietary advice and recommended content based on scheduling.
  Separately, coaches and operators can input, manage and monetize their offerings and content, and receive dashboards and analytics reporting on their platform performance.

 

Fight Program Memberships

 

  Our highest level membership is our fight program membership which allows community members to participate in, coach, or host, as applicable, our signature programs as detailed below.
  Our programs are world renowned as a transformational experience. Program participants with a fight program membership receive world class training, advice and support from Alta and its community members.

 

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  Additionally, coaches and operators receive incremental revenue by delivering our curated program syllabus, which includes operational support to program participants.

 

 

Alta Community Product Development

 

To date, we have launched gym and coaching membership tiers for participant users only, which enables access to exclusive online instructional content. This subscription further provides members access to the timetable of classes offered by various gym operators, in the facility and location they have selected when they created or claimed their gym operator membership profile.

 

From now until June 2024, we expect to release enhanced participant membership tiers, specifically designed to drive user engagement in the social media/community feature sets of our platform, by including the following functions:

 

  Content creation on member feed - participants will be able to create and publish content on the platform’s member feed.
     
  Inter member messaging - participants will be able to compose and post direct messages to other members including gym and coach member profiles.
     
  Group messaging - participants will be able to engage and reply in group message threads created by gym operator members.
     
  Personalized content recommendations for member feeds - participants will receive personalized recommendations for accounts, members and content they can engage with in their member feed.
     
  Personalized training support member features - participants will receive customized recommendations on which instructional videos would be of greatest interest considering their platform behavior and preferences.

 

By the end of June 2024, we expect to launch new enhancements to our gym and coach membership functionality with the delivery of Alta’s earning and rewards portal, presently named Partner.trainalta.com. This functionality, designed specifically for gym operator and coach member profiles, will encourage and reward those members for enriching their profile and interacting on the platform. The feature set will include:

 

  Membership profile management for gym operators - gym operators will be able to create, manage and enrich their user profile.

 

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  Membership profile management for coaches - coaches will be able to create, manage and enrich their user profile.
     
  Timetable management - gym operator members will be able to create, edit and publish their timetable of classes offered via ‘gym and coaching’ membership tiers to participant members on the platform.
     
  Inter member messaging - gym operators will be able to compose, send and respond to messages with all other members types.
     
  Group messaging - gym operators will be able to compose, send, engage and reply in group messaging threads via their gym operator profile.
     
  Member reporting for gym operators - gym operators will be able to view detailed status reports on Alta participant members who have access to their gyms, coaches and timetable of classes.
     
  Payment and earnings reporting for gym operators - gym operators will be able to create and view reports that reconcile all payments from Alta in exchange for participant members accessing their gym, coaches and timetabled classes.
     
  Referral rewards for gym operator members - gym operators will be able to increase their earnings by receiving payments in exchange for referring visitors to the platform to create a member profile and subscription.

 

The terms and conditions for participants of our programs are included in our User Agreement. Every participant user of the Alta platform must agree to the User Agreement before they can use the Alta platform. The User Agreement is available and executed through our website. This User Agreement applies to trainalta.com, Alta branded apps, partner.trainalta.com and other Alta-related sites, apps, communications and other services (collectively referred to as the “Services”). If a consumer has not agreed to the User Agreement, they may access certain features as a “Visitor”. All members must be at least 18 years old unless local laws mandate a higher age and the individual may terminate the registered Services upon written notice, effective upon the expiration date of the Services paid for.

 

The terms and conditions for coaches and gyms participating in our programs are included in our User Agreement. Every coach or gym user of the Alta platform, whether they’re an individual or a partner gym, must agree to the User Agreement and User Agreement Addendum before they can use the Alta platform. Both the User Agreement and User Agreement Addendum are available and executed through our website. This User Agreement applies to trainalta.com, Alta branded apps, partner.trainalta.com and other Alta-related sites, apps, communications and other services (collectively referred to as the “Services”). If a coach or partner gym has not agreed to the User Agreement, they may access certain features as a “Visitor”. All members must be at least 18 years old unless local laws mandate a higher age and the individual or partner gym may terminate the registered Services upon written notice, effective upon the expiration date of the Services paid for.

 

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Users may terminate the registered Services prior to the renewal of the Services previously paid for. Either party may terminate the Services and the User Agreement if the other party fails to perform any material obligation under the User Agreement, and such party cannot cure the non-performance within thirty (30) days of the date such party is notified by the other party of such default.

 

The anticipated fee structure for the Alta Community is expected to be broken into three categories: coaches, gyms and participants. The Coach Membership Tier of the Alta Community is still in development and we expect this to be available by be available by the second calendar quarter of 2024. The Gym Membership Tier of the Alta Community is still in development and we expect this to be available by be available by the first calendar quarter of 2024. The Participant Membership Tier, which was launched in September 2023, ranges from A$9 per month to A$250 per month. Payments to our gym partners will vary depending on the level of in-gym training by an Alta Member.

 

For participants in the Alta Community, we will make available messaging features for communication with other coaches, gyms and participants, as well as access to gym created content via gym “albums” to discover new training locations and support training at an existing location. Participants will be able to utilize generated content features to participate in their community and the wider online community. Users will be able to access support training features, such as connection to gym and notifications and will benefit from access to a rewards feature that encourages continuing and increasing engagement.

 

For participants in the Alta Community, we also provide access to our cloud based software platform and rewards algorithm.

 

Hype

 

As a result of our acquisition of Hype in May 2024, we now offer our partner gyms the highly scalable digital marketing Hype platform that we believe will help our partner gyms grow in today’s age of social media.

 

This innovative product seamlessly blends the functionalities of a mobile website builder with core email and SMS marketing capabilities, alongside an integrated payment system. Notably, this mobile-first solution caters perfectly to owner-operators who manage much of their business on their phones, which is ideal for many of our partner gyms. We believe the Hype platform will help our partner gyms collect contacts and generate recurring revenue.

 

 

Hype’s state-of-the-art technology offers user-friendly tools tailored to boost revenue streams, particularly beneficial for small businesses like combat sports gyms. By integrating this technology into its existing platform, we estimate this transaction may accelerate our technology roadmap by at least 18 months, delivering technology capex and development cost savings, while reducing customer acquisition costs for our partner gyms.

 

We intend to distribute the Hype product offering across our extensive community of partner gyms and thousands of coaches and athletes globally across the Alta platforms. We believe Hype presents a significant opportunity to launch a new SaaS offering for our gym, coach, and talent partners, further increasing the embedded revenue opportunity that exists from each gym, coach and talent relationship on our platform. Alongside our existing product offerings, the Hype products are expected to accelerate our penetration into the martial arts and combat sports market.

 

Our access to Hype’s expert team has provided us with invaluable in-house technology expertise, fortifying our capability to deliver cutting-edge technology solutions for the combat sports sector without additional costs.

 

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Mixed Martial Arts LLC

 

In October 2023, we completed the acquisition of the assets of Mixed Martials Arts LLC, an independent MMA media company, based in the US.

 

This acquisition includes the acquisition of all the rights and title to the online media and community platform for the sport of mixed martial arts including software, marketing, historical articles, business services and social media accounts connected to www.mixedmartialarts.com and www.mma.tv and all subdomain or other such subsidiary pages.

 

Mixed Martials Arts LLC has established itself as a prominent gathering point for MMA enthusiasts since migrating to mma.tv in 2001. Through strategic acquisitions, including the purchase of fight history data from Full Contact Fighter in 2006 and MMA media website Max Fighting in 2007, it has successfully expanded its offerings and reach in the MMA community. The 2008 launch of the revamped www.mixedmartialarts.com marked a milestone in enhancing user engagement and initiating effective monetization strategies. Despite facing industry challenges, the platform maintains a robust digital presence and continues to be an influential player in the MMA digital media space, offering a novel platform for fans, practitioners, and enthusiasts of the sport.

 

With a substantial digital presence, the platform boasts more than 260,000 forum accounts, more than 350,000 monthly engaged sessions, and a significant social media footprint, including more than 5 million followers across Facebook pages. Mixed Martial Arts LLC has previously initiated effective monetization strategies, generating peak annual revenues of up to US$600,000. With the right investment in technology and user engagement, we believe there is considerable potential for revitalizing and growing the platform’s user base and revenue streams.

 

This asset acquisition represents an immediate and significant growth of user accounts which will be engaged and developed for the purposes of driving online community activity, leading to product offers, subscription sales and other monetization opportunities. An additional benefit of the foregoing acquisitions, especially Mixed Martial Arts LLC, is the volume of organic search traffic generated by its websites. Capturing this traffic organically reduces the our paid search and other ad spend, which in turn represents an opportunity to attract and convert new customers at a lower per unit acquisition cost.

 

Steppen

 

In September 2023, we completed the acquisition of the assets of Steppen Pty Ltd, a fitness technology company based in Australia (“Steppen”).

 

Steppen is a dynamic fitness app designed to inspire, guide, and support users on their fitness journey. The Steppen platform quickly resonated with young fitness enthusiasts around the globe, particularly in the US, accumulating a large following quickly after its global launch in mid-2021. The Steppen App has seen success with over 395,000 downloads, predominantly from the US, reaching over 1.8 million impressions on the Apple App Store. With a robust database of over 270,000 users, we believe that the Steppen App has established a substantial user base.

 

We plan to continue Steppen App’s operations and integrate key aspects of its proprietary Apple mobile application technology, while exploring ways to optimize content and services for users, leveraging the acquired expertise and technology. We believe the synergy from this acquisition is poised to drive growth, diversification, and market expansion for Alta in the burgeoning health and wellness sector.

 

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Member Acquisition Approach for the Alta Platform

 

Member Acquisition Overview for the Alta Platform

 

We are dedicated to expanding our member community by strategically acquiring new members who have a passion for martial arts or combat sports and fitness. Our approach is data-driven and designed to align with the interests and behaviors of potential platform members.

 

Relationship/Platform:

 

  By offering practical solutions to improve the in-gym experience and pathways to participate in martial arts and combat sports, our sales function combines with the utility of our platform to become an effective co-operative marketing acquisition strategy. We empower gym owners with the knowledge and tools required to increase their revenue. This empowerment demonstrates that our platform is not merely a product but an evolving business growth partnership.

 

Direct Targeted Marketing and Advertising:

 

  Precision Analytics: By leveraging our comprehensive data analytics and expansive member databases, we identify potential participants that may be interested in MMA. These individuals are segmented and approached with personalized advertising campaigns across major digital platforms, including Google, Meta, and TikTok, ensuring a high degree of relevancy and engagement.
     
  Engagement-Driven Campaigns: We create and disseminate high-impact marketing campaigns that tell evocative stories, incorporate user-generated content, and feature interactive elements to captivate and involve MMA fans. Capitalizing on seasonal movements, major fight events, and the inherent virality of the sport, we craft advertisements designed to resonate profoundly with our target audience, stimulating engagement and fostering conversions.

 

Cross-Promotional Activities:

 

  Alliances with Marquee Brands: The Alta platform actively seeks and secures strategic alliances with premier brands such as UFC Fit. Through these partnerships and data sharing protocols, we can reach a broader yet highly targeted audience, offering them an immersive experience in the MMA lifestyle.
     
  Custom-Tailored Offers: We create exclusive promotional opportunities specifically for the members and customers of our partner brands. By providing special incentives such as unique experiences during pinnacle events in the MMA calendar, we attract an audience already primed for our offerings.

 

Optimization and Visibility:

 

  Content Optimization: We continuously refine the content on our digital properties, including Trainalta.com and MixedMartialArts.com, to align with the search behaviors of MMA enthusiasts. Through keyword targeting and content strategies, we enhance our visibility, particularly during periods of peak interest.
     
  Technical Readiness: Our platforms are optimized for high performance to accommodate increased traffic flow during major campaigns and high-interest seasons, ensuring that new visitors encounter a seamless user experience, conducive to member conversion.

 

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Targeted Seasonal Initiatives:

 

  Seasonal Marketing Initiatives: Our campaigns are also timed to coincide with key fitness milestones throughout the year, recognizing patterns such as New Year’s fitness resolutions, spring training upticks, and summer readiness regimens. These initiatives are crafted to appeal to fitness consumers, integrating lifestyle aspirations with the rigors and discipline of MMA training.
     
  Experiential Engagements: We design promotions that tie in with significant events and holidays, catering to the consumers’ desire for unique and exclusive experiences augmented by MMA training and fitness regimens.

 

By integrating deep database insights and aligning with seasonal consumer behaviors, our member acquisition strategy is fine-tuned for effectiveness, ensuring we captivate a diverse audience ranging from the core MMA fan to the lifestyle-driven fitness enthusiast. Our strategic approach positions us to expand our member base meaningfully and sustainably, driving the growth, monetization and vitality of the Alta community.

 

B2B and Enterprise Sales Partnership Approach

 

We understand the local nature of the martial arts and combat sports gym industry, where trust and personal relationships are paramount. Our strategy is to access local markets through:

 

  Industry Experts: Our sales personnel are not just representatives; they are coaching and gym operation consultants who understand the benefits of leveraging our platform, providing personalized solutions and fostering trust through demonstrating our platforms capability as a complimentary tool in our partner gyms’ sales, marketing and community management approach.
     
  Localized Marketing: Implement targeted marketing campaigns that resonate with the local MMA culture and interests, utilizing local media, community events, and regional online media destinations and communities.
     
  Community Engagement: Participate in and sponsor local competitive events, strengthen partnerships with our gym partners, and engage in community service, reinforcing our commitment to our gym partners and their communities.
     
  Referral Programs: Leverage our platforms referral program that incentivizes our existing participants and gym partners to bring in their network, leveraging their satisfaction and trust in our platforms brand.
     
  Testimonials and Success Stories: Showcase business growth stories from our current gym partners and endorsements from our high-profile coaches to demonstrate the impact of our Warrior Training Program.
     
  Search Engine Optimization and Online Presence: Optimize our online presence to capture interest from potential gym partners searching for options to grow their profile in their local area.
     
  Social Media Engagement: Actively engage with the local MMA and combat sports community on social media platforms to build a passionate following and drive awareness.

 

Our commitment to evolution and adaptability is paramount. We maintain a feedback-informed approach to our offerings, ensuring that they align with the evolving demands of the MMA and combat sports community. This adaptive strategy reflects our commitment to staying at the forefront of combat sports training.

 

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Customer Success

 

Our member services team is trained in the nuances of martial arts and combat sports training and is committed to delivering an outstanding experience to our members. Our team is dedicated to guiding our members from the outset of their training experience and throughout their continuous engagement with us. This encompasses personalized product instruction and the sharing of important factors that help ensure a positive participation experience. We believe we have created an onboarding process that is effective and reflects the unique needs of our members, making them feel supported.

 

We ensure that support for our members is always accessible via various channels, including social messaging and chat, phone, and web, to provide help whenever it is needed. Our cloud-based infrastructure allows our member services team to remain relatively small, while still able to deliver consistent and seamless support by taking advantage of modern technological conveniences that our self-servicing capabilities provide.

 

Offering our members a consistent and reliable point of contact streamlines their experience and minimizes complexity. We believe our dedication to member support and individualized attention adds significant value to our gym partners.

 

Research and Development

 

Our product development strategy is based on typical inputs such as market and user research, routine strategy planning, and iterative financial analysis, but it is first and foremost based on the principle of co-evolution.

 

This approach enables the simultaneous growth of our organization alongside our growing global constituents. Our goal is to ensure our platform remains relevant, starting with mixed martial arts, and extending to community-driven sports globally.

 

Accordingly, we intend to continue to invest in research and development projects and enhance our product management, user experience design, software engineering and quality assurance skills to help expand and improve the functionality of our current platform and broaden our capabilities to address new market opportunities.

 

Future Growth Strategy

 

We believe there are significant opportunities to grow our business, and we intend to do this in established markets to take advantage of the unique position we have created in the martial arts and combat sports sector. Since inception we have grown through positive customer reviews, in turn amplified through social media to attract new customers. In addition, to this we have partnered with globally respected martial arts identities who greatly expand our organic reach through their social channels and networks.

 

We will continue to invest in our product platform and further develop the partner eco-system. As our product offerings expand, there is the opportunity to cross-sell our products into our gym partner network and increase adoption of our full product suite.

 

We intend to continue to invest in technology to enhance the experience for all participants on the Alta Platform, namely customers, coaches and gym owners, in order to drive lifetime value and expand sales channels through referrals and organic promotion.

 

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While we are currently focused on the martial arts and combat sports sector, over time, we believe that our technology and community platform could be expanded to support many other sports which exhibit similar community attributes to martial arts and combat sports. Once proven in the vast addressable market of martial arts and combat sports, we feel many new sector opportunities will present themselves for similar rollouts and monetization.

 

Competition

 

We operate in a competitive and highly fragmented market, with multiple industry segments competing for consumers’ share of wallet that is allocated to fitness, health and sport. While we operate in martial arts and combat sports, we consider the following key industry categories as being competitive to our business: other studio fitness concepts; full-service health clubs; racquet, tennis, country and other athletic clubs; value focused health clubs; and at-home fitness offerings, including digital fitness content. In addition, we face competition from other forms of entertainment and leisure activities. We believe we compete on the basis of a number of factors, including, but not limited to, quality of experience, relevance, accessibility, brand awareness and reputation.

 

Intellectual Property

 

We believe our success depends on our intellectual property, and we strive to protect it, by, among other things, obtaining, maintaining, defending, and enforcing our intellectual property rights in the United States and internationally. As a general policy, we pursue registration of our trademarks and proprietary technology in select international jurisdictions, monitor infringements in various countries, and protect our intellectual property through contractual restrictions.

 

Government Regulations

 

We and our partner gyms are subject to all relevant laws, including regulatory oversight by state athletic commissions in relation to live fight night events, in the territories we operate including the United Stated, United Kingdom, Australia and Ireland, among others. Live fight night events are subject to the specific regulations for combat sport in the relevant state or territory. We monitor changes in these laws and believe that we are in material compliance with applicable laws. These laws and regulations govern matters such as:

 

  licensing laws for athletes;
     
  operation of partner gym venues;
     
  licensing, permitting, and zoning;
     
  health, safety, and sanitation requirements;
     
  the service of food and alcoholic beverages;
     
  working conditions, labor, minimum wage and hour, citizenship, immigration, visas, harassment and discrimination, and other labor and employment laws and regulations;
     
  compliance with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (the “FCPA”);
     
  the U.K. Bribery Act 2010 (the “Bribery Act”) and similar regulations in other countries, as described in more detail below;
     
  antitrust and fair competition;
     
  data privacy and information security;
     
  marketing activities;
     
  environmental protection regulations;
     
  imposition by foreign countries of trade restrictions, restrictions on the manner in which content is currently licensed and distributed, ownership restrictions, or currency exchange controls;
     
  licensing laws for the promotion and operation of MMA events; and
     
  government regulation of the entertainment and sports industry.

 

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We monitor changes in these laws and believe that we are in material compliance with applicable laws. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Government Regulation.”

 

Many of the events produced or promoted by us are presented in the venues of partner gyms which are subject to building and health codes and fire regulations imposed by the state and local governments in the jurisdictions in which the venues are located. These venues are also subject to zoning and outdoor advertising regulations and require a number of licenses in order to operate, including occupancy permits, exhibition licenses, food and beverage permits, liquor licenses, and other authorizations. In addition, these venues located in the U.S. are subject to the U.S. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the U.K.’s Disability Discrimination Act 1995, which require us to maintain certain accessibility features at each of the facilities, and are subject to similar laws in foreign jurisdictions where such venues are located.

 

In various states in the United States and some foreign jurisdictions, we or our partner gyms are required to obtain licenses for promoters, medical clearances and other permits or licenses for our athletes, and permits for our live events in order to promote and conduct those events.

 

We and our partner gyms are required to comply with the anti-corruption laws of the countries in which we operate, including the FCPA and the Bribery Act. These regulations make it illegal for us to pay, promise to pay, or receive money or anything of value to, or from, any government or foreign public official for the purpose of directly or indirectly obtaining or retaining business. This ban on illegal payments and bribes also applies to agents or intermediaries who use funds for purposes prohibited by the statute.

 

Our business and the businesses of our partner gyms are also subject to certain regulations applicable to our web sites and mobile applications. The operation of these web sites and applications may be subject to a range of international, federal, state and local laws.

 

We and our partner gyms are responsible for compliance with state laws that regulate the relationship between martial arts clubs and their members. These laws include consumer protection regulations that limit the collection of monthly membership dues prior to opening, require certain disclosures of pricing information, mandate the maximum length of contracts and “cooling off” periods for members (after the purchase of a membership), set escrow and bond requirements for martial arts clubs, govern member rights in the event of a member relocation or disability, provide for specific member rights when a martial arts club closes or relocates, or preclude automatic membership renewals.

 

We and our partners gyms primarily accept payments for our memberships through electronic fund transfers from members’ bank accounts, and, therefore, we and our partner gyms are subject to both federal and state legislation and certification requirements, including the Electronic Funds Transfer Act. Some states, such as New York and Tennessee, have passed or have considered legislation requiring gyms and health clubs to offer a prepaid membership option at all times and/or limit the duration for which gym memberships can auto-renew through EFT payments, if at all. Our business relies heavily on the fact that our memberships continue on a month-to-month basis after the completion of any initial term requirements (if any), and compliance with these laws, regulations, and similar requirements may be onerous and expensive, and variances and inconsistencies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction may further increase the cost of compliance and doing business. States that have such health club statutes provide harsh penalties for violations, including membership contracts being void or voidable.

 

Additionally, the collection, maintenance, use, disclosure and disposal of individually identifiable data by our, or our gym partners’, businesses are regulated internationally and in the U.S. at the federal, state and local levels as well as by certain financial industry groups, such as the Payment Card Industry Organization and the NACHA. Federal, state and financial industry groups may also consider from time to time new privacy and security requirements that may apply to our businesses and may impose further restrictions on our collection, disclosure and use of individually identifiable information that are housed in one or more of our databases.

 

The various regulations set out above have not materially impacted or affected the offering of our four core products: the Warrior Training Program, UFC Fit Program, Alta Academy and the Alta Community.

 

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Organizational Structure

 

Our subsidiaries as of the date of this prospectus and as of March 31, 2024 are set out below. Unless otherwise stated, our subsidiaries have share capital consisting solely of Ordinary Shares that are held directly by us, and the proportion of ownership interests held equals the voting rights held by us. The country of incorporation or registration is also their principal place of business.

 

         Ownership interest held 
Name of entity 

Country of

Incorporation

 

Active or

Deregistered

 

September 4,

2024

  

March 31,

2024

 
Wimp 2 Warrior LLC  United States of America  Active   100%   100%
Wimp 2 Warrior (Ireland) Limited  Ireland  Active   100%   100%
Hype.OS, Inc.  United States of America  Active   100%   0%

 

Employees

 

As of the date of this prospectus, we employed 16 full-time employees and 7 part-time employees in three countries. We are not a party to any collective bargaining agreements. We believe that our relations with our employees are good and are constantly working to further build and improve our culture.

 

Facilities

 

Our corporate headquarters are located at Level 1, Suite 1, 29-33 The Corso Manly, New South Wales 2095 pursuant to a monthly rental agreement. We believe this to be sufficient to meet our needs for the foreseeable future and that any additional space we may require will be available on commercially reasonable terms.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

From time to time, we may become involved in various lawsuits and legal proceedings, which arise in the ordinary course of business. Litigation is subject to inherent uncertainties, and an adverse result in these or other matters may arise from time to time that may harm our business. We are currently not aware of any such legal proceedings or claims that will have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or operating results.

 

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Our Corporate History and Information

 

We were incorporated on March 27, 2013 under the laws of Australia under the name Wimp 2 Warrior Limited and changed our name to Alta Global Group Limited on February 2, 2022.

 

Our principal executive offices are located at Level 1, Suite 1, 29-33 The Corso, Manly, New South Wales 2095, and our telephone number is +61 1800 151 865. Our website address is https://www.trainalta.com. The information contained on our website is not incorporated by reference into this prospectus, and you should not consider any information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website as part of this prospectus or in deciding whether to purchase our Ordinary Shares.

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Directors and Executive Officers

 

The following table lists the names, ages and positions of our current directors and executive officers as of the date of this prospectus.

 

Name   Age   Position
Nick Langton   50   Founder, Director and Chief Executive Officer
Vaughn Taylor   40   Chairman of the Board of Directors
Hugh Williams   51   Director
Jonathan Hart   40   Director and Company Secretary
Neale Java   40   Chief Financial Officer
James Fleet   44   Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer

 

Nick Langton – Founder, Director and Chief Executive Officer

 

Nick Langton has served as our Chief Executive Officer and director since February 2017. Mr. Langton is a leading financial services executive with over 25 years of experience. As CEO, Mr. Langton has led some of Australia’s largest wealth advisory firms including the Private Wealth division of Perpetual Limited (ASX:PPT) and Bridges Financial Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Insignia Financial Ltd (ASX:IFL). Mr. Langton has an undergraduate degree in economics from University of Sydney, postgraduate in finance from Securities Institute of Australia and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. Mr. Langton has served as a director of Fortnum Private Wealth since May 2018. We believe Mr. Langton is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors because of his role in founding the Company, as well as his deep sector knowledge, expertise and contacts in the martial arts community globally.

 

Vaughn Taylor – Chairman of the Board of Directors

 

Vaughn Taylor has served as our Non-Executive Chairman since August 2021. Previously, from July 2010 to April 2021, Mr. Taylor served as Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer of AMB Capital Partners, or AMB, the global investment platform of the Western Australian based Bennett Family, whose wealth is tied to the Australian Iron Ore industry. Mr. Taylor was with AMB since the formation of the investment platform in 2010, and was responsible for executing on the investment strategy, expanding the investment platform and portfolio into offshore markets, overseeing the operations and portfolio on a day-to-day basis and sourcing new investment opportunities. Throughout his career, Mr. Taylor has been a board member of a number of leading organizations both in Australia and internationally across a range of sectors. In addition to his role as Non-Executive Chairman of Alta, Mr. Taylor is currently serving as a Non-Executive Director of IperionX Limited (NASDAQ:IPX, ASX:IPX) (leading developer of low carbon titanium for advanced industries including space, aerospace, electric vehicles and 3D printing) from March 2021 to present, Non-Executive Chairman of Frontier Pets Pty Ltd (an Australian pet food manufacturer and direct to consumer sales business) from May 2021 to present, Non-Executive Chairman of Urban Rest Holdings Pty Ltd (trading as Urban Rest) (a global serviced apartment provider focusing on the corporate traveler), Non-Executive Director of Year 13 Pty Ltd (a youth engagement platform connecting youth with career advice and post-school opportunities) from May 2021 to present and Non-Executive Director of Xcend Pty Ltd (an Australian share registry and unitholder registry provider to listed and unlisted companies and funds) from September 2022 to present. Mr. Taylor holds a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) and a Master of Business (Real Estate) from RMIT University and gained further accreditation at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland (USA). Mr. Taylor also holds a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from Financial Services Professional Body, FINSIA, and is a member of FINSIA and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. We believe Mr. Taylor is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors because of his extensive experience in investing growth capital into operating companies and working with founders to build highly successful businesses.

 

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Hugh Williams – Director

 

Hugh Williams has served as our director since August 2021. For the past 13 years Mr. Williams has been Managing Director of Pitt Street Real Estate Partners, which is a diversified real estate financier, developer and investor. During this period, Mr. Williams has sat on more than 20 private company boards and chaired numerous committees in that time. We believe Mr. Williams is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors because of his extensive experience in strategy, development, and operation of highly successful businesses.

 

Jonathan Hart – Director and Company Secretary

 

Jonathan Hart has served as our director since May 2023 and Secretary since August 2021. Mr. Hart is a corporate lawyer and has over 20 years of corporate advisory experience. He has extensive cross border experience specializing in corporate advisory, scale up and debt and equity financing, across a broad range of industry sectors. Mr. Hart holds a Bachelor of Laws and Commerce from Murdoch University. Mr. Hart currently serves as a director of Hartness Consulting Pty Ltd, established in 2012 specializing in corporate advisory and debt and equity services to private and publicly listed companies in a range of sectors including technology, healthcare and resources. From April 2023 to May 2024, Mr. Hart served as a director of Xcend, an Australian share registry and unitholder registry provider to listed and unlisted companies and funds. Since December 2022, Mr. Hart has served as company secretary of Urban Rest, a global service apartment provider focusing on the corporate traveler. Since March 2023, Mr. Hart has served as a company secretary of Noviqtech Limited, a company harnessing the power of artificial intelligence and distributed ledger technology to provide trusted and transparent reporting across supply chains, carbon emissions reporting, and guarantee of origin. From March 2020 to March 2024, Mr. Hart has served as company secretary of HeraMED Limited, a medical data and technology company involved in the digital transformation of maternity care. We believe Mr. Hart is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors because he brings extensive legal and corporate experience as well as a strong business background to our company.

 

Neale Java – Chief Financial Officer

 

Neale Java has served as our Chief Financial Officer since March 2023. Mr. Java brings a track record of leadership in the technology industry and partnering with executive leadership and boards to drive exceptional growth in enterprise value. This record is complemented by his results in taking companies from start-up to scale up, broad experience in accessing capital markets and has a strong track record of growing companies globally with rapidly evolving strategies. Prior to serving as our Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Java was the Chief Financial Officer of Gelteq ltd from June 2022 to February 2023; Chief Financial Officer of Control Bionics Ltd. (ASX:CBL) from February 2021 to June 2022; and Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer at thedocyard Limited (ASX:TDY) from October 2019 to December 2020. In addition, Mr. Java served as the Executive Director at thedocyard (ASX:TDY) from June 2020 to December 2020 and served on the advisory board of Treety. Mr. Java received a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from University of Wollongong in 2006, a Master of Applied Finance from Macquarie University in 2012 and an Executive Master of Business Administration from INSEAD in 2019. He has also completed the Executive Program for Growing Companies at the Graduate School of Business of Stanford University in 2016 and is a graduate and member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors since 2021. We believe Mr. Java is qualified to serve as the Chief Financial Officer because he brings significant strategic, operational and financial expertise across from a range of publicly listed and private companies, particularly emerging technologies, SaaS and e-commerce companies.

 

James Fleet – Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer

 

James Fleet has served as our Chief Technology Officer since May 2021. In July 2023, Mr. Fleet was conferred Co-founder status in recognition of his efforts in support of the Company and creation of the Company’s platform. Mr. Fleet has worked for or advised leading global brands across key industry sectors to deliver transformational technology and digital growth programs. More recently, Mr. Fleet has held senior leadership roles within start up success stories such as CEO for Appliances Online (The Winning Group) from May 2015 to April 2016, and General Manager for Compare The Market (automotive and general insurance) from July 2011 to July 2013, with both businesses becoming market leaders in their sectors on the back of large-scale ecommerce and digital transformation programs led by Mr. Fleet. Mr. Fleet has been involved with the Company since 2017, initially as an investor and technology advisor.

 

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There are no family relationships among any of our directors or executive officers. The business address of each of our directors and senior management is Alta Global Group Limited, Level 1, Suite 1, 29-33, The Corso, Manly, New South Wales 2095.

 

Board Composition

 

Immediately following completion of this offering, our board of directors will consist of four members, including our Chief Executive Officer. We believe that each of our directors has relevant industry experience. The membership of our board is directed by the following requirements of our Constitution and Board Charter:

 

  there must be a minimum of 3 directors and may be a maximum of 10 directors;
  in respect of a matter where a director has a material interest, the director may not vote in relation to the proposed arrangement except as permitted by the Corporations Act;
  the Chairman of our board should, where possible, be a non-executive director; and
  our board should, collectively, have the appropriate mix of qualifications, expertise and experience which will assist the board in fulfilling its responsibilities, as well as assisting the Company in achieving growth and delivering value to shareholders.

 

Our board is responsible for overseeing the performance of management. Our board has established delegated limits of authority, which define the matters that are delegated to management and those that require board’s approval. The functions and responsibilities reserved for the board and executive management are set out in our Board Charter.

 

Each non-executive director has a letter of appointment confirming the terms and conditions of their appointment as a director of the Company. In addition, the Company has entered into Deeds of Access, Insurance and Indemnity with its directors. Similar arrangements will be put in place for directors nominated for appointment upon the approval by the board.

 

The Company has or will agree to indemnify each of its directors against all liabilities incurred while holding office to the extent permitted by Australian law, including indemnifying directors for any legal expenses incurred in defending proceedings relating to their directorship of the Company. Any indemnified amounts must be repaid to the Company to the extent that a director is reimbursed from an insurance policy maintained by the Company for the directors. The Company has also agreed to obtain and pay the premiums for insurance policies for each of its directors, which include run-off cover for each director for a period of seven years after the director ceased to hold office.

 

Board Committees

 

To assist our board of directors with the effective discharge of its duties, we have established a Remuneration and Nomination Committee and an Audit and Risk Committee, which committees operate under specific charters approved by our board of directors, which will be available on our website after consummation of this offering.

 

Remuneration and Nomination Committee

 

The members of our Remuneration and Nomination Committee are Vaughn Taylor, Hugh Williams and Jonathan Hart. Mr. Williams acts as chairman of the committee. The committee’s role involves:

 

  identifying, evaluating and recommending qualified nominees to serve on our board of directors;
     
  evaluating, adopting and administering our compensation plans and similar programs advisable for us, as well as modifying or terminating existing plans and programs;
     
  establishing policies with respect to equity compensation arrangements; and
     
  overseeing, reviewing and reporting on various remuneration matters to our board of directors.

 

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Audit and Risk Committee

 

The members of our Audit and Risk Committee are Vaughn Taylor, Hugh Williams and Jonathan Hart. Mr. Taylor acts as chairman of the committee. Subject to applicable phase-in requirements, the members of the committee will meet the criteria for independence of audit committee members set forth in Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act and Section 303A.06 and 303.07 of the New York Stock Exchange’s listing standards. Each member of our Audit and Risk Committee will meet the financial literacy requirements of the listing standards of the NYSE American. The principal duties and responsibilities of our Audit and Risk Committee will include, among other things:

 

  overseeing and reporting on various auditing and accounting matters to our board of directors, including the selection of our independent accountants, the scope of our annual audits, fees to be paid to the independent accountants, the performance of our independent accountants and our accounting practices;
     
  overseeing and reporting on various risk management matters to our board of directors;
     
  considering and approving or disapproving all related-party transactions;
     
  reviewing our annual and semi-annual financial statements and reports and discussing the statements and reports with our independent registered public accounting firm and management;
     
  reviewing and pre-approving the engagement of our independent registered public accounting firm to perform audit services and any permissible non-audit services;
     
  evaluating the performance of our independent registered public accounting firm and deciding whether to retain their services; and
     
  establishing procedures for the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints received by us regarding financial controls, accounting or auditing matters.

 

Code of Conduct

 

The Company has adopted a Corporate Code of Conduct applicable to all directors, officers and employees, which provides a framework for decisions and actions in relation to ethical conduct in employment. It underpins the Company’s commitment to integrity and fair dealing in its business affairs and to a duty of care to all employees, clients and stakeholders. The document sets out the principles covering appropriate conduct in a variety of contexts and outlines the minimum standard of behavior expected from employees, including to:

 

  act honestly, with integrity and in the best interests of the Company as a whole;
  operate within the law at all times;
  carry out their work to a high standard;
  preserve the confidentiality of sensitive information of the Company;
  avoid conflicts of interest which may influence the conduct of duties;
  not participate in corrupt conduct; and
  observe the Company’s Code of Conduct, Securities Trading Policy and insider trading laws.

 

The directors and executives also have a fiduciary relationship with shareholders of the Company, making it unlawful to improperly use their position to gain advantage for themselves. At all times, directors and officers must act in the best interest of the Company and eliminate or abstain from participating in any discussion or decision-making process in relation to matters which they have a conflict of interest, not engage in insider trading and comply with all applicable anti-bribery laws.

 

Remuneration

 

Principles used to determine the nature and amount of remuneration

 

The objective of our reward framework is to ensure reward for performance is competitive and appropriate for the results delivered. The framework aligns executive reward with the achievement of strategic objectives and the creation of value for shareholders, and it is considered to conform to the market best practice for the delivery of reward. The board ensures that executive reward satisfies the following key criteria for good reward governance practices:

 

  competitiveness and reasonableness;
  acceptability to shareholders;
  performance linkage/ alignment of executive compensation; and
  transparency.

 

The board is responsible for determining and reviewing remuneration arrangements for its directors and executives. The performance of the Company depends on the quality of its directors and executives. The remuneration philosophy is to attract, motivate and retain high performance and high quality personnel.

 

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The reward framework is designed to align executive reward to shareholders’ interests. The board has considered that it should seek to enhance shareholders’ interests by:

 

  having economic profit as a core component of plan design;
     
 

focusing on sustained growth in shareholder wealth, consisting of dividends and growth in share price, and delivering constant or increasing return on assets as well as focusing the executive on key non-financial

drivers of value; and

     
  attracting and retaining high caliber executives.

 

Additionally, the reward framework should seek to enhance executives’ interests by:

 

  rewarding capability and experience;
     
  reflecting competitive reward for contribution to growth in shareholder wealth; and
     
  providing a clear structure for earning rewards.

 

In accordance with best practice corporate governance, the structure of non-executive director and executive director remuneration is separate.

 

Non-Executive Directors Remuneration

 

Fees and payments to non-executive directors reflect the demands and responsibilities of their role. Non-executive directors’ fees and payments are reviewed annually by the board. The board may, from time to time, receive advice from independent remuneration consultants to ensure non-executive directors’ fees and payments are appropriate and in line with the market.

 

Executive Remuneration

 

We aim to reward executives based on their position and responsibility, with a level and mix of remuneration which has both fixed and variable components.

 

The executive remuneration and reward framework has four components:

 

  base pay and non-monetary benefits;
     
  short term cash incentives;
     
  employee incentive plan (“EIP”) offerings; and
     
  other remuneration such as superannuation and long service leave.

 

The combination of these comprises the executive’s total remuneration.

 

Fixed remuneration, consisting of base salary, superannuation and non-monetary benefits, are reviewed annually by the board based on individual and business unit performance, our overall performance and comparable market remunerations.

 

Executives may receive their fixed remuneration in the form of cash or other fringe benefits (for example motor vehicle benefits) where it does not create any additional costs to us and provides additional value to the executive.

 

The EIP may be used to align the targets of the business units with the performance hurdles of executives. For example incentives are granted to executives based on specific annual targets and key performance indicators, being achieved. Key performance indicators include profit contribution, customer satisfaction, leadership contribution and product management. Longer-term incentives may be used under the EIP which may include long service leave and share-based payments. Shares may be awarded to executives over a period of three years based on long-term incentive measures. These include increase in shareholders’ value relative to the entire market and the increase compared to our direct competitors.

 

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Executive and Director Remuneration

 

Details of the remuneration of our executive officers and non-executive directors for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024 are set forth below (in A$).

 

   Salary and Fees   Other Benefits   Post- Employment Benefits   Short Term Benefits   Long Term Benefits   Options (1)   Total 
Non-Executive Directors                                   
Vaughn Taylor (2)  $150,000    -    -    -    -   $339,676   $489,676 
Hugh Williams (3)  $75,000    -    -    -    -   $186,145   $261,145 
Jonathan Hart (4)  $90,000    -    -    -    -   $137,372   $227,372 
                                    
Executive Directors and Officers                                   
NickLangton (5)  $300,000   $29,353   $33,000   $    $35,367  $714,793   $1,112,513 
Neale Java (6)  $270,270   $17,981   $29,730   $98,589   $-   $339,676   $756,246 

 

  (1) The amounts in this column reflect the aggregate grant date fair value of performance rights awards and stock options granted to our individual directors and executive management in FY2024, as determined under International Reporting Standards.
     
  (2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, Mr. Taylor, through Nalaroo Holdings Pty Ltd as trustee for the Lavoipierre Taylor Fam Trust Account, was issued 73,600 share rights (subject to vesting conditions) which may be converted into Ordinary Shares under the EIP. 50% of the share rights will vest and become exercisable on October 1, 2025 and the balance of the share rights will vest and become exercisable on October 1, 2026.
     
  (3) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, Mr. Williams, through Champ 7 Pty Ltd as trustee for the Williams Family Trust Account, was issued 14,400 share rights (subject to vesting conditions) which may be converted into Ordinary Shares under the EIP. 50% of the share rights will vest and become exercisable on October 1, 2025 and the balance of the share rights will vest and become exercisable on October 1, 2026.
     
  (4) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, Mr. Hart, as trustee for the J Hart Family Trust Account, was issued 47,600 share rights (subject to vesting conditions) which may be converted into Ordinary Shares under the EIP. 50% of the share rights will vest and become exercisable on October 1, 2025 and the balance of the share rights will vest and become exercisable on October 1, 2026.
     
  (5) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, Mr. Langton, through Snowflower Holdings Pty Ltd as trustee for the Snowflower Family Trust Account, was issued 172,000 share rights (subject to vesting conditions) which may be converted into Ordinary Shares under the EIP. 50% of the share rights will vest and become exercisable on October 1, 2025 and the balance of the share rights will vest and become exercisable on October 1, 2026. Tanya Langton, spouse of Mr. Langton, was issued 6,000 share rights (subject to vesting conditions) which may be converted into Ordinary Shares under the EIP. 50% of the share rights will vest and become exercisable on October 1, 2025 and the balance of the 50% of the share rights will vest and become exercisable on October 1, 2026.
     
  (6) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, under Mr. Java’s employment agreement, Mr. Java was paid a short-term incentive of A$98,589. Mr. Java, through 3213 Ventures Pty Ltd as trustee for the Java Holdings Trust, was issued 34,400 share rights (subject to vesting conditions) which may be converted into Ordinary Shares under the EIP. 50% of the share rights will vest and become exercisable on October 1, 2025 and the balance of the share rights will vest and become exercisable on October 1, 2026

 

Employment and Consultant Agreements

 

Nick Langton

 

We entered into an employment agreement with Nick Langton, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, on July 1, 2023. Pursuant to the employment agreement, Mr. Langton shall receive a base salary of A$300,000 per annum, exclusive of superannuation. Either party may terminate the employment agreement upon twelve months written notice. We may also terminate the employment agreement by giving Mr. Langton pay in lieu of notice for part or a whole of the notice period, or by requesting that Mr. Langton undertake alternative, or no duties, for the duration of his notice. If Mr. Langton does not work during his entire notice period, we reserve the right to withhold any salary owed to Mr. Langton for the unworked portion of his notice period. We may also terminate the employment agreement without notice if Mr. Langton engages in misconduct as specified in the employment agreement. If terminated other than due to voluntary resignation, death, disability or for cause, then Mr. Langton will be entitled to a lump sum severance payment, equivalent to 12 months’ pay (exclusive of short or long-term incentives).

 

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Neale Java

 

We entered into an employment agreement with Neale Java, the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, on February 20, 2023. Pursuant to the employment agreement, Mr. Java shall receive a base salary of A$300,000 per annum, inclusive of superannuation. Under Mr. Java’s employment agreement, subject to the Company raising a minimum of A$15 million by June 30, 2024, Mr. Java was eligible for a short term incentive up to a maximum of A$150,000, payable on completion of a successful capital raising. The actual short term incentive paid in June 2024 was A$98,589. Mr. Java’s employment is subject to a probationary period of six months. After such probationary period has ended, either party may terminate the employment agreement upon 3 months’ written notice, and we may terminate the employment agreement by giving Mr. Java pay in lieu of notice for part or a whole of the notice period. We may also terminate the employment agreement immediately “for cause” if Mr. Java is guilty of serious misconduct or otherwise commits a serious or persistent breach of the employment agreement. During the probationary period, Mr. Java may terminate his employment upon four weeks’ written notice or immediately by forfeiting four weeks’ compensation, and the Company may terminate Mr. Java’s employment upon one weeks’ written notice or immediately with one weeks’ compensation in lieu of written notice.

 

Jonathan Hart

 

We entered into a consultancy engagement letter with Jonathan Hart on August 20, 2021. The term of the consultancy engagement letter is set to August 20, 2024, but can be extended by mutual written consent. Pursuant to the consultancy engagement letter, Mr. Hart shall receive a base fee of A$90,000 per annum. Mr. Hart’s consultancy engagement letter with us may be terminated upon 3 months’ written notice or immediately by us upon a breach by Mr. Hart of a material term or obligation of the agreement that is not remedied within 5 days of written notice. Further, we may immediately terminate the consultancy engagement letter on written notice (i) upon Mr. Hart’s bankruptcy or arrangement or composition with creditors generally, (ii) if Mr. Hart becomes of unsound mind or a person whose person or estate is liable to be dealt with in any way under Australian law relating to mental health, or (iii) if Mr. Hart is involved in an event or omits to do something which in the reasonable opinion of the Company involves moral turpitude or dishonesty, would bring the Company or Mr. Hart into public disrepute, contempt or scandal, or would tend to reflect unfavorably on the Company, any of its products or services, or any of its suppliers or customers. If terminated for any other reason, Mr. Hart will be entitled to a paid his consulting fee for a period of 3 months following termination.

 

Start-Up Employee Share Option Plan

 

In August 2021, our board approved a Start-Up Employee Share Option Plan, or ESOP. The ESOP was available for employees, directors, advisors and consultants, with the ESOP to be managed by the board, at its discretion.

 

The ESOP was designed with the aim to be tax efficient for our recipients and remove any taxation event on issuance or vesting. In Australia, the Australian Taxation Office, or ATO, developed “start up ESOP concessions” for companies, like ours, that are deemed to be start-ups under criteria established by the ATO. The start up concessions were developed to make Australia competitive in order to attract and retain top talent in the start-up eco-system.

 

We have issued options under the ESOP on the following terms:

 

  options may be exercised for Ordinary Shares;
     
  three year vesting - cliff vesting on three-year anniversary after issuance;
     
  strike price – net tangible assets adjusted for convertible notes, divided by the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares assuming conversion of any convertible notes (“Net Tangible Asset”). The Net Tangible Asset method has been adopted as per valuation guidelines set by the ATO; and
     
  the board has discretion to force vesting or conversion on certain liquidity events such as an initial public offering or sale of our Company.

 

As of March 31, 2024, we have options to purchase up to 784,098 Ordinary Shares outstanding at a weighted average exercise price of A$1.28 per share.

 

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Employee Incentive Plan

 

Background

 

On June 26, 2023, our board approved our Employee Incentive Plan, or EIP. The EIP provides ongoing incentives to any full time or part time employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (including a director or secretary of the Company or its subsidiaries who holds salaried employment with the Company or its subsidiaries on a full or part time basis) who is determined by the board to be eligible to receive grants of securities under the EIP. Such individuals are referred to as the Eligible Participants. The Company intends to make offers to Eligible Participants in Australia and other jurisdictions including the United States, subject to compliance with applicable laws.

 

As of September 4, 2024, we have issued 730,229 share rights which are convertible into Ordinary Shares under the EIP. 590,729 of such share rights will vest and become exercisable in two tranches between October 2025 and October 2026. 139,500 of such share rights will vest and become exercisable in three tranches between May 2025 and August 2027.

 

Key Terms

 

Employee Awards

 

Under the EIP, the Company may offer or issue to Eligible Participants, the following awards (“Employee Awards”):

 

  performance rights: a right to be issued or provided with an Ordinary Share at no issue price on specific vesting conditions being achieved;
     
  options: a right to be issued or provided with an Ordinary Share upon the payment of the exercise price and which can only be exercised if specific vesting conditions are achieved;
     
  loan shares: Ordinary Shares issued subject to a limited recourse loan and at no interest rate, subject to specific vesting conditions;
     
  deferred share awards: Ordinary Shares issued to Eligible Participants:

 

  who elect to receive Ordinary Shares instead of any wages, salary, director’s fees, or other remuneration; or
     
  by the Company, in its discretion, in addition to their wages, salary and remuneration, or in lieu of any discretionary cash bonus or other incentive payment; or

 

  exempt share awards: Ordinary Shares issued for no consideration or at an issue price which is a discount to the market price with the intention that up to A$1,000 (or such other amount which is exempted from tax under the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth) or the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Cth) from time to time) of the total value or discount received by each employee will be exempt from tax.

 

Eligible Employees

 

Employee Awards may be granted at the discretion of the board to any person who is an employee or director of, or an individual who provides services to, the Company, collectively, the Primary Participants, or another person who is a spouse, parent, child or sibling of the Primary Participant.

 

Price

 

The board has discretion to determine the issue price and/or exercise price for the Employee Awards.

 

Vesting and Exercise of Employee Awards

 

The Employee Awards held by a participant will vest in and become exercisable on the satisfaction of any vesting conditions specified in the offer and in accordance with the rules of the EIP. Vesting conditions may be waived at the discretion of the board.

 

Change of Control

 

In the event a takeover bid is made to acquire all of the Company’s Ordinary Shares on issue, or a scheme of arrangement, selective capital reduction or other transaction is initiated which has an effect similar to a full takeover bid, the board may waive unsatisfied vesting conditions in relation to some or all Employee Awards. Further, if a takeover bid is made to acquire all of the Company’s Ordinary Shares on issue, participants may accept the takeover bid in respect of any Employee Awards (other than exempt share awards) which they hold notwithstanding the restriction period in respect of those Employee Awards has not expired.

 

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Claw Back

 

If any vesting conditions of an Employee Award are mistakenly waived or deemed satisfied when in fact they were not satisfied, then, in accordance with the terms of the EIP, the board may determine that the relevant Employee Awards expire (if not yet exercised), or it may otherwise recover from the participant some or all of the Ordinary Shares issued on exercise of the Employee Awards or any proceeds received from the sale of those shares.

 

Variation of Share Capital

 

If prior to the exercise of an Employee Awards, the Company undergoes a reorganization of capital or bonus issue, the terms of the Employee Awards will be changed to the extent necessary to comply with the applicable listing rules.

 

PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS

 

The following table presents certain information regarding the beneficial ownership of our Ordinary Shares as of September 4, 2024 by:

 

  each person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our Ordinary Shares;
  each of our directors and named executive officers individually; and
  each of our directors and executive officers as a group.

 

Applicable percentage ownership before the offering is based on 10,328,686 Ordinary Shares outstanding as of September 4, 2024. Applicable percentage ownership after the offering is based on 13,947,989 Ordinary Shares outstanding after this offering, assuming 3,619,303 Ordinary Shares and no Pre-Funded Warrants being sold in this offering (at an assumed public offering price of US$3.73 per Ordinary Share, which represents the last reported sale price of our Ordinary Shares as reported on the NYSE American on September 3, 2024) and no exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional Ordinary Shares.

 

Beneficial ownership is determined according to the rules of the SEC and generally means that a person has beneficial ownership of a security if he or she possesses sole or shared voting or investment power of that security and includes options that are currently vested and exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of September 4, 2024. Information with respect to beneficial ownership has been furnished to us by each director, executive officer, or 5% or more shareholder, as the case may be. Ordinary Shares subject to options currently vested and exercisable and Ordinary Shares that vest upon the satisfaction of various performance conditions are deemed to be outstanding for computing the percentage ownership of the person holding these options and shares, but are not deemed outstanding for computing the percentage of any other person.

 

Except as otherwise indicated, all of the shares reflected in the table are Ordinary Shares and all persons listed below have sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares beneficially owned by them, subject to applicable community property laws. The information is not necessarily indicative of beneficial ownership for any other purpose.

 

Based on information known to us, as of September 4, 2024, we had 307 shareholders of record and 18 shareholders of record in the United States . A number of our Ordinary Shares are held by nominee companies so we cannot be certain of the identity of those beneficial owners. Except as otherwise indicated in the table below, addresses of our directors, executive officers and named beneficial owners are in care of Alta Global Group Limited, Level 1, Suite 1, 29-33 The Corso, Manly, New South Wales 2095.

 

   Ordinary Shares Beneficially Owned Prior to the Offering   Ordinary Shares
Beneficially
Owned After the
Offering
 
Shareholder  Number   Percent   Number   Percent 
5% and Greater Shareholders                    
Snowflower Holdings Pty Ltd <Snowflower Family A/C> (1)   982,768    9.51%   982,768    7.05%
Officers and Directors                    
Nick Langton (2)   986,314    9.55%   986,314    7.07%
Vaughn Taylor (3)   224,920    2.18%   224,920    1.61%
Hugh Williams (4)   372,532    3.61%   372,532    2.67%
Jonathan Hart (5)   16,952    *    16,952    * 
Neale Java   -    -    -    - 
Officers and directors as a group (5 persons)   1,600,719    15.5%   1,600,719    11.48%

 

* Represents beneficial ownership of less than 1% of the outstanding Ordinary Shares of Alta.

 

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(1) Mr. Langton is a director of Snowflower Holdings Pty Ltd.
   
(2) Ordinary Shares held by Snowflower Holdings Pty Ltd (Snowflower Family Trust), an entity controlled by Mr. Langton. Mr. Langton has voting and dispositive control over all of these securities of the company. Also includes 3,554 Ordinary Shares held by Mrs. Tanya Langton, Mr. Langton’s wife.
   
(3) Ordinary Shares held by Nalaroo Holdings Pty Ltd (Lavoipierre Taylor Family Trust), an entity controlled by Mr. Taylor.
   
(4) Ordinary Shares held by Champ 7 Pty Ltd (Williams Family Trust), an entity controlled by Mr. Williams and 164,026 Ordinary Shares held by Gibb Street Capital Pty Ltd, an entity controlled by Mr. Williams.
   
(5) Ordinary Shares held by Jonathan Hart (J Hart Family Trust). Mr. Hart is a beneficiary under the trust.

 

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

Other than compensation arrangements which are described under “Management – Remuneration” or as disclosed below, since July 1, 2021, we did not enter into any transactions or loans with any: (i) enterprises that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, control, are controlled by or are under common control with us; (ii) associates; (iii) individuals owning, directly or indirectly, an interest in our voting power that gives them significant influence over us, and close members of any such individual’s family; (iv) key management personnel and close members of such individuals’ families; or (v) enterprises in which a substantial interest in our voting power is owned, directly or indirectly, by any person described in (iii) or (iv) or over which such person is able to exercise significant influence.

 

Indemnification Agreements

 

Our Constitution provides that, except to the extent prohibited by Australian law, including the Corporations Act and, to the extent that an officer is not otherwise indemnified by us pursuant to an indemnification agreement, we will indemnify every person who is or has been an officer of the company against any liability (other than legal costs that are unreasonable) incurred by that person as an officer. This includes any liability incurred by that person in their capacity as an officer of our subsidiary where we requested that person to accept that appointment.

 

We have entered into Deeds of Access, Insurance and Indemnity (“Indemnity Deeds”) with Nick Langton, Vaughn Taylor, Hugh Williams, Jonathan Hart and Neale Java, each a director or executive officer. Under the Indemnity Deeds, we have agreed to indemnify (to the maximum extent permitted under Australian law and our Constitution, subject to certain specified exceptions) each director and executive officer against all liabilities incurred in their capacity as our or our subsidiaries’ director or officer and any and all costs and expenses relating to such a claim or to any notified event incurred by such director or executive officer, including costs and expenses reasonably and necessarily incurred to mitigate any liability for such a claim or any claim which may arise from such a notified event. The Indemnity Deeds provide that the indemnities are unlimited as to amount, continuous and irrevocable.

 

Separately, we have obtained insurance for our directors and executive officers, as required by the Indemnity Deeds.

 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling us pursuant to 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.

 

Related Person Transaction Policy

 

We comply with Australian law (including the Corporations Act) regarding approval of transactions with related parties. We have adopted a conflict of interest and related person transaction policy that sets forth our procedures for the identification, review, consideration and approval or ratification of related person transactions. For purposes of our policy, a related person transaction is a transaction, arrangement or similar contractual relationship, or any series of similar transactions, arrangements or relationships, in which we and any related person are, were or will be participants, with the exception of usual transactions in the ordinary course of business. A related person is any member of our board of directors, our senior management, including any of their immediate family members, and any entity owned or controlled by such persons.

 

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Under the policy, if a transaction has been identified as a related person transaction, including any transaction that was not a related person transaction when originally consummated or any transaction that was not initially identified as a related person transaction prior to consummation, the person responsible for the transaction must present information regarding the related person transaction to the Company secretary or chair of the audit committee for review, consideration and approval or ratification. The presentation must include a description of, among other things, the material facts, the interests, direct and indirect, of the related persons, the benefits to us of the transaction and whether the transaction is on terms that are comparable to the terms available to or from, as the case may be, an unrelated third party or to or from employees generally. Under the policy, we will collect information that we deem reasonably necessary from the Company secretary or chair of our audit committee to enable us to identify any existing or potential related-person transactions and to effectuate the terms of the policy.

 

All of the transactions described in this prospectus were entered into prior to the adoption of the written policy, but in considering and approving each related party transactions, the board of directors followed Australian law (including the Corporations Act).

 

Key Related Party Transactions

 

On August 21, 2021, Lavoipierre Taylor Family Trust Account was issued options exercisable for a total of 94,193 Ordinary Shares, at an exercise price of A$0.78 per Ordinary Share, vesting over 3 years, beginning on June 30, 2022. Nalaroo Holdings Pty Ltd is the trustee for the trust, and Mr. Taylor is a director of Nalaroo Holdings Pty Ltd. For the year ended June 30, 2022, Mr. Taylor reinvested into the Company 100% of his board fees earned from August 20, 2021, to June 30, 2022, totaling A$129,000 via the purchase of 129,000 Series A Notes. For the year ended June 30, 2023, Mr. Taylor reinvested into the Company 100% of his board fees earned from July 1, 2022, to March 31, 2023, and 50% of his board fees earned from April 1, 2023, to June 30, 2023, totaling A$131,250 via the purchase of 131,250 Series A Extension Notes. On October 10, 2023 Lavoipierre Taylor Family Trust Account was issued 73,600 share rights (subject to vesting conditions) which may be converted into Ordinary Shares under the EIP. 50% of the share rights will vest and become exercisable on October 1, 2025 and the balance of the share rights will vest and become exercisable on October 1, 2026.

 

On August 21, 2021, Champ 7 Pty Ltd was issued options exercisable for a total of 73,215 Ordinary Shares, at an exercise price of A$0.78 per Ordinary Share, vesting over 3 years, beginning on June 30, 2022. Mr. Williams is a director of Champ 7 Pty Ltd. For the year ended June 30, 2022, Mr. Williams reinvested into the Company 100% of his board fees earned from August 20, 2021, to June 30, 2022, totaling A$43,000 via the purchase of 43,000 Series A Notes. For the year ended June 30, 2023, Mr. Williams reinvested into the Company 100% of his board fees earned from July 1, 2022, to March 31, 2023, and 50% of his board fees earned from April 1, 2023, to June 30, 2023, totaling A$65,625 via the purchase of 65,625 Series A Extension Notes. On October 10, 2023 Champ 7 Pty Ltd was issued 14,400 share rights (subject to vesting conditions) which may be converted into Ordinary Shares under the EIP. 50% of the share rights will vest and become exercisable on October 1, 2025 and the balance of the share rights will vest and become exercisable on October 1, 2026.

 

On August 21, 2021, Snowflower Holdings Pty Ltd was issued options exercisable for a total of 189,757 Ordinary Shares, at an average exercise price of A$3.20 per Ordinary Share, vesting over 3 years, beginning on June 30, 2022. On March 1, 2023, Snowflower Holdings Pty Ltd was issued options exercisable for a total of 20,622 Ordinary Shares, at an exercise price of A$0.29 per Ordinary Share, which vest on March 1, 2026. Mr. Langton is a director of Snowflower Holdings Pty Ltd. On October 10, 2023, Snowflower Holdings Pty Ltd was issued 172,000 share rights (subject to vesting conditions) which may be converted into Ordinary Shares under the EIP. 50% of the share rights will vest and become exercisable on and from October 1, 2025 and the balance of the share rights will vest and become exercisable on and from October 1, 2026.

 

On August 21, 2021, Tanya Langton, our Head of Global Events and Logistics and the spouse of our Chief Executive Officer Nick Langton, was issued options exercisable for a total of 64,206 Ordinary Shares, at an average exercise price of A$0.74 per Ordinary Share, vesting over 3 years, beginning on June 30, 2022. On March 1, 2023, Mrs. Langton, was issued options exercisable for a total of 4,061 Ordinary Shares, at an average exercise price of A$0.29 per Ordinary Share, which vest on March 1, 2026. On October 10, 2023, Mrs. Langton was issued 6,000 share rights (subject to vesting conditions) which may be converted into Ordinary Shares under the EIP. 50% of the share rights will vest and become exercisable on October 1, 2025 and the balance of the 50% of the share rights will vest and become exercisable on October 1, 2026.

 

On August 31, 2021, the J Hart Family Trust Account was issued options exercisable for a total of 8,392 Ordinary Shares, at an exercise price of A$0.78, which vest on August 31, 2024. On March 1, 2023, the J Hart Family Trust Account was issued options exercisable for a total of 10,132 Ordinary Shares, at an exercise price of A$0.29, which vest on March 1, 2026. Mr. Hart is the trustee of the trust. On October 10, 2023, the J Hart Family Trust Account was issued 47,600 share rights (subject to vesting conditions) which may be converted into Ordinary Shares under the EIP. 50% of the share rights will vest and become exercisable on October 1, 2025 and the balance of the 50% of the share rights will vest and become exercisable on October 1, 2026.

 

On August 21, 2021, ABRB Pty Ltd, was issued options exercisable for a total of 155,190 Ordinary Shares, at an exercise price of A$0.78, vesting over 3 years beginning on June 30, 2022. Due to the resignation of Angus Benbow, a director of ABRB Pty Ltd., on March 31, 2023, 84,863 options lapsed and are no longer exercisable, while 70,327 options remain exercisable. On March 1, 2023, ABRB Pty Ltd, was issued options exercisable for a total of 27,728 Ordinary Shares, at an exercise price of A$0.29, which vest on March 1, 2026.

 

On March 1, 2023, 3213 Ventures Pty Ltd was issued options exercisable for a total of 160,000 Ordinary Shares, at an exercise price of A$0.29, which vest on March 1, 2026. Mr. Java is a director of 3213 Ventures Pty Ltd. On October 10, 2023, 3213 Ventures Pty Ltd was issued 34,400 share rights (subject to vesting conditions) which may be converted into Ordinary Shares under the EIP. 50% percent of the share rights will vest and become exercisable on October 1, 2025 and the balance of the 50% of the share rights will vest and become exercisable on October 1, 2026.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF SHARE CAPITAL

 

The following descriptions are summaries of the material terms of our Constitution. Reference is made to the more detailed provisions of the Constitution. Please note that this summary is not intended to be exhaustive. For further information please refer to the full version of our Constitution which is included as an exhibit to this registration statement.

 

General

 

We are a public company limited by shares registered under the Corporations Act which is regulated by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, or ASIC. Our corporate affairs are principally governed by our Constitution and the Corporations Act.

 

Generally speaking, the terms of our Constitution are not significantly different than a U.S. company’s charter documents, except we do not have a limit on our authorized share capital and the concept of par value is not recognized under Australian law.

 

Subject to restrictions on the issue of securities in our Constitution and the Corporations Act and any other applicable law, we may at any time issue shares and grant options or warrants on any terms, with the rights and restrictions and for the consideration that our board determines.

 

The rights and restrictions attaching to Ordinary Shares are derived through a combination of our Constitution, the common law applicable to Australia, the Corporations Act and other applicable law. A general summary of some of the rights and restrictions attaching to our Ordinary Shares are summarized below. Each ordinary shareholder is entitled to receive notice of, and to be present, vote and speak at, general meetings.

 

Reverse Share Split

 

On January 24, 2024, we effectuated a four-for-five (4:5) Reverse Share Split of our Ordinary Shares. No fractional shares were issued in connection with the Reverse Share Split as all fractional shares were rounded up to the next whole share.

 

Our Constitution

 

Our Constitution is similar in nature to the bylaws of a U.S. corporation. It does not provide for or prescribe any specific objectives or purposes of Alta. It may be amended or repealed and replaced by special resolution of shareholders, which is a resolution passed by at least 75% of the votes cast by shareholders entitled to vote on the resolution.

 

Under Australian law, a company has the legal capacity and powers of an individual both within and outside Australia. The material provisions of our Constitution are summarized below. This summary is not intended to be complete nor to constitute a definitive statement of the rights and liabilities of our shareholders. Our Constitution is filed as an exhibit to this registration statement.

 

Interested Directors

 

A director who has a material personal interest in a matter that is being considered at a meeting of directors must not be present while the matter is being considered at the meeting or vote on that matter except where permitted by the Corporations Act.

 

Directors’ Compensation

 

Pursuant to our Constitution, the total aggregate fixed sum per annum to be paid to the directors (excluding salaries of executive directors) from time to time will not exceed the sum determined by the shareholders in a general meeting and the total aggregate fixed sum will be divided among the directors as the directors shall determine and, in default of agreement between them, then in equal shares.

 

Remuneration payable by the Company to the Managing Director and any other executive Directors may be by way of salary, bonuses, or any other elements but must not include a commission on, or percentage of, operating revenue.

 

Powers Exercisable by Directors

 

Pursuant to our Constitution (subject to the Corporations Act), the management and control of our business affairs are vested in our board. Subject to the Corporations Act, our board has the power to raise or borrow money, and charge any of our property or business or any uncalled capital, and may issue debentures or give any other security for any of our debts, liabilities or obligations or of any other person, in each case, in the manner and on terms it deems fit.

 

Rotation of Directors

 

Pursuant to our Constitution, there must be an election of Directors at the Company’s annual general meeting. Upon the Company’s admission to a Financial Market, no director except a Managing Director shall hold office for a period of three years, or beyond the third annual general meeting following the Director’s election, whichever is the longer, without submitting themselves for re-election. If no Director is standing for election or re-election, then the directors to retire at an annual general meeting are those who have been longest in office since their last election and if there are 2 or more who were elected on the same day, then the Director to retire will be decided by lot, unless the relevant Directors agree otherwise.

 

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Rights and Restrictions on Classes of Shares

 

Subject to the Corporations Act, the rights attaching to our Ordinary Shares are detailed in our Constitution. Our Constitution provides that the Board may issue shares from time to time with preferred, deferred or other special rights, whether in relation to dividends, voting, return of share capital, or otherwise. Subject to the Corporations Act, or any rights and restrictions attached to a class of shares currently on issue, we may issue further shares on such terms and conditions as our board resolves. Currently, our outstanding share capital consists of only Ordinary Shares.

 

Dividend Rights

 

Subject to the Corporations Act, our board may from time to time determine to pay any interim, special or final dividends to shareholders, fix the amount of dividend, the record date for determining entitlements to, and for payment of, a dividend and the method of payment of a dividend.

 

Voting Rights

 

Under our Constitution, each shareholder has one vote determined by a show of hands at a meeting of the shareholders unless a poll is required under the Constitution or the Corporations Act. On a poll vote, each shareholder shall have one vote for each fully paid share and a fractional vote for each share that is not fully paid, such fraction being equivalent to the proportion of the amount that has been paid to such date on that share. Shareholders may vote by proxy. Under Australian law, shareholders of a public company are not permitted to approve corporate matters by written consent. Our Constitution does not provide for cumulative voting.

 

Right To Share in Our Profits

 

Subject to the Corporations Act and pursuant to our Constitution, our shareholders are entitled to participate in our profits only by payment of dividends. Our board may from time to time determine to pay dividends to the shareholders; however, under the Corporations Act, we must not pay a dividend unless: (a) our assets exceed our liabilities immediately before the dividend is declared and the excess is sufficient for the payment of the dividend; (b) the payment of the dividend is fair and reasonable to our shareholders as a whole; and (c) the payment of the dividend does not materially prejudice our ability to pay our creditors. Unless any share is issued on terms providing to the contrary, all dividends are to be apportioned and paid proportionately to the amounts paid, or credited as paid on the relevant shares.

 

Rights to Share in the Surplus in the Event of Liquidation

 

Our Constitution provides for the right of shareholders to participate if there is a surplus of assets in the event of our liquidation.

 

No Redemption Provision for Ordinary Shares

 

There are no redemption provisions in our Constitution in relation to Ordinary Shares. Under our Constitution and subject to the Corporations Act, redeemable preference shares may be issued and liable to be redeemed on the terms that they are issued, which may be at our option.

 

Variation or Cancellation of Share Rights

 

The rights attached to shares in a class of shares may only be varied or cancelled (unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of Shares in a class, in which case the procedure set out in the terms of issue applies), by either:

 

  a special resolution passed by members holding shares in the class; or
  the written consent of members with at least 75% of the shares in the class.

 

Liability for Further Capital Calls

 

According to our Constitution, the board may make any calls from time to time upon shareholders in respect of all monies unpaid on partly-paid shares (if any), subject to the terms upon which any of the partly-paid shares have been issued. Each shareholder is liable to pay the amount of each call in the manner, at the time, and at the place specified by the board. Calls may be made payable by installment. Failure to pay a call will result in interest becoming payable on the unpaid amount and ultimately, forfeiture of those shares. As of the date of this prospectus, all of our issued shares are fully paid.

 

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Comparison of Australian and Delaware Law

 

The table below provides a summary of the Australian law applicable to Alta as an Australian public company, and certain rights attaching to Alta’s shares. These laws and/or rights may be different to those which would apply if Alta were incorporated in Delaware and subject to Delaware and US federal laws, the table below provides a summary comparison for illustrative purposes. Investors should also carefully review the relevant risks highlighted in this section in this regard and the summary of the matters set forth under the section entitled “Description of Share Capital”, as well as the copy of our Constitution (which is included as an exhibit to the registration statement to which this prospectus forms a part), prior to investing in the Ordinary Shares.

 

Matter   Australian public company   Listed US company incorporated in Delaware
Share capital  

The Corporations Act does not:

 

● prescribe the minimum amount of share capital that Alta should have;

 

● prescribe a minimum issue price for each share in Alta; or

 

● require Alta to place a maximum limit on the share capital that its members may subscribe.

 

Australian law does not contain any concept of authorized capital or par value per share.

 

Under Australian law and our Constitution, the issue price of shares is set by the Alta Directors collectively as a board at the time of each issue.

  A US company’s certificate of incorporation may authorize the issue of up to a maximum number of shares, which may consist of different classes of shares and stipulate the par value for those shares.
         
Issuing additional shares   Subject to the Corporations Act, our Constitution authorizes the Alta Board to allot and issue securities in the capital of Alta to any person on such terms and with such rights as the Board determines.  

A US company’s by-laws will generally permit the issue of authorized and unissued shares of any class by vote of the board of directors in such manner, for such consideration and on such terms as the board of directors may determine, without stockholder approval.

 

Furthermore, under the NYSE listing rules, a listed company will not be able to disparately reduce or restrict voting rights of the shares through any corporate action or issuance.

         
Transfer of shares  

Under Australian law and our Constitution, securities in Alta are generally freely transferable.

 

The Alta Directors may however refuse to register a transfer of shares in limited circumstances as detailed in our Constitution, and where the transfer would be contrary to the Corporations Act.

 

Under the DGCL, shares are generally freely transferable.

 

Transfer of shares may be subject to restrictions imposed by US federal or state securities laws, by the certificate of incorporation or by-laws or by an agreement signed with the holders of shares at issue.

 

Generally, a transfer of shares shall be made only on the transfer books of a Delaware incorporated company or by a transfer agent designated to transfer shares of a Delaware incorporated company. Where a Delaware incorporated company Shares are certificated, certificates must be surrendered for cancellation before a new certificate, if any, is issued.

 

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Matter   Australian public company   Listed US company incorporated in Delaware
Dividends and distributions  

Our Constitution permits the Board to declare dividends to shareholders from time to time in its sole discretion.

 

Under the Corporations Act, a company may only pay a dividend where, in summary, the company’s assets exceed its liabilities at the relevant time to the extent of the dividend to be declared, the payment is fair and reasonable to the company’s shareholders as a whole and does not materially prejudice the company’s ability to pay its creditors.

 

Under the DGCL, the board of directors of a company incorporated in Delaware is permitted to declare and pay dividends to stockholders either:

 

● out of that company’s surplus, which is defined to be the net assets less statutory capital; or

 

● if no surplus exists, then out of the net profits for the fiscal year in which the dividend is declared and/or the preceding fiscal year, provided that the capital of the corporation is not less than the aggregate amount of the capital represented by the corporation’s outstanding stock of all classes having a preference on distribution of assets.

 

Holders of common stock will generally be entitled to receive dividends when and as declared by the company’s Board out of funds legally available for that purpose.

         
Voting rights and Quorum Requirements  

Our Constitution provides that:

 

● on a show of hands each individual present who is a member, proxy, attorney or representative of a member entitled to vote has one vote;

 

● on a poll each shareholder has one vote for every fully paid share held and a fraction of a vote for each partly paid share held, with the fraction of the vote being equivalent to the portion of the share paid up; and

 

● two shareholders present constitutes a quorum.

  Generally speaking, a company incorporated in Delaware’s certificate of incorporation provides that each stockholder is entitled to one vote for each share of capital stock entitled to vote, unless otherwise provided by the DGCL or the company’s governing documents.

 

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Matter   Australian public company   Listed US company incorporated in Delaware
Variation in rights  

Under the Corporations Act, if a company has a constitution that sets out a procedure for varying or cancelling rights attached to shares in a class of shares, those rights may be varied or cancelled only in accordance with the procedure.

 

Under our Constitution, the rights may only be varied or cancelled:

 

● with the consent in writing of the holders of at least 75% of the issued Shares of that class; or

 

● with the sanction of a special resolution passed at a separate general meeting of the holders of the Shares of the class.

 

The company must give written notice of the variation or cancellation to the members of the class within 7 days after the variation or cancellation is made.

 

The Corporations Act also provides that where shareholders in an affected class do not all agree (whether by resolution or written consent) to the:

 

● variation or cancellation of their rights; or

 

● a modification to the relevant constitution to allow rights to be varied or cancelled,

 

then shareholders with at least 10% of the votes in the affected class may apply to the court (within a limited time frame) to have the variation, cancellation or modification set aside.

 

Subject to the shares’ terms of issue, the rights attached to a class of shares are not deemed varied by the issue of further shares of that class.

 

Under the DGCL, any amendment to the company incorporated Delaware’s certificate of incorporation requires approval by holders of the outstanding shares of a particular class if that amendment would:

 

● increase or decrease the aggregate number of authorized shares of that class;

 

● increase or decrease the par value of the shares of that class; or

 

● alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of the shares of that class so as to affect them adversely.

 

If an amendment would alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of one or more series of any class so as to adversely affect that series without adversely affecting the entire class, then only the shares of the series so affected shall be considered a separate class and entitled to such separate class approval of the proposed amendment.

 

Under the DGCL, amendments to a company incorporated in Delaware’s certificate of incorporation also generally require:

 

● a board resolution recommending the amendment; and

 

● approval of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote and a majority of the outstanding shares of each class entitled to vote.

 

Certain amendments to the relevant company’s certificate of incorporation could, in the future, require approval of only the majority of the shares of the then issued and outstanding preferred stock, because the DGCL and the company’s certificate of incorporation permit the company to issue preferred shares with powers, preferences and rights superior to those of common stock.

 

Pursuant to a company incorporated in Delaware’s by-laws, a company incorporated in Delaware’s by-laws or certificate of incorporation may be adopted, amended or repealed by the board of directors or by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all of the shares of the corporation then issued and outstanding and entitled to vote generally in any election of directors, voting together as a single class.

 

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Matter   Australian public company   Listed US company incorporated in Delaware
Related party and director transactions  

The Corporations Act governs the provision of financial benefits to related parties of public companies and requires that shareholder approval is obtained prior to financial benefits being provided to related parties or giving the financial benefit falls within a specific exception set out in the Corporations Act (for example, a benefit given on arms’ length terms or the reasonable remuneration or reimbursement of an officer or employee).

 

Directors, when entering into transactions with Alta, are also subject to the Australian common law and statutory duties to avoid actual and potential conflicts of interest. There are also disclosure requirements and voting restrictions imposed on directors under the Corporations Act on matters involving a material personal interest.

Within the parameters summarized above, under our Constitution a director’s position as such does not disqualify that person from:

 

● holding any other office or place of profit or employment (except with Alta’s auditor), on such terms as the Alta Directors approve;

 

● being a shareholder in or a director of a company promoted by Alta or in which Alta may be interested as a vendor, shareholder or otherwise; or

 

● entering into an agreement with Alta.

 

A director must also comply with:

 

● the material personal interest provisions set out in section 191 of the Corporations Act; and

 

● section 195 of the Corporations Act in relation to being present and voting at a board meeting that considers a matter in which he or she has a material personal interest.

 

Under the DGCL, no contract or transaction between a company incorporated in Delaware and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the relevant company and any other corporation, partnership, association or other organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or officers or have a financial interest will be void or voidable solely for that reason, or solely because the relevant director or officer is present at or participates in the company board or committee meeting that authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because the vote of the relevant director or officer is counted for that purpose, if:

 

● the material facts as to the director’s or officer’s relationship or interest, and as to the contract or transaction, are disclosed or known to the board of directors or committee, and the board of directors or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative votes of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

● the material facts as to the director’s or officer’s relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the stockholders; or

 

● the contract or transaction is fair to the company as of the time that it is authorized, approved or ratified by the board of directors, committee or stockholders.

 

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Matter   Australian public company   Listed US company incorporated in Delaware
Protection against oppression of shareholders  

The Corporations Act empowers the court to make any order it considers appropriate if conduct of a company’s affairs is found to be oppressive to a member or members.

 

Such orders may include winding up, regulating the conduct of the company’s affairs, authorizing a member to institute derivative proceedings or requiring a person to engage in or abstain from specified conduct.

  The DGCL contains no equivalent statutory provisions. However, Delaware law may provide judicial remedies to stockholders in comparable circumstances.
         
Buy-back of shares  

The Corporations Act allows Alta to buy-back its own shares through a specific buy-back procedure provided that:

 

● the buy-back does not materially prejudice Alta’s ability to pay its creditors; and

 

● Alta follows the relevant procedures set out in the Corporations Act.

 

The buy-back procedure includes the form of shareholder approval (for example, ordinary, special or unanimous resolutions), a notice period and disclosure to be given to the shareholders, depending on the type of buy-back to be undertaken.

 

The DGCL generally permits a Delaware incorporated company to purchase or redeem its outstanding shares out of funds legally available for that purpose without obtaining stockholder approval, provided that:

 

● the capital of a Delaware incorporated company is not impaired;

 

● such purchase or redemption would not cause the capital of a Delaware incorporated company to become impaired;

 

● the purchase price does not exceed the price at which the shares are redeemable at the option of a Delaware incorporated company; and

 

● immediately following any such redemption a Delaware incorporated company shall have outstanding one or more shares of one or more classes or series of stock, which shares shall have full voting powers.

 

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Matter   Australian public company   Listed US company incorporated in Delaware
Takeovers  

The Corporations Act prohibits the acquisition of a relevant interest in voting shares of a company where the acquisition would increase a person’s voting power in the company to over 20% or increases from a starting point that is above 20% and below 90%, except in certain circumstances.

 

The Corporations Act also sets out disclosure requirements for persons who have or cease to have a substantial holding in a company. Compulsory acquisition is permitted by holders with an interest of 90% or more of a class of securities.

 

Certain exceptions to this general takeover prohibition are set out in the Corporations Act, including:

 

● an acquisition resulting from a scheme of arrangement undertaken in accordance with the Corporations Act and approved by the court; and

 

● an acquisition that results from the acceptance of an offer under a takeover bid.

 

In this respect, any takeover bid made for Alta must be on the same terms for all shareholders, subject to minor exceptions, and must comply with the timetable, disclosure and other requirements set out in the Corporations Act.

 

The purpose of these provisions is to seek to ensure that shareholders in a target company that they have a reasonable and equal opportunity to share in any premium for control and that they are given reasonable time and sufficient information to assess the merits of the proposal.

 

Section 203 of the DGCL applies to a company and provides that if a holder acquires 15% or more of a company’s voting stock (an “Interested Holder”) without prior approval of the board of directors, then for three years a company cannot engage in a broad range of business combinations with such Interested Holder. Such business combinations include (a) certain mergers or consolidations with the Interested Holder or entities affiliated with the Interested Holder,

 

(b) certain sales, leases, exchanges, mortgages, pledges, transfers or other dispositions of the company assets to the Interested Holder, which assets have an aggregate market value equal to 10% or more of either all of the assets of a company or all of the outstanding stock of a company,(c) certain transactions which result in the issuance or transfer by a company or by any direct or indirect majority owned subsidiary, to the Interested Holder, of any stock of a company or of such a company subsidiary, (d) certain transactions involving a company or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiaries which have the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing the proportionate share of the stock of any class or series, or securities convertible into the stock of any class or series, of the company or such subsidiary which is owned by the Interested Holder, except as a result of immaterial changes due to fractional share adjustments or as a result of any purchase or redemption of any shares of stock not caused, directly or indirectly by the Interested holder, and (e) any receipt by the Interested Holder of the benefit, directly or indirectly (except proportionately as a stockholder of the company), of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges or other financial benefits (other than those expressly permitted by Section 203(c)(3)(i)-(iv)) provided by or through the company or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary.

 

The Section 203 limitation would not apply if (a) the business combination was approved by the board of directors of the company before the holder became an Interested Holder, (b) the business combination is subsequently approved by the a company board of directors and also by two-thirds of the a company stock held by persons other than such Interested Holder at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, or (c) upon consummation of the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an Interested Holder of the company, the Interested Holder owned at least 85% of the company’s voting stock which was outstanding at the time the transaction commenced (excluding stock owned by any directors who are also officers and certain employee stock plans).

 

The effect of the restriction is to give the company’s board of directors the ability to prevent or inhibit an unsolicited takeover attempt initiated through a merger or asset purchase proposal. It may also dissuade unsolicited tender offer proposals unless the offeror is confident of achieving the 85% shareholding level via the tender offer.

 

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Matter   Australian public company   Listed US company incorporated in Delaware
Annual shareholder meetings   Under the Corporations Act, the annual general meeting of Alta is required to be held at least once every calendar year and within five months after the end of each financial year.  

The DGCL requires a company incorporated in Delaware to have an annual stockholders’ meeting to elect directors, unless directors are elected by written consent in lieu of an annual meeting.

 

Under the DGCL, a director or stockholder of a company incorporated in Delaware may petition the Court of Chancery of Delaware for an order compelling the holding of an annual meeting if:

 

● no annual meeting has been held, or action by written consent to elect directors in lieu of an annual meeting has been taken, for a period of 30 days after the date designated for the annual meeting; or

 

●  no date for an annual meeting has been designated for a period of 13 months after the latest to occur of the company’s organization, the last annual meeting or the last action by written consent to elect directors in lieu of an annual meeting.

         
Shareholders’ right to request or requisition a general meeting  

The Corporations Act requires the Directors to call a general meeting on the request of members with at least 5% of the vote that may be cast at the general meeting or at least 100 Shareholders who are entitled to vote at a general meeting.

 

Shareholders with at least 5% of the votes that may be cast at the general meeting may also call and arrange to hold a general meeting at their own expense.

 

Annual meetings of stockholders shall be held at a time designated by or in the manner provided in the bylaws.

 

Special meetings of stockholders may be called by the board of directors or by such person or persons as may be authorized by the certificate of incorporation or by the bylaws.

         
Notice of Meetings   The Corporations Act requires at least 28 days’ notice of a general meeting of company listed on a financial exchange.   The DGCL provide that notice of a stockholders’ meeting be delivered not less than ten days nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting, except as otherwise provided in the company’s by-laws or as required by the DGCL.

 

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Matter   Australian public company   Listed US company incorporated in Delaware
Remuneration reports  

The Corporations Act requires that a public company’s annual report must include a report by the Directors on the company’s remuneration framework (remuneration report).

 

At the company’s annual general meeting, shareholders must vote to approve or reject the remuneration report.

 

The vote on the resolution is advisory only and does not bind the directors or the company. However, if the company’s remuneration report receives a ‘no’ vote of 25% of more, the company’s subsequent remuneration report must explain whether and how shareholders’ concerns have been taken into account.

 

If the company’s subsequent remuneration report receives a ‘no’ vote of 25% or more, shareholders will vote at the same annual general meeting to determine whether the directors (other than the managing director) will need to stand for re-election within 90 days.

 

If the resolution passes, then the ‘spill meeting’ at which the directors face re-election, will take place within 90 days.

 

Our Constitution provides that the directors are entitled to be remunerated. The extend of such remuneration shall be determined by the Alta Board, subject to laws relating to the giving of benefits to related parties, and to the extent applicable, any maximum amount that is from time to time approved by the shareholders of the company in a general meeting in accordance with any applicable listing rules.

 

Our Constitution also provides that:

 

● the remuneration may be provided in the form of shares or other securities of the company or any subsidiary of the company, or options or rights to acquire such shares or other securities, on such terms as the Alta Board may decide; and

 

● the directors may also be paid all travelling, and other expenses properly incurred by them: (a) in attending and returning from: (i) meetings of directors or any committee; or (ii) general meetings of the company; or (b) otherwise in connection with the business of the company.

 

In the U.S., the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (U.S.) requires all ‘reporting companies’ to have an advisory Shareholder vote on pay at least once every three years.

 

Companies must report the results and say how they have responded to these when making decisions on pay the following year.

 

So long as Alta qualifies as an ‘emerging growth company,’ it will not be required to hold an advisory Shareholder vote on pay.

 

The Company will be an emerging growth company until the earliest of: (i) the last day of the fiscal year in which our annual gross revenues exceed US$1.235 billion, (ii) the last day of the fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the date of the first sale of common equity securities of the company pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, (iii) the date on which the Company has, during the previous three year period, issued more than US$1 billion in non-convertible debt, or (iv) the date that we become a ‘large accelerated filer’ as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the U.S. Exchange Act.

 

A company becomes a large accelerated filer if it meets the following conditions as of the end of its fiscal year: (i) it has an aggregate worldwide market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of US$700 million or more as of the last business day of its second fiscal quarter; (ii) it has been subject to the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act for at least 12 months; (iii) it has filed at least one annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act; and (iv) it is not eligible to rely on certain requirements for smaller reporting companies for its annual and quarterly reports.

 

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Matter   Australian public company   Listed US company incorporated in Delaware
Approval of Corporate Matters by Written Consent   Our Constitution provides that anything which may be done by resolution of the Company in a general meeting, may be done by written resolution.   Unless otherwise specified in a corporation’s certificate of incorporation, shareholders may take action permitted to be taken at an annual or special meeting, without a meeting, prior notice or a vote, if consents, in writing, setting forth the action, are signed by shareholders with not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize the action at a meeting. All consents must be dated and are only effective if the requisite signatures are collected within 60 days of the earliest dated consent delivered.
         
Special resolutions  

Under the Corporations Act, a special resolution must be a resolution that is passed by at least 75% of the votes cast by members entitled to vote on the resolution.

 

Approval by special resolution of shareholders is required for actions such as modifying or repealing our Constitution, changing Alta’s name or company type, selectively reducing or buying back capital (in some circumstances), providing financial assistance in connection with the acquisition of shares in the company, and undertaking a voluntary winding up of Alta.

  The DGCL contains no concept of special resolutions.
         
Removing directors  

The Corporations Act provides that a public company may by resolution at a general meeting remove a director from office.

 

Notice of intention to move the resolution must be given by the company at least 2 months before the meeting is to be held, and the company must notify the director as soon as possible after notice of the intention is received.

  Subject to certain exceptions, the DGCL provides that directors may be removed with or without cause by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all of the outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.

 

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Matter   Australian public company   Listed US company incorporated in Delaware
Duties and liability of directors  

General duties imposed by the Corporations Act on directors and officers of companies include duties to exercise duties and powers with due care and diligence, in good faith and for a proper purpose, and not to improperly use their position or information obtained through their position to gain advantage or cause detriment to the company.

 

Under the Corporations Act, there is a general prohibition on a company or a related body corporate exempting officers from any liability incurred as an officer of the company.

 

Under Delaware law, the directors of a company incorporated in Delaware have fiduciary obligations, including the duty of care and the duty of loyalty.

 

The duty of care requires directors to act in good faith, with the care that a reasonable person in a similar position and circumstances would exercise and in a manner the director reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the company and its stockholders. Directors must inform themselves of all reasonably available material information before making business decisions on behalf of the company and to act with requisite care in discharging their duties to the company.

 

The duty of loyalty requires directors to act in good faith and in the company’s best interests.

 

Under the DGCL, a company incorporated in Delaware may include in its certificate of incorporation a provision eliminating the personal liability of a director or officer to the company or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer.

 

However, the provision may not eliminate liability for:

 

● breach of the director’s or officer’s duty of loyalty;

 

● acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the law;

 

● directors for unlawful payment of dividends;

 

● directors for unlawful purchases or redemptions of shares;

 

● any transaction from which the director or officer derived an improper personal benefit; or

 

● an officer in any action by or in the right of the corporation.

 

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Matter   Australian public company   Listed US company incorporated in Delaware
Bringing or intervening in legal proceedings on behalf of the entity  

A member, former member or person entitled to be a member of a company, or an officer or former officer of a company, may bring proceedings on behalf of a company and in the company’s name where the company is unwilling or unable to do so.

 

Proceedings may only be brought if leave is granted by a Court, including Federal Court, the Supreme Court of a State or Territory of Australia, or Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, for the person to bring or intervene in proceedings.

 

Leave will generally be granted if the court is satisfied that:

 

● it is probable that the company itself will not bring the proceedings or properly take responsibility for them;

 

● the applicant is acting in good faith;

 

● it is in the best interests of the company that the applicant be granted leave;

 

● if the application relates to leave to bring proceedings, there is a serious question to be tried;

 

● either at least 14 days before making the application, the applicant gave written notice of the application to the company, or it is appropriate to grant leave even though the notice period was not provided.

 

The DGCL permits a stockholder to bring a derivative action on behalf of a company if those in control of the company have failed to assert a claim belonging to the relevant company.

 

Derivative actions have certain standing and eligibility requirements, including that the plaintiff in the action must generally have been a stockholder of the company at the time that the act complained of occurred and must maintain his or her status as a stockholder of the company throughout the course of the litigation. Derivative plaintiffs must have previously made a demand on the directors of the company to assert the corporate claim, unless such a demand would have been futile.

         
Continuous disclosure  

The Corporations Act contains provisions which require a listed company to comply with the relevant disclosure rules of their financial market, in summary being such information concerning the company that a reasonable person would expect to have a material effect on the price or the value of the company’s shares.

 

There are also periodic reporting and disclosure rules that apply, requiring it (among other things) to report to ASIC at the end of every half year and annually in respect of its financial statements and reports.

 

US reporting companies are subject to US federal securities laws and regulations in relation to its ongoing disclosure obligations.

 

Once listed on a national securities exchange, the US company will also be subject to the ongoing disclosure obligations of such exchange.

 

The NYSE listing rules and US federal securities laws and regulations will generally require disclosure to the public of any material information that would reasonably be expected to affect the value of a company’s shares or influence investors’ decisions. This includes:

 

● annual reports on Form 10-K;

 

● quarterly reports on Form 10-Q;

 

● current reports containing material information required to be disclosed on Form 8-K;

 

● company insider reports; and

 

● proxy statement.

 

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Matter   Australian public company   Listed US company incorporated in Delaware
Inspection of Books and Records   Inspection of our records is governed by the Corporations Act. Any member of the public has the right to inspect or obtain copies of our registers, and the Company may charge a fee not exceeding the prescribed fee set by regulation. Shareholders are not required to pay a fee for inspection of our registers or minute books of the meetings of shareholders. Other corporate records, including minutes of directors’ meetings, financial records and other documents, are not open for inspection by the public or shareholders. Where a shareholder is acting in good faith and an inspection is deemed to be made for a proper purpose, a shareholder may apply to the court to make an order for inspection of our books.   All shareholders of a Delaware corporation have the right, upon written demand, to inspect or obtain copies of the corporation’s shares ledger and its other books and records for any purpose reasonably related to such person’s interest as a shareholder
         
Insider trading  

The Corporations Act prohibits any person who:

 

● possesses information that is not generally available, but if it were generally available, a reasonable person would expect it to have a material effect on the price or value of company’s securities (Inside Information); and

 

● knew, or ought reasonably to have known, that the information was Inside Information,

 

from applying for, buying or selling those securities (or entering an agreement to do so) or procuring others to do so. The prohibition also extends to the communication of the information (or causing the information to be communicated) directly or indirectly to third parties if the person knew, or ought reasonably to have known, that the recipient would or would be likely to apply for, buy or sell the securities (or enter an agreement to do so), or procure others to do so.

 

This prohibition is subject to certain limited exceptions.

  US federal securities laws generally prohibit any person who possesses material non-public information relating to a company incorporated in the US or its securities from buying or selling those securities or procuring others to do so, or from communicating the material non-public information to third parties.

 

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Matter   Australian public company   Listed US company incorporated in Delaware
Winding up  

The members of a solvent company may determine to wind-up the company under the Corporations Act. A special resolution is required.

 

From the passing of the resolution, the company must cease to carry on its business except so far as the liquidator considers is required for the beneficial disposal or winding up of that business, but the corporate state and corporate powers of the company continue until it is deregistered.

 

Our Constitution states that if Alta is wound up, if the assets available for distribution among the shareholders are insufficient to repay the whole of the paid up capital, the assets must be distributed so that, as nearly as may be, the losses are borne by the shareholders in proportion to the capital paid up, or which ought to have been paid up, at the commencement of the winding up, on the Shares held by them respectively, alternatively, if the assets available for distribution among the shareholders are more than sufficient to repay the whole of the capital paid up at the commencement of the winding up, the excess must be distributed among the shareholders in proportion to the capital at the commencement of the winding up paid up, or which ought to have been paid up, on the Shares held by them respectively.

 

Further, a liquidator may, with the sanction of a special resolution, divide the assets of Alta among the shareholders in kind. The liquidator cannot compel any member to accept marketable securities in respect of which there is a liability as part of a distribution of assets of Alta.

 

The Corporations Act also provides that subject to provisions as to preferential payments, the property of a company must, on its winding up, be applied in satisfaction of its liabilities equally and, subject to that application, must, unless the company’s constitution otherwise provides, be distributed among the members according to their rights and interests in the company.

 

The DGCL permits the board of directors to authorize the dissolution of a company incorporated in Delaware if:

 

● a majority of the directors in office adopt a resolution to approve dissolution at a board meeting called for that purpose;

 

● holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares entitled to vote on the matter adopt a resolution to approve dissolution at a stockholders’ meeting called for that purpose; and

 

● a certificate of dissolution is filed with the Delaware Secretary of State.

 

The DGCL also permits stockholders to authorize the dissolution of a company incorporated in Delaware without board action if:

 

● all of the stockholders entitled to vote on the matter provide written consent to dissolution; and

 

● a certificate of dissolution is filed with the Delaware Secretary of State.

 

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General Meetings of Shareholders

 

Under Australian law, shareholders of a public company are not permitted to approve corporate matters by written consent. General meetings of shareholders may be called by our board. Notice of the proposed meeting of our shareholders is required at least 28 days prior to such meeting under the Corporations Act. Except as permitted under the Corporations Act, shareholders may not convene a meeting. Under the Corporations Act, shareholders with at least 5% of the votes that may be cast at a general meeting may call and arrange to hold a general meeting. The meeting must be called in the same way in which general meetings of the company may be called, including the dispatch of a notice of meeting including the matters to be voted upon. The shareholders calling the meeting must pay the expenses of calling and holding the meeting.

 

The Corporations Act requires the directors to call and arrange to hold a general meeting on the request of shareholders with at least 5% of the votes that may be cast at a general meeting. The request must be made in writing, state any resolution to be proposed at the meeting, be signed by the shareholders making the request and be given to the Company. The board must call the meeting not more than 21 days after the request is made. The meeting must be held not later than two months after the request is given.

 

Foreign Ownership Regulation

 

There are no limitations on the rights to own securities imposed by our Constitution. However, acquisitions and proposed acquisitions of shares in Australian companies may be subject to review and approval by the Australian Federal Treasurer under the Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975, or the FATA, which generally applies to acquisitions or proposed acquisitions by a foreign person (as defined in the FATA) or associated foreign persons in certain transactions including those dealing with national security matters, of a sensitive nature or dealing with an interest in land, or which are otherwise over certain monetary thresholds, including where the transaction:

 

  would result in such persons having an interest in 20% or more of the issued shares of, or control of 20% or more of the voting power in, an Australian company; and/or
  by non-associated foreign persons that would result in such foreign person having an interest in 40% or more of the issued shares of, or control of 40% or more of the voting power in, an Australian company.

 

The Company is currently not considered by the Directors to be an Australian land corporation for the purposes of the FATA.

 

Whether prior approval of the Australian Federal Treasurer is required for an investor to be issued shares in the Company is an assessment which must be undertaken by each investor, as compliance with the FATA in those circumstances is the investor’s obligation.

 

Separate and stricter rules apply for foreign government investors (defined by the FATA). Generally, foreign government investors must seek prior Foreign Investment Review Board approval where they acquire a direct interest in an entity or business. The term ‘direct interest’ has a very broad meaning under the Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Regulations 2015 and ranges from a 10% interest in an entity to an interest of any percentage in an entity which gives the foreign government investor the ability to influence or participate in the central management and control of the entity or business or determine its policy.

 

The Australian Federal Treasurer may prevent a proposed acquisition in the above categories or impose conditions on such acquisition if the Treasurer is satisfied that the acquisition would be contrary to the national interest. If a foreign person acquires shares or an interest in shares in an Australian company in contravention of the FATA, the Australian Federal Treasurer may take a number of actions including imposing civil or criminal penalties or ordering the divestiture of such person’s shares or interest in shares in the Company. The Australian Federal Treasurer may order divestiture pursuant to the FATA if he determines that the acquisition has resulted in that foreign person, either alone or together with other non-associated or associated foreign persons, controlling the Company and that such control is contrary to the national interest.

 

Ownership Threshold

 

There are no provisions in our Constitution that require a shareholder to disclose ownership above a certain threshold. Upon becoming a U.S. public company, our shareholders will also be subject to disclosure requirements under U.S. securities laws.

 

Issues of Shares and Change in Capital

 

Subject to our Constitution, the Corporations Act, and any other applicable law, we may at any time issue shares and grant options or warrants on any terms, with preferred, deferred or other special rights and restrictions and for the consideration and other terms that the directors determine.

 

Subject to the requirements of our Constitution, the Corporations Act, and any other applicable law, including relevant shareholder approvals, we may consolidate or divide our share capital into a larger or smaller number by resolution, reduce our share capital (provided that the reduction is fair and reasonable to our shareholders as a whole and does not materially prejudice our ability to pay creditors) or buy back our Ordinary Shares whether under an equal access buy-back or on a selective basis.

 

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Change of Control

 

Takeovers of Australian public companies, such as Alta are regulated by the Corporations Act, which prohibits the acquisition of a “relevant interest” in issued share capital of a public company if the acquisition will lead to that person’s or someone else’s voting power in the company (when aggregated with their “associates”) increasing from 20% or below to more than 20%, or increasing from a starting point that is above 20% and below 90%, subject to a range of exceptions.

 

Generally, a person will have a relevant interest in the securities of a company if the person:

 

  is the holder of the securities;
  has power to exercise, or control the exercise of, a right to vote attached to the securities; or
  has the power to dispose of, or control the exercise of a power to dispose of, the securities, including any indirect or direct power or control.

 

If, at a particular time, a person has a relevant interest in issued securities and the person:

 

  has entered or enters into an agreement with another person with respect to the securities;
  has given or gives another person an enforceable right, or has been or is given an enforceable right by another person, in relation to the securities (whether the right is enforceable presently or in the future and whether or not on the fulfillment of a condition);
  has granted or grants an option to, or has been or is granted an option by, another person with respect to the securities; or
  the other person would have a relevant interest in the securities if the agreement were performed, the right enforced or the option exercised,

 

then the other person is taken to already have a relevant interest in the securities.

 

There are a number of exceptions to the above prohibition on acquiring a relevant interest in issued share capital in a company above 20%. In general terms, applicable exceptions which may apply include a regulated takeover, or a “whitewash resolution” of shareholders, among other exemptions.

 

ASIC and the Australian Takeovers Panel have a wide range of powers relating to breaches of takeover provisions, including the ability to make orders canceling contracts, freezing transfers of, and rights attached to, securities, and forcing a party to dispose of securities. There are certain defenses to breaches of the takeover provisions provided in the Corporations Act. Our Constitution, which is included as an exhibit to this registration statement to which this prospectus forms a part, also contains a requirement for our shareholders to approve any proportionate takeover bid (i.e., a bid for a specified proportion of a class of securities) without the approval of a majority of our shareholders voting at a general meeting. For these provisions to be effective they must be approved by shareholders at a general meeting at least every three years. The clause in the Constitution is operative until July 20, 2026 unless re-approved for a longer period. The existence of these provisions may have the effect of discouraging proportionate takeover bids.

 

Transfer Agent and Registrar

 

The transfer agent and registrar for our Ordinary Shares is VStock Transfer, LLC. Its address is 18 Lafayette Place, Woodmere, NY 11598, and its telephone number is (212) 828-8436.

 

Listing

 

Our Ordinary Shares are listed on the NYSE American under the symbol “MMA.”

 

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DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES WE ARE OFFERING

 

We are offering up to 3,619,303 Ordinary Shares and up to 3,619,303 Pre-Funded Warrants to purchase up to 3,619,303 Ordinary Shares. We are also registering the Ordinary Shares issuable from time to time upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants offered hereby.

 

Common Stock

 

The material terms and provisions of our Ordinary Shares are described under the caption “Description of Share Capital” in this prospectus and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Pre-Funded Warrants

 

The following summary of certain terms and provisions of Pre-Funded Warrants that are being offered hereby is not complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the provisions of the Pre-Funded Warrant, the form of which is filed as an exhibit hereto and which is incorporated by reference into the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. Prospective investors should carefully review the terms and provisions of the form of Pre-Funded Warrant for a complete description of the terms and conditions of the Pre-Funded Warrants.

 

Duration and Exercise Price

 

Each Pre-Funded Warrant offered hereby will have an initial exercise price of $0.001 per share. The Pre-Funded Warrants will be immediately exercisable and may be exercised at any time until the Pre-Funded Warrants are exercised in full. The exercise price and number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise is subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of stock dividends, stock splits, reorganizations or similar events affecting our Ordinary Shares and the exercise price.

 

Exercisability

 

The Pre-Funded Warrants will be exercisable, at the option of each holder, in whole or in part, by delivering a duly executed exercise notice accompanied by payment in full for the number of Ordinary Shares purchased upon such exercise (except in the case of a cashless exercise as discussed below). A holder (together with its affiliates) may not exercise any portion of the Pre-Funded Warrant to the extent that the holder would own more than 4.99% (or, at the election of a purchaser, 9.99%) of the outstanding Ordinary Shares immediately after exercise, except that upon at least 61 days’ prior notice from the holder to us, the holder may increase the amount of ownership of outstanding stock after exercising the holder’s Pre-Funded Warrants up to 9.99% of the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to the exercise, as such percentage ownership is determined in accordance with the terms of the Pre-Funded Warrants. No fractional Ordinary Shares will be issued in connection with the exercise of a Pre-Funded Warrant. In lieu of fractional shares, we will pay the holder an amount in cash equal to the fractional amount multiplied by the exercise price.

 

Cashless Exercise

 

In lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to us upon such exercise in payment of the aggregate exercise price, the holder may elect instead to receive upon such exercise (either in whole or in part) the net number of Ordinary Shares determined according to a formula set forth in the Pre-Funded Warrants.

 

Fundamental Transaction

 

In the event of a fundamental transaction, as described in the Pre-Funded Warrants and generally including any reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification of our Ordinary Shares, the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of our properties or assets, our consolidation or merger with or into another person, the acquisition of more than 50% of our outstanding voting securities, the holders of the Pre-Funded Warrants will be entitled to receive upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property that the holders would have received had they exercised the Pre-Funded Warrants immediately prior to such fundamental transaction, other than one in which a successor entity that is a publicly traded corporation (whose stock is quoted or listed for trading on a national securities exchange, including, but not limited to, the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market or the Nasdaq Capital Market) assumes the Pre-Funded Warrants such that the Pre-Funded Warrants shall be exercisable for the publicly traded common stock of such successor entity.

 

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Transferability

 

Subject to applicable laws, a Pre-Funded Warrant may be transferred at the option of the holder upon surrender of the Pre-Funded Warrant to us together with the appropriate instruments of transfer.

 

Exchange Listing

 

We do not intend to list the Pre-Funded Warrants on any securities exchange or nationally recognized trading system.

 

Rights as a Stockholder

 

Except as otherwise provided in the Pre-Funded Warrants or by virtue of such holder’s ownership of, the holders of the Pre-Funded Warrants do not have the rights or privileges of holders of our Ordinary Shares, including any voting rights, until they exercise their Pre-Funded Warrants.

 

SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE

 

Future sales of substantial amounts of our Ordinary Shares, including Ordinary Shares issued upon exercise of outstanding options, in the public market in the United States, or the possibility of such sales, could negatively affect the market price in the United States of our Ordinary Shares and our ability to raise equity capital in the future.

