PRELIMINARY COPY DATED MARCH 8, 2021 – SUBJECT TO COMPLETION
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1. | To approve, as required by and in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rules 5635(a) and 5635(d), the issuance of shares of the Company’s common stock pursuant to the Senior Secured Note Due 2022. |
2. | To approve, as required by and in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rules 5635(a) and 5635(d), the issuance of shares of the Company’s common stock pursuant to the Senior Secured Note Due 2023. |
3. | To approve, as required by and in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rules 5635(a) and 5635(d), the issuance of up to 469,931 shares of the Company’s common stock upon exercise of the Warrant to Purchase Common Stock, dated February 2, 2021. |
4. | To approve, as required by and in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rules 5635(a) and 5635(d), the issuance of up to 1,016,912 shares of the Company’s common stock pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement, dated February 2, 2021, by and among the Company, Truweo, LLC, Healing Solutions, LLC, Jason R. Hope and, for purposes of certain sections thereof, Super Transcontinental Holdings LLC, including pursuant to certain consulting agreements entered into in connection therewith. |
5. | To approve, as required by and in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rules 5635(a) and 5635(d), the issuance of up to 750,000 shares of the Company’s common stock upon exercise of the Warrant to Purchase Common Stock, dated February 9, 2021. |
6. | To approve, as required by and in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rules 5635(a) and 5635(d), the issuance of shares of the Company’s common stock pursuant to a senior secured note and upon exercise of a warrant to purchase common stock that may be issued in connection with a refinancing of the Senior Secured Note Due 2022 and the Senior Secured Note Due 2023. |
7. | To approve the issuance of up to $[•] of securities in one or more non-public offerings where the maximum discount at which securities will be offered will be equivalent to a discount of up to [•]% below the market price of the Company’s common stock in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rules 5635(b) and 5635(d). |
8. | To approve the adjournment of the Special Meeting, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies in the event that there are not sufficient votes at the time of the Special Meeting to approve the other proposals. |
9. | To conduct any other business properly brought before the Special Meeting. |
By Order of the Board of Directors | | | |
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Yaniv Sarig | | | |
Chief Executive Officer | | |
• | To approve, as required by and in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rules 5635(a) and 5635(d), the issuance of shares of our Common Stock pursuant to the Senior Secured Note Due 2022; |
• | To approve, as required by and in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rules 5635(a) and 5635(d), the issuance of shares of our Common Stock pursuant to the Senior Secured Note Due 2023; |
• | To approve, as required by and in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rules 5635(a) and 5635(d), the issuance of up to 469,931 shares of our Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrant to Purchase Common Stock, dated February 2, 2021; |
• | To approve, as required by and in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rules 5635(a) and 5635(d), the issuance of up to 1,016,912 shares of our Common Stock pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement, dated February 2, 2021, by and among us, Truweo, LLC, Healing Solutions, LLC, Jason R. Hope and, for purposes of certain sections thereof, Super Transcontinental Holdings LLC, including pursuant to certain consulting agreements entered into in connection therewith; |
• | To approve, as required by and in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rules 5635(a) and 5635(d), the issuance of up to 750,000 shares of our Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrant to Purchase Common Stock, dated February 9, 2021; |
• | To approve, as required by and in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rules 5635(a) and 5635(d), the issuance of shares of our Common Stock pursuant to a senior secured note and upon exercise of a warrant to purchase common stock that may be issued in connection with a refinancing of the Senior Secured Note Due 2022 and the Senior Secured Note Due 2023; |
• | To approve the issuance of up to $[•] of securities in one or more non-public offerings where the maximum discount at which securities will be offered will be equivalent to a discount of up to [•]% below the market price of our Common Stock in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rules 5635(b) and 5635(d); and |
• | To approve the adjournment of the Special Meeting, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies in the event that there are not sufficient votes at the time of the Special Meeting to approve the other proposals (the “Adjournment Proposal”). |
• | To vote by proxy on the internet, go to “www.proxyvote.com” and follow the instructions set forth on the internet site or scan the QR code with your smartphone. Have your proxy card available when you access the web page. |
• | To vote by proxy over the telephone, dial 1-800-690-6903 in the United States using a touch-tone telephone and follow the recorded instructions. Have your proxy card available when you call. |
