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12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

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On August 23, 2022, we appointed Mr. Justin Roberts as a director to fill a newly created vacancy on our Board of Directors. Mr. Roberts was elected to serve as a director at our combined 2022 and 2023 Annual Meeting held on June 26, 2023. Mr. Roberts will serve until our next Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until his successor is duly elected or appointed or his earlier death or resignation. As a director of our Company, Mr. Roberts is entitled to receive compensation in the same manner as our other non-employee directors, described in the section entitled “Director Compensation” in our Amendment No. 1 to Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 1, 2023, but he has elected not to receive any compensation for his service as a non-employee director at this time. Mr. Roberts currently serves as a Partner of Rubric. On July 29, 2022, September 30, 2022, October 28, 2022, and May 1, 2023, we entered into subscription agreements with Rubric. On December 30, 2022, in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designation, we redeemed all 29,000 outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock previously issued to affiliates of Rubric at a purchase price of $1,333 per share. also paid certain affiliates of Rubric approximately $3.0 million as a make-whole payment pursuant to the subscription agreements previously entered into between us and Rubric. On June 29, 2023, we issued and sold 312,525 shares of Common Stock to Rubric at a price per share equal to $3.6797 pursuant to the Subscription Agreement and received gross proceeds of $1.15 million, before expenses. On November 15, 2023 Rubric drew down an additional 877,192 shares of Common Stock at a price per share equal to $2.2761. We received gross proceeds of $2.0 million from the drawdown, before expenses.