 

Upon completion of this offering, there will be outstanding 13,947,989 Ordinary Shares assuming no sale of Pre-Funded Warrants and no exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional Ordinary Shares and/or Pre-Funded Warrants. Of that amount, 3,619,303 Ordinary Shares will be publicly held by investors participating in this offering, and 10,328,686 Ordinary Shares  will be held by our existing shareholders, some of whom may be our “affiliates” as that term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act. All of the Ordinary Shares sold in the offering will be freely transferable in the United States by persons other than our “affiliates,” as that term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act. As defined in Rule 144, an “affiliate” of an issuer is a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the issuer. Ordinary Shares purchased by one of our affiliates may not be resold, except pursuant to an effective registration statement or an exemption from registration, including Rule 144 under the Securities Act (as described below).

 

The Ordinary Shares held by existing shareholders are, and any Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of options outstanding following the completion of this offering will be, “restricted securities,” as that term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act. These restricted securities may be sold in the United States only if they are registered or if they qualify for an exemption from registration under Rule 144 or Rule 701 under the Securities Act. These rules are described below.

 

Lock-up Agreements

 

We, along with our directors and executive officers, have agreed with the underwriters that for a period of three months, in the case of our officers and directors only if the offering is consummated after December 27, 2024, after the date of this prospectus, referred to herein as the restricted period, subject to specified exceptions will not, without the prior written consent of ThinkEquity LLC, offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right, or warrant to purchase, lend or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any of our Ordinary Shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for our Ordinary Shares, or enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of our Ordinary Shares. In addition, ThinkEquity LLC, as representative of the underwriters, may in its discretion release some or all of the shares subject to the lock-up agreements prior to the expiration of the restricted period at any time, subject applicable notice requirements and in some cases, without public notice. If such a release is granted for one of our officers or directors, ThinkEquity LLC, as representative of the underwriters, will, at least three business days before the effective date of such release, notify us of the impending release, and we will announce the impending release by press release through a major news service at least two business days before the effective date of the release.

 

Rule 144

 

In general, under Rule 144 of the Securities Act and beginning 90 days after the date of this prospectus, a person who is not deemed to have been our affiliate at any time during the three months preceding a sale and who has beneficially owned “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144 for more than six months may be entitled to sell an unlimited number of shares, subject only to the availability of current public information about us. A non-affiliate who has beneficially owned “restricted securities” for at least one year from the later of the date these shares were acquired from us or from our affiliate would be entitled to freely sell those shares.

 

A person who is deemed to be an affiliate of ours and who has beneficially owned “restricted securities” for at least six months would be entitled to sell, within any three-month period, a number of shares that is not more than the greater of:

 

  1.0% of the number of our Ordinary Shares then outstanding; or
  the average weekly reported trading volume of our Ordinary Shares on NYSE American during the four calendar weeks preceding the date on which a notice of the sale on Form 144 is filed with the SEC by such person.

 

Sales under Rule 144 of the Securities Act by persons who are deemed to be our affiliates are also subject to manner-of-sale provisions, notice requirements and the availability of current public information about us as specified in Rule 144. In addition, in each case, these shares would remain subject to lock-up arrangements and would only become eligible for sale when the lock-up period expires.

 

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Regulation S

 

Regulation S provides generally that sales made in offshore transactions are not subject to the registration or prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.

 

Rule 701

 

Rule 701 under the Securities Act, as in effect on the date of this prospectus, permits resales of shares in reliance upon Rule 144 but without compliance with certain restrictions of Rule 144, including the holding period requirement. If any of our employees, executive officers, directors consultants or advisors purchase Ordinary Shares under a written compensatory plan or contract, they may be entitled to rely on the resale provisions of Rule 701, but all holders of Rule 701 Ordinary Shares would be required to wait until ninety (90) days after the date of this prospectus before selling any such shares.

 

Equity Incentive Plans

 

We intend to file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act covering the Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under our equity incentive plans. The registration statement is expected to be filed and become effective as soon as practicable after the completion of this offering. Accordingly, shares registered under the Form S-8 registration statement will be available for sale in the open market following the registration statement’s effective date, subject to Rule 144 volume limitations and the lock-up agreements described above, if applicable.

 

TAXATION

 

The following is a summary of certain material U.S. federal and Australian income tax considerations to U.S. Holders, as defined below, of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants. This discussion is based on the laws in force as of the date of this registration statement, and is subject to changes in the relevant income tax law, including changes that could have retroactive effect. The following summary does not take into account or discuss the tax laws of any country or other taxing jurisdiction other than the United States and Australia. Holders are advised to consult their tax advisors concerning the overall tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants in their particular circumstances. This discussion is not intended, and should not be construed, as legal or professional tax advice. Each investor should consult its own tax adviser with regard to the application of the U.S. federal tax laws to their particular situation, as well as any tax consequences arising under the laws of any state, local or non-U.S. taxing jurisdiction.

 

This summary does not address the effects of U.S. federal estate and gift tax laws, the alternative minimum tax, the Medicare tax on certain net investment income or any state and local tax considerations within the United States, and is not a comprehensive description of all U.S. federal or Australian income tax considerations that may be relevant to a decision to acquire or dispose of Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants. Furthermore, this summary does not address U.S. federal or Australian income tax considerations relevant to holders subject to taxing jurisdictions other than, or in addition to, the United States and Australia, and does not address all possible categories of holders, some of which may be subject to special tax rules.

 

Certain Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations

 

The following summary, subject to the limitations set forth below, describes certain material U.S. federal income tax consequences to a U.S. Holder (as defined below) of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of our Ordinary Shares, Pre-Funded Warrants or Ordinary Shares received upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants as of the date hereof. Except where noted, this summary is limited to U.S. Holders who purchase Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants in the offering and hold such shares as capital assets within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code.

 

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This section does not discuss the tax consequences to any particular holder, nor any tax considerations that may apply to U.S. Holders subject to special tax rules, such as:

 

  insurance companies;
  banks or other financial institutions;
  individual retirement and other tax-deferred accounts;
  regulated investment companies;
  real estate investment trusts;
  individuals who are former U.S. citizens or former long-term U.S. residents;
  brokers, dealers or traders in securities, commodities or currencies;
  traders that elect to use a mark-to-market method of accounting;
  investors subject to special tax accounting rules as a result of any item of gross income with respect to our Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants being taken into account in an applicable financial statement;
  persons holding our Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants through a partnership (including an entity or arrangement treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) or S corporation;
  grantor trusts;
  tax-exempt entities;
  persons that hold Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants as a position in a straddle or as part of a hedging, constructive sale, conversion or other integrated transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes;
  persons that have a functional currency other than the U.S. dollar;
  persons that hold our Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants in connection with a trade or business outside the United States;
  persons that own (directly, indirectly or constructively) 5% or more of our equity;
  persons subject to special tax accounting rules under Section 451(b) of the Code; or
  persons that are not U.S. Holders (as defined below).

 

In this section, a “U.S. Holder” means a beneficial owner of Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants that is, for U.S. federal income tax purposes:

 

  an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States;
  a corporation (or any other entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia;
  an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or
  a trust (i) the administration of which is subject to the primary supervision of a court in the United States and for which one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions or (ii) that has an election in effect under applicable income tax regulations to be treated as a U.S. person for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

In addition, this summary does not address the 3.8% Medicare contribution tax imposed on certain net investment income, the U.S. federal estate and gift tax or the alternative minimum tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership, and disposition of our Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants. We have not received nor do we expect to seek a ruling from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, or the IRS, regarding any matter discussed herein. No assurance can be given that the IRS would not assert, or that a court would not sustain, a position contrary to any of those set forth below. Each prospective investor should consult its own tax advisors with respect to the U.S. federal, state, local and non-U.S. tax consequences of acquiring, owning and disposing of our Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants.

 

If an entity or arrangement treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes acquires, owns or disposes of Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants, the U.S. federal income tax treatment of a partner in such partnership generally will depend on the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. Any such partner or partnership should consult its own tax advisor as to the U.S. federal income tax consequences of acquiring, owning and disposing of our Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants.

 

The discussion below is based upon the provisions of the Code, and the U.S. Treasury regulations, rulings and judicial decisions thereunder as of the date hereof, and such authorities may be replaced, revoked or modified, possibly with retroactive effect, so as to result in U.S. federal income tax consequences different from those discussed below.

 

You are urged to consult your own tax advisor with respect to the U.S. federal, as well as state, local and non-U.S., tax consequences to you of acquiring, owning and disposing of Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants in light of your particular circumstances, including the possible effects of changes in U.S. federal and other tax laws.

 

Distributions

 

As described in “Dividends and Dividend Policy” above, we do not currently anticipate paying any distributions on our Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants in the foreseeable future. However, to the extent there are any distributions made with respect to our Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants in the foreseeable future, and subject to the passive foreign investment company, or PFIC, rules discussed below, the gross amount of any such distributions (without deduction for any withholding tax) made out of our current or accumulated earnings and profits (as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes) will generally be taxable to you as ordinary dividend income on the date such distribution is actually or constructively received. Distributions in excess of our current and accumulated earnings and profits, as so determined, will be treated first as a tax-free return of capital to the extent of your adjusted tax basis in the Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants, as applicable, and thereafter as capital gain. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we do not intend to maintain calculations of earnings and profits, as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Consequently, you should expect to treat any distributions paid with respect to our Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants as dividend income. See “Backup Withholding Tax and Information Reporting Requirements” below. If you are a corporate U.S. Holder, dividends paid to you generally will not be eligible for the dividends-received deduction generally allowed under the Code.

 

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If you are a non-corporate U.S. Holder, dividends paid to you by a “qualified foreign corporation” may be subject to taxation at a maximum rate of 20% if the dividends are “qualified dividends.” Dividends will be treated as qualified dividends if (a) certain holding period requirements are satisfied, (b) we are eligible for benefits under the Convention between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Australia for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income, as amended, or the Treaty, or our Ordinary Shares are readily tradable on an established U.S. securities market, and (c) we were not, in the taxable year prior to the year in which the dividend was paid, and are not, in the taxable year in which the dividend is paid, a PFIC.

 

We do not believe we were a PFIC for our taxable years ended June 30, 2022 and 2023, and do not expect to be a PFIC for our taxable year ended June 30, 2024. However, our status as a PFIC in the current taxable year ending June 30, 2024 and future taxable years will depend in part upon our use of the funds from the offering, as well as our income and assets (which for this purpose depends in part on the market value of our shares) in those years. See the discussion below under “Passive Foreign Investment Company.” In addition, although we believe that our Ordinary Shares will generally be considered to be readily tradable on an established securities market, there can be no assurance that the Ordinary Shares will continue to be considered readily tradable on an established securities market in later years. You should consult your tax advisor regarding the availability of the reduced tax rate on any dividends paid with respect to our Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants.

 

Includible distributions paid in Australian dollars, including any Australian withholding taxes, will be included in your gross income in a U.S. dollar amount calculated by reference to the spot exchange rate in effect on the date of actual or constructive receipt, regardless of whether the Australian dollars are converted into U.S. dollars at that time. If Australian dollars are converted into U.S. dollars on the date of actual or constructive receipt, your tax basis in those Australian dollars will be equal to their U.S. dollar value on that date and, as a result, you generally should not be required to recognize any foreign exchange gain or loss.

 

If Australian dollars so received are not converted into U.S. dollars on the date of receipt, you will have a basis in the Australian dollars equal to their U.S. dollar value on the date of receipt. Any gain or loss on a subsequent conversion or other disposition of the Australian dollars generally will be treated as ordinary income or loss to you and generally will be income or loss from sources within the United States for foreign tax credit limitation purposes.

 

Dividends you receive with respect to Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants will be treated as foreign source income, which may be relevant in calculating your foreign tax credit limitation. The limitation on foreign taxes eligible for credit is calculated separately with respect to specific classes of income. For these purposes, dividends generally will be categorized as “passive” income. Subject to certain limitations, you generally will be entitled, at your option, to claim either a credit against your U.S. federal income tax liability or a deduction in computing its U.S. federal taxable income in respect of any Australian taxes withheld. If you elect to claim a deduction, rather than a foreign tax credit, for Australian taxes withheld for a particular taxable year, the election will apply to all foreign taxes paid or accrued by you or on your behalf in the particular taxable year.

 

The availability of the foreign tax credit and the application of the limitations on its availability are fact specific and are subject to complex rules. You are urged to consult your own tax advisor as to the consequences of Australian withholding taxes and the availability of a foreign tax credit or deduction. See “Australian Tax Considerations-Taxation of Dividends.”

 

Sale, Exchange or Other Disposition of Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants

 

Subject to the PFIC rules discussed below, you generally will, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, recognize capital gain or loss on a sale, exchange or other disposition of Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants equal to the difference between the amount realized on the disposition (determined in the case of sales, exchanges or dispositions in currencies other than U.S. dollars by reference to the spot exchange rate in effect on the date of the sale, exchange or disposition or, if sold, exchanged or disposed of on an established securities market and you are a cash basis taxpayer or an electing accrual basis taxpayer, the spot exchange rate in effect on the settlement date) and your adjusted tax basis (as determined in U.S. dollars) in the Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants. Your initial tax basis will be your U.S. dollar purchase price for such Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants. If you are an accrual basis taxpayer that is not eligible to or does not elect to determine the amount realized using the spot rate on the settlement date, you will recognize foreign currency gain or loss to the extent of any difference between the U.S. dollar amount realized on the date of sale, exchange or disposition and the U.S. dollar value of the currency received at the spot rate on the settlement date.

 

Assuming we are not a PFIC and have not been treated as a PFIC during your holding period for your Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants, this recognized gain or loss will generally be long-term capital gain or loss if you have held the Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants for more than one year. Generally, if you are a non-corporate U.S. Holder, long-term capital gains are subject to U.S. federal income tax at preferential rates. For foreign tax credit limitation purposes, gain or loss recognized upon a disposition generally will be treated as from sources within the United States. However, in limited circumstances, the Treaty can re-source U.S. source income as Australian source income. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to limitations for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

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You should consult your own tax advisor regarding the availability of a foreign tax credit or deduction in respect of any Australian tax imposed on a sale or other disposition of Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants. See “Australian Tax Considerations-Tax on Sales or other Dispositions of Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants.”

 

Passive Foreign Investment Company

 

The rules governing PFICs can result in adverse tax consequences to U.S. Holders. We generally will be classified as a PFIC for any taxable year if (i) at least 75% of our gross income for the taxable year consists of certain types of passive income (the “Income Test”) or (ii) at least 50% of our gross assets during the taxable year, based on a quarterly average and generally determined by value, produce or are held for the production of passive income (the “Asset Test”). Passive income for this purpose generally includes, among other things, dividends, interest, rents, royalties, gains from commodities and securities transactions and gains from the disposition of assets that produce or are held for the production of passive income. In determining whether a foreign corporation is a PFIC, a pro-rata portion of the income and assets of each corporation in which it owns, directly or indirectly, at least a 25% interest (by value) is taken into account. Under this rule, we should be deemed to own a proportionate share of the assets and to have received a proportionate share of the income of our principal subsidiaries for purposes of the PFIC determination.

 

Although we do not believe that we were a PFIC for the current year, our determination is based on an interpretation of complex provisions of the law, which are subject to changes, potentially retroactively. In addition, because PFIC status is determined on an annual basis based on facts and circumstances, and generally cannot be determined until the end of the taxable year, and because the calculation of the value of our assets may be based in part on the value of our securities, which may fluctuate considerably, there can be no assurance that we are not a PFIC for the current taxable year or will not be a PFIC for future taxable years.

 

U.S. Federal Income Tax Treatment of a Shareholder of a PFIC

 

If we are a PFIC for any taxable year during which you hold Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants, absent certain elections (including the mark-to-market election or qualified electing fund election described below), you generally will be subject to adverse rules (regardless of whether we continue to be classified as a PFIC) with respect to (1) any “excess distribution” (generally, any distributions you receive on your Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants in a taxable year that are greater than 125% of the average annual distributions you receive in the three preceding taxable years or, if shorter, your holding period) and (2) any gain recognized from a sale or other disposition (including a pledge) of such Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants. Under these rules:

 

  the excess distribution or gain will be allocated ratably over your holding period for the Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants;
  the amount allocated to the current taxable year, and any taxable year prior to the first taxable year in which we were classified as a PFIC in the U.S. holder’s holding period, will be treated as ordinary income arising in the current taxable year; and
  the amount allocated to each other taxable year during your holding period in which we were classified as a PFIC (i) will be subject to income tax at the highest rate in effect for that year and applicable to you and (ii) will be subject to an interest charge generally applicable to underpayments of tax with respect to the resulting tax attributable to each such year.

 

In addition, if you are a non-corporate U.S. Holder, you will not be eligible for reduced rates of taxation on any dividends that we pay if we are a PFIC for either the taxable year in which the dividend is paid or the preceding year.

 

Although PFIC status is determined annually, if you held Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants during any taxable year while we were a PFIC, such determination generally will apply to you for subsequent years, whether or not we meet either the Income Test or Asset Test for PFIC status in those subsequent years. However, if we cease to be a PFIC, or Pre-Funded Warrants you can avoid the continuing impact of the PFIC rules by making a special election to recognize gain as if your Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants had been sold on the last day of the last taxable year during which we were a PFIC. You are urged to consult your tax advisor about this election.

 

If we are a PFIC, the tax liability for amounts allocated to years prior to the year of disposition or excess distribution cannot be offset by any net operating loss, and gains (but not losses) recognized on the transfer of the Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants cannot be treated as capital gains, even if the Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants are held as capital assets. Furthermore, unless otherwise provided by the U.S. Treasury Department, if we are a PFIC, you will be required to file an annual report (currently Form 8621) describing your interest in us, making an election on how to report PFIC income, and providing other information about your share of our income and any gain realized on the disposition of our Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants.

 

If we are a PFIC for any taxable year during which any of our non-U.S. subsidiaries is also a PFIC, during such year you would be treated as owning a proportionate amount (by value) of the shares of the lower-tier PFIC for purposes of the application of these rules to such subsidiary. It is possible that any subsidiary we own would be a PFIC for the current taxable year or future taxable years. You should consult your tax advisor regarding the tax consequences if the PFIC rules apply to any of our subsidiaries.

 

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PFIC “Mark-to-market” Election

 

In certain circumstances, a holder of “marketable stock” of a PFIC can avoid certain of the adverse rules described above by making a mark-to-market election with respect to such stock. For purposes of these rules, “marketable stock” is stock which is “regularly traded” (traded in greater than de minimis quantities on at least 15 days during each calendar quarter) on a “qualified exchange” or other market within the meaning of applicable U.S. Treasury Regulations. A “qualified exchange” includes a national securities exchange that is registered with the SEC.

 

If you make a mark-to-market election, you must include in gross income, as ordinary income, for each taxable year that we are a PFIC an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the fair market value of your Ordinary Shares that are “marketable stock” at the close of the taxable year over your adjusted tax basis in such Ordinary Shares. If you make such election, you may also claim a deduction as an ordinary loss in each such year for the excess, if any, of your adjusted tax basis in such Ordinary Shares over their fair market value at the end of the year, but only to the extent of the net amount previously included in income as a result of the mark-to-market election. The adjusted tax basis of your Ordinary Shares with respect to which the mark-to-market election applies would be adjusted to reflect amounts included in gross income or allowed as a deduction because of such election. If you make an effective mark-to-market election, any gain you recognize upon the sale or other disposition of your Ordinary Shares in a year that we are a PFIC will be treated as ordinary income and any loss will be treated as ordinary loss, but only to the extent of the net amount previously included in income as a result of the mark-to-market election.

 

Under current law, the mark-to-market election may be available to U.S. Holders of Ordinary Shares if the Ordinary Shares are listed on the NYSE American, which constitutes a qualified exchange, although there can be no assurance that the Ordinary Shares will be “regularly traded” for purposes of the mark-to-market election. Additionally, because a mark-to-market election cannot be made for equity interests in any lower-tier PFIC that we may own, if you make a mark-to-mark election with respect to us, you may continue to be subject to the PFIC rules with respect to any indirect investments held by us that are treated as an equity interest in a PFIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes, notwithstanding the fact that the value of such equity interest had already been taken into account indirectly via mark-to-market adjustments. Additionally, a mark-to-market election may not be available with respect to the Pre-Funded Warrants, which are not regularly traded on a qualified exchange.

 

If you make a mark-to-market election, it will be effective for the taxable year for which the election is made and all subsequent taxable years unless the Ordinary Shares are no longer regularly traded on a qualified exchange or the IRS consents to the revocation of the election. You are urged to consult your tax advisors about the availability of the mark-to-market election, and whether making the election would be advisable in your particular circumstances.

 

PFIC “QEF” election

 

Alternatively, in certain cases a U.S. Holder can avoid the interest charge and the other adverse PFIC tax consequences described above by obtaining certain information from the PFIC and electing to treat us as a “qualified electing fund” under Section 1295 of the Code. However, we do not anticipate that this option will be available to you because we do not intend to provide the information regarding our income that would be necessary to permit you to make this election.

 

You are urged to contact your own tax advisor regarding the determination of whether we are a PFIC and the tax consequences of such status.

 

Backup Withholding Tax and Information Reporting Requirements

 

Payments of dividends with respect to the Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants and proceeds from the sale, exchange or other disposition of the Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants, by a U.S. paying agent or other U.S. intermediary, or made into the United States, will be reported to the IRS and to you as may be required under applicable Treasury regulations. Backup withholding may apply to these payments if you fail to provide an accurate taxpayer identification number or certification of exempt status or otherwise fail to comply with applicable certification requirements. Certain U.S. Holders (including, among others, corporations) are not subject to backup withholding and information reporting. Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules from a payment to you will be refunded (or credited against your U.S. federal income tax liability, if any), provided the required information is timely furnished to the IRS. Prospective investors should consult their own tax advisors as to their qualification for exemption from backup withholding and the procedure for establishing an exemption.

 

Certain individual U.S. Holders (and under Treasury regulations, certain entities) may be required to report to the IRS (currently on Form 8938) information with respect to their investment in the Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants not held through an account with a U.S. financial institution.

 

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The discussion above is not intended to constitute a complete analysis of all tax considerations applicable to an investment in Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants. You should consult with your own tax advisor concerning the tax consequences to you in your particular situation.

 

Treatment of Pre-Funded Warrants

 

Although it is not entirely free from doubt, we believe that a Pre-Funded Warrant should be treated as a separate class of our Ordinary Shares for U.S. federal income tax purposes and a U.S. Holder of Pre-Funded Warrants should generally be taxed in the same manner as a holder of Ordinary Shares except as described below. Accordingly, no gain or loss should be recognized upon the exercise of a Pre-Funded Warrant and, upon exercise, the holding period of a Pre-Funded Warrant should carry over to the Ordinary Shares received. Similarly, the tax basis of the Pre-Funded Warrant should carry over to the Ordinary Shares received upon exercise, increased by the exercise price of $0.001 per Ordinary Share. However, such characterization is not binding on the IRS, and the IRS may treat the Pre-Funded Warrants as warrants to acquire Ordinary Shares. If so, the amount and character of a U.S. Holder’s gain with respect to an investment in Pre-Funded Warrants could change. Accordingly, each U.S. Holder should consult its own tax advisor regarding the risks associated with the acquisition of a Pre-Funded Warrant pursuant to this offering (including potential alternative characterizations). The balance of this discussion generally assumes that the characterization described above is respected for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

Australian Tax Considerations

 

In this section, we discuss the material Australian income tax, stamp duty and goods and services tax considerations related to the acquisition, ownership and disposal by the absolute beneficial owners of the Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants. This discussion has been reviewed by K&L Gates, Australian counsel to Alta with respect to certain tax matters.

 

It is based upon existing Australian tax law as of the date of this registration statement, which is subject to change, possibly retrospectively. This discussion does not address all aspects of Australian tax law which may be important to particular investors in light of their individual investment circumstances, such as shares held by investors subject to special tax rules (for example, financial institutions, insurance companies or tax exempt organizations). In addition, this summary does not discuss any foreign or state tax considerations, other than stamp duty.

 

Prospective investors are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the Australian and foreign income and other tax considerations of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of the shares. As used in this summary a “Non-Australian Shareholder” is a holder that is not an Australian tax resident and is not carrying on business in Australia through a permanent establishment.

 

Taxation of Dividends

 

Australia operates a dividend imputation system under which dividends may be declared to be “franked” to the extent of tax paid on company profits. Fully franked dividends paid to Non-Australian Shareholders are not subject to dividend withholding tax. An exemption for dividend withholding tax can also apply to unfranked dividends that are declared to be conduit foreign income, or CFI, and paid to Non-Australian Shareholders. Dividend withholding tax will be imposed at 30%, unless a shareholder is a resident of a country with which Australia has a double taxation agreement and qualifies for the benefits of the treaty. Under the provisions of the current Treaty, the Australian tax withheld on unfranked dividends that are not declared to be CFI paid by us to a resident of the United States which is beneficially entitled to that dividend is limited to 15% where that resident is a qualified person for the purposes of the Treaty.

 

If a Non-Australian Shareholder is a company and owns a 10% or more interest, the Australian tax withheld on dividends paid by us to which a resident of the United States is beneficially entitled is limited to 5%. In limited circumstances the rate of withholding can be reduced to zero.

 

Tax on Sales or other Dispositions of Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants-Capital gains tax

 

Non-Australian Shareholders will not be subject to Australian capital gains tax on the gain made on a sale or other disposal of Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants, unless they, together with associates, hold 10% or more of our issued capital, at the time of disposal or for 12 months of the last two years prior to disposal.

 

Non-Australian Shareholders who own a 10% or more interest would be subject to Australian capital gains tax if more than 50% of our direct or indirect assets, determined by reference to market value, consists of Australian land, leasehold interests or Australian mining, quarrying or prospecting rights. The Treaty is unlikely to limit Australia’s right to tax any gain in these circumstances. Net capital gains are calculated after reduction for capital losses, which may only be offset against capital gains.

 

Tax on Sales or other Dispositions of Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants-Shareholders Holding Shares on Revenue Account

 

Some Non-Australian Shareholders may hold shares on revenue rather than on capital account for example, share traders. These shareholders may have the gains made on the sale or other disposal of the shares included in their assessable income under the ordinary income taxing provisions of the income tax law, if the gains are sourced in Australia.

 

Non-Australian Shareholders assessable under these ordinary income provisions in respect of gains made on shares held on revenue account would be assessed for such gains at the Australian tax rates for non-Australian residents, which start at a marginal rate of 32.5%. Some relief from Australian income tax may be available to Non-Australian Shareholders under the Treaty. Non-Australian Shareholders that are companies deriving Australian sourced income will be assessed at the applicable Australian corporate tax of either 25% or 30%, depending on the composition and level of income derived by the corporate shareholder.

 

To the extent an amount would be included in a Non-Australian Shareholder’s assessable income under both the capital gains tax provisions and the ordinary income provisions, the capital gain amount would generally be reduced, so that the shareholder would not be subject to double tax on any part of the income gain or capital gain.

 

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Dual Residency

 

If a shareholder is a resident of both Australia and the United States under those countries’ domestic taxation laws, that shareholder may be subject to tax as an Australian resident. If, however, the shareholder is determined to be a U.S. resident for the purposes of the Treaty, the Australian tax would be subject to limitation by the Treaty. Shareholders should obtain specialist taxation advice in these circumstances.

 

Stamp Duty

 

No stamp duty should be payable by Australian residents or non-Australian residents on the issue and trading of shares that are quoted on the ASX or NYSE American at all relevant times unless they acquire a significant interest (i.e., the shares that are subject of the arrangement do not represent 90% or more of all issued shares) and the company is a landholder for duty purposes.

 

Australian Death Duty

 

Australia does not have estate or death duties. As a general rule, no capital gains tax liability is realized upon the inheritance of a deceased person’s shares. The disposal of inherited shares by beneficiaries may, however, give rise to a capital gains tax liability if the gain falls within the scope of Australia’s jurisdiction to tax.

 

Goods and Services Tax

 

The issue or transfer of shares to a non-Australian resident investor will not incur Australian goods and services tax.

 

UNDERWRITING

 

ThinkEquity LLC, is acting as the representative of the underwriters of this offering, which we refer to as the Representative. Subject to the terms and conditions of an underwriting agreement entered into between the Company and the Representative (the “Underwriting Agreement”), we have agreed to sell to each underwriter named below and each underwriter named below has severally and not jointly agreed to purchase from us, at the public offering price per share less the underwriting discounts and commissions set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, the number of Ordinary Shares and Pre-Funded Warrants listed next to its name in the following table:

 

Name 

Number of

Ordinary Shares

  

Number of

Pre-Funded Warrants

 
ThinkEquity LLC                 
Total          

 

The Underwriting Agreement provides that the obligations of the underwriters to pay for and accept delivery of the Ordinary Shares and Pre-Funded Warrants offered by this prospectus are subject to various conditions and representations and warranties, including the approval of certain legal matters by their counsel and other conditions specified in the Underwriting Agreement. The Ordinary Shares and Pre-Funded Warrants are offered by the underwriters, subject to prior sale, when, as and if issued to and accepted by them. The underwriters reserve the right to withdraw, cancel or modify the offer to the public and to reject orders in whole or in part. The underwriters are obligated to take and pay for all of the Ordinary Shares and Pre-Funded Warrants offered by this prospectus if any such Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants are taken.

 

We expect that delivery of the Ordinary Shares and Pre-Funded Warrants will be made against payment therefor on or about , 2024. Under Rule 15c6-1 under the Exchange Act, trades in the secondary market are generally required to settle in one business day, unless the parties to any such trade expressly agree otherwise.

 

Over-Allotment Option

 

We have granted to the underwriters an option, exercisable no later than 45 calendar days after the closing of this offering, to purchase up to an additional 542,895 Ordinary Shares and/or Pre-Funded Warrants (15% of the Ordinary Shares and Pre-Funded Warrants, respectively, sold in this offering) from us to cover over-allotments, if any, at a price per Ordinary Shares and Pre-Funded Warrant equal to the public offering price for such Ordinary Shares and Pre-Funded Warrants, less the underwriting discounts and commissions. The underwriters may exercise this option only to cover over-allotments made in connection with this offering. If the underwriters exercise this option in whole or in part, then the underwriters will be severally committed, subject to the conditions described in the Underwriting Agreement, to purchase these additional Ordinary Shares and/or Pre-Funded Warrants. If any additional Ordinary Shares and/or Pre-Funded Warrants are purchased, the underwriters will offer the additional Ordinary Shares and/or Pre-Funded Warrants on the same terms as those on which the Ordinary Shares and/or Pre-Funded Warrants are being offered hereby.

 

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Discounts, Commissions and Expenses

 

The Representative has advised us that the underwriters propose to offer the Ordinary Shares and Pre-Funded Warrants to the public at the public offering price per share set forth on the cover page of this prospectus. The underwriters may offer Ordinary Shares and Pre-Funded Warrants to securities dealers at that price less a concession of not more than US$ per share. After the initial offering to the public, the public offering price and other selling terms may be changed by the Representative.

 

The following table shows the total underwriting discounts and commissions payable to the underwriters by us in connection with this offering (assuming both the exercise in full and non-exercise of the overallotment option to purchase additional Ordinary Shares and/or Pre-Funded Warrants we have granted to the underwriters):

 

   Per Ordinary
Share
   Per Pre-Funded Warrant   Total Without Over-allotment Option   Total With Over-allotment Option 
Public offering price  US$   US$            US$            
Underwriting discounts and commissions (7.5%)  US$   US$   US$      
Non-accountable expense allowance (1.0%)  US$   US$   US$      
Proceeds to us, before expenses  US$           US$   US$                     

 

We have paid an expense deposit of US$35,000 to the Representative, which will be applied against the Representative’s accountable out-of-pocket expenses (in compliance with FINRA Rule 5110(g)(4)) that are payable by us in connection with this offering and will be reimbursed to us to the extent not incurred. We have agreed to reimburse the Representative for the reasonably documented fees and expenses of its legal counsel in connection with the offering in an amount not to exceed US$125,000, the fees and expenses related to the use of Ipreo’s book building, prospectus tracking and compliance software for the offering in the amount of US$29,500, up to US$1,500 for each background check of any officer and director added since our IPO, the costs associated with bound volumes of the offering materials as well as commemorative mementos and lucite tombstones in an amount not to exceed US$3,000, data services and communications expenses up to US$10,000, actual accountable “road show” expenses up to US$10,000 and up to US$30,000 of the Representative’s market making and trading, and clearing firm settlement expenses for the offering.

 

We expect that the expenses of this offering payable by us, not including underwriting discounts and commissions, will be approximately US$230,000.

 

Indemnification

 

Pursuant to the underwriting agreement, we have agreed to indemnify the underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribute to payments that the underwriters or such other indemnified parties may be required to make in respect of those liabilities.

 

Representative’s Warrants

 

In addition, we have agreed to issue warrants to the representative to purchase a number of Ordinary Shares equal to 5% of the number of Ordinary Shares and Pre-Funded Warrants sold in this offering. These warrants will be exercisable at any time and from time to time, in whole or in part, during the four and one-half year period commencing 180 days from the commencement of sales of the securities in the offering, will have an exercise price equal to 125% of the public offering price and will terminate on the fifth anniversary of the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. The warrants and the underlying Ordinary Shares have been deemed compensation by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., or FINRA, and are therefore subject to FINRA Rule 5110(e)(1). In accordance with FINRA Rule 5110(e)(1), neither the underwriter warrants nor any of our shares issued upon exercise of the underwriter warrants may be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated, or be the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put or call transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition of such securities by any person, for a period of 180 days immediately following the date of effectiveness or commencement of sales of the offering pursuant to which the underwriter warrants are being issued, subject to certain exceptions.

 

Lock-Up Agreements

 

We have agreed not to (i) offer, pledge, issue, sell, contract to sell, purchase, contract to purchase, lend or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Ordinary Shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for our Ordinary Shares; (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of Ordinary Shares; or (iii) file any registration statement with the SEC relating to the offering of any of our Ordinary Shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for our Ordinary Shares, without the prior written consent of ThinkEquity LLC, for a period of three months following the date of this prospectus. These restrictions on future issuances are subject to exceptions for (i) the issuance of our Ordinary Shares, Pre-Funded Warrants and Ordinary Shares underlying the Pre-Funded Warrants sold in connection with this offering, (ii) the issuance of our Ordinary Shares or options to acquire our Ordinary Shares pursuant to our existing equity incentive plans and (iii) the filing of one or more registration statements on Form S-8 with respect to our Ordinary Shares underlying our equity incentive plans from time to time. ThinkEquity LLC, in its sole discretion, may waive or release us from the restrictions described above, in whole or in part at any time. In addition, we have agreed for a period of 24 months after the date of this prospectus, we will not directly or indirectly offer to sell, sell, contract to sell, grant any option to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of our capital stock or any securities convertibles or exercisable for shares of our capital stock in any “at-the-market,” continuous equity or variable rate transaction, without the prior written consent of ThinkEquity LLC.

 

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In connection with our initial public offering in March 2024, our directors and officers agreed with the underwriters, subject to certain exceptions, not to sell, transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any of our Ordinary Shares or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for our Ordinary Shares until March 27, 2025. In addition, each of our directors and executive officers will enter into a lock-up agreement with the Representative if this offering is consummated after December 27, 2024. Under the lock-up agreements, such persons may not, directly or indirectly, sell, offer to sell, contract to sell, or grant any option for the sale (including any short sale), grant any security interest in, pledge, hypothecate, hedge, establish an open “put equivalent position” (within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(h) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act), or otherwise dispose of, or enter into any transaction which is designed to or could be expected to result in the disposition of, any of our Ordinary Shares or securities convertible into or exchangeable for our Ordinary Shares, or publicly announce any intention to do any of the foregoing, without the prior written consent of ThinkEquity LLC, for a period of three months from the date of this prospectus with respect to officers and directors, in the case of any lock-up agreement in respect of this offering. These restrictions on future issuances are subject to certain exceptions, including:

 

transfers of Ordinary Shares or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares as a bona fide gift or, upon the death of the signatory, by will or intestacy; provided that no public announcement or filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, or any other public filing or disclosure, shall be made during the restricted period unless such filing is required and clearly indicates in the footnotes thereto that the transfer is by bona fide gift, will, or intestacy, as applicable;
transactions relating to Ordinary Shares or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares acquired in open market transactions after the completion of the offering of the Ordinary Shares; provided that no filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act is required or voluntarily made in connection with subsequent sales of the Ordinary Shares or such other securities acquired in such open market transactions;
transfers of Ordinary Shares or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares that occur by operation of law pursuant to a qualified domestic order in connection with a divorce settlement or other court order; provided that no public announcement or filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, or any other public filing or disclosure, shall be made during the restricted period, unless such filing is required and clearly indicates in the footnotes thereto that the transfer is by operation of law, court order, or in connection with a divorce settlement, as the case may be;
dispositions to any trust the beneficiaries of which are the signatory or immediate family members of the signatory, or, if the signatory is a trust, to any beneficiaries of such trust; provided that no public announcement or other filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, or any other public filing or disclosure reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of Ordinary Shares, shall be required or shall be voluntarily made during the restricted period;
transfers to an immediate family member or a trust formed for the benefit of an immediate family member; provided that no public announcement or other filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, or any other public filing or disclosure reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of Ordinary Shares, shall be required or shall be voluntarily made during the restricted period; and
transfers of Ordinary Shares or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares in connection with a tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction made to all holders of the Ordinary Shares involving a change of control.

 

Certain of the exceptions described above are subject to a requirement that the transferee enter into a lock-up agreement with the underwriters containing similar restrictions. The Representative, in its sole discretion, may release the Ordinary Shares subject to the lock-up agreements described above in whole or in part at any time.

 

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Electronic Distribution

 

This prospectus may be made available in electronic format on websites or through other online services maintained by the underwriters or by their affiliates. In those cases, prospective investors may view offering terms online and prospective investors may be allowed to place orders online. Other than this prospectus in electronic format, the information on the underwriters’ websites or our website and any information contained in any other websites maintained by any underwriters or by us is not part of this prospectus or the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, has not been approved and/or endorsed by us or the underwriters in their capacity as underwriters, and should not be relied upon by investors.

 

Price Stabilization, Short Positions and Penalty Bids

 

In connection with the offering the underwriters may engage in stabilizing transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids in accordance with Regulation M under the Exchange Act:

 

  Stabilizing transactions permit bids to purchase the underlying security so long as the stabilizing bids do not exceed a specified maximum.
  Sales by the underwriters of securities in excess of the number of securities the underwriters are obligated to purchase creates a syndicate short position. The underwriters may close out any syndicate short position by purchasing shares in the open market.
  Syndicate covering transactions involve purchases of Ordinary Shares in the open market after the distribution has been completed in order to cover syndicate short positions.
  Penalty bids permit the underwriters to reclaim a selling concession from a syndicate member when the Ordinary Shares originally sold by the syndicate member is purchased in a stabilizing or syndicate covering transaction to cover syndicate short positions.

 

These stabilizing transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids may have the effect of raising or maintaining the market price of our Ordinary Shares or preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of our Ordinary Shares. As a result, the price of our Ordinary Shares may be higher than the price that might otherwise exist in the open market. These transactions may be discontinued at any time.

 

Neither we nor the underwriters make any representation or prediction as to the direction or magnitude of any effect that the transactions described above may have on the price of our Ordinary Shares. In addition, neither we nor the underwriters make any representation that the underwriters will engage in these transactions or that any transaction, if commenced, will not be discontinued without notice.

 

Other Relationships

 

From time to time, certain of the underwriters and their affiliates may provide in the future, various advisory, investment and commercial banking and other services to us in the ordinary course of business, for which they may receive customary fees and commissions. However, except as disclosed in this prospectus, we have no present arrangements with any of the underwriters for any further services.

 

Pricing of the Offering

 

The public offering price will be determined by negotiations between us and the Representative. Among the factors to be considered in determining the public offering price are the current market price of our Ordinary Shares, our future prospects and those of our industry in general, certain financial and operating information in recent periods, and the price-earnings ratios, price-sales ratios, market prices of securities, and certain financial and operating information of companies engaged in activities similar to ours.

 

Offer Restrictions Outside the United States

 

Other than in the United States, no action has been taken by us or the underwriters that would permit a public offering of the Ordinary Shares and Pre-Funded Warrants offered by this prospectus in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. The Ordinary Shares and Pre-Funded Warrants offered by this prospectus may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, nor may this prospectus or any other offering material or advertisements in connection with the offer and sale of any such securities be distributed or published in any jurisdiction, except under circumstances that will result in compliance with the applicable rules and regulations of that jurisdiction. Persons into whose possession this prospectus comes are advised to inform themselves about and to observe any restrictions relating to the offering and the distribution of this prospectus. This prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities offered by this prospectus in any jurisdiction in which such an offer or a solicitation is unlawful.

 

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Australia

 

This prospectus is not a disclosure document under Chapter 6D of the Australian Corporations Act, has not been lodged with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and does not purport to include the information required of a disclosure document under Chapter 6D of the Australian Corporations Act. Accordingly, (i) the offer of the securities under this prospectus is only made to persons to whom it is lawful to offer the securities without disclosure under Chapter 6D of the Australian Corporations Act under one or more exemptions set out in section 708 of the Australian Corporations Act, (ii) this prospectus is made available in Australia only to those persons as set forth in clause (i) above, and (iii) the offeree must be sent a notice stating in substance that by accepting this offer, the offeree represents that the offeree is such a person as set forth in clause (i) above, and, unless permitted under the Australian Corporations Act, agrees not to sell or offer for sale within Australia any of the securities sold to the offeree within 12 months after its transfer to the offeree under this prospectus.

 

Canada

 

The securities may be sold in Canada only to purchasers purchasing, or deemed to be purchasing, as principal that are accredited investors, as defined in National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions or subsection 73.3(1) of the Securities Act (Ontario), and are permitted clients, as defined in National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations. Any resale of the securities must be made in accordance with an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the prospectus requirements of applicable securities laws. Securities legislation in certain provinces or territories of Canada may provide a purchaser with remedies for rescission or damages if this prospectus (including any amendment thereto) contains a misrepresentation, provided that the remedies for rescission or damages are exercised by the purchaser within the time limit prescribed by the securities legislation of the purchaser’s province or territory. The purchaser should refer to any applicable provisions of the securities legislation of the purchaser’s province or territory for particulars of these rights or consult with a legal advisor. Pursuant to section 3A.3 of National Instrument 33-105 Underwriting Conflicts (NI 33-105), the underwriters are not required to comply with the disclosure requirements of NI33-105 regarding underwriters’ conflicts of interest in connection with this offering.

 

China

 

The information in this document does not constitute a public offer of the securities, whether by way of sale or subscription, in the People’s Republic of China (excluding, for purposes of this paragraph, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macau Special Administrative Region and Taiwan). The securities may not be offered or sold directly or indirectly in the PRC to legal or natural persons other than directly to “qualified domestic institutional investors.”

 

European Economic Area

 

In relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area (each a “Relevant State”), none of our securities have been offered or will be offered pursuant to this offering to the public in that Relevant State prior to the publication of a prospectus in relation to such shares which has been approved by the competent authority in that Relevant State or, where appropriate, approved in another Relevant State and notified to the competent authority in that Relevant State, all in accordance with the Prospectus Regulation, except that it may make an offer to the public in that Relevant State of our securities at any time under the following exemptions under the Prospectus Regulation:

 

  to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Regulation;
  to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Regulation), subject to obtaining the prior consent of the underwriters; or
  in any other circumstances falling within Article 1(4) of the Prospectus Regulation,

 

provided that no such offer of securities shall require us or any underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Regulation or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 23 of the Prospectus Regulation.

 

In the case of any securities being offered to a financial intermediary as that term is used in Article 5(1) of the Prospectus Regulation, each such financial intermediary will be deemed to have represented, acknowledged and agreed that the securities acquired by it in the offer have not been acquired on a non-discretionary basis on behalf of, nor have they been acquired with a view to their offer or resale to, persons in circumstances which may give rise to an offer of any securities to the public other than their offer or resale in a Relevant State to qualified investors as so defined or in circumstances in which the prior consent of the underwriters has been obtained to each such proposed offer or resale.

 

For the purposes of this provision, the expression an “offer of securities to the public” in relation to any securities in any Relevant State means the communication in any form and by means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase securities, and the expression “Prospectus Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2017/1129.

 

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France

 

This document is not being distributed in the context of a public offering of financial securities (offre au public de titres financiers) in France within the meaning of Article L.411-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code (Code monétaire et financier) and Articles 211-1 et seq. of the General Regulation of the French Autorité des marchés financiers (“AMF”). The securities have not been offered or sold and will not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, to the public in France.

 

This document and any other offering material relating to the securities have not been, and will not be, submitted to the AMF for approval in France and, accordingly, may not be distributed or caused to distributed, directly or indirectly, to the public in France.

 

Such offers, sales and distributions have been and shall only be made in France to (i) qualified investors (investisseurs qualifiés) acting for their own account, as defined in and in accordance with Articles L.411-2-II-2 and D.411-1 to D.411-3, D. 744-1, D.754-1 and D.764-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code and any implementing regulation and/or (ii) a restricted number of non-qualified investors (cercle restreint d’investisseurs) acting for their own account, as defined in and in accordance with Articles L.411-2-II-2° and D.411-4, D.744-1, D.754-1 and D.764-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code and any implementing regulation.

 

Pursuant to Article 211-3 of the General Regulation of the AMF, investors in France are informed that the securities cannot be distributed (directly or indirectly) to the public by the investors otherwise than in accordance with Articles L.411-1, L.411-2, L.412-1 and L.621-8 to L.621-8-3 of the French Monetary and Financial Code.

 

Ireland

 

The information in this document does not constitute a prospectus under any Irish laws or regulations and this document has not been filed with or approved by any Irish regulatory authority as the information has not been prepared in the context of a public offering of securities in Ireland within the meaning of the Irish Prospectus (Directive 2003/71/EC) Regulations 2005 (the “Prospectus Regulations”). The securities have not been offered or sold, and will not be offered, sold or delivered directly or indirectly in Ireland by way of a public offering, except to (i) qualified investors as defined in Regulation 2(l) of the Prospectus Regulations and (ii) fewer than 100 natural or legal persons who are not qualified investors.

 

Israel

 

The securities offered by this prospectus have not been approved or disapproved by the Israeli Securities Authority, or ISA, nor have such securities been registered for sale in Israel. The securities may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, to the public in Israel, absent the publication of a prospectus. The ISA has not issued permits, approvals or licenses in connection with this offering or publishing the prospectus; nor has it authenticated the details included herein, confirmed their reliability or completeness, or rendered an opinion as to the quality of the securities being offered. Any resale in Israel, directly or indirectly, to the public of the securities offered by this prospectus is subject to restrictions on transferability and must be effected only in compliance with the Israeli securities laws and regulations.

 

Italy

 

The offering of the securities in the Republic of Italy has not been authorized by the Italian Securities and Exchange Commission (Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa, or CONSOB) pursuant to the Italian securities legislation and, accordingly, no offering material relating to the securities may be distributed in Italy and such securities may not be offered or sold in Italy in a public offer within the meaning of Article 1.1(t) of Legislative Decree No. 58 of 24 February 1998, or Decree No. 58, other than:

 

  to Italian qualified investors, as defined in Article 100 of Decree no. 58 by reference to Article 34-ter of CONSOB Regulation no. 11971 of 14 May 1999, or Regulation no. 1197l, as amended (“Qualified Investors”); and
     
  in other circumstances that are exempt from the rules on public offer pursuant to Article 100 of Decree No. 58 and Article 34-ter of Regulation No. 11971 as amended.

 

Any offer, sale or delivery of the securities or distribution of any offer document relating to the securities in Italy (excluding placements where a Qualified Investor solicits an offer from the issuer) under the paragraphs above must be:

 

  made by investment firms, banks or financial intermediaries permitted to conduct such activities in Italy in accordance with Legislative Decree No. 385 of 1 September 1993 (as amended), Decree No. 58, CONSOB Regulation No. 16190 of 29 October 2007 and any other applicable laws; and
     
  in compliance with all relevant Italian securities, tax and exchange controls and any other applicable laws.

 

Any subsequent distribution of the securities in Italy must be made in compliance with the public offer and prospectus requirement rules provided under Decree No. 58 and the Regulation No. 11971 as amended, unless an exception from those rules applies. Failure to comply with such rules may result in the sale of such securities being declared null and void and in the liability of the entity transferring the securities for any damages suffered by the investors.

 

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Japan

 

The securities have not been and will not be registered under Article 4, paragraph 1 of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948), as amended, or the FIEL, pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements applicable to a private placement of securities to Qualified Institutional Investors (as defined in and in accordance with Article 2, paragraph 3 of the FIEL and the regulations promulgated thereunder). Accordingly, the securities may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to, or for the benefit of, any resident of Japan other than Qualified Institutional Investors. Any Qualified Institutional Investor who acquires securities may not resell them to any person in Japan that is not a Qualified Institutional Investor, and acquisition by any such person of securities is conditional upon the execution of an agreement to that effect.

 

New Zealand

 

The securities offered hereby have not been offered or sold, and will not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly in New Zealand and no offering materials or advertisements have been or will be distributed in relation to any offer of shares in New Zealand, in each case other than:

 

  to persons whose principal business is the investment of money or who, in the course of and for the purposes of their business, habitually invest money;
  to persons who in all the circumstances can properly be regarded as having been selected otherwise than as members of the public;
  to persons who are each required to pay a minimum subscription price of at least NZ$500,000 for the securities before the allotment of those shares (disregarding any amounts payable, or paid, out of money lent by the issuer or any associated person of the issuer); or
  in other circumstances where there is no contravention of the Securities Act 1978 of New Zealand (or any statutory modification or reenactment of, or statutory substitution for, the Securities Act 1978 of New Zealand).

 

Portugal

 

This document is not being distributed in the context of a public offer of financial securities (oferta pública de valores mobiliários) in Portugal, within the meaning of Article 109 of the Portuguese Securities Code (Código dos Valores Mobiliários). The securities have not been offered or sold and will not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, to the public in Portugal. This document and any other offering material relating to the securities have not been, and will not be, submitted to the Portuguese Securities Market Commission (Comissăo do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários) for approval in Portugal and, accordingly, may not be distributed or caused to distributed, directly or indirectly, to the public in Portugal, other than under circumstances that are deemed not to qualify as a public offer under the Portuguese Securities Code. Such offers, sales and distributions of securities in Portugal are limited to persons who are “qualified investors” (as defined in the Portuguese Securities Code). Only such investors may receive this document and they may not distribute it or the information contained in it to any other person.

 

Sweden

 

This document has not been, and will not be, registered with or approved by Finansinspektionen (the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority). Accordingly, this document may not be made available, nor may the securities be offered for sale in Sweden, other than under circumstances that are deemed not to require a prospectus under the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act (1991:980) (Sw. lag (1991:980) om handel med finansiella instrument). Any offering of securities in Sweden is limited to persons who are “qualified investors” (as defined in the Financial Instruments Trading Act). Only such investors may receive this document and they may not distribute it or the information contained in it to any other person.

 

Switzerland

 

The securities may not be publicly offered in Switzerland and will not be listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange, or SIX, or on any other stock exchange or regulated trading facility in Switzerland. This document has been prepared without regard to the disclosure standards for issuance prospectuses under art. 652a or art. 1156 of the Swiss Code of Obligations or the disclosure standards for listing prospectuses under art. 27 ff. of the SIX Listing Rules or the listing rules of any other stock exchange or regulated trading facility in Switzerland. Neither this document nor any other offering material relating to the securities may be publicly distributed or otherwise made publicly available in Switzerland.

 

Neither this document nor any other offering material relating to the securities have been or will be filed with or approved by any Swiss regulatory authority. In particular, this document will not be filed with, and the offer of securities will not be supervised by, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority. This document is personal to the recipient only and not for general circulation in Switzerland.

 

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United Arab Emirates

 

Neither this document nor the securities have been approved, disapproved or passed on in any way by the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates or any other governmental authority in the United Arab Emirates, nor have we received authorization or licensing from the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates or any other governmental authority in the United Arab Emirates to market or sell the securities within the United Arab Emirates. This document does not constitute and may not be used for the purpose of an offer or invitation. We may not render services relating to the securities within the United Arab Emirates, including the receipt of applications and/or the allotment or redemption of such shares.

 

No offer or invitation to subscribe for securities is valid or permitted in the Dubai International Financial Centre.

