Company: PFSA
Filing Date: 2025-10-29
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001213900-25-103174
Chunk: 253

Company: Profusa, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-10-29
Form: 424B3
Chunk 253
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us supplement indicates, in connection with those derivatives, the third parties may sell securities covered
by this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement, including in short sale transactions. If so, the third party may use securities
pledged by Ascent or borrowed from Ascent or others to settle those sales or to close out any related open borrowings of stock, and may
use securities received from Ascent in settlement of those derivatives to close out any related open borrowings of securities. The third
party in such sale transactions will be an underwriter and will be identified in the applicable prospectus supplement (or a post-effective amendment).
In addition, Ascent may otherwise loan or pledge the securities to a financial institution or other third party that in turn may sell
the securities short using this prospectus. Such financial institution or other third party may transfer its economic short position to
investors in our securities or in connection with a concurrent offering of other securities.

To the extent required, we
will use our best efforts to file one or more supplements to this prospectus to describe any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this prospectus or any material change to such information.

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DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES</div>

The following summary is a description of the material terms of our capital stock. This summary is not complete and is qualified by reference to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, and our amended and restated bylaws, which are filed as exhibits to the registration statement that includes this prospectus and are incorporated by reference herein. We encourage you to read our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, our amended and restated bylaws and the applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporations Law for additional information.

General

Our amended and restated certificate
of incorporation authorizes 300,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, and 5,000,000 shares of undesignated preferred
stock, $0.0001 par value per share, the rights, preferences and privileges of which may be designated from time to time by our board of
directors.

Common Stock

Dividend Rights

Subject to preferences that
may apply to shares of preferred stock outstanding at the time, the holders of outstanding shares of Common Stock will be entitled to
receive dividends out of funds legally available if our board of directors, in its discretion, determines to issue dividends and only
then at the times and in the amounts that