CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The following is a description of transactions since January 1, 2024 to which we have been a party, in which the amount involved exceeded or will exceed $120,000, and in which any of our directors, director nominees, executive officers or beneficial owners of more than 5% of our voting securities, or affiliates or immediate family members of any of our directors, executive officers or beneficial owners of more than 5% of our voting securities, had or will have a direct or indirect material interest.
We believe that each of these transactions was on terms no less favorable to us than terms we could have obtained from unaffiliated third parties. Moreover, all of these transactions have been approved by a majority of the independent and disinterested members of the Board. It is our intention to ensure that all future transactions in which the amount involved exceeded or would exceed $120,000, if any, between us and our officers, directors, principal shareholders and their affiliates or family members, are approved by the Audit Committee or a majority of the independent and disinterested members of the Board, and are on terms no less favorable to us than those that we could obtain from unaffiliated third parties.
Sales of Unregistered Securities
In December 2024, we announced that we had entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with certain investors for the sale of our 8.00% Series A Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred Stock”) and warrants (“Warrants”) to purchase 52.67 million shares of our common stock, at an exercise price of $0.75 per share in a private placement. We sold an aggregate of 79,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock, with an initial liquidation preference and stated value of $1,000 per share, together with the Warrants, for net proceeds of approximately $78.5 million, after deducting offering expenses. An affiliate of Mr. Kirk, RJ Kirk Trust, purchased 25,000 shares of the Series A Preferred Stock at a price of $1,000 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $25.0 million and was issued warrants to purchase 16.67 million shares of our common stock. Additionally, certain affiliates of Patient Capital Management, LLC, and William H. Miller, III, purchased 26,000 and 25,000 shares of the Series A Preferred Stock at a price of $1,000 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $26.0 million and $25.0 million, respectively.
On September 15, 2025, the holders of Precigen, Inc.’s 8.00% Series A Preferred Stock converted 79,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock (with an aggregate stated value of $79.0 million) into 54,937,411 shares of common stock of the Company, which were delivered to such holders on September 17, 2025 pursuant to the terms of our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and such Series A Preferred Stock at the then-current conversion rate of 695.4103 shares of our common stock per 1,000 of stated value of Series A Preferred Stock. An affiliate of Mr. Kirk, RJ Kirk Trust, converted 25,000 of Series A Preferred Stock into 17.4 million shares of our common stock. Additionally, certain affiliates of Patient Capital Management, LLC, and William H. Miller, III, converted 26,000 and 25,000 of Series A Preferred Stock into 18.1 million and 17.4 million shares of our common stock, respectively.
The shares of our common stock issued upon conversion of the Preferred Stock were issued in reliance upon the exemption from registration provided by Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as involving an exchange by us exclusively with our existing security holders in a transaction where no commission or other remuneration was paid or given directly or indirectly for soliciting such exchange.
Policies and Procedures for Related Person Transactions
The Board has adopted a written related policy with respect to related person transactions. This policy governs the review, approval or ratification of covered related person transactions. The Audit Committee of the Board oversees and manages this policy.
For purposes of this policy, a “related person transaction” is a transaction, arrangement or relationship (or any series of similar transactions, arrangements or relationships) in which we (or any of our subsidiaries) were, are or will be a participant, and the amount involved exceeds $120,000 and in which any related person had, has or will have a direct or indirect interest. For purposes of determining whether a transaction is a related person transaction, the Audit Committee relies upon Item 404 of Regulation S-K, promulgated under the Exchange Act.