 

United Kingdom

 

The communication of this prospectus and any other documents or materials relating to the issue of our securities offered hereby is not being made, and such documents and/or materials have not been approved, by an authorized person for purposes of Section 21 of the United Kingdom’s Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended, or the FSMA. Accordingly, such documents and/or materials are not being distributed to, and must not be passed on to, the general public in the United Kingdom.

 

In the United Kingdom, this prospectus is being distributed only to, and are directed only at, persons who: (i) have professional experience in matters relating to investments falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended, or the Order; and/or (ii) are high net worth entities (or persons to whom they may otherwise lawfully be communicated) falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such persons together being referred to as “relevant persons”). Any person in the United Kingdom that is not a relevant person should not act or rely on the information included in this prospectus or use it as basis for taking any action. In the United Kingdom, any investment or investment activity to which this prospectus relates is only available to, and will be engaged in with, relevant persons.

 

Any invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the FSMA) in connection with the issue or sale of our securities may only be communicated or caused to be communicated in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to us.

 

EXPENSES RELATING TO THIS OFFERING

 

Set forth below is an itemization of the estimated expenses, excluding underwriting discounts, that are expected to be incurred in connection with our offer and sale of the Ordinary Shares and Pre-Funded Warrants. Expenses for the offering will be borne by us. All amounts except the SEC registration fee, and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. filing fee and the stock exchange listing fee are estimates.

 

SEC registration fee  US$    2,435 
FINRA filing fee        2,829 
Transfer agent’s fees and expenses        5,000 
Printing expenses        5,000 
Legal fees and expenses        85,000 
Accounting fees and expenses        127,544 
Miscellaneous and other fees and expenses        2,192 
Total  US$    230,000 

 

LEGAL MATTERS

 

The validity of the Ordinary Shares and Pre-Funded Warrants to be issued in this offering and certain regulatory matters will be passed upon for us by K&L Gates, 25/525 Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia, our Australian counsel. Certain matters as to U.S. federal law and New York state law will be passed upon for us by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, New York, New York, our U.S. counsel. Certain legal matters in connection with this offering will be passed upon for the underwriters by Loeb & Loeb LLP, New York, New York.

 

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EXPERTS

 

The consolidated financial statements as of June 30, 2023 and 2022 and for each of the two years in the period ended June 30, 2023 included in this prospectus and elsewhere in the registration statement have been so included in reliance upon the report (which contains an explanatory paragraph relating to our ability to continue as a going concern as described in Note 3 of the financial statements) of BDO Audit Pty Ltd, independent registered public accountants, appearing elsewhere herein, given on the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing. The report on the consolidated financial statements contains an explanatory paragraph regarding the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

 

ENFORCEABILITY OF CIVIL LIABILITIES

 

We are a limited company incorporated under the laws of Australia. Certain of our directors and officers and certain other persons named in this prospectus are citizens and residents of countries other than the United States and all or a significant portion of their assets may be located outside the United States. As a result, it may not be possible for you to:

 

  effect service of process within the United States upon our non-U.S. resident directors or on us;
  Enforce, in U.S. courts, judgments obtained against our non-U.S. resident directors or us in the U.S. courts in any action, including actions under the civil liability provisions of U.S. securities laws;
  Enforce, in U.S. courts, judgments obtained against our non-U.S. resident directors or us in courts of jurisdictions outside the United States in any action, including actions under the civil liability provisions of U.S. securities laws; or
  bring an original action in an Australian court to enforce liabilities against our non-U.S. resident directors or us based solely upon U.S. securities laws.

 

You may also have difficulties enforcing in courts outside the United States judgments that are obtained in U.S. courts against any of our non-U.S. resident directors or us, including actions under the civil liability provisions of the U.S. securities laws. Australia has developed a different body of securities laws as compared to the United States and may provide protections for investors to a lesser extent.

 

It may be difficult (or impossible in some circumstances) for Australian companies to commence court actions or proceedings before the federal courts of the United States or other jurisdiction in which it conducts business or has assets. This may make it difficult for us to recover amounts we are owed and to generally enforce our rights, which may have an adverse impact on our operations and financial standing. Even where we are able to enforce our rights, this may be costly and/or time consuming, risky, and may not guarantee recovery, which in turn may have an adverse impact on our operations and financial standing. With that noted, there are no treaties between Australia and the United States that would affect the recognition or enforcement of foreign judgments in Australia. We also note that investors may be able to bring an original action in an Australian court against us to enforce liabilities based in part upon U.S. federal securities laws.

 

WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

This prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement and the exhibits and schedules to the registration statement. For further information, we refer you to the registration statement and the exhibits and schedules filed as part of the registration statement. If a document has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement, we refer you to the copy of the document that has been filed. Each statement in this prospectus relating to a document filed as an exhibit is qualified in all respects by the filed exhibit.

 

We are subject to periodic reporting and other informational requirements of the Exchange Act as applicable to foreign private issuers. Accordingly, we are required to file reports, including annual reports on Form 20-F, and other information with the SEC. We are allowed four months following the end of our fiscal year to file our annual report with the SEC instead of approximately three, and we are not required to disclose certain detailed information regarding executive compensation that is required from U.S. domestic issuers. In addition, we are not required under the Exchange Act to file periodic reports and financial statements with the SEC as frequently as companies that are not foreign private issuers whose securities are registered under the Exchange Act. Also, as a foreign private issuer, we are exempt from the rules of the Exchange Act prescribing the furnishing of proxy statements to shareholders, and our senior management, directors and principal shareholders are exempt from the reporting and “short-swing” profit recovery provisions contained in Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

 

As a foreign private issuer, we also are exempt from the requirements of Regulation FD (Fair Disclosure) which, generally, are meant to ensure that select groups of investors are not privy to specific information about an issuer before other investors. We are still subject to the anti-fraud and anti-manipulation rules of the SEC, such as Rule 10b-5. Since many of the disclosure obligations required of us as a foreign private issuer are different than those required by other U.S. domestic reporting companies, our shareholders, potential shareholders and the investing public in general should not expect to receive information about us in the same amount, and at the same time, as information is received from, or provided by, other U.S. domestic reporting companies. We are liable for violations of the rules and regulations of the SEC which do apply to us as a foreign private issuer.

 

We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form F-1, including relevant exhibits and schedules, under the Securities Act with respect to the Ordinary Shares and Pre-Funded Warrants to be sold in this offering. This prospectus, which constitutes a part of the registration statement, summarizes material provisions of contracts and other documents that we refer to in this prospectus. Since this prospectus does not contain all of the information contained in the registration statement, you should read the registration statement and its exhibits and schedules for further information with respect to us and our Ordinary Shares and Pre-Funded Warrants. Statements contained in this prospectus regarding the contents of any agreement, contract or other document referred to are not necessarily complete and reference is made in each instance to the copy of the contract or document filed as an exhibit to the registration statement. The SEC also maintains a website that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding registrants that file electronically with the SEC. The address of the website is www.sec.gov.

 

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INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

  Page
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm F-2
Consolidated Statements of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Loss F-3
Consolidated Statements of Financial Position F-4
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity F-5
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow F-6
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements F-7

 

INTERIM FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2024 and 2023

 

Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Profit and Loss and Other Comprehensive Loss for the nine months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 F-37
Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Statement of Financial Position as of March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) and June 30, 2023 F-38
Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the nine months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 F-39
Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the nine months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 F-40
Unaudited Interim Condensed Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements F-41

 

F-1

 

 

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

Shareholders and Board of Directors

 

Alta Global Group Limited

Level 1, Suite 1, 29-33 The Corso

Manly, New South Wales 2095

 

Opinion on Consolidated Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated statements of financial position of Alta Global Group Limited and Controlled Entities (the “Company”) as of June 30, 2023 and 2022, the related consolidated statements of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss, statements of changes in equity, and statements of cash flows for the years then ended, and the related notes and schedules (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company at June 30, 2023 and 2022, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board and interpretations (collectively “IFRS”).

 

Substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a Going Concern

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As described in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has suffered recurring losses from operations, has a net working capital deficiency, and has stated that substantial doubt exists about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s evaluation of the events and conditions and management’s plans regarding these matters are also described in Note 3. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. Our opinion is not modified with respect to this matter.

 

Basis for opinion

 

These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

 

Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

/s/ BDO Audit Pty Ltd

 

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2023.

 

Sydney, Australia

November 17, 2023 (January 24, 2024, as to the effects of the reverse share split described in Note 17)

 

BDO Audit Pty Ltd ABN 33 134 022 870 is a member of a national association of independent entities which are all members of BDO Australia Ltd ABN 77 050 110 275, an Australian company limited by guarantee. BDO Audit Pty Ltd and BDO Australia Ltd are members of BDO International Ltd, a UK company limited by guarantee, and form part of the international BDO network of independent member firms.

 

F-2

 

 

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED

ACN 163 057 565

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF PROFIT OR LOSS AND OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 AND 2022

 

   Note  June 30, 2023   June 30, 2022 
      A$   A$ 
Revenue             
Revenue from Program Fees  5   937,415    2,050,044 
Less: Contractual payments to gyms  5   (574,025)   (1,215,191)
Net Revenue from Program Fees      363,390    834,853 
              
Other Income  5   1,173,421    105,950 
Total Revenue      1,536,811    940,803 
              
Expenses             
              
Program Expenses  6   229,848    342,600 
Employee salaries and benefits      4,219,655    4,664,013 
Share Based Payments  22   2,365,384    1,546,983 
Advertising fees      721,713    3,615,399 
Professional fees      864,419    685,870 
Rent      11,793    2,366 
IT costs      633,220    640,403 
Depreciation and amortization      360,021    260,651 
Net foreign exchange gain  6   (47,359)   (26,079)
Finance costs  6   4,472,730    2,191,803 
Other expenses      1,432,094    965,808 
Fair Value movement derivative liability  8   6,870,729    (2,751,564)
Total Expenses      22,134,247    12,138,253 
              
Loss before income tax expense      (20,597,436)   (11,197,450)
Income tax expense  7   -    - 
              
Loss after income tax expense for the year      (20,597,436)   (11,197,450)
              
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax      (36,465)   (31,312)
              
Total comprehensive loss for the year attributable to the members of Alta Global Group Limited      (20,633,901)   (11,228,762)
              
Basic loss per share  27   (5.26)   (2.86)
Diluted loss per share  27   (5.26)   (2.86)

 

The above consolidated statements should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

 

F-3

 

 

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED

ACN 163 057 565

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

AS AT JUNE 30, 2023 AND 2022

 

   Note  June 30, 2023   June 30, 2022 
      A$   A$ 
Current Assets             
              
Cash and cash equivalents  9   3,702,567    569,975 
Trade and other receivables  10   2,365,638    928,737 
Other assets      33,641    61,499 
Total current assets      6,101,846    1,560,211 
              
Non-current assets             
              
Property and Equipment  11   94,928    108,420 
Right-of-use asset  20   157,540    276,907 
Intangible assets  12   811,361    1,060,716 
Other Assets      65,110    117,824 
Total non-current assets      1,128,939    1,563,867 
Total assets      7,230,785    3,124,078 
              
Current liabilities             
              
Trade and other payables  13   2,034,436    2,086,171 
Unearned revenue  15   174,290    295,743 
Current Employee Entitlements  14   357,227    215,419 
Current Financial Liabilities  21   25,331,307    7,907,953 
Current Lease Liability  20   121,500    124,349 
Total current liabilities      28,018,760    10,629,635 
              
Non-current liabilities             
Non-current Financial Liabilities  21   10,273,278    5,182,363 
Non-current Employee Entitlements  14   18,892    - 
Non-current Lease liability  20   54,162    177,870 
Total non-current liabilities      10,346,332    5,360,233 
              
Total liabilities      38,365,092    15,989,868 
              
Net liabilities      (31,134,307)   (12,865,790)
              
Equity             
              
Issued Capital  17   3,385,281    3,385,281 
Share-based payment reserve  16   3,912,367    1,546,983 
Foreign currency translation reserve  16   (65,832)   (29,367)
Accumulated losses      (38,366,123)   (17,768,687)
Total deficit      (31,134,307)   (12,865,790)

 

The above consolidated statements should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

 

F-4

 

 

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED

ACN 163 057 565

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 AND 2022

 

       Share-based  

Foreign

Currency

         
   Issued Capital  

Payment

Reserve

  

Translation

Reserve

  

Accumulated

Losses

   Total 
   A$   A$   A$   A$   A$ 
                     
Opening balance as at July 1, 2022   3,385,281    1,546,983    (29,367)   (17,768,687)   (12,865,790)
Loss after tax   -    -    -    (20,597,436)   (20,597,436)
Other comprehensive loss   -    -    (36,465)   -    (36,465)
Total comprehensive loss   -    -    (36,465)   (20,597,436)   (20,633,901)
Share-based payments (see Note 22)   -    2,365,384    -    -    2,365,384 
Closing balance as at June 30, 2023   3,385,281    3,912,367    (65,832)   (38,366,123)   (31,134,307)
                          
Opening balance as at July 1, 2021   3,385,281    `    1,945    (6,571,237)   (3,184,011)
Loss after tax   -    -    -    (11,197,450)   (11,197,450)
Other comprehensive income/(loss)   -    -    (31,312)   -    (31,312)
Total comprehensive income/(loss)   -    -    (31,312)   (11,197,450)   (11,228,762)
Share-based payments (see Note 22)   -    1,546,983    -    -    1,546,983 
Closing balance as at June 30, 2022   3,385,281    1,546,983    (29,367)   (17,768,687)   (12,865,790)

 

The above consolidated statements should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

 

F-5

 

 

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED

ACN 163 057 565

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 AND 2022

 

   Note  June 30, 2023   June 30, 2022 
      A$   A$ 
Cash flows from operating activities             
Receipts from training participants (inclusive of GST)      1,493,676    2,004,336 
Payments to member gyms, suppliers and employees (inclusive of GST)      (8,106,683)   (10,136,314)
Receipts from Government grants and tax incentives related to expenditure      1,109,645    105,950 
Interest and other finance costs paid      (52,506)   (29,157)
Net cash used in operating activities  18   (5,555,868)   (8,055,185)
              
Cash flows from investing activities             
Payments for property equipment, net of disposal      (14,796)   (59,429)
Payments for intangible assets      (352,181)   (1,043,468)
Receipts from Government grants and tax incentives related to assets      383,936      
Bank guarantee deposit      52,714    (62,823)
Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities      69,673    (1,165,720)
              
Cash flows from financing activities             
Proceeds from convertible notes, net of transaction costs      8,655,252    5,679,651 
              
Net cash from financing activities      8,655,252    5,679,651 
              
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents      3,169,057    (3,541,254)
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the financial year      569,975    4,142,541 
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash      (36,465)   (31,312)
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the financial year  9   3,702,567    569,975 

 

The above consolidated statements should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

 

F-6

 

 

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED

ACN 163 057 565

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 AND 2022

 

Note 1. Corporate information

 

Alta Global Group Limited (the Company or the Parent Entity) was incorporated and is domiciled in Australia. The Company changed its registered name from Wimp 2 Warrior Limited to Alta Global Group Limited on February 2, 2022. The Company is a for-profit Australian unlisted public company limited by shares with a principal place of business at Level 1, Suite 1, 29-33 The Corso, Manly, New South Wales 2095.

 

Note 2. Significant accounting policies

 

The principal accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.

 

Unless otherwise indicated, the consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto are presented in AUD, which is also the Company’s functional currency.

 

Basis of preparation

 

Statement of compliance

 

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards and International Accounting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and Interpretations (collectively IFRSs) and the Corporations Act 2001.

 

The preparation of financial statements in compliance with adopted IFRS requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires Company management to exercise judgment in applying the Company’s accounting policies. The areas where significant judgments and estimates have been made in preparing the financial statements and their effect are disclosed in Note 3.

 

Basis of measurement

 

The financial statements have been prepared on the basis of historical cost, except for the measurement at fair value of selected financial assets and financial liabilities.

 

F-7

 

 

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED

ACN 163 057 565

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 AND 2022

 

Note 2. Significant accounting policies - continued

 

Principles of consolidation

 

The consolidated financial statements incorporate all the assets, liabilities and results of the Company and all the subsidiary companies and other interests it controlled during the period. The Company controls an entity when it is exposed to, or has the rights to, variable returns from its involvement with the entity and has the ability to affect those returns through its power over the entity.

 

The assets, liabilities and results of its subsidiaries are fully consolidated into the consolidated financial statements from the date which control is obtained. The consolidation of a subsidiary is discontinued from the date that control ceases. Intercompany transactions, balances and unrealized gains or losses on transactions between Company entities are fully eliminated on consolidation. Accounting policies of subsidiaries have been changed and adjustments made where necessary to ensure uniformity of the accounting policies of the Company.

 

Operating segments

 

Operating segments are presented using the ‘management approach’, where the information presented is on the same basis as the internal reports provided to the Chief Operating Decision Makers (“CODM”). The CODM is responsible for the allocation of resources to operating segments and assessing their performance.

 

Foreign currency translation

 

The financial statements are presented in Australian dollars, which is the Company’s functional and presentation currency.

 

Foreign currency transactions

 

Foreign currency transactions are translated into Australian dollars using the exchange rates prevailing at the dates of the transactions. Foreign exchange gains and losses resulting from the settlement of such transactions and from the translation at financial year-end exchange rates of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are recognized in profit or loss.

 

New or amended Accounting Standards and Interpretations adopted

 

The principal accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.

 

The entity has adopted all of the new or amended Accounting Standards and Interpretations issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (‘IASB’) that are mandatory for the current reporting period.

 

Changes in accounting policies and changes in estimates

 

Any new or amended Accounting Standards or Interpretations that are not yet mandatory have not been early adopted.

 

F-8

 

 

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED

ACN 163 057 565

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 AND 2022

 

Note 2. Significant accounting policies - continued

 

Revenue Recognition

 

The entity recognizes revenue as follows:

 

Revenue from contracts with customers

 

Revenue is recognized at an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity is expected to be entitled in exchange for transferring goods or services to a customer. For each contract with a customer, the entity; identifies the contract with a customer; identifies the performance obligations in the contract; determines the transaction price which takes into account estimates of variable consideration and the time value of money; allocates the transaction price to the separate performance obligations on the basis of the relative stand-alone selling price of each distinct good or service to be delivered; and recognizes revenue when or as each performance obligation is satisfied in a manner that depicts the transfer to the customer of the goods or services promised.

 

Variable consideration within the transaction price, if any, reflects concessions provided to the customer such as discounts, rebates and refunds, any potential bonuses receivable from the customer and any other contingent events. Such estimates are determined using either the ‘expected value’ or ‘most likely amount’ method. The measurement of variable consideration is subject to a constraining principle whereby revenue will only be recognized to the extent that it is highly probable that a significant reversal in the amount of cumulative revenue recognized will not occur. The measurement constraint continues until the uncertainty associated with the variable consideration is subsequently resolved. Amounts received that are subject to the constraining principle are recognized as a refund liability.

 

Program revenue

 

Program revenue consists of license fees which are recognized following the occurrence of both the transfer of the right to use the Company’s intellectual property upon signing of the license agreement and once usage of the license occurs at the commencement of the Alta MMA Training Program. The Company’s intellectual property consists of a set of mixed martial arts training programs and relevant branding and support. A license agreement consists of the right to use the intellectual property of the Company and either party may terminate the license upon written notice to the other party. If the agreement is terminated in this manner, the termination will take effect after the completion of the relevant series and the series finale, but prior to a new series beginning. The amount of program revenue is dependent on the number of participants in each series for each gym.

 

Based on the license agreement, a usage-based royalty arrangement is in place between the Company and the gyms. The Company recognizes program revenue following the occurrence of both the transfer of the right to use the Company’s intellectual property upon signing of the license agreement and once usage of the license which occurs at the commencement of the Alta MMA Training Program.

 

The Company has the ultimate responsibility of ensuring the Alta MMA Training Program meets customer specifications and price determination. The Company is therefore considered the principal in these arrangements. The Company receives training fees directly from the participants and subsequently distributes a portion of such revenues to our gym partners based on the terms of the license agreements.

 

Contractual Payments to Gyms

 

The Company is required to settle contractual payments to the gyms as a percentage of the total training fees collected from participants. Net revenue from program fees is recognized as revenue from program fees less the contractual obligations payable to the gyms.

 

Sales of merchandise

 

Revenue from the sale of program merchandise is recognized at the point in time when the gyms obtain control of the goods, which is generally at the time of delivery.

 

Event revenue

 

Revenue from event ticket sales is recognized at the point in time when the event occurs.

 

F-9

 

 

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED

ACN 163 057 565

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 AND 2022

 

Note 2. Significant accounting policies - continued

 

Other income

 

Other income is recognized when it is received or when the right to receive payment is established.

 

Research & Development Incentive

 

Government grant, including the R&D incentives, shall not be recognized until there is reasonable assurance that the Company will comply with the conditions attaching to them and that the grants will be received.

 

Current and non-current classification

 

Assets and liabilities are presented in the statement of financial position based on current and non-current classification.

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand, deposits held at call with financial institutions, other short- term, highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and which are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value. For the statement of cash flows presentation purposes, cash and cash equivalents also includes bank overdrafts, which are shown within trade and other payables in current liabilities on the statement of financial position.

 

Trade and other receivables

 

Trade receivables are initially recognized at fair value and subsequently measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method, less any allowance for expected credit losses. Receivable from participants is generally due for settlement within 20 weeks.

 

Expected Credit Losses

 

The entity has applied the simplified approach to measuring expected credit losses, which uses a lifetime expected loss allowance. To measure the expected credit losses, trade receivables have been grouped based on days overdue. Trade and other receivables are recognized at amortized cost, less any allowance for expected credit losses.

 

Trade and other payables

 

These amounts represent liabilities for goods and services provided to the entity prior to the end of the financial year and which are unpaid. Other payables include cash received from the participants on behalf of the gyms. Due to their short-term nature they are measured at amortized cost and are not discounted.

 

Plant and equipment

 

Plant and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and impairment. Historical cost includes expenditure that is directly attributable to the acquisition of the items. Depreciation is calculated on a straight- line basis to write off the net cost of each item of property, plant and equipment over their expected useful lives as follows:

 

Plant and equipment   3 to 5 years
Computer equipment   3 to 5 years
Office equipment   3 to 5 years

 

F-10

 

 

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED

ACN 163 057 565

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 AND 2022

 

Note 2. Significant accounting policies - continued

 

The residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted if appropriate, at each reporting date.

 

An item of property, plant and equipment is derecognized upon disposal or when there is no future economic benefit to the entity. Gains and losses between the carrying amount and the disposal proceeds are taken to profit or loss.

 

Intangible assets

 

Intangible assets are initially measured at their fair value at the date of the acquisition and are subsequently measured at cost less amortization and any impairment. The method and useful lives of finite life intangible assets are reviewed annually. Changes in the expected pattern of consumption or useful life are accounted for prospectively by changing the amortization method or period.

 

Trademarks

 

Significant costs associated with patents or trademarks are deferred and amortized on a straight-line basis over the period of their expected benefit, being their finite life of 10 years.

 

Platform development cost

 

Costs incurred in both internally and from external providers in developing the platform that will contribute to future year financial benefits through revenue generation and/or cost reduction are capitalized to software. These costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life (4 years) since first used.

 

Research and development

 

Research costs are expensed in the period in which they are incurred. Development costs are capitalized when it is probable that the project will be a success considering its commercial and technical feasibility.

 

Impairment of non-financial assets

 

Intangible assets are tested annually for impairment, or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that they might be impaired. Other non-financial assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. An impairment loss is recognized for the amount by which the asset’s carrying amount exceeds its recoverable amount.

 

Recoverable amount is the higher of an asset’s fair value less costs of disposal and value-in-use. The value-in-use is the present value of the estimated future cash flows relating to the asset using a pre-tax discount rate specific to the asset or cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs. Assets that do not have independent cash flows are grouped together to form a cash-generating unit.

 

Borrowings

 

Advances and borrowings are initially recognized at the fair value of the consideration received, net of transaction costs. They are subsequently measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method.

 

F-11

 

 

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED

ACN 163 057 565

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 AND 2022

 

Note 2. Significant accounting policies - continued

 

Employee benefits

 

Short-term employee benefits

 

Liabilities for wages and salaries, including non-monetary benefits, annual leave and long service leave expected to be settled wholly within 12 months of the reporting date are measured at the amounts expected to be paid when the liabilities are settled.

 

Other long-term employee benefits

 

The liability for annual leave and long service leave not expected to be settled within 12 months of the reporting date are measured at the present value of expected future payments to be made in respect of services provided by employees up to the reporting date using the projected unit credit method. Consideration is given to expected future wage and salary levels, experience of employee departures and periods of service. Expected future payments are discounted using market yields at the reporting date on corporate bonds with terms to maturity and currency that match, as closely as possible, the estimated future cash.

 

Goods and Services Tax (GST) and other similar taxes

 

Revenues, expenses, and assets are recognized net of the amount of associated GST, unless the GST incurred is not recoverable from the tax authority. In this case it is recognized as part of the cost of the acquisition of the asset or as part of the expense.

 

Receivables and payables are stated inclusive of the amount of GST receivable or payable. The net amount of GST recoverable from, or payable to, the tax authority is included in other receivables or other payables in the statement of financial position.

 

Cash flows are presented on a gross basis. The GST components of cash flows arising from investing or financing activities which are recoverable from, or payable to the tax authority, are presented as operating cash flows.

 

Commitments and contingencies are disclosed net of the amount of GST recoverable from, or payable to, the tax authority.

 

Issued capital

 

Issued and paid up capital is recognized at the fair value of the consideration received by the Parent entity.

 

When shares recognized as equity are repurchased, the amount of the consideration paid, which includes directly attributable costs, is recognized as a deduction from equity.

 

Income tax

 

The income tax expense for the year is the tax payable on the current year’s taxable income based on the national income tax rate for each jurisdiction adjusted by changes in deferred tax assets and liabilities attributable to temporary differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the financial statements, and to unused tax losses.

 

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for temporary differences at the tax rates expected to apply when the assets are recovered or liabilities are settled, based on those tax rates which are enacted or substantively enacted for each jurisdiction. The relevant tax rates are applied to the cumulative amounts of deductible and taxable temporary differences to measure the deferred tax asset or liability.

 

F-12

 

 

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED

ACN 163 057 565

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 AND 2022

 

Note 2. Significant accounting policies - continued

 

An exception is made for certain temporary differences arising from the initial recognition of an asset or a liability. No deferred tax asset or liability is recognized in relation to these temporary differences if they arose in a transaction, other than a business combination, that at the time of the transaction did not affect either accounting profit or taxable profit or loss.

 

Deferred tax assets are recognized for deductible temporary differences and unused tax losses only if it is probable that future taxable amounts will be available to utilize those temporary differences and losses.

 

Deferred tax liabilities and assets are not recognized for temporary differences between the carrying amount and tax bases of investments in controlled entities where the parent company is able to control the timing of the reversal of the temporary differences and it is probable that the differences will not reverse in the foreseeable future.

 

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when there is a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and when the deferred tax balances relate to the same taxation authority. Current tax assets and tax liabilities are offset where the Company has a legally enforceable right to offset and intends either to settle on a net basis, or to realize the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

 

Current and deferred tax is recognized as income or an expense and included in profit and loss for the period except where the tax arises from a transaction which is recognized in other comprehensive oncome or equity, in which case the tax is recognized in other comprehensive income to equity respectively.

 

Convertible note

 

On issuance of the convertible notes, an assessment is made to determine whether the convertible notes contain an equity instrument or whether the whole instrument should be classified as a financial liability.

 

When it is determined that the whole instrument is a financial liability and no equity instrument, the conversion option is separated from the host debt and classified as a derivative liability.

 

The carrying value of the host contract at initial recognition is determined as a difference between the consideration received and the fair value of the embedded derivative. The host contract is subsequently measured at amortized cost using the effective interest rate method. The embedded derivative it subsequently measured at fair value at the end of each reporting period through the profit and loss. Refer to Note 21 Financial Liabilities for disclosure of key terms of the convertible notes. The convertible note and the derivative are presented as financial liabilities on the Statement of Financial Position.

 

On conversion at maturity, the financial liability is reclassified to equity and no gain or loss is recognized. Transaction costs are deducted from equity, net of associated income tax.

 

Share-based payments

 

The Company provides benefits to consultants, advisors and employees (including directors) of the consolidated entity in the form of share-based payment transactions, whereby employees render services in exchange for shares or rights over shares (‘equity-settled transactions’). The cost of these equity-settled transactions with employees is measured by reference to the fair value at the date at which they are granted. The fair value is determined by an external valuation using a Black- Scholes option pricing model.

 

F-13

 

 

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED

ACN 163 057 565

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 AND 2022

 

Note 2. Significant accounting policies - continued

 

The cost of equity-settled transactions is recognized, together with a corresponding increase in equity, over the period in which the performance conditions are fulfilled, ending on the date on which the relevant employees become fully entitled to the award (‘vesting date’).

 

The cumulative expense recognized for equity-settled transactions at each reporting date until vesting date reflects (i) the extent to which the vesting period has expired and (ii) the number of awards that, in the opinion of the directors of the consolidated entity, will ultimately vest. This opinion is formed based on the best available information at balance date. No adjustment is made for the likelihood of market performance conditions being met as the effect of these conditions is included in the determination of fair value at grant date.

 

No expense is recognized for awards that do not ultimately vest, except for awards where vesting is conditional upon a market condition.

 

Where an equity-settled award is cancelled, it is treated as if it had vested on the date of cancellation, and any expense not yet recognized for the award is recognized immediately. However, if a new award is substituted for the cancelled award, and designated as a replacement award on the date that it is granted, the cancelled and new award are treated as if they were a modification of the original award.

 

Classification and measurement of financial liabilities

 

The Company’s financial liabilities include trade and other payables, financial liabilities measured at amortized cost and derivative financial instruments. Financial liabilities are initially measured at fair value, and, where applicable, adjusted for transaction costs unless the Company’s designated a financial liability at fair value through profit or loss. Subsequently, financial liabilities are measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method except for derivatives and financial liabilities designated at FVTPL, which are carried subsequently at fair value with gains or losses recognized in profit or loss.

 

Right-of-use assets

 

A right-of-use asset is recognized at the commencement date of a lease. The right-of-use asset is measured at cost, which comprises the initial amount of the lease liability, adjusted for, as applicable, any lease payments made at or before the commencement date net of any lease incentives received, any initial direct costs incurred, and, except where included in the cost of inventories, an estimate of costs expected to be incurred for dismantling and removing the underlying asset, and restoring the site or asset.

 

Right-of-use assets are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the unexpired period of the lease or the estimated useful life of the asset, whichever is the shorter. Where the consolidated entity expects to obtain ownership of the leased asset at the end of the lease term, the depreciation is over its estimated useful life. Right-of use assets are subject to impairment or adjusted for any remeasurement of lease liabilities.

 

Lease liabilities

 

A lease liability is recognized at the commencement date of a lease. The lease liability is initially recognized at the present value of the lease payments to be made over the term of the lease, discounted using the interest rate implicit in the lease or, if that rate cannot be readily determined, the consolidated entity’s incremental borrowing rate. Lease payments comprise of fixed payments less any lease incentives receivable, variable lease payments that depend on an index or a rate, amounts expected to be paid under residual value guarantees, exercise price of a purchase option when the exercise of the option is reasonably certain to occur, and any anticipated termination penalties. The variable lease payments that do not depend on an index or a rate are expensed in the period in which they are incurred. Lease liabilities are measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method. The carrying amounts are remeasured if there is a change in the following: future lease payments arising from a change in an index or a rate used; residual guarantee; lease term; certainty of a purchase option and termination penalties. When a lease liability is remeasured, an adjustment is made to the corresponding right-of use asset, or to profit or loss if the carrying amount of the right-of-use asset is fully.

 

Fair value measurement

 

When an asset or liability, financial or non-financial, is measured at fair value for recognition or disclosure purposes, the fair value is based on the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date; and assumes that the transaction will take place either: in the principal market; or in the absence of a principal market, in the most advantageous market.

 

Fair value is measured using the assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability, assuming they act in their economic best interests. For non-financial assets, the fair value measurement is based on its highest and best use. Valuation techniques that are appropriate in the circumstances and for which sufficient data are available to measure fair value, are used, maximizing the use of relevant observable inputs and minimizing the use of unobservable inputs.

 

F-14

 

 

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED

ACN 163 057 565

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 AND 2022

 

Note 2. Significant accounting policies - continued

 

Assets and liabilities measured at fair value are classified into three levels, using a fair value hierarchy that reflects the significance of the inputs used in making the measurements. Classifications are reviewed at each reporting date and transfers between levels are determined based on a reassessment of the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

 

For recurring and non-recurring fair value measurements, external valuers may be used when internal expertise is either not available or when the valuation is deemed to be significant. External valuers are selected based on market knowledge and reputation. Where there is a significant change in fair value of an asset or liability from one period to another, an analysis is undertaken, which includes a verification of the major inputs applied in the latest valuation and a comparison, where applicable, with external sources of data.

 

Earnings per share

 

Basic earnings per share

 

Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing the profit attributable to the owners of the Company, excluding any costs of servicing equity other than Ordinary Shares, by the weighted average number of Ordinary Shares outstanding during the financial year, adjusted for bonus elements in Ordinary Shares issued during the financial year.

 

Diluted earnings per share

 

Diluted earnings per share adjusts the figures used in the determination of basic earnings per share to take into account the after income tax effect of interest and other financing costs associated with dilutive potential Ordinary Shares and the weighted average number of shares assumed to have been issued for no consideration in relation to dilutive potential Ordinary Shares.

 

Parent entity financial information

 

The financial information for the Parent entity, Alta Global Group Limited, disclosed in Note 19 has been prepared on the same basis as the consolidated financial statement. Investments in subsidiaries are accounted for at cost less provision for impairment in the financial statements of the Parent entity.

 

F-15

 

 

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED

ACN 163 057 565

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 AND 2022

 

Note 3. Critical accounting judgements, estimates and assumptions

 

The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts in the financial statements. Management continually evaluates its judgements and estimates in relation to assets, liabilities, contingent liabilities, revenue and expenses. Management bases its judgements, estimates and assumptions on historical experience and on other various factors, including expectations of future events, management believes to be reasonable under the circumstances.

 

Going concern

 

The consolidated financial statements for the reporting periods have been prepared on a going concern basis which contemplates continuity of normal business activities and the realization of assets and settlement of liabilities in the ordinary course of business.

 

We have assessed that there is substantial doubt related to going concern that may cast significant doubt over our ability to continue as a going concern as we incurred a loss after tax of $20,597,436 at June 30, 2023, compared to $11,197,450 at June 30, 2022, had net cash outflows from operating activities of $5,555,868 for the year ended June 30, 2023, compared to $8,055,185 for the year ended June 30, 2022, and had a net liability position of $31,134,307 at June 30, 2023, compared to $12,865,790 at June 30, 2022 and net current liability position of $21,916,914 at June 30, 2023, as compared to $9,069,424 at June 30, 2022. As a result of these conditions, the Company may be unable to realize its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal, course of business.

 

The ongoing operation of the Company remains dependent upon raising additional funds. In light of the future expenditures to be incurred in executing on our strategic plans, we are dependent on obtaining financing through equity financing, debt financing or other means. The ability to arrange such funding in the future will depend in part upon the prevailing capital market conditions as well as our business performance. There is no assurance that we will be successful in our efforts to raise additional funding on terms satisfactory to us. If we do not obtain additional funding, we may be required to delay, reduce the scope of, or eliminate our current operations.

 

However, we believe that we will be able to raise additional funds as required to meet our obligations as and when they become due and are of the opinion that the use of the going concern basis remains appropriate. Our ability to continue as a going concern and to pay debts as and when they become due is dependent on the following:

 

  we have historically been successful in raising funds and are planning to be admitted to the Official List;
  our level of expenditure continues to be managed and will continue to be managed to maximize run-way; and
  we have reason to believe that in addition to the cash flow currently available, additional funds will continue to be received through revenue received through the sale of our products and services throughout the course of the year.

 

If we decide to raise capital by issuing equity securities, the issuance of additional Ordinary Shares would result in dilution to our existing shareholders. We cannot assure you that we will be successful in completing any financings or that any such equity or debt financing will be available to us if and when required or on satisfactory terms.

 

Additionally, should this capital not be raised, the Company’s non-redeemable convertible notes that mature in December 2023 will convert to equity and remaining redeemable convertible notes will mature and redeem in 2025 for either cash or equity at the discretion of the noteholder.

 

Should we be unable to raise additional funds on a timely basis, we may be required to realize our assets and discharge our liabilities other than in the normal course of business and at amounts different to those stated in the financial statements. The financial statements do not include any adjustments to the recoverability and classification of asset carrying amounts or the amount of liabilities that might result should we be unable to continue as a going concern and meet our debts as and when they become due.

 

Revenue from contracts with customers involving program fees

 

When recognizing revenue in relation to the sale of goods to customers, the key performance obligation of the entity is considered to be the point in time of the rights to access the license and the relevant training program to the gyms as the customers, as this is deemed to be the time that the gym obtains control of the promised service and therefore the benefits of unimpeded access.

 

F-16

 

 

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED

ACN 163 057 565

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 AND 2022

 

Note 3. Critical accounting judgements, estimates and assumptions - continued

 

Determination of variable consideration

 

Judgement is exercised in estimating variable consideration which is determined having regard to past experience with respect to the cancelled contracts with the entity where the member gyms maintain a right of terminate pursuant to the license agreement. Revenue will only be recognized to the extent that it is highly probable that a significant reversal in the amount of cumulative revenue recognized under the contract will not occur when the uncertainty associated with the variable consideration is subsequently resolved.

 

Share-based payment transactions

 

The consolidated entity measures the cost of equity-settled transactions with employees by reference to the fair value of the equity instruments at the date at which they are granted. The fair value is determined by using Black-Scholes model taking into account the terms and conditions upon which the instruments were granted. The accounting estimates and assumptions relating to equity-settled share-based payments would have no impact on the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next annual reporting period but may impact profit or loss and equity.

 

Convertible Notes

 

The Company has determined the convertible note instrument to be a financial liability. It is separated into two components being the host debt and derivative liability.

 

The carrying value of the host contract at initial recognition is determined as a difference between the consideration received and the fair value of the embedded derivative. The host contract is subsequently measured at amortized cost using the effective interest rate method. The derivative liability is recognized as such due to its conversion feature relating to a Qualified Equity Investment (as defined below) and the likelihood of its occurrence. The embedded derivative is subsequently measured at fair value at the end of each reporting period through the profit and loss based on the Monte Carlo simulation as valued by an external valuer. The convertible note and the derivative are presented as financial liabilities on the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position, refer to Note 21 Financial Liabilities for further details.

 

Recognition of deferred tax assets

 

Deferred tax assets are recognized for deductible temporary differences and unused tax losses only if it is probable that future taxable amounts will be available to utilize those temporary differences and losses.

 

The carrying amount of unrecognized deferred tax assets are reviewed at each reporting date. Previously unrecognized deferred tax assets are only recognized to the extent that it is probable that there are future taxable profits available to recover the asset. The Company has not recognized the benefit of these unused deductible temporary difference and tax losses. These losses will only be recognized where it is probable that future taxable profit will be available against which the benefits of the deferred tax asset will be utilized.

 

Fair value measurement hierarchy

 

The consolidated entity is required to classify all assets and liabilities, measured at fair value, using a three level hierarchy, based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the entire fair value measurement, being:

 

Level 1: Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the entity can access at the measurement date;

 

Level 2: Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly; and

 

Level 3: Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability. Considerable judgement is required to determine what is significant to fair value and therefore which category the asset or liability is placed in can be subjective.

 

The fair value of assets and liabilities classified as level 3 is determined by the use of valuation models. These include discounted cash flow analysis or the use of observable inputs that require significant adjustments based on unobservable inputs.

 

F-17

 

 

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED

ACN 163 057 565

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 AND 2022

 

Note 3. Critical accounting judgements, estimates and assumptions - continued

 

Estimation of useful lives of assets

 

The consolidated entity determines the estimated useful lives and related depreciation and amortization charges for its property, plant and equipment and finite life intangible assets. The useful lives could change significantly as a result of technical innovations or some other event. The depreciation and amortization charge will increase where the useful lives are less than previously estimated lives, or technically obsolete or non-strategic assets that have been abandoned or sold will be written off or written down.

 

Impairment of non-financial assets

 

The consolidated entity assesses impairment of non-financial assets at each reporting date by evaluating conditions specific to the consolidated entity and to the particular asset that may lead to impairment. If an impairment trigger exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is determined. This involves fair value less costs of disposal or value-in-use calculations, which incorporate a number of key estimates and assumptions.

 

Expected Credit Losses

 

The allowance for expected credit losses requires a degree of estimation judgment. The Company has applied the simplified approach to measuring expected credit losses, which uses a lifetime expected loss allowance. To measure the expected credit losses, trade receivables have been grouped based on days overdue. Trade and other receivables are recognized at amortized cost, less any allowance for expected credit losses.

 

Provision for Refund Liability

 

The provision for refund liability is recognized for expected volume payable to customers in relation to sales made until the end of the reporting period. The Company’s obligation to provide a refund, cancellation or credit note falls under the Company’s standard trading terms, and is recognized as a provision. The estimate of expected returns requires judgement and reflects the amount that the reporting entity expects to repay or credit customers, using either the expected value method or the most-likely amount method.

 

Capitalized platform development costs

 

Costs incurred both internally and from external providers in developing the platform that meet the recognition criteria of development costs under IAS 38 have been capitalized as intangible assets and are amortized over their useful, life.

 

Research and Development Incentive

 

Judgement is required in determining the amount of grant revenue relating to the research and development incentive claim. There are certain transactions and calculations undertaken during the ordinary course of business for which the ultimate tax determination may be subject to change. The Company calculates its research and development claim based on the Company’s understanding of the tax law. Where the final outcome of these matters is different from the amounts that were initially recorded, such differences will impact the profit or loss in the year in which such determination is made.

 

Note 4. Operating segments

 

Identification of reportable operating segments

 

Segment reporting is based on the information that management uses to make decisions about the operation of the Company. Operating segment determination is based on the internal reports that are reviewed and used by the Board of Directors (who are identified as the Chief Operating Decision Makers (‘CODM’)) in assessing performance and in determining the allocation of resources. The Company has identified one operating segment as the provision and administration of mixed martial arts training programs, gym programs.

 

The CODM reviews EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization). The accounting policies adopted for internal reporting to the CODM are consistent with those adopted in the financial statements. Application of IFRS 8 and quantitative thresholds for determination of reportable segments sees the consolidated entity disclosing only one reportable operating segment. The Consolidated Financial Statements for the years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 have been presented by this single operating segment and have been presented and disclosed as one reportable operating segment.

 

F-18

 

 

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED

ACN 163 057 565

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 AND 2022

 

Note 5. Revenue

 

  

2023

$

  

2022

$

 
Program fees          
Revenue from program fees   937,415    2,050,044 
Contractual payments to gyms   (574,025)   (1,215,191)
Net Revenue from program fees   363,390    834,853 
Other Income          
Finale, franchise fee and others fees   22,600    100,378 
Merchandise sales   1,296    5,572 
Research and Development tax incentive*   1,149,525    - 
Total other income   1,173,421    105,950 
Total Revenue   1,536,811    940,803 

 

* The Company will continue to apply for the Research and Development incentive as long as it continues to be eligible and will conduct eligible research and development activities. The applicable legislation that governs the eligibility to participate in the R&D incentive program is Division 355 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (ITAA 1997).

 

Disaggregation of Revenue

 

The disaggregation of revenue from contracts with customers is disclosed below. The Company only has one major product line, being the provision of Gym Programs. All revenues are generated by the Australian Parent Entity:

 

Revenue from program fees ($)   937,415    2,050,044 
Contractual payments to gyms ($)   (574,025)   (1,215,191)
Net Revenue from program fees ($)   363,390    834,853 

 

Timing of revenue recognition – All goods transferred at a point in time.

 

Note 6. Expenses

 

Event Costs  $40,876    22,513 
Program costs  $12,447    253,614 
Merchant fees  $44,427    66,327 
Other costs  $132,098    146 
Total program expenses  $229,848    342,600 
Convertible notes interest  $4,420,224    2,162,646 
Bank fees  $13,071    6,454 
Bank interest and lease interest  $39,435    22,703 
Total finance costs  $4,472,730    2,191,803 
           
Unrealized currency (gains)  $(36,181)   (36,660)
Realized currency losses/(gains)  $(11,178)   10,581 
Net foreign exchange (gains)  $(47,359)   (26,079)

 

F-19

 

 

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED

ACN 163 057 565

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 AND 2022

 

Note 7. Income Tax

 

Income tax expense consists of the following:

 

   2023$   2022$ 
Deferred tax expense   -    - 
Current tax expense   -    - 
Total Income tax expense   -    - 
           
Effective tax rate reconciliation:          
Loss before income tax expense   (20,597,436)   (11,197,450)
Prima facie income tax benefit on loss before income tax calculated at 25%   5,149,359    2,799,363 
Add tax effect of          
- other non-allowable items   (3,297,349)   143,430 
Less tax effect of          
- items not assessable for income tax   (1,435,790)   (1,377,243)
- items deductible for taxation not accounting   772,848    114,471 
Deferred tax not recognized   (1,189,068)   (1,680,021)
Income tax expense   -    - 

 

The Company has carried forward tax losses, calculated according to Australian income tax legislation of $16,315,346 at June 30, 2023, compared to $11,559,076 at June 30, 2022, which will be deductible from future assessable income provided that income is derived. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are based on the assumption that no adverse change will occur in the income tax legislation.

 

The benefit of these losses will only be recognized where it is probable that future taxable profit will be available against which the benefits of the deferred tax asset can be utilized. This is based on the anticipation that the Company will derive sufficient future assessable income to enable the benefit to be realized and comply with the conditions of deductibility imposed by the law.

 

The Company has assessed future forecast profits and concluded that not enough criteria have been satisfied to recognize any deferred tax assets at the period ended June 30, 2023. Unused tax losses to not have an expiry date.

 

Note 8. Fair value measurement

 

Fair value hierarchy

 

The following tables detail the consolidated entity’s assets and liabilities, measured or disclosed at fair value, using a three level hierarchy, based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the entire fair value measurement, being:

 

  Level 1: Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the entity can access at the measurement date
  Level 2: Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly
  Level 3: Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability. Considerable judgement is required to determine what is significant to fair value and therefore which category the asset or liability is placed in can be subjective.

 

F-20

 

 

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED

ACN 163 057 565

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 AND 2022

 

Note 8. Fair value measurement - continued

 

   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Consolidated – June 30, 2023  $   $   $   $ 
                 
Assets   -    -    -    - 
Total assets     -       -    -    - 
                     
Liabilities                    
Derivative Liabilities – refer to Note 21   -    -    18,694,729    18,694,729 
Total liabilities   -    -    18,694,729    18,694,729 

 

   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Consolidated – June 30, 2022  $   $   $   $ 
                 
Assets      -       -    -    - 
Total assets   -    -    -    - 
                     
Liabilities                    
Derivative Liabilities – refer to Note 21   -    -    878,653    878,653 
Total liabilities   -    -    878,653    878,653 

 

There were no transfers between levels during the financial years.

 

The carrying amounts of trade and other receivables and trade and other payables are assumed to approximate their fair values due to their short-term nature. The fair value of financial liabilities is estimated by discounting the remaining contractual maturities at the current market interest rate that is available for similar financial liabilities.

 

Valuation techniques for fair value measurements categorized within level 2 and level 3

 

The fair value of the Financial Liabilities for the host liability and the derivative liability has been determined using a combination of Monte Carlo Simulation (MCS) and Black-Scholes model (BSM). The Company used valuations specialists to perform these valuations.

 

Level 3 liabilities

 

Movements in level 3 liabilities during the current and previous financial years are set out below:

 

   Derivative liability   Total 
Consolidated  $   $ 
         
Balance at July 1, 2021   1,722,686    1,722,686 
           
Fair value of derivative liability recognized for convertible notes issued during the year   1,907,531    1,907,531 
Fair value movement recognized in profit or loss   (2,751,564)   (2,751,564)
Balance at June 30, 2022   878,653    878,653 
           
Fair value of derivative liability recognized for convertible notes issued during the year   10,945,347    10,945,347 
Fair value movement recognized in profit or loss   6,870,729    6,870,729 
           
Balance at June 30, 2023   18,694,729    18,694,729 

 

F-21

 

 

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED

ACN 163 057 565

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 AND 2022

 

Note 8. Fair value measurement - continued

 

The level 3 liabilities unobservable inputs at issue date of each of the convertible notes series are as follow:

 

Series A     
Implied valuation  $28,000,000 
Volatility   74%
Risk free rate   0.0%
Probability of conversion   50%

 

Series A – July 21     
Implied valuation  $28,000,000 
Volatility   74%
Risk free rate   0.1%
Probability of conversion   50%

 

Series A – August 21     
Implied valuation  $28,000,000 
Volatility   62%
Risk free rate   0.0%
Probability of conversion   50%

 

Series B1     
Implied valuation  $120,000,000 
Volatility   74%
Risk free rate   0.6%
Probability of conversion   50%

 

Series B2     
Implied valuation  $70,000,000 
Volatility   66%
Risk free rate   3%
Probability of conversion   50%

 

Series A Extension     
Implied valuation  $28,000,000 
Volatility   65%
Risk free rate   3.5%
Probability of conversion   0%

 

Reach     
Implied valuation  $40,000,000 
Volatility   60%
Risk free rate   3.6%
Probability of conversion   100%

 

Private Placement     
Implied valuation  $53,685,000 
Volatility   60%
Risk free rate   3.5%
Probability of conversion   100%

 

F-22

 

 

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED

ACN 163 057 565

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 AND 2022

 

Note 9. Cash and cash equivalents

 

  

2023

$

  

2022

$

 
Cash on hand   1,000    1,000 
Cash at bank   3,701,567    568,975 
Total cash and cash equivalents   3,702,567    569,975 
           
Cash as per above   3,702,567    569,975 
Balance as per statement of cash flows   3,702,567    569,975 

 

Note 10. Trade and other receivables

 

  

2023

$

  

2022

$

 
Trade Receivables   351,905    781,471 
Research and Development Tax Incentive Receivable   63,776    - 
Other advances   1,952,560    149,869 
Less; allowance credit losses   (2,603)   (2,603)
Total trade and other receivables   2,365,638    928,737 

 

Included in Other advances for fiscal year 2023 is $1,932,860 (2022: nil) in principal amount of Convertible Notes that were issued during the year ended June 30, 2023, but for which proceeds had not yet been received by the Company at June 30, 2023.

 

The Company has applied the simplified approach to measuring expected credit losses, which use a lifetime expected loss allowance. The Company also recognizes a refund liability in line with our revenue recognition policy in Note 2.

 

Note 11. Property and equipment

 

  

2023

$

  

2022

$

 
Plant and equipment - at cost   69,210    69,210 
Less: Accumulated depreciation   (56,002)   (59,021)
    13,208    10,189 
           
Computer equipment - at cost   95,612    82,925 
Less: Accumulated depreciation   (54,929)   (30,954)
    40,683    51,971 
           
Office equipment - at cost   2,090    2,090 
Less: Accumulated depreciation   (1,313)   (1,054)
    777    1,036 
           
Furniture and Fittings - at cost   49,537    49,536 
Less: Accumulated depreciation   (9,277)   (4,312)
    40,260    45,224 
Total property and equipment   94,928    108,420 

 

F-23

 

 

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED

ACN 163 057 565

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 AND 2022

 

Note 11. Property and equipment - continued

 

  

2023

$

  

2022

$

 
Property Plant and Equipment          
Balance at beginning of year   10,189    11,250 
Additions   2,110    36,516 
Disposals   -    - 
Depreciation expense   909    (37,577)
Balance at end of the year   13,208    10,189 
           
Computer Equipment          
Balance at beginning of year   51,971    41,578 
Additions   12,687    37,505 
Disposals   -    - 
Depreciation expense   (23,975)   (27,112)
Balance at end of the year   40,683    51,971 
           
Office Equipment          
Balance at beginning of year   1,036    7,472 
Additions   -    - 
Disposals   -    (45,658)
Depreciation expense   (259)   39,222 
Balance at end of the year   777    1,036 
           
Furniture and Fittings          
Balance at beginning of year   45,224    18,470 
Additions   -    31,066 
Disposals   -    - 
Depreciation expense   (4,964)   (4,312)
Balance at end of the year   40,260    45,224 

 

Note 12. Intangible assets

 

   2023   2022 
   ($)   ($) 
Trademark - at cost   50,843    50,843 
Less: Accumulated amortization   (24,429)   (24,429)
    26,414    26,414 
Platform development - at cost   1,136,149    1,167,904 
Less: Accumulated depreciation   (351,202)   (133,602)
    784,947    1,034,302 
Total intangible assets   811,361    1,060,716 

 

F-24

 

 

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED

ACN 163 057 565

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 AND 2022

 

Note 12. Intangible assets - continued

 

Reconciliations of the movement of intangible assets are set out below:

 

Trademark          
Balance at beginning of the year  $26,414   $19,966 
Additions   -    6,448 
Amortization expense   -    - 
Balance at end of the year  $26,414   $26,414 
           
Platform development costs          
Balance at beginning of the year  $1,034,302   $111,777 
Additions   352,182    1,037,020 
Disposals   -    - 
Research & Development tax incentive   (383,937)   - 
Amortization expense   (217,600)   (114,495)
Balance at end of the year  $784,947   $1,034,302 

 

Note 13. Trade and other payables

 

  

2023

$

  

2022

$

 
Payable to member gyms   61,065    96,257 
Taxes payable   560,204    674,617 
Trade payables   723,105    954,696 
Provision for refund liability   70,000    95,000 
Other Payables   620,062    265,601 
Total trade and other payables   2,034,436    2,086,171 

 

Note 14. Current - Employee Entitlements

 

Current Employee Entitlement  $357,227   $215,419 
Non-current Employee Entitlements  $18,892   $- 

 

Note 15. Unearned Revenue

 

Unearned Revenue  $174,290   $295,743 

 

Note 16. Reserves

 

Share based payment reserve  $3,912,367   $1,546,983 
Foreign currency translation reserve  $(65,832)  $(29,367)

 

Share based payment reserve

 

The reserve is used to recognize increments and decrements in share based payment transactions.

 

Foreign currency translation reserve

 

The reserve is used to recognize exchange differences arising from the translation of the financial statements of foreign operations to Australian dollars.

 

Note 17. Issued capital

 

  

2023

Shares

  

2022

Shares

  

2023

$

  

2022

$

 
Owners share capital, opening   4,898,438    4,898,438    3,385,281    3,385,281 
Issuances   -    -    -    - 
Buyback   -    -    -    - 
Reverse Share Split (1)   (979,688)   (979,688)   -    - 
Owners share capital, closing   3,918,750    3,918,750    3,385,281    3,385,281 

 

  (1) On January 24, 2024, there was a Reverse Share Split of our issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares and Ordinary Share equivalents on the basis of four (4) securities for every five (5) securities held. All issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares and Ordinary Share equivalents and per share data have been adjusted throughout the financial statements to reflect the Reverse Share Split for all periods presented.

 

Capital risk management

 

The Company’s objectives when managing capital is to safeguard its ability to continue as a going concern, so that it can provide returns for shareholders and benefits for other stakeholders and to maintain an optimum capital structure.

 

F-25

 

 

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED

ACN 163 057 565

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 AND 2022

 

Note 17. Issued capital - continued

 

The Company’s capital includes Ordinary Share capital and financial liabilities supported by financial assets. There are no externally imposed capital requirements.

 

The Company effectively manages capital by assessing the Company’s financial risks and adjusting its capital structure in response to changes in these risks and the market. These responses include the management of debt and share issuances.

 

Note 18. Notes to statement of cash flows

 

  

2023

$

  

2022

$

 
Loss after income tax   (20,597,436)   (11,197,450)
Non-cash flows in operating loss:          
Accrued interest on convertible notes   4,420,225    2,162,646 
Share-based payments   2,365,384    1,546,983 
Convertible notes issued in lieu of payment for services   624,425    - 
Depreciation and amortization expense   360,022    260,651 
Fair value movement of derivatives   6,870,729    (2,751,564)
           
Changes in assets and liabilities:          
Decrease in trade and other receivables   506,737    130,933 
Decrease in other assets   33,091    1,015,343 
Decrease/Increase in trade and other payables   (153,292)   993,662 
Decrease in net deferred revenue   (121,453)   (339,222)
Decrease/Increase in provision for refund   (25,000)   20,000 
Increase in employee entitlement   160,700    102,833 
Net cash used in operating activities   (5,555,868)   (8,055,185)

 

Note 19. Related parties transactions

 

(a) Directors

 

The following persons held office as Directors of the Company during the years reported:

 

  Nicholas Langton
  Angus Benbow (Appointed August 20, 2021, Resigned March 31, 2023)
  Hugh Williams (Appointed August 20, 2021)
  Vaughn Taylor (Appointed August 20, 2021)
  Richard Cranny (Resigned August 20, 2021)
  Kelly Hestermann (Resigned August 20, 2021)
  Jonathan Hart (Appointed May 1, 2023)

 

F-26

 

 

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED

ACN 163 057 565

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 AND 2022

 

Note 19. Related parties transactions - continued

 

(b) Remuneration of Key Management Personnel

 

Key management personnel remuneration:

 

   2023   2022 
   $   $ 
         
Short term benefits   657,879    671,709 
Post-employment benefits   33,191    43,542 
Long term benefits   18,892    - 
Share Based payments   1,065,554    897,586 
Total   1,775,516    1,612,837 

 

(c) Related Party Transactions

 

Shares Held by Key Management Personnel:

 

   Shares
2023
   Shares
2022
 
         
Opening Balance   1,786,093    2,955,616 
Issued   -    477,000 
Repurchased   -    (1,200,000)
Resignation of Key Management Personnel   (530,609)   - 
Reverse Share Split   (106,122)   (446,523)
Closing Balance   1,361,606    1,786,093 

 

Options Held by Key Management Personnel:

 

   Options
2023
   Options
2022
 
         
Opening Balance   515,850    - 
Issued   279,221    644,813 
Expired   (106,078)   - 
Reverse Share Split   (34,629)   (128,963)
Closing Balance   654,365    515,850 

 

F-27

 

 

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED

ACN 163 057 565

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 AND 2022

 

Note 19. Related parties transactions - continued

 

Convertible Notes held by Key Management Personnel:

 

The following have been adjusted to account for the 4-for-5 Reverse Share Split as detailed in Note 17:

 

For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, Mr. Taylor reinvested into the Company 100% of his board fees earned from July 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023, and 50% of his board fees earned from April 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023, totaling $131,250 via the purchase of 131,250 Series A Extension Notes.

 

For the year ending June 30, 2022, Mr. Taylor reinvested into the Company 100% of his board fees earned from August 28, 2021 to June 30, 2022, totaling $129,000 via the purchase of 129,000 Series A Notes. Salary and fees are excluding GST. On August 31, 2021, Mr. Taylor, was issued options exercisable for a total of 94,193 Ordinary Shares, at an exercise price of $0.78 per Ordinary Share which vest 3 years from the issue date.

 

For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, Mr. Williams reinvested into the Company 100% of his board fees earned from July 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023, and 50% of his board fees earned from April 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023, totaling $65,625 via the purchase of 65,625 Series A Extension Notes.

 

For the year ending June 30, 2022, Mr. Williams reinvested into the Company 100% of his board fees earned from August 28, 2021 to June 30, 2022, totaling $43,000 via the purchase of 43,000 Series A Notes. On August 31, 2021, Mr. Williams was issued options exercisable for a total of 73,214 Ordinary Shares, at an exercise price of $0.78 per Ordinary Share which vest 3 years from the issue date.

 

On March 1, 2023, Mr. Langton, through Snowflower Holdings Pty Ltd (Snowflower Family Trust) was issued options exercisable for a total of 20,622 Ordinary Shares, at an exercise price of $0.29 per Ordinary Share, which vest 3 years from the issue date, being March 1, 2026.

 

On August 31, 2021, Mr. Langton, was issued options exercisable for a total of 189,757 Ordinary Shares, at a weighted average of $3.20 per Ordinary Share, which vest 3 years from the issue date.

 

On March 1, 2023, Mr. Benbow, through ABRB Pty Ltd (Benbow Trust), was issued options exercisable for a total of 27,728 Ordinary Shares, at an exercise price of $0.29 per Ordinary Share, which vest 3 years from the issue date, being March 1, 2026.

 

On August 21, 2021, Mr. Benbow, was issued options exercisable for a total of 155,190 Ordinary Shares, at an exercise price of $0.78 per Ordinary Share, which vest 3 years from the issue date.

 

On March 1, 2023, Mr. Hart, through the J Hart Family Trust, was issued options exercisable for a total of 10,132 Ordinary Shares, at an exercise price of $0.29 per Ordinary Share, which vest 3 years from the issue date, being March 1, 2026. Salary and fees are excluding GST. Mr. Hart serves as trustee for the trust.

 

Mr. Java was appointed as CFO effective February 20, 2023. On March 1, 2023, Mr. Java, though 3213 Ventures Pty Ltd (Java Holdings Trust), was issued options exercisable for a total of 160,000 Ordinary Shares, at an exercise price of $0.29 per Ordinary Share, which vest 3 years from the issue date, being March 1, 2026.

 

Other related parties:

 

Tanya Langton, our Head of Global Events and Logistics and the spouse of our Chief Executive Officer Nick Langton received compensation consisting of (i) short term benefits in the amount of $153,999 for the year ending June 30, 2023, as compared with $177,860 for the year ended June 30, 2022, (ii) post-employment benefits of $13,989 for the year ending June 30, 2023, as compared with $15,269 for the year ending June 30, 2022, and (iii) share based payments in the amount of $141,585 for the year ending June 30, 2023, as compared with $115,129 for the year ending June 30, 2022.

 

On August 21, 2021, Mrs. Langton was issued options exercisable for a total of 64,206 Ordinary Shares, at an average exercise price of $0.74 per Ordinary Share, vesting over 3 years, beginning on June 30, 2022.

 

On March 1, 2023, Mrs. Langton, was issued options exercisable for a total of 4,060 Ordinary Shares, at an average exercise price of $0.29 per Ordinary Share, which vest on March 1, 2026.

 

F-28

 

 

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED

ACN 163 057 565

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 AND 2022

 

Note 19. Related parties transactions - continued

 

Other than as disclosed the Company did not enter into any transactions or loans with any:

 

  (i) enterprises that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, control, are controlled by or are under common control with us;
  (ii) associates;
  (iii) individuals owning, directly or indirectly, an interest in our voting power that gives them significant influence over us, and close members of any such individual’s family;
  (iv) key management personnel and close members of such individuals’ families; or
  (v) enterprises in which a substantial shareholder interest in our voting power is owned, directly or indirectly, by any person described in (iii) or (iv) or over which such person is able to exercise significant influence.

 

(d) Parent Entity

 

The individual financial statements of the Parent Entity show the following aggregate amounts:

 

Results of the parent entity

 

  

2023

$

  

2022

$

 
         
Loss for the period   (20,053,426)   (10,667,136)
Other comprehensive loss for the period   -    - 
Total comprehensive loss for the period   (20,053,426)   (10,667,136)
Financial position of the parent entity          
Assets          
Current assets   7,307,155    2,123,586 
Non-current assets   1,120,872    1,556,123 
Total Assets   8,428,027    3,679,709 
           
Liabilities          
Current liabilities   28,018,760    10,353,079 
Non-current liabilities   10,346,332    5,575,653 
Total Liabilities   38,365,092    15,928,732 
Net Liabilities   (29,937,065)   (12,249,023)
           
Equity          
Contributed equity   3,385,281    3,385,281 
Reserves   3,912,367    1,546,983 
Accumulated losses   (37,234,713)   (17,181,287)
Total equity   (29,937,065)   (12,249,023)

 

There were no material contingent assets and liabilities in the Parent Entity at June 30, 2023 (nil – 30 June 2022)

 

F-29

 

 

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED

ACN 163 057 565

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 AND 2022

 

Note 19. Related parties transactions - continued

 

(e) Subsidiaries

 

The Company’s subsidiaries at June 30, 2023 are set out below. Unless otherwise stated, they have share capital consisting solely of Ordinary Shares that are held directly by the company, and the proportion of ownership interests held equals the voting rights held by the company. The country of incorporation or registration is also their principal place of business.

 

Name of entity  Place of business  Ownership interest held 
      2023   2022 
Wimp 2 Warrior LLC  United States of America   100%   100%
Wimp 2 Warrior Productions Pty Ltd  Australia   95%   95%
Wimp 2 Warrior Digital Pty Ltd  Australia   0%   100%
Wimp 2 Warrior (Ireland) Limited  Ireland   100%   100%

 

Note 20. Leases

 

At the commencement of a lease contract, the Company assesses whether the contract conveys the right to control the use of an identified asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration.

 

For the period ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company entered into a long-term lease with related balances as follows:

 

   2023   2022 
   $   $ 
(a) Right-of-use asset          
Right of use asset   400,829    400, 829 
Less: Accumulated amortization   (243,290)   (123,922)
Balance at end of year   157,540    276,907 
           
Balance at beginning of year   276,907    393,285 
Additions   -    - 
Less: amortization for the period   (119,367)   (116,378)
Balance at end of the year   157,540    276,907 
(b) Lease liabilities          
           
Current lease liability   121,500    124,349 
Non-current lease liability   54,162    177,870 
Total lease liabilities   175,662    302,219 

 

The total of future lease payments (including those lease payments that are not included in the measurement of the lease liability, e.g. for short-term leases and leases of low-value items) are disclosed for each of the following periods (refer to Note 23).

 

Less than one year   127,560    132,560 
One to two years   28,214    127,360 
Two to five years   28,214    56,427 
Five years and over   -    - 
Total future lease payments   183,789    316,347 

 

Note 21. Financial Liabilities

 

  

2023

$

  

2022

$

 
Convertible note payable - Current   25,331,307    7,907,953 
Convertible note payable - Non Current   10,273,278    5,182,363 
Total Financial Liabilities   35,604,585    13,090,316 
           
Host Liability – Current   16,567,450    7,907,953 
Host Liability – Non Current   342,406    4,303,710 
Derivative liability - Current   8,763,857    - 
Derivative liability – Non Current   9,930,872    878,653 
Total Convertible Notes Payable   35,604,585    13,090,316 

 

F-30

 

 

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED

ACN 163 057 565

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 AND 2022

 

Note 21. Financial Liabilities - continued

 

The convertible notes issued by the Company have been split into the debt liability and a derivative component. The fair value of the Financial Liabilities for the host liability and the derivative liability has been determined using a combination of Monte Carlo Simulation (MCS) and Black-Scholes model (BSM).

 

During the years ended June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022, the Company raised capital by issuing convertible notes to investors as summarized below. For most of the Convertible Notes issued by the Company, in the event of a “Qualified Equity Investment” or a “Sale,” which includes the sale of at least 50% of the Company’s Ordinary Shares, the Convertible Notes mandatorily convert into the Company’s Ordinary Shares.

 

Series A

 

Key Terms of these Series A convertibles notes are as follows  

 

Issue date   23-Dec-20 
Conversion Date   23-Dec-22 
Modification Date   1-Dec-22 
Modified Conversion Date   31-Dec-23 
Term (Years)   2.0 
Face Value   7,319,818 
Interest Rate   8.5%
Conversion Discount (Qualified Equity Investment)   20.0%

 

Series A – July 21

 

Key Terms of these Series A convertibles notes are as follows  

 

Issue Date   7-Jul-21 
Conversion Date   7-Jul-23 
Term (Years)   2.0 
Face Value   525,000 
Interest Rate   8.5%
Conversion Discount (Qualified Equity Investment)   20.0%

 

Series A – August 21

 

Key Terms of these Series A convertibles notes are as follows  

 

Issue Date     20-Aug-21  
Conversion Date     9-Dec-22  
Modification Date     1-Dec-22  
Modified Conversion Date     31-Dec-23  
Term (Years)     1.3  
Face Value     172,000  
Interest Rate     8.5 %
Conversion Discount (Qualified Equity Investment)     20.0 %

 

F-31

 

 

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED

ACN 163 057 565

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 AND 2022

 

Note 21. Financial Liabilities - continued

 

Series B1

 

Key Terms of the Series B1 convertibles notes are as follows  

 

Issue Date     15-Dec-21  
Conversion Date     15-Dec-23  
Modification Date     1-Dec-22  
Modified Conversion Date     31-Dec-23  
Term (Years)     2.0  
Face Value     4,982,652  
Interest Rate     8.5 %
Conversion Discount (Qualified Equity Investment)     20.0 %

 

Series B2

 

Key Terms of this Series B2 convertibles notes are as follows  

 

Issue Date     1-July-22  
Conversion Date     30-June-24  
Modification Date     1-Dec-22  
Modified Conversion Date     31-Dec-23  
Term (Years)     2.0  
Face Value     671,284  
Interest Rate     10 %
Conversion Discount (Qualified Equity Investment)     20.0 %

 

Series A Extension  

 

Key Terms of this Series A Extension convertibles notes are as follows  

 

Issue Date     16-Nov-22  
Conversion Date     31-Dec-23  
Term (Years)     1.1  
Face Value     1,571,873  
Interest Rate     15 %
Conversion Discount (Qualified Equity Investment)     25 %

 

Reach  
   
Key Terms of this Reach convertibles notes are as follows  
         
Issue Date     13-Feb-23  
Conversion Date     13-Feb-25  
Term (Years)     2.0  
Face Value*     3,195,000  
Interest Rate     15 %
Conversion Discount (Qualified Equity Investment)     20 %

 

*$3,025,841 of Reach convertible notes, inclusive of accrued interest, were rolled into the Private Placement on June 9, 2023.

 

Private Placement  

 

Key Terms of this Private Placement convertibles notes are as follows  

 

Issue Date     9-June-23  
Conversion Date     9-June-25  
Term (Years)     2.0  
Face Value     9,215,591  
Interest Rate     10 %
Conversion Discount (Qualified Equity Investment)     30 %

 

Note 22. Share-based payments

 

During the years ended June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022, the Company granted share options to advisors and consultants (as remuneration for services provided), as well as select employees and Directors of the Company under the board approved Employee Share Option Plan (ESOP).

 

Each share option converts into one Ordinary Share of the Company on exercise. An option may be exercised by either (a) paying to the Company the Exercise Price of the Option being exercised (Cash Exercise) or (b) if elected by the Option Holder by setting off the total Exercise Price against the number of Shares which they are entitled to receive upon exercise (Cashless Exercise Facility). The options carry neither rights to dividends nor voting rights. Options may be exercised at any time from the date of vesting, subject to meeting the vesting conditions, to the date of their expiry.

 

F-32

 

 

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED

ACN 163 057 565

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 AND 2022

 

Note 22. Share-based payments - continued

 

Options are exercisable at a price determined by each option grant and range from $0.01 (relating to options granted as consideration for foregone cash payment for services provided) to $6.73 per share (relating to issuances under the ESOP which qualifies for the ATO ESS start-up tax concessions available for SME unlisted companies). All options are vested over three years. If the options remain unexercised after the period agreed from the date of grant the options expire. Options are forfeited if the employee leaves the Company before the options vest unless otherwise agreed by the Board.

 

The values of the Options are calculated by applying the Black-Scholes model. The Company used valuations specialists to perform these valuations.

 

Details of the expense arising from performance rights:

 

   2023   2022 
   $   $ 
         
ESOP   1,052,245    914,682 
Sweat Options   1,164,524    632,301 
Reach   148,615    - 
Total Share based payments   2,365,384    1,546,983 

 

Details of the number of share options outstanding during the year adjusted to account for the 4-for-5 Reverse Share Split, as detailed in Note 17, are as follows:

 

   ESOP   SWEAT   REACH 
   2023   2022   2023   2022   2023   2022 
Beginning of year   556,074    -    312,362    -    -    - 
Granted During the year   312,886    556,074    31,693    312,362    45,794    - 
Forfeited/expired during the year   (84,862)   -    -    -    -    - 
Exercised during the year   -    -    -    -    -    - 
End of the year   784,098    556,074    344,055    312,362    45,794    - 

 

The model inputs for options granted during the reporting periods include:

 

Grant Date 

Exercise

Price

   Term 

Spot

Price

  

Share

Price

Volatility

  

Expected

Dividend

Yield

  

Risk

Free

Interest

Rate

 
ESOP                            
31 Aug 2021  $0.62   3 years  $5.72    67.3%   0.0%   0.2%
31 Aug 2021  $5.72   3 years  $5.72    67.3%   0.0%   0.2%
1 March 2022  $0.62   3 years  $18.51    66.4%   0.0%   1.5%
23 Feb 2023  $0.23   3.0 years  $5.72    64.5%   0.0%   3.6%
SWEAT                            
21 Aug 2021  $0.62   2.86 years  $5.72    66.6%   0.0%   0.5%
21 Aug 2021  $0.01   2.86 years  $5.72    66.6%   0.0%   0.5%
21 Aug 2022  $0.01   4.90 years  $10.80    65.4%   0.0%   3.0%

 

REACH                       
13 Feb 2023  $5.72   3.30 years  $5.72    65.4%   0.0%   3.5%
9 June 2023  $6.73   3.15 years  $6.12    60.1%   0.0%   3.8%

 

The share-based payment expense of $2,365,384 at June 30, 2023, as compared with the share-based payment expense of $1,546,983 at June 30, 2022, has been recognized in the Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Loss.

 

Note 23. Financial Instruments

 

Capital management

 

The Company’s objectives when managing share capital, reserves, and accumulated losses, which represents the Company’s capital, are to:

 

safeguard their ability to continue as a going concern, so that they can continue to provide returns for shareholders and benefits for other stakeholders; and
sustain future product development.

 

Financial risk management

 

The Company’s activities expose it to a variety of financial risks: market risk (primarily currency risk), credit risk, and liquidity risk. The Company’s overall risk management program focuses on the unpredictability of financial markets and seeks to minimize potential adverse effects on the financial performance of the Company. The Company uses different methods to measure different types of risk to which it is exposed. These methods include sensitivity analysis in the case of foreign exchange risk and aging analysis for credit risk.

 

Financial risk management is carried out by the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and overseen by the Board of Directors.

 

F-33

 

 

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED

ACN 163 057 565

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 AND 2022

 

Note 23. Financial Instruments - continued

 

Market Risk

 

Foreign exchange risk

 

Foreign exchange risk arises when future commercial transactions and recognized assets and liabilities are denominated in a currency that is not the entity’s functional currency. The risk is measured using sensitivity analysis and cash flow forecasting. The Company operates internationally and is exposed to foreign exchange risk arising primarily from currency exposures to the NZ Dollar, Euro, and US Dollar.

 

The Company’s financial results are reported in AU dollar and a substantial portion of our operating revenues and expenses are reported in AU dollar. Revenue and expenses recorded in local currency other that AU dollar are where practical received in to and paid out of local currency bank accounts mitigating the Company’s exposure to foreign currency risk.

 

Credit risk

 

Credit risk arises from cash and cash equivalents, derivative financial instruments and deposits with banks and financial institutions, as well as credit exposures to customers, including outstanding receivables and committed transactions.

 

The Company has no significant concentrations of credit risk. For banks and financial institutions, only independently rated and reputable parties are accepted. The Company has policies in place to ensure that sales of products and services are made to customers in advance of the products and service being provided The maximum exposure to credit risk at the reporting date is the carrying amount of the financial assets.

 

Liquidity risk

 

Liquidity risk arises from the Company’s management of cash and working capital. It is the risk that the Company will encounter difficulty in meeting its financial obligations as they fall due. The Company’s policy is to ensure that it will always have sufficient cash to allow it to meet its liabilities as and when they fall due. The Company manages its liquidity needs by carefully monitoring scheduled debt servicing payments for long-term financial liabilities as well as cash-outflows due in day-to-day business.

 

Remaining contractual maturities

 

The following tables detail the Company’s remaining contractual maturity for its financial instrument liabilities. The tables have been drawn up based on the undiscounted cash flows of financial liabilities based on the earliest date on which the financial liabilities are required to be paid. The tables include both interest and principal cash flows disclosed as remaining contractual maturities and therefore these totals may differ from their carrying amount in the statement of financial position.

 

   Weighted
average
interest rate
   1 year or
less
   Between 1
and 2 years
   Between 2
and 5 years
   Remaining
contractual
maturities
 
Consolidated 2023  %   $   $   $   $ 
                     
Non - Derivative                         
Non-interest bearing                         
Trade and other payables   -    2,034,436    -    -    2,034,436 
                          
Interest bearing – fixed rate                         
Financial liability – host debt   9.30%   16,567,450    342,406    -    16,909,856 
Lease liability   3.5%   127,361    28,214    28,214    183,789 
Total non - derivative        18,729,247    370,620    28,214    19,128,081 
                          
Derivative                         
Derivative liability   -    -    -    -    - 
Total Derivative        -    -    -    - 

 

   Weighted
average
interest rate
   1 year or
less
   Between 1
and 2 years
   Between 2
and 5 years
   Remaining
contractual
maturities
 
Consolidated 2022  %   $   $   $   $ 
                     
Non - Derivative                         
Non-interest bearing                         
Trade and other payables   -    2,086,171    -    -    2,086,171 
                          
Interest bearing – fixed rate                         
Financial liability – host debt   8.5%   7,907,953    4,303,710    -    12,211,663 
Lease liability   3.5%   132,560    127,360    56,427    316,347 
Total non - derivative        10,126,684    4,431,070    56,427    14,614,181 
                          
Derivative                         
Derivative liability   -    -    -    -    - 
Total Derivative        -    -    -    - 

 

The cash flows in the maturity analysis above are not expected to occur significantly earlier than contractually disclosed above.

 

F-34

 

 

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED

ACN 163 057 565

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 AND 2022

 

Note 23. Financial Instruments - continued

 

Fair value estimation

 

The fair value of financial assets and financial liabilities must be estimated for recognition and measurement or for disclosure purposes. The carrying value less impairment provision of trade receivables and payables are assumed to approximate their fair values due to their short-term nature. The fair value of financial liabilities approximates their carrying values.

 

Note 24. Remuneration of auditors

 

During the financial year the following fees were paid or payable for services provided by BDO Audit Pty Ltd, the auditor of the Company and its network firms:

 

Audit of financial statements  2023   2022 
    $138,750   $91,300 

 

Note 25. Contingent Assets and Liabilities

 

There were no material contingent assets and liabilities at June 30, 2023 (nil – June 30, 2022).

 

Note 26. Commitments

 

The Company had no material Commitments at June 30, 2023 (nil – June 30, 2022).

 

Note 27. Loss per share

 

   2023   2022 
   $   $ 
Reconciliation of loss after tax   (20,597,436)   (11,197,450)
           
Weighted average number of Ordinary Shares outstanding during the year used in calculating loss per share (1)   3,918,750    3,918,750 
           
Loss per share attributable to the owners of Alta Global Group Limited          
Basic loss per share   (5.26)   (2.86)
Diluted loss per share   (5.26)   (2.86)

 

  (1) On January 24, 2024, there was a Reverse Share Split of our issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares and Ordinary Share equivalents on the basis of four (4) securities for every five (5) securities held. All issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares and Ordinary Share equivalents and per share data have been adjusted throughout the financial statements to reflect the Reverse Share Split for all periods presented.

 

Note 28. Events after the reporting period

 

In July 2023, A$525,624 in principal amount of our Series A - July 21 Convertible Notes, plus accrued interest, were converted into 87,126 Ordinary Shares. In the same month, 344,055 unlisted options were converted to 327,142 Ordinary Shares for various officers, directors, employees or consultants.

 

In August 2023, the Company entered into a conditional agreement to purchase the assets of Steppen, a fitness technology company based in Australia. In September 2023, the acquisition was completed and as consideration for the asset acquisition, we issued the seller an unsecured and non-redeemable convertible promissory note with a principal amount of US$64,977.

 

In October 2023, the Company entered into a conditional agreement to purchase the assets of Mixed Martials Arts LLC, an independent MMA media company, based in US. The acquisition was completed and as consideration for the asset acquisition, we have issued the seller an unsecured and non-redeemable convertible promissory note with a principal amount of US$250,000 and US$25,000 cash.

 

In addition, in October 2023, various officers, directors, employees, ambassadors, and consultants were issued 590,729 share rights (subject to vesting conditions) which may be converted into Ordinary Shares under the Company’s Employee Incentive Plan. The Board has also approved a further pool of 40,000 share rights for future issuances, 50% of which will vest and become exercisable on October 1, 2025, and 50% of which will vest and become exercisable on October 1, 2026.

 

On January 24, 2024, there was a Reverse Share Split of our issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares and Ordinary Share equivalents on the basis of four (4) securities for every five (5) securities held. All issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares and Ordinary Share equivalents and per share data have been adjusted throughout the financial statements to reflect the Reverse Share Split for all periods presented.

 

On April 2, 2024, the Company closed its initial public offering of 1,300,000 Ordinary Shares at a public offering price of $5.00 per share, for gross proceeds of $6,500,000, before deducting underwriting discounts and offering expenses.

 

F-35

 

 

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED

 

UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE NINE MONTHS

ENDED MARCH 31, 2024 AND 2023

 

F-36

 

 

UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF

PROFIT OR LOSS AND OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS FOR THE

NINE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2024 AND MARCH 31, 2023

 

   Note 

March 31, 2024

($)

  

March 31, 2023

($)

 
Revenue             
Revenue from Program Fees  5   954,621    766,499 
Less: Contractual payments to gyms  5   (556,098)   (462,026)
Net Revenue from Program Fees      398,523    304,473 
              
Other Income  5   172,760    1,173,278 
Total Revenue      571,283    1,477,751 
              
Expenses             
              
Program Expenses  6   124,190    189,304 
Employee salaries and benefits      3,908,674    3,292,873 
Share Based Payments  16   3,650,976    1,774,037 
Advertising fees      419,912    515,197 
Professional fees      1,505,745    421,546 
Rent      7,245    10,158 
IT costs      416,340    477,121 
Depreciation and amortization      483,338    312,293 
Net foreign exchange gain  6   (59,191)   (15,961)
Finance costs  6   3,219,591    2,614,281 
Other expenses      1,198,176    464,569 
Fair Value movement in derivative liability      (3,400,685)   4,666,982 
Total Expenses      11,474,311    14,722,400 
              
Loss before income tax expense      (10,903,028)   (13,244,649)
Income tax expense      -    - 
              
Loss after income tax expense for the period      (10,903,028)   (13,244,649)
              
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax      (98,128)   (21,072)
              
Total comprehensive loss for the period attributable to the  7   (11,001,156)   (13,265,721)
members of Alta Global Group Limited             
              
Basic loss per share  20   (1.06)   (3.38)
Diluted loss per share  20   (1.06)   (3.38)

 

The above consolidated statements should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

 

F-37

 

 

UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

AS AT MARCH 31, 2024 AND JUNE 30, 2023

 

   Note 

March 31, 2024

($)

  

June 30, 2023

($)

 
Current Assets             
              
Cash and cash equivalents  8   98,790    3,702,567 
Trade and other receivables  9   9,346,315    2,365,638 
Other assets      41,081    33,641 
Total current assets      9,486,186    6,101,846 
              
Non-current assets             
              
Property, Plant and Equipment      82,462    94,928 
Right-of-use asset  17   302,506    157,540 
Intangible assets  10   1,087,651    811,361 
Other Assets      65,106    65,110 
Total non-current assets      1,537,725    1,128,939 
Total assets      11,023,911    7,230,785 
              
Current liabilities             
              
Trade and other payables  11   5,047,525    2,034,436 
Unearned revenue      -    174,290 
Current Employee Entitlements      389,886    357,227 
Current Financial Liabilities  15   -    25,331,307 
Current Lease Liability  17   128,181    121,500 
Total current liabilities      5,565,591    28,018,760 
              
Non-current liabilities             
              
Non-current Financial Liabilities  15   -    10,273,278 
Non-current Employee Entitlements      53,060    18,892 
Non-current Lease Liability  17   180,625    54,162 
Total non-current liabilities      233,685    10,346,332 
              
Total liabilities      5,799,276    38,365,092 
              
Net assets/(liabilities)      5,224,635    (31,134,307)
              
Equity             
              
Issued Capital  13   49,521,160    3,385,281 
Share-based payment reserve  12   5,027,773    3,912,367 
Foreign currency translation reserve  12   (163,961)   (65,832)
Accumulated losses      (49,160,337)   (38,366,123)
Total equity/(deficit)      5,224,635    (31,134,307)

 

The above consolidated statements should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

 

F-38

 

 

UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2024 AND MARCH 31, 2023

 

March 31, 2024 

Issued Capital

($)

  

Share-based

Payment Reserve

($)

  

Foreign

Currency

Translation

Reserve

($)

  

Accumulated

Losses

($)

  

Total

($)

 
                     
Opening balance as at July 1, 2023   3,385,281    3,912,367    (65,832)   (38,366,123)   (31,134,307)
Loss after tax   -    -    -    (10,903,028)   (10,903,028)
Other comprehensive (loss)   -    -    (98,128)   -    (98,128)
Total comprehensive (loss)   -    -    (98,128)   (10,903,028)   (11,001,156)
Share-based payments (see Note 16)   -    3,650,976    -    -    3,650,976 
Issued of Shares fully paid net of Transaction cost (see Note 13)   8,789,914    -    -    -    8,789,914 
Issue of Shares from conversion of convertible notes (see Note 13)   34,919,208    -    -    -    34,919,208 
Advisor options vested (see Note 13)   2,426,757    (2,426,757)   -    -    - 
Advisor options forfeited (see Note 13)   -    (108,813)   -    108,813    - 
                          
Closing balance as at March 31, 2024   49,521,160    5,027,773    (163,960)   (49,160,338)   5,224,635 

 

March 31, 2023 

Issued Capital

($)

  

Share-based

Payment Reserve

($)

  

Foreign

Currency

Translation

Reserve

($)

  

Accumulated

Losses

($)

  

Total

($)

 
                     
Opening balance as at July 1, 2022   3,385,281    1,546,983    (29,367)   (17,768,687)   (12,865,790)
Loss after tax   -    -    -    (13,244,649)   (13,244,649)
Other comprehensive (loss)   -    -    (21,072)   -    (21,072)
Total comprehensive (loss)   -    -    (21,072)   (13,244,649)   (13,265,721)
                          
Share-based payments (see Note 16)   -    1,774,037    -    -    1,774,037 
Closing balance as at March 31, 2023   3,385,281    3,321,020    (50,439)   (31,013,336)   (24,357,474)

 

The above consolidated statements should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

 

F-39

 

 

UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2024 AND MARCH 31, 2023

 

   Note 

March 31, 2024

($)

  

March 31, 2023

($)

 
Cash flows from operating activities             
Receipts from training participants (inclusive of GST)      938,528    1,114,767 
Payments to member gyms, suppliers & employees (inclusive of GST)      (6,240,662)   (6,060,298)
Receipts from Government grants and tax incentives related to expenditure      63,776    1,493,581 
Interest and other finance costs paid      (12,093)   (43,238)
Net cash used in operating activities      (5,250,451)   (3,495,188)
              
Cash flows from investing activities             
Payments for property equipment, net of disposal      (20,073)   (12,273)
Payments for intangible assets      (166,686)   (54,805)
Bank guarantee deposit      -    52,717 
Net cash used in investing activities      (186,759)   (14,361)
              
Cash flows from financing activities             
Proceeds from convertible notes, net of transaction costs      1,931,561    4,223,269 
Net cash from financing activities      1,931,561    4,223,269 
              
Net (decrease) /increase in cash and cash equivalents      (3,505,648)   713,720 
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the financial period      3,702,567    569,975 
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash      (98,129)   (21,072)
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the financial period  8   98,790    1,262,623 

 

The above consolidated statements should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

 

F-40

 

 

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED INTERIM

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Note 1. Corporate information

 

Alta Global Group Limited (the “Company” or the “Parent Entity”) was incorporated and is domiciled in Australia. The Company changed its registered name from Wimp 2 Warrior Limited to Alta Global Group Limited on 2 February 2022.

 

The Company, an Australian company, is listed solely on NYSE American and is governed by the rules of the NYSE American and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. For purposes of U.S. securities law the Company is a “foreign private issuer” (FPI). In addition, the Company qualifies as an “emerging growth company” for U.S. securities law purposes. The Company is a for-profit Australian unlisted public company limited by shares with a principal place of business at Level 1, Suite 1, 29-33 The Corso, Manly, New South Wales 2095.

 

Note 2. Significant accounting policies

 

The principal accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the periods presented, unless otherwise stated. The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements are presented in AUD, which is also the Company’s functional currency.

 

Basis of preparation

 

These financial statements for the interim nine month reporting period ended 31 March 2024 and 31 March 2023 have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standard IAS 34 ‘Interim Financial Reporting’ as appropriate for for-profit oriented entities.

 

These interim financial statements do not include all the notes of the type normally included in annual financial statements. Accordingly, these financial statements are to be read in conjunction with the annual report for the year ended 30 June 2023 and any public announcements made by the company during the interim reporting period in accordance with the continuous disclosure requirements of the Corporations Act 2001.

 

The principal accounting policies adopted are consistent with those of the previous financial year and corresponding interim reporting period, unless otherwise stated.

 

New or amended Accounting Standards and Interpretations adopted

 

The consolidated entity has adopted all of the new or amended Accounting Standards and Interpretations issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”) that are mandatory for the current reporting period.

 

Any new or amended Accounting Standards or Interpretations that are not yet mandatory have not been early adopted.

 

Intangible Assets

 

Intangible assets acquired as part of a business combination, other than goodwill, are initially measured at their fair value at the date of the acquisition. Intangible assets acquired separately in an asset acquisition are separately recognised at cost. Indefinite life intangible assets are not amortized and are subsequently measured at cost less any impairment. Finite life intangible assets are subsequently measured at cost less amortization and any impairment. The gains or losses recognized in profit or loss arising from the derecognition of intangible assets are measured as the difference between net disposal proceeds and the carrying amount of the intangible asset. The method and useful lives of finite life intangible assets are reviewed annually. Changes in the expected pattern of consumption or useful life are accounted for prospectively by changing the amortization method or period.

 

F-41

 

 

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED INTERIM

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Issued capital

 

Ordinary Shares are classified as equity.

 

Incremental costs directly attributable to the issue of new shares or options are shown in equity as a deduction, net of tax, from the proceeds.

 

Note 3. Critical accounting judgements, estimates and assumptions

 

The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts in the financial statements. Management continually evaluates its judgements and estimates in relation to assets, liabilities, contingent liabilities, revenue and expenses. Management bases its judgements, estimates and assumptions on historical experience and on other various factors, including expectations of future events, management believes to be reasonable under the circumstances.

 

In preparing the interim condensed consolidated financial statements, no significant changes in accounting estimates, assumptions and judgements have occurred compared to the significant accounting judgements, estimates and assumptions discussed in the consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal year ended 30 June 2023 other than described below.

 

Going concern

 

The consolidated financial statements for the reporting periods have been prepared on a going concern basis which contemplates continuity of normal business activities and the realization of assets and settlement of liabilities in the ordinary course of business.

 

We have assessed that there is a substantial doubt related to going concern that may cast significant doubt over our ability to continue as a going concern as we incurred a loss after tax of $10,903,028 for the period ended 31 March 2024 compared to $13,244,649 for the period ended 31 March 2023, had net cash outflows from operating activities of $5,250,451 for the period ended 31 March 2024 compared to $3,495,188 for the period ended 31 March 2023, had a net asset position of $5,224,635 as at 31 March 2024 compared to net liability $31,134,307 as at 30 June 2023, and net current asset position of $3,920,595 as at 31 March 2024, compared to net current liability position of $21,916,914 as at 30 June 2023. As a result of these conditions, the Company may be unable to realize its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal, course of business.

 

On April 2, 2024, the Company received net proceeds of US$5,767,887 (A$8,842,460) after deducting underwriting discounts and offering expenses from a successful initial public offering. In addition, all convertible notes that were on issue prior to the initial public offering have either been converted into ordinary shares or redeemed and therefore is no convertible note debt, host or derivative liabilities, on the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position as at 31 March 2024.

 

The remaining interest on convertible notes and the final fair value movement in derivative liability is reflected in the Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss for the period ended 31 March 2024.

 

The injection of capital will be used to scale the business with our current product offerings into North America, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, pursue acquisitions, acquire notable talent and establish partnerships.

 

The ongoing operation of the Company remains dependent upon raising additional funds. In light of the future expenditures to be incurred in executing on our strategic plans, we are dependent on obtaining financing through equity financing, debt financing or other means. The ability to arrange such funding in the future will depend in part upon the prevailing capital market conditions as well as our business performance. There is no assurance that we will be successful in our efforts to raise additional funding on terms satisfactory to us. If we do not obtain additional funding, we may be required to delay, reduce the scope of, or eliminate our current operations.

 

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

However, we believe that we will be able to raise additional funds as required to meet our obligations as and when they become due and are of the opinion that the use of the going concern basis remains appropriate. Our ability to continue as a going concern and to pay debts as and when they become due is dependent on the following:

 

  we have historically been successful in raising funds,
  we have now listed on the New York Stock Exchange in the United States. As a listed vehicle now we have capital raising options such as placements, Share Purchase Plans, Rights issues and entitlement offers, Dividend Reinvestment Plans, Hybrids and Retail notes and PIPEs,
  our level of expenditure continues to be managed and will continue to be managed to maximize run-way; and
  we have reason to believe that in addition to the cash flow currently available, additional revenues will continue to be received through the sale of our products and services throughout the course of the year.

 

If we decide to raise capital, the issuance of additional Ordinary Shares would result in dilution to our existing shareholders. We cannot assure you that we will be successful in completing any financings or that any such equity or debt financing will be available to us if and when required or on satisfactory terms.

 

Should we be unable to raise additional funds on a timely basis, we may be required to realize our assets and discharge our liabilities other than in the normal course of business and at amounts different to those stated in the financial statements. The financial statements do not include any adjustments to the recoverability and classification of asset carrying amounts or the amount of liabilities that might result should we be unable to continue as a going concern and meet our debts as and when they become due.

 

Lease term

 

The lease term is a significant component in the measurement of both the right-of-use asset and lease liability. Judgement is exercised in determining whether there is reasonable certainty that an option to extend the lease or purchase the underlying asset will be exercised, or an option to terminate the lease will not be exercised, when ascertaining the periods to be included in the lease term. In determining the lease term, all facts and circumstances that create an economical incentive to exercise an extension option, or not to exercise a termination option, are considered at the lease commencement date. Factors considered may include the importance of the asset to the consolidated entity’s operations; comparison of terms and conditions to prevailing market rates; incurrence of significant penalties; existence of significant leasehold improvements; and the costs and disruption to replace the asset. The consolidated entity reassesses whether it is reasonably certain to exercise an extension option, or not exercise a termination option, if there is a significant event or significant change in circumstances.

 

Note 4. Operating segments

 

Identification of reportable operating segments

 

Segment reporting is based on the information that management uses to make decisions about the operation of the Company. Operating segment determination is based on the internal reports that are reviewed and used by the Board of Directors (who are identified as the Chief Operating Decision Makers (“CODM”)) in assessing performance and in determining the allocation of resources. The Company has identified one operating segment as the provision and administration of mixed martial arts training programs, gym programs.

 

The CODM reviews EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization). The accounting policies adopted for internal reporting to the CODM are consistent with those adopted in the financial statements. Application of IFRS 8 and quantitative thresholds for determination of reportable segments sees the consolidated entity disclosing only one reportable operating segment. The unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements for the nine months ended 31 March 2024 and 2023 have been presented by this single operating segment and have been presented and disclosed as one reportable operating segment.

 

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Note 5. Revenue

 

  

March 31, 2024

($)

  

March 31, 2023

($)

 
Program fees          
           
Revenue from program fees   954,621    766,499 
Contractual payments to gyms   (556,098)   (462,026)
Net Revenue from program fees   398,523    304,473 
Other Income          
           
Research and Development tax incentive   -    1,149,525 
Finale, franchise fee and other fees   170,376    22,600 
Merchandise sales   2,384    1,153 
Total other income   172,760    1,173,278 
Total Revenue   571,283    1,477,751 

 

Disaggregation of Revenue

 

The disaggregation of revenue from contracts with customers is disclosed below. The Company only has one major product line, being the provision of Gym Programs. All revenues are generated by the Australian Parent Entity:

 

Revenue from program fees   954,621    766,499 
Contractual payments to gyms   (556,098)   (462,026)
Net Revenue from program fees   398,523    304,473 

 

Timing of revenue recognition – All goods transferred at a point in time.

 

Note 6. Expenses

 

  

March 31, 2024

($)

  

March 31, 2023

($)

 
         
Event Costs   35,496    31,785 
Program costs   7,046    4,429 
Merchant fees   23,720    34,653 
Other costs   57,928    118,437 
Total program expenses   124,190    189,304 
           
Convertible notes interest – contractual and effective   3,207,498    2,571,044 
Bank fees   9,928    10,354 
Bank interest and lease interest   2,165    32,883 
Total finance costs   3,219,591    2,614,281 
           
Unrealized currency (gains)   (49,594)   (25,292)
Realized currency (gains)/losses   (9,597)   9,331 
Net foreign exchange (gains)   (59,191)   (15,961)

 

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Note 7. Fair value measurement

 

Fair value hierarchy

 

The following tables detail the consolidated entity’s assets and liabilities, measured or disclosed at fair value, using a three level hierarchy, based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the entire fair value measurement, being:

 

  Level 1: Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the entity can access at the measurement date.
  Level 2: Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly.
  Level 3: Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability. Considerable judgement is required to determine what is significant to fair value and therefore which category the asset or liability is placed in can be subjective.

 

   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Consolidated – March 31, 2024  $   $   $   $ 
                 
Assets      -       -    -    - 
Total assets   -    -    -    - 
                     
Liabilities                    
Derivative Liabilities – refer Note 15   -    -    -    - 
Total liabilities   -    -    -    - 

 

   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Consolidated – June 30, 2023  $   $   $   $ 
                 
Assets      -      -    -    - 
Total assets   -    -    -    - 
                     
Liabilities                    
Derivative Liabilities – refer Note 15   -    -    18,694,729    18,694,729 
Total liabilities   -    -    18,694,729    18,694,729 

 

There were no transfers between levels during the financial periods.

 

The level 3 liabilities unobservable inputs at issue date of each of the convertible notes series are as follow:

 

Series A      
Implied valuation   $ 28,000,000  
Volatility     74 %
Risk free rate     0.0 %
Probability of conversion     50 %

 

Series A - July 21      
Implied valuation   $ 28,000,000  
Volatility     74 %
Risk free rate     0.1 %
Probability of conversion     50 %

 

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Series A – August 21    
Implied valuation  $28,000,000 
Volatility   62%
Risk free rate   0.0%
Probability of conversion   50%

 

Series B1    
Implied valuation  $120,000,000 
Volatility   74%
Risk free rate   0.6%
Probability of conversion   50%

 

Series B2    
Implied valuation  $70,000,000 
Volatility   66%
Risk free rate   3%
Probability of conversion   50%

 

Series A Extension    
Implied valuation  $28,000,000 
Volatility   65%
Risk free rate   3.5%
Probability of conversion   0%

 

Reach    
Implied valuation  $40,000,000 
Volatility   60%
Risk free rate   3.6%
Probability of conversion   100%

 

Private Placement    
Implied valuation  $53,685,000 
Volatility   60%
Risk free rate   3.5%
Probability of conversion   100%

 

Mixed Martial Arts LLC    
Implied valuation  $384,750 
Volatility   49%
Risk free rate   4.3%
Probability of conversion   100%

 

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Steppen    
Implied valuation  $100,000 
Volatility   47 
Risk free rate   4.2%
Probability of conversion   100%

 

Note 8. Cash and cash equivalents

 

  

March 31, 2024

($)

  

June 30, 2023

($)

 
Cash on hand   1,000    1,000 
Cash at bank *   97,790    3,701,567 
Total cash and cash equivalents   98,790    3,702,567 
           
Cash as per above   98,790    3,702,567 
Balance as per statement of cash flows   98,790    3,702,567 

 

* The Company received $8,842,460 from Initial Public Offering proceeds on 2 April 2024. Please refer to Note 9 below.

 

Note 9. Trade and other receivables

 

  

March 31, 2024

($)

  

March 31, 2023

($)

 
         
Trade Receivables   63,442    351,905 
Proceeds from IPO   8,842,460    - 
Research and Development Tax incentive receivable   -    63,776 
Other advances   443,016    1,952,560 
Less; allowance for credit losses   (2,603)   (2,603)
Total trade and other receivables   9,346,315    2,365,638 

 

The Company has applied the simplified approach to measuring expected credit losses, which use a lifetime expected loss allowance. The Company also recognizes a refund liability in line with our revenue recognition policy.

 

Note 10. Intangible assets

 

  

March 31, 2024

($)

  

June 30, 2023

($)

 
Trademark - at cost   52,243    50,843 
Less: Accumulated amortization   (28,347)   (24,429)
    23,896    26,414 
Platform development - at cost   1,798,562    1,136,149 
Less: Accumulated depreciation   (734,807)   (351,202)
    1,063,755    784,947 
Total intangible assets   1,087,651    811,361 

 

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED INTERIM

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Reconciliations of the movement of intangible assets are set out below:

 

   March 31, 2024
($)
   June 30, 2023
($)
 
Trademark          
Balance at beginning of the period   26,414    26,414 
Additions   -    - 
Amortization expense   (2,518)   - 
Balance at end of the period   23,896    26,414 
           
Platform development costs          
Balance at beginning of the period   784,947    1,034,302 
Additions from internal development   152,249    352,182 
Additions acquired *   484,750    - 
Research & Development tax incentive   -    (383,937)
Amortization expense   (358,191)   (217,600)
Balance at end of the period   1,063,755    784,947 

 

* Included in additions is acquired intangible assets of:

 

  In September 2023, we completed the acquisition of the assets of Steppen Pty Ltd, a fitness technology company based in Australia (“Steppen”). As consideration for the asset acquisition, we issued Steppen an unsecured and non-redeemable convertible promissory note (on the same terms as the recently completed Private Placement), with a principal amount of US$ 64,977.
  In October 2023, we completed the acquisition of the assets of Mixed Martials Arts LLC, an independent MMA media company, based in the US. As consideration for the asset acquisition, we issued Mixed Martials Arts LLC an unsecured and non-redeemable convertible promissory note (on the same terms as the recently completed Private Placement), with a principal amount of US$250,000 and paid US$25,000 in cash.
  Management determined both there acquired intangible assets did not pass the concentration test under IFRS 3 Business Combinations. Thereby were accounted for as acquisition of intangible assets.

 

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Note 11. Trade and other payables

 

   March 31, 2024
($)
   June 30, 2023
($)
 
Payable to member gyms   244,241    723,105 
Taxes payable   380,882    560,204 
Trade payables   1,851,001    61,065 
Provision for refund liability   45,000    70,000 
Provision for bonus entitlement   150,000    - 
Other Payables *   2,376,401    620,062 
Total trade and other payables   5,047,525    2,034,436 

 

* In February 2023, the Company issued an aggregate amount of A$3,195,000 in principal amount of secured and redeemable convertible promissory notes from Wholesale Holdings Pty Ltd ATF Wholesale Holdings Alta Trust (“Reach Trust Notes”), an investment entity arranged by Reach Markets. As at March, 31 2024, the aggregate principal amount of Reach Trust Notes outstanding was A$765,000, excluding capitalised interest or A$1,029,617, including capitalised interest. All outstanding amounts on this facility was fully repaid out of IPO proceeds. The Reach Facility involved investors located outside of the United States in an exempt transaction pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act. In addition, other payables also includes accruals of A$829,0000 for legal and accounting services provided in support of Initial Public Offering process.

 

Note 12. Reserves

 

Share based payment reserve   5,027,773    3,912,367 
Foreign currency translation reserve   (163,961)   (65,832)

 

Share based payment reserve

 

The reserve is used to recognize increments and decrements in share based payment transactions.

 

Foreign currency translation reserve

 

The reserve is used to recognize exchange differences arising from the translation of the financial statements of foreign operations to Australian dollars.