• | To vote by proxy using a proxy card, complete, sign and date the proxy card that may be delivered to you upon request and return it promptly in the envelope provided. |
• | You may submit another properly completed and executed proxy card with a later date; |
• | You may submit a new proxy through the internet prior to 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on [•], 2021 by going to “www.proxyvote.com” and following the instructions set forth on the internet site or scan the QR code with your smartphone, or by telephone by dialing 1-800-690-6903 in the United States using a touchtone telephone and following the recorded instructions. Have your proxy card available when you access the web page or call (your latest internet or telephone instructions submitted prior to the deadline will be followed); |
• | You may send a written notice that you are revoking your proxy to our Secretary, c/o Mohawk Group Holdings, Inc., 37 East 18th Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10003; or |
• | You may attend the Special Meeting online and vote electronically during the Special Meeting. However, simply attending the Special Meeting will not, by itself, revoke your proxy. |
Quarter | | | Target Adjusted EBITDA (in millions) |
Q1 2021 | | | $13.0 |
Q2 2021 | | | $12.0 |
Q3 2021 | | | $18.0 |
Q4 2021 | | | $23.0 |
Quarter | | | Target Adjusted EBITDA (in millions) |
Q1 2022 | | | $28.5 |
Q2 2022 | | | $30.5 |
Q3 2022 | | | $32.5 |
Q4 2022 | | | $34.5 |
Q1 2023 | | | $36.5 |
Q2 2023 | | | $38.5 |
Q3 2023 | | | $40.5 |
Q4 2023 | | | $40.5 |
Q1 2024 | | | $40.5 |
• | The aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issued in the offerings will not exceed [•] shares of our Common Stock (including for this purpose shares issuable upon conversion or exercise of preferred stock, options, warrants, convertible debt or other securities convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock), subject to adjustment for stock splits, reverse stock splits, stock dividends and similar transactions effected prior to the offerings; |
• | The total aggregate consideration will not exceed $[•] million; |
• | The maximum discount at which securities will be offered (which may consist of a share of Common Stock and a warrant for the issuance of up to an additional share of Common Stock) will be equivalent to a discount of [•]% below the market price of our Common Stock at the date of issuance in recognition that the historical volatility in the price of our Common Stock makes the pricing discount of our stock required by investors at any particular time difficult to predict at this time. For example, the range of low and high closing prices for our Common Stock, for the period from March 1, 2020 through March 1, 2021 was $1.61 to $47.66; |
• | Such offerings will occur, if at all, on or before the date that is three months from the date of the Special Meeting; and |
• | Such other terms as our Board shall deem to be in the best interests of us and our stockholders, not inconsistent with the foregoing. |
• | each of our directors; |
• | each of our Named Executive Officers; |
• | all of our current directors and executive officers as a group; and |
• | each person, or group of affiliated persons, known to us to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of our Common Stock. |
| | Beneficial Ownership of Common Stock | ||||
| | Number of Shares | | | %(1) | |
Greater than 5% Stockholders: | | | | | ||
9830 MacArthur LLC | | | 4,056,000(2) | | | 13.8% |
MV II, LLC | | | 2,123,078(3)(4) | | | 7.2% |
Asher Delug | | | 2,503,608(5) | | | 8.5% |
Named Executive Officers and Directors: | | | | | ||
Yaniv Sarig | | | 506,013(6) | | | 1.7% |
Fabrice Hamaide | | | 1,332,085(7) | | | 4.5% |
Tomer Pascal | | | 452,312(8) | | | 1.5% |
William Kurtz | | | 50,413(9) | | | * |
Greg B. Petersen | | | 48,625(10) | | | * |
Amy von Walter | | | 34,325(11) | | | * |
Bari A. Harlam | | | 36,125(12) | | | * |
All current executive officers and directors as a group (11 persons) | | | 3,527,219(13) | | | 11.5% |
* | Denotes less than 1%. |
(1) | For each person and group included in this table, percentage ownership is calculated by dividing the number of shares beneficially owned by such person or group by the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of February 28, 2021, plus the number of shares of Common Stock that such person or group had the right to acquire within 60 days after February 28, 2021. |
(2) | Comprised of 4,056,000 shares of Common Stock held directly by 9830 MacArthur, a Wyoming limited liability company. The address of 9830 MacArthur is 30 N. Gould St., Suite R Sheridan, WY 82801. See the section of this Proxy Statement below entitled “Voting Agreement with 9830 Macarthur LLC”. |
(3) | MV II, LLC, Dr. Larisa Storozhenko and Mr. Maximus Yaney have entered into the Restated Voting Agreement (as defined below) with us, pursuant to which our Board has the sole right to vote all of the Voting Interests (as defined below) as the Designating Parties’ (as defined below) proxyholder. Pursuant to the proxy granted by the Designating Parties, our Board is required to vote all of the Voting Interests in direct proportion to the voting of the shares and equity interests voted by all holders other than the Designating Parties. The proxy granted by the Designating Parties under the Restated Voting Agreement is irrevocable. In addition, the Restated Voting Agreement proxyholder may not be changed unless we receive the prior approval of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC. The Restated Voting Agreement became effective June 12, 2019 and will continue until the earlier to occur of (i) a Deemed Liquidation |
