Company: OPGN
Filing Date: 2025-08-21
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001829126-25-006628
Chunk: 293

Company: OPGEN INC
Filing Date: 2025-08-21
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1B
Chunk 293
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 to AEI Capital Ltd. In conjunction with the transaction, Mr. Lazar resigned as CEO, Chairman and Director of the Company, effective August 2, 2024, but he currently maintains a role as President. Subsequently, AEI Capital Ltd. paid the Company $2.45 million in August 2024 in exchange for the remaining 2,450,000 shares of Series E Preferred Stock under the terms of the March 2024 Purchase Agreement. All 3,000,000 shares of Series E Preferred Stock were subsequently converted into 7,200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock in August 2024. As of September 30, 2024, no shares of Series E Preferred Stock remain outstanding. Upon conversion, such shares of Series E Preferred Stock resumed the status of authorized but unissued shares of undesignated preferred stock of the Company.

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Under the direction of AEI Capital Ltd., the Company has continued scaling down legacy operations. The Company has repositioned itself and established a wholly-owned subsidiary, CapForce International Holdings Ltd. (“CapForce”), which has launched a new business offering listing sponsorship and consultancy services to international companies seeking to list their securities on securities exchanges. Additionally, CapForce contemplates entering the financial technology industry supporting digital investment banking activities, cross border securities trading, advanced computational model-enabled investment banking advisory, asset management services, and FinTech-enabled capital table management.

On January 5, 2023 and May 20, 2024, the Company effected 1-for-20 and 1-for-10 reverse stock splits of its issued and outstanding shares of common stock, respectively. All share amounts and per share prices in this Annual Report have been adjusted to reflect the reverse stock splits.

Financing Transactions

Since inception, the Company has incurred significant losses from operations and negative operating cash flows. Historically, the Company has funded its operations primarily through external investor financing arrangements and strategic actions taken by the Company, but going forward, the Company anticipates funding its operations primarily through financing arrangements with AEI Capital Ltd. The following financing transactions took place during 2023 and 2024:

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    In January 2023, we closed a best-efforts public offering for the purchase of (i) 32,121 shares of common stock, (ii) pre-funded warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 226,500 shares of common stock, (iii) Series A-1 common warrants to purchase an aggregate of 258,621