# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001776909
**File Stem:** 0001213900-25-062773
**Filing Date:** 2025-7
**Character Count:** 22883
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001213900-25-062773.hdr.sgml**: 20250710

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001213900-25-062773

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: S-8

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 9

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250710

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250710

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20250710

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** CuriosityStream Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001776909
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** SERVICES-MOTION PICTURE & VIDEO TAPE PRODUCTION [7812]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 07 Trade & Services
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** S-8
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-288605
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251116435

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 8484 GEORGIA AVE.
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 700
- **CITY:** SILVER SPRING
- **STATE:** MD
- **ZIP:** 20910
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 301-755-2050

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 8484 GEORGIA AVE.
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 700
- **CITY:** SILVER SPRING
- **STATE:** MD
- **ZIP:** 20910

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Software Acquisition Group Inc.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20190515

**As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 10, 2025**

**Registration No. 333-** 

**UNITED STATES** 

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** 

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

**FORM S-8** 

***REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER***

***THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933***

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**CURIOSITYSTREAM INC.**

**(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)** 

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| **Delaware** | **84-1797523** |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of<br> Incorporation or Organization) | (I.R.S. Employer<br> Identification No.) |

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| **8484 Georgia Ave., Suite 700<br> Silver Spring, Maryland** | **20910** |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |

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**CuriosityStream 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan**

(Full title of the plan)

**Tia Cudahy**

**Chief Operating Officer and Secretary**

**8484 Georgia Ave., Suite 700**

**Silver Spring, Maryland 20910**

(Name and address of agent for service)

**(301) 755-2050**

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent of service)

***With copies to*:**

**Christopher Peterson**

**Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP**

**250 West 55th Street**

**New York, NY 10019**

**(212) 836-8861**

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer ☐ Accelerated filer ☐ <br> Non-accelerated filer ☒ Smaller reporting company ☒ <br> Emerging growth company ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

**EXPLANATORY NOTE**

CuriosityStream Inc. (the "<u>Company</u>") has prepared this Registration Statement in accordance with the requirements of General Instruction E (Registration of Additional Securities) on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "<u>Securities Act</u>"), to register an additional 3,000,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, which is referred to as the Common Stock, that are reserved for issuance upon exercise of options granted or in respect of awards to be granted under the CuriosityStream 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan. The contents of the Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-8 to Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-249556), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "<u>Commission</u>") on December 14, 2020 are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part hereof.

**PART II** 

**INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT** 

**Item 3. *Incorporation of Documents by Reference.***

The Company is incorporating by reference into this Registration Statement the filings listed below and any additional documents that the Registrant may file with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), after the date of this Registration Statement, but prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, except the Registrant is not incorporating by reference any information that is not deemed to be "filed" under Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section (including documents or information deemed furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K and corresponding information furnished under Item 9.01 as an exhibit thereto), unless the report or filing containing such information indicates that the information is to be considered "filed" under the Exchange Act or is to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

● The Company's Annual Report on [Form 10-K](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1776909/000162828025014738/curi-20241231.htm) for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on March 25, 2025;

● The Company's Quarterly Report on [Form 10-Q](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1776909/000162828025022770/curi-20250331.htm) for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, filed with the Commission on May 6, 2025;

● The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on [January 31, 2025](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1776909/000162828025003259/curi-20250130.htm) , [March 11, 2025](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1776909/000162828025011975/curi-20250311.htm) , [May 6, 2025](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1776909/000162828025022688/curi-20250506.htm) , [May 9, 2025](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1776909/000162828025024112/curi-20250508.htm) , and [July 3, 2025](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1776909/000162828025034165/curiformxsubmissionofmatte.htm) ; and

● The portions of the Definitive Proxy Statement on [Schedule 14A](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1776909/000162828025019651/curi-20250424.htm) for the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders filed with the Commission on April 24, 2025, that are incorporated by reference in the Annual Report on [Form 10-K](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1776909/000162828025014738/curi-20241231.htm) for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

**Item 8. Exhibits.**

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| **Exhibit No.** | **Description** | **Incorporated By Reference** | **Incorporated By Reference** | **Incorporated By Reference** | **Incorporated By Reference** | **Filed/Furnished<br> Herewith** |
| **Exhibit No.** | **Description** | **Form** | **File No.** | **Exhibit** | **Filing Date** | **Filed/Furnished<br> Herewith** |
| 3.1 | [Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1776909/000121390020031372/ea128083ex3-1_softwareacq.htm) | 8-K | 001-39139 | 3.1 | October 14,<br> 2020 |  |
| 3.2 | [C](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1776909/000162828024036948/a2q24ex31-certificateofame.htm)[ertificate of Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Curio](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1776909/000162828024036948/a2q24ex31-certificateofame.htm)[sityStream Inc.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1776909/000162828024036948/a2q24ex31-certificateofame.htm) | 8-K | 001-39139 | 3.1 | August 13,<br> 2024 |  |
| 3.3 | [Amended and Restated Bylaws](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1776909/000121390020031372/ea128083ex3-2_softwareacq.htm) | 8-K | 001-39139 | 3.2 | October 14,<br> 2020 |  |
| 3.4 | [First Amendment to Amended and Restated Bylaws](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1776909/000162828024016172/exhibit31-firstamendmentto.htm) | 8-K | 001-39139 | 3.1 | April 15,<br> 2024 |  |
| 4.1 | [Specimen Common Stock Certificate](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1776909/000121390019022557/fs12019a1ex4-2_softwareacq.htm) | S-1/A | 001-39139 | 4.2 | November 8,<br> 2019 |  |
| 4.2 | [Specimen Warrant Certificate.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1776909/000121390019022557/fs12019a1ex4-3_softwareacq.htm) | S-1/A | 001-39139 | 4.3 | November 8,<br> 2019 |  |
| 4.3 | [Warrant Agreement, dated November 19, 2019, by and between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC and the Company](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1776909/000121390019024604/f8k111919ex4-1_softwareacq.htm) | 8-K | 001-39139 | 4.1 | November 25,<br> 2019 |  |
| 4.4 | [Amendment No. 1 to Warrant Agreement, dated March 30, 2021, by and between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC and the Company](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1776909/000121390021018943/f10k2020ex4-4_curiosity.htm) | 10-K | 001-39139 | 4.4 | March 31,<br> 2021 |  |
| 4.5<sup>†</sup> | [CuriosityStream Inc. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1776909/000121390020031372/ea128083ex10-14_softwareacq.htm) | 8-K | 001-39139 | 10.14 | October 15,<br> 2020 |  |
| 4.6<sup>†</sup> | [Amendment No. 1 to CuriosityStream Inc. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan](ea024843201ex4-6_curiosity.htm) |  |  |  |  | X |
| 5.1 | [Opinion of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP](ea024843201ex5-1_curiosity.htm) |  |  |  |  | X |
| 23.1 | [Consent of Grant Thornton LLP, independent registered public accounting firm](ea024843201ex23-1_curiosity.htm) |  |  |  |  | X |
| 23.2 | [Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm](ea024843201ex23-2_curiosity.htm) |  |  |  |  | X |
| 23.3 | [Consent of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1)](ea024843201ex5-1_curiosity.htm) |  |  |  |  | X |
| 24.1 | [Power of Attorney (included on signature pages of this Registration Statement)](#poa_001) |  |  |  |  | X |
| 107 | [Filing Fee Table](ea024843201ex-fee_curiosity.htm) |  |  |  |  | X |

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<sup>†</sup> This document is a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

**SIGNATURES** 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, CuriosityStream Inc. certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Silver Spring, State of Maryland, on July 10, 2025.

