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Stockholders Equity

NOTE 7 —Stockholders Equity

 

On April 13, 2022, the Company entered into a subscription agreement (the “Subscription Agreement”) with AJP Holding Company, LLC (“AJP”) whereby, subject to the terms thereof, AJP agreed to purchase from the Company an aggregate of 20,833,333 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Purchased Shares”) for a purchase price of $0.84 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $17.5 million.

 

Pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the Subscription Agreement, the Purchased Shares were issued in two tranches: (i) 14,880,952 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Initial Shares”) was issued in consideration for an aggregate purchase price of $12.5 million (“First Closing”) and (ii) 5,952,381 shares will be issued for an aggregate purchase of $5.0 million.

 

The first closing was completed on July 13, 2022 and the second closing was completed on August 8, 2022.

 

In connection with the closings, the Company incurred approximately $3,130 of expenses which was offset against the proceeds in the third quarter of 2022.

 

Upon completion of the transaction, AJP controlled approximately 52% of Sonim’s post-transaction outstanding common stock. The agreement with AJP will also include a transition of the management team and the Company’s Executive Vice President for Global Operations and Engineering, who was appointed as Chief Executive Officer, effective April 14, 2022. The CEO is affiliated with the investment group at AJP. The Company continued to use the historical basis of assets and liabilities following the transaction.

 

On July 13, 2022, Robert Tirva, the CFO and President of the Company, resigned and became eligible for $1 million in severance payments over 20 months, plus certain health insurance benefits, if he meets certain requirements. The severance costs were charged to expense as of the severance date. On September 30, 2022, approximately $1.2 million in severance costs that were triggered by the AJP transaction were included in accrued expenses. On July 13, 2022, the Company appointed Clay Crolius as Chief Financial Officer.

 

 

On July 13, 2022 two of the Company’s Board Members resigned and the remaining Board of Directors appointed three new Board Members, including a representative of AJP. On July 14, 2022 the Board of Directors appointed two additional Board Members including Peter Liu, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer.