MENLO PARK, Calif., Dec. 31, 2024. Cyngn Inc. (the "Company" or "Cyngn") (Nasdaq: CYN), a developer of AI-powered autonomous driving software solutions for industrial applications, today announced the closing of its previously announced registered direct offering priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules for the purchase and sale of an aggregate of 15,000,000 shares of common stock (or pre-funded warrants in lieu thereof) at a purchase price of $0.60 per share (or $0.5999 for each pre-funded warrant).
The gross proceeds to the Company from the offering were $9.0 million, before deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses payable by the Company. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering, together with its existing cash, for general corporate purposes and working capital.
Aegis Capital Corp. acted as Exclusive Placement Agent for the offering. Sichenzia Ross Ference Carmel LLP acted as counsel to the Company. Kaufman & Canoles, P.C. acted as counsel to Aegis Capital Corp.
The common stock (and pre-funded warrants in lieu thereof) were issued in a registered direct offering pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3, as amended (File No. 333-271567), previously filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), and declared effective by the SEC on June 13, 2023. A final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus describing the terms of the proposed registered direct offering was filed with the SEC and is available on the SEC's website located at www.sec.gov/edgar. Electronic copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus may be obtained, when available, by contacting Aegis Capital Corp., Attention: Syndicate Department, 1345 Avenue of the Americas, 27th floor, New York, NY 10105, by email at syndicate@aegiscap.com, or by telephone at +1 (212) 813-1010.
Interested parties should read in their entirety the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus and the other documents that the Company has filed with the SEC that are incorporated by reference in such prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, which provide more information about the Company and such offering.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.