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| Dated: July 10, 2025 | By: | /s/ Clint Stinchcomb |
|  | Name: | Clint Stinchcomb |
|  | Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer<br> (*Principal Executive Officer*) |
| Dated: July 10, 2025 | By: | /s/ P. Brady Hayden |
|  | Name: | P. Brady Hayden |
|  | Title: | Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer<br> (*Principal Financial and Accounting Officer*) |

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**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of P. Brady Hayden and Tia Cudahy, acting singly, his true and lawful agent, proxy and attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to (i) act on, sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement together with all schedules and exhibits thereto and any subsequent registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, together with all schedules and exhibits thereto, (ii) act on, sign and file such certificates, instruments, agreements and other documents as may be necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, (iii) act on and file any supplement to any prospectus included in this registration statement or any such amendment or any subsequent registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and (iv) take any and all actions which may be necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, granting unto such agents, proxies and attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate to be done, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby approving, ratifying and confirming all that such agents, proxies and attorneys-in-fact or any of their substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement and Power of Attorney have been signed on July 10, 2025, by the following persons in the capacities indicated.

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| Date: July 10, 2025 |  | /s/ Clint Stinchcomb |
|  | Name: | Clint Stinchcomb |
|  | Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer, Director<br> (*Principal Executive Officer*) |
| Date: July 10, 2025 |  | /s/ P. Brady Hayden |
|  | Name: | P. Brady Hayden |
|  | Title: | Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer<br> (*Principal Financial and Accounting Officer*) |
| Date: July 10, 2025 |  | /s/ John Hendricks |
|  | Name: | John Hendricks |
|  | Title: | Chairman of the Board, Director |
| Date: July 10, 2025 |  | /s/ Elizabeth Saravia |
|  | Name: | Elizabeth Saravia |
|  | Title: | Director |
| Date: July 10, 2025 |  | /s/ Patrick Keeley |
|  | Name: | Patrick Keeley |
|  | Title: | Director |
| Date: July 10, 2025 |  | /s/ Matthew Blank |
|  | Name: | Matthew Blank |
|  | Title: | Director |
| Date: July 10, 2025 |  | /s/ Jonathan Huberman |
|  | Name: | Jonathan Huberman |
|  | Title: | Director |
| Date: July 10, 2025 |  | /s/ Mike Nikzad |
|  | Name: | Mike Nikzad |
|  | Title: | Director |
| Date: July 10, 2025 |  | /s/ Andrew Hendricks |
|  | Name: | Andrew Hendricks |
|  | Title: | Director |

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## Exhibit 4.6

**Exhibit 4.6**

**Amendment No. 1 to CuriosityStream Inc. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan**

This Amendment No. 1 ("Amendment No. 1") to that certain CuriosityStream Inc. ("Company") 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as the same may be amended from time to time ("Plan"), is effective as of June 30, 2025. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Amendment No. 1 shall have the meaning provided in the Plan.

WHEREAS, a majority of the shares entitled to vote at a duly constituted meeting of the shareholders of the Company on June 30, 2025 approved an increase in the number of Shares subject to the Plan.

NOW THEREFORE, the Company wishes to amend the Plan in accordance with Section 11(b)(i) thereof as follows:

The number of Shares subject to the Plan recited in Section 3(a)(i) of the Plan is hereby increased by three million Shares from 7,725,000 (which number was equal to 13% (on a fully-diluted basis) of the Shares that were outstanding as of immediately following the Closing) to 10,725,000.

## Exhibit 5.1

**Exhibit 5.1**

![](ex5-1_001.jpg)

July 10, 2025

CuriosityStream Inc.<br> 8484 Georgia Ave., Suite 700<br> Silver Spring, Maryland

Re: CuriosityStream Inc. - Registration Statement on Form S-8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special counsel to CuriosityStream Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware (the "**Company**"), in connection with the preparation of the Company's registration statement on Form S-8 (the "**Registration Statement**") to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "**Commission**") on or about the date hereof, relating to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "**Securities Act**"), of 3,000,000 shares (the "**Shares**") of the Company's Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, reserved for issuance pursuant to the Company's 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the "**Plan**").

