PROPOSAL 2THE AUTHORIZED SHARES PROPOSAL
The Board approved, declared advisable and recommends that the Companys stockholders approve a proposal to amend the Charter, in the
form attached to this Proxy Statement as Annex A, to increase the total number of shares of Class A Common Stock that the Company will have authority to issue from 1,250,000,000 shares to 2,000,000,000 shares.
Reason for Request for Stockholder Approval
Article IV of the Charter currently authorizes the Company to issue 1,415,000,000 shares of total capital stock, comprising
1,250,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, 150,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock and 15,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the Preferred Stock). As of January 23,
2024, there were 385,536,519 shares of Class A Common Stock issued and outstanding.
Up to 390,804,598 shares of Class A
Common Stock are issuable from time to time upon conversion or otherwise under the Incremental Notes, assuming we issue the full amount of the Incremental Notes and such Incremental Notes are converted at the Floor Price (as defined in the Notes).
The number of shares that will be issued will depend on, among other things, the consideration which the Investor elects to receive, the consideration which the Company elects to use to make amortization payments under the Note and the conversion
price for either of those instances.
The increase in authorized shares of Class A Common Stock will enable the Company to have the
reserves required pursuant to the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Incremental Notes. We have not proposed the increase in the authorized number of shares of Class A Common Stock with the intention of using the additional
shares for anti-takeover purposes, although we could theoretically use the additional shares to make more difficult or to discourage an attempt to acquire control of the Company.
The form of amendment implementing the Charter Amendment is attached to this Proxy Statement as Annex A.
Effect of Vote in Favor of the Authorized Shares Proposal
If the Authorized Shares Proposal is approved by the Companys stockholders, the Company intends to file the Charter Amendment with the
Secretary of State of Delaware as soon as practicable thereafter. The Board may, at any time prior to effectiveness, abandon the Charter Amendment without further action by the stockholders or the Board (even if the requisite stockholder vote is
obtained).
Adoption of the Charter Amendment would increase the number of shares of Class A Common Stock that the Company will have
authority to issue from 1,250,000,000 shares to 2,000,000,000 shares and, as a result, increase the number of shares of capital stock that the Company will have authority to issue from 1,415,000,000 shares to
2,165,000,000 shares. The number of shares of Class B Common Stock and Preferred Stock that the Company is authorized to issue would remain 150,000,000 shares and 15,000,000 shares, respectively. The Charter Amendment would amend
and restate the text of Article IV of the Charter to read in full as follows:
The total number of shares of all classes of stock that the
Corporation has authority to issue is 2,165,000,000, consisting of three classes: 2,000,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, $0.00001 par value per share (Class A Common Stock), 150,000,000 shares of Class B
Common stock, $0.00001 par value per share (Class B Common Stock and together with the Class A Common Stock, the Common Stock) and 15,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, $0.00001
par value per share (Preferred Stock).
The additional shares of Class A Common Stock authorized by the
Charter Amendment would become part of the existing class of the Class A Common Stock and, if and when issued, would have the same rights and
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