Company: CERO
Filing Date: 2025-08-22
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001213900-25-080011
Chunk: 72

Company: CERO THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-08-22
Form: 424B3
Chunk 72
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 into the right to receive shares of Common Stock; (ii) each outstanding option to purchase Predecessor common stock was converted into an option to purchase shares of Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share; (iii) each outstanding share of Predecessor preferred stock, was converted into the right to receive shares of Common Stock, and (iv) each outstanding warrant to purchase Predecessor preferred stock was converted into a warrant to acquire shares of Common Stock. In addition, each outstanding Predecessor convertible bridge note was exchanged for shares of Series A Preferred Stock.

In addition, the holders of Predecessor common stock and Predecessor preferred stock have the contingent right to receive the Earnout Shares. At the Closing, the Company issued three pools of shares of Common Stock subject to forfeiture if the applicable conditions to transferability thereof are not satisfied: (i) 12,000 shares of Common Stock (giving retroactive effect to the Reverse Stock Split), which will be fully vested upon the achievement of certain adjusted stock price-based earnout targets or upon a qualifying transaction (ii) 8,750 shares of Common Stock (giving retroactive effect to the Reverse Stock Split), pursuant to a Letter Agreement, dated as of February 14, 2024 which were fully vested at Closing of the Merger and which were issued as an offset to the Sponsor Share Forfeiture Agreement, and (iii) 10,000 shares of Common Stock (giving retroactive effect to the Reverse Stock Split), which were fully vested upon the June 28, 2024 achievement of certain regulatory milestone-based earnout targets.

As consideration for the Merger, the Company issued to Predecessor stockholders an aggregate of 84,483 shares of Common Stock, including 22,000 Earnout Shares and 3,733 shares issuable upon exercise of rollover options or warrants (giving retroactive effect to the Reverse Stock Split).

Going concern

The accompanying financial
statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets
and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is dependent
on its ability to raise additional capital to fund its R&D activities and meet its obligations on a timely basis. As of June 30, 2025,
the Company reported approximately $3.2 million of cash and cash equivalents, with an accumulated deficit of approximately $81.4 million.

On February 5