Filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(4)
Registration No. 333-276562
PROSPECTUS
NUWELLIS, INC.
8,419,996 Shares of Common Stock
2,830,004 Pre-Funded Warrants to purchase up to 2,830,004 Shares of Common Stock
16,875,000 Common Warrants to purchase up to 16,875,000 Shares of Common Stock
19,705,004 Shares of Common Stock Underlying the Pre-Funded Warrants and Common Warrants
We are offering on a reasonable best efforts basis 8,419,996 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“common stock”), together with common stock purchase warrants to purchase up to 16,875,000 shares of common stock (the “common warrants”), at a combined public offering price of $0.24 per share and accompanying common warrant. Each share of our common stock is being sold together with one common warrant to purchase one and a half shares of common stock. The common warrants will have an exercise price of $0.40, will be exercisable upon issuance and will expire five years from the date of issuance. Each whole common warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of common stock. This prospectus also relates to the offering of the shares of common stock issuable from time to time upon exercise of the common warrants.
We are also offering to certain purchasers, whose purchase of common stock 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 election of the purchaser, 9.99%) of our outstanding common stock immediately following the consummation of this offering, pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 2,830,004 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.0001 (the “pre-funded warrants”). Each pre-funded warrant will be exercisable upon issuance and will expire when exercised in full. Each pre-funded warrant is being sold together with one common warrant to purchase one and a half shares of common stock. The public offering price for each pre-funded warrant and accompanying common warrant is equal to the price per share of common stock and accompanying common warrant being sold to the public in this offering, minus $0.0001. This offering also relates to the shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of the pre-funded warrants.
The common warrants will contain a reset of the exercise price, effective upon the Warrant Stockholder Approval (as described below), to a price equal to the lesser of (i) the then exercise price, (ii) the lowest volume weighted average price for the five trading days immediately following the date we effect a reverse stock split in the future and (iii) if we effect a reverse stock split prior to obtaining the Warrant Stockholder Approval, the lowest volume weighted average price for the five trading days immediately following the date we obtain the Warrant Stockholder Approval. Upon such a reset, there will be a proportionate adjustment to the number of shares underlying the common warrants. In addition, the common warrants will provide for, effective upon the Warrant Stockholder Approval, full ratchet anti-dilution adjustment to the exercise price and number of shares underlying the common warrants upon our issuance of our common stock or common stock equivalents at a price per share that is less than the exercise price of the common warrants, subject to certain exemptions. In no event will the exercise price of the common warrants with respect to either adjustment be reduced below a floor price of $0.06.
The adjustment provisions described in the above paragraph included in the common warrants will be available only upon receipt of such stockholder approval as may be required by the applicable rules and regulations of the Nasdaq Capital Market to permit the effectiveness of such adjustment provisions (the “Warrant Stockholder Approval”). In the event that we are unable to obtain the Warrant Stockholder Approval, the provisions described in the above paragraph included in the common warrants will not be effective, and therefore the common warrants may have substantially less value. See “Description of Securities We Are Offering” on page 27 of this prospectus for more information regarding the terms of the common warrants.
This offering will terminate on May 15, 2024 unless we decide to terminate the offering (which we may do at any time in our discretion) prior to that date. We will have one closing for all the securities purchased in this offering. The combined public offering price per share (or pre-funded warrant) and accompanying common warrant will be fixed for the duration of this offering.
We have engaged Roth Capital Partners, LLC, or the placement agent, to act as our exclusive placement agent in connection with this offering. The placement agent has agreed to use its reasonable best efforts to arrange for the sale of the securities offered by this prospectus. The placement agent is not purchasing or selling any of the securities we are offering and the placement agent is not required to arrange the purchase or sale of any specific number of securities or dollar amount. We have agreed to pay to the placement agent the placement agent fees set forth in the table below. There is no arrangement for funds to be received in escrow, trust or similar arrangement. There is no minimum offering requirement as a condition of closing of this offering. We may sell fewer than all of the shares of common stock and common warrants and pre-funded warrants and common warrants offered hereby, which may significantly reduce the amount of proceeds received by us. Because there is no escrow account and no minimum number of securities or amount of proceeds, investors could be in a position where they have invested in us, but we have not raised sufficient proceeds in this offering to adequately fund the intended uses of the proceeds as described in this prospectus. See “Risk Factors” for more information regarding risks related to this offering. We will bear all costs associated with the offering. See “Plan of Distribution” for more information regarding these arrangements.
Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “NUWE.” On April 25, 2024, the closing price of our common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market was $0.289 per share. There is no established trading market for the pre-funded warrants or common warrants, and we do not expect a market to develop. We do not intend to apply for a listing of the pre-funded warrants or the common warrants on any securities exchange or other nationally recognized trading system. Without an active trading market, the liquidity of the pre-funded warrants and the common warrants will be limited.
| | Per Share and Accompanying Common Warrant | | | Per Pre-Funded Warrant and Accompanying Common Warrant | | | Total | |
Public offering price | | | $0.24 | | | $0.2399 | | | $2,699,717 |
Placement agent fees(1) | | | $0.0168 | | | $0.0168 | | | $189,000 |
Proceeds to us (before expenses) | | | $0.2232 | | | $0.2231 | | | $2,510,717 |
(1) | We have agreed to pay the placement agent a cash fee equal to 7.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds raised in this offering, and to reimburse the placement agent for certain of its offering-related expenses. See “Plan of Distribution” for a description of the compensation to be received by the placement agent. |
INVESTING IN OUR SECURITIES INVOLVES RISKS. YOU SHOULD REVIEW CAREFULLY THE RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES DESCRIBED HEREIN UNDER THE HEADING “RISK FACTORS” BEGINNING ON PAGE 9 OF THIS PROSPECTUS AND UNDER SIMILAR HEADINGS IN THE OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT ARE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THIS PROSPECTUS.
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.
Delivery of the securities offered hereby is expected to be made on or about April 30, 2024, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
Roth Capital Partners
The date of this prospectus is April 26, 2024