This opinion letter is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act.

In rendering the opinions set forth below, we have examined and relied upon such certificates, corporate records, agreements, instruments and other documents, and examined such matters of law, that we considered necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinions. In our examination, we have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies, the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents, that all parties to such documents (other than the Company) had the power, corporate or other, to enter into and perform all obligations thereunder, that all such documents have been duly authorized by all requisite action, corporate or other, and duly executed and delivered by all parties thereto (other than the Company) and that all such documents constitute the valid and binding obligation of each party thereto (other than the Company) enforceable against each such party in accordance with their terms. As to any facts material to the opinions expressed herein that we did not independently establish or verify, we have relied upon oral or written statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company and others.

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| **Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP** |
| 250 West 55th Street **\|** New York, NY 10019-9710 **\| www.arnoldporter.com** |

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![](ex5-1_002.jpg)

Based upon the foregoing and subject to the assumptions, qualifications and limitations set forth herein, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized, and when issued and delivered by the Company in connection with awards granted under the Plan in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan, subject to the full payment of the exercise price therefor (if any), the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

The opinions expressed herein are based solely upon the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (including the statutory provisions contained therein, the applicable rules and regulations underlying these provisions and reported judicial decisions interpreting the foregoing). We express no opinion herein as to any other laws, statutes, rules, regulations or ordinances.

The opinions set forth above are limited to the matters expressly set forth herein, and no opinion is implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated. The foregoing opinions are rendered as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to update such opinions to reflect any acts, events, facts or circumstances occurring after the date hereof or which may hereafter come to our attention, or any change in the law which may hereafter occur.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are experts within the meaning of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission or that this consent is required by Section 7 of the Securities Act.

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| Very truly yours, |
| /s/ Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP |

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## Exhibit 23.1

**Exhibit 23.1**

**CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM**

We have issued our report dated March 25, 2025 with respect to the consolidated financial statements of CuriosityStream Inc. included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, which are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. We consent to the incorporation by reference of the aforementioned report in this Registration Statement.

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| /s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP |
| Arlington, Virginia |
| July 10, 2025 |

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## Exhibit 23.2

**Exhibit 23.2**

**Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm**

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to the 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan of CuriosityStream Inc. of our report dated March 25, 2024, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of CuriosityStream Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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| /s/ Ernst & Young LLP |
| Baltimore, Maryland |
| July 10, 2025 |

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## Ex-Filing

**Exhibit 107**

**CALCULATION OF FILING FEE TABLE** 

**FORM S-8**

(Form Type)

**CURIOSITYSTREAM INC.** 

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Table 1: Newly Registered Securities

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| Security Type | Security<br> Class<br> Title | Fee<br> Calculation<br> Rule | Amount<br> Registered(1) | Proposed<br> Maximum<br> Offering<br> Price Per<br> Unit | Maximum<br> Aggregate<br> Offering<br> Price |  | Fee<br> Rate | Amount of<br> Registration<br> Fee |
| Equity | Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share ("Common Stock"), reserved for issuance pursuant to the CuriosityStream 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the "Plan") | 457(h) | 3000000 | $4.61<sup>(2)</sup> | $13830000 | $ $| 153.10 per<br> 1,000,000 | $2117.37 |
| Total Offering Amounts | Total Offering Amounts | Total Offering Amounts | Total Offering Amounts |  | $13830000 |  |  | $2117.37 |
| Total Fee Offsets | Total Fee Offsets | Total Fee Offsets | Total Fee Offsets |  |  |  |  | - |
| Net Fee Due | Net Fee Due | Net Fee Due | Net Fee Due |  |  |  |  | $2117.37 |

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(1) Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional
shares of Common Stock that become issuable under the Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split or similar transactions.

(2) Estimated in accordance with
Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee, based on the average of the high and low
sales prices per share of Common Stock, as reported on The Nasdaq Capital Market on July 9, 2025.