Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Securities Purchase Agreement
On October 27, 2024, T Stamp Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement the ("SPA") with DQI Holdings, Inc. ("DQI"). Pursuant to the terms of the SPA, the Company agreed to sell, and DQI agreed to purchase from, at the closing of the SPA (the "Closing") and upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the SPA, 1,363,636.36 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 of the Company (the "Class A Common Stock") at $0.22 per share, subject to adjustment in certain circumstances.
On October 28, 2024 (the "Closing Date"), the Closing of the SPA occurred, and the Company issued the 1,363,636.36 shares of Class A Common Stock to DQI (the "Shares") in exchange for a cash payment of $300,000. The Closing of the SPA was subject to a number of customary closing conditions, including, but not limited to, the Company's entry into a Registration Rights Agreement, the execution of which were conditions to the Closing of the SPA.
The Shares were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and were offered pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.
The foregoing description of the SPA does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the SPA, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Registration Rights Agreement
Pursuant to the SPA, the Company also entered into a registration rights agreement (the "Registration Rights Agreement") with DQI on October 27, 2024, pursuant to which the Company must file a registration statement on Form S-3 (or, if the Company is ineligible to use a Form S-3, another appropriate form) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") to register for resale by DQI of the Shares, with such registration statement becoming effective 5 days after the date the stockholders of the Company ratify, by vote, the approval of that certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated July 13, 2024 between our Company and DQI and all transactions contemplated thereunder, including, but not limited to, the sale of 4,597,701 shares of our Class A Common Stock to DQI.
Once the registration statement is filed, the Company must obtain SEC effectiveness of the registration statement within 45 days of the filing date - however, in the event of a "full review" by the SEC of the registration statement, the Company will have 75 days to obtain SEC effectiveness of the registration statement.
The foregoing summary of the Registration Rights Agreement is not complete, and is qualified by reference to a copy of the Registration Rights Agreement included as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.