 

Note 13. Issued capital

 

  

March 31, 2024

Shares

  

June 30, 2023

Shares

  

March 31, 2024

($)

  

June 30, 2023

($)

 
Owners share capital, opening (1)   3,918,750    3,918,750    3,385,281    3,385,281 
Issued and fully paid   1,300,000    -    9,964,825    - 
Share issue transaction costs net of tax   -    -    (1,174,911)   - 
Issue of shares from the conversion of the convertible notes (2)   4,721,794    -    34,881,208    - 
Advisor Options exercised (3)   327,142    -    2,464,757    - 
Owners share capital, closing   10,267,686    3,918,750    49,521,160    3,385,281 

 

  (1) On January 24, 2024, there was a reverse share split of our issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares and Ordinary Share equivalents on the basis of four (4) securities for every five (5) securities held. All issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares and Ordinary Share equivalents and per share data have been adjusted throughout the financial statements to reflect the reverse share split for all periods presented.
  (2) The issue of shares from the conversion of convertible notes reflects and includes the face value of the note and interest accrued at a fixed rate defined in the agreements, along with the value of the derivative prior to conversion. This interest figure includes both the accrued interest rate (contractual and effective) relating to the convertible notes, with the contractual capitalized interest rate ranging between 8.5% to 15% per annum, and the derivative reflects the effective interest rate being the cost of the relevant conversion discounts to market value at the conversion date.

 

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

  (3) Note that 327,142 Advisor Options fully vested and were exercised into Shares between July 2023 and December 2023 and 16,193 Advisor Options were forfeited.

 

Capital risk management

 

The Company’s objectives when managing capital is to safeguard its ability to continue as a going concern, so that it can provide returns for shareholders and benefits for other stakeholders and to maintain an optimum capital structure.

 

The Company’s capital includes ordinary share capital and financial liabilities supported by financial assets. There are no externally imposed capital requirements.

 

The Company effectively manages capital by assessing the Company’s financial risks and adjusting its capital structure in response to changes in these risks and the market. These responses include the management of debt and share issuances.

 

Note 14. Controlled Entities

 

Alta Global Group Limited is the parent entity of the Group.

 

The Company’s subsidiaries at 31 March 2024 are set out below. Unless otherwise stated, they have share capital consisting solely of Ordinary Shares that are held directly by the company, and the proportion of ownership interests held equals the voting rights held by the company. The country of incorporation or registration is also their principal place of business.

 

Name of entity  Place of business  Ownership interest held 
      March 31, 2024   June 30, 2023 
            
Wimp 2 Warrior LLC  United States of America   100%   100%
Wimp 2 Warrior Productions Pty Ltd *  Australia   0%   95%
Wimp 2 Warrior Digital Pty Ltd *  Australia   0%   100%
Wimp 2 Warrior (Ireland) Limited  Ireland   100%   100%

 

* Entities deregistered in the period to 31 March 2024.

 

Note 15. Financial Liabilities

 

   March 31, 2024
($)
   June 30, 2023
($)
 
Convertible note payable - Current   -    25,331,307 
Convertible note payable – Non Current   -    10,273,278 
Total Financial Liabilities   -    35,604,585 
           
Host Liability - Current   -    16,567,450 
Host Liability – Non Current   -    342,406 
Derivative liability -Current   -    8,763,857 
Derivative liability - Non Current   -    9,930,872 
Total Convertible Notes Payable   -    35,604,585 

 

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED INTERIM

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

The convertible notes issued by the Company have been split into the debt liability and a derivative component. The fair value of the Financial Liabilities for the host liability and the derivative liability has been determined using a combination of Monte Carlo Simulation (MCS) and Black-Scholes model (BSM).

 

During the reporting period Series A – July 21 matured and converted to equity on 7 July 2023, while Series A, Series A – Aug 21, Series B1, Series B2 and Series A Extension matured and converted to equity on 31 December 2023. During the reporting period the Company issued two additional Convertible Notes for the acquisition of Mixed Martial Arts LLC and Steppen. Mixed Martial Arts LLC, Steppen, Reach and Private Placement convertible notes converted to equity or were redeemed for cash on March, 28 2024, on successful listing on the NYSE by the Company, as per the conversion date in the table below.

 

Convertible notes held by investors in the reporting period are summarized below:

 

Series A    
     
Key Terms of this Series A convertible notes are as follows    
     
Issue date   23-Dec-20 
Pre Modification Maturity Date   23-Dec-22 
Modification Date   1-Dec-22 
Modified Maturity Date   31-Dec-23 
Conversion Date   31-Dec-23 
Term (Years)   2.0 
Face Value   7,319,818 
Interest Rate   8.5%
Conversion Discount (Qualified Equity Investment)   20.0%

 

Series A – July 21    
     
Key Terms of this Series A convertible notes are as follows    
     
Issue Date   7-Jul-21 
Maturity Date   7-Jul-23 
Conversion Date   7-Jul-23 
Term (Years)   2.0 
Face Value   525,000 
Interest Rate   8.5%
Conversion Discount (Qualified Equity Investment)   20.0%

 

Series A – August 21    
     
Key Terms of this Series A convertible notes are as follows    
     
Issue Date   20-Aug-21 
Pre Modification Maturity Date   9-Dec-22 
Modification Date   1-Dec-22 
Modified Maturity Date   31-Dec-23 
Conversion Date   31-Dec-23 
Term (Years)   1.3 
Face Value   172,000 
Interest Rate   8.5%
Conversion Discount (Qualified Equity Investment)   20.0%

 

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Series B1    
     
Key Terms of this Series B1 convertible notes are as follows    
     
Issue Date   15-Dec-21 
Pre Modification Maturity Date   15-Dec-23 
Modification Date   1-Dec-22 
Modified Maturity Date   31-Dec-23 
Conversion Date   31-Dec-23 
Term (Years)   2.0 
Face Value   4,982,652 
Interest Rate   8.5%
Conversion Discount (Qualified Equity Investment)   20.0%

 

Series B2    
     
Key Terms of this Series B2 convertible notes are as follows    
     
Issue Date   1-July-22 
Pre Modification Maturity Date   30-June-24 
Modification Date   1-Dec-22 
Modified Maturity Date   31-Dec-23 
Conversion Date   31-Dec-23 
Term (Years)   2.0 
Face Value   671,284 
Interest Rate   10%
Conversion Discount (Qualified Equity Investment)   20.0%

 

Series A Extension    
     
Key Terms of this Series A Extension convertible notes are as follows    
     
Issue Date   16-Nov-22 
Maturity Date   31-Dec-23 
Conversion Date   31-Dec-23 
Term (Years)   1.1 
Face Value   1,571,873 
Interest Rate   15%
Conversion Discount (Qualified Equity Investment)   25%

 

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Reach    
     
Key Terms of this Reach convertible notes are as follows    
     
Issue Date   13-Feb-23 
Maturity Date   13-Feb-25 
Conversion Date **   28-Mar-24 
Term (Years)   2.0 
Face Value*   3,195,000 
Interest Rate   15%
Conversion Discount (Qualified Equity Investment)   20%

 

*$3,025,841 of Reach convertible notes, inclusive of accrued interest, were rolled into the Private Placement on June 9, 2023.

 

** $1,029,617 was redeemed for cash, the remaining Reach notes were converted to equity.

 

Private Placement    
     
Key Terms of this Private Placement convertible notes are as follows    
     
Issue Date   9-June-23 
Maturity Date   9-June-25 
Conversion Date   28-Mar-24 
Term (Years)   2.0 
Face Value   9,215,591 
Interest Rate   10%
Conversion Discount (Qualified Equity Investment)   30%

 

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Mixed Martial Arts LLC    
     
Key Terms of this Mixed Martial Arts LLC convertible note are as follows    
     
Issue Date   26-Oct-23 
Maturity Date   9-June-25 
Conversion Date   28-Mar-24 
Term (Years)   1.6 
Face Value   384,750 
Interest Rate   10%
Conversion Discount (Qualified Equity Investment)   25%

 

Steppen    
     
Key Terms of this Steppen convertible note are as follows    
     
Issue Date   20-Sept-23 
Maturity Date   9-June-25 
Conversion Date   28-Mar-24 
Term (Years)   1.7 
Face Value   100,000 
Interest Rate   10%
Conversion Discount (Qualified Equity Investment)   25%

 

Note 16. Share-based payments

 

During the periods 31 March 2024 and 30 June 2023, the Company granted share options to advisors and consultants (as remuneration for services provided), as well as select employees and Directors of the Company under the board approved Employee Share Option Plan (ESOP)

 

Each share option converts into one Ordinary Share of the Company on exercise. An option may be exercised by either (a) paying to the Company the Exercise Price of the Option being exercised (Cash Exercise) or (b) if elected by the Option Holder by setting off the total Exercise Price against the number of Shares which they are entitled to receive upon exercise (Cashless Exercise Facility). The options carry neither rights to dividends nor voting rights. Options may be exercised at any time from the date of vesting, subject to meeting the vesting conditions, to the date of their expiry.

 

Options are exercisable at a price determined by each option grant and range from $0.01 (relating to options granted as consideration for foregone cash payment for services provided), to $6.73 per share (relating to issuances under the ESOP which qualifies for the ATO ESS start-up tax concessions available for SME unlisted companies). All options are vested over three years. If the options remain unexercised after the period agreed from the date of grant the options expire. Options are forfeited if the employee leaves the Company before the options vest unless otherwise agreed by the Board.

 

The values of the Options are calculated by applying the Black-Scholes model. The Company used valuations specialists to perform these valuations.

 

During the reporting periods the Company also issued share rights to select employees of the Company under the board approved Employee Incentive Plan (EIP). These share rights may be converted into Ordinary Shares under the EIP. Fifty percent of the share rights will vest and be exercisable on October 1, 2025 and the remaining fifty percent of the share rights will vest and be exercisable on and from October 1, 2026.

 

The values of the Share Rights are calculated by applying the Black-Scholes model. The Company used valuations specialists to perform these valuations.

 

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED INTERIM

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Details of the expense arising from performance rights, options and warrants:

 

   March 31, 2024   June 30, 2023 
   ($)   ($) 
         
ESOP   1,388,497    1,052,245 
Advisor Options (1)   1,086,937    1,164,524 
Reach   34,937    148,615 
Warrants (2)   253,391    - 
Over allotment Option (3)   163,794    - 
RSU   723,420    - 
Total Share based payments*   3,650,976    2,365,384 

 

  1. Note that 327,142 Advisor Options vested and were exercised into Shares between July 2023 and December 2023 and 16,193 Advisor Options were forfeited. At 31 March 2024, nil remaining Advisor Options were on issue.
  2. Note that this expense is pertaining to the issuance of warrants (equating to 65,000 Ordinary Shares on exercise) to the Underwriter as part of the underwriting agreement. These Warrants will be exercisable at any time and from time to time, in whole or in part, during the four and a half year period commencing 180 days from the commencement of sales of the securities in the Offering, at a price per share equal to 125.0% of the public offering price per share of common stock at the Offering. The issuance acts as additional compensation for ThinkEquity services that would be rendered over a 24 month period from the Closing of the initial public offering. As these services vary and are not for a specific service, the fair value of this allocation cannot be estimated reliably. Thereby, the fair value of these warrants at grant date were calculated by applying the Black-Scholes model. The Company used valuations specialists to perform these valuations.
  3. Note that this expense is pertaining to the option granted to the underwriter, exercisable within 45 days after the closing of the Offering, to acquire up to an additional 15% of the total number of Shares to be offered by the company in the offering, solely for the purpose of covering over-allotments. This over-allotment option (not a service) essentially granted the underwriter the right to sell more shares than originally planned if the demand for a security issue proves higher than expected. The fair value of this service cannot be estimated reliably as the exercise was subjective on share price performance and/or timing. Thereby, the fair value of these options at grant date were calculated using the Black-Scholes model. The Company used valuations specialists to perform these valuations. In addition, please note that these options have not been exercised and the 45-day limit has expired.

 

Details of the number of share options outstanding during the year, adjusted to account for the 4-for-5 reverse share split, are as follows:

 

   ESOP   ADVISOR 
   March 31, 2024   June 30, 2023   March 31, 2024   June 30, 2023 
Beginning of period   784,098    556,074    344,055    312,362 
Granted during the period   -    312,886    -    31,693 
Forfeited/expired during the period   -    (84,862)   (16,913)   - 
Exercised during the period   -    -    (327,142)   - 
End of the period   784,098    784,098    -    344,055 

 

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED INTERIM

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

   Reach   RSU 
   March 31, 2024   June 30, 2023   March 31, 2024   June 30, 2023 
Beginning of period   45,794    -    -    - 
Granted during the period   -    45,794    630,729    - 
Forfeited/expired during the period   -    -    -    - 
Exercised during the period   -    -    -    - 
End of the period   45,794    45,794    630,729    - 

 

  

Over Allotment

Option

   Warrants 
   March 31, 2024   June 30, 2023   March 31, 2023   June 30, 2023 
Beginning of period  -   -   -   - 
Granted during the period   195,000    -    65,000    - 
Forfeited/expired during the period   -    -    -    - 
Exercised during the period   -    -    -    - 
End of the period   195,000    -    65,000    - 

 

   Total options outstanding 
   March 31, 2024   June 30, 2023 
Total beginning of period   1,173,947    868,436 
Total granted during the period   890,729    390,373 
Total forfeited/expired during the period   (16,913)   (84,862)
Total exercised during the period   (327,142)   - 
Total end of the period   1,720,620    1,173,947 

 

The model inputs for options granted during the reporting periods include:

 

Grant Date  Exercise price   Term   Spot Price   Share price volatility   Expected Dividend yield   Risk free interest rate 
ESOP                              
31 Aug 2021  $        0.62    3 years   $5.72    67.3%   0.0%   0.2%
31 Aug 2021  $5.72    3 years   $5.72    67.3%   0.0%   0.2%
1 March 2022  $0.62    3 years   $18.51    66.4%   0.0%   1.5%
23 Feb 2023  $0.23    3.0 years   $5.72    64.5%   0.0%   3.6%
                               
ADVISOR                              
21 Aug 2021  $0.62    2.86 years   $5.72    66.6%   0.0%   0.5%
21 Aug 2021  $0.01    2.86 years   $5.72    66.6%   0.0%   0.5%
21 Aug 2022  $0.01    4.90 years   $10.80    65.4%   0.0%   3.0%
                               
REACH                              
13 Feb 2023  $5.72    3.30 years   $5.72    65.4%   0.0%   3.5%
9 June 2023  $6.73    3.15 years   $6.12    60.1%   0.0%   3.8%
                               
RSUs                              
10 Oct 2023   -    3 years    $7.64    N/A    0%   N/A 
1 Mar 2024   -    3 years   $7.52    N/A    0%   N/A 
Warrants                              
                               
27 March 2024
Over allotment
  US$6.25    5 years   $5.00    62.9%   0%   3.7%
27 March 2024  $5.00    0.12 years   $5.00    46%   0%   3.7%

 

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED INTERIM

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

The share-based payment expense of $3,650,976 for the nine-months ending 31 March 2024 ($1,774,037 for the nine-months ending 31 March 2023) has been recognized in the unaudited interim Condensed Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Loss.

 

Note 17. Leases

 

At the commencement of a lease contract, the Company assesses whether the contract conveys the right to control the use of an identified asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration.

 

For the nine-months ended 31 March 2024, the Company determined with reasonable certainty that it would exercise its extension option at its current premises for two additional years. As a result, the Company has reassessed the lease term and related balances, which are reflected in the table below:

 

   March 31, 2024   June 30, 2023 
   ($)   ($) 
(a) Right-of-use asset          
Right of use asset   613,691    400,829 
Less: Accumulated amortization   (311,185)   (243,290)
Balance at end of year   302,506    157,540 
           
Balance at beginning of year   157,540    276,907 
Additions   212,862    - 
Less: amortization for the period   (67,897)   (119,367)
Balance at end of the year   302,506    157,540 
(b) Lease liabilities          
           
Current lease liability   128,181    121,500 
Non-current lease liability   180,625    54,162 
Total lease liabilities   308,806    175,662 

 

The total of future lease payments (including those lease payments that are not included in the measurement of the lease liability, e.g. for short-term leases and leases of low-value items) are disclosed for each of the following periods.

 

  

March 31, 2024

($)

  

June 30, 2023

($)

 
Less than one year   138,630    127,361 
One to two years   149,831    28,214 
Two to five years   19,217    28,214 
Five years and over   -    - 
Total future lease payments   307,678    183,789 

 

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED INTERIM

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Note 18. Contingent Assets and Liabilities

 

There were no material contingent assets and liabilities at 31 March 2024 (nil – 30 June 2023).

 

Note 19. Commitments

 

The Company has no material Commitments at 31 March 2023 (nil- 30 June 2023).

 

Note 20. Loss per share

 

   March 31, 2024   March 31, 2023 
         
Reconciliation of loss after tax   (10,903,028)   (13,244,649)
           
Weighted average number of Ordinary Shares outstanding during the period used in calculating loss per share   10,267,686    3,918,750 
           
Loss per share attributable to the owners of Alta Global Group Limited          
Basic loss per share  $(1.06)  $(3.38)
Diluted loss per share  $(1.06)  $(3.38)

 

Note 21. Events after the reporting period

 

On April 2, 2024, the Company received net proceeds of US$5,767,887 (A$8,842,460) after deducting underwriting discounts and offering expenses from a successful initial public offering.

 

In May 2024, we completed the acquisition of the assets of Hype Kit, Inc, a Delaware corporation (“Hype”), an all-in-one digital marketing platform, designed to help small businesses grow in today’s age of social media. Hype’s software platform strengthens the Company’s vision to convert 640 million MMA fans to participants by providing invaluable tools to our gym owner, coach, and athlete partners to not only grow their revenues, but also operate more efficiently, save costs and enhance the offerings to their members and community. This acquisition is expected to accelerate Alta’s technology roadmap, bringing forward new subscription revenue opportunities for us, whilst creating cost synergies by materially reducing product development overhead and bringing valuable technology expertise, skills and talent into the business. The acquisition was completed, and the asset purchased for consideration of USD$100,000.

 

In July 2024, at the discretion of the Board under the Company’s Employee Incentive Plan (EIP), 40,000 share rights have fully vested and converted into Ordinary Shares.

 

In September 2024, various employees and consultants were issued an aggregate of 139,500 share rights (subject to vesting conditions) which may be converted into Ordinary Shares under the Company’s Employee Incentive Plan. All share rights granted shall be subject to a three-year vesting schedule. One-third (1/3) of the shares shall vest 12 months from the commencement date of employment, one-third (1/3) shall vest 24 months from the commencement date, and one-third (1/3) shall vest 36 months from the commencement date. This vesting schedule is contingent upon the recipient’s continuous association with the Company.

 

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Up to 3,619,303 Ordinary Shares

Up to 3,619,303 Pre-Funded Warrants to Purchase up to 3,619,303 Ordinary Shares

Up to 3,619,303 Ordinary Shares underlying such Pre-Funded Warrants

 

 

 

 

Alta Global Group Limited

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS

 

 

 

 

 

 

ThinkEquity

 

 

 

                     , 2024

 

 

 

 

PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers

 

Australian law. Australian law provides that a company or a related body corporate of the company may provide for indemnification of officers and directors, except to the extent of any of the following liabilities incurred as an officer or director of the company:

 

  a liability owed to the company or a related body corporate of the company;
  a liability for a pecuniary penalty order made under section 1317G or a compensation order under section 961M, 1317H, 1317HA, 1317HB, 1317HC or 1317HE of the Corporations Act;
  a liability that is owed to someone other than the company or a related body corporate of the company and did not arise out of conduct in good faith; or
  legal costs incurred in defending an action for a liability incurred as an officer or director of the company if the costs are incurred:

 

  in defending or resisting proceedings in which the officer or director is found to have a liability for which they cannot be indemnified as set out above;
  in defending or resisting criminal proceedings in which the officer or director is found guilty;
  in defending or resisting proceedings brought by the Australian Securities & Investments Commission or a liquidator for a court order if the grounds for making the order are found by the court to have been established (except costs incurred in responding to actions taken by the Australian Securities & Investments Commission or a liquidator as part of an investigation before commencing proceedings for a court order); or
  in connection with proceedings for relief to the officer or a director under the Corporations Act, in which the court denies the relief.

 

Constitution. Our Constitution provides, that to the extent permitted by law, the Company indemnifies every director, executive officer or company secretary of the Company against a liability to another person, other than the Company or a related body corporate of the Company, provided that the provisions of the Corporations Act are complied with in relation to the giving of the indemnity and the liability does not arise in respect of conduct involving a lack of good faith on the part of the officer.

 

Indemnification Agreements. Pursuant to our form of deed of access, insurance and indemnity which is filed as Exhibit 10.4 to this registration statement, we have agreed to indemnify our directors. Alta has agreed to indemnify each of its directors to the extent permitted by law against all liabilities incurred while holding office, including indemnifying directors for any legal expenses incurred in defending proceedings relating to their directorship of Alta. Any indemnified amounts must be repaid to Alta to the extent that a director is reimbursed from an insurance policy maintained by Alta for the directors. Alta has also agreed to obtain and pay the premiums for insurance policies for each of its directors, which include run-off cover for each director for a period of seven years after they cease to hold office.

 

Pursuant to the underwriting agreement for this offering, the form of which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this registration statement, the underwriters will agree to indemnify our directors and officers and persons controlling us, within the meaning of the Securities Act, against certain liabilities that might arise out of or are based upon certain information furnished to us by any such underwriter.

 

Item 7. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

 

None.

 

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Item 8. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

 

(a) Exhibits

 

Exhibits   Description
1.1   Form of Underwriting Agreement
3.1*   Certificate of the Registration of the Registrant
3.2*   Constitution of the Registrant
4.1*   Specimen Ordinary Share certificate
4.2   Form of Representative’s Warrant (Included in Exhibit 1.1)
4.3   Form of Pre-Funded Warrant
4.4*   Employee Incentive Plan
4.5*   Employee Option Plan
5.1   Opinion of K&L Gates regarding the validity of the Ordinary Shares being registered
5.2   Opinion of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
10.1+#*   Employment Agreement between the Company and Nick Langton
10.2+#*   Employment Agreement between the Company and Neale Java
10.3+#*   Consultancy Agreement between the Company and Jonathan Hart
10.4+*   Form of Deed of Access, Insurance and Indemnity
21.1   List of subsidiaries
23.1   Consent of BDO Audit Pty Ltd, independent registered public accounting firm
23.2   Consent of K&L Gates (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.3   Consent of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2)
24.1   Power of Attorney (contained on the signature page of this registration statement)
107   Filing Fee Table

 

* Previously filed.
+ Indicates management contract or compensatory plan.
# Pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K, certain confidential portions of this exhibit were omitted by means of marking such portions with an asterisk because such information is both not material and is the type that the Company treats as private or confidential.

 

(b) Financial Statement Schedules

 

All schedules have been omitted because the information required to be set forth therein is not applicable or is shown in the Consolidated Financial Statements or the Notes thereto.

 

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Item 9. Undertakings

 

The undersigned hereby undertakes:

 

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to the registration statement:

 

(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

 

(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% 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;

 

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

 

(4) To file a post-effective amendment to the registration statement to include any financial statements required by Item 8.A. of Form 20-F at the start of any delayed offering or throughout a continuous offering. Financial statements and information otherwise required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act need not be furnished, provided that the registrant includes in the prospectus, by means of a post-effective amendment, financial statements required pursuant to this paragraph (4) and other information necessary to ensure that all other information in the prospectus is at least as current as the date of those financial statements.

 

(5) That, for the purpose 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.

 

(6) That, 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.

 

(7) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act 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.

 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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 F-1 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Manly, New South Wales on September 4, 2024.

 

  Alta Global Group Limited
     
  By: /s/ Nick Langton
  Name: Nick Langton
  Title:

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

     
  By: /s/ Neale Java
  Name: Neale Java
  Title:

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

 

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

Each person whose signature appears below does hereby constitute and appoint Nick Langton and Neale Java and each of them singly (with full power to act alone), as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, in connection with this registration statement, including to sign and file in the name and on behalf of the undersigned as director or officer of the registrant, any and all amendments and supplements (and any and all prospectus supplements, stickers and post-effective amendments) to this registration statement with all exhibits thereto, and sign any registration statement for the same offering covered by this registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all post-effective amendments thereto and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any applicable securities exchange, securities self-regulatory body or other regulatory entity, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them (with full power to act alone) full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith and in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature   Title   Date
         
/s/ Nick Langton   Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Director    
Nick Langton   (Principal Executive Officer)   September 4, 2024
         
/s/ Neale Java   Chief Financial Officer    
Neale Java   (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)   September 4, 2024
         
/s/ Jonathan Hart   Company Secretary and Director    
Jonathan Hart       September 4, 2024
         
/s/ Vaughn Taylor   Chairman of the Board of Directors    
Vaughn Taylor       September 4, 2024
         
/s/ Hugh Williams   Director    
Hugh Williams       September 4, 2024

 

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SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

 

Pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of Alta Global Group Limited, has signed this registration statement on September 4, 2024.

 

  Authorized U.S. Representative
     
  WIMP 2 WARRIOR LLC
     
  By: /s/ Nick Langton
  Name: Nick Langton
  Title: Manager and Authorized Officer

 

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Exhibit 1.1

 

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

 

between

 

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED

 

and

 

THINKEQUITY LLC

 

as Representative of the Several Underwriters

 

 
 

 

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED

 

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

 

New York, New York
[___], 2024

 

ThinkEquity LLC

 

As Representative of the several Underwriters named on Schedule 1 attached hereto

17 State Street, 41st Fl

New York, NY 10004

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

The undersigned, Alta Global Group Limited, an Australian public company limited by shares (collectively with its subsidiaries and affiliates, including, without limitation, all entities disclosed or described in the Registration Statement (as hereinafter defined) as being subsidiaries or affiliates of Alta Global Group Limited, the “Company”), hereby confirms its agreement (this “Agreement”) with ThinkEquity LLC, (hereinafter referred to as “you” (including its correlatives) or the “Representative”) and with the other underwriters named on Schedule 1 hereto for which the Representative is acting as representative (the Representative and such other underwriters being collectively called the “Underwriters” or, individually, an “Underwriter”) as follows:

 

1. Purchase and Sale of Shares.

 

1.1 Firm Shares.

 

1.1.1. Nature and Purchase of Firm Shares.

 

(i) On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell to the several Underwriters, an aggregate of [___] shares (each a “Firm Share”, and in the aggregate, the “Firm Shares”) of the Company’s ordinary shares, no par value (the “Ordinary Shares”) and/or an aggregate of [_______] pre-funded warrants (each, a “Pre-Funded Warrant”, and in the aggregate, the “Firm Pre-Funded Warrants”; and together with the Firm Shares, the “Firm Securities”) to purchase one Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $0.001 until such time as the Pre-Funded Warrant is exercised in full, subject to adjustment as provided in the Pre-Funded Warrant.

 

(ii) The Underwriters, severally and not jointly, agree to purchase from the Company the number of Firm Securities set forth opposite their respective names on Schedule 1 attached hereto and made a part hereof at a purchase price of $[___] per Firm Share (92.5% of the per Firm Share offering price) and $[__] per Firm Pre-Funded Warrant (92.5% of the per Firm Share offering price minus $0.001). The Firm Securities are to be offered initially to the public at the offering price set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus (as defined in Section 2.1.1 hereof).

 

1.1.2. Shares Payment and Delivery.

 

(i) Delivery and payment for the Firm Securities shall be made at 10:00 a.m., Eastern time, on the first (1st) Business Day following the effective date (the “Effective Date”) of the Registration Statement (as defined in Section 2.1.1 below) (or the second (2nd) Business Day following the Effective Date if the Registration Statement is declared effective after 4:01 p.m., Eastern time) or at such earlier time as shall be agreed upon by the Representative and the Company, at the offices of Loeb & Loeb LLP, 345 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10154 (“Representative Counsel”), or at such other place (or remotely by facsimile or other electronic transmission) as shall be agreed upon by the Representative and the Company. The hour and date of delivery and payment for the Firm Securities is called the “Closing Date.”

 

 
 

 

(ii) Payment for the Firm Securities shall be made on the Closing Date by wire transfer in U.S. dollars (same day) funds, payable to the order of the Company upon delivery of the certificates (in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters) representing the Firm Securities (or through the facilities of the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”)) for the account of the Underwriters. The Firm Securities shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denominations as the Representative may request in writing at least one (1) full Business Day prior to the Closing Date. The Company shall not be obligated to sell or deliver the Firm Securities except upon tender of payment by the Representative for all of the Firm Securities. The term “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions are authorized or obligated by law to close in New York, New York.

 

1.2 Over-allotment Option.

 

1.2.1. Option Securities. For the purposes of covering any over-allotments in connection with the distribution and sale of the Firm Securities, the Company hereby grants to the Underwriters an option to purchase up to [___] additional Ordinary Shares and/or Pre-Funded Warrants, representing fifteen percent (15%) of the Firm Securities sold in the offering, from the Company (the “Option Shares” or the “Option Pre-Funded Warrants,” as applicable). The purchase price to be paid per Option Share shall be equal to the price per Firm Share set forth in Section 1.1.1 (ii) hereof, and the purchase price to be paid per Option Pre-Funded Warrant shall be equal to the price per Firm Pre-Funded Warrant set forth in Section 1.1.1(ii) hereof. The Over-allotment Option is, at the Underwriters’ sole discretion, for Option Shares and Option Pre-Funded Warrants together, solely Option Shares or solely Option Pre-Funded Warrants, or any combination thereof (each, an “Option Security” and collectively, the “Option Securities”). The Firm Securities and the Option Securities are collectively referred to as the “Securities.” The Securities and the Underlying Shares (as defined below), are collectively referred to as the “Public Securities.” The certificate evidencing the Firm Pre-Funded Warrants and the Option Pre-Funded Warrants, if any, will be in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. The offering and sale of the Public Securities is hereinafter referred to as the “Offering.”

 

1.2.2. Exercise of Option. The Over-allotment Option granted pursuant to Section 1.2.1 hereof may be exercised by the Representative as to all (at any time) or any part (from time to time) of the Option Shares within 45 days after the Effective Date. The Underwriters shall not be under any obligation to purchase any Option Securities prior to the exercise of the Over-allotment Option. The Over-allotment Option granted hereby may be exercised by the giving of oral notice to the Company from the Representative, which must be confirmed in writing by overnight mail or facsimile or other electronic transmission setting forth the number of Option Shares and/or Option Pre-Funded Warrants to be purchased and the date and time for delivery of and payment for the Option Securities (the “Option Closing Date”), which shall not be later than one (1) full Business Days after the date of the notice or such other time as shall be agreed upon by the Company and the Representative, at the offices of Representative Counsel or at such other place (including remotely by facsimile or other electronic transmission) as shall be agreed upon by the Company and the Representative. If such delivery and payment for the Option Securities does not occur on the Closing Date, the Option Closing Date will be as set forth in the notice. Upon exercise of the Over-allotment Option with respect to all or any portion of the Option Securities, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (i) the Company shall become obligated to sell to the Underwriters the number of Option Shares and/or Pre-Funded Warrants specified in such notice and (ii) each of the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, shall purchase that portion of the total number of Option Shares and/or Pre-Funded Warrants then being purchased as set forth in Schedule 1 opposite the name of such Underwriter.

 

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1.2.3. Payment and Delivery. Payment for the Option Securities shall be made on the Option Closing Date by wire transfer in U.S. dollars (same day), payable to the order of the Company upon delivery to you of certificates (in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters) representing the Option Securities (or through the facilities of DTC) for the account of the Underwriters. The Option Securities shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denominations as the Representative may request in writing at least one (1) full Business Day prior to the Option Closing Date. The Company shall not be obligated to sell or deliver the Option Shares and/or Option Pre-Funded Warrants except upon tender of payment by the Representative for applicable Option Shares and/or Option Pre-Funded Warrants. The Option Closing Date may be simultaneous with, but not earlier than, the Closing Date; and in the event that such time and date are simultaneous with the Closing Date, the term “Closing Date” shall refer to the time and date of delivery of the Firm Securities and Option Securities.

 

1.3 Representative’s Warrants.

 

1.3.1. Purchase Warrants. The Company hereby agrees to issue and sell to the Representative (and/or its designees) on the Closing Date a warrant (“Representative’s Warrant”) to purchase up to an aggregate of [___] Ordinary Shares, representing 5% of the Firm Shares, for an aggregate purchase price of $100.00, to be issued pursuant to a Representative’s Warrant Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Representative’s Warrant Agreement”), which Representative’s Warrant shall be exercisable, in whole or in part, commencing on a date which is one hundred eighty (180) days after the Effective Date and expiring on the five-year anniversary of the Effective Date at an initial exercise price per Ordinary Share of $[___], which is equal to 125% of the public offering price of the Firm Shares. In the event that the Representative exercises the Over-allotment Option, the Company agrees to issue and sell to the Representative (and/or its designees) on each Option Closing Date a Representative’s Warrant for the purchase of an aggregate number of Ordinary Shares equal to five percent (5%) of the Option Shares sold on such Option Closing Date. The Representative’s Warrant Agreement and the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise thereof are hereinafter referred to together as the “Representative’s Securities.” The Representative understands and agrees that there are significant restrictions pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110 against transferring the Representative’s Warrant Agreement and the underlying Ordinary Shares during the one hundred eighty (180) days after the Effective Date and by its acceptance thereof shall agree that it will not sell, transfer, assign, pledge or hypothecate the Representative’s Warrant Agreement, or any portion thereof, or be the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put or call transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition of such securities for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days following the Effective Date to anyone other than (i) an Underwriter or a selected dealer in connection with the Offering, or (ii) a bona fide officer or partner of the Representative or of any such Underwriter or selected dealer; and only if any such transferee agrees to the foregoing lock-up restrictions.

 

1.3.2. Delivery. Delivery of the Representative’s Warrant Agreement shall be made on the Closing Date and shall be issued in the name or names and in such authorized denominations as the Representative may request.

 

2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to the Underwriters as of the Applicable Time (as defined below), as of the Closing Date and as of the Option Closing Date, if any, as follows:

 

2.1 Filing of Registration Statement.

 

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2.1.1. Pursuant to the Securities Act. The Company has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement, and an amendment or amendments thereto, on Form F-1 (File No. 333-[___]), including any related prospectus or prospectuses, for the registration of the Public Securities and the Representative’s Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), which registration statement and amendment or amendments have been prepared by the Company in all material respects in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act (the “Securities Act Regulations”) and will contain all material statements that are required to be stated therein in accordance with the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations. Except as the context may otherwise require, such registration statement, as amended, on file with the Commission at the time the registration statement became effective (including the Preliminary Prospectus included in the registration statement, financial statements, schedules, exhibits and all other documents filed as a part thereof or incorporated therein and all information deemed to be a part thereof as of the Effective Date pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 430A of the Securities Act Regulations (the “Rule 430A Information”)), is referred to herein as the “Registration Statement.” If the Company files any registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act Regulations, then after such filing, the term “Registration Statement” shall include such registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b). The Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission on the date hereof.

 

Each prospectus used prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, and each prospectus that omitted the Rule 430A Information that was used after such effectiveness and prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, is herein called a “Preliminary Prospectus.” The Preliminary Prospectus, subject to completion, dated [___], 2024, that was included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to the Applicable Time is hereinafter called the “Pricing Prospectus.” The final prospectus in the form first furnished to the Underwriters for use in the Offering is hereinafter called the “Prospectus.” Any reference to the “most recent Preliminary Prospectus” shall be deemed to refer to the latest Preliminary Prospectus included in the Registration Statement.

 

“Applicable Time” means [___] p.m., Eastern time, on the date of this Agreement.

 

“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 of the Securities Act Regulations (“Rule 433”), including without limitation any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act Regulations) relating to the Public Securities that is (i) required to be filed with the Commission by the Company, (ii) 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 (iii) exempt from filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Public Securities 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 Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g).

 

“Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors (other than a “bona fide electronic road show,” as defined in Rule 433 (the “Bona Fide Electronic Road Show”)), as evidenced by its being specified in Schedule 2-B hereto.

 

“Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not an Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus.

 

“Pricing Disclosure Package” means any Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus issued at or prior to the Applicable Time, the Pricing Prospectus and the information included on Schedule 2-A hereto, all considered together.

 

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2.1.2. Pursuant to the Exchange Act. The Company has filed with the Commission a Form 8-A (File Number 001-41978) providing for the registration pursuant to Section 12(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), of the Ordinary Shares. The registration of the Ordinary Shares under the Exchange Act has been declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the date hereof. The Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Ordinary Shares under the Exchange Act, nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration.

 

2.2 Stock Exchange Listing. The Ordinary Shares are listed on the NYSE American LLC (the “Exchange”), and the Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, delisting the Ordinary Shares from the Exchange, nor has the Company received any notification that the Exchange is contemplating terminating such listing except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

2.3 No Stop Orders, etc. Neither the Commission nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any state regulatory authority has issued any order preventing or suspending the use of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or has instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened to institute, any proceedings with respect to such an order. The Company has complied with each request (if any) from the Commission for additional information.

 

2.4 Disclosures in Registration Statement.

 

2.4.1. Compliance with Securities Act and 10b-5 Representation.

 

(i) Each of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time it became effective, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations. Each Preliminary Prospectus, including the prospectus filed as part of the Registration Statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment or supplement thereto, and the Prospectus, at the time each was filed with the Commission, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations. Each Preliminary Prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with this Offering and the Prospectus was or will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

 

(ii) Neither the Registration Statement nor any amendment thereto, at its effective time, as of the Applicable Time, at the Closing Date or at any Option Closing Date (if any), contained, contains or will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

 

(iii) The Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, at the Closing Date or at any Option Closing Date (if any), did not, does not and will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and any Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus thereto does not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, and each such Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus, as supplemented by and taken together with the Pricing Prospectus as of the Applicable Time, did not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to statements made or statements omitted in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company with respect to the Underwriters by the Representative expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto. The parties acknowledge and agree that such information provided by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists solely of the following disclosure contained in the “Underwriting” section of the Prospectus: information under the captions “Price Stabilization, Short Positions and Penalty Bids” and “Electronic Distribution,” and the information with respect to dealers’ concessions and reallowances contained in the section entitled “Discounts, Commissions and Expenses” (the “Underwriters’ Information”); and

 

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(iv) Neither the Prospectus nor any amendment or supplement thereto (including any prospectus wrapper), as of its issue date, at the time of any filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), at the Closing Date or at any Option Closing Date, included, includes or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to the Underwriters’ Information.

 

2.4.2. Disclosure of Agreements. The agreements and documents described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained therein and there are no agreements or other documents required by the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations to be described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or to be filed with the Commission as exhibits to the Registration Statement, that have not been so described or filed. Each agreement or other instrument (however characterized or described) to which the Company is a party or by which it is or may be bound or affected and (i) that is referred to in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, or (ii) is material to the Company’s business, has been duly authorized and validly executed by the Company, is in full force and effect in all material respects and is enforceable against the Company and, to the Company’s knowledge, the other parties thereto, in accordance with its terms, except (x) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (y) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may be limited under the federal and state securities laws, and (z) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought. None of such agreements or instruments has been assigned by the Company, and neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any other party is in default thereunder and, to the Company’s knowledge, no event has occurred that, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a default thereunder. To the best of the Company’s knowledge, performance by the Company of the material provisions of such agreements or instruments will not result in a violation of any existing applicable law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any governmental agency or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its assets or businesses (each, a “Governmental Entity”), including, without limitation, those relating to environmental laws and regulations.

 

2.4.3. Prior Securities Transactions. No securities of the Company have been sold by the Company or by or on behalf of, or for the benefit of, any person or persons controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Company, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Preliminary Prospectus.

 

2.4.4. Regulations. The disclosures in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus concerning the effects of federal, state, local and all foreign regulation on the Offering and the Company’s business as currently contemplated are correct in all material respects and no other such regulations are required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus which are not so disclosed.

 

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2.5 Changes After Dates in Registration Statement.

 

2.5.1. No Material Adverse Change. Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except as otherwise specifically stated therein: (i) there has been no material adverse change in the financial position or results of operations of the Company, nor any change or development that, singularly or in the aggregate, would involve a material adverse change or a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, assets or prospects of the Company (a “Material Adverse Change”); (ii) there have been no material transactions entered into by the Company, other than as contemplated pursuant to this Agreement; and (iii) no director or member of senior management (as defined in Form 20-F promulgated by the Commission) or director of the Company has resigned from any position with the Company.

 

2.5.2. Recent Securities Transactions, etc. Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and except as may otherwise be indicated or contemplated herein or disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company has not: (i) issued any securities or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, for borrowed money; or (ii) declared or paid any dividend or made any other distribution on or in respect to its capital stock.

 

2.6 Independent Accountants. To the knowledge of the Company, BDO Audit Pty Ltd. (the “Auditor”), whose report is filed with the Commission as part of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, is an independent registered public accounting firm as required by the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. The Auditor has not, during the periods covered by the financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, provided to the Company any non-audit services, as such term is used in Section 10A(g) of the Exchange Act.

 

2.7 Financial Statements, etc. The financial statements, including the notes thereto and supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, fairly present in all material respects the financial position and the results of operations of the Company at the dates and for the periods to which they apply; and such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) and interpretations issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, consistently applied throughout the periods involved (provided that unaudited interim financial statements are subject to year-end audit adjustments that are not expected to be material in the aggregate and do not contain all footnotes required by IFRS); and the supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement present fairly in all material respects the information required to be stated therein. Except as included therein, no historical or pro forma financial statements are required to be included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus under the Securities Act or the Securities Act Regulations. The pro forma and pro forma as adjusted financial information and the related notes, if any, included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus have been properly compiled and prepared in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations and present fairly the information shown 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. Each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus discloses all material off-balance sheet transactions, arrangements, obligations (including contingent obligations), and other relationships of the Company with unconsolidated entities or other persons that may have a material current or future effect on the Company’s financial condition, changes in financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures, capital resources, or significant components of revenues or expenses. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (a) neither the Company nor any of its direct and indirect subsidiaries, including each entity disclosed or described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as being a subsidiary of the Company (each, a “Subsidiary” and, collectively, the “Subsidiaries”), has incurred any material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, or entered into any material transactions other than in the ordinary course of business, (b) the Company has not declared or paid any dividends or made any distribution of any kind with respect to its capital stock, (c) there has not been any change in the capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or, other than in the course of business, any grants under any stock compensation plan, and (d) there has not been any Material Adverse Change in the Company’s long-term or short-term debt.

 

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2.8 Authorized Capital; Options, etc. The Company had, at the date or dates indicated in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the duly authorized, issued and outstanding capitalization as set forth therein. Based on the assumptions stated in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company will have on the Closing Date the adjusted stock capitalization set forth therein. Except as set forth in, or contemplated by, the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, on the Effective Date, as of the Applicable Time and on the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date, there will be no stock options, warrants, or other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire any authorized, but unissued Ordinary Shares or any security convertible or exercisable into Ordinary Shares, or any contracts or commitments to issue or sell Ordinary Shares or any such options, warrants, rights or convertible securities.

 

2.9 Valid Issuance of Securities, etc.

 

2.9.1. Outstanding Securities. All issued and outstanding securities of the Company issued prior to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; the holders thereof have no rights of rescission with respect thereto, and are not subject to personal liability by reason of being such holders; and none of such securities were issued in violation of the preemptive rights of any holders of any security of the Company or similar contractual rights granted by the Company. The authorized Ordinary Shares conform in all material respects to all statements relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The offers and sales of the outstanding Ordinary Shares were at all relevant times either registered under the Securities Act and the applicable state securities or “blue sky” laws or, based in part on the representations and warranties of the purchasers of such Ordinary Shares, exempt from such registration requirements.

 

2.9.2. Securities Sold Pursuant to this Agreement. The Public Securities and Representative’s Securities have been duly authorized for issuance and sale and, when issued and paid for, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; the holders thereof are not and will not be subject to personal liability by reason of being such holders; the Public Securities and Representative’s Securities are not and will not be subject to the preemptive rights of any holders of any security of the Company or similar contractual rights granted by the Company except as validly waived or complied with; and all corporate action required to be taken for the authorization, issuance and sale of the Public Securities and Representative’s Securities has been duly and validly taken. The Public Securities and Representative’s Securities conform in all material respects to all statements with respect thereto contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. All corporate action required to be taken for the authorization, issuance and sale of the Representative’s Warrant has been duly and validly taken; the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants and the Representative’s Warrant (the “Underlying Shares”) have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and when paid for and issued in accordance with the Pre-Funded Warrant and the Representative’s Warrant and the Representative’s Warrant Agreement, as the case may be, such Underlying Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; the holders thereof are not and will not be subject to personal liability by reason of being such holders; and such Ordinary Shares are not and will not be subject to the preemptive rights of any holders of any security of the Company or similar contractual rights granted by the Company.

 

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2.10 Registration Rights of Third Parties. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no holders of any securities of the Company or any rights exercisable for or convertible or exchangeable into securities of the Company have the right to require the Company to register any such securities of the Company under the Securities Act or to include any such securities in a registration statement to be filed by the Company.

 

2.11 Validity and Binding Effect of Agreements. This Agreement, the Pre-Funded Warrant and the Representative’s Warrant Agreement have been duly and validly authorized by the Company, and, when executed and delivered, will constitute, the valid and binding agreements of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except: (i) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally; (ii) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may be limited under the federal and state securities laws; and (iii) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.

 

2.12 No Conflicts, etc. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, the Pre-Funded Warrant, and the Representative’s Warrant Agreement and all ancillary documents, the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein and therein contemplated and the compliance by the Company with the terms hereof and thereof do not and will not, with or without the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both: (i) result in a material breach of, or conflict with any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a material default under, or result in the creation, modification, termination or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company pursuant to the terms of any agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party; (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the Company’s Certificate of Registration (as the same may be amended or restated from time to time, the “Charter”) or the Constitution of the Company; or (iii) violate any existing applicable law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any Governmental Entity as of the date hereof, except in the case of clause (iii) for any such violation that would not reasonably be expected to result in, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Change.

 

2.13 No Defaults; Violations. No material default exists in the due performance and observance of any term, covenant or condition of any material license, contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, note, loan or credit agreement, or any other agreement or instrument evidencing an obligation for borrowed money, or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company may be bound or to which any of the properties or assets of the Company is subject. The Company is not in violation of (i) any term or provision of its Charter or Constitution, or (ii) any franchise, license, permit, applicable law, rule, regulation, judgment or decree of any Governmental Entity, except in the case of clause (ii) for any such violation that would not reasonably be expected to result in, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Change.

 

2.14 Corporate Power; Licenses; Consents.

 

2.14.1. Conduct of Business. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company has all requisite corporate power and authority, and has all necessary authorizations, approvals, orders, licenses, certificates and permits of and from all governmental regulatory officials and bodies that it needs as of the date hereof to conduct its business purpose as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

2.14.2. Transactions Contemplated Herein. The Company has all corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement, the Pre-Funded Warrant and the Representative’s Warrant Agreement and to carry out the provisions and conditions hereof and thereof, and all consents, authorizations, approvals and orders required in connection therewith have been obtained. No consent, authorization or order of, and no filing with, any court, government agency or other body is required for the valid issuance, sale and delivery of the Public Securities and the consummation of the transactions and agreements contemplated by this Agreement, the Pre-Funded Warrant, the Representative’s Warrant Agreement and as contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except with respect to applicable federal and state securities laws and the rules and regulations of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”).

 

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2.15 D&O Questionnaires. To the Company’s knowledge, all information contained in the questionnaires (the “Questionnaires”) completed by each of the Company’s directors and officers immediately prior to the Offering (the “Insiders”) as supplemented by all information concerning the Company’s directors, officers and principal shareholders as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, as well as in the Lock-Up Agreement (as defined in Section 2.24 below), provided to the Underwriters, is true and correct in all material respects and the Company has not become aware of any information which would cause the information disclosed in the Questionnaires to become materially inaccurate and incorrect.

 

2.16 Litigation; Governmental Proceedings. There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry, arbitration, investigation, litigation or governmental proceeding pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against, or involving the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any executive officer or director which has not been disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or in connection with the Company’s listing application for the listing of the Public Securities on the Exchange, and which if resolved adversely to the Company would result in a Material Adverse Change or otherwise affect the Company’s ability to consummate the Offering.

 

2.17 Good Standing. The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation and is in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia as of the date hereof, and is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of business requires such qualification, except where the failure to qualify, singularly or in the aggregate, would not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

 

2.18 Insurance. The Company carries or is entitled to the benefits of insurance, with reputable insurers, in such amounts and covering such risks which the Company believes are adequate, including, but not limited to, directors and officers insurance coverage at least equal to $5,000,000 and all such insurance is in full force and effect. The Company has no reason to believe that it will not be able (i) to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (ii) to obtain comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted and at a cost that would not result in a Material Adverse Change.

 

2.19 Transactions Affecting Disclosure to FINRA.

 

2.19.1. Finder’s Fees. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no claims, payments, arrangements, agreements or understandings relating to the payment of a finder’s, consulting or origination fee by the Company or any Insider with respect to the sale of the Public Securities hereunder or any other arrangements, agreements or understandings of the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its shareholders that may affect the Underwriters’ compensation, as determined by FINRA.

 

2.19.2. Payments Within Twelve (12) Months. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company has not made any direct or indirect payments (in cash, securities or otherwise) to: (i) any person, as a finder’s fee, consulting fee or otherwise, in consideration of such person raising capital for the Company or introducing to the Company persons who raised or provided capital to the Company; (ii) any FINRA member; or (iii) any person or entity that has any direct or indirect affiliation or association with any FINRA member, within the twelve (12) months prior to the Effective Date, other than the payment to the Underwriters as provided hereunder in connection with the Offering.

 

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2.19.3. Use of Proceeds. None of the net proceeds of the Offering will be paid by the Company to any participating FINRA member or its affiliates, except as specifically authorized herein.

 

2.19.4. FINRA Affiliation. There is no (i) officer or director of the Company, (ii) beneficial owner of 5% or more of any class of the Company’s securities or (iii) beneficial owner of the Company’s unregistered equity securities which were acquired during the 180-day period immediately preceding the filing of the Registration Statement that is an affiliate or associated person of a FINRA member participating in the Offering (as determined in accordance with the rules and regulations of FINRA).

 

2.19.5. Information. All information provided by the Company in its FINRA questionnaire to Representative Counsel specifically for use by Representative Counsel in connection with its Public Offering System filings (and related disclosure) with FINRA is true, correct and complete in all material respects.

 

2.20 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. None of the Company and its Subsidiaries or, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company and its Subsidiaries or any other person acting on behalf of the Company and its Subsidiaries, has, directly or indirectly, given or agreed to give any money, gift or similar benefit (other than legal price concessions to customers in the ordinary course of business) to any customer, supplier, employee or agent of a customer or supplier, or official or employee of any governmental agency or instrumentality of any government (domestic or foreign) or any political party or candidate for office (domestic or foreign) or other person who was, is, or may be in a position to help or hinder the business of the Company (or assist it in connection with any actual or proposed transaction) that (i) might subject the Company to any damage or penalty in any civil, criminal or governmental litigation or proceeding, (ii) if not given in the past, might have had a Material Adverse Change or (iii) if not continued in the future, might adversely affect the assets, business, operations or prospects of the Company. The Company has taken reasonable steps to ensure that its accounting controls and procedures are sufficient to cause the Company to comply in all material respects with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

 

2.21 Compliance with OFAC. None of the Company and its Subsidiaries or, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company and its Subsidiaries or any other person acting on behalf of the Company and its Subsidiaries, is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”), and the Company will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the Offering hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.

 

2.22 Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any Governmental Entity (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”); and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any Governmental Entity involving the Company with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.

 

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2.23 Officers’ Certificate. Any certificate signed by any duly authorized officer of the Company and delivered to you or to Representative Counsel shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to the Underwriters as to the matters covered thereby.

 

2.24 Lock-Up Agreements. Schedule 3 hereto contains a complete and accurate list of the Company’s officers and directors (collectively, the “Lock-Up Parties”). In the event this Agreement is executed subsequent to December 24, 2024, the Company will have caused each of the Lock-Up Parties to deliver to the Representative an executed Lock-Up Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Lock-Up Agreement”), prior to such execution.

 

2.25 Subsidiaries. All direct and indirect Subsidiaries of the Company are duly organized and in good standing under the laws of the place of organization or incorporation, and each Subsidiary is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of business requires such qualification, except where the failure to qualify would not result in a Material Adverse Change to the assets, business or operations of the Company taken as a whole. The Company’s ownership and control of each Subsidiary is as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

2.26 Related Party Transactions. There are no business relationships or related party transactions involving the Company or any other person required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus that have not been described as required.

 

2.27 Board of Directors. The Board of Directors of the Company is comprised of the persons set forth under the heading of the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus captioned “Management.” The qualifications of the persons serving as board members and the overall composition of the board comply with the Exchange Act, the Exchange Act Regulations, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules promulgated thereunder (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”) applicable to the Company and the listing rules of the Exchange. At least one member of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert,” as such term is defined under Regulation S-K and the listing rules of the Exchange. In addition, at least a majority of the persons serving on the Board of Directors qualify as “independent,” as defined under the listing rules of the Exchange, except as such majority independence may be implemented pursuant to the applicable phase-in periods available to the Company under the listing rules of the Exchange.

