Company: PFSA
Filing Date: 2025-08-21
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001213900-25-079401
Chunk: 234

Company: Profusa, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-08-21
Form: S-1/A
Chunk 234
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 reflect such transaction). 151 Ascent may enter into derivative transactions with third parties, or sell securities not covered by this prospectus to third parties in privately negotiated transactions. If the applicable prospectus 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 -effectiveamendment). 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. 152 DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES 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 300,000,000shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, and 5,000,000shares 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