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| Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On November 22, 2022, Phoenix Motor Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Standby Equity Purchase Agreement (the “SEPA”) with YA II PN, Ltd. (“Yorkville”). Pursuant to the SEPA, the Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to sell to Yorkville up to $10,000,000 of its shares of common stock, par value $0.0004 per share, at the Company’s request any time during the commitment period commencing on November 22, 2022 and terminating on the earliest of (i) the first day of the month following the 36-month anniversary of the SEPA and (ii) the date on which Yorkville shall have made payment of any advances requested pursuant to the SEPA for shares of the Company’s common stock equal to the commitment amount of $10,000,000. Each sale the Company requests under the SEPA (an “Advance”) may be for a number of shares of common stock with an aggregate value of up to $10,000,000. The shares would be purchased at 93.0% of the Market Price (as defined below) and would be subject to certain limitations, including that Yorkville could not purchase any shares that would result in it owning more than 9.99% of the Company’s outstanding common stock at the time of an Advance (the "Ownership Limitation") or 19.99% of the Company's outstanding common stock as of the date of the SEPA (the "Exchange Cap"). The Exchange Cap will not apply under certain circumstances, including to any sales of common stock under the SEPA that equal or exceed the Minimum Price (as defined in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d)). “Market Price” is defined in the SEPA as the average of the lowest VWAPs (as defined below) during each of the three consecutive trading days commencing on the trading day following the Company’s submission of an Advance notice to Yorkville. “VWAP” is defined in the SEPA to mean, for any trading day, the daily volume weighted average price of the Company’s common stock for such date on the Nasdaq Capital Market as reported by Bloomberg L.P. during regular trading hours.
In connection with the execution of the SEPA, the Company agreed to issue an aggregate of 61,421 shares of the Company's common stock to Yorkville as consideration for its irrevocable commitment to purchase the Common Shares upon the terms and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
The foregoing is a summary description of certain terms of the SEPA. For a full description of all terms, please refer to the copy of the SEPA that is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
This Current Report on Form 8-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any shares of common stock, nor shall there be any sale of shares of common stock in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 10.1 | Standby Equity Purchase Agreement dated November 22, 2022. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| PHOENIX MOTOR INC. | |||
| Dated: November 25, 2022 | |||
| By: | /s/ Chris Wang | ||
| Name: | Chris Wang | ||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | ||