Company: PFSA
Filing Date: 2025-08-25
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001213900-25-080387
Chunk: 230

Company: Profusa, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-08-25
Form: 424B3
Chunk 230
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 any discount, commission or concession allowed or reallowed or paid to any dealer, and the proposed selling price to the public. Ascent may enter into hedging transactions with broker -dealersor other financial institutions. In connection with such transactions, broker -dealersor other financial institutions may engage in short sales of shares of Common Stock offered hereby in the course of hedging positions they assume with Ascent. Ascent may also enter into options or other transactions with broker -dealersor other financial institutions which require the delivery to such broker -dealersor other financial institutions of the shares offered by this prospectus, which shares such broker -dealeror other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as amended or supplemented to 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