 

2.28 Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance.

 

2.28.1. Disclosure Controls. The Company has developed and currently maintains disclosure controls and procedures that will comply with Rule 13a-15 or 15d-15 under the Exchange Act Regulations, and such controls and procedures are effective to ensure that all material information concerning the Company will be made known on a timely basis to the individuals responsible for the preparation of the Company’s Exchange Act filings and other public disclosure documents.

 

2.28.2. Compliance. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company is, or at the Applicable Time and on the Closing Date will be, in material compliance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act applicable to it, and has implemented or will implement such programs and taken reasonable steps to ensure the Company’s future compliance (not later than the relevant statutory and regulatory deadlines therefor) with all of the material provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

 

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2.29 Accounting Controls. The Company and its Subsidiaries maintain systems of “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined under Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act Regulations) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act and have been designed by, or under the supervision of, their respective principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with IFRS, including, but not limited to, internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRS and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company is not aware of any material weaknesses in its internal controls. The Company’s auditors and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company have been advised of: (i) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are known to the Company’s management and that have adversely affected or are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and (ii) any fraud known to the Company’s management, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting.

 

2.30 No Investment Company Status. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the Offering and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, will not be, required to register as an “investment company,” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

2.31 No Labor Disputes. No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent.

 

2.32 Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries owns or possesses or has valid rights to use all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets and similar rights (“Intellectual Property Rights”) necessary for the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as currently carried on and as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. To the knowledge of the Company, no action or use by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries necessary for the conduct of its business as currently carried on and as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will involve or give rise to any infringement of, or license or similar fees for, any Intellectual Property Rights of others. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice alleging any such infringement, fee or conflict with asserted Intellectual Property Rights of others. Except as would not reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Change (A) to the knowledge of the Company, there is no infringement, misappropriation or violation by third parties of any of the Intellectual Property Rights owned by the Company; (B) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the rights of the Company in or to any such Intellectual Property Rights, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim, that would, individually or in the aggregate, together with any other claims in this Section 2.32, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change; (C) the Intellectual Property Rights owned by the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, the Intellectual Property Rights licensed to the Company have not been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, and there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the validity or scope of any such Intellectual Property Rights, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim that would, individually or in the aggregate, together with any other claims in this Section 2.32, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change; (D) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates any Intellectual Property Rights or other proprietary rights of others, the Company has not received any written notice of such claim and the Company is unaware of any other facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim that would, individually or in the aggregate, together with any other claims in this Section 2.32, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change; and (E) to the Company’s knowledge, no employee of the Company is in or has ever been in violation in any material respect of any term of any employment contract, patent disclosure agreement, invention assignment agreement, non-competition agreement, non-solicitation agreement, nondisclosure agreement or any restrictive covenant to or with a former employer where the basis of such violation relates to such employee’s employment with the Company, or actions undertaken by the employee while employed with the Company and could reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Change. To the Company’s knowledge, all material technical information developed by and belonging to the Company which has not been patented has been kept confidential. The Company is not a party to or bound by any options, licenses or agreements with respect to the Intellectual Property Rights of any other person or entity that are required to be set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and are not described therein. The Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus contain in all material respects the same description of the matters set forth in the preceding sentence. None of the technology employed by the Company has been obtained or is being used by the Company in violation of any contractual obligation binding on the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its officers, directors or employees, or otherwise in violation of the rights of any persons.

 

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2.33 Taxes. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has filed all returns (as hereinafter defined) required to be filed with taxing authorities prior to the date hereof or has duly obtained extensions of time for the filing thereof. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has paid all taxes (as hereinafter defined) shown as due on such returns that were filed and has paid all taxes imposed on or assessed against the Company or such respective Subsidiary. The provisions for taxes payable, if any, shown on the financial statements filed with or as part of the Registration Statement are sufficient for all accrued and unpaid taxes, whether or not disputed, and for all periods to and including the dates of such consolidated financial statements. Except as disclosed in writing to the Underwriters, (i) no issues have been raised (and are currently pending) by any taxing authority in connection with any of the returns or taxes asserted as due from the Company or its Subsidiaries, and (ii) no waivers of statutes of limitation with respect to the returns or collection of taxes have been given by or requested from the Company or its Subsidiaries. The term “taxes” means all federal, state, local, foreign and other net income, gross income, gross receipts, sales, use, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, profits, license, lease, service, service use, withholding, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, property, windfall profits, customs, duties or other taxes, fees, assessments or charges of any kind whatever, together with any interest and any penalties, additions to tax or additional amounts with respect thereto. The term “returns” means all returns, declarations, reports, statements and other documents required to be filed in respect to taxes.

 

2.34 ERISA Compliance. The Company and any “employee benefit plan” (as defined under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (collectively, “ERISA”)) established or maintained by the Company or its “ERISA Affiliates” (as defined below) are in compliance in all material respects with ERISA. “ERISA Affiliate” means, with respect to the Company, any member of any group of organizations described in Sections 414(b),(c),(m) or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the “Code”) of which the Company is a member. No “reportable event” (as defined under ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates. No “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates, if such “employee benefit plan” were terminated, would have any “amount of unfunded benefit liabilities” (as defined under ERISA). Neither the Company nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has incurred or reasonably expects to incur any material liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any “employee benefit plan” or (ii) Sections 412, 4971, 4975 or 4980B of the Code. Each “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified and, to the knowledge of the Company, nothing has occurred, whether by action or failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification.

 

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2.35 Compliance with Laws. The Company: (A) is and at all times has been in compliance with all statutes, rules, or regulations applicable to the business of the Company (“Applicable Laws”), except as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change; (B) has not received any warning letter, untitled letter or other correspondence or notice from any other governmental authority alleging or asserting noncompliance with any Applicable Laws or any licenses, certificates, approvals, clearances, authorizations, permits and supplements or amendments thereto required by any such Applicable Laws (“Authorizations”); (C) possesses all material Authorizations and such Authorizations are valid and in full force and effect and are not in material violation of any term of any such Authorizations; (D) has not received notice of any claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action from any governmental authority or third party alleging that any product operation or activity is in violation of any Applicable Laws or Authorizations and has no knowledge that any such governmental authority or third party is considering any such claim, litigation, arbitration, action, suit, investigation or proceeding; (E) has not received notice that any governmental authority has taken, is taking or intends to take action to limit, suspend, modify or revoke any Authorizations and has no knowledge that any such governmental authority is considering such action; and (F) has filed, obtained, maintained or submitted all material reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments as required by any Applicable Laws or Authorizations and that all such reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments were complete and correct on the date filed (or were corrected or supplemented by a subsequent submission).

 

2.36 Ineligible Issuer. At the time of filing the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the Securities Act Regulations) of the Public Securities and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405, without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an ineligible issuer.

 

2.37 Real Property. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to, or have valid rights to lease or otherwise use, all items of real or personal property which are material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, security interests, claims and defects that do not, singly or in the aggregate, materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company or its Subsidiaries; and, to the Company’s knowledge, all of the leases and subleases material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, and under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries holds properties described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, are in full force and effect, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of any material claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone adverse to the rights of the Company or any Subsidiary under any of the leases or subleases mentioned above, or affecting or questioning the rights of the Company or such Subsidiary to the continued possession of the leased or subleased premises under any such lease or sublease.

 

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2.38 Contracts Affecting Capital. There are no transactions, arrangements or other relationships between and/or among the Company, any of its affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act Regulations) and any unconsolidated entity, including, but not limited to, any structured finance, special purpose or limited purpose entity that could reasonably be expected to materially affect the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ liquidity or the availability of or requirements for their capital resources required to be described or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus which have not been described or incorporated by reference as required.

 

2.39 Loans to Directors or Officers. There are no outstanding loans, advances (except normal advances for business expenses in the ordinary course of business) or guarantees or indebtedness by the Company or its Subsidiaries to or for the benefit of any of the officers or directors of the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of their respective family members, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

2.40 Smaller Reporting Company. As of the time of filing of the Registration Statement, the Company was a “smaller reporting company,” as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act Regulations.

 

2.41 Industry Data. The statistical and market-related data included in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company reasonably and in good faith believes are reliable and accurate or represent the Company’s good faith estimates that are made on the basis of data derived from such sources.

 

2.42 Testing-the-Waters Communications. The Company has not (i) alone engaged in any Testing-the-Waters Communications, other than Testing-the-Waters Communications with the written consent of the Representative and with entities that are qualified institutional buyers within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act or institutions that are accredited investors within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act and (ii) authorized anyone other than the Representative to engage in Testing-the-Waters Communications. The Company confirms that the Representative has been authorized to act on its behalf in undertaking Testing-the-Waters Communications. “Testing-the-Waters Communication” means any oral or written communication with potential investors undertaken in reliance on Section 5(d) of the Securities Act. The Company has not distributed any Written Testing-the-Waters Communications other than those listed on Schedule 2-C hereto. “Written Testing-the-Waters Communication” means any Testing-the-Waters Communication that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

 

2.43 Electronic Road Show. Pursuant to Rule 433(d)(8)(i) of the Securities Act Regulations, no filing of any “road show” (as defined in Rule 433(h) of the Securities Act Regulations) is required in connection with the Offering.

 

2.44 Margin Securities. The Company owns no “margin securities” as that term is defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve Board”), and none of the proceeds of Offering will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin security, for the purpose of reducing or retiring any indebtedness which was originally incurred to purchase or carry any margin security or for any other purpose which might cause any of the Ordinary Shares to be considered a “purpose credit” within the meanings of Regulation T, U or X of the Federal Reserve Board.

 

2.45 Additional representations related to Australian Legal Matters.

 

2.45.1. Subject to conducting the Offering as provided for in under the caption titled “Underwriting” in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Company is not required to publish a prospectus in Australia under Corporations Act 2001 and the regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “Australian Securities Law”) with respect to the offer and sale of the Public Securities.

 

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2.45.2. There have been no notices published by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission in relation to the wind-up or dissolution of the Company.

 

2.45.3. Assuming that the Underwriters do not maintain a permanent establishment in Australia, are not otherwise subject to taxation in Australia, or are exempt therefrom, the issuance, delivery and sale to the Underwriters of the Public Securities to be sold by the Company hereunder are not subject to any tax imposed on the Company by Australia or any political subdivision thereof, except for taxes that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change.

 

2.45.4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company is in compliance in all material respects with the labor and employment laws and collective bargaining agreements and extension orders applicable to their employees in Australia.

 

2.45.5. The Company has not engaged in any form of solicitation, advertising or any other action constituting an offer under Australian Securities Laws in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby which would require the Company to publish a prospectus in Australia under Australian Securities Laws.

 

2.45.6. The Company has designated Wimp 2 Warrior LLC, 8 The Green, Ste R, Dover, Delaware 19901, as its authorized agent to receive service of process as set forth in Section 9.6 below.

 

2.45.7. Subject to the conditions, exceptions and qualifications set forth in the Registration Statement, and the Prospectus, an application to enforce, in Australia, a final and conclusive judgment against the Company for a definitive sum of money entered by any court in the United States may be brought in Australia.

 

2.45.8. For a period of twelve (12) months prior to and including the date of the Closing Date, the Company has not offered or sold any of its securities in Australia, except for the issuance of options or similar securities exercisable under the Company’s equity incentive plans, or the issuance of Ordinary Shares, convertible notes or other securities, which are exempt from prospectus requirements under the Australian Securities Law.

 

2.45.9. Neither the Company nor any of its properties or assets has any immunity from the jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution or otherwise) under the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia.

 

3. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees as follows:

 

3.1 Amendments to Registration Statement. The Company shall deliver to the Representative, prior to filing, any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus proposed to be filed after the Effective Date and not file any such amendment or supplement to which the Representative shall reasonably object in writing.

 

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3.2 Federal Securities Laws.

 

3.2.1. Compliance. The Company, subject to Section 3.2.2, shall comply with the requirements of Rule 430A of the Securities Act Regulations, and will notify the Representative promptly, and confirm the notice in writing, (i) when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement shall become effective or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus shall have been filed; (ii) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission; (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or for additional information; (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Public Securities and Representative’s Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes or of any examination pursuant to Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the Securities Act concerning the Registration Statement and (v) if the Company becomes the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act in connection with the Offering of the Public Securities and Representative’s Securities. The Company shall effect all filings required under Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act Regulations, in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)), and shall take such steps as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the form of prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule 424(b) was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly file such prospectus. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order, prevention or suspension and, if any such order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment.

 

3.2.2. Continued Compliance. The Company shall comply in all material respects with the Securities Act, the Securities Act Regulations, the Exchange Act and the Exchange Act Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Public Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and the Pre-Funded Warrant and in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. If at any time when a prospectus relating to the Public Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172 of the Securities Act Regulations (“Rule 172”), would be) required by the Securities Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Public Securities, any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters or for the Company, to (i) amend the Registration Statement in order that the Registration Statement will not include 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; (ii) amend or supplement the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus in order that the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser or (iii) amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, in order to comply with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Securities Act Regulations, the Company will promptly (A) give the Representative notice of such event; (B) prepare any amendment or supplement as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus comply with such requirements and, a reasonable amount of time prior to any proposed filing or use, furnish the Representative with copies of any such amendment or supplement and (C) file with the Commission any such amendment or supplement; provided that the Company shall not file or use any such amendment or supplement to which the Representative or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object. The Company will furnish to the Underwriters such number of copies of such amendment or supplement as the Underwriters may reasonably request. The Company has given the Representative notice of any filings made pursuant to the Exchange Act or the Exchange Act Regulations within 48 hours prior to the Applicable Time. The Company shall give the Representative notice of its intention to make any such filing from the Applicable Time until the later of the Closing Date and the exercise in full or expiration of the Over-allotment Option specified in Section 1.2 hereof and will furnish the Representative with copies of the related document(s) a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which the Representative or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object.

 

3.2.3. Exchange Act Registration. For a period of (i) three (3) years after the date of this Agreement; and (ii) the date that all the Pre-Funded Warrants have been exercised, the Company shall use its best efforts to maintain the registration of the Ordinary Shares under the Exchange Act. The Company shall not deregister the Ordinary Shares under the Exchange Act without the prior written consent of the Representative.

 

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3.2.4. Free Writing Prospectuses. The Company agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Representative, it shall not make any offer relating to the Public Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” or a portion thereof, required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433; provided that the Representative shall be deemed to have consented to each Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus hereto and any “road show that is a written communication” within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i) that has been reviewed by the Representative. The Company represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat each such free writing prospectus consented to, or deemed consented to, by the Underwriters as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and that it has complied and will comply with the applicable requirements of Rule 433 with respect thereto, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.

 

3.2.5. Testing-the-Waters Communications. If at any time following the distribution of any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company shall promptly notify the Representative and shall promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication to eliminate or correct such untrue statement or omission.

 

3.3 Delivery to the Underwriters of Registration Statements. The Company has delivered or made available or shall deliver or make available to the Representative and counsel for the Representative, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith) and signed copies of all consents and certificates of experts, and will also deliver to the Underwriters, without charge, a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (without exhibits) for each of the Underwriters. The copies of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

 

3.4 Delivery to the Underwriters of Prospectuses. The Company has delivered or made available or will deliver or make available to each Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus as such Underwriter reasonably requested, and the Company hereby consents to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the Securities Act. The Company will furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, during the period when a prospectus relating to the Public Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172, would be) required to be delivered under the Securities Act, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as such Underwriter may reasonably request. The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

 

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3.5 Effectiveness and Events Requiring Notice to the Representative. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statement to remain effective with a current prospectus until the later of (i) nine (9) months after the Applicable Time; and (ii) the date that the Pre-Funded Warrants have been exercised, and shall notify the Representative immediately and confirm the notice in writing: (i) of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto; (ii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of the initiation, or the threatening, of any proceeding for that purpose; (iii) of the issuance by any state securities commission of any proceedings for the suspension of the qualification of the Public Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction or of the initiation, or the threatening, of any proceeding for that purpose; (iv) of the mailing and delivery to the Commission for filing of any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus; (v) of the receipt of any comments or request for any additional information from the Commission; and (vi) of the happening of any event during the period described in this Section 3.5 that, in the judgment of the Company, makes any statement of a material fact made in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of any changes in (a) the Registration Statement in order to make the statements therein not misleading, or (b) in the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If the Commission or any state securities commission shall enter a stop order or suspend such qualification at any time, the Company shall make every reasonable effort to obtain promptly the lifting of such order.

 

3.6 Review of Financial Statements. For a period of three (3) years after the date of this Agreement, the Company, at its expense, shall cause its regularly engaged independent registered public accounting firm to review (but not audit) the Company’s financial statements for each of the three fiscal quarters immediately preceding the announcement of any quarterly financial information.

 

3.7 Listing. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the listing of the Ordinary Shares (including the Public Securities) on the Exchange until the later of (i) three years from the date of this Agreement; and (ii) the date that the Pre-Funded Warrants have been exercised.

 

3.8 Financial Public Relations Firm. The Company shall retain a financial public relations firm reasonably acceptable to the Representative and the Company, which firm shall be experienced in assisting issuers in their relations with their security holders. Redchip Companies Inc. and Corporate Profile LLC are acceptable to the Representative to act as financial public relations firms for the Company.

 

3.9 Reports to the Representative.

 

3.9.1. Periodic Reports, etc. For a period of three (3) years after the date of this Agreement, the Company shall furnish or make available to the Representative copies of such financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company from time to time furnishes generally to holders of any class of its securities and also promptly furnish to the Representative: (i) a copy of each periodic report the Company shall be required to file with the Commission under the Exchange Act and the Exchange Act Regulations; (ii) a copy of every press release and every news item and article with respect to the Company or its affairs which was released by the Company; (iii) a copy of each Form 6-K prepared and filed by the Company; (iv) five copies of each registration statement filed by the Company under the Securities Act; and (v) such additional documents and information with respect to the Company and the affairs of any future subsidiaries of the Company as the Representative may from time to time reasonably request; provided the Representative shall sign, if requested by the Company, a Regulation FD compliant confidentiality agreement which is reasonably acceptable to the Representative and Representative Counsel in connection with the Representative’s receipt of such information. Documents filed with the Commission pursuant to its EDGAR system or published through a newswire service in the United States shall be deemed to have been delivered to the Representative pursuant to this Section 3.9.1.

 

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3.9.2. Transfer Agent; Transfer Sheets. Until the later of (i) three (3) years after the date of this Agreement; and (ii) the date that the Pre-Funded Warrants have been exercised, the Company shall retain a transfer agent and registrar acceptable to the Representative (the “Transfer Agent”) and shall furnish to the Representative at the Company’s sole cost and expense such transfer sheets of the Company’s securities as the Representative may reasonably request, including the daily and monthly consolidated transfer sheets of the Transfer Agent and DTC. VStock Transfer, LLC is acceptable to the Representative to act as Transfer Agent for the Ordinary Shares.

 

3.9.3. Trading Reports. During such time as the Public Securities are listed on the Exchange, the Company shall provide to the Representative, at the Company’s expense, such reports published by Exchange relating to price trading of the Public Securities, as the Representative shall reasonably request.

 

3.10 Payment of Expenses

 

3.10.1. General Expenses Related to the Offering. The Company hereby agrees to pay on each of the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, if any, to the extent not paid at the Closing Date, all expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement, including, but not limited to: (a) all filing fees and communication expenses relating to the registration of the Ordinary Shares to be sold in the Offering (including the Option Shares) with the Commission; (b) all Public Filing System filing fees associated with the review of the Offering by FINRA; (c) all fees and expenses relating to the listing of such Public Securities on the Exchange and such other stock exchanges as the Company and the Representative together determine; (d) all fees, expenses and disbursements relating to background checks of those Company officers, directors that have joined since April 2024 in an amount not to exceed $1,500 per background check; (e) all fees, expenses and disbursements relating to the registration or qualification of the Public Securities under the “blue sky” securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions as the Representative may reasonably designate; (f) all fees, expenses and disbursements relating to the registration, qualification or exemption of the Public Securities under the securities laws of such foreign jurisdictions as the Representative may reasonably designate; (g) the costs of all mailing and printing of the underwriting documents (including, without limitation, the Underwriting Agreement, any Blue Sky Surveys and, if appropriate, any Agreement Among Underwriters, Selected Dealers’ Agreement, Underwriters’ Questionnaire and Power of Attorney), Registration Statements, Prospectuses and all amendments, supplements and exhibits thereto and as many preliminary and final Prospectuses as the Representative may reasonably deem necessary; (h) the costs and expenses of a public relations firm; (i) the costs of preparing, printing and delivering certificates representing the Public Securities; (j) fees and expenses of the transfer agent for the Ordinary Shares; (k) stock transfer and/or stamp taxes, if any, payable upon the transfer of securities from the Company to the Underwriters; (l) the costs associated with post-Closing advertising the Offering in the national editions of the Wall Street Journal and New York Times; (m) the costs associated with one set of bound volumes of the public offering materials as well as commemorative mementos and lucite tombstones, each of which the Company or its designee shall provide within a reasonable time after the Closing Date in such quantities as the Representative may reasonably request, in an amount not to exceed $3,000; (n) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants; (o) the fees and expenses of the Company’s legal counsel and other agents and representatives; (p) reasonably documented fees and out-of-pocket expenses of the Representative’s legal counsel not to exceed $125,000; (q) the $29,500 cost associated with the Underwriter’s use of Ipreo’s book-building, prospectus tracking and compliance software for the Offering; (r) $10,000 for data services and communications expenses; (s) up to $10,000 of the Underwriters’ actual accountable “road show” expenses; and (t) up to $30,000 of the Representative’s market making and trading, and clearing firm settlement expenses for the Offering. The Representative may deduct from the net proceeds of the Offering payable to the Company on the Closing Date, or the Option Closing Date, if any, the expenses set forth herein to be paid by the Company to the Underwriters.

 

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3.10.2. Non-accountable Expenses. The Company further agrees that, in addition to the expenses payable pursuant to Section 3.10.1, on the Closing Date it shall pay to the Representative, by deduction from the net proceeds of the Offering contemplated herein, a non-accountable expense allowance equal to one percent (1%) of the gross proceeds received by the Company from the sale of the Public Securities, less the Advance (as such term is defined in Section 8.3 hereof), provided, however, that in the event that the Offering is terminated, the Company agrees to reimburse the Underwriters pursuant to Section 8.3 hereof.

 

3.11 Application of Net Proceeds. The Company shall apply the net proceeds from the Offering received by it in a manner consistent with the application thereof described under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

3.12 Delivery of Earnings Statements to Security Holders. The Company shall make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable, but not later than the first day of the fifteenth (15th) full calendar month following the date of this Agreement, an earnings statement (which need not be certified by independent registered public accounting firm unless required by the Securities Act or the Securities Act Regulations, but which shall satisfy the provisions of Rule 158(a) under Section 11(a) of the Securities Act) covering a period of at least twelve (12) consecutive months beginning after the date of this Agreement.

 

3.13 Stabilization. Neither the Company nor, to its knowledge, any of its employees, directors or shareholders (without the consent of the Representative) has taken or shall take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that has constituted or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under Regulation M of the Exchange Act, or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Public Securities.

 

3.14 Internal Controls. The Company shall maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary in order to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with IFRS and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

 

3.15 Accountants. As of the date of this Agreement, the Company shall retain an independent registered public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Representative, and the Company shall continue to retain a nationally recognized independent registered public accounting firm for a period of at least three (3) years after the date of this Agreement. The Representative acknowledges that the Auditor is acceptable to the Representative.

 

3.16 FINRA. The Company shall advise the Representative (who shall make an appropriate filing with FINRA) if it is or becomes aware that (i) any officer or director of the Company, (ii) any beneficial owner of 5% or more of any class of the Company’s securities or (iii) any beneficial owner of the Company’s unregistered equity securities which were acquired during the 180 days immediately preceding the filing of the Registration Statement is or becomes an affiliate or associated person of a FINRA member participating in the Offering (as determined in accordance with the rules and regulations of FINRA).

 

3.17 No Fiduciary Duties. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters’ responsibility to the Company is solely contractual in nature and that none of the Underwriters or their affiliates or any selling agent shall be deemed to be acting in a fiduciary capacity, or otherwise owes any fiduciary duty to the Company or any of its affiliates in connection with the Offering and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

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3.18 Company Lock-Up Agreements.

 

3.18.1. Restriction on Sales of Capital Stock. The Company, on behalf of itself and any successor entity, agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Representative, it will not, for a period of 90 days after the date of this Agreement (the “Lock-Up Period”), (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company; (ii) file or caused to be filed any registration statement with the Commission relating to the offering of any shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company; (iii) complete any offering of debt securities of the Company, other than entering into a line of credit with a traditional bank or (iv) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of capital stock of the Company, whether any such transaction described in clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above is to be settled by delivery of shares of capital stock of the Company or such other securities, in cash or otherwise.

 

The restrictions contained in this Section 3.18.1 shall not apply to (i) the Ordinary Shares and/or Pre-Funded Warrants (including the issuance of any Underlying Shares) to be sold hereunder, (ii) the issuance by the Company of Ordinary Shares upon the exercise of a stock option or warrant or the conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof, which is disclosed in the Registration Statement, Disclosure Package and Prospectus, provided that such options, warrants, and securities have not been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of such securities or to extend the term of such securities, (iii) the adoption of an equity incentive plan by the Company, the grant of awards or equity pursuant thereto or the related filing of a registration statement on Form S-8, or (iv) an amendment to an existing registration statement, and provided that in each of (ii), (iii) and (iv) above, the underlying shares shall be restricted from sale during the entire Lock-Up Period.

 

3.18.2. Restriction on Continuous Offerings. Notwithstanding the restrictions contained in Section 3.18.1, the Company, on behalf of itself and any successor entity, agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Representative, it will not, for a period of 24 months after the date of this Agreement, directly or indirectly in any “at-the-market” or continuous equity transaction, offer to sell, sell, contract to sell, grant any option to sell or otherwise dispose of shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company.

 

3.19 Release of D&O Lock-up Period. If the Representative, in its sole discretion, agrees to release or waive the restrictions set forth in the Lock-Up Agreements described in Section 2.24 hereof for an officer or director of the Company and provide the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three (3) Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by a press release substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto through a major news service at least two (2) Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver.

 

3.20 Blue Sky Qualifications. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriters, if necessary, to qualify the Public Securities for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions (domestic or foreign) as the Representative may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required to complete the distribution of the Public Securities; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject.

 

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3.21 Reporting Requirements. The Company, during the period when a prospectus relating to the Public Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172, would be) required to be delivered under the Securities Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act within the time periods required by the Exchange Act and Exchange Act Regulations. Additionally, the Company shall report the use of proceeds from the issuance of the Public Securities as may be required under Rule 463 under the Securities Act Regulations.

 

4. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Public Securities, as provided herein, shall be subject to (i) the continuing accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company as of the date hereof and as of each of the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, if any; (ii) the accuracy of the statements of officers of the Company made pursuant to the provisions hereof; (iii) the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder; and (iv) the following conditions:

 

4.1 Regulatory Matters.

 

4.1.1. Effectiveness of Registration Statement; Rule 430A Information. The Registration Statement has become effective not later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the date of this Agreement or such later date and time as shall be consented to in writing by you, and, at each of the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has been issued under the Securities Act, no order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, contemplated by the Commission. The Company has complied with each request (if any) from the Commission for additional information. The Prospectus containing the Rule 430A Information shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time frame required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)) or a post-effective amendment providing such information shall have been filed with, and declared effective by, the Commission in accordance with the requirements of Rule 430A.

 

4.1.2. FINRA Clearance. On or before the date of this Agreement, the Representative shall have received clearance from FINRA as to the amount of compensation allowable or payable to the Underwriters as described in the Registration Statement.

 

4.1.3. Exchange Stock Market Clearance. On the Closing Date, the Company’s Ordinary Shares, including the Firm Shares, Option Shares and Underlying Shares shall have been approved for listing on the Exchange, subject only to official notice of issuance. On the first Option Closing Date (if any), the Company’s Ordinary Shares, including the Option Shares, shall have been approved for listing on the Exchange, subject only to official notice of issuance.

 

4.2 Company Counsel Matters.

 

4.2.1. Closing Date Opinion of Counsel. On the Closing Date, the Representative shall have received the favorable opinion of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, counsel to the Company, dated the Closing Date and in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative.

 

4.2.2. Closing Date Opinion of Australian Counsel. On the Closing Date, the Representative shall have received the favorable opinion of K&L Gates LLP, Australian counsel to the Company, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representative, substantially in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto.

 

4.2.3. Option Closing Date Opinions of Counsel. On the Option Closing Date, if any, the Representative shall have received the favorable opinions of each counsel listed in Sections 4.2.1 and 4.2 dated the Option Closing Date, addressed to the Representative and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, confirming as of the Option Closing Date, the statements made by such counsel in their opinion delivered on the Closing Date.

 

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4.2.4. Reliance. In rendering such opinions, such counsel may rely: (i) as to matters involving the application of laws other than the laws of the United States and jurisdictions in which they are admitted, to the extent such counsel deems proper and to the extent specified in such opinion, if at all, upon an opinion or opinions (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative) of other counsel reasonably acceptable to the Representative, familiar with the applicable laws; and (ii) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates or other written statements of officers of the Company and officers of departments of various jurisdictions having custody of documents respecting the corporate existence or good standing of the Company, provided that copies of any such statements or certificates shall be delivered to Representative Counsel if requested. The opinion of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP and any opinion relied upon by Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP shall include a statement to the effect that it may be relied upon by Representative Counsel in its opinion delivered to the Underwriters.

 

4.3 Comfort Letters.

 

4.3.1. Cold Comfort Letter. At the time this Agreement is executed you shall have received a cold comfort letter containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’ comfort letters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, addressed to the Representative and in form and substance satisfactory in all respects to you and to the Auditor, dated as of the date of this Agreement.

 

4.3.2. Bring-down Comfort Letter. At each of the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, if any, the Representative shall have received from the Auditor a letter, dated as of the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as applicable, to the effect that the Auditor reaffirms the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to Section 4.3.1, except that the specified date referred to shall be a date not more than three (3) business days prior to the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as applicable.

 

4.4 Officers’ Certificates.

 

4.4.1. Officers’ Certificate. The Company shall have furnished to the Representative a certificate, dated the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date (if such date is other than the Closing Date), of its Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer stating that (i) such officers have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and, in their opinion, the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto, as of the Applicable Time and as of the Closing Date (or any Option Closing Date if such date is other than the Closing Date) did not include any untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time and as of the Closing Date (or any Option Closing Date if such date is other than the Closing Date), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as of its date and as of the Closing Date (or any Option Closing Date if such date is other than the Closing Date), the Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto, as of the respective date thereof and as of the Closing Date, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, (ii) since the effective date of the Registration Statement, no event has occurred which should have been set forth in a supplement or amendment to the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) to the best of their knowledge after reasonable investigation, as of the Closing Date (or any Option Closing Date if such date is other than the Closing Date), the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct and the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date (or any Option Closing Date if such date is other than the Closing Date), and (iv) there has not been, subsequent to the date of the most recent audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package, any Material Adverse Change in the financial position or results of operations of the Company, or any change or development that, singularly or in the aggregate, would involve a Material Adverse Change or a prospective Material Adverse Change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, assets or prospects of the Company, except as set forth in the Prospectus.

 

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4.4.2. Secretary’s Certificate. At each of the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, if any, the Representative shall have received a certificate of the Company signed by the Secretary of the Company, dated the Closing Date or the Option Date, as the case may be, respectively, certifying: (i) that each of the Charter and Constitution is true and complete, has not been modified and is in full force and effect; (ii) that the resolutions of the Company’s Board of Directors relating to the Offering are in full force and effect and have not been modified; (iii) as to the accuracy and completeness of all correspondence between the Company or its counsel and the Commission; and (iv) as to the incumbency of the officers of the Company. The documents referred to in such certificate shall be attached to such certificate.

 

4.5 No Material Changes. Prior to and on each of the Closing Date and each Option Closing Date, if any: (i) there shall have been no Material Adverse Change or development involving a prospective Material Adverse Change in the condition or prospects or the business activities, financial or otherwise, of the Company from the latest dates as of which such condition is set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; (ii) no action, suit or proceeding, at law or in equity, shall have been pending or threatened against the Company or any Insider before or by any court or federal or state commission, board or other administrative agency wherein an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding may materially adversely affect the business, operations, prospects or financial condition or income of the Company, except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; (iii) no stop order shall have been issued under the Securities Act and no proceedings therefor shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and (iv) the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto shall contain all material statements which are required to be stated therein in accordance with the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations and shall conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations, and neither the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package nor the Prospectus nor any amendment or supplement thereto shall contain any 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 light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

4.6 Delivery of Agreements.

 

4.6.1. Lock-Up Agreements. On or before the date of this Agreement, the Company shall have delivered to the Representative executed copies of the Lock-Up Agreements from each of the persons listed in Schedule 3 hereto if required by Section 2.24.

 

4.6.2. Representative’s Warrant Agreement. On the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date, the Company shall have delivered to the Representative executed copies of the Representative’s Warrant Agreement.

 

4.6.3. Pre-Funded Warrant. On or before each of the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to the Representative executed copies of the Pre-Funded Warrant.

 

4.7 Additional Documents. At the Closing Date and at each Option Closing Date (if any) Representative Counsel shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may require for the purpose of enabling Representative Counsel to deliver an opinion to the Underwriters, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the issuance and sale of the Public Securities and the Representative’s Securities as herein contemplated shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative and Representative Counsel.

 

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5. Indemnification.

 

5.1 Indemnification of the Underwriters.

 

5.1.1. General. Subject to the conditions set forth below, the Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates and each of its and their respective directors, officers, members, employees, representatives, partners, shareholders, affiliates, counsel, and agents and each person, if any, who controls any such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (collectively the “Underwriter Indemnified Parties,” and each an “Underwriter Indemnified Party”), against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever (including but not limited to any and all legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever, whether arising out of any action between any of the Underwriter Indemnified Parties and the Company or between any of the Underwriter Indemnified Parties and any third party, or otherwise) to which they or any of them may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any other statute or at common law or otherwise or under the laws of foreign countries (a “Claim”), (i) arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in (A) the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, or in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication (as from time to time each may be amended and supplemented); (B) any materials or information provided to investors by, or with the approval of, the Company in connection with the marketing of the Offering, including any “road show” or investor presentations made to investors by the Company (whether in person or electronically); or (C) any application or other document or written communication (in this Section 5, collectively called “application”) executed by the Company or based upon written information furnished by the Company in any jurisdiction in order to qualify the Public Securities and Representative’s Securities under the securities laws thereof or filed with the Commission, any state securities commission or agency, the Exchange or any other national securities exchange; or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a 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, unless such statement or omission was made in reliance upon, and in conformity with, the Underwriters’ Information or (ii) otherwise arising in connection with or allegedly in connection with the Offering. The Company also agrees that it will reimburse each Underwriter Indemnified Party for all fees and expenses (including but not limited to any and all legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever, whether arising out of any action between any of the Underwriter Indemnified Parties and the Company or between any of the Underwriter Indemnified Parties and any third party, or otherwise) (collectively, the “Expenses”), and further agrees wherever and whenever possible to advance payment of Expenses as they are incurred by an Underwriter Indemnified Party in investigating, preparing, pursuing or defending any Claim.

 

5.1.2. Procedure. If any action is brought against an Underwriter Indemnified Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought against the Company pursuant to Section 5.1.1, such Underwriter Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the institution of such action and the Company shall assume the defense of such action, including the employment and fees of counsel (subject to the approval of such Underwriter Indemnified Party) and payment of actual expenses if an Underwriter Indemnified Party requests that the Company do so. Such Underwriter Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ its or their own counsel in any such case, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the Company, and shall be advanced by the Company. The Company shall not be liable for any settlement of any action effected without its consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld). In addition, the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Underwriters, settle, compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in or otherwise seek to terminate any pending or threatened action in respect of which advancement, reimbursement, indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not such Underwriter Indemnified Party is a party thereto) unless such settlement, compromise, consent or termination (i) includes an unconditional release of each Underwriter Indemnified Party, acceptable to such Underwriter Indemnified Party, from all liabilities, expenses and claims arising out of such action for which indemnification or contribution may be sought and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any Underwriter Indemnified Party.

 

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5.2 Indemnification of the Company. Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement and persons who control the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the foregoing indemnity from the Company to the several Underwriters, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or in any application, in reliance upon, and in strict conformity with, the Underwriters’ Information. In case any action shall be brought against the Company or any other person so indemnified based on any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or any application, and in respect of which indemnity may be sought against any Underwriter, such Underwriter shall have the rights and duties given to the Company, and the Company and each other person so indemnified shall have the rights and duties given to the several Underwriters by the provisions of Section 5.1.2. The Company agrees promptly to notify the Representative of the commencement of any litigation or proceedings against the Company or any of its officers, directors or any person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, in connection with the issuance and sale of the Public Securities or in connection with the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication.

 

5.3 Contribution.

 

5.3.1. Contribution Rights. If the indemnification provided for in this Section 5 shall for any reason be unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 5.1 or 5.2 in respect of any loss, claim, damage or liability, or any action in respect thereof, referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, (i) in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, from the Offering of the Public Securities, or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, with respect to the statements or omissions that resulted in such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, with respect to such Offering shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the Offering of the Public Securities purchased under this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company, as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus, on the one hand, and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters with respect to the Ordinary Shares purchased under this Agreement, as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus, on the other hand. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to 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 the Underwriters, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 5.3.1 were to be determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) 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, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, referred to above in this Section 5.3.1 shall be deemed to include, for purposes of this Section 5.3.1, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5.3.1 in no event shall an Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter with respect to the Offering of the Public Securities exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

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5.3.2. Contribution Procedure. Within fifteen (15) days after receipt by any party to this Agreement (or its representative) of notice of the commencement of any action, suit or proceeding, such party will, if a claim for contribution in respect thereof is to be made against another party (“contributing party”), notify the contributing party of the commencement thereof, but the failure to so notify the contributing party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any other party other than for contribution hereunder. In case any such action, suit or proceeding is brought against any party, and such party notifies a contributing party or its representative of the commencement thereof within the aforesaid 15 days, the contributing party will be entitled to participate therein with the notifying party and any other contributing party similarly notified. Any such contributing party shall not be liable to any party seeking contribution on account of any settlement of any claim, action or proceeding affected by such party seeking contribution on account of any settlement of any claim, action or proceeding affected by such party seeking contribution without the written consent of such contributing party. The contribution provisions contained in this Section 5.3.2 are intended to supersede, to the extent permitted by law, any right to contribution under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise available. Each Underwriter’s obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 5.3 are several and not joint.

 

6. Default by an Underwriter.

 

6.1 Default Not Exceeding 10% of Firm Securities or Option Securities. If any Underwriter or Underwriters shall default in its or their obligations to purchase the Firm Securities or the Option Securities, if the Over-allotment Option is exercised hereunder, and if the number of the Firm Securities or Option Securities with respect to which such default relates does not exceed in the aggregate 10% of the number of Firm Securities or Option Securities that all Underwriters have agreed to purchase hereunder, then such Firm Securities or Option Securities to which the default relates shall be purchased by the non-defaulting Underwriters in proportion to their respective commitments hereunder.

 

6.2 Default Exceeding 10% of Firm Securities or Option Securities. In the event that the default addressed in Section 6.1 relates to more than 10% of the Firm Securities or Option Securities, you may in your discretion arrange for yourself or for another party or parties to purchase such Firm Securities or Option Securities to which such default relates on the terms contained herein. If, within one (1) Business Day after such default relating to more than 10% of the Firm Securities or Option Securities, you do not arrange for the purchase of such Firm Securities or Option Securities, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of one (1) Business Day within which to procure another party or parties satisfactory to you to purchase said Firm Securities or Option Securities on such terms. In the event that neither you nor the Company arrange for the purchase of the Firm Securities or Option Securities to which a default relates as provided in this Section 6, this Agreement will automatically be terminated by you or the Company without liability on the part of the Company (except as provided in Sections 3.9 and 5 hereof) or the several Underwriters (except as provided in Section 5 hereof); provided, however, that if such default occurs with respect to the Option Securities, this Agreement will not terminate as to the Firm Securities; and provided, further, that nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of its liability, if any, to the other Underwriters and to the Company for damages occasioned by its default hereunder.

 

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6.3 Postponement of Closing Date. In the event that the Firm Securities or Option Securities to which the default relates are to be purchased by the non-defaulting Underwriters, or are to be purchased by another party or parties as aforesaid, you or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date or Option Closing Date for a reasonable period, but not in any event exceeding five (5) Business Days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or in any other documents and arrangements, and the Company agrees to file promptly any amendment to the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriter may thereby be made necessary. The term “Underwriter” as used in this Agreement shall include any party substituted under this Section 6 with like effect as if it had originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such Ordinary Shares.

 

7. Additional Covenants.

 

7.1 Board Composition and Board Designations. The Company shall ensure that: (i) the qualifications of the persons serving as members of the Board of Directors and the overall composition of the Board comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, with the Exchange Act and with the listing rules of the Exchange or any other national securities exchange, as the case may be, in the event the Company seeks to have its Public Securities listed on another exchange or quoted on an automated quotation system, and (ii) if applicable, at least one member of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert,” as such term is defined under Regulation S-K and the listing rules of the Exchange.

 

7.2 Prohibition on Press Releases and Public Announcements. The Company shall not issue press releases or engage in any other publicity, without the Representative’s prior written consent, for a period ending at 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the first (1st) Business Day following the forty-fifth (45th) day after the Closing Date, other than normal and customary releases issued in the ordinary course of the Company’s business.

 

8. Effective Date of this Agreement and Termination Thereof.

 

8.1 Effective Date. This Agreement shall become effective when both the Company and the Representative have executed the same and delivered counterparts of such signatures to the other party.

 

8.2 Termination. The Representative shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time prior to any Closing Date, (i) if any domestic or international event or act or occurrence has materially disrupted, or in your opinion will in the immediate future materially disrupt, general securities markets in the United States; or (ii) if trading on the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC shall have been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading shall have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities shall have been required by FINRA or by order of the Commission or any other government authority having jurisdiction; or (iii) if the United States shall have become involved in a new war or an increase in major hostilities; or (iv) if a banking moratorium has been declared by a New York State or federal authority; or (v) if a moratorium on foreign exchange trading has been declared which materially adversely impacts the United States securities markets; or (vi) if the Company shall have sustained a material loss by fire, flood, accident, hurricane, earthquake, theft, sabotage or other calamity or malicious act which, whether or not such loss shall have been insured, will, in your opinion, make it inadvisable to proceed with the delivery of the Firm Securities or Option Securities; or (vii) if the Company is in material breach of any of its representations, warranties or covenants hereunder; or (viii) if the Representative shall have become aware after the date hereof of such a Material Adverse Change in the conditions or prospects of the Company, or such adverse material change in general market conditions as in the Representative’s judgment would make it impracticable to proceed with the offering, sale and/or delivery of the Public Securities or to enforce contracts made by the Underwriters for the sale of the Public Securities; or (ix) the Common Stock shall fail for any reason to open for trading on the Exchange by the end of regular trading hours on the first trading date on the Exchange following the date hereof.

 

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8.3 Expenses. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, except in the case of a default by the Underwriters, pursuant to Section 6.2 above, in the event that this Agreement shall not be carried out for any reason whatsoever, within the time specified herein or any extensions thereof pursuant to the terms herein, the Company shall be obligated to pay to the Underwriters their actual and accountable out-of-pocket expenses related to the transactions contemplated herein then due and payable (including the fees and disbursements of Representative Counsel) up to $125,000, inclusive of the $35,000 advance for accountable expenses previously paid by the Company to the Representative (the “Advance”) and upon demand the Company shall pay the full amount thereof to the Representative on behalf of the Underwriters; provided, however, that such expense cap in no way limits or impairs the indemnification and contribution provisions of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any advance received by the Representative will be reimbursed to the Company to the extent not actually incurred in compliance with FINRA Rule 5110(g)(4)(A).

 

8.4 Survival of Indemnification. Notwithstanding any contrary provision contained in this Agreement, any election hereunder or any termination of this Agreement, and whether or not this Agreement is otherwise carried out, the provisions of Section 5 shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be in any way affected by, such election or termination or failure to carry out the terms of this Agreement or any part hereof.

 

8.5 Representations, Warranties, Agreements to Survive. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Company submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or its Affiliates or selling agents, any person controlling any Underwriter, its officers or directors or any person controlling the Company or (ii) delivery of and payment for the Public Securities.

 

9. Miscellaneous.

 

9.1 Notices. All communications hereunder, except as herein otherwise specifically provided, shall be in writing and shall be mailed (registered or certified mail, return receipt requested), personally delivered or sent by email and confirmed and shall be deemed given when so delivered or emailed and confirmed or if mailed, two (2) days after such mailing.

 

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If to the Representative:

 

ThinkEquity

17 State Street, 41st Fl

New York, NY 10004

Attn: Head of Investment Banking

e-mail: Notices@think-equity.com

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Loeb & Loeb LLP

345 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10154

Attn: Mitchell S. Nussbaum

e-mail: mnussbaum@loeb.com

 

If to the Company:

 

Alta Global Group Limited

Level 1, Suite 1, 29-33 The Corso

Manly, New South Wales 2095

Australia

Attn: Nick Langton, Chief Executive Officer

e-mail: Nick@trainalta.com

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

30 Rockefeller Plaza

New York, NY 10112

Attn: Jeffrey J. Fessler

e-mail: JFessler@sheppardmullin.com

 

9.2 Headings. The headings contained herein are for the sole purpose of convenience of reference, and shall not in any way limit or affect the meaning or interpretation of any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement.

 

9.3 Amendment. This Agreement may only be amended by a written instrument executed by each of the parties hereto.

 

9.4 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (together with the other agreements and documents being delivered pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement) constitutes the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings of the parties, oral and written, with respect to the subject matter hereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, it is understood and agreed by the parties hereto that all other terms and conditions of that certain engagement letter between the Company and ThinkEquity LLC, dated June 28, 2024, shall remain in full force and effect.

 

9.5 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall inure solely to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the Representative, the Underwriters, the Company and the controlling persons, directors and officers referred to in Section 5 hereof, and their respective successors, legal representatives, heirs and assigns, and no other person shall have or be construed to have any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of or by virtue of this Agreement or any provisions herein contained. The term “successors and assigns” shall not include a purchaser, in its capacity as such, of securities from any of the Underwriters.

 

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9.6 Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Trial by Jury. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflict of laws principles thereof. The Company hereby agrees that any action, proceeding or claim against it arising out of, or relating in any way to this Agreement shall be brought and enforced in the New York Supreme Court, County of New York, or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive. The Company hereby waives any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum. Any such process or summons to be served upon the Company may be served by transmitting a copy thereof by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to Wimp 2 Warrior LLC, 8 The Green, Ste R, Dover, Delaware 19901. Such mailing shall be deemed personal service and shall be legal and binding upon the Company in any action, proceeding or claim. The Company agrees that the prevailing party(ies) in any such action shall be entitled to recover from the other party(ies) all of its reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses relating to such action or proceeding and/or incurred in connection with the preparation therefor. The Company (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of its stockholders and affiliates) and each of the Underwriters 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.

 

9.7 Judgment Currency. The obligation of the Company in respect of any sum due to any Underwriter under this Agreement shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than U.S. dollars or any other applicable currency (the “Judgment Currency”), not be discharged until the first business day, following receipt by such Underwriter of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, on which (and only to the extent that) such Underwriter may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase U.S. dollars or any other applicable currency with the Judgment Currency; if the U.S. dollars or other applicable currency so purchased are less than the sum originally due to such Underwriter hereunder, the Company agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Underwriter against such loss. If the U.S. dollars or other applicable currency so purchased are greater than the sum originally due to such Underwriter hereunder, such Underwriter agrees to pay to the Company an amount equal to the excess of the U.S. dollars or other applicable currency so purchased over the sum originally due to such Underwriter hereunder.

 

9.8 Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement, and shall become effective when one or more counterparts has been signed by each of the parties hereto and delivered to each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of a signed counterpart of this Agreement by facsimile or email/pdf transmission shall constitute valid and sufficient delivery thereof.

 

9.9 Waiver, etc. The failure of any of the parties hereto to at any time enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement shall not be deemed or construed to be a waiver of any such provision, nor to in any way effect the validity of this Agreement or any provision hereof or the right of any of the parties hereto to thereafter enforce each and every provision of this Agreement. No waiver of any breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be effective unless set forth in a written instrument executed by the party or parties against whom or which enforcement of such waiver is sought; and no waiver of any such breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment shall be construed or deemed to be a waiver of any other or subsequent breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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If the foregoing correctly sets forth the understanding between the Underwriters and the Company, please so indicate in the space provided below for that purpose, whereupon this letter shall constitute a binding agreement between us.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED
   
  By:  
  Name: Nick Langton
  Title: Chief Executive Officer, Director

 

  By:  
  Name: Vaughn Taylor
  Title: Director

 

Confirmed as of the date first written above mentioned, on behalf of itself and as Representative of the several Underwriters named on Schedule 1 hereto:  

 

THINKEQUITY LLC

 

By:    
Name:  
Title:  

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE]

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP – UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A

 

FORM OF PRE-FUNDED COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

 

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SCHEDULE 1

 

Underwriter  

Total

Number of

Firm Shares

  Total
Number of
Firm
Pre-Funded Warrants
  Total
Number of Option Shares and/or Option Pre-Funded Warrants to be Purchased if the Over-Allotment Option is Fully Exercised
ThinkEquity LLC            
             
             
             
             
             
TOTAL            

 

Sch. 1-1
 

 

SCHEDULE 2-A

 

Pricing Information

 

Number of Firm Shares:

 

Number of Firm Pre-Funded Warrants:

 

Number of Option Shares:

 

Number of Option Pre-Funded Warrants

 

Public Offering Price per Firm Share: $

 

Public Offering Price per Pre-Funded Warrant: $

 

Underwriting Discount per Firm Share: $

 

Underwriting Discount per Pre-Funded Warrant:

 

Underwriting Non-accountable expense allowance per Firm Share: $

 

Underwriting Non-accountable expense allowance per Pre-Funded Warrant:

 

Proceeds to Company per Firm Share (before expenses): $

 

Proceeds to Company per Pre-Funded Warrant (before expenses):

 

SCHEDULE 2-B

 

Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectuses

 

[None.]

 

SCHEDULE 2-C

 

Written Testing-the-Waters Communications

 

[None.]

 

Sch. 2-1
 

 

SCHEDULE 3

 

List of Lock-Up Parties

 

Officers & Directors:

 

Neale Java

 

Nick Langton

 

Vaughn Taylor

 

Hugh Williams

 

Jonathan Hart

 

Sch. 3-1
 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

Form of Representative’s Warrant Agreement

 

THE REGISTERED HOLDER OF THIS PURCHASE WARRANT BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT SELL, TRANSFER OR ASSIGN THIS PURCHASE WARRANT EXCEPT AS HEREIN PROVIDED AND THE REGISTERED HOLDER OF THIS PURCHASE WARRANT AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT SELL, TRANSFER, ASSIGN, PLEDGE OR HYPOTHECATE THIS PURCHASE WARRANT FOR A PERIOD OF ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE DATE (DEFINED BELOW) TO ANYONE OTHER THAN (I) THINKEQUITY LLC, OR AN UNDERWRITER OR A SELECTED DEALER IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFERING, OR (II) A BONA FIDE OFFICER OR PARTNER OF THINKEQUITY LLC, OR OF ANY SUCH UNDERWRITER OR SELECTED DEALER.

 

THIS PURCHASE WARRANT IS NOT EXERCISABLE PRIOR TO [_____], 2025. VOID AFTER 5:00 P.M., EASTERN TIME, [____], 2029.

 

WARRANT TO PURCHASE ORDINARY SHARES

 

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED

 

Warrant Shares: _______ Initial Exercise Date: [____], 2025

 

THIS WARRANT TO PURCHASE ORDINARY SHARES (the “Warrant”) certifies that, for value received, ThinkEquity LLC or its assigns (the “Holder”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after [_____], 2025 (the “Initial Exercise Date”) and, in accordance with FINRA Rule 5110(g)(8)(A), prior to at 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on the date that is five (5) years following the Effective Date (the “Termination Date”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from Alta Global Group Limited, an Australian public company limited by shares (the “Company”), up to ______ Ordinary Shares, without par value (the “Ordinary Shares”) of the Company (the “Warrant Shares”), as subject to adjustment hereunder. The purchase price of one Ordinary Share under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b). This Warrant is being issued pursuant to that certain underwriting agreement, dated as of [_____], 2024 between the Company and ThinkEquity LLC, as representative of the underwriter(s) named therein.