(4) | Comprised of 2,123,078 shares of Common Stock held directly. Lucile Yaney is the control person of MV II, LLC and has dispositive power over the shares held by MV II, LLC. The address of MV II, LLC is 1013 Centre Road, STE 403-A, Wilmington, DE 19805. The Designating Parties have entered into the Restated Voting Agreement with us, as more fully described in footnote 3. |
(5) | Comprised of 2,503,608 shares of Common Stock held directly. Mr. Delug was a member of our Board until June 2019. Mr. Delug has entered into the Delug Voting Agreement (as defined below) with us, pursuant to which our Board has the sole right to vote all of the Delug Voting Interests (as defined below) as Mr. Delug’s proxyholder. Pursuant to the proxy granted by Mr. Delug, our Board is required to vote all of the Delug Voting Interests in direct proportion to the voting of the shares and equity interests voted by all holders other than Mr. Delug. The proxy granted by Mr. Delug under the Delug Voting Agreement is irrevocable. In addition, the Delug Voting Agreement proxyholder may not be changed unless we receive the prior approval of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC. The Delug Voting Agreement became effective on June 12, 2019 and will continue until the earlier to occur of (i) a Deemed Liquidation Event unless, immediately upon such Deemed Liquidation Event, our Common Stock is and remains listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, or (ii) Mr. Delug’s death. Through the Delug Voting Agreement, our Board has voting power over an aggregate of 2,503,608 shares of our Common Stock through shares of Common Stock held by Mr. Delug. As of February 28, 2021, Mr. Delug held 2,503,608 shares of our Common Stock, or 8.51% of our shares outstanding. See the section of this Proxy Statement below entitled “ Voting Agreement with Asher Delug”. |
(6) | Mr. Sarig’s holdings consist of (i) 28,526 shares of Common Stock held directly, (ii) 242,476 shares of restricted Common Stock granted pursuant to the Mohawk Group Holdings, Inc. 2019 Equity Plan (the “2019 Plan”) that are subject to vesting, and (iii) 235,011 shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to stock options exercisable within 60 days after February 28, 2021. The shares of restricted Common Stock granted pursuant to the 2019 Plan have voting rights irrespective of any vesting requirements. |
(7) | Mr. Hamaide’s holdings consist of (i) 686,944 shares of Common Stock held directly, (ii) 378,595 shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to stock options exercisable within 60 days after February 28, 2021, and (iii) 266,546 shares of restricted Common Stock granted pursuant to the 2019 Plan that are subject to vesting. The shares of restricted Common Stock granted pursuant to the 2019 Plan have voting rights irrespective of any vesting requirements. |
(8) | Mr. Pascal’s holdings consist of (i) 153,220 shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to stock options that are exercisable within 60 days after February 28, 2021, and (ii) 299,092 shares of restricted Common Stock that were granted pursuant to the 2019 Plan that are subject to vesting. The shares of restricted Common Stock granted pursuant to the 2019 Plan have voting rights irrespective of any vesting requirements. |
(9) | Comprised of: (i) 22,088 shares of Common Stock held directly, and (ii) 28,325 shares of restricted Common Stock granted pursuant to the Mohawk Group Holdings, Inc. 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2018 Plan”) that are subject to vesting. The shares of restricted Common Stock granted pursuant to the 2018 Plan have voting rights irrespective of any vesting requirements. |
(10) | Comprised of: (i) 20,300 shares of Common Stock held directly, and (ii) 28,325 shares of restricted Common Stock granted pursuant to the 2018 Plan that are subject to vesting. The shares of restricted Common Stock granted pursuant to the 2018 Plan have voting rights irrespective of any vesting requirements. |
(11) | Comprised of: (i) 6,000 shares of Common Stock held directly, and (ii) 28,325shares of restricted Common Stock granted pursuant to the 2018 Plan that are subject to vesting. The shares of restricted Common Stock granted pursuant to the 2018 Plan have voting rights irrespective of any vesting requirements. |
(12) | Comprised of: (i) 7,800 shares of Common Stock held directly, and (ii) 28,325 shares of restricted Common Stock granted pursuant to the 2018 Plan that are subject to vesting. The shares of restricted Common Stock granted pursuant to the 2018 Plan have voting rights irrespective of any vesting requirements. |
(13) | Comprised of shares included under “Named Executive Officers and Directors”, other than Mr. Hamaide, who ceased to be an executive officer effective March 8, 2021, and an aggregate of 691,292 shares of Common Stock, 1,006,773 shares of restricted Common Stock granted pursuant to the 2018 Plan and 2019 Plan that are subject to vesting, and 701,341 shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to stock options exercisable within 60 days after February 28, 2021 held by three of our other executive officers. The shares of restricted Common Stock granted pursuant to the 2018 Plan and the 2019 Plan have voting rights irrespective of any vesting requirements. |
By Order of the Board of Directors | | | |
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Yaniv Sarig | | | |
Chief Executive Officer | | |