SEC FORM 3

SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Stewart Alan R.

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O CALIDI BIOTHERAPEUTICS, INC.

4475 EXECUTIVE DRIVE, SUITE 200

(Street)

SAN DIEGO

92121

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
10/10/2023

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Calidi Biotherapeutics, Inc. [ CLDI ]

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)

5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	47,373	D
Common Stock⁽³⁾	7,945	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Non-Qualified Stock Options (right to buy)	⁽⁴⁾	10/10/2033	Common Stock	52,500	$3.32	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Reflects shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Common Stock"),of Calidi Biotherapeutics, Inc.(f/k/a First Light Acquisition Group, Inc.), a Delaware corporation ("New Calidi" or the "Issuer"). Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated January 9, 2023, as amended on February 9, 2023 and June 16, 2023 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among First Light Acquisition Group, Inc. ("FLAG"), FLAG Merger Sub, Inc. ("Merger Sub"), First Light Acquisition Group, LLC, Allan Camaisa and Calidi Biotherapeutics, Inc., a Nevada corporation ("Old Calidi"), on September 12, 2023, Merger Sub merged with and into Old Calidi, with Old Calidi surviving the merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Issuer (such merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the "Business Combination"). Upon the consummation of the Business Combination, (the "Closing"), (cont'd. in FN 2)

2. (cont'd from FN 1) each share of common stock of Old Calidi (the "Old Calidi Common Stock") outstanding as of the time of the merger (the "Effective Time") converted into the right to receive approximately 0.41 share (the "Conversion Ratio") of the Issuer's Common Stock.

3. Reflects shares of Common Stock acquired by the Reporting Person through direct purchases in the open market. These purchases were made following the Business Combination and before the Reporting Person became a director of the Issuer.

4. These Non-Qualified Stock Options were granted on October 10, 2023 in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Calidi Equity Incentive Plan.

	/s/ Alan Stewart	10/25/2023
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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