 

Section 1. Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings indicated in this Section 1:

 

Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

 

Business Day” means any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.

 

Ex. A-1
 

 

Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Effective Date” means the effective date of the registration statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-[___]), including any related prospectus or prospectuses, for the registration of the Company’s Ordinary Shares and the Warrant Shares under the Securities Act, that the Company has filed with the Commission.

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Person” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.

 

Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.

 

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Trading Day” means a day on which the Trading Market is open for trading.

 

Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Ordinary Shares are listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, or the New York Stock Exchange (or any successors to any of the foregoing).

 

VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Ordinary Shares then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Ordinary Shares for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Ordinary Shares are then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of an Ordinary Share for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if Ordinary Shares are not then listed or quoted for trading on the OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for Ordinary Shares are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by OTC Markets Group, Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per Ordinary Share so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of the Ordinary Shares as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Holder and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

Ex. A-2
 

 

Section 2. Exercise.

 

a) Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Initial Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice in writing to the registered Holder at the address of the Holder appearing on the books of the Company) of a duly executed facsimile copy (or e-mail attachment) of the Notice of Exercise Form annexed hereto. Within two (2) Trading Days following the date of exercise as aforesaid, the Holder shall deliver the aggregate Exercise Price for the shares specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank unless the cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 2(c) below is specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise. No ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise form be required. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within five (5) Trading Days of the date the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise Form within two (2) Business Days of receipt of such notice. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

 

b) Exercise Price. The exercise price per Ordinary Share under this Warrant shall be $[___], subject to adjustment hereunder (the “Exercise Price”).

 

c) Cashless Exercise. In lieu of exercising this Warrant by delivering the aggregate Exercise Price by wire transfer or cashier’s check, at the election of the Holder this Warrant may also be exercised, in whole or in part, at such time by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive the number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:

 

(A) =

as applicable: (i) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b)(77) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, (ii) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is executed during “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter (including until two (2) hours after the close of “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day) pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof or (iii) the VWAP on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if the date of such Notice of Exercise is a Trading Day and such Notice of Exercise is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day;

 

(B) =

the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder; and

 

(X) =the number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.

 

Ex. A-3
 

 

If Warrant Shares are issued in such a “cashless exercise,” the parties acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, the Warrant Shares shall take on the registered characteristics of the Warrants being exercised, and the holding period of the Warrants being exercised may be tacked on to the holding period of the Warrant Shares. The Company agrees not to take any position contrary to this Section 2(c).

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, on the Termination Date, this Warrant shall be automatically exercised via cashless exercise pursuant to this Section 2(c).

 

d) Mechanics of Exercise.

 

i. Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. The Company shall cause the Warrant Shares purchased hereunder to be transmitted by its transfer agent to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by Holder, or (B) the Warrant Shares are eligible for resale by the Holder without volume or manner-of-sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144 and, in either case, the Warrant Shares have been sold by the Holder prior to the Warrant Share Delivery Date (as defined below), and otherwise by physical delivery of a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is two (2) Trading Days after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”). If the Warrant Shares can be delivered via DWAC, the transfer agent shall have received from the Company, at the expense of the Company, any legal opinions or other documentation required by it to deliver such Warrant Shares without legend (subject to receipt by the Company of reasonable back up documentation from the Holder, including with respect to affiliate status) and, if applicable and requested by the Company prior to the Warrant Share Delivery Date, the transfer agent shall have received from the Holder a confirmation of sale of the Warrant Shares (provided the requirement of the Holder to provide a confirmation as to the sale of Warrant Shares shall not be applicable to the issuance of unlegended Warrant Shares upon a cashless exercise of this Warrant if the Warrant Shares are then eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144(b)(1)). The Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have been issued, and Holder or any other person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such shares for all purposes, as of the date the Warrant has been exercised, with payment to the Company of the Exercise Price (or by cashless exercise, if permitted) and all taxes required to be paid by the Holder, if any, pursuant to Section 2(d)(vi) prior to the issuance of such shares, having been paid. If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder the Warrant Shares subject to a Notice of Exercise by the second Trading Day following the Warrant Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the Ordinary Shares on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the fifth Trading Day after such liquidated damages begin to accrue) for each Trading Day after the second Trading Day following such Warrant Share Delivery Date until such Warrant Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such exercise.

 

Ex. A-4
 

 

ii. Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise. If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant certificate, at the time of delivery of the Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.

 

iii. Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause its transfer agent to deliver to the Holder the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise; provided, however, that the Holder shall be required to return any Warrant Shares or Ordinary Shares subject to any such rescinded exercise notice concurrently with the return to Holder of the aggregate Exercise Price paid to the Company for such Warrant Shares and the restoration of Holder’s right to acquire such Warrant Shares pursuant to this Warrant (including, issuance of a replacement warrant certificate evidencing such restored right).

 

iv. Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause its transfer agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares pursuant to an exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after such date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, Ordinary Shares to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the Ordinary Shares so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of Ordinary Shares that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Holder purchases Ordinary Shares having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of Ordinary Shares with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver Ordinary Shares upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

Ex. A-5
 

 

v. No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.

 

vi. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that in the event that Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto. The Company shall pay all transfer agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Exercise and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Warrant Shares.

 

vii. Closing of Books. The Company will not close its shareholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

viii. Signature. This Section 2 and the exercise form attached hereto set forth the totality of the procedures required of the Holder in order to exercise this Purchase Warrant. Without limiting the preceding sentences, no ink-original exercise form shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any exercise form be required in order to exercise this Purchase Warrant. No additional legal opinion, other information or instructions shall be required of the Holder to exercise this Purchase Warrant. The Company shall honor exercises of this Purchase Warrant and shall deliver Shares underlying this Purchase Warrant in accordance with the terms, conditions and time periods set forth herein.

 

Ex. A-6
 

 

e) Holder’s Exercise Limitations. The Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and a Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any other Persons acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates), would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates shall include the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of Ordinary Shares which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, nonexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any other Ordinary Share Equivalents) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 2(e), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged by the Holder that the Company is not representing to the Holder that such calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 2(e) applies, the determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 2(e), in determining the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares as reflected in (A) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (B) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (C) a more recent written notice by the Company or the Company’s transfer agent setting forth the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within two Trading Days confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of Ordinary Shares then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder or its Affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding Ordinary Shares was reported. The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 9.99% of the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. The Holder, upon notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 2(e), provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of Ordinary Shares upon exercise of this Warrant held by the Holder and the provisions of this Section 2(e) shall continue to apply. Any increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 2(e) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.

 

Ex. A-7
 

 

Section 3. Certain Adjustments.

 

a) Share Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on its Ordinary Shares or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in Ordinary Shares (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any Ordinary Shares issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding Ordinary Shares into a larger number of Ordinary Shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding Ordinary Shares into a smaller number of Ordinary Shares, or (iv) issues by reclassification of Ordinary Shares any shares of capital stock of the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of Ordinary Shares (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after such event, and the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification. For the purposes of clarification, the Exercise Price of this Warrant will not be adjusted in the event that the Company or any Subsidiary thereof, as applicable, sells or grants any option to purchase, or sell or grant any right to reprice, or otherwise dispose of or issue (or announce any offer, sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition) any Ordinary Shares or Ordinary Share Equivalents, at an effective price per share less than the Exercise Price then in effect.

 

b) [RESERVED]

 

c) Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 3(a) above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Ordinary Share Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of Ordinary Shares (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of Ordinary Shares acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Ordinary Shares are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such Ordinary Shares as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).

 

Ex. A-8
 

 

d) Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as this Warrant is outstanding, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend (other than cash dividends) or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of Ordinary Shares, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of shares or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of Ordinary Shares acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Ordinary Shares are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution (provided, however, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any Ordinary Shares as a result of such Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation). To the extent that this Warrant has not been partially or completely exercised at the time of such Distribution, such portion of the Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until the Holder has exercised this Warrant.

 

e) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Ordinary Shares are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their Ordinary Shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Ordinary Shares, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Ordinary Shares or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Ordinary Shares are effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding Ordinary Shares (not including any Ordinary Shares held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the Holder (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant), the number of Ordinary Shares of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the “Alternate Consideration”) receivable by holders of Ordinary Shares as a result of such Fundamental Transaction for each Ordinary Share for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant). For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one Ordinary Share in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Ordinary Shares are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction. The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “Successor Entity”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3(e) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the Holder, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant which is exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to the Ordinary Shares acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account the relative value of the Ordinary Shares pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.

 

Ex. A-9
 

 

f) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 3, the number of Ordinary Shares deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of Ordinary Shares (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.

 

g) Notice to Holder.

 

i. Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall promptly mail to the Holder a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and any resulting adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.

 

ii. Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Ordinary Shares, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Ordinary Shares, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Ordinary Shares rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Ordinary Shares, any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Ordinary Shares are converted into other securities, cash or property, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be mailed a notice to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company, at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Ordinary Shares of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Ordinary Shares of record shall be entitled to exchange their Ordinary Shares for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to provide such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided hereunder constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 6-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.

 

Ex. A-10
 

 

Section 4. Transfer of Warrant.

 

a) Transferability. Pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110(e)(1), neither this Warrant nor any Warrant Shares issued upon exercise of this Warrant shall be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged, or hypothecated, or be the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put, or call transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition of the securities by any person for a period of 180 days immediately following the date of effectiveness or commencement of sales of the offering pursuant to which this Warrant is being issued, except the transfer of any security:

 

i. by operation of law or by reason of reorganization of the Company;

 

ii. to any FINRA member firm participating in the offering and the officers or partners thereof, if all securities so transferred remain subject to the lock-up restriction in this Section 4(a) for the remainder of the time period;

 

iii. if the aggregate amount of securities of the Company held by the Holder or related person do not exceed 1% of the securities being offered;

 

iv. that is beneficially owned on a pro-rata basis by all equity owners of an investment fund, provided that no participating member manages or otherwise directs investments by the fund, and participating members in the aggregate do not own more than 10% of the equity in the fund; or

 

v. the exercise or conversion of any security, if all securities received remain subject to the lock-up restriction in this Section 4(a) for the remainder of the time period.

 

Ex. A-11
 

 

Subject to the foregoing restriction, any applicable securities laws and the conditions set forth in Section 4(d), this Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company unless the Holder has assigned this Warrant in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company within three (3) Trading Days of the date the Holder delivers an assignment form to the Company assigning this Warrant full. The Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.

 

b) New Warrants. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the initial issuance date of this Warrant and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto.

 

c) Warrant Register. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.

 

d) Representation by the Holder. The Holder, by the acceptance hereof, represents and warrants that it is acquiring this Warrant and, upon any exercise hereof, will acquire the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise, for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Warrant Shares or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the Securities Act.

 

Section 5. Registration Rights.

 

  5.1. Demand Registration.

 

5.1.1 Grant of Right. The Company, upon written demand (a “Demand Notice”) of the Holder(s) of at least 51% of the Warrants and/or the underlying Warrant Shares, agrees to register, on one occasion, all or any portion of the Warrant Shares underlying the Warrants (collectively, the “Registrable Securities”). On such occasion, the Company will file a registration statement with the Commission covering the Registrable Securities within sixty (60) days after receipt of a Demand Notice and use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the registration statement declared effective promptly thereafter, subject to compliance with review by the Commission; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to comply with a Demand Notice if the Company has filed a registration statement with respect to which the Holder is entitled to piggyback registration rights pursuant to Section 5.2 hereof and either: (i) the Holder has elected to participate in the offering covered by such registration statement or (ii) if such registration statement relates to an underwritten primary offering of securities of the Company, until the offering covered by such registration statement has been withdrawn or until thirty (30) days after such offering is consummated. The demand for registration may be made at any time beginning on the Initial Exercise Date and expiring on the fifth anniversary of the Effective Date. The Company covenants and agrees to give written notice of its receipt of any Demand Notice by any Holder(s) to all other registered Holders of the Warrants and/or the Registrable Securities within ten (10) days after the date of the receipt of any such Demand Notice.

 

Ex. A-12
 

 

5.1.2 Terms. The Company shall bear all fees and expenses attendant to the registration of the Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 5.1.1, but the Holders shall pay any and all underwriting commissions and the expenses of any legal counsel selected by the Holders to represent them in connection with the sale of the Registrable Securities. The Company agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the filing required herein to become effective promptly and to qualify or register the Registrable Securities in such States as are reasonably requested by the Holder(s); provided, however, that in no event shall the Company be required to register the Registrable Securities in a State in which such registration would cause: (i) the Company to be obligated to register or license to do business in such State or submit to general service of process in such State, or (ii) the principal shareholders of the Company to be obligated to escrow their shares of capital stock of the Company. The Company shall cause any registration statement filed pursuant to the demand right granted under Section 5.1.1 to remain effective for a period of at least twelve (12) consecutive months after the date that the Holders of the Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement are first given the opportunity to sell all of such securities. The Holders shall only use the prospectuses provided by the Company to sell the Warrant Shares covered by such registration statement, and will immediately cease to use any prospectus furnished by the Company if the Company advises the Holder that such prospectus may no longer be used due to a material misstatement or omission. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5.1.2, the Holder shall be entitled to a demand registration under this Section 5.1.2 on only one (1) occasion and such demand registration right shall terminate on the fifth anniversary of the date of the Underwriting Agreement (as defined below) in accordance with FINRA Rules 5110(g)(8)(B) and 5110(g)(8)(C).

 

  5.2 “Piggy-Back” Registration.

 

5.2.1 Grant of Right. In addition to the demand right of registration described in Section 5.1 hereof, the Holder shall have the right, for a period of no more than two (2) years from the Initial Exercise Date in accordance with FINRA Rule 5110(g)(8)(D), to include the Registrable Securities as part of any other registration of securities filed by the Company (other than in connection with a transaction contemplated by Rule 145(a) promulgated under the Securities Act or pursuant to Form S-8 or any equivalent form); provided, however, that if, solely in connection with any primary underwritten public offering for the account of the Company, the managing underwriter(s) thereof shall, in its reasonable discretion, impose a limitation on the number of Ordinary Shares which may be included in the Registration Statement because, in such underwriter(s)’ judgment, marketing or other factors dictate such limitation is necessary to facilitate public distribution, then the Company shall be obligated to include in such Registration Statement only such limited portion of the Registrable Securities with respect to which the Holder requested inclusion hereunder as the underwriter shall reasonably permit. Any exclusion of Registrable Securities shall be made pro rata among the Holders seeking to include Registrable Securities in proportion to the number of Registrable Securities sought to be included by such Holders; provided, however, that the Company shall not exclude any Registrable Securities unless the Company has first excluded all outstanding securities, the holders of which are not entitled to inclusion of such securities in such Registration Statement or are not entitled to pro rata inclusion with the Registrable Securities.

 

Ex. A-13
 

 

5.2.2 Terms. The Company shall bear all fees and expenses attendant to registering the Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 5.2.1 hereof, but the Holders shall pay any and all underwriting commissions and the expenses of any legal counsel selected by the Holders to represent them in connection with the sale of the Registrable Securities. In the event of such a proposed registration, the Company shall furnish the then Holders of outstanding Registrable Securities with not less than thirty (30) days written notice prior to the proposed date of filing of such registration statement. Such notice to the Holders shall continue to be given for each registration statement filed by the Company during the two (2) year period following the Initial Exercise Date until such time as all of the Registrable Securities have been sold by the Holder. The holders of the Registrable Securities shall exercise the “piggy-back” rights provided for herein by giving written notice within ten (10) days of the receipt of the Company’s notice of its intention to file a registration statement. Except as otherwise provided in this Warrant, there shall be no limit on the number of times the Holder may request registration under this Section 5.2.2; provided, however, that such registration rights shall terminate on the second anniversary of the Initial Exercise Date.

 

  5.3 General Terms

 

5.3.1 Indemnification. The Company shall indemnify the Holder(s) of the Registrable Securities to be sold pursuant to any registration statement hereunder and each person, if any, who controls such Holders within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 (a) of the Exchange Act against all loss, claim, damage, expense or liability (including all reasonable attorneys’ fees and other expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any claim whatsoever) to which any of them may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, arising from such registration statement but only to the same extent and with the same effect as the provisions pursuant to which the Company has agreed to indemnify the Underwriters contained in Section 5.1 of the Underwriting Agreement between the Underwriters and the Company, dated as of [____], 2024. The Holder(s) of the Registrable Securities to be sold pursuant to such registration statement, and their successors and assigns, shall severally, and not jointly, indemnify the Company, against all loss, claim, damage, expense or liability (including all reasonable attorneys’ fees and other expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any claim whatsoever) to which they may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, arising from information furnished by or on behalf of such Holders, or their successors or assigns, in writing, for specific inclusion in such registration statement to the same extent and with the same effect as the provisions contained in Section 5.2 of the Underwriting Agreement pursuant to which the Underwriters have agreed to indemnify the Company.

 

5.3.2 Exercise of Warrants. Nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as requiring the Holder(s) to exercise their Warrants prior to or after the initial filing of any registration statement or the effectiveness thereof.

 

Ex. A-14
 

 

5.3.3 Documents Delivered to Holders. The Company shall furnish to each Holder participating in any of the foregoing offerings and to each underwriter of any such offering, if any, a signed counterpart, addressed to such Holder or underwriter, of: (i) an opinion of counsel to the Company, dated the effective date of such registration statement (and, if such registration includes an underwritten public offering, an opinion dated the date of the closing under any underwriting agreement related thereto), and (ii) a “cold comfort” letter dated the effective date of such registration statement (and, if such registration includes an underwritten public offering, a letter dated the date of the closing under the underwriting agreement) signed by the independent registered public accounting firm which has issued a report on the Company’s financial statements included in such registration statement, in each case covering substantially the same matters with respect to such registration statement (and the prospectus included therein) and, in the case of such accountants’ letter, with respect to events subsequent to the date of such financial statements, as are customarily covered in opinions of issuer’s counsel and in accountants’ letters delivered to underwriters in underwritten public offerings of securities. The Company shall also deliver promptly to each Holder participating in the offering requesting the correspondence and memoranda described below and to the managing underwriter, if any, copies of all correspondence between the Commission and the Company, its counsel or auditors and all memoranda relating to discussions with the Commission or its staff with respect to the registration statement and permit each Holder and underwriter to do such investigation, upon reasonable advance notice, with respect to information contained in or omitted from the registration statement as it deems reasonably necessary to comply with applicable securities laws or rules of FINRA. Such investigation shall include access to books, records and properties and opportunities to discuss the business of the Company with its officers and independent auditors, all to such reasonable extent and at such reasonable times as any such Holder shall reasonably request.

 

5.3.4 Underwriting Agreement. The Company shall enter into an underwriting agreement with the managing underwriter(s), if any, selected by any Holders whose Registrable Securities are being registered pursuant to this Section 5, which managing underwriter shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company. Such agreement shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Company, each Holder and such managing underwriters, and shall contain such representations, warranties and covenants by the Company and such other terms as are customarily contained in agreements of that type used by the managing underwriter. The Holders shall be parties to any underwriting agreement relating to an underwritten sale of their Registrable Securities and may, at their option, require that any or all the representations, warranties and covenants of the Company to or for the benefit of such underwriters shall also be made to and for the benefit of such Holders. Such Holders shall not be required to make any representations or warranties to or agreements with the Company or the underwriters except as they may relate to such Holders, their Warrant Shares and their intended methods of distribution.

 

5.3.5 Documents to be Delivered by Holder(s). Each of the Holder(s) participating in any of the foregoing offerings shall furnish to the Company a completed and executed questionnaire provided by the Company requesting information customarily sought of selling security holders.

 

5.3.6 Damages. Should the registration or the effectiveness thereof required by Sections 5.1 and 5.2 hereof be delayed by the Company or the Company otherwise fails to comply with such provisions, the Holder(s) shall, in addition to any other legal or other relief available to the Holder(s), be entitled to obtain specific performance or other equitable (including injunctive) relief against the threatened breach of such provisions or the continuation of any such breach, without the necessity of proving actual damages and without the necessity of posting bond or other security.

 

Ex. A-15
 

 

Section 6. Miscellaneous.

 

a) No Rights as Shareholder Until Exercise. This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a shareholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(d)(i).

 

b) Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or share certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or share certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or share certificate.

 

c) Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Trading Day, then, such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Trading Day.

 

d) Authorized Shares.

 

The Company covenants that, during the period the Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Ordinary Shares a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of issuing the necessary Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which the Ordinary Shares may be listed. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).

 

Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its certificate of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (i) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (ii) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.

 

Ex. A-16
 

 

Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.

 

e) Jurisdiction. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the underwriting agreement, dated [____], 2024, by and between the Company and ThinkEquity LLC, as representatives of the underwriters set forth therein (the “Underwriting Agreement”).

 

f) Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, and the Holder does not utilize cashless exercise, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.

 

g) Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Holder’s rights, powers or remedies. Without limiting any other provision of this Warrant or the Underwriting Agreement, if the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.

 

h) Notices. Any notice, request or other document required or permitted to be given or delivered to the Holder by the Company shall be delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Underwriting Agreement.

 

i) Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the Holder for the purchase price of any Ordinary Share or as a shareholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

 

j) Remedies. The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

k) Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.

 

l) Amendment. This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company and the Holder.

 

m) Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.

 

n) Headings. The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.

 

********************

 

(Signature Page Follows)

 

Ex. A-17
 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above indicated.

 

  ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED
     
  By:

  Name: Nick Langton
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

Ex. A-18
 

 

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

TO: ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED

_________________________

 

(1) The undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________ Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant (only if exercised in full), and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.

 

(2) Payment shall take the form of (check applicable box):

 

[  ] in lawful money of the United States; or

 

[  ] if permitted the cancellation of such number of Warrant Shares as is necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in subsection 2(c), to exercise this Warrant with respect to the maximum number of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in subsection 2(c).

 

(3) Please register and issue said Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:

 

_______________________________

 

The Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account Number or by physical delivery of a certificate to:

 

_______________________________

 

_______________________________

 

_______________________________

 

(4) Accredited Investor. If the Warrant is being exercised via cash exercise, the undersigned is an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

[SIGNATURE OF HOLDER]

 

Name of Investing Entity: _______________________________________________________________

 

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity: _________________________________________

 

Name of Authorized Signatory: ___________________________________________________________

 

Title of Authorized Signatory: ____________________________________________________________

 

Date: ________________________________________________________________________________

 

Ex. A-19
 

 

ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

(To assign the foregoing warrant, execute

this form and supply required information.

Do not use this form to exercise the warrant.)

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, [____] all of or [_______] shares of the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to

 

_______________________________________________ whose address is

 

_______________________________________________________________.

 

_______________________________________________________________

 

Dated: ______________, _______

 

Holder’s Signature: _____________________________

 

Holder’s Address: _____________________________

 

_____________________________

 

NOTE: The signature to this Assignment Form must correspond with the name as it appears on the face of the Warrant, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever. Officers of corporations and those acting in a fiduciary or other representative capacity should file proper evidence of authority to assign the foregoing Warrant.

 

Ex. A-20
 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

Lock-Up Agreement

 

[____], 2024

 

ThinkEquity LLC

17 State Street, 41st Floor

New York, NY 10004

 

As Representative of the several Underwriters named on Schedule 1 to the Underwriting Agreement referenced below

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

The undersigned understands that ThinkEquity LLC (the “Representative”), proposes to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Alta Global Group Limited, an Australian public company limited by shares (the “Company”), providing for the public offering (the “Public Offering”) of the ordinary shares, no par value (the “Ordinary Shares”) of the Company and/or Pre-Funded Warrants to purchase Ordinary Shares.

 

To induce the Representative to continue its efforts in connection with the Public Offering, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Representative, the undersigned will not, during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending 90 days after the date of the Underwriting Agreement relating to the Public Offering (the “Lock-Up Period”), (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, grant, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Ordinary Shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the undersigned or with respect to which the undersigned has or hereafter acquires the power of disposition (collectively, the “Lock-Up Securities”); (2) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Lock-Up Securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Lock-Up Securities, in cash or otherwise; (3) make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to the registration of any Lock-Up Securities; or (4) publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge or disposition, or to enter into any transaction, swap, hedge or other arrangement relating to any Lock-Up Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to the conditions below, the undersigned may transfer Lock-Up Securities without the prior written consent of the Representative in connection with (a) transactions relating to Lock-Up Securities acquired in open market transactions after the completion of the Public Offering; provided that no filing under Section 13 or Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or other public announcement shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with subsequent sales of Lock-Up Securities acquired in such open market transactions; (b) transfers of Lock-Up Securities as a bona fide gift, by will or intestacy or to a family member or trust for the benefit of the undersigned or a family member (for purposes of this lock-up agreement, “family member” means any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin); (c) transfers of Lock-Up Securities to a charity or educational institution; (d) if the undersigned is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other business entity, (i) any transfers of Lock-Up Securities to another corporation, partnership or other business entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the undersigned or (ii) distributions of Lock-Up Securities to members, partners, stockholders, subsidiaries or affiliates (as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) of the undersigned; (e) if the undersigned is a trust, to a trustee or beneficiary of the trust; provided that in the case of any transfer pursuant to the foregoing clauses (b), (c) (d) or (e), (i) any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value, (ii) each transferee shall sign and deliver to the Representative a lock-up agreement substantially in the form of this lock-up agreement and (iii) no filing under Section 13 or Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act or other public announcement shall be required or shall be voluntarily made; (f) the receipt by the undersigned from the Company of Ordinary Shares upon the vesting of restricted stock awards or stock units or upon the exercise of options to purchase the Company’s Ordinary Shares issued under an equity incentive plan of the Company or an employment arrangement described in the Pricing Prospectus (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement) (the “Plan Shares”) or the transfer of Ordinary Shares or any securities convertible into Ordinary Shares to the Company upon a vesting event of the Company’s securities or upon the exercise of options to purchase the Company’s securities, in each case on a “cashless” or “net exercise” basis or to cover tax obligations of the undersigned in connection with such vesting or exercise, but only to the extent such right expires during the Lock-up Period, provided that no filing under Section 13 or Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act or other public announcement shall be required or shall be voluntarily made within 90 days after the date of the Underwriting Agreement, and after such 90th day, if the undersigned is required to file a report under Section 13 or Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of Ordinary Shares during the Lock-Up Period, the undersigned shall include a statement in such schedule or report to the effect that the purpose of such transfer was to cover tax withholding obligations of the undersigned in connection with such vesting or exercise and, provided further, that the Plan Shares shall be subject to the terms of this lock-up agreement; (g) the transfer of Lock-Up Securities pursuant to agreements described in the Pricing Prospectus under which the Company has the option to repurchase such securities or a right of first refusal with respect to the transfer of such securities, provided that if the undersigned is required to file a report under Section 13 or Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of Ordinary Shares during the Lock-Up Period, the undersigned shall include a statement in such schedule or report describing the purpose of the transaction; (h) the establishment of a trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act for the transfer of Lock-Up Securities, provided that (i) such plan does not provide for the transfer of Lock-Up Securities during the Lock-Up Period and (ii) to the extent a public announcement or filing under the Exchange Act, if any, is required of or voluntarily made by or on behalf of the undersigned or the Company regarding the establishment of such plan, such public announcement or filing shall include a statement to the effect that no transfer of Lock-Up Securities may be made under such plan during the Lock-Up Period; (i) the transfer of Lock-Up Securities that occurs by operation of law, such as pursuant to a qualified domestic order or in connection with a divorce settlement, provided that the transferee agrees to sign and deliver a lock-up agreement substantially in the form of this lock-up agreement for the balance of the Lock-Up Period, and provided further, that any filing under Section 13 or Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act that is required to be made during the Lock-Up Period as a result of such transfer shall include a statement that such transfer has occurred by operation of law; and (j) the transfer of Lock-Up Securities pursuant to a bona fide third party tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction made to all holders of the Ordinary Shares involving a change of control (as defined below) of the Company after the closing of the Public Offering and approved by the Company’s board of directors; provided that in the event that the tender offer, merger, consolidation or other such transaction is not completed, the Lock-Up Securities owned by the undersigned shall remain subject to the restrictions contained in this lock-up agreement. For purposes of clause (j) above, “change of control” shall mean the consummation of any bona fide third party tender offer, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or other similar transaction the result of which is that any “person” (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), or group of persons, becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 of the Exchange Act) of a majority of total voting power of the voting stock of the Company. The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the undersigned’s Lock-Up Securities except in compliance with this lock-up agreement.

 

Ex. B-1
 

 

The undersigned agrees that, prior to engaging in any transaction or taking any other action that is subject to the terms of this lock-up agreement during the period from the date hereof to and including the 34th day following the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the undersigned will give notice thereof to the Company and will not consummate any such transaction or take any such action unless it has received written confirmation from the Company that the Lock-Up Period has expired.

 

If the undersigned is an officer or director of the Company, (i) the undersigned agrees that the foregoing restrictions shall be equally applicable to any issuer-directed or “friends and family” securities that the undersigned may purchase in the Public Offering; (ii) the Representative agrees that, at least three (3) business days before the effective date of any release or waiver of the foregoing restrictions in connection with a transfer of Lock-Up Securities, the Representative will notify the Company of the impending release or waiver; and (iii) the Company has agreed in the Underwriting Agreement to announce the impending release or waiver by press release through a major news service at least two (2) business days before the effective date of the release or waiver. Any release or waiver granted by the Representative hereunder to any such officer or director shall only be effective two (2) business days after the publication date of such press release. The provisions of this paragraph will not apply if (a) the release or waiver is effected solely to permit a transfer of Lock-Up Securities not for consideration and (b) the transferee has agreed in writing to be bound by the same terms described in this lock-up agreement to the extent and for the duration that such terms remain in effect at the time of such transfer.

 

The undersigned understands that the Company and the Representative are relying upon this lock-up agreement in proceeding toward consummation of the Public Offering. The undersigned further understands that this lock-up agreement is irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigned’s heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns.

 

The undersigned understands that, if the Underwriting Agreement is not executed by March 31, 2025, or if the Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the securities to be sold thereunder, then this lock-up agreement shall be void and of no further force or effect.

 

Ex. B-2
 

 

Whether or not the Public Offering actually occurs depends on a number of factors, including market conditions. Any Public Offering will only be made pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, the terms of which are subject to negotiation between the Company and the Representative.

 

  Very truly yours,
  ____________________________________
  (Name - Please Print)
   
  ____________________________________
  (Signature)
   
  ____________________________________
  (Name of Signatory, in the case of entities - Please Print)
   
  ____________________________________
  (Title of Signatory, in the case of entities - Please Print)
   
  Address: ____________________________________
    ____________________________________
    ____________________________________

 

Ex. B-3
 

 

EXHIBIT C

 

Form of Press Release

 

[COMPANY]

 

[Date]

 

Alta Global Group Limited (the “Company”) announced today that ThinkEquity LLC, acting as representative for the underwriters in the Company’s recent public offering of _______ shares of the Company’s Ordinary Shares and/or Pre-Funded Warrants, is [waiving] [releasing] a lock-up restriction with respect to _________ Ordinary Shares of the Company held by [certain officers or directors] [an officer or director] of the Company. The [waiver] [release] will take effect on _________, 20___, and the shares may be sold on or after such date.

 

This press release is not an offer or sale of the securities in the United States or in any other jurisdiction where such offer or sale is prohibited, and such securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Ex. C-1

 

 

Exhibit 5.1

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 5.2

 

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

30 Rockefeller Plaza

New York, New York 10112-0015

212.653.8700 main

212.653.8701 fax

www.sheppardmullin.com

 

September 4, 2024

 

VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL

Alta Global Group Limited

Level 1, Suite 1, 29-33 The Corso

Manly, New South Wales 2095

 

Re: Registration Statement on Form F-1

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We are acting as United States counsel to Alta Global Group Limited (the “Company”) in connection with its registration statement on Form F-1 (the “Registration Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), relating to the proposed public offering of up to $13,500,000 of ordinary shares of the Company, no par value (the “Ordinary Shares”) and/or pre-funded warrants (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”) to purchase Ordinary Shares, and up to an additional $2,025,000 of Ordinary Shares and/or Pre-Funded Warrants if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option. The Registration Statement will also cover the offer and sale to the representative of the underwriters of warrants to purchase 5.0% of the total number of Ordinary Shares and Pre-Funded Warrants sold in the offering with an exercise price equal to 125% of the public offering price (the “Representative Warrants,” and together with the Pre-Funded Warrants, the “Warrants”). We understand that the Ordinary Shares, Pre-Funded Warrants and Representative Warrants are to be sold to the underwriters as described in the Registration Statement and pursuant to an underwriting agreement, substantially in the form filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, to be entered into by and among the Company and the underwriters. This opinion letter is furnished to you at your request to enable you to fulfill the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K in connection with the Registration Statement.

 

In connection with this opinion, we have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records, certificates of public officials and other instruments as we have deemed necessary for the purposes of rendering this opinion.

 

In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, including endorsements, the legal capacity and competency of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as facsimile, electronic, certified or photocopy, and the authenticity of the originals of such copies. As to any facts relevant to the opinions stated herein that we did not independently establish or verify, we have relied upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company and others and of public officials. In rendering this opinion, we have relied on the opinion of K&L Gates, being filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, that all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company has been taken under the laws of Australia with regard to the due authorization, execution, and delivery of the Ordinary Shares, Pre-Funded Warrants and Representative Warrants.

 

Based upon, subject to and limited by the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:

 

1.Upon the issuance of the Warrants, the Warrants will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, concepts of reasonableness and equitable principles of general applicability.

 

We also hereby consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Legal Matters” in the prospectus which forms part of the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act, the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder or Item 509 of Regulation S-K.

 

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Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

30 Rockefeller Plaza

New York, New York 10112-0015

212.653.8700 main

212.653.8701 fax

www.sheppardmullin.com

 

We express no opinion herein as to the laws of any state or jurisdiction other than the laws of the State of New York (including the statutory provisions and all applicable judicial decisions interpreting those laws) and the federal laws of the United States of America. No opinion is expressed herein with respect to the qualification of the Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants under the securities or blue sky laws of any state or any foreign jurisdiction.

 

This opinion letter is rendered as of the date first written above and we disclaim any obligation to advise you of facts, circumstances, events or developments which hereafter may be brought to our attention and which may alter, affect or modify the opinion expressed herein. Our opinion is expressly limited to the matters set forth above and we render no opinion, whether by implication or otherwise, as to any other matters relating to the Company, the Ordinary Shares, the Pre-Funded Warrants, the Representative Warrants or any other agreements or transactions that may be related thereto or contemplated thereby. We are expressing no opinion as to any obligations that parties other than the Company may have under or in respect of the Ordinary Shares, the Pre-Funded Warrants or the Representative Warrants or as to the effect that their performance of such obligations may have upon any of the matters referred to above. No opinion may be implied or inferred beyond the opinion expressly stated above.

 

Very truly yours,

 

/s/ SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP

 

SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP

 

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Exhibit 4.3

 

PRE-FUNDED COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

 

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED

 

Warrant Shares: ________ Issuance Date: September [__], 2024

 

THIS PRE-FUNDED COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the “Warrant”) certifies that, for value received, _____________ or its assigns (the “Holder”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after the date hereof (the “Issuance Date”) until this Warrant is exercised in full (the “Termination Date”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from Alta Global Group Limited, an Australian corporation (the “Company”), up to ______ ordinary shares, no par value (the “Common Stock”), of the Company (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “Warrant Shares”). The purchase price of one Warrant Share under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b).

 

Section 1. Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Warrant, the following terms have the meanings indicated in this Section 1:

 

Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

 

Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Common Stock” means ordinary shares of the Company, no par value, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.

 

Common Stock Equivalents” means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, right, option, warrant or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Liens” means a lien, charge pledge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction.

 

Person” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.

 

Proceeding” means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an informal investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.

 

Registration Statement” means the Company’s registration statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-[_____]).

 

Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.

 

 
 

 

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Trading Day” means a day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market.

 

Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the OTCQB, OTCQX or Pink Open Market operated by OTC Markets Group, the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, or the New York Stock Exchange (or any successors to any of the foregoing).

 

Transfer Agent” means VStock Transfer, LLC, 18 Lafayette Place, Woodmere, NY 11598, telephone number of (212) 828-8436 and any successor transfer agent of the Company.

 

Warrants” means this Warrant and other Pre-Funded Common Stock Purchase Warrants issued by the Company pursuant to the Registration Statement.

 

Section 2. Exercise.

 

a) Exercise of Warrant. Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Issuance Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company of a duly executed facsimile copy or PDF copy submitted by e-mail (or e-mail attachment) of the Notice of Exercise in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A(the “Notice of Exercise”). Within the earlier of (i) one (1) Trading Day and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period (as defined in Section 2(d)(i) herein) following the date of exercise as aforesaid, the Holder shall deliver to the Company the aggregate Exercise Price for the Warrant Shares specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank unless the cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 2(c) below is specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise. No ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise form be required. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased in connection with such partial exercise. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise within one (1) Trading Day of receipt of such notice. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

 

b) Exercise Price. The aggregate exercise price of this Warrant, except for a nominal exercise price of $0.001 per Warrant Share, was pre-funded to the Company on or prior to the Issuance Date and, consequently, no additional consideration (other than the nominal exercise price of $0.001 per Warrant Share) shall be required to be paid by the Holder to any Person to effect any exercise of this Warrant. The Holder shall not be entitled to the return or refund of all, or any portion, of such pre-paid aggregate exercise price under any circumstance or for any reason whatsoever, including in the event this Warrant shall not have been exercised prior to the Termination Date. The remaining unpaid exercise price per Warrant Share under this Warrant shall be $0.001, subject to adjustment hereunder (the “Exercise Price”).

 

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c) Cashless Exercise. This Warrant may also be exercised, in whole or in part, at such time by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares for the deemed surrender of the Warrant in whole or in part equal to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:

 

  (A) = as applicable: (i) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, (ii) at the option of the Holder, either (y) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise or (z) the Bid Price of the Common Stock on the principal Trading Market as reported by Bloomberg L.P. as of the time of the Holder’s execution of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is executed during “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter (including until two (2) hours after the close of “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day) pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof or (iii) the VWAP on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if the date of such Notice of Exercise is a Trading Day and such Notice of Exercise is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day;

 

  (B) = the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder; and

 

  (X) = the number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.

 

The issue price for each such Warrant Share to be issued pursuant to the cashless exercise of a Warrant will be equal to (B), as defined above, and the total issue price for the aggregate number of Warrant Shares issued pursuant to the cashless exercise of a Warrant will be deemed paid and satisfied in full by the deemed surrender to the Company of the portion of such Warrant being exercised in accordance with this Section 1(c). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall not be required to make any cash payments or net cash settlement to the Holder in lieu of delivery of the Warrant Shares. If Warrant Shares are issued in such a cashless exercise, the parties acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, the Warrant Shares shall take on the registered characteristics of the Warrants being exercised. The Company agrees not to take any position contrary to this Section 2(c).

 

Bid Price” means, for any security as of the particular time of determination, the bid price for such security on the Trading Market as reported by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, or, if the Trading Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the bid price of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, or if the foregoing does not apply, the bid price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, or, if no bid price is reported for such security by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, the average of the bid prices of any market makers for such security as reported on the Pink Open Market as of such time of determination. If the Bid Price cannot be calculated for a security as of the particular time of determination on any of the foregoing bases, the Bid Price of such security as of such time of determination shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such fair market value shall be determined pursuant to the provisions set forth in clause (d) of the definition of VWAP. All such determinations to be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, share split, share consolidation, reclassification or other similar transaction during the applicable calculation period.

 

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Closing Sale Price” means, for any security as of any date, the last closing trade price for such security on the Trading Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Trading Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing trade price, then the last trade price of such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Trading Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the last trade price of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing do not apply, the last trade price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no last trade price is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the ask prices of any market makers for such security as reported on the in the OTC Link or on the Pink Open Market. If the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, Closing Sale Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such fair market value shall be determined pursuant to the provisions set forth in clause (d) of the definition of VWAP. All such determinations to be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, share split, share consolidation, reclassification or other similar transaction during the applicable calculation period.

 

VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted for trading on a Trading Market other than the OTCQB, OTCQX or Pink Open Market operated by OTC Markets Group, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if the Common Stock is then quoted for trading on the OTCQB or OTCQX operated by OTC Markets Group, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is then quoted for trading on the Pink Open Market operated by OTC Markets Group (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices),the most recent bid price per share of Common Stock reported on the Pink Open Market, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the holders of a majority in interest of the Warrants then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

d) Mechanics of Exercise.

 

i. Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. The Company shall cause the Warrant Shares purchased hereunder to be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (the “DWAC”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder or (B) this Warrant is being exercised via cashless exercise, and otherwise by physical delivery of a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is the earlier of (i) one (1) Trading Day after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise, and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”) . Upon delivery of the Notice of Exercise, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the Holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the Warrant Shares, provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the case of a cashless exercise) is received within the earlier of (i) one (1) Trading Day and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period following delivery of the Notice of Exercise. If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder the Warrant Shares subject to a Notice of Exercise by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the Common Stock on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the third Trading Day after the Warrant Share Delivery Date) for each Trading Day after such Warrant Share Delivery Date until such Warrant Shares are delivered to said Holder or the Holder rescinds such exercise. The Company agrees to maintain a transfer agent that is a participant in the Fast Automated Securities Transfer or FAST program so long as this Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable. As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Trading Market with respect to the Common Stock as in effect on the date of delivery of the Notice of Exercise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Notice(s) of Exercise delivered on or prior to 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Issue Date, which may be delivered at any time after the time of execution of the Underwriting Agreement, dated September [__], 2024 between the Company and ThinkEquity LLC, the Company agrees to deliver the Warrant Shares subject to such notice(s) by 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Issue Date.

 

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ii. Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise. If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant certificate, at the time of delivery of the Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.

 

iii. Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.

 

iv. Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 2(d)(i) above pursuant to an exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after such date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue by (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Holder purchases shares of Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of Warrants with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

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v. No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.

 

vi. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. The Issuance and delivery of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that in the event that Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto as Exhibit B duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto, and if any portion of this Warrant remains unexercised, a new Warrant in the form hereof shall be delivered by the Company to the assignee. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Exercise and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Warrant Shares.

 

vii. Closing of Books. The Company shall not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

e) Holder’s Exercise Limitations. The Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and a Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, the Holder (together with (i) the Holder’s Affiliates, (ii) any other Persons acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates, and (iii) any other Person whose beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock would or could be aggregated with the Holder’s for the purpose of Section 13(d) (such Persons, “Attribution Parties”)), would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates and Attribution Parties shall include the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of Warrant Share which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, non-exercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or non-converted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any other Common Stock Equivalents) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 2(e), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder it being acknowledged by the Holder that the Company is not representing to the Holder that such calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 2(e) applies, the determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and the Company shall have no obligation to verify of confirm the accuracy of such determination. For purposes of this Section 2(e), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (A) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (B) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (C) a more recent written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within one (1) Trading Day confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder or its Affiliates or Attribution Parties since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 4.99% (or, upon election by a Holder prior to the issuance of any Warrants, 9.99%) of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. The Holder, upon notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 2(e), provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant held by the Holder and the provisions of this Section 2(e) shall continue to apply. Any increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 2(e) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.

 

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Section 3. Certain Adjustments.

 

a) Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on shares of its Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any Warrant Shares issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split or consolidation) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issues by reclassification of shares of Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event, and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.

 

b) Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 3(a) above, if at any time while this Warrant is outstanding the Company grants, issues or sells any Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata all of to the record holders of any class of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, that, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).

 

c) Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as this Warrant is outstanding, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to all of the holders of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, shares or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution (provided, however, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).

 

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d) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or amalgamation or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, and the Company is not the surviving entity (ii) the Company (or any subsidiary) , directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock or 50% or more of the voting power of the common equity of the Company, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of shares of Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which shares of Common Stock are effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property (other than a stock split), or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, merger or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such share purchase agreement or other business combination) or more of the outstanding Common Stock or 50% or more of the voting power of the common equity of the Company (each a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the Holder (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant), the number of shares of Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation or is otherwise the continuing corporation, and any additional consideration (the “Alternate Consideration”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant). For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of shares of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction. The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “Successor Entity”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3(d) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonable to the Holder prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the Holder, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant which is exercisable for a corresponding number of shares or other securities of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price hereunder to such shares of or other securities (but taking into account the relative value of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares or securities, such number of shares or securities and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.

 

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e) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share of Common Stock, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 3, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.

 

f) Notice to Holder.

 

i. Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall promptly deliver to the Holder by facsimile or email a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and any resulting adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.

 

ii. Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the shares of Common Stock, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the shares of Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of the Company or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger, amalgamation or arrangement to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be delivered by facsimile or email to the Holder at its last facsimile number or email address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company, at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, amalgamation, arrangement, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, amalgamation, arrangement sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided in this Warrant constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its subsidiaries (the “Subsidiaries”), the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 6-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.

 

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Section 4. Transfer of Warrant.

 

a) Transferability. This Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company unless the Holder has assigned this Warrant in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the Holder delivers an assignment form to the Company assigning this Warrant in full. This Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.

 

b) New Warrants. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the Issuance Date of this Warrant and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto.

 

c) Warrant Register. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.

 

Section 5. Miscellaneous.

 

a) No Rights as Stockholder Until Exercise. This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(d)(i), except as expressly set forth in Section 3. Without limiting any rights of a Holder to receive Warrant Shares on a “cashless exercise” pursuant to Section 2(c) or to receive cash payments pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) and Section 2(d)(iv) herein, in no event, including if the Company is for any reason unable to issue and deliver Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant as required pursuant to the terms thereof, shall the Company be required to net cash settle an exercise of this Warrant.

 

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b) Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall in no event include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company shall make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.

 

c) Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Trading Day, then, such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Trading Day.

 

d) Authorized Shares. The Company covenants that, during the period the Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of issuing the necessary Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company shall take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued and delivered, as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which the Common Stock may be listed or quoted for trading. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).

 

Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its certificate of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, amalgamation, arrangement dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall (i) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (ii) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.

 

Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.

 

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e) Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflict of laws thereof. Each party agrees that all legal Proceedings concerning the interpretation, enforcement and defense of this Warrant shall be commenced in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan (the “New York Courts”). Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any provision hereunder), 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 such New York Courts, or such New York Courts are improper or inconvenient venue for such Proceeding. If any party shall commence an action or Proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Warrant, then the prevailing party in such action or Proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred in the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or Proceeding.

 

f) Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, and the Holder does not utilize cashless exercise, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal or foreign securities laws.

 

g) Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Holder’s rights, powers or remedies. No provision of this Warrant shall be constructed as a waiver by the holder of any rights which the Holder may have under the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations of the Commission hereunder. Without limiting any other provision of this Warrant, if the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate Proceedings, incurred by the Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.

 

h) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holders hereunder including, without limitation, any Notice of Exercise, shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile or by e-mail, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Company, at Level 1, Suite 1, 29-33 The Corso, Manly, New South Wales 2095, Australia, Attention: Neale Java, Chief Financial Officer, email address: neale@trainaltal.com, or such other email address or address as the Company may specify for such purposes by notice to the Holders. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Company hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile, email or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed to each Holder at the facsimile number, email address or address of such Holder appearing on the books of the Company. Any notice or other communication or deliveries hereunder shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number or e-mail at the e-mail address set forth in this Section prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any date, (ii) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number or e-mail at the e-mail address set forth in this Section on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (iii) the second Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given.

 

i) Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the Holder for the purchase price of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

 

j) Remedies. The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

k) Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.

 

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l) Amendment. This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company on the one hand, and the Holder, on the other hand.

 

m) Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.

 

n) No Expense Reimbursement. The Holder shall in no way be required the pay, or to reimburse the Company for, any fees or expenses of the Company’s transfer agent in connection with the issuance or holding or sale of the Common Stock, Warrant and/or Warrant Shares. The Company shall solely be responsible for any and all such fees and expenses.

 

o) Headings. The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above indicated.

 

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED
     
By:

 

 
Name:  
Title:  

 

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NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

 

 

To:

ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED

 

 

(1) The undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________ Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant (only if exercised in full), and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.

 

(2) Payment shall take the form of (check applicable box):

 

☐ in lawful money of the United States; or

☐ the cancellation of such number of Warrant Shares as is necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in subsection 2(c), to exercise this Warrant with respect to the maximum number of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in subsection 2(c).

 

(3) Please issue said Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:

 

The Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account Number:

 

[SIGNATURE OF HOLDER]

 

Name of Investing Entity:  

 

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity:  

 

Name of Authorized Signatory:  

 

Title of Authorized Signatory:  

 

Date:  


 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

(To assign the foregoing Warrant, execute this form and supply required information. Do not use this form to purchase shares.)

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to

 

Name:    
    (Please Print)
     

Address:

   
    (Please Print)
     

Phone Number:

   
     

Email Address:

   
     

Dated: _____________________ __, ______

   

 

Holder’s Signature:

   
     

Holder’s Address:

   

 

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Exhibit 21.1

 

Subsidiaries of Alta Global Group Limited

 

Legal Entity   Jurisdiction of Organization
Wimp 2 Warrior LLC   Delaware
Wimp 2 Warrior (Ireland) Limited   Ireland
Hype.OS, Inc.   Delaware

 

 

 

Exhibit 23.1

 

Tel: +61 2 9251 4100

Fax: +61 2 9240 9821

www.bdo.com.au

Level 11, 1 Margaret St

Sydney NSW 2000

Australia

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

Alta Global Group Limited

Level 1, Suite 1, 29-33 The Corso

Manly, New South Wales 2095

 

We hereby consent to the use in the Prospectus constituting a part of this Registration Statement of our report dated November 17, 2023, except for the effects of the reverse share split as described in Note 17, as to which the date is January 24, 2024, relating to the consolidated financial statements of Alta Global Group Limited and Controlled Entities (the “Company”), which is contained in that Prospectus. Our report contains an explanatory paragraph regarding the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

 

We also consent to the reference to us under the caption “Experts” in the Registration Statement.

 

/s/ BDO Audit Pty Ltd

 

BDO Audit Pty Ltd

Sydney, Australia

September 4, 2024

 

BDO Audit Pty Ltd ABN 33 134 022 870 is a member of a national association of independent entities which are all members of BDO Australia Ltd ABN 77 050 110 275, an Australian company limited by guarantee. BDO Audit Pty Ltd and BDO Australia Ltd are members of BDO International Ltd, a UK company limited by guarantee, and form part of the international BDO network of independent member firms.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 107

 

Calculation of Filing Fee Tables

 

Form F-1

(Form Type)

 

Alta Global Group Limited

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Table 1: Newly Registered Securities

 

   Security Type  Security Class Title  Fee Calculation Rule   Amount Registered   Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit   Maximum Aggregate Offering Price(1)  Fee Rate   Amount of Registration
Fee(2)
 
Fees to be Paid  Equity  Ordinary Shares, no par value   457(o)          $15,525,000   0.00014760   $2,291.49 
   Other  Pre-funded warrants to purchase Ordinary Shares (2)(3)   457(g)          Included above        
   Equity  Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the pre-funded warrants (2)(3)   457(o)          Included above        
   Equity  Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Representative’s warrants (4)   457(o)          $970,313   0.00014760   $143.22 
   Other  Representative’s warrant to purchase Ordinary Shares (2)(3)   457(g)          Included above        
                                   
                                   
   Total Offering Amounts   $16,495,313       $2,434.71 
   Total Fees Previously Paid             
   Total Fee Offsets             
   Net Fee Due           $2,434.71 

 

  (1) Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act. Includes additional Ordinary Shares that the underwriters have the option to purchase.
     
  (2) The proposed maximum aggregate offering price of the Ordinary Shares proposed to be sold in the offering will be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis based on the aggregate offering price of the pre-funded warrants offered and sold in the offering (plus the aggregate exercise price of the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the pre-funded warrants), and as such the proposed aggregate maximum offering price of the Ordinary Shares and pre-funded warrants (including Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the pre-funded warrants), if any, is $15,525,000.
     
  (3) No separate fee is required pursuant to Rule 457(g) under the Securities Act.
     
  (4) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(g) under the Securities Act. The warrants have an exercise price equal to 125% of the public offering price. As estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(g) under the Securities Act, the proposed maximum aggregate offering price of the shares underlying the Representative’s warrants is equal to $970,313 (which is equal to 5% of the proposed maximum aggregate offering price for the Ordinary Shares of $13,500,000 multiplied by 125%).

 

 

 


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