SEC FORM 4

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

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

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

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^*

Suri Rajat

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

985 INDUSTRIAL ROAD,

SUITE 205

(Street)

SAN CARLOS

94070

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Presto Automation Inc. [ PRST ]

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

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

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
09/21/2022

4. 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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	09/21/2022		A⁽¹⁾		2,224,703	A	⁽¹⁾	2,224,703	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Stock Option	$0.02	09/21/2022		A⁽¹⁾		3,736,509		⁽²⁾	08/26/2027	Common Stock	3,736,509	⁽¹⁾	3,736,509	D
Stock Option	$1.44	09/21/2022		A⁽¹⁾		1,562,018		⁽³⁾	03/04/2031	Common Stock	1,562,018	⁽¹⁾	1,562,018	D
Earn-Out Shares	⁽¹⁾⁽⁴⁾	09/21/2022		A⁽¹⁾		2,151,951		⁽⁴⁾	09/21/2027	Common Stock	2,151,951	⁽¹⁾⁽⁴⁾	2,151,951	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Reflects securities acquired pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 10, 2021, as amended (the "Merger Agreement"), entered into by and among Ventoux CCM Acquisition Corp. (which subsequently changed its name to "Presto Automation Inc.", the "Issuer"), Ventoux Merger Sub I Inc. and Ventoux Merger Sub II LLC, each a wholly owned subsidiary of Ventoux CCM Acquisition Corp., and E La Carte, Inc. ("Old Presto"), pursuant to which the Issuer acquired Old Presto (the "Business Combination"). Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, each share of Old Presto common stock outstanding and each Old Presto option outstanding immediately prior to the closing of the Business Combination was entitled to receive 0.8099224419 shares of Issuer common stock or option, respectively, and certain earnout shares ("Earn-out Shares"). The Business Combination closed on September 21, 2022 (the "Closing Date").

2. All of the options are vested and exercisable.

3. Includes 560,739 unvested options, as of the Closing Date, that vest in equal installments monthly until January 1, 2025.

4. Upon consummation of the Business Combination, the Reporting Person received the right to acquire shares of the Issuer's common stock as follows: one-half of the Earn-Out Shares will be issued to the Reporting Person if the volume weighted average price ("VWAP") of the Issuer common stock equals or exceeds $12.50 over 20 trading days within any 30 trading day period on or before the third anniversary of the Closing Date, and one-half will be issued to the Reporting Person if the VWAP of the Issuer common stock equals or exceeds $15.00 over 20 trading days within any 30 trading day period on or before the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date.

	/s/ Stephen Perry, as attorney-in-fact	09/